OVERVIEW:
Home shirt worn as France clinched their first-ever world cup crown on home soil. This was redemption for a national team that failed to qualify for the 1990 and 1994 World Cups. A star-studded golden-generation would go on to win Euro 2000 and the Confederations Cups in 2001 and 2003. In the 1998 showpiece, France would stun the much-fancied Brazil side in the final with a 3-0 victory including a brace from star-man Zinedine Zidane.
 
NOTABLE PLAYERS:
Zinedine Zidane, Didier Deschamps, Bixente Lizarazu, Lillian Thuram, Fabian Barthez, Thierry Henry, David Trezeguet, Laurent Blanc, Patrick Vieira, Youri Djorkaeff, Frank Lebouef.