1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9

none Group 9 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. 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 main WDL Q GER GER UKR UKR 1992 POR POR ARM ARM NIR NIR ALB ALB 1992 6 4 0 23 9 6 2 2 10 6 5 4 1 12 4 1 5 4 8 17 1 4 5 6 10 1 1 8 7 20 WC WCPO green1 Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup blue1 Advance to second round y flag 1–1 2–3 1–0 0–3 0–1 3–0 1–5 0–0 0–0 0–2 4–3 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 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 "Northern Ireland v Ukraine" 31 August 1996 15:00 UTC+1 NIR 0–1 Report UKR 1992 Rebrov 79 Windsor Park, Belfast 9,358 Alain Sars (France) "Armenia v Portugal" 31 August 1996 20:30 UTC+4 ARM 0–0 Report POR Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan 6,015 Karol Ihring (Slovakia) "Ukraine v Portugal" 5 October 1996 20:00 UTC+3 UKR 1992 2–1 Report POR Popov 4Maksymov 88 João V. Pinto 83 Olimpiysky, Kyiv 51,385 Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) "Northern Ireland v Armenia" 5 October 1996 15:00 UTC+1 NIR 1–1 Report ARM Lennon 29 Assadourian 8 Windsor Park, Belfast 8,357 Krsto Danilovski (Macedonia) "Armenia v Germany" 9 October 1996 20:00 UTC+4 ARM 1–5 Report GER Mikaelyan 85 Häßler 20 39Klinsmann 26Bobić 69Kuntz 81 Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan 42,000 Pierluigi Collina (Italy) "Albania v Portugal" 9 October 1996 20:00 UTC+2 ALB 1992 0–3 Report POR Figo 10Hélder 75Rui Costa 88 Qemal Stafa, Tirana 16,000 Oguz Sarvan (Turkey) "Germany v Northern Ireland" 9 November 1996 17:30 UTC+1 GER 1–1 Report NIR Möller 40 Taggart 38 Frankenstadion, Nuremberg 40,718 Ahmet Çakar (Turkey) "Portugal v Ukraine" 9 November 1996 20:45 UTC POR 1–0 Report UKR 1992 Fernando Couto 58 Estádio das Antas, Porto 19,106 Leif Sundell (Sweden) "Albania v Armenia" 9 November 1996 14:00 UTC+1 ALB 1992 1–1 Report ARM Franholli 57 Ter-Petrosyan 90 Qemal Stafa, Tirana 7,000 Fritz Stuchlik (Austria) "Portugal v Germany" 14 December 1996 20:45 UTC POR 0–0 Report GER Estádio da Luz, Lisbon 50,000 Sándor Puhl (Hungary) "Northern Ireland v Albania" 14 December 1996 15:00 UTC NIR 2–0 Report ALB 1992 Dowie 12 21 Windsor Park, Belfast 7,935 Andreas Georgiou (Cyprus) 29 March 1997 18:00 UTC+1 ALB 1992 0–1 Report UKR 1992 Rebrov 40 Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada"1997neutral" Played in neutral ground due to the 1997 rebellion in Albania. 1,200 John McDermott (Republic of Ireland) "Northern Ireland v Portugal" 29 March 1997 15:00 UTC NIR 0–0 Report POR Windsor Park, Belfast 9,400 Graziano Cesari (Italy) "Albania v Germany" 2 April 1997 19:30 UTC+2 ALB 1992 2–3 Report GER Kola 61 90+2 pen. Kirsten 63 80 83 Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada"1997neutral" 9,780 Michel Piraux (Belgium) "Ukraine v Northern Ireland" 2 April 1997 19:30 UTC+3 UKR 1992 2–1 Report NIR Kosovskyi 3Shevchenko 70 Dowie 14 pen. Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv 85,000 Václav Krondl (Czech Republic) "Germany v Ukraine" 30 April 1997 19:30 UTC+2 GER 2–0 Report UKR 1992 Bierhoff 62Basler 71 Weserstadion, Bremen 33,242 Anders Frisk (Sweden) 30 April 1997 17:00 UTC+4 ARM 0–0 Report NIR Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan 5,000 Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden) "Ukraine v Armenia" 7 May 1997 19:00 UTC+3 UKR 1992 1–1 Report ARM Shevchenko 6 Petrosyan 77 Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv 47,000 Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria) "Ukraine v Germany" 7 June 1997 19:00 UTC+3 UKR 1992 0–0 Report GER Olimpyskiy, Kyiv 63,000 László Vágner (Hungary) "Portugal v Albania" 7 June 1997 21:30 UTC+1 POR 2–0 Report ALB 1992 João V. Pinto 14Figo 70 Estadio das Antas, Porto 14,000 Terje Hauge (Norway) "Northern Ireland v Germany" 20 August 1997 19:30 UTC+1 NIR 1–3 Report GER Hughes 59 Bierhoff 72 77 78 Windsor Park, Belfast 12,037 José María García-Aranda (Spain) "Ukraine v Albania" 20 August 1997 19:00 UTC+3 UKR 1992 1–0 Report ALB 1992 Rebrov 86 Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv 38,000 Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) "Portugal v Armenia" 20 August 1997 21:30 UTC+1 POR 3–1 Report ARM Domingos 23Figo 31Pedro Barbosa 55 Assadourian 46 Estadio do Bonfim, Setúbal 16,000 Marcel Lica (Romania) "Germany v Portugal" 6 September 1997 20:00 UTC+2 GER 1–1 Report POR Kirsten 80 Barbosa 70 Olympiastadion, Berlin 75,841 Marc Batta (France) "Armenia v Albania" 6 September 1997 17:00 UTC+4 ARM 3–0 Report ALB 1992 Vardanyan 56Assadourian 81Avalyan 87 pen. Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan 5,000 Miroslav Radoman (Yugoslavia) 10 September 1997 19:30 UTC+2 GER 4–0 Report ARM Klinsmann 70 84Häßler 85Kirsten 90+1 Westfalenstadion, Dortmund 43,000 Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark) "Albania v Northern Ireland" 10 September 1997 17:00 UTC+2 ALB 1–0 Report NIR Haxhi 65 Hardturm, Zürich"1997neutral" 2,650 Roger Philippi (Luxembourg) "Germany v Albania" 11 October 1997 18:30 UTC+2 GER 4–3 Report ALB 1992 Helmer 64Bierhoff 78 90Marschall 85 Kohler 55 o.g.Tare 80Vata 87 Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover 44,522 Rune Pedersen (Norway) "Armenia v Ukraine" 11 October 1997 20:30 UTC+4 ARM 0–2 Report UKR 1992 Shevchenko 33Maksymov 54 Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan 7,500 Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain) "Portugal v Northern Ireland" 11 October 1997 17:30 UTC+1 POR 1–0 Report NIR Conceição 18 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon 31,847 Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark) Goalscorers 66 30 GER Oliver Bierhoff GER Ulf Kirsten ARM Éric Assadourian GER Thomas Häßler GER Jürgen Klinsmann NIR Iain Dowie POR Luís Figo UKR 1992 Serhii Rebrov UKR 1992 Andriy Shevchenko ALB 1992 Bledar Kola POR Pedro Barbosa POR João Vieira Pinto UKR 1992 Yuriy Maksymov ALB 1992 Bajram Franholli ALB 1992 Altin Haxhi ALB 1992 Igli Tare ALB 1992 Rudi Vata ARM Garnik Avalyan ARM Karapet Mikaelyan ARM Artur Petrosyan ARM Hakob Ter-Petrosyan ARM Harutyun Vardanyan GER Mario Basler GER Fredi Bobić GER Thomas Helmer GER Stefan Kuntz GER Olaf Marschall GER Andreas Möller NIR Michael Hughes NIR Neil Lennon NIR Gerry Taggart POR Sérgio Conceição POR Rui Costa POR Fernando Couto POR Hélder Cristóvão POR Domingos Paciência UKR 1992 Vitaliy Kosovskyi UKR 1992 Serhiy Popov GER Jurgen Kohler (playing against Albania) Notes References External links Group 9 Detailed Results at RSSSF 9 Category:1996–97 in Albanian men's football Category:1997–98 in Albanian men's football Category:1996–97 in Armenian football Category:1997 in Armenian football Category:1996–97 in German football qual Category:1996–97 in Northern Ireland association football Category:1997–98 in Northern Ireland association football Category:1996–97 in Portuguese football Category:1997–98 in Portuguese football Category:1996–97 in Ukrainian football Category:1997–98 in Ukrainian football