1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

Football tournament qualifying stage July 2026 Group 1 consisted of five teams entered into the European zone: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Denmark, Greece, and Slovenia. 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 DEN DEN CRO CRO GRE GRE BIH BIH 1992 SVN SVN 5 2 1 14 6 4 3 1 17 12 4 2 2 11 4 3 0 5 9 14 0 1 7 5 20 WC WCPO green1 Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup blue1 Advance to second round y flag 1–4 3–0 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 3–3 2–0 3–1 2–1 4–0 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–3 0–2 0–3 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 "Greece v Slovenia" 24 April 1996 20:00 UTC+3 GRE 2–0 Report SVN Batista 55Nikolaidis 65 Olympic Stadium, Athens Rune Pedersen (Norway) 5,053 "Slovenia v Denmark" 1 September 1996 20:00 UTC+2 SLO 0–2 Report DEN A. Nielsen 78Schjønberg 89 Stadion za Bežigradom, Ljubljana 5,000 Urs Meier (Switzerland) "Greece v Bosnia and Herzegovina" 1 September 1996 17:30 UTC+3 GRE 3–0 Report BIH 1992 Ouzounidis 41Apostolakis 79Nikolaidis 84 Kalamata Metropolitan Stadium, Kalamata 4,020 Günter Benkö (Austria) "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Denmark" 8 October 1996 20:00 UTC+2 BIH 1992 1–4 Report CRO Salihamidžić 25 Bilić 13Vlaović 32Bokšić 64 85 Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, BolognaMatch played in Bologna due to the renovation of the Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium. 1,500 Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria) "Denmark v Greece" 9 October 1996 19:15 UTC+2 DEN 2–1 Report GRE Zagorakis 25 o.g.B. Laudrup 52 Donis 35 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen 40,262 Paul Durkin (England) "Croatia v Greece" 10 November 1996 20:15 UTC+1 CRO 1–1 Report GRE Šuker 44 Nikolaidis 9 Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb 24,000 Mario van der Ende (Netherlands) "Slovenia v Bosnia and Herzegovina" 10 November 1996 15:00 UTC+1 SVN 1–2 Report BIH 1992 Zahovič 41 pen. Bolić 5Kodro 33 Stadion za Bežigradom, Ljubljana 3,200 Charles Agius (Malta) "Croatia v Denmark" 29 March 1997 20:15 UTC+1 CRO 1–1 Report DEN Šuker 49 B. Laudrup 82 Poljud, Split 33,865 Piero Ceccarini (Italy) "Croatia v Slovenia" 2 April 1997 20:15 UTC+2 CRO 3–3 Report SVN Prosinečki 33Boban 43 60 Gliha 45 65 66 Poljud, Split 15,365 Paul Durkin (England) "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Slovenia" 2 April 1997 15:30 UTC+2 BIH 1992 0–1 Report GRE Frantzeskos 73 Koševo Stadium, Sarajevo 33,000 Alain Sars (France) "Denmark vs Slovenia" 30 April 1997 19:15 UTC+2 DEN 4–0 Report SVN A. Nielsen 3 55P. Pedersen 28B. Laudrup 50 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen 41,278 Hellmut Krug (Germany) "Greece vs Croatia" 30 April 1997 21:00 UTC+3 GRE 0–1 Report CRO Šuker 74 Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki 10,730 Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain) "Denmark vs Bosnia and Herzegovina" 8 June 1997 15:00 UTC+2 DEN 2–0 Report BIH 1992 Rieper 67Molnar 89 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen 41,592 Karol Ihring (Slovakia) "Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Denmark" 20 August 1997 20:30 UTC+2 BIH 1992 3–0 Report DEN Mujčin 19Bolić 25 35 Koševo Stadium, Sarajevo 36,500 Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal) "Croatia vs Bosnia and Herzegovina" 6 September 1997 20:15 UTC+2 CRO 3–2 Report BIH 1992 Bilić 27Marić 39Boban 79 Ladić 17 o.g.Salihamidžić 55 Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb 16,518 Hugh Dallas (Scotland) "Slovenia vs Greece" 6 September 1997 20:15 UTC+2 SVN 0–3 Report GRE Alexandris 54Konstantinidis 89Machlas 90+1 Stadion za Bežigradom, Ljubljana 4,689 Karol Ihring (Slovakia) "Denmark vs Croatia" 10 September 1997 19:15 UTC+2 DEN 3–1 Report CRO B. Laudrup 15M. Laudrup 34Molnar 40 Šuker 44 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen 41,381 Sándor Puhl (Hungary) "Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Slovenia" 10 September 1997 20:15 UTC+2 BIH 1992 1–0 Report SVN Bolić 22 Koševo Stadium, Sarajevo 18,000 Taras Bezubiak (Russia) "Greece vs Denmark" 11 October 1997 21:00 UTC+3 GRE 0–0 Report DEN Olympic Stadium, Athens 64,272 Gilles Veissière (France) "Slovenia vs Croatia" 11 October 1997 20:00 UTC+2 SVN 1–3 Report CRO Zahovič 72 Šuker 11Soldo 39Bokšić 50 Stadion za Bežigradom, Ljubljana 5,500 Armand Ancion (Belgium) Goalscorers 56 20 CRO Davor Šuker BIH 1992 Elvir Bolić DEN Brian Laudrup CRO Zvonimir Boban CRO Alen Bokšić DEN Allan Nielsen GRE Demis Nikolaidis SVN Primož Gliha BIH 1992 Hasan Salihamidžić CRO Slaven Bilić DEN Miklos Molnar SVN Zlatko Zahovič BIH 1992 Meho Kodro BIH 1992 Edin Mujčin CRO Silvio Marić CRO Robert Prosinečki CRO Zvonimir Soldo CRO Goran Vlaović DEN Michael Laudrup DEN Per Pedersen DEN Marc Rieper DEN Michael Schjønberg GRE Alekos Alexandris GRE Stratos Apostolakis GRE Georgios Donis GRE Kostas Frantzeskos GRE Kostas Konstantinidis GRE Daniel Batista GRE Nikos Machlas GRE Marinos Ouzounidis CRO Dražen Ladić (against Bosnia & Herzegovina) GRE Theodoros Zagorakis (against Denmark) Notes References External links Group 1 Detailed Results at RSSSF 1 Category:1996–97 in Bosnia and Herzegovina football Category:1997–98 in Bosnia and Herzegovina football Category:1996–97 in Croatian football Category:Croatia at the 1998 FIFA World Cup Category:1996–97 in Danish football Category:Denmark at the 1998 FIFA World Cup Category:1996–97 in Greek football Category:1997–98 in Greek football Category:1996–97 in Slovenian football Category:1997–98 in Slovenian football Category:1995–96 in Greek football Category:1995–96 in Slovenian football