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
editGermany
editHead coach: Rainer Bonhof
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Timo Hildebrand | 5 April 1979 (aged 19) |  VfB Stuttgart
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| 2 | DF | Martin Forkel | 22 July 1979 (aged 18) | Greuther Fürth
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| 3 | DF | Manuel Benthin | 3 March 1979 (aged 19) | Hamburger SV
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| 4 | DF | Marcel Rapp | 16 April 1979 (aged 19) | Karlsruher SC
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| 5 | MF | Fabian Ernst (Captain) | 30 May 1979 (aged 19) | Hannover 96
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| 6 | MF | Andreas Voss | 27 February 1979 (aged 19) | Bayer 04 Leverkusen
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| 7 | FW | Christian Timm | 27 February 1979 (aged 19) | Borussia Dortmund
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| 8 | DF | Thorsten Schramm | 19 February 1979 (aged 19) | MSV Duisburg
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| 9 | MF | Andreas Gensler | 13 August 1979 (aged 18) | Bayer 04 Leverkusen
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| 10 | MF | Sebastian Deisler | 5 January 1980 (aged 18) | Borussia Mönchengladbach
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| 11 | MF | Wolf-Manuel Majunke | 10 February 1979 (aged 19) | VfB Stuttgart
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| 12 | GK | Stefan Wessels | 28 February 1979 (aged 19) | Bayern Munich
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| 13 | DF | Thomas Lechner | 9 January 1979 (aged 19) | 1. FC Kaiserslautern
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| 14 | MF | Sebastian Kehl | 13 February 1980 (aged 18) | Hannover 96
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| 15 | MF | Silvio Pätz | 11 July 1979 (aged 19) | Rot-Weiß Erfurt
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| 16 | FW | Enrico Kern | 12 March 1979 (aged 19) | Erzgebirge Aue
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| 17 | DF | Gregor Kapitza | 9 August 1979 (aged 18) | 1. FC Köln
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| 18 | MF | Tobias Schäper | 24 October 1979 (aged 18) | Borussia Dortmund
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Lithuania
editHead coach: Vytautas Stanevičius
Portugal
editHead coach: Agostinho Oliveira
Spain
editHead coach: Iñaki Sáez
Group B
editCroatia
editHead coach: Martin Novoselac
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Stipe Pletikosa (Captain) | 8 January 1979 (aged 19) |  Hajduk Split
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| 2 | DF | Goran Sablić | 4 August 1979 (aged 18) | Hajduk Split
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| 3 | MF | Dalibor Tukser | 25 August 1980 (aged 17) | Varteks
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| 4 | DF | Jurica Puljiz | 13 December 1979 (aged 18) | Hajduk Split
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| 5 | MF | Jurica Vranješ | 31 January 1980 (aged 18) | Osijek
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| 6 | MF | Srđan Andrić | 5 January 1980 (aged 18) | Hajduk Split
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| 7 | MF | Mihael Mikić | 6 January 1980 (aged 18) | Croatia Zagreb
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| 8 | MF | Josip Balatinac | 7 March 1979 (aged 19) | Osijek
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| 9 | FW | Saša Bjelanović | 11 June 1979 (aged 19) | Zadar
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| 10 | FW | Zvonimir Deranja | 22 September 1979 (aged 18) | Hajduk Split
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| 11 | FW | Igor Budan | 22 April 1980 (aged 18) | Rijeka
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| 12 | GK | Hrvoje Sunara | 4 August 1979 (aged 18) | Hajduk Split
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| 13 | DF | Edo Vulić | 7 December 1979 (aged 18) | Hajduk Split
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| 14 | MF | Branko Banović | 18 August 1979 (aged 18) | Croatia Zagreb
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| 15 | MF | Ivan Režić | 15 September 1979 (aged 18) | Varteks
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| 16 | MF | Ivica Banović | 2 August 1980 (aged 17) | NK Zagreb
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| 17 | FW | Ivica Olić | 14 September 1979 (aged 18) | Marsonia
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| 18 | FW | Krunoslav Lovrek | 11 September 1979 (aged 18) | NK Zagreb
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Cyprus
editHead coach: Chrysostomos Iakovou
England
editHead coach: Howard Wilkinson
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Steve Simonsen | 3 April 1979 (aged 19) |  Tranmere Rovers
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| 2 | MF | Curtis Woodhouse | 17 April 1980 (aged 18) | Sheffield United
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| 3 | DF | Michael Ball | 2 October 1979 (aged 18) | Everton
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| 4 | MF | Richard Cooper | 27 September 1979 (aged 18) | Nottingham Forest
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| 5 | DF | Jonathan Woodgate | 22 January 1980 (aged 18) | Leeds United
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| 6 | DF | Matthew Upson (Captain) | 18 April 1979 (aged 19) | Arsenal
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| 7 | DF | Andy Griffin | 17 March 1979 (aged 19) | Stoke City
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| 8 | MF | Paolo Vernazza | 1 November 1979 (aged 18) | Arsenal
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| 9 | FW | Lee Mathews | 16 January 1979 (aged 19) | Leeds United
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| 10 | FW | Danny Cadamarteri | 12 October 1979 (aged 18) | Everton
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| 11 | MF | Seth Johnson | 12 March 1979 (aged 19) | Derby County
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| 12 | MF | Anthony Ormerod | 31 March 1979 (aged 19) | Middlesbrough
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| 13 | GK | Paul Robinson | 15 October 1979 (aged 18) | Leeds United
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| 14 | DF | Luke Young | 19 July 1979 (aged 19) | Tottenham Hotspur
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| 15 | DF | Nick Fenton | 23 November 1979 (aged 18) | Manchester City
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| 16 | MF | John Piercy | 18 September 1979 (aged 18) | Tottenham Hotspur
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| 17 | MF | David Dunn | 27 December 1979 (aged 18) | Blackburn Rovers
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| 18 | FW | Alan Smith | 28 October 1980 (aged 17) | Leeds United
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Republic of Ireland
editHead coach: Brian Kerr
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Alex O'Reilly | 5 September 1979 (aged 18) | West Ham United
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| 2 | DF | Thomas Heary | 14 February 1979 (aged 19) | Huddersfield Town
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| 3 | DF | Keith Doyle | 20 July 1979 (aged 18) |  St Patrick's Athletic
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| 4 | DF | Richard Dunne | 21 September 1979 (aged 18) | Everton
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| 5 | FW | Gary Doherty | 31 January 1980 (aged 18) | Luton Town
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| 6 | DF | Jason Gavin | 14 March 1980 (aged 18) | Middlesbrough
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| 7 | MF | Stephen McPhail | 9 December 1979 (aged 18) | Leeds United
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| 8 | FW | Gerard Crossley | 5 February 1980 (aged 18) |  Celtic
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| 9 | DF | Barry Quinn (Captain) | 9 May 1979 (aged 19) | Coventry City
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| 10 | FW | Robbie Keane | 8 July 1980 (aged 18) | Wolverhampton Wanderers
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| 11 | MF | Ronnie O'Brien | 5 January 1979 (aged 19) | Middlesbrough
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| 12 | MF | Alan Quinn | 13 June 1979 (aged 19) | Sheffield Wednesday
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| 13 | MF | Paul Donnelly | 31 August 1979 (aged 18) | Leeds United
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| 14 | DF | Ryan Casey | 3 January 1979 (aged 19) | Swansea City
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| 15 | FW | Liam George | 2 February 1979 (aged 19) | Luton Town
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| 16 | GK | Dean Delany | 15 September 1980 (aged 17) | Everton
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| 17 | MF | Richie Partridge | 12 September 1980 (aged 17) | Liverpool
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| 18 | FW | David Freeman | 25 November 1979 (aged 18) | Nottingham Forest
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