1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

Football tournament qualification stage Group 8 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. Iceland, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Republic of Ireland, and Romania. 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 ROU ROU IRL IRL LTU LTU 1988 MKD MKD Macedonia ISL ISL LIE LIE 9 1 0 37 4 5 3 2 22 8 5 2 3 11 8 4 1 5 22 18 2 3 5 11 16 0 0 10 3 52 WC WCPO green1 Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup blue1 Advance to second round y flag 4–0 0–0 1–1 2–4 0–4 0–4 0–2 1–11 0–5 1–8 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 3–2 0–3 0–0 5–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 4–0 8–0 3–0 4–2 1–0 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 "Macedonia v Liechtenstein" 24 April 1996 19:00 UTC+2 MKD Macedonia 3–0 Report LIE Milosevski 6Babunski 49 pen.Zaharievski 78 Gradski, Skopje 11,500 Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) "Iceland v Macedonia" 1 June 1996 19:00 UTC ISL 1–1 Report MKD Macedonia A. Gudjónsson 63 Memedi 60 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík 3,051 Roelof Luinge (Netherlands) "Romania v Lithuania" 31 August 1996 20:00 UTC+3 ROM 3–0 Report LTU 1988 Moldovan 20Petrescu 65Gâlcă 77 Steaua, Bucharest 9,000 Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine) "Liechtenstein v Republic of Ireland" 31 August 1996 18:00 UTC+2 LIE 0–5 Report IRL Townsend 5O'Neill 9Quinn 12 61Harte 20 Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen 3,900 Sergei Shmolik (Belarus) "Lithuania v Iceland" 5 October 1996 18:30 UTC+3 LTU 1988 2–0 Report ISL Jankauskas 22 pen.Šlekys 74 Zalgiris, Vilnius 8,000 Marnix Sandra (Belgium) "Iceland v Romania" 9 October 1996 19:00 UTC ISL 0–4 Report ROM D. Munteanu 21Hagi 60Gh. Popescu 75Petrescu 81 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík 3,064 Claude Détruche (Switzerland) "Republic of Ireland v Macedonia" 9 October 1996 19:30 UTC+1 IRL 3–0 Report MKD Macedonia McAteer 8Cascarino 46 70 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 31,671 Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark) "Lithuania v Liechtenstein" 9 October 1996 18:30 UTC+3 LTU 1988 2–1 Report LIE Jankauskas 43Narbekovas 55 H.Zech 53 Zalgiris, Vilnius 8,000 Xaqani Memmedov (Azerbaijan) "Liechtenstein v Macedonia" 9 November 1996 13:30 UTC+1 LIE 1–11 Report MKD Macedonia F. Schädler 78 Glavevski 8 12 60Hristov 23Stojkovski 30 43T.Micevski 45 49Ćirić 53 87V.Micevski 90 Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen 2,700 Haim Lipkovitz (Israel) "Republic of Ireland v Iceland" 10 November 1996 15:00 UTC IRL 0–0 Report ISL Lansdowne Road, Dublin 32,620 Stefan Ormandzhiev (Bulgaria) "Macedonia v Romania" 14 December 1996 13:00 UTC+1 MKD Macedonia 0–3 Report ROM Popescu 36 45 90 pen. Gradski, Skopje 14,000 Roger Philippi (Luxembourg) "Romania v Liechtenstein" 29 March 1997 18:00 UTC+2 ROM 8–0 Report LIE V. Moldovan 10Popescu 28 30 68 88Hagi 47Petrescu 48Craioveanu 71 Steaua, Bucharest 3,000 Romans Lajuks (Latvia) "Lithuania v Romania" 2 April 1997 18:30 UTC+3 LTU 1988 0–1 Report ROU V. Moldovan 73 Zalgiris, Vilnius 7,000 Edgar Steinborn (Germany) "Macedonia v Republic of Ireland" 2 April 1997 17:00 UTC+2 MKD Macedonia 3–2 Report IRL Stojkovski 28 44 pen.Hristov 59 McLoughlin 8Kelly 78 Gradski, Skopje 11,000 Alfredo Trentalange (Italy) "Romania v Republic of Ireland" 30 April 1997 20:00 UTC+3 ROM 1–0 Report IRL A.Ilie 33 Ghencea, Bucharest 18,000 Mario van der Ende (Netherlands) "Liechtenstein v Lithuania" 30 April 1997 17:00 UTC+2 LIE 0–2 Report LTU 1988 Jankauskas 66Ražanauskas 89 Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen 812 Bujar Pregja (Albania) "Republic of Ireland v Liechtenstein" 21 May 1997 19:30 UTC+1 IRL 5–0 Report LIE Connolly 28 34 41Cascarino 61 80 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 33,200 Andrei Butenko (Russia) "Macedonia v Iceland" 7 June 1997 20:00 UTC+2 MKD Macedonia 1–0 Report ISL Hristov 54 Gradski, Skopje 10,000 Vadim Zhuk (Belarus) "Iceland v Lithuania" 11 June 1997 15:00 UTC ISL 0–0 Report LTU 1988 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík 4,025 Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland) "Romania v Macedonia" 20 August 1997 20:45 UTC+3 ROM 4–2 Report MKD Macedonia V. Moldovan 36 68Gâlcă 40Dumitrescu 66 Djokic 52 90 Ghencea, Bucharest 12,000 Metin Tokat (Turkey) "Republic of ireland v Lithuania" 20 August 1997 19:30 UTC+1 IRL 0–0 Report LTU 1988 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 32,620 Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal) "Liechtenstein v Iceland" 20 August 1997 17:30 UTC+2 LIE 0–4 Report ISL Daníelsson 28Gunnarsson 40Sg. Jónsson 62T. Gudmundsson 63 Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen 1,651 Oleg Timofejev (Estonia) "Liechtenstein v Romania" 6 September 1997 15:30 UTC+2 LIE 1–8 Report ROM M.Frick 62 V. Moldovan 5Craioveanu 10 32Doboş 35D. Munteanu 43 45 67Barbu 53 Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen 5,100 Alfred Micallef (Malta) "Iceland v Republic of Ireland" 6 September 1997 14:00 UTC ISL 2–4 Report IRL B. Gunnarsson 45H. Sigurdsson 47 Connolly 13Keane 55 65Kennedy 79 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík 3,981 Ante Kulusic (Croatia) "Lithuania v Macedonia" 6 September 1997 18:30 UTC+3 LTU 1988 2–0 Report MKD Macedonia Ivanauskas 27Preikšaitis 88 Zalgiris, Vilnius 6,000 Lucílio Batista (Portugal) "Romania v Iceland" 10 September 1997 19:30 UTC+3 ROM 4–0 Report ISL Hagi 9 82Petrescu 41Gâlcă 65 Ghencea, Bucharest 5,256 David Elleray (England) "Lithuania v Republic of Ireland" 10 September 1997 21:00 UTC+3 LTU 1988 1–2 Report IRL Žiukas 51 Cascarino 17 72 Zalgiris, Vilnius 7,000 Giorgos Bikas (Greece) "Republic of Ireland v Romania" 11 October 1997 15:00 UTC+1 IRL 1–1 Report ROM Cascarino 83 Hagi 53 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 34,500 Nikolai Levnikov (Russia) "Macedonia v Lithuania" 11 October 1997 16:00 UTC+2 MKD Macedonia 1–2 Report LTU 1988 Sakiri 45 Buitkus 70 81 Gradski, Skopje 4,000 Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic) "Iceland v Liechtenstein" 11 October 1997 14:00 UTC ISL 4–0 Report LIE Th. Gudjonsson 58T. Gudmundsson 60A. Gudjónsson 66B. Gudjónsson 73 Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavík 550 Alan Howells (Wales) Goalscorers 106 30 ROU Gheorghe Popescu IRL Tony Cascarino ROU Viorel Moldovan ROU Gheorghe Hagi IRL David Connolly MKD Mitko Stojkovski ROU Dorinel Munteanu ROU Dan Petrescu LTU 1988 Edgaras Jankauskas MKD Dejvi Glavevski MKD Georgi Hristov ROU Gheorghe Craioveanu ROU Constantin Gâlcă ISL Arnór Guðjohnsen ISL Tryggvi Guðmundsson ISL Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson IRL Roy Keane IRL Niall Quinn LTU 1988 Orestas Buitkus MKD Saša Ćirić MKD Miroslav Gjokić MKD Toni Micevski ISL Einar Daníelsson ISL Bjarni Guðjónsson ISL Þórður Guðjónsson ISL Sigurður Jónsson ISL Helgi Sigurðsson IRL Ian Harte IRL David Kelly IRL Mark Kennedy IRL Jason McAteer IRL Alan McLoughlin IRL Keith O'Neill IRL Andy Townsend LIE Mario Frick LIE Franz Schädler LIE Harry Zech LTU 1988 Valdas Ivanauskas LTU 1988 Arminas Narbekovas LTU 1988 Aidas Preikšaitis LTU 1988 Tomas Ražanauskas LTU 1988 Vaidotas Šlekys LTU 1988 Tomas Žiukas MKD Boban Babunski MKD Nedžmedin Memedi MKD Vančo Micevski MKD Sašo Miloševski MKD Artim Šakiri MKD Srgjan Zaharievski ROU Constantin Barbu ROU Anton Doboş ROU Ilie Dumitrescu ROU Adrian Ilie Notes References External links Group 8 Detailed Results at RSSSF 8 Category:1996 in Icelandic football Category:1997 in Icelandic football Category:1996–97 in Liechtenstein football Category:1997–98 in Liechtenstein football Category:1996 in Lithuanian football Category:1997 in Lithuanian football Category:1996–97 in Republic of Macedonia football Category:1997–98 in Republic of Macedonia football Category:1996–97 in Republic of Ireland association football Category:1997–98 in Republic of Ireland association football Category:1996–97 in Romanian football Category:Romania at the 1998 FIFA World Cup Category:1995–96 in Liechtenstein football Category:1995–96 in Republic of Macedonia football