1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

Football tournament qualifying stage Group 6 consisted of six of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host. Czech Republic, Faroe Islands, Malta, Slovakia, Spain, and Yugoslavia. 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 main WDL Q ESP ESP YUG FRY CZE CZE SVK SVK FRO FRO MLT MLT 8 2 0 26 6 7 2 1 29 7 5 1 4 16 6 5 1 4 18 14 2 0 8 10 31 0 0 10 2 37 WC WCPO green1 Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup blue1 Advance to second round y flag 2–0 6–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 2–6 1–8 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–3 0–5 2–1 3–0 6–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 4–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 6–0 2–0 1–1 complete FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 1998, football - table and standings https://soccer365.me/competitions/739/1998/ soccer365.me 9 May 2024 15 December 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241215135348/https://soccer365.me/competitions/739/1998/ dead Matches "FR Yugoslavia v Faroe Islands" 24 April 1996 19:00 UTC+2 FRY 3–1 Report FRO Savićević 3 29Milošević 37 J. Petersen 53 Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade 16,325 Roland Beck (Liechtenstein) "FR Yugoslavia v Malta" 2 June 1996 20:00 UTC+2 FRY 6–0 Report MLT Mirković 2Mijatović 39D. Stojković 45+1Milošević 68Savićević 70 pen. 73 Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade 11,617 Hermann Albrecht (Germany) "Faroe Islands v Slovakia" 31 August 1996 15:00 UTC+1 FRO 1–2 Report SVK Müller 60 Moravčik 13Dubovský 88 Svangaskarð, Toftir 1,445 Terje Hauge (Norway) "Faroe Islands v Spain" 4 September 1996 17:45 UTC+1 FRO 2–6 Report ESP T. Jónsson 46Arge 90 Luis Enrique 37Alfonso 63 83 86Johannesen 70 o.g.Hierro 85 Svangaskarð, Toftir 4,200 Philippe Leduc (France) "Czech Republic v Malta" 18 September 1996 16:30 UTC+2 CZE 6–0 Report MLT Berger 11 63 pen.Nedvěd 29Kubík 77Šmicer 83Frýdek 86 Na Stínadlech, Teplice 15,099 Mateo Beušan (Croatia) "Slovakia v Malta" 22 September 1996 18:00 UTC+2 SVK 6–0 Report MLT Tittel 13 90Šimon 15Zeman 37Timko 56Dubovský 59 Tehelne pole, Bratislava 2,236 Giorgos Bikas (Greece) "Faroe Islands v FR Yugoslavia" 6 October 1996 15:00 UTC+1 FRO 1–8 Report FRY Müller 28 Milošević 6 37 45Jokanović 11 57Mijatović 29Jugović 57D. Stojković 90 pen. Svangaskarð, Toftir 1,017 Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland) "Czech Republic v Spain" 9 October 1996 20:15 UTC+2 CZE 0–0 Report ESP Sparta, Prague 19,223 Anders Frisk (Sweden) "Slovakia v Faroe Islands" 23 October 1996 18:00 UTC+2 SVK 3–0 Report FRO Dubovský 20Jančula 44Šimon 57 pen. Tehelné pole, Bratislava 5,442 Salem Prolic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) "FR Yugoslavia v Czech Republic" 10 November 1996 18:00 UTC+1 FRY 1–0 Report CZE Mijatović 18 Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade 46,577 Dick Jol (Netherlands) "Spain v Slovakia" 13 November 1996 20:30 UTC+1 ESP 4–1 Report SVK Pizzi 30Amor 46Luis Enrique 57Hierro 61 Tittel 39 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, Santa Cruz 13,500 Markus Merk (Germany) "Spain v FR Yugoslavia" 14 December 1996 21:30 UTC+1 ESP 2–0 Report FRY Guardiola 19 pRaúl 37 Estadio Mestalla, Valencia 37,000 Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland) "Malta v Spain" 18 December 1996 19:00 UTC+1 MLT 0–3 Report ESP Guerrero 8 26 33 National Stadium, Ta'Qali 3,200 Nikolai Levnikov (Russia) "Spain v Malta" 12 February 1997 21:30 UTC+1 ESP 4–0 Report MLT Guardiola 25Alfonso 40 47Pizzi 89 Estadio José Rico Pérez, Alicante 28,000 Stephen Lodge (England) "Malta v Slovakia" 31 March 1997 16:00 UTC+2 MLT 0–2 Report SVK Jančula 38Tittel 90 National Stadium, Ta'Qali 4,202 Marek Kowalczyk (Poland) "Czech Republic vs FR Yugoslavia" 2 April 1997 20:15 UTC+2 CZE 1–2 Report FRY Bejbl 69 Mijatović 27Milošević 90 Sparta, Prague 17,137 Marc Batta (France) "FR Yugoslavia v Spain" 30 April 1997 18:15 UTC+2 FRY 1–1 Report ESP Mijatović 87 pen. Hierro 19 pen. Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade 49,253 Rune Pedersen (Norway) "Malta v Faroe Islands" 30 April 1997 20:00 UTC+2 MLT 1–2 Report FRO Sultana 8 Ø. Hansen 60T. Jónsson 89 National Stadium, Ta'Qali 8,188 Dani Koren (Israel) "Spain v Czech Republic" 8 June 1997 20:15 UTC+2 ESP 1–0 Report CZE Hierro 41 pen. Estadio Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid 24,544 Hugh Dallas (Scotland) "FR Yugoslavia v Slovakia" 8 June 1997 20:00 UTC+2 FRY 2–0 Report SVK Savićević 17Mijatović 75 Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade 22,044 Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark) "Faroe Islands v Malta" 8 June 1997 15:00 UTC+1 FRO 2–1 Report MLT Arge 7T. Jónsson 42 G. Agius 48 Svangaskarð, Toftir 6,400 Richard O'Hanlon (Republic of Ireland) "Czech Republic v Faroe Islands" 20 August 1997 16:30 UTC+2 CZE 2–0 Report FRO Kuka 14Kozel 27 Na Stínadlech, Teplice 8,322 Algirdas Dubinskas (Lithuania) "Slovakia v Czech Republic" 24 August 1997 20:15 UTC+2 SVK 2–1 Report CZE Jančula 45Majoroš 55 Šmicer 14 Tehelné pole, Bratislava 22,500 Piero Ceccarini (Italy) "Faroe Islands v Czech Republic" 6 September 1997 15:00 UTC+1 FRO 0–2 Report CZE Šmicer 16Kuka 32 Svangaskarð, Toftir 2,700 Bernard Saules (France) "Slovakia v FR Yugoslavia" 10 September 1997 20:15 UTC+2 SVK 1–1 Report FRY Majoroš 64 Mihajlović 79 Tehelné pole, Bratislava 22,500 Anders Frisk (Sweden) "Slovakia v Spain" 24 September 1997 20:15 UTC+2 SVK 1–2 Report ESP Majoroš 75 Kiko 47Amor 767 Tehelne pole, Bratislava 13,667 László Vágner (Hungary) "Malta v Czech Republic" 24 September 1997 19:30 UTC+2 MLT 0–1 Report CZE Bejbl 33 National Stadium, Ta'Qali 1,622 Armand Ancion (Belgium) "Spain v Faroe Islands" 11 October 1997 20:00 UTC+2 ESP 3–1 Report FRO Luis Enrique 18 82Oli 28 J. K. Hansen 45 El Molinón, Gijón 25,000 Jacek Granat (Poland) "Malta v FR Yugoslavia" 11 October 1997 18:00 UTC+2 MLT 0–5 Report FRY Milošević 8Mihajlović 34Savićević 44Mijatović 54Jugović 76 National Stadium, Ta'Qali 1,107 Dermot Gallagher (England) "Slovakia v Czech Republic" 11 October 1997 20:00 UTC+2 CZE 3–0 Report SVK Šmicer 54Siegl 71Novotný 73 Sparta, Prague 5,428 Urs Meier (Switzerland) Goalscorers 101 30 FRY Predrag Mijatović FRY Savo Milošević FRY Dejan Savićević ESP Alfonso Pérez CZE Vladimír Šmicer SVK Dušan Tittel ESP Luis Enrique ESP Fernando Hierro FRO Todi Jónsson SVK Peter Dubovský SVK Tibor Jančula SVK Jozef Majoroš ESP Julen Guerrero CZE Radek Bejbl CZE Pavel Kuka CZE Patrik Berger FRO Uni Arge FRO Jan Allan Müller SVK Július Šimon ESP Guillermo Amor ESP Pep Guardiola ESP Juan Antonio Pizzi FRY Slaviša Jokanović FRY Vladimir Jugović FRY Siniša Mihajlović FRY Dragan Stojković CZE Martin Frýdek CZE Luboš Kozel CZE Luboš Kubík CZE Pavel Nedvěd CZE Jiří Novotný CZE Horst Siegl FRO Jens Kristian Hansen FRO Øssur Hansen FRO John Petersen MLT Gilbert Agius MLT Stefan Sultana SVK Ľubomír Moravčík SVK Jaroslav Timko SVK Marian Zeman ESP Kiko ESP Oli ESP Raúl FRY Zoran Mirković FRO Óli Johannesen (against Spain) Notes References External links Group 6 Detailed Results at RSSSF 6 Category:1996–97 in Czech football Category:1997–98 in Czech football Category:1996 in Faroe Islands football Category:1997 in Faroe Islands football Category:1996–97 in Maltese football Category:1997–98 in Maltese football Category:1996–97 in Slovak football Category:1997–98 in Slovak football Category:1996–97 in Spanish football Qual Category:1996–97 in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia football Qual Category:1995–96 in Maltese football Category:1995–96 in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia football