The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at
1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
The 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1996–98), had 46 entrants. Before the quarter-finals stage, Romania were chosen as the hosts of the final stages, consisting of four matches in total.
The exclusion (for po ...
in Romania. The tournament started on 23 May and the final took place in
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
on 31 May 1998.
Players born on or after 1 January 1975 were eligible to play in the tournament. Each nation had to submit a squad of 20 players, two of which had to be goalkeepers. If a player was injured seriously enough to prevent his taking part in the tournament before his team's first match, he could be replaced by another player.
Players in bold have later been capped at full international level.
Coach:
Hannes Löhr
Johannes Löhr (5 July 1942 – 29 February 2016) was a German international football player and manager.
The striker scored 166 top division goals for 1. FC Köln, more than any other Köln player. He made his debut for the team in August 196 ...
Hans Dorjee
Hans Dorjee (26 July 1941 – 25 July 2002) was a Dutch professional football player and manager.
Playing career
Dorjee came through the youth system of hometown club DHC to make his senior debut for the club aged only 17.
Coach:
Nils Johan Semb
Nils Johan Semb (born 24 February 1959) was the coach of the Norway national football team from 1998 to 2003, presiding over 68 matches.
He led the team to its first European Football Championship in 2000. Though successful, at least in the begi ...
Mikhail Gershkovich
Mikhail Danilovich Gershkovich (russian: Михаил Данилович Гершкович; born 1 April 1948) is a retired Soviet football player and a current Russian coach of Jewish ethnicity.
International career
Gershkovich played on the U ...
Coach:
Iñaki Sáez
José Ignacio "Iñaki" Sáez Ruiz (born 23 April 1943) is a Spanish former football player and manager.
A defender, he spent the vast majority of his professional career with Athletic Bilbao, which he later also coached in various levels, a ...
Coach:
Lars-Olof Mattsson
Lars-Olof Mattsson (born 13 November 1954) is a Swedish football coach and former player.
Career
Mattsson played for Köla AIK, IFK Arvika, IF Olsfors, Mariestads BK and Torsby IF.
He previously coached clubs in Sweden and Norway, such as ...