1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5
Appearance
Group 5 consisted of five of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:[a] Bulgaria, Cyprus, Israel, Luxembourg, and Russia. These five teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 15 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming those spots.
Standings[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 18 | Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 17 | Advance to second round | 4–2 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | |
3 | ![]() |
8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 13 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | ||
4 | ![]() |
8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 10 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | ||
5 | ![]() |
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–3 | — |
Source: [1]
Matches[edit]
Luxembourg ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Langers ![]() |
Report | Balakov ![]() Kostadinov ![]() |
Luxembourg ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report | Tikhonov ![]() Kanchelskis ![]() Beschastnykh ![]() Karpin ![]() |
Israel ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Ohana ![]() |
Report |
Cyprus ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Gogić ![]() |
Report | Simutenkov ![]() |
Russia ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Kechinov ![]() Grishin ![]() Simutenkov ![]() |
Report |
Bulgaria ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Stoichkov ![]() Kostadinov ![]() Balakov ![]() Lechkov ![]() |
Report |
Luxembourg ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Amodio ![]() |
Report | Papavasiliou ![]() Ioannou ![]() |
Cyprus ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Papavasiliou ![]() Spoljaric ![]() |
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Goalscorers[edit]
There were 58 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.9 goals per match.
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Daniel Borimirov
Ilia Gruev
Ilian Iliev
Trifon Ivanov
Yordan Lechkov
Luboslav Penev
Hristo Stoichkov
Ivaylo Yordanov
Ioannis Okkas
Charalambos Pittas
Milenko Špoljarić
Gadi Brumer
Ronen Harazi
Paolo Amodio
Robby Langers
Sergey Grishin
Andrei Kanchelskis
Valeri Karpin
Valery Kechinov
Alexei Kosolapov
Vladislav Radimov
Andrey Tikhonov
Sergei Yuran
Notes[edit]
- ^ Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
References[edit]
- ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 1998, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
External links[edit]
Categories:
- 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
- 1996–97 in Bulgarian football
- Bulgaria at the 1998 FIFA World Cup
- 1996–97 in Cypriot football
- 1997–98 in Cypriot football
- 1996–97 in Israeli football
- 1997–98 in Israeli football
- 1996–97 in Luxembourgian football
- 1997–98 in Luxembourgian football
- 1996 in Russian football
- 1997 in Russian football