1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship squads

Main article: 1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

The following is the list of football players selected for the 1998 European under-18 championship played in Cyprus.

Each national team submitted a squad of 18 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers.

Ages are correct as of the start of the tournament, 19 July 1998. Players in bold have later been capped at full international level.

Group A

Germany

Head coach: Rainer Bonhof

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Timo Hildebrand	(1979-04-05)5 April 1979 (aged 19)			VfB Stuttgart
2	2 DF	Martin Forkel	(1979-07-22)22 July 1979 (aged 18)			Greuther Fürth
3	2 DF	Manuel Benthin	(1979-03-03)3 March 1979 (aged 19)			Hamburger SV
4	2 DF	Marcel Rapp	(1979-04-16)16 April 1979 (aged 19)			Karlsruher SC
5	3 MF	Fabian Ernst (Captain)	(1979-05-30)30 May 1979 (aged 19)			Hannover 96
6	3 MF	Andreas Voss	(1979-02-27)27 February 1979 (aged 19)			Bayer 04 Leverkusen
7	4 FW	Christian Timm	(1979-02-27)27 February 1979 (aged 19)			Borussia Dortmund
8	2 DF	Thorsten Schramm	(1979-02-19)19 February 1979 (aged 19)			MSV Duisburg
9	3 MF	Andreas Gensler	(1979-08-13)13 August 1979 (aged 18)			Bayer 04 Leverkusen
10	3 MF	Sebastian Deisler	(1980-01-05)5 January 1980 (aged 18)			Borussia Mönchengladbach
11	3 MF	Wolf-Manuel Majunke	(1979-02-10)10 February 1979 (aged 19)			VfB Stuttgart
12	1 GK	Stefan Wessels	(1979-02-28)28 February 1979 (aged 19)			Bayern Munich
13	2 DF	Thomas Lechner	(1979-01-09)9 January 1979 (aged 19)			1. FC Kaiserslautern
14	3 MF	Sebastian Kehl	(1980-02-13)13 February 1980 (aged 18)			Hannover 96
15	3 MF	Silvio Pätz	(1979-07-11)11 July 1979 (aged 19)			Rot-Weiß Erfurt
16	4 FW	Enrico Kern	(1979-03-12)12 March 1979 (aged 19)			Erzgebirge Aue
17	2 DF	Gregor Kapitza	(1979-08-09)9 August 1979 (aged 18)			1. FC Köln
18	3 MF	Tobias Schäper	(1979-10-24)24 October 1979 (aged 18)			Borussia Dortmund

Lithuania

Head coach: Vytautas Stanevičius

Portugal

Head coach: Agostinho Oliveira

Spain

Head coach: Iñaki Sáez

Group B

Croatia

Head coach: Martin Novoselac

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Stipe Pletikosa (Captain)	(1979-01-08)8 January 1979 (aged 19)			Hajduk Split
2	2 DF	Goran Sablić	(1979-08-04)4 August 1979 (aged 18)			Hajduk Split
3	3 MF	Dalibor Tukser	(1980-08-25)25 August 1980 (aged 17)			Varteks
4	2 DF	Jurica Puljiz	(1979-12-13)13 December 1979 (aged 18)			Hajduk Split
5	3 MF	Jurica Vranješ	(1980-01-31)31 January 1980 (aged 18)			Osijek
6	3 MF	Srđan Andrić	(1980-01-05)5 January 1980 (aged 18)			Hajduk Split
7	3 MF	Mihael Mikić	(1980-01-06)6 January 1980 (aged 18)			Croatia Zagreb
8	3 MF	Josip Balatinac	(1979-03-07)7 March 1979 (aged 19)			Osijek
9	4 FW	Saša Bjelanović	(1979-06-11)11 June 1979 (aged 19)			Zadar
10	4 FW	Zvonimir Deranja	(1979-09-22)22 September 1979 (aged 18)			Hajduk Split
11	4 FW	Igor Budan	(1980-04-22)22 April 1980 (aged 18)			Rijeka
12	1 GK	Hrvoje Sunara	(1979-08-04)4 August 1979 (aged 18)			Hajduk Split
13	2 DF	Edo Vulić	(1979-12-07)7 December 1979 (aged 18)			Hajduk Split
14	3 MF	Branko Banović	(1979-08-18)18 August 1979 (aged 18)			Croatia Zagreb
15	3 MF	Ivan Režić	(1979-09-15)15 September 1979 (aged 18)			Varteks
16	3 MF	Ivica Banović	(1980-08-02)2 August 1980 (aged 17)			NK Zagreb
17	4 FW	Ivica Olić	(1979-09-14)14 September 1979 (aged 18)			Marsonia
18	4 FW	Krunoslav Lovrek	(1979-09-11)11 September 1979 (aged 18)			NK Zagreb

Cyprus

Head coach: Chrysostomos Iakovou

England

Head coach: Howard Wilkinson

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Steve Simonsen	(1979-04-03)3 April 1979 (aged 19)			Tranmere Rovers
2	3 MF	Curtis Woodhouse	(1980-04-17)17 April 1980 (aged 18)			Sheffield United
3	2 DF	Michael Ball	(1979-10-02)2 October 1979 (aged 18)			Everton
4	3 MF	Richard Cooper	(1979-09-27)27 September 1979 (aged 18)			Nottingham Forest
5	2 DF	Jonathan Woodgate	(1980-01-22)22 January 1980 (aged 18)			Leeds United
6	2 DF	Matthew Upson (Captain)	(1979-04-18)18 April 1979 (aged 19)			Arsenal
7	2 DF	Andy Griffin	(1979-03-17)17 March 1979 (aged 19)			Stoke City
8	3 MF	Paolo Vernazza	(1979-11-01)1 November 1979 (aged 18)			Arsenal
9	4 FW	Lee Mathews	(1979-01-16)16 January 1979 (aged 19)			Leeds United
10	4 FW	Danny Cadamarteri	(1979-10-12)12 October 1979 (aged 18)			Everton
11	3 MF	Seth Johnson	(1979-03-12)12 March 1979 (aged 19)			Derby County
12	3 MF	Anthony Ormerod	(1979-03-31)31 March 1979 (aged 19)			Middlesbrough
13	1 GK	Paul Robinson	(1979-10-15)15 October 1979 (aged 18)			Leeds United
14	2 DF	Luke Young	(1979-07-19)19 July 1979 (aged 19)			Tottenham Hotspur
15	2 DF	Nick Fenton	(1979-11-23)23 November 1979 (aged 18)			Manchester City
16	3 MF	John Piercy	(1979-09-18)18 September 1979 (aged 18)			Tottenham Hotspur
17	3 MF	David Dunn	(1979-12-27)27 December 1979 (aged 18)			Blackburn Rovers
18	4 FW	Alan Smith	(1980-10-28)28 October 1980 (aged 17)			Leeds United

Republic of Ireland

Head coach: Brian Kerr

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Alex O'Reilly	(1979-09-05)5 September 1979 (aged 18)			West Ham United
2	2 DF	Thomas Heary	(1979-02-14)14 February 1979 (aged 19)			Huddersfield Town
3	2 DF	Keith Doyle	(1979-07-20)20 July 1979 (aged 18)			St Patrick's Athletic
4	2 DF	Richard Dunne	(1979-09-21)21 September 1979 (aged 18)			Everton
5	4 FW	Gary Doherty	(1980-01-31)31 January 1980 (aged 18)			Luton Town
6	2 DF	Jason Gavin	(1980-03-14)14 March 1980 (aged 18)			Middlesbrough
7	3 MF	Stephen McPhail	(1979-12-09)9 December 1979 (aged 18)			Leeds United
8	4 FW	Gerard Crossley	(1980-02-05)5 February 1980 (aged 18)			Celtic
9	2 DF	Barry Quinn (Captain)	(1979-05-09)9 May 1979 (aged 19)			Coventry City
10	4 FW	Robbie Keane	(1980-07-08)8 July 1980 (aged 18)			Wolverhampton Wanderers
11	3 MF	Ronnie O'Brien	(1979-01-05)5 January 1979 (aged 19)			Middlesbrough
12	3 MF	Alan Quinn	(1979-06-13)13 June 1979 (aged 19)			Sheffield Wednesday
13	3 MF	Paul Donnelly	(1979-08-31)31 August 1979 (aged 18)			Leeds United
14	2 DF	Ryan Casey	(1979-01-03)3 January 1979 (aged 19)			Swansea City
15	4 FW	Liam George	(1979-02-02)2 February 1979 (aged 19)			Luton Town
16	1 GK	Dean Delany	(1980-09-15)15 September 1980 (aged 17)			Everton
17	3 MF	Richie Partridge	(1980-09-12)12 September 1980 (aged 17)			Liverpool
18	4 FW	David Freeman	(1979-11-25)25 November 1979 (aged 18)			Nottingham Forest