Editing 1998 FIFA World Cup (section)

== Squads ==
{{further|1998 FIFA World Cup squads}}
As with the [[1994 FIFA World Cup squads|preceding tournament]], each team's squad for the 1998 World Cup finals consisted of 22 players. Each participating national association had to confirm their final 22-player squad by 1 June 1998.

Out of the 704 players participating in the 1998 World Cup, 447 were signed up with a European club; 90 in Asia, 67 in South America, 61 in Northern and Central America and 37 in Africa.<ref name="Squad">{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=71653.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605235744/http://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=71653.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 June 2010 |publisher=FIFA |date=8 June 1998 |access-date=29 January 2012 |title=Players Facts & Figures: Eto's the youngest, Leighton the oldest}}</ref> 75 played their club football in England – five more than Italy and Spain. [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] of Spain was the club contributing to the most players in the tournament with 13 players on their side.<ref name="Squad"/>

The average age of all teams was 27 years, 8 months – five months older than the previous tournament.{{sfn|FIFA|p=15}} [[Samuel Eto'o]] of [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]] was the youngest player selected in the competition at 17 years, 3 months, while the oldest was [[Jim Leighton]] of [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] at 39 years, 11 months.{{sfn|FIFA|p=15}}