Germany World Cup Squad: France 1998

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World Cup Appearances:
France 1998 was Germany's 14th appearance in the World Cup Finals.

Best World Cup Performance:
Germany have won the World Cup three times: Switzerland 1954, West Germany 1974, and Italy 1990.

Germany have also been runners-up three times, third twice and fourth once.

Germany in the 1998 World Cup

Group F

15th June: vs. United States (2:0) in Paris.

21st June: vs. Yugoslavia (2:2) in Lens.

25th June: vs. Iran (2:0) in Montpellier.

Germany were just going through the motions in the first round; don't they always.

Knockout Stage

2nd Round
29th June: vs. Mexico (2:1) in Montpellier.

Germany overcame Mexico thanks to goals from Oliver Bierhoff and J�rgen Klinsmann

1/4 Finals
4th July: vs. Croatia (0:3) in Lyon.

Down to ten-men against Croatia, Germany failed to score and let three goals in.

UEFA:
Union des Associations Européennes de Football.

Deutscher Fussball-Bund.

Germany World Cup Squad

Goalkeepers:

1 Andreas K�pke (Marseilles)
12 Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich)
22 Jens Lehmann (Schalke 04)

Defenders:

2 Christian W�rns (Bayer Leverkusen)
4 Jurgen Kohler (Borussia Dortmund)
5 Thomas Helmer (Bayern Munich)
6 Olaf Thon (Schalke 04)
8 Lothar Matth�usM (Bayern Munich)
14 Markus Babbel (Bayern Munich)
19 Stefan Reuter (Borussia Dortmund)

Midfielders:

3 Jorg Heinrich (Borussia Dortmund)
7 Andreas M�ller (Borussia Dortmund)
10 Thomas H�ssler (Karlsruhe)
13 Jens Jeremies (1860 Munich)
15 Steffen Freund (Borussia Dortmund)
16 Dietmar Hamann (Bayern Munich)
17 Christian Ziege (AC Milan)
21 Michael Tarnat (Bayern Munich)

Forwards:

9 Ulf Kirsten (Bayer Leverkusen)
11 Olaf Marschall (Kaiserslautern)
18 Jurgen Klinsnann (Tottenham Hotspur)
20 Oliver Bierhoff (Udinese)

Trainer:
Berti Vogts.

Teams by Group

Group A
Brazil, Morocco, Norway, Scotland.