1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5

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

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

Matches

Israel 2–1 Bulgaria
Harazi 34'
Banin 62' (pen.)		 Report Balakov 3' (pen.)
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 13,200
Russia 4–0 Cyprus
Nikiforov 8', 50'
Kolyvanov 34'
Beschastnykh 81'		 Report
Dinamo Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)
Luxembourg 1–2 Bulgaria
Langers 20' Report Balakov 14' (pen.)
Kostadinov 37'
Attendance: 3,775
Referee: Yevi Kollari (Albania)
Israel 1–1 Russia
Brumer 65' Report Kolyvanov 82'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Luxembourg 0–4 Russia
Report Tikhonov 34'
Kanchelskis 38'
Beschastnykh 50'
Karpin 77'
Attendance: 5,660
Referee: Juha Hirviniemi (Finland)
Cyprus 2–0 Israel
Gogić 9', 15' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Gheorghe Constantin (Romania)
Cyprus 1–3 Bulgaria
Pittas 29' Report Balakov 23'
Balakov 34'
Iliev 70'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland)
Israel 1–0 Luxembourg
Ohana 39' Report
Attendance: 24,400
Referee: John Ashman (Wales)
Cyprus 1–1 Russia
Gogić 31' Report Simutenkov 32'
Attendance: 3,199
Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)
Luxembourg 0–3 Israel
Report Zohar 11', 79'
Banin 56' (pen.)
Bulgaria 4–1 Cyprus
Borimirov 2'
Kostadinov 35', 45'
Yordanov 66'		 Report Okkas 62'
Russia 3–0 Luxembourg
Kechinov 20'
Grishin 55'
Simutenkov 58'		 Report
Dinamo Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 9,200
Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland)
Israel 2–0 Cyprus
Ohana 3', 72' Report
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)
Bulgaria 4–0 Luxembourg
Stoichkov 43' (pen.)
Kostadinov 47'
Balakov 50' (pen.)
Lechkov 81'		 Report
Russia 2–0 Israel
Radimov 8'
Kosolapov 38'		 Report
Dinamo Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 22,000
Bulgaria 1–0 Israel
Penev 65' Report
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)
Luxembourg 1–3 Cyprus
Amodio 14' Report Papavasiliou 6'
Ioannou 55', 79'
Attendance: 3,022
Referee: Gylfi Thor Orrason (Iceland)
Bulgaria 1–0 Russia
Ivanov 55' Report
Russia 4–2 Bulgaria
Alenichev 13', 57'
Kolyvanov 41'
Yuran 52'		 Report Gruev 68'
Kostadinov 78'
Attendance: 19,000
Cyprus 2–0 Luxembourg
Papavasiliou 79'
Spoljaric 85'		 Report
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

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

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

References

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

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