1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9

Group 9 consisted of six of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:[1] 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[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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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:[citation needed]

### Results[edit]

31 August 1996

15:00 UTC+1

Northern Ireland | 0–1|  Ukraine

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| Report | Rebrov 79'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 9,358

Referee: Alain Sars (France)

31 August 1996

20:30 UTC+4

Armenia | 0–0|  Portugal

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Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 6,015

Referee: Karol Ihring (Slovakia)

* * *

5 October 1996

20:00 UTC+3

Ukraine | 2–1|  Portugal

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Popov 4'
Maksymov 88' | Report | João V. Pinto 83'

Olimpiysky, Kyiv

Attendance: 51,385

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

5 October 1996

15:00 UTC+1

Northern Ireland | 1–1|  Armenia

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Lennon 29' | Report | Assadourian 8'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 8,357

Referee: Krsto Danilovski (Macedonia)

* * *

9 October 1996

20:00 UTC+4

Armenia | 1–5|  Germany

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Mikaelyan 85' | Report | Häßler 20', 39'
Klinsmann 26'
Bobić 69'
Kuntz 81'

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

9 October 1996

20:00 UTC+2

Albania | 0–3|  Portugal

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| Report | Figo 10'
Hélder 75'
Rui Costa 88'

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Oguz Sarvan (Turkey)

* * *

9 November 1996

17:30 UTC+1

Germany | 1–1|  Northern Ireland

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Möller 40' | Report | Taggart 38'

Frankenstadion, Nuremberg

Attendance: 40,718

Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

9 November 1996

20:45 UTC

Portugal | 1–0|  Ukraine

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Fernando Couto 58' | Report |

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 19,106

Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

9 November 1996

14:00 UTC+1

Albania | 1–1|  Armenia

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Franholli 57' | Report | Ter-Petrosyan 90'

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

* * *

14 December 1996

20:45 UTC

Portugal | 0–0|  Germany

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Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

14 December 1996

15:00 UTC

Northern Ireland | 2–0|  Albania

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Dowie 12', 21' | Report |

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 7,935

Referee: Andreas Georgiou (Cyprus)

* * *

29 March 1997

18:00 UTC+1

Albania | 0–1|  Ukraine

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| Report | Rebrov 40'

Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada[2]

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: John McDermott (Republic of Ireland)

29 March 1997

15:00 UTC

Northern Ireland | 0–0|  Portugal

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Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 9,400

Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

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2 April 1997

19:30 UTC+2

Albania | 2–3|  Germany

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Kola 61', 90+2' (pen.) | Report | Kirsten 63', 80', 83'

Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada[2]

Attendance: 9,780

Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)

2 April 1997

19:30 UTC+3

Ukraine | 2–1|  Northern Ireland

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Kosovsky 3'
Shevchenko 70' | Report | Dowie 14' (pen.)

Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: Václav Krondl (Czech Republic)

* * *

30 April 1997

19:30 UTC+2

Germany | 2–0|  Ukraine

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Bierhoff 62'
Basler 71' | Report |

Weserstadion, Bremen

Attendance: 33,242

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

30 April 1997

17:00 UTC+4

Armenia | 0–0|  Northern Ireland

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Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

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7 May 1997

19:00 UTC+3

Ukraine | 1–1|  Armenia

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Shevchenko 6' | Report | Petrosyan 77'

Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv

Attendance: 47,000

Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

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7 June 1997

19:00 UTC+3

Ukraine | 0–0|  Germany

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Olimpyskiy, Kyiv

Attendance: 63,000

Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

7 June 1997

21:30 UTC+1

Portugal | 2–0|  Albania

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João V. Pinto 14'
Figo 70' | Report |

Estadio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

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20 August 1997

19:30 UTC+1

Northern Ireland | 1–3|  Germany

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Hughes 59' | Report | Bierhoff 72', 77', 78'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 12,037

Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

20 August 1997

19:00 UTC+3

Ukraine | 1–0|  Albania

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Rebrov 86' | Report |

Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

20 August 1997

21:30 UTC

Portugal | 3–1|  Armenia

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Domingos 23'
Figo 31'
Pedro Barbosa 55' | Report | Assadourian 46'

Estadio do Bonfim, Setúbal

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Marcel Lica (Romania)

* * *

6 September 1997

20:00 UTC+2

Germany | 1–1|  Portugal

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Kirsten 80' | Report | Barbosa 70'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 75,841

Referee: Marc Batta (France)

6 September 1997

17:00 UTC+4

Armenia | 3–0|  Albania

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Vardanyan 56'
Assadourian 81'
Avalyan 87' (pen.) | Report |

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Miroslav Radoman (Yugoslavia)

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10 September 1997

19:30 UTC+2

Germany | 4–0|  Armenia

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Klinsmann 70', 84'
Häßler 85'
Kirsten 90+1' | Report |

Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

10 September 1997

17:00 UTC+2

Albania | 1–0|  Northern Ireland

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Haxhi 65' | Report |

Hardturm, Zürich[2]

Attendance: 2,650

Referee: Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)

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11 October 1997

18:30 UTC+2

Germany | 4–3|  Albania

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Helmer 64'
Bierhoff 78', 90'
Marschall 85' | Report | Kohler 55' (o.g.)
Tare 80'
Vata 87'

Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover

Attendance: 44,522

Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

11 October 1997

20:30 UTC+4

Armenia | 0–2|  Ukraine

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| Report | Shevchenko 33'
Maksymov 54'

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

11 October 1997

17:30 UTC+1

Portugal | 1–0|  Northern Ireland

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Conceição 18' | Report |

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 31,847

Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

## Notes[edit]

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.

## External links[edit]

* Group 9 Detailed Results at RSSSF

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