Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast-Episode 316 (Interview with Montenegrin football coach, tactical analyst, and researcher, Mr. Lazar Šoć Tactical Theory in Yugoslav Football in the Post-War era (1960–1993).)

 This is the 316^th episode of my podcast, 'Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’.

 

For this episode, I interview Montenegrin football coach, tactical analyst, and researcher, Mr. Lazar Šoć as we discuss Tactical Theory in Yugoslav Football in the Post-War era (1960–1993).

 

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Link to article on “Tactical Theory in Yugoslav Football, 1960–1993: Identity, Intellectualization and Innovation.”:

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Compendium to The Soccernostalgia Interview-Part 109a-Matches of France National team during the 1997-98 season.

 France National Team matches under Aimé Jacquet during the 1997-98 Season

 

October 11, 1997, Lens, France 2-South Africa 1 (Stephane Guivarc'h 53, Ibrahima Ba 83 / Shaun Bartlett 40)

November 13, 1997, Saint Etienne, France 2- Scotland 1 (Pierre Laigle 34, Youri Djorkaeff 77 pen / Gordon Scott Durie 35)

January 28, 1998, Saint Denis, France 1-Spain 0 (Zinedine Zidane 20)

February 25, 1998, Marseille, France 3-Norway 3 (Laurent Blanc 23, Zinedine Zidane 27, Marcel Desailly 90 / Frank Strandlii 11 pen, Tore Andre Flo 67, Vegard Heggem 80)

March 25, 1998, Moscow, Russia 1-France 0 (Sergei Nikolayevich Yuran 2)

April 22, 1998, Stockholm, Sweden 0-France 0 (-)

May 27, 1998, Casablanca, King Hassan II, France 1-Belgium 0 (Zinedine Zidane 63)

May 29, 1998, Casablanca, King Hassan II, Morocco 2-France 2 (Salaheddine Bassir 9, 64 / Laurent Blanc 23, Youri Djorkaeff 72) (6-5 on a penalty kick shoot-out)

June 5, 1998, Helsinki, Finland 0-France 1 (David Trezeguet 84)

 

 

 

Date: October 11, 1997

Competition: Friendly

Result: France 2- South Africa 1

Venue: Lens - Stade Félix-Bollaert

Attendance: 20,677

Referee: Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(France): Stephane Guivarc'h 53, Ibrahima Ba 83

(South Africa): Shaun Bartlett 40

Summary of goals:

0:1 (40^th minute, South Africa): From the middle, Masinga sent Bartlett through to score.

1:1 (53^rd minute, France): Ziane’s cross from the middle, was touched back by Radebe, Stephane Guivarc'h struck the loose ball from outside of the box.

2:1 (83^rd minute, France): Boghosian won the ball in the middle and passd to Deschamps in the middle, who sent Ba through to score.

Lineups:

France:

1- Lionel Letizi (Football Club de Metz)       

15- Lilian Thuram (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy)  

5- Laurent Blanc (Olympique de Marseille)

2- Vincent Candela (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy) (3- Pierre Laigle (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy) 73)

8- Marcel Desailly (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

7- Didier Deschamps (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

4- Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal Football Club – London / England) (18- Alain Boghossian (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy) 31)

6- Youri Djorkaeff (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy) (13- Ibrahima Ba (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)’78)

11- Robert Pires (Football Club de Metz) (10- Zinedine Zidane (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy) 46)

9- Stephane Guivarc'h (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

12- Thierry Henry (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

 

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Other Substitutes:

16-Christophe Revault (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

14-Bruno N'Gotty (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

17-Florian Maurice (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

Team Captain: Didier Deschamps

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue (with Red/Blue/White vertical stripes on both sides) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1-First ever match between the two nations.

2-First cap for Lionel Letizi, Stephane Guivarc'h, Alain Boghossian and Thierry Henry.

3-The recall of Emmanuel Petit to the national team.

South Africa:

1-Andre Arendse (Fulham Football Club – London / England)

2-Sizwe Motaung (CD Santa Cruz de Tenerife / Spain)

19-Lucas Radebe (Leeds United Association Football Club / England)

9-Neil Tovey (Iwisa Kaizer Chiefs FC Johannesburg)

4-Willem Jackson (Orlando Pirates FC Marshalltown)

21-Eric Tinkler (Barnsley Football Club / England) (8-Clinton Larsen (Manning Rangers FC Durban) 73)

18-John Moeti (Orlando Pirates FC Marshalltown)

10-John Moshoeu (Kocaelispor Kulübü Izmit / Türkiye) (13-Benedict McCarthy (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax / Holland) 88)

11-Helman Mkhalele (Kayserispor Kulübü / Türkiye) (3-Isaac Shai (Mamelodi Sundowns FC Johannesburg) 64)

17-Shaun Bartlett (New York-New Jersey MetroStars / USA) (14-Mark Williams (Iwisa Kaizer Chiefs FC Johannesburg) 78)

6-Philemon Masinga (Associazione Sportiva Bari / Italy)

 

Coach: Clive Barker

Booked: Sizwe Motaung 16, John Moeti 64

Other Substitutes:

7-Alex Bapela (Mamelodi Sundowns FC Johannesburg)

16-Mark Anderson (Umtata Bucks)

22-Dumisa Ngobe (Orlando Pirates FC Marshalltown)

Team Captain: Lucas Radebe

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Kappa

Uniform Colors: Combination of yellow/Green/White Shirts, Green Shorts, White Socks

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(October 11, 1997, France 2-South Africa 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 106, November 1997

(October 11, 1997, France 2-South Africa 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 106, November 1997

(October 11, 1997, France 2-South Africa 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 106, November 1997

(October 11, 1997, France 2-South Africa 1)

Photo From: Magazine source unknown

(France squad, October 11, 1997, France 2-South Africa 1)

 

Date: November 13, 1997

Competition: Friendly

Result: France 2- Scotland 1

Venue: Saint Etienne- Stade Geoffroy Guichard

Attendance: 19,514

Referee: Antonio Lopez Nieto (Spain)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(France): Pierre Laigle 34, Youri Djorkaeff 77 pen

(Scotland): Gordon Scott Durie 35

Summary of goals:

1:0 (34^th minute, France): Thuram’s cross from the right, was touched by Neil Sullivan, and volleyed by Laigle from an angle.

1:1 (35^th minute, Scotland): Kevin William Gallacher’s cross from the right was struck in by Durie.

2:1 (77^th minute, France): Burley fouled Laigle in the box. Djorkaeff scored from the ensuing penalty kick.

Lineups:

France:

16- Fabien Barthez (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

15- Lilian Thuram (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy)  

5- Laurent Blanc (Olympique de Marseille)

3- Pierre Laigle (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy) (2- Vincent Candela (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy) 79)

8- Marcel Desailly (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

13- Ibrahima Ba (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy) (11- Franck Gava (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) 79)

7- Didier Deschamps (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

10- Zinedine Zidane (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

12- Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal Football Club – London / England) (14- Alain Boghossian (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy) 73)

9- Stephane Guivarc'h (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

17- Lilian Laslandes (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux) (6- Youri Djorkaeff (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy) 71)

 

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Other Substitutes:

1-Lionel Letizi (Football Club de Metz)

4-Frank Leboeuf (Chelsea Football Club – London / England)

Team Captain: Didier Deschamps

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue (with Red/Blue/White vertical stripes on both sides) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1-Final cap for Pierre Laigle (8/1) (1996-1997).

2-Final cap for Franck Gava (3/0) (1996-1997).

3-First cap for Lilian Laslandes (7/3) (1997-1999).

4-Last match with this kit design.

Scotland:

1- Neil Sullivan (Wimbledon Football Club-London / England) 

4- Colin Calderwood (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England) 

5- David Gillespie Weir (Heart of Midlothian Football Club-Edinburgh) (15- Matthew Stephen Elliott (Leicester City Football Club / England) 75)

6- Christian Edward Dailly (Derby County Football Club / England) 

2- Craig William Burley (The Celtic Football Club-Glasgow)

11- John Angus Paul Collins (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club / France)

3- Thomas Boyd (The Celtic Football Club-Glasgow) (13- Thomas Valley ‘Tosh’ McKinlay (The Celtic Football Club-Glasgow) 79)

10- Gary McAllister (Coventry City Football Club / England) 

8- William McKinlay (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England)

7- Kevin William Gallacher (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England) (17-Simon Thomas Donnelly (The Celtic Football Club-Glasgow) 83)

9- Gordon Scott Durie (Rangers Football Club- Glasgow) (14- David Hopkin (Leeds United Association Football Club / England) 89)

 

Coach: Craig Brown

Other Substitutes:

12- Andrew Lewis Goram (Rangers Football Club-Glasgow) 

16- Alistair Murdoch McCoist (Rangers Football Club- Glasgow)

18- Scot Gemmill (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England)

 

Team Captain: Thomas Boyd

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Yellow (Black on shoulders) Shirts, Black (Yellow on the sides) Shorts, Black Socks

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(November 13, 1997, France 2- Scotland 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 107, December1997

(November 13, 1997, France 2- Scotland 1)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2763, March 23, 1999

(November 13, 1997, France 2- Scotland 1)

Photo From: Les Bleus, Le livre official de l'Equipe de France, Author: Dominique Grimault, 1997

(France squad, November 13, 1997, France 2- Scotland 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 109, February 1998

(France squad, November 13, 1997, France 2- Scotland 1)

 

Date: January 28, 1998

Competition: Friendly

Result: France 1-Spain 0

Venue: Saint Denis-Stade De France (Inauguration of the stadium)

Attendance: 78,836

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Linesmen: Laurent Bausis and Renaldo Salgeber (both Switzerland)

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(France): Zinedine Zidane 20

(Spain): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (20^th minute, France): Youri Djorkaeff long range shot struck the cross bar, and Zidane kncoked in the rebound.

Lineups:

France:

16- Fabien Barthez (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

15- Lilian Thuram (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy) 

5- Laurent Blanc (Olympique de Marseille)

14- Alain Boghossian (Unione Calcio Sampdoria / Italy)

8- Marcel Desailly (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

13- Ibrahima Ba (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy) (11- Robert Pires (Football Club de Metz) 62)

12- Bernard Diomède (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

7- Didier Deschamps (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy) (2- Vincent Candela (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy) 62)

9- Stephane Guivarc'h (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise) (17- David Trezeguet (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club) 74)

10- Zinedine Zidane (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

6- Youri Djorkaeff (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy) (4- Frank Leboeuf (Chelsea Football Club – London / England) 90)

 

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Other Substitutes:

Lionel Charbonnier (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

Patrick Vieira (Arsenal Football Club – London / England)

Florian Maurice (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

Team Captain: Didier Deschamps

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue (with Red horizontal stripe at top and three thin white horizontal stripes) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1-This marked the inauguration of Stade de France at Saint Denis.

A new stadium built for 1998 World Cup, which replaced Parc des Princes as France’s official home venue.

Zinedine Zidane scored the first official goal in the new stadium.

2-France wearing new jerseys, which were designed similar to 1984 European Championship winning uniform.

3-Final cap for Ibrahima Ba (8/2) (1997-1998).

4-First cap for Bernard Diomède and David Trezeguet.

Spain:

1- Andoni ‘Zubizarreta’ Urreta (Valencia Club de Fútbol)  

4- Rafael ‘Alkorta’ Martinez (Athletic Club de Bilbao) 

2- Juan Carlos ‘Aguilera’ Martin (Club Atlético de Madrid)

3- ‘Abelardo’ Fernandez Antuna (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

5- Miguel Angel ‘Nadal’ Homar (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

6- Guillermo ‘Amor’ Martinez (Fútbol Club Barcelona) (18- ‘Fernando’ Sanchez Cipitria (Real Betis Balompié -Sevilla) 80)

8- ‘Luis Enrique’ Martinez Garcia (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

7-‘Sergi’ Barjuan Esclusa (Fútbol Club Barcelona) (15-‘Roberto Rios’ Patus (Athletic Club de Bilbao) 60)

9- Joseba ‘Etxeberria’ Lizardi (Athletic Club de Bilbao) (14- Jordi ‘Lardin’ Cruz (Club Atlético de Madrid) 52)

11-‘Alfonso’ Perez Munoz (Real Betis Balompié -Sevilla)

10- ‘Raul’ Gonzalez Blanco (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol) (17- Juan Antonio ‘Pizzi’ Torroija (Fútbol Club Barcelona) 72)

 

Coach: ‘Javier Clemente’ Lazaro

Booked: Rafael ‘Alkorta’ Martinez 14. Miguel Angel ‘Nadal’ Homar 70, ‘Roberto Rios’ Patus 87

 

Team Captain: Andoni ‘Zubizarreta’ Urreta

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Red (Black on sides) Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks

 

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 109, February 1998

(January 28, 1998, France 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 109, February 1998

(January 28, 1998, France 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 27, April 1998 

(January 28, 1998, France 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 27, April 1998 

(January 28, 1998, France 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: Planete Foot

(France squad, January 28, 1998, France 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(January 28, 1998, France 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(January 28, 1998, France 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(January 28, 1998, France 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 112, May 1998

(France squad, January 28, 1998, France 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 112, May 1998

(Spain squad, January 28, 1998, France 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: World Soccer, May 1998

(Spain squad, January 28, 1998, France 1-Spain 0)

 

Date: February 25, 1998

Competition: Friendly

Result: France 3-Norway 3

Venue: Marseille- Stade Vélodrome

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Jan Wegreef (Holland)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(France): Laurent Blanc 23, Zinedine Zidane 27, Marcel Desailly 90       

(Norway): Frank Strandlii 11 pen, Tore Andre Flo 67, Vegard Heggem 80

Summary of goals:

0:1 (11^th minute, Norway): Blanc handled in the box. Frank Strandlii sored from the ensuing penalty kick.

1:1 (23^rd minute, France): Bernard Diomède’s cross from the left was headed in by Blanc.

2:1 (27^th minute, France): Djorkaeff sent a long cross from the middle of the field, on the left Zidane controlled and scored.

2:2 (67^th minute, Norway): Berg (or Haalnd)’s long cross from the right was headed by Frank Strandlii towards Flo to head in.

2:3 (80^th minute, Norway): Riseth’s cross from the left was struck in by Heggem.

3:3 (90^th minute, France): Pires’ cross from the right was headed in by Desailly.

Lineups:

France:

16- Fabien Barthez (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

15- Lilian Thuram (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy) 

5- Laurent Blanc (Olympique de Marseille)

8- Marcel Desailly (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

14- Alain Boghossian (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy)

7- Didier Deschamps (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

11- Robert Pires (Football Club de Metz)

10- Zinedine Zidane (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy) (19- Claude Makélélé (Olympique de Marseille) 62)

12- Bernard Diomède (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

9- Stephane Guivarc'h (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise) (17- David Trezeguet (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club) 62)

6- Youri Djorkaeff (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy)

 

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Booked: Bernard Diomède 11, Laurent Blanc 13

Other Substitutes:

Lionel Letizi (Football Club de Metz)

Vincent Candela (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy)

Frank Leboeuf (Chelsea Football Club – London / England)

Ibrahima Ba (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)      

Team Captain: Didier Deschamps

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue (with Red horizontal stripe at top and three thin white horizontal stripes) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1- The recall of Claude Makélélé. Aimé Jacquet would not call him up again and Makélélé would only establish himself following the 2000 Euros.

Norway:

1- Frode Grodås (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

2- Alf Inge Håland (Leeds United Association Football Club / England)

4- Henning Berg (Manchester United Football Club / England)

3- Claus Lundekvam (Southampton Football Club / England)

5- Stig Inge Bjørnebye (Liverpool Football Club / England)

6- Petter Ruddi (Sheffield Wednesday Football Club / England) (15- Vidar Riseth (Linz Athletik Sport Klub / Austria) 46)

7- Erik Mykland (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas / Greece) 

11- Lars Bohinen (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England) (16- Egil Ostenstad (Southampton Football Club / England) 85)

10- Frank Strandlii (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas / Greece) (14- Vegard Heggem (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim) 79)

8- Bent Skammelsrud (Turn und Sportverein Bayer 04 Leverkusen e.V. / Germany)

9- Tore Andre Flo (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)

 

Coach: Egil Olsen

Booked: Lars Bohinen 30, Stig Inge Bjørnebye 63

Other Substitutes:

12-Thomas Gill (Meidericher Spielverein 02 e.V. Duisburg / Germany)

13-Erik Hoftun (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)

 

Team Captain: Frode Grodås

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Red (Black horizontal and vertical stripe) Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(February 25, 1998, France 3-Norway 3)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 110, March 1998

(February 25, 1998, France 3-Norway 3)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 110, March 1998

(February 25, 1998, France 3-Norway 3)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 110, March 1998

(February 25, 1998, France 3-Norway 3)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 27, April 1998

(February 25, 1998, France 3-Norway 3)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 27, April 1998

(February 25, 1998, France 3-Norway 3)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2721, June 2, 1998

(France squad, February 25, 1998, France 3-Norway 3)

Photo From: Magazine source unknown

(France squad, February 25, 1998, France 3-Norway 3)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 112, May 1998

(Norway squad, February 25, 1998, France 3-Norway 3)

Date: March 25, 1998

Competition: Friendly

Result: Russia 1-France 0

Venue: Moskva (Moscow)- Stadion Dinamo

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Igor Yarmenchuk (Ukraine)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Russia): Sergei Nikolayevich Yuran 2

(France): None       

Summary of goals:

1:0 (2^nd minute, Russia): On the right, Frank Leboeuf passed back to Letizi, however, Yuran robbed him as Letuizi failed his control and scored.

Lineups:

Russia:

1- Aleksandr Vladimirovich Filliminov (Futbol'nyj Klub Spartak Moskva)

2- Dmitri Alekseyevich Khlestov (Futbol'nyj Klub Spartak Moskva)

4- Igor Valeriyevich Chugaynov (Futbol'nyj Klub Lokomotiv Moskva)

3- Yuri Valeriyevich Nikiforov (Real Sporting de Gijón / Spain) (16- Yuri Mikhailovich Kovtun (Futbol'nyj Klub Dinamo Moskva) 66)

5- Igor Sergeyevich Yanovski (Futbol'nyj Klub Alania Vladikavkaz)

7- Viktor Savelyevich Onopko (Real Oviedo Club de Fútbol / Spain)

8- Andrei Anastasovich Kanchelskis (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze / Italy) (14- Dmitri Valeriyevich Khokhlov (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven / Holland) 66)

9- Dmitri Antaoliyevich Aleinichev (Futbol'nyj Klub Spartak Moskva)

6- Sergei Nikolayevich Yuran (Verein fur Leibesubungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft e.V. / Germany) (15- Yevgeny Valeryevich Kharlachev (Futbol'nyj Klub Lokomotiv Moskva) 75)

10- Igor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov (Bologna Football Club / Italy) 

11- Alexei Petrovich Gerasimenko (Futbolnyi Klub Dynamo Kyiv / Ukraine)

 

Coach: Boris Ignatiev

Booked: Sergei Nikolayevich Yuran 35

 

Team Captain: Viktor Savelyevich Onopko

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: White (Blue on shoulders) Shirts, Blue Shorts, Red Socks

France:

1- Lionel Letizi (Football Club de Metz)

15- Lilian Thuram (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy) 

4- Frank Leboeuf (Chelsea Football Club – London / England)

8- Marcel Desailly (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

3- Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal Football Club – London / England) (2- Vincent Candela (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy) 46)

12- Bernard Diomède (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

7- Didier Deschamps (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy) (14- Alain Boghossian (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy) 46)

19- Christian Karembeu (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain) (21- Marc Keller (Karlruher Sport-Club von 1894 Mühlburg-Phönix e.V./ Germany) 62)

18- Sabri Lamouchi (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise) (11- Robert Pires (Football Club de Metz) 73)

9- Stephane Guivarc'h (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

6- Youri Djorkaeff (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy)

 

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Other Substitutes:

Bernard Lama (West Ham United Football Club – London / England)

Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal Football Club – London / England)

Team Captain: Didier Deschamps

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue (with Red horizontal stripe at top and three thin white horizontal stripes) Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Note:

1-Final cap for Marc Keller (6/1) (1995-1998).

2-France were missing Zinedine Zidane.

3-Lionel Letizi’s error most likely cost him a place as the third goalkeeper at the World Cup.

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(March 25, 1998, Russia 1-France 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 111, April 1998

(March 25, 1998, Russia 1-France 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 111, April 1998

(March 25, 1998, Russia 1-France 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 113, June 1998

(March 25, 1998, Russia 1-France 0)

 

Date: April 22, 1998

Competition: Friendly

Result: Sweden 0-France 0

Venue: Stockholm - Råsunda -Solna Stadion

Attendance: 14,018

Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Sweden): None

(France): None       

Summary of goals:

-

Lineups:

Sweden:

1- Magnus Hedman (Coventry City Football Club / England)

2- Teddy Lucic (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Göteborg)   

3- Patrik Andersson (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach / Germany) (13- Johan Mjällby (AIK (Allmänna Idrottsklubben) Solna-Stockholm) 46)

4- Joachim Björklund (Rangers Football Club –Glasgow / Scotland)

5- Pontus Kåmark (Leicester City Football Club / England)

6- Stefan Schwarz (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze / Italy)

9- Jesper Blomqvist (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy)

8- Håkan Mild (Real Sociedad de Fútbol / Spain) (16- Jörgen Pettersson (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach / Germany) 77)

7- Pär Zetterberg (Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht / Belgium) (15- Daniel Andersson (Malmö Fotbollforening) 46)

11- Andreas Andersson (Newcastle United Football Club / England)

10- Henrik Larsson (The Celtic Football Club- Glasgow / Scotland)       

 

Coach: Tommy Söderberg

Booked: Håkan Mild 71

Other Substitutes:

12-Hakan Svensson (Halmstads Bollklubb)

14- Roland Nilsson (Coventry City Football Club / England)

17-Dan Sahlin (Örebro Sportklubb)

 

Team Captain: Patrik Andersson

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, Yellow Socks

Note:

1-the unused substitute, may not be Roland Nilsson, but another player with the same last name, such as Morgan Nilsson (Örgryte Idrottssällskap- Göteborg).

France:

1- Bernard Lama (West Ham United Football Club – London / England)

15- Lilian Thuram (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy) 

5- Laurent Blanc (Olympique de Marseille)

4- Martin Djetou (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

19- Christian Karembeu (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)

18- Sabri Lamouchi (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

3- Bixente Lizarazu (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany)

7- Didier Deschamps (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy) (8- Patrick Vieira (Arsenal Football Club – London / England) 68)

10- Zinedine Zidane (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy) (11- Robert Pires (Football Club de Metz) 46)

20- Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal Football Club – London / England) (17- David Trezeguet (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)’68)

21- Christophe Dugarry (Olympique Marseille) (6-Youri Djorkaeff (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy) 46)

 

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Booked: Bixente Lizarazu 70, Christian Karembeu 78

Other Substitutes:

16-Lionel Charbonnier (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

2-Pierre Laigle (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy)

14- Alain Boghossian (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy)

Team Captain: Didier Deschamps

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue (with Red horizontal stripe at top and three thin white horizontal stripes) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1-First cap for Nicolas Anelka. He earned his first national team appearance while registered to a foreign club.

 

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(April 22, 1998, Sweden 0-France 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 112, May 1998

(April 22, 1998, Sweden 0-France 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 112, May 1998

(April 22, 1998, Sweden 0-France 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 112, May 1998

(April 22, 1998, Sweden 0-France 0)

Photo From: Calcio 2000, Issue 19, May 1999

(April 22, 1998, Sweden 0-France 0)

 

 

On May 5^th, 1998, Aimé Jacquet called a preliminary 28 man squad (to be trimmed to 22 before the Wordl Cup:

Goalkeepers:
Fabien Barthez (Monaco), Bernard Lama (West Ham United), Lionel Charbonnier (AJ Auxerre), Lionel Letizi (Metz).

Defenders:
Lilian Thuram (Parma), Laurent Blanc (Olympique Marseille), Marcel Desailly (AC Milan), Frank Leboeuf (Chelsea), Bixente Lizarazu (Bayern Munich), Vincent Candela (AS Roma), Martin Djetou (Monaco).

Midfielders:
Didier Deschamps (Juventus), Christian Karembeu (Real Madrid), Alain Boghossian (Sampdoria), Zinedine Zidane (Juventus), Robert Pires (Metz), Bernard Diomède (AJ Auxerre), Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal), Sabri Lamouchi (AJ Auxerre), Patrick Vieira (Arsenal), Youri Djorkaeff (Inter Milan), Ibrahim Ba (AC Milan), Pierre Laigle (Sampdoria).

Strikers:
Stephane Guivarc'h (AJ Auxerre), David Trezeguet (Monaco), Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal), Christophe Dugarry (Olympique Marseille), Thierry Henry (Monaco).

 

Note:

Six players were cut from pre-selection of 28 players.

The six players were Lionel Letizi, Pierre Laigle, Nicolas Anelka, Ibrahima Ba, Martin Djetou and Sabri Lamouchi.

Later, Ibrahima Ba would claim that Didier Deschamps was instrumental in his dismissal.

 

 

 

 

Date: May 27, 1998

Competition: King Hassan II

Result: France 1-Belgium 0       

Venue: Casablanca, Mohammed V Stadium, Morocco

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(France): Zinedine Zidane 63

(Belgium): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (63^rd minute, France): On the right side, Thuram sent a long cross to the left to the middle, Stephane Guivarc'h immediately sent Zidane through to score.

Lineups:

France:

16- Fabien Barthez (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

15- Lilian Thuram (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy) 

5- Laurent Blanc (Olympique de Marseille)

8- Marcel Desailly (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

3- Bixente Lizarazu (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany)

17- Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal Football Club – London / England)

7- Didier Deschamps (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

10- Zinedine Zidane (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

9- Stephane Guivarc'h (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

11- Robert Pires (Football Club de Metz) (12- Thierry Henry (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club) 62)

6- Youri Djorkaeff (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy) (21- Christophe Dugarry (Olympique de Marseille) 46)

 

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Booked: Marcel Desailly

Other Substitutes:

1-Bernard Lama (West Ham United Football Club – London / England)

2-Vincent Candela (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy)

18-Frank Leboeuf (Chelsea Football Club – London / England)

19- Christian Karembeu (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)

14- Alain Boghossian (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy)

4-Patrick Vieira (Arsenal Football Club – London / England)

13-Bernard Diomède (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

Team Captain: Didier Deschamps

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue (with Red horizontal stripe at top and three thin white horizontal stripes) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1- Aimé Jacquet prior to the tournament announced that Fabien Barthez is now France’s official starting goalkeeper.

Bernard Lama had been the starting goalkeeper up to the 1996 European Championship, but his personal and club problems hampered his chances.

Belgium:

1- Phillipe DeWilde (Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht)

2- Bertrand Crasson (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli / Italy)

4- Goran Vidovic (Royal Excelsior Mouscron)

5- Phillipe Leonard (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club / France) (14- Danny Boffin (Football Club de Metz / France) 72)

3- Lorenzo Staelens (Club Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging)

6- Franky Van Der Elst (Club Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging)

7- Marc Wilmots (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen / Germany)

10- Phillipe Clement (Koninklijke Racing Club Genk) (13- Eric Deflandre (Club Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging) 89)

9- Luc Nilis (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven / Holland) (18- Emile Lokonda M`Penza (Royal Standard de Liège) 88)

8- Luis Airton Barroso Oliveira (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze / Italy) 

11- Nico Van Kerkhoven (Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring) (17- Glenn De Boeck (Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht) 51)

 

Coach: George Leekens

Booked: Luis Airton Barroso Oliveira 82

Other Substitutes:

12- Philippe Vande Walle (Koninklijke Atletiekclub Eendracht Aalst)

15- Michael Goosens (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen / Germany)

16- Geert Verheyn (Club Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging)

 

Team Captain: Franky Van Der Elst

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Diadora

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks

 

 

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(May 27, 1998, King Hassan II, France 1-Belgium 0)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2763, March 23, 1999

(May 27, 1998, King Hassan II, France 1-Belgium 0)

 

Date: May 29, 1998

Competition: King Hassan II

Result: Morocco 2-France 2 (6-5 on a penalty kick shoot-out)

Venue: Casablanca, Mohammed V Stadium

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Idrissa Seck (Senegal)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Morocco): Salaheddine Bassir 9, 64

(France): Laurent Blanc 23, Youri Djorkaeff 72

Summary of goals:

1:0 (9^th minute, Morocco): Gharib Amzine sent a long cross to the left, Abdeljilil Hadda ‘Kamacho’ headed down and Bassir chipped over Lama.

1:1 (23^rd minute, France): Zidane’s corner kick from the left side was headed in by Blanc.

2:1 (64^th minute, Morocco): Abdelkader El-Brazi sent a long goal kick to the right, it was controlled by Abdeljilil Hadda ‘Kamacho’ who then passed to the left to the middle for Bassir to score.

2:2 (72^nd minute, France): Bernard Diomède’s crossed from the left and Djorkaeff scored with an overhead kick.

Sequence of penalty kicks:

(Morocco): Abdelrahim Ouaklili (1-0), Smahi Triki (2-1), Abdelilah Saber (3-2), Abdeljilil Hadda ‘Kamacho’ (4-3), Gharib Amzine (5-4), Lahcen Abrami (missed) (5-5), Youssef Rossi (6-5)

(France): Laurent Blanc (1-1), Frank Leboeuf (2-2), David Trezeguet (3-3), Robert Pires (4-4), Patrick Vieira (5-5), Youri Djorkaeff (missed) (5-5), Vincent Candela (missed) (6-5)

Lineups:

Morocco:

1- Abdelkader El-Brazi (FAR Rabat)

15- Lahcen Abrami (WAC Casablanca)

4- Youssef Rossi (Stade Rennais Football Club / Franca)

5- Smahi Triki (Lausanne Sports / Switzerland)

3- Abdelkrim El-Hadrioui (Sport Lisboa e Benfica / Portugal) (2- Abdelilah Saber (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa / Portugal) 46)

16- Rachid Azzouzi (Greuther Fürth / Germany) (23-Jamel Sellami 66)

17- Gharib Amzine (Football Club de Mulhouse / France)

18- Youssef Chippo (Futebol Clube do Porto / Portugal) (10-Abdelrahim Ouaklili (Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860 / Germany) 66)

8- Said Chiba (SD Compostela / Spain)

14- Salaheddine Bassir (Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña / Spain) (11-Ali El-Khattabi (Sportclub Heerenveen / Holland) 77)

27- Abdeljilil Hadda ‘Kamacho’ (Club African / Tunisia)

 

Coach: Henri Michel (France)

Booked: Gharib Amzine 11

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma

Uniform Colors: Red (Green horizontal stripe at top) Shirts, Green (red at each side) Shorts, Green Socks

Note:

1-Morocco managed by former France National team manager Henri Michel.

France:

16- Bernard Lama (West Ham United Football Club – London / England)

19- Christian Karembeu (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)

5- Laurent Blanc (Olympique de Marseille)

18- Frank Leboeuf (Chelsea Football Club – London / England)

2- Vincent Candela (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy)

14- Alain Boghossian (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy)

12- Thierry Henry (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

7- Didier Deschamps (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy) (4- Patrick Vieira (Arsenal Football Club – London / England) 46)

10- Zinedine Zidane (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy) (6- Youri Djorkaeff (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy) 63)

21- Christophe Dugarry (Olympique de Marseille) (20- David Trezeguet (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club) 70)

13- Bernard Diomède (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise) (11- Robert Pires (Football Club de Metz) 77)

 

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Booked: Frank Leboeuf 44

Other Substitutes:

22-Lionel Charbonnier (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

Team Captain: Didier Deschamps

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue (with Red horizontal stripe at top and three thin white horizontal stripes) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

 

Final standings for Hassan II Tournament:

 

 1.France              2  1  0/1  0   3- 2  8- 8   4

 2.England             2  1  0/1  0   1- 0  4- 4   4

 3.Morocco             2  0  1/0  1   2- 3  8- 8   2

 4.Belgium             2  0  1/0  1   0- 1  4- 4   2

 

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(May 29, 1998, King Hassan II, Morocco 2-France 2)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 3137, May 23, 2006

(May 29, 1998, King Hassan II, Morocco 2-France 2)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2763, March 23, 1999

(France squad, May 29, 1998, King Hassan II, Morocco 2-France 2)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2825 bis, June 2, 2000

(France squad, May 29, 1998, King Hassan II, Morocco 2-France 2)

 

 

 

Date: June 5, 1998

Competition: Friendly

Result: Finland 0-France 1         

Venue: Helsinki, Olympiastadion

Attendance: 21,619

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Finland): None

(France): David Trezeguet 84     

Summary of goals:

0:1 (84^th minute, France): From the middle, Deschamps sent Trezeguet through on the left who advanced to score.

Lineups:

Finland:

1- Antti Niemi (Rangers Football Club –Glasgow / Scotland)

2- Harri Ylonen (Football Club Haka Valkeakoski)

4- Sami Hyppia (Willem II Tilburg / Holland)

 3- Aarno Turpeinen (HJK (Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi Helsinki)-Helsinki)

5- Tomi Kinnunen (VPS (Vaasan Palloseura)- Vaasa) 

6- Aki Rihilahti (HJK (Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi Helsinki)-Helsinki)

7- Jarkko Wiss (HJK (Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi Helsinki)-Helsinki)

10- Joonas Kolkka (Willem II Tilburg / Holland)

8- Juha Reini (VPS (Vaasan Palloseura)- Vaasa) (13- Kari Rissanen (Ikast Forenede Sportsklubber / Denmark) 86)

9- Mika-Matti Paatelainen (Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club / England)

11- Jonathan Johansson (Rangers Football Club –Glasgow / Scotland) (15- Simo Valakari (Motherwell Football Club / Scotland) 68)

 

Coach: Richard Möller-Nielsen (Denmark)

Booked: Jarkko Wiss 23

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White (Blue on the sides) Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

France:

16- Fabien Barthez (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

15- Lilian Thuram (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy) (19- Christian Karembeu (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain) 69)

5- Laurent Blanc (Olympique de Marseille)

8- Marcel Desailly (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

3- Bixente Lizarazu (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany)

17- Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal Football Club – London / England)

7- Didier Deschamps (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

6- Youri Djorkaeff (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy)

10- Zinedine Zidane (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy) (11- Robert Pires (Football Club de Metz) 89)

9- Stephane Guivarc'h (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise) (20- David Trezeguet (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club) 73)

21- Christophe Dugarry (Olympique de Marseille) (13- Bernard Diomède (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise) 77)

 

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Other Substitutes:

1-Bernard Lama (West Ham United Football Club – London / England)

18-Frank Leboeuf (Chelsea Football Club – London / England)

2-Vincent Candela (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy)

4-Patrick Vieira (Arsenal Football Club – London / England)

12-Thierry Henry (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

 

Team Captain: Didier Deschamps

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue (with Red horizontal stripe at top and three thin white horizontal stripes) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

 

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(June 5, 1998, Finland 0-France 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 115, August 1998

(June 5, 1998, Finland 0-France 1)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2763, March 23, 1999

(June 5, 1998, Finland 0-France 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 28, June 1998

(France National team during the 1997/98 season)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 28, June 1998

(France National team during the 1997/98 season)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 28, June 1998

(France National team during the 1997/98 season)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 28, June 1998

(France National team during the 1997/98 season)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 28, June 1998

(France National team during the 1997/98 season)