Colombia World Cup Squad: France 1998

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World Cup Appearances:
France 1998 was Colombia's 4th appearance in the World Cup Finals.

Best World Cup Performance:
Colombia first played in the World Cup finals at Chile 1962 and then seemed to forget about any claims to the trophy until Italy 1990; where they reached the Second Round.

Colombia in the 1998 World Cup

Group G

15th June: vs. Romania (0:1) in Lyon.

22nd June: vs. Tunisia (1:0) in Montpelier.

26th June: vs. England (0:2) in Lens.

No own goals for Colombia this time around, but only one goal of their own.

Knockout Stage

Colombia failed to qualify for the Second Round.

CONMEBOL:
Confederacion Sudamericana de Futbol.

Federacion Colombiana de Futbol.

Colombia World Cup Squad

Goalkeepers:

1 Oscar Cordoba (Boca Juiors)
12 Miguel Calero (Nacional Medellin)
22 Farid Mondragon (Independiente)

Defenders:

2 Ivan Ramiro Cordoba (San Lorenzo)
3 Ever Palacios (Atletico Medellin)
4 Jose Santa (Atletico Medellin)
5 Jorge Bermudez (Boca Juniors)
13 Wilmer Cabrera (Millonarios)
16 Antonio Luis Moreno (Tolima)

Midfielders:

6 Maurizio Serna (Boca Juniors)
8 Harold Lozano (Valladolid)
10 Carlos Valderrama (Miami Fusion)
14 Jorge Bolano (Junior Barranquilla)
15 Victor Artistizabal (Sao Paulo)
17 Andres Estrada (Atletico Medellin)
18 John Perez (Deportivo Cali)
19 Freddy Rincon (Corinthians)

Forwards:

7 Anthony de Avila (Barcelona, Ecuador)
9 Adolfo Valencia (Independiente)
11 Faustino Asprilla (Parma)
20 Hamilton Ricard (Middlesbrough)
21 Leider Preciado (Santa Fe Bogota)

Trainer:
Hernan Dario Gomez.

Teams by Group

Group A
Brazil, Morocco, Norway, Scotland.