World Cup Preliminary Competition |
1 September
1996 |
Moldova 0 England 3
[0-2]
Stadionul Republican, Chişinău
(9,500) |
Barmby, Gascoigne,
Shearer |
9 October 1996 |
England 2 Poland 1
[2-1]
Wembley
Stadium, Wembley
(74,663) |
Shearer (2)
Citko |
9 November
1996 |
Georgia 0 England 2
[0-2]
Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi
(48,000) |
Sheringham, Ferdinand |
12 February
1997 |
England 0 Italy 1
[0-1]
Wembley
Stadium, Wembley
(75,055) |
Zola |
30 April 1997 |
England 2 Georgia 0
[1-0]
Wembley
Stadium, Wembley (71,208) |
Sheringham, Shearer |
31 May 1997 |
Poland 0 England 2
[0-1]
Stadion Śląski,
Chorzów (35,000) |
Shearer, Sheringham |
10 September
1997 |
England 4 Moldova 0
[1-0]
Wembley
Stadium, Wembley (74,102) |
Scholes, Wright (2),
Gascoigne |
11 October 1997 |
Italy 0 England 0
[0-0]
Stadio
Olimpico, Roma
(81,200) |
|
Angelo Di
Livio |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
FMax |
AMax |
Pts% |
W/L |
8 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
2 |
+13 |
2 |
6 |
1.875 |
0.25 |
4 |
1 |
81.3 |
+5 |
|
1996-97 |
|
Goalscorers |
5 - Alan Shearer
3 - Teddy Sheringham 2 - Paul
Gascoigne and Ian Wright 1 - Nick Barmby, Les Ferdinand and Paul
Scholes
|
15 |
World Cup
Final Competition |
15 June 1998
- 2:30pm CEST |
England 2 Tunisia 0
[1-0] Stade Vélodrome, Marseille (54,587) |
Shearer, Scholes |
22 June 1998
- 9:00pm CEST |
Romania 2 England 1
[0-0] Stade Municipal,
Toulouse (37,500) |
Moldovan, Petrescu
Owen |
26 June 1998 -
9:00pm CEST |
Colombia 0 England 2
[0-2] Stade
Felix-Bollaert, Lens (41,275) |
Anderton, Beckham |
30 June 1998 -
9:00pm CEST |
Argentina 2 England 2
[2-2]
AET
[2-2]
&
Penalties [4-3]
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne (35,500) |
Batistuta (pen), Zanetti
Shearer (pen), Owen |
David Beckham |
Penalty Shoot-out:-
Berti 1-0, Shearer
1-1, Crespo saved, Ince saved, Verón 2-1,
Merson 2-2, Gallardo 3-2, Owen
3-3, Ayala 4-3, Batty saved. |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
FMax |
AMax |
Pts% |
W/L |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
+3 |
0 |
2 |
1.75 |
0.75 |
2 |
2 |
62.5 |
+1 |
Once again England received
FIFA's Fair Play Award for the tournament, this time sharing it with France.
|
1998 |
|
Team Ranking |
Rank |
Team |
Stage
Reached |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
Pts |
1 |
France |
Final |
7 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
15 |
2 |
+13 |
19 |
2 |
Brazil |
7 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
14 |
10 |
+4 |
13 |
3 |
Croatia |
Semi-final
and 3rd place match |
7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
11 |
5 |
+6 |
15 |
4 |
Netherlands |
7 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
7 |
+6 |
12 |
5 |
Italy |
Quarter-finals |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
3 |
+5 |
11 |
6 |
Argentina |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
4 |
+6 |
10 |
7 |
Germany |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
+2 |
10 |
8 |
Denmark |
5 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
7 |
+2 |
7 |
9 |
England |
Round of 16 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
+3 |
7 |
10 |
Yugoslavia |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
+1 |
7 |
11 |
Romania |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
+1 |
7 |
12 |
Nigeria |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
9 |
-3 |
6 |
13 |
Mexico |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
7 |
+1 |
5 |
14 |
Paraguay |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
5 |
15 |
Norway |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
=0 |
5 |
16 |
Chile |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
8 |
-3 |
3 |
17 |
Spain |
Group |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
4 |
+4 |
4 |
18 |
Morocco |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
=0 |
4 |
19 |
Belgium |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
=0 |
3 |
20 |
Iran |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
-2 |
3 |
21 |
Colombia |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
3 |
22 |
Jamaica |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
-6 |
3 |
23 |
Austria |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
2 |
24 |
South Africa |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
-3 |
2 |
25 |
Cameroon |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
-3 |
2 |
26 |
Tunisia |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
-3 |
1 |
27 |
Scotland |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
-4 |
1 |
28 |
Saudi Arabia |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
-5 |
1 |
29 |
Bulgaria |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
-6 |
1 |
30 |
Korea Republic |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
-7 |
1 |
31 |
Japan |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
-3 |
0 |
32 |
United States |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
-4 |
0 |
|
|
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