1998 FIFA World Cup Group A

Group A of the 1998 FIFA World Cup was one of eight groups of four teams competing at the 1998 World Cup in France. The first matches were played on 10 June 1998 and the final games took place simultaneously on 23 June 1998.

The group consisted of world champions Brazil, Norway, Scotland and Morocco. Matches took place at six different venues around France.

After Brazil beat Scotland and Morocco while Norway drew with Morocco and Scotland, Brazil had qualified as group winners with a game to spare. With ten minutes to go in the final two games, Morocco looked like they would take second place, because they were beating Scotland while Brazil were beating Norway. However, Norway scored two late goals to win and take the second qualifying place away from Morocco.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Norway 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5
3  Morocco 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
4  Scotland 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: FIFA

Matches

All times are local (UTC+1)

Brazil vs Scotland
Brazil 2–1 Scotland
César Sampaio 5'
Boyd 74' (o.g.)		 Report Collins 38' (pen.)
Attendance: 80,000
Brazil
Scotland
GK1Cláudio Taffarel
RB2Cafu
CB4Júnior Baiano
CB3Aldair 45+2'
LB6Roberto Carlos
CM5César Sampaio 37'
CM8Dunga (c)
AM7Giovanni 46'
AM10Rivaldo
CF9Ronaldo
CF20Bebeto 72'
Substitutions:
MF18Leonardo 46'
FW19Denílson 72'
Manager:
Mário Zagallo
GK1Jim Leighton
CB4Colin Calderwood
CB5Colin Hendry (c)
CB3Tom Boyd
RM8Craig Burley
CM10Darren Jackson 25' 78'
CM14Paul Lambert
CM11John Collins
LM22Christian Dailly 84'
CF9Gordon Durie
CF7Kevin Gallacher
Substitutions:
MF17Billy McKinlay 78'
DF6Tosh McKinlay 84'
Manager:
Craig Brown

Assistant referees:
Fernando Tresaco Gracia (Spain)
Jorge Luis Arango (Colombia)
Fourth official:
Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Morocco vs Norway
Morocco 2–2 Norway
Hadji 37'
Hadda 60'		 Report Chippo 45+1' (o.g.)
Eggen 61'
Attendance: 29,800
Morocco
Norway
GK12Driss Benzekri
RB2Abdelilah Saber
CB4Youssef Rossi
CB6Noureddine Naybet (c)
LB3Abdelkrim El Hadrioui
RM7Mustapha Hadji
CM8Saïd Chiba 79'
CM20Tahar El Khalej 90'
LM18Youssef Chippo 78'
CF14Salaheddine Bassir
CF9Abdeljalil Hadda 86'
Substitutions:
MF17Gharib Amzine 78'
FW11Ali El Khattabi 86'
MF16Rachid Azzouzi 90'
Manager:
Henri Michel
GK1Frode Grodås (c)
RB4Henning Berg
CB15Dan Eggen
CB3Ronny Johnsen
LB5Stig Inge Bjørnebye
RM17Håvard Flo 72'
CM8Øyvind Leonhardsen
CM10Kjetil Rekdal
CM7Erik Mykland
LM20Ole Gunnar Solskjær 46'
CF9Tore André Flo
Substitutions:
MF21Vidar Riseth 46'
MF6Ståle Solbakken 72'
Manager:
Egil Olsen

Assistant referees:
Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)
Nimal Wickramatunge (Sri Lanka)
Fourth official:
Eddie Lennie (Australia)

Scotland vs Norway
Scotland 1–1 Norway
Burley 66' Report H. Flo 46'
Attendance: 31,800
Scotland
Norway
GK1Jim Leighton
CB4Colin Calderwood 59'
CB5Colin Hendry (c)
CB3Tom Boyd
RM8Craig Burley
CM10Darren Jackson 56' 61'
CM14Paul Lambert
CM11John Collins
LM22Christian Dailly
CF9Gordon Durie 24'
CF7Kevin Gallacher
Substitutions:
DF16David Weir 59'
DF2Jackie McNamara 61'
Manager:
Craig Brown
GK1Frode Grodås (c)
RB4Henning Berg 58' 81'
CB15Dan Eggen
CB3Ronny Johnsen
LB5Stig Inge Bjørnebye
RM17Håvard Flo 60'
CM22Roar Strand
CM10Kjetil Rekdal 53'
CM6Ståle Solbakken
LM21Vidar Riseth 71'
CF9Tore André Flo
Substitutions:
MF11Mini Jakobsen 60'
FW18Egil Østenstad 71'
DF2Gunnar Halle 81'
Manager:
Egil Olsen

Assistant referees:
Evžen Amler (Czech Republic)
Laurent Rausis (Switzerland)
Fourth official:
Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)

Brazil vs Morocco
Brazil 3–0 Morocco
Ronaldo 9'
Rivaldo 45+2'
Bebeto 50'		 Report
Attendance: 35,500
Brazil
Morocco
GK1Cláudio Taffarel
RB2Cafu
CB4Júnior Baiano 87'
CB3Aldair
LB6Roberto Carlos
CM5César Sampaio 36' 68'
CM8Dunga (c)
AM18Leonardo
AM10Rivaldo 87'
CF20Bebeto 72'
CF9Ronaldo
Substitutions:
MF17Doriva 68'
FW21Edmundo 72'
FW19Denílson 87'
Manager:
Mário Zagallo
GK12Driss Benzekri
RB2Abdelilah Saber 76'
CB4Youssef Rossi
CB6Noureddine Naybet (c)
LB3Abdelkrim El Hadrioui
RM7Mustapha Hadji
CM8Saïd Chiba 64' 76'
CM20Tahar El Khalej
LM18Youssef Chippo
CF9Abdeljalil Hadda 32' 88'
CF14Salaheddine Bassir
Substitutions:
DF15Lahcen Abrami 76'
MF17Gharib Amzine 76'
FW11Ali El Khattabi 88'
Manager:
Henri Michel

Assistant referees:
Yuri Dupanov (Belarus)
Mark Warren (England)
Fourth official:
Paul Durkin (England)

Scotland vs Morocco
Scotland 0–3 Morocco
Report Bassir 23', 85'
Hadda 46'
Attendance: 30,600
Scotland
Morocco
GK1Jim Leighton
CB16David Weir
CB5Colin Hendry (c)
CB3Tom Boyd
RM2Jackie McNamara 54'
CM8Craig Burley 53'
CM14Paul Lambert
CM11John Collins
LM22Christian Dailly
CF7Kevin Gallacher 21'
CF9Gordon Durie 83'
Substitutions:
DF6Tosh McKinlay 54'
FW20Scott Booth 83'
Manager:
Craig Brown
GK12Driss Benzekri
RB2Abdelilah Saber 72'
CB5Smahi Triki
CB6Noureddine Naybet (c)
LB15Lahcen Abrami
RM7Mustapha Hadji
CM17Gharib Amzine 76'
CM20Tahar El Khalej
LM18Youssef Chippo 81' 87'
CF9Abdeljalil Hadda
CF14Salaheddine Bassir
Substitutions:
DF4Youssef Rossi 72'
MF16Rachid Azzouzi 76'
MF19Jamal Sellami 87'
Manager:
Henri Michel

Assistant referees:
Luis Torres Zúñiga (Costa Rica)
Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)
Fourth official:
László Vágner (Hungary)

Brazil vs Norway
Brazil 1–2 Norway
Bebeto 78' Report T. A. Flo 83'
Rekdal 89' (pen.)
Attendance: 55,000
Brazil
Norway
GK1Cláudio Taffarel
RB2Cafu
CB4Júnior Baiano
CB14Gonçalves
LB6Roberto Carlos
CM18Leonardo
CM8Dunga (c)
AM10Rivaldo
AM19Denílson
CF20Bebeto
CF9Ronaldo
Manager:
Mário Zagallo
GK1Frode Grodås (c)
RB4Henning Berg
CB15Dan Eggen
CB3Ronny Johnsen
LB5Stig Inge Bjørnebye
RM17Håvard Flo 68'
CM22Roar Strand 46'
CM10Kjetil Rekdal
CM8Øyvind Leonhardsen 54'
LM21Vidar Riseth 79'
CF9Tore André Flo 61'
Substitutions:
MF7Erik Mykland 46'
FW20Ole Gunnar Solskjær 68'
MF16Jostein Flo 79'
Manager:
Egil Olsen

Assistant referees:
Gennaro Mazzei (Italy)
Dramane Danté (Mali)
Fourth official:
Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

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