1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9

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Group 9 consisted of six of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:[a] Albania, Armenia, Germany, Northern Ireland, Portugal, and Ukraine. These six 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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 10 6 4 0 23 9 +14 22 Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup 2–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 4–3
2  Ukraine 10 6 2 2 10 6 +4 20 Advance to second round 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0
3  Portugal 10 5 4 1 12 4 +8 19 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0
4  Armenia 10 1 5 4 8 17 −9 8 1–5 0–2 0–0 0–0 3–0
5  Northern Ireland 10 1 4 5 6 10 −4 7 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0
6  Albania 10 1 1 8 7 20 −13 4 2–3 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–0
Source: [1]

Matches

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Northern Ireland 0–1 Ukraine
Report Rebrov 79'
Attendance: 9,358
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
Armenia 0–0 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 6,015

Ukraine 2–1 Portugal
Popov 4'
Maksymov 88'
Report João V. Pinto 83'
Attendance: 51,385
Northern Ireland 1–1 Armenia
Lennon 29' Report Assadourian 8'
Attendance: 8,357

Armenia 1–5 Germany
Mikaelyan 85' Report Häßler 20', 39'
Klinsmann 26'
Bobić 69'
Kuntz 81'
Attendance: 42,000
Albania 0–3 Portugal
Report Figo 10'
Hélder 75'
Rui Costa 88'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Oguz Sarvan (Turkey)

Germany 1–1 Northern Ireland
Möller 40' Report Taggart 38'
Attendance: 40,718
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
Portugal 1–0 Ukraine
Fernando Couto 58' Report
Attendance: 19,106
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
Albania 1–1 Armenia
Franholli 57' Report Ter-Petrosyan 90'
Attendance: 7,000

Portugal 0–0 Germany
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Northern Ireland 2–0 Albania
Dowie 12', 21' Report
Attendance: 7,935

Albania 0–1 Ukraine
Report Rebrov 40'
Northern Ireland 0–0 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 9,400

Albania 2–3 Germany
Kola 61', 90+2' (pen.) Report Kirsten 63', 80', 83'
Ukraine 2–1 Northern Ireland
Kosovsky 3'
Shevchenko 70'
Report Dowie 14' (pen.)
Attendance: 85,000

Germany 2–0 Ukraine
Bierhoff 62'
Basler 71'
Report
Attendance: 33,242
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Armenia 0–0 Northern Ireland
Report
Attendance: 5,000

Ukraine 1–1 Armenia
Shevchenko 6' Report Petrosyan 77'
Attendance: 47,000

Ukraine 0–0 Germany
Report
Attendance: 63,000
Portugal 2–0 Albania
João V. Pinto 14'
Figo 70'
Report
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Northern Ireland 1–3 Germany
Hughes 59' Report Bierhoff 72', 77', 78'
Ukraine 1–0 Albania
Rebrov 86' Report
Attendance: 38,000
Portugal 3–1 Armenia
Domingos 23'
Figo 31'
Pedro Barbosa 55'
Report Assadourian 46'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Marcel Lica (Romania)

Germany 1–1 Portugal
Kirsten 80' Report Barbosa 70'
Attendance: 75,841
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Armenia 3–0 Albania
Vardanyan 56'
Assadourian 81'
Avalyan 87' (pen.)
Report

Germany 4–0 Armenia
Klinsmann 70', 84'
Häßler 85'
Kirsten 90+1'
Report
Attendance: 43,000
Albania 1–0 Northern Ireland
Haxhi 65' Report
Attendance: 2,650

Germany 4–3 Albania
Helmer 64'
Bierhoff 78', 90'
Marschall 85'
Report Kohler 55' (o.g.)
Tare 80'
Vata 87'
Attendance: 44,522
Armenia 0–2 Ukraine
Report Shevchenko 33'
Maksymov 54'
Attendance: 7,500
Portugal 1–0 Northern Ireland
Conceição 18' Report
Attendance: 31,847

Goalscorers

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There were 66 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

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  1. ^ Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
  2. ^ a b c Played in neutral ground due to the 1997 rebellion in Albania.

References

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