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1998 FIFA World Cup Group G

{{Short description|Football tournament group stage}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}

At the 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 32 teams were divided into eight groups of four, labelled A–H. The four teams in Group G were England, Romania, Colombia and Tunisia. With wins in their first two games against Colombia and England, followed by a draw against Tunisia, Romania won the group and qualified for the round of 16. England and Colombia were level on points before they played each other in their final match, each having defeated Tunisia and lost to Romania. England, with a better goal difference, only required a draw to advance. They won the match to take the second qualifying place.

Standings

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|win_ENG=2 |draw_ENG=0 |loss_ENG=1 |gf_ENG=5 |ga_ENG=2

|win_COL=1 |draw_COL=0 |loss_COL=2 |gf_COL=1 |ga_COL=3

|win_TUN=0 |draw_TUN=1 |loss_TUN=2 |gf_TUN=1 |ga_TUN=4

|name_ROU={{fb|ROU}}|name_ENG={{fb|ENG}}|name_COL={{fb|COL}}|name_TUN={{fb|TUN|1959}}

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|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to knockout stage

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Matches

=England vs Tunisia=

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|date = 15 June 1998

|time = 14:30 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = {{fb-rt|ENG}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8740/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|TUN|1959}}

|goals1 = Shearer {{goal|42}}
Scholes {{goal|89}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

|attendance = 54,587

|referee = Masayoshi Okada (Japan) }}

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GK1David Seaman
CB2Sol Campbell{{yel|88}}
CB6Gareth Southgate
CB5Tony Adams
RWB14Darren Anderton
CM4Paul Ince
CM8David Batty
LWB3Graeme Le Saux
AM16Paul Scholes
SS10Teddy Sheringham{{suboff|85}}
CF9Alan Shearer (c)
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW20Michael Owen{{subon|85}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Glenn Hoddle

|valign="top"|

|valign="top" width="50%"|

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width="25"|width="25"|
GK1Chokri El Ouaer
RWB5Hatem Trabelsi{{suboff|79}}
CB3Sami Trabelsi (c)
CB4Mounir Boukadida
CB21Khaled Badra
LWB17José Clayton{{yel|48}}
MF10Kais Ghodhbane{{yel|87}}
MF14Sirajeddine Chihi
MF15Skander Souayah{{suboff|46}}
FW11Adel Sellimi
FW18Mehdi Ben Slimane{{suboff|65}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF8Zoubeir Baya{{subon|46}}
FW2Imed Ben Younes{{yel|70}}{{subon|65}}
DF7Tarek Thabet{{subon|79}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|POL}} Henryk Kasperczak

|}

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Assistant referees:


Jeom Young Hyun (South Korea)


Dramane Dante (Mali)


Fourth official:


Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

=Romania vs Colombia=

This fixture was a repeat of the two teams' opening match at the 1994 tournament, also won by Romania.

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|date = 15 June 1998

|time = 17:30 CET (UTC+1)

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|score = 1–0

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|goals1 = Ilie {{goal|45+1}}

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|stadium = Stade de Gerland, Lyon

|attendance = 39,100

|referee = Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius) }}

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GK12Bogdan Stelea
SW6Gheorghe Popescu
CB18Iulian Filipescu{{yel|54}}
CB13Liviu Ciobotariu
RWB2Dan Petrescu{{yel|78}}
LWB8Dorinel Munteanu{{yel|69}}
CM5Constantin Gâlcă
CM16Gabriel Popescu{{suboff|68}}
AM10Gheorghe Hagi (c){{suboff|76}}
CF9Viorel Moldovan{{suboff|84}}
CF11Adrian Ilie
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF19Ovidiu Stanga{{subon|68}}
MF15Lucian Marinescu{{subon|76}}
MF14Radu Niculescu{{subon|84}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Anghel Iordănescu

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|valign="top" width="50%"|

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GK22Faryd Mondragón
DF3Ever Palacios
DF4José Santa{{yel|47}}
DF5Jorge Bermúdez
DF13Wílmer Cabrera
MF6Mauricio Serna
MF8John Harold Lozano
MF10Carlos Valderrama (c)
MF19Freddy Rincón
FW11Faustino Asprilla{{suboff|84}}
FW15Víctor Aristizábal{{suboff|46}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW9Adolfo Valencia{{subon|46}}
FW21Leider Preciado{{subon|84}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Hernán Dario Gómez

|}

width=100% style="font-size: 90%"

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Assistant referees:


Mohamed Al Musawi (Oman)


Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)


Fourth official:


Urs Meier (Switzerland)

=Colombia vs Tunisia=

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|date = 22 June 1998

|time = 17:30 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = {{fb-rt|COL}}

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8755/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|TUN|1959}}

|goals1 = Preciado {{goal|83}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

|attendance = 29,800

|referee = Bernd Heynemann (Germany) }}

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GK22Faryd Mondragón
DF3Ever Palacios
DF4José Santa{{yel|18}}
DF5Jorge Bermúdez
DF13Wílmer Cabrera
MF6Mauricio Serna{{suboff|62}}
MF8John Harold Lozano
MF10Carlos Valderrama (c)
MF19Freddy Rincón{{suboff|56}}
FW7Antony de Ávila
FW9Adolfo Valencia{{suboff|56}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW21Léider Preciado{{subon|56}}
FW15Víctor Aristizábal{{subon|56}}
MF14Jorge Bolaño{{subon|62}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Hernán Darío Gómez

|valign="top"|

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"
width="25"|width="25"|
GK1Chokri El Ouaer
RB3Sami Trabelsi (c)
CB6Ferid Chouchane
CB7Tarek Thabet{{suboff|76}}
LB17José Clayton{{yel|83}}
MF8Zoubeir Baya{{suboff|73}}
MF13Riadh Bouazizi{{yel|16}}
MF14Sirajeddine Chihi
MF15Skander Souayah
FW11Adel Sellimi{{suboff|68}}
FW18Mehdi Ben Slimane
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW2Imed Ben Younes{{subon|68}}
MF19Faysal Ben Ahmed{{subon|73}}
MF10Kaies Ghodhbane{{subon|76}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|POL}} Henryk Kasperczak

|}

width=100% style="font-size: 90%"

|

Assistant referees:


Erich Schneider (Germany)


Evžen Amler (Czech Republic)


Fourth official:


László Vágner (Hungary)

=Romania vs England=

{{#invoke:football box|main|section=G4

|date = 22 June 1998

|time = 21:00 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = {{fb-rt|ROU}}

|score = 2–1

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8756/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|ENG}}

|goals1 = Moldovan {{goal|46}}
Petrescu {{goal|90}}

|goals2 = Owen {{goal|81}}

|stadium = Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse

|attendance = 33,500

|referee = Marc Batta (France) }}

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GK12Bogdan Stelea
SW6Gheorghe Popescu{{yel|47}}
CB18Iulian Filipescu{{yel|88}}
CB13Liviu Ciobotariu{{yel|78}}
RWB2Dan Petrescu
LWB8Dorinel Munteanu
CM5Constantin Gâlcă
CM16Gabriel Popescu
AM10Gheorghe Hagi (c){{yel|4}}{{suboff|72}}
CF9Viorel Moldovan{{suboff|86}}
CF11Adrian Ilie
colspan=4|Substitutes:
MF19Ovidiu Stângă{{subon|72}}{{suboff|81}}
MF15Lucian Marinescu{{subon|81}}
FW7Marius Lăcătuș{{subon|86}}
colspan=4|Manager:
colspan="4"|Anghel Iordănescu

|valign="top"|

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"
width="25"|width="25"|
GK1David Seaman
CB12Gary Neville
CB2Sol Campbell
CB5Tony Adams
RWB14Darren Anderton
LWB3Graeme Le Saux
CM4Paul Ince{{suboff|32}}
CM8David Batty
AM16Paul Scholes
CF10Teddy Sheringham{{suboff|72}}
CF9Alan Shearer (c)
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF7David Beckham{{subon|32}}
FW20Michael Owen{{subon|72}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Glenn Hoddle

|}

=Colombia vs England=

{{#invoke:football box|main|section=G5

|date = 26 June 1998

|time = 21:00 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = {{fb-rt|COL}}

|score = 0–2

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8770/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|ENG}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Anderton {{goal|20}}
Beckham {{goal|29}}

|stadium = Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens

|attendance = 38,100

|referee = Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico) }}

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GK22Faryd Mondragón
DF13Wílmer Cabrera
DF5Jorge Bermúdez{{yel|89}}
DF3Ever Palacios
DF16Luis Antonio Moreno
MF6Mauricio Serna{{yel|20}}{{suboff|46}}
MF19Freddy Rincón
MF8John Harold Lozano
AM10Carlos Valderrama (c)
FW7Antony de Ávila{{suboff|46}}
FW21Léider Preciado{{suboff|46}}
colspan=4|Substitutes:
FW9Adolfo Valencia{{subon|46}}
FW15Víctor Aristizábal{{yel|86}}{{subon|46}}
FW20Hamilton Ricard{{subon|46}}
colspan=4|Manager:
colspan="4"|Hernán Darío Gómez

|valign="top"|

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"
width="25"|width="25"|
GK1David Seaman
CB12Gary Neville
CB2Sol Campbell
CB5Tony Adams
RWB14Darren Anderton{{suboff|79}}
LWB3Graeme Le Saux
CM7David Beckham
CM4Paul Ince{{suboff|83}}
AM16Paul Scholes{{yel|22}}{{suboff|73}}
CF20Michael Owen
CF9Alan Shearer (c){{yel|89}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF11Steve McManaman{{subon|73}}
MF17Rob Lee{{subon|79}}
MF8David Batty{{subon|83}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Glenn Hoddle

|}

width=100% style="font-size: 90%"

|

Assistant referees:


Laurent Rausis (Switzerland)


Reynaldo Salinas (Honduras)


Fourth official:


Ryszard Wojcik (Poland)

=Romania vs Tunisia=

{{#invoke:football box|main|section=G6

|date = 26 June 1998

|time = 21:00 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = {{fb-rt|ROU}}

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8769/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|TUN|1959}}

|goals1 = Moldovan {{goal|71}}

|goals2 = Souayah {{goal|12|pen.}}

|stadium = Stade de France, Saint-Denis

|attendance = 77,000

|referee = Eddie Lennie (Australia) }}

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GK12Bogdan Stelea
SW4Anton Doboș
CB3Cristian Dulca{{suboff|32}}
CB13Liviu Ciobotariu
RWB2Dan Petrescu
LWB8Dorinel Munteanu
CM15Lucian Marinescu
CM5Constantin Gâlcă
CM17Ilie Dumitrescu{{suboff|68}}
AM10Gheorghe Hagi (c)
CF7Marius Lăcătuș{{suboff|46}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
DF6Gheorghe Popescu{{subon|32}}
FW11Adrian Ilie{{subon|46}}
FW9Viorel Moldovan{{subon|68}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Anghel Iordănescu

|valign="top"|

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"
width="25"|width="25"|
GK1Chokri El Ouaer
DF3Sami Trabelsi (c)
DF4Mounir Boukadida
DF6Ferid Chouchane
MF8Zoubeir Baya{{yel|28}}
MF10Kaies Ghodhbane{{suboff|85}}
MF13Riadh Bouazizi
MF14Sirajeddine Chihi
MF15Skander Souayah{{yel|57}}{{suboff|90+1}}
FW11Adel Sellimi
FW18Mehdi Ben Slimane{{suboff|60}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW9Riadh Jelassi{{subon|60}}
DF7Tarek Thabet{{subon|85}}
FW2Imed Ben Younes{{subon|90+1}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Ali Selmi

|}

width=100% style="font-size: 90%"

|

Assistant referees:


Jacek Pocięgiel (Poland)


Yuri Dupanov (Belarus)


Fourth official:


Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

See also

{{1998 FIFA World Cup}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Group}}

Group G

Category:England at the 1998 FIFA World Cup

Category:Romania at the 1998 FIFA World Cup

Category:Tunisia at the 1998 FIFA World Cup

Category:Colombia at the 1998 FIFA World Cup