1998 FIFA World Cup squads
No Pos Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Club
1 1 GK David Seaman ( 1963-09-19 ) 19 September 1963 ( aged 34 ) 40 Arsenal
2 2 DF Sol Campbell ( 1974-09-18 ) 18 September 1974 ( aged 23 ) 16 Tottenham Hotspur
3 2 DF Graeme Le Saux ( 1968-10-17 ) 17 October 1968 ( aged 29 ) 25 Chelsea
4 3 MF Paul Ince ( 1967-10-21 ) 21 October 1967 ( aged 30 ) 39 Liverpool
5 2 DF Tony Adams ( 1966-10-10 ) 10 October 1966 ( aged 31 ) 51 Arsenal
6 2 DF Gareth Southgate ( 1970-09-03 ) 3 September 1970 ( aged 27 ) 25 Aston Villa
7 3 MF David Beckham ( 1975-05-02 ) 2 May 1975 ( aged 23 ) 15 Manchester United
8 3 MF David Batty ( 1968-12-02 ) 2 December 1968 ( aged 29 ) 31 Newcastle United
9 4 FW Alan Shearer ( captain ) ( 1970-08-13 ) 13 August 1970 ( aged 27 ) 39 Newcastle United
10 4 FW Teddy Sheringham ( 1966-04-02 ) 2 April 1966 ( aged 32 ) 33 Manchester United
11 3 MF Steve McManaman ( 1972-02-11 ) 11 February 1972 ( aged 26 ) 21 Liverpool
12 2 DF Gary Neville ( 1975-02-18 ) 18 February 1975 ( aged 23 ) 27 Manchester United
13 1 GK Nigel Martyn ( 1966-08-11 ) 11 August 1966 ( aged 31 ) 7 Leeds United
14 3 MF Darren Anderton ( 1972-03-03 ) 3 March 1972 ( aged 26 ) 18 Tottenham Hotspur
15 3 MF Paul Merson ( 1968-03-20 ) 20 March 1968 ( aged 30 ) 18 Middlesbrough
16 3 MF Paul Scholes ( 1974-11-16 ) 16 November 1974 ( aged 23 ) 7 Manchester United
17 3 MF Rob Lee ( 1966-02-01 ) 1 February 1966 ( aged 32 ) 17 Newcastle United
18 2 DF Martin Keown ( 1966-07-24 ) 24 July 1966 ( aged 31 ) 18 Arsenal
19 4 FW Les Ferdinand ( 1966-12-18 ) 18 December 1966 ( aged 31 ) 17 Tottenham Hotspur
20 4 FW Michael Owen ( 1979-12-14 ) 14 December 1979 ( aged 18 ) 5 Liverpool
Group G -- England
Head coach : Glenn Hoddle
The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament contested by the senior men's teams of the national associations affiliated to FIFA (the International Federation of Association Football). The tournament was played in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998 and featured 32 teams divided into eight groups of four. Each team was required to submit a squad of 22 players - numbered sequentially from 1 to 22 - from whom they would select their teams for each match at the tournament, with the final squads to be submitted by 1 June 1998. In total, 704 players were selected for the tournament. Players' ages as of 10 June 1998 - the tournament's opening day.