1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

Football tournament qualification stage July 2026 Group 3 consisted of five 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. Azerbaijan, Finland, Hungary, Norway, and Switzerland. 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 main WDL Q NOR NOR HUN HUN FIN FIN SUI SUI AZE AZE 6 2 0 21 2 3 3 2 10 8 3 2 3 11 12 3 1 4 11 12 1 0 7 3 22 WC WCPO green1 Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup blue1 Advance to second round y flag 1–2 0–3 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–4 2–3 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 5–0 1–1 3–0 5–0 5–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 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 "Norway v Azerbaijan" 2 June 1996 20:00 UTC+2 NOR 5–0 Report AZE Solbakken 7 46Solskjær 37 89Strandli 59 Ullevaal, Oslo 14,012 Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland) "Azerbaijan v Switzerland" 31 August 1996 20:00 UTC+5 AZE 1–0 Report SUI Rzayev 28 Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku 15,000 Ryszard Wójcik (Poland) "Hungary v Finland" 1 September 1996 18:30 UTC+2 HUN 1–0 Report FIN Orosz 15 Nepstadion, Budapest 14,500 Hartmut Strampe (Germany) "Finland v Switzerland" 6 October 1996 19:00 UTC+3 FIN 2–3 Report SUI Sumiala 41 pen.Kolkka 77 Lombardo 14Sforza 34Yakin 54 Olympiastadion, Helsinki 7,217 Gylfi Thor Orrason (Iceland) "Norway v Hungary" 9 October 1996 20:00 UTC+2 NOR 3–0 Report HUN Rekdal 83 89 90 pen. Ullevaal, Oslo 22,480 Hugh Dallas (Scotland) "Switzerland v Norway" 10 November 1996 14:30 UTC+1 SUI 0–1 Report NOR Leonhardsen 32 Wankdorf Stadion, Bern 22,000 Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain) "Azerbaijan v Hungary" 10 November 1996 16:00 UTC+4 AZE 0–3 Report HUN Nyilas 42 67 pen.Urbán 77 Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku 30,000 Dragutin Poljak (Croatia) "Azerbaijan v Finland" 2 April 1997 20:00 UTC+5 AZE 1–2 Report FIN Suleymanov 83 pen. Litmanen 26Paatelainen 64 Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku 19,000 Graham Poll (England) "Norway v Finland" 30 April 1997 20:00 UTC+2 NOR 1–1 Report FIN Solskjær 83 Sumiala 60 Ullevaal, Oslo 22,782 Markus Merk (Germany) "Switzerland v Hungary" 30 April 1997 20:15 UTC+2 SUI 1–0 Report HUN Türkyilmaz 83 Hardturm, Zürich 17,300 Leif Sundell (Sweden) "Hungary v Norway" 8 June 1997 20:00 UTC+2 HUN 1–1 Report NOR Kovács 22 Rudi 9 Nepstadion, Budapest 25,300 David Elleray (England) "Finland v Azerbaijan" 8 June 1997 19:00 UTC+3 FIN 3–0 Report AZE Vanhala 60Litmanen 65Sumiala 82 Olympiastadion, Helsinki 13,417 Alain Hamer (Luxembourg) "Finland v Norway" 20 August 1997 19:00 UTC+3 FIN 0–4 Report NOR Solbakken 9Rudi 12J.Flo 48T.A.Flo 84 Olympiastadion, Helsinki 35,520 Vadim Zhuk (Belarus) "Hungary v Switzerland" 20 August 1997 18:30 UTC+2 HUN 1–1 Report SUI Klausz 52 Chapuisat 90+1 Nepstadion, Budapest 40,000 Michel Piraux (Belgium) "Azerbaijan v Norway" 6 September 1997 20:00 UTC+5 AZE 0–1 Report NOR T.A.Flo 42 Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku 8,000 Günter Benkö (Austria) "Switzerland v Finland" 6 September 1997 21:15 UTC+2 SUI 1–2 Report FIN Kunz 90+1 Litmanen 16Sumiala 79 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 15,000 Stefano Braschi (Italy) "Norway v Switzerland" 10 September 1997 20:00 UTC+2 NOR 5–0 Report SUI Jakobsen 46Solbakken 51Eggen 65Østenstad 75T.A.Flo 85 Ullevaal, Oslo 22,603 Hellmut Krug (Germany) "Hungary v Azerbaijan" 10 September 1997 19:30 UTC+2 HUN 3–1 Report AZE Klausz 8Halmai 44Illés 89 Lychkin 71 Nepstadion, Budapest 8,112 Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria) "Finland v Hungary" 11 October 1997 19:00 UTC+3 FIN 1–1 Report HUN Sumiala 63 Moilanen 90+1 o.g. Olympiastadion, Helsinki 31,617 Bernd Heynemann (Germany) "Switzerland v Azerbaijan" 11 October 1997 20:15 UTC+2 SUI 5–0 Report AZE Türkyilmaz 13 23 69 pen.Yakin 43Chapuisat 51 Hardturm, Zürich 7,600 John Rowbotham (Scotland) Goalscorers 56 20 FIN Antti Sumiala NOR Ståle Solbakken SUI Kubilay Türkyilmaz FIN Jari Litmanen NOR Tore André Flo NOR Kjetil Rekdal NOR Ole Gunnar Solskjær HUN László Klausz HUN Elek Nyilas NOR Petter Rudi SUI Stéphane Chapuisat SUI Murat Yakin AZE Vyacheslav Lychkin AZE Vidadi Rzayev AZE Nazim Suleymanov FIN Joonas Kolkka FIN Mika-Matti Paatelainen FIN Jari Vanhala HUN Gábor Halmai HUN Béla Illés HUN Zoltán Kovács HUN Ferenc Orosz HUN Flórián Urbán NOR Dan Eggen NOR Jostein Flo NOR Jahn Ivar Jakobsen NOR Øyvind Leonhardsen NOR Frank Strandli NOR Egil Østenstad SUI Adrian Kunz SUI Massimo Lombardo SUI Ciriaco Sforza FIN Teuvo Moilanen (against Hungary) Notes References External links Group 3 Detailed Results at RSSSF 1 Category:1996–97 in Azerbaijani football Category:1997–98 in Azerbaijani football Category:1996 in Finnish football Category:1997 in Finnish football Category:1996–97 in Hungarian football Category:1997–98 in Hungarian football Category:1996 in Norwegian football Category:1997 in Norwegian football Category:1996–97 in Swiss football Category:1997–98 in Swiss football Category:1995–96 in Azerbaijani football Category:Norway at the 1998 FIFA World Cup