1998 FIFA World Cup squads
No Pos Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Club
1 1 GK Cláudio Taffarel ( 1966-05-08 ) 8 May 1966 ( aged 32 ) 94 Atlético Mineiro
2 2 DF Cafu ( 1970-06-07 ) 7 June 1970 ( aged 28 ) 64 Roma
3 2 DF Aldair ( 1965-11-30 ) 30 November 1965 ( aged 32 ) 66 Roma
4 2 DF Júnior Baiano ( 1970-03-14 ) 14 March 1970 ( aged 28 ) 17 Flamengo
5 3 MF César Sampaio ( 1968-03-31 ) 31 March 1968 ( aged 30 ) 34 Yokohama Flügels
6 2 DF Roberto Carlos ( 1973-04-10 ) 10 April 1973 ( aged 25 ) 46 Real Madrid
7 3 MF Giovanni ( 1972-02-04 ) 4 February 1972 ( aged 26 ) 14 Barcelona
8 3 MF Dunga ( captain ) ( 1963-10-31 ) 31 October 1963 ( aged 34 ) 84 Júbilo Iwata
9 4 FW Ronaldo ( 1976-09-22 ) 22 September 1976 ( aged 21 ) 37 Inter Milan
10 3 MF Rivaldo ( 1972-04-19 ) 19 April 1972 ( aged 26 ) 15 Barcelona
11 3 MF Emerson ( 1976-04-04 ) 4 April 1976 ( aged 22 ) 3 Bayer Leverkusen
12 1 GK Carlos Germano ( 1970-08-14 ) 14 August 1970 ( aged 27 ) 9 Vasco da Gama
13 2 DF Zé Carlos ( 1968-11-14 ) 14 November 1968 ( aged 29 ) 0 São Paulo
14 2 DF Gonçalves ( 1966-02-22 ) 22 February 1966 ( aged 32 ) 22 Botafogo
15 2 DF André Cruz ( 1968-09-20 ) 20 September 1968 ( aged 29 ) 31 Milan
16 3 MF Zé Roberto ( 1974-07-06 ) 6 July 1974 ( aged 23 ) 20 Flamengo
17 3 MF Doriva ( 1972-05-28 ) 28 May 1972 ( aged 26 ) 11 Porto
18 3 MF Leonardo ( 1969-09-05 ) 5 September 1969 ( aged 28 ) 45 Milan
19 3 MF Denílson ( 1977-08-24 ) 24 August 1977 ( aged 20 ) 26 São Paulo
20 4 FW Bebeto ( 1964-02-16 ) 16 February 1964 ( aged 34 ) 68 Botafogo
Group A -- Brazil
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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.