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Index: World Cup Finals: France 1998: Spain

Spain in the World Cup Finals

World Cup Appearances:
France 1998 was Spain's 10th appearance in the World Cup Finals.

Best World Cup Performance:
Spain made it to the semi-finals at Brazil 1950.

Real Madrid and Barcelona fair much better than the national side in cup competitions.

Spain in the 1998 World Cup

Group D

13th June: vs. Nigeria (2:3) in Nantes.

19th June: vs. Paraguay (0:0) in St. Etienne.

24th June: vs. Bulgaria (6:1) in Lens.

Spain fell to Nigeria in the first game and didn't score against Paraguay, who then had the good fortune to play a reserve Nigerian side in their last game.

Knockout Stage

Spain failed to qualify for the Second Round.

Spain World Cup Squad

Goalkeepers:

1 Andoni Zubizaretta (Valencia)
13 Santiago Canizares (Real Madrid)
22 Jose Francisco Molina (Athletic Madrid)

Defenders:

2 Albert Ferrer (Barcelona)
3 Agustin Aranzabal (Real Sociedad)
4 Rafael Alkorta (Athletic Bilbao)
5 Abelardo Fernandez (Barcelona)
12 Sergi Barjuan (Barcelona)
14 Ivan Campo (Mallorca)
15 Carlos Aguilera (Atletico Madrid)
20 Miguel Angel Nadal (Barcelona)

Midfielders:

6 Fernando Hierro (Real Madrid)
8 Julen Guerrero (Athletic Bilbao)
16 Albert Celades (Barcelona)
18 Guillermo Amor (Barcelona)
21 Luis Enrique Garcia (Barcelona)

Forwards:

7 Francisco Morientes (Real Madrid)
9 Juan Antonio Pizzi (Barcelona)
10 Raul Gonzalez Blanco (Real Madrid)
11 Alfonso Perez Munoz (Real Betis)
17 Joseba Etxeberria (Athletic Bilbao)
19 Francisco Narvaez Kiko (Athletic Madrid)

Trainer:
Javier Clemente.

Destination Spain

Spain Travel Notes:
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