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1998 France World Cup

The squad consisted mainly of the European champions from 1996 and several players from 1990. Jürgen Klinsmann became the captain of the team.

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Just like last World Cup, Germany once again finished the qualification stage with 7 points. They finished two games with 2-0 to United States and Iran and had one draw with Yugoslavia. 2-1 beat Mexico and lost to Croatia 0-3 in the semi-final stage.

More players from the former GDR were recuirted to play for the national team, such as Jörg Heinrich from Rathenow, Steffen Freund from Brandenburg an der Havel, Jens Jeremies from Görlitz, etc.