1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5

Group 5 consisted of five of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:^{[lower-alpha 1]} 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg	File:Flag of Russia.svg	File:Flag of Israel.svg	File:Flag of Cyprus (1960–2006).svg	File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg
1	File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria	8	6	0	2	18	9	+9	18	Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup	—	1–0	1–0	4–1	4–0
2	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	8	5	2	1	19	5	+14	17	Advance to second round	4–2	—	2–0	4–0	3–0
3	File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel	8	4	1	3	9	7	+2	13		2–1	1–1	—	2–0	1–0
4	File:Flag of Cyprus (1960–2006).svg Cyprus	8	3	1	4	10	15	−5	10		1–3	1–1	2–0	—	2–0
5	File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg	8	0	0	8	2	22	−20	0		1–2	0–4	0–3	1–3	—

Source: ^[1]

Matches

1 September 1996

18:00 UTC+3

Israel File:Flag of Israel.svg	2–1	File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
Harazi File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Banin File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' (pen.)	Report	Balakov File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' (pen.)

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 13,200

Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

1 September 1996

19:00 UTC+3

Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg	4–0	File:Flag of Cyprus (1960–2006).svg Cyprus
Nikiforov File:Soccerball shade.svg 8', 50' Kolyvanov File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Beschastnykh File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Report

Dinamo Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

8 October 1996

20:00 UTC+2

Luxembourg File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg	1–2	File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
Langers File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'	Report	Balakov File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' (pen.) Kostadinov File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

Attendance: 3,775

Referee: Yevi Kollari (Albania)

9 October 1996

18:00 UTC+3

Israel File:Flag of Israel.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Brumer File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'	Report	Kolyvanov File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Marc Batta (France)

10 November 1996

17:00 UTC+1

Luxembourg File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg	0–4	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
	Report	Tikhonov File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Kanchelskis File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' Beschastnykh File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Karpin File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

Attendance: 5,660

Referee: Juha Hirviniemi (Finland)

10 November 1996

18:00 UTC+2

Cyprus File:Flag of Cyprus (1960–2006).svg	2–0	File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
Gogić File:Soccerball shade.svg 9', 15' (pen.)	Report

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Gheorghe Constantin (Romania)

14 December 1996

16:00 UTC+2

Cyprus File:Flag of Cyprus (1960–2006).svg	1–3	File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
Pittas File:Soccerball shade.svg 29'	Report	Kostadinov File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Balakov File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Iliev File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland)

15 December 1996

18:00 UTC+2

Israel File:Flag of Israel.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
Ohana File:Soccerball shade.svg 39'	Report

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 24,400

Referee: John Ashman (Wales)

29 March 1997

18:30 UTC+2

Cyprus File:Flag of Cyprus (1960–2006).svg	1–1	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Gogić File:Soccerball shade.svg 31'	Report	Simutenkov File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'

Dimotiko, Paralimni

Attendance: 3,199

Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)

31 March 1997

17:00 UTC+2

Luxembourg File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg	0–3	File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
	Report	Zohar File:Soccerball shade.svg 11', 79' Banin File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' (pen.)

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

Attendance: 6,607

Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

2 April 1997

18:00 UTC+3

Bulgaria File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg	4–1	File:Flag of Cyprus (1960–2006).svg Cyprus
Borimirov File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' Kostadinov File:Soccerball shade.svg 35', 45' Yordanov File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'	Report	Okkas File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

30 April 1997

19:00 UTC+3

Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg	3–0	File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
Kechinov File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' Grishin File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Simutenkov File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'	Report

Dinamo Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 9,200

Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland)

30 April 1997

18:00 UTC+3

Israel File:Flag of Israel.svg	2–0	File:Flag of Cyprus (1960–2006).svg Cyprus
Ohana File:Soccerball shade.svg 3', 72'	Report

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)

8 June 1997

20:00 UTC+3

Bulgaria File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg	4–0	File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
Stoichkov File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' (pen.) Kostadinov File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Balakov File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' (pen.) Lechkov File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Report

Neftochimik Stadium, Burgas

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

8 June 1997

19:00 UTC+3

Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg	2–0	File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
Radimov File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Kosolapov File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'	Report

Dinamo Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria)

20 August 1997

20:00 UTC+3

Bulgaria File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
Penev File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)

7 September 1997

17:00 UTC+2

Luxembourg File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg	1–3	File:Flag of Cyprus (1960–2006).svg Cyprus
Amodio File:Soccerball shade.svg 14'	Report	Papavasiliou File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Ioannou File:Soccerball shade.svg 55', 79'

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

Attendance: 3,022

Referee: Gylfi Thor Orrason (Iceland)

10 September 1997

19:30 UTC+3

Bulgaria File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Ivanov File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Václav Krondl (Czech Republic)

11 October 1997

19:00 UTC+3

Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg	4–2	File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
Alenichev File:Soccerball shade.svg 13', 57' Kolyvanov File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Yuran File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'	Report	Gruev File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Kostadinov File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

11 October 1997

19:00 UTC+3

Cyprus File:Flag of Cyprus (1960–2006).svg	2–0	File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
Papavasiliou File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' Spoljaric File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Report

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Bujar Pregja (Albania)

Goalscorers

There were 58 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.9 goals per match.

6 goals

Bulgaria Emil Kostadinov

4 goals

Bulgaria Krasimir Balakov

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

↑ Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.

References

↑ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 1998, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 9 May 2024.

External links

Group 5 Detailed Results at RSSSF

[1] Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.

[soccer365_UEFA_1998-2] "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 1998, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 9 May 2024.

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