1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5
Appearance
Group 5 consisted of five of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Bulgaria, Cyprus, Israel, Luxembourg, and Russia. 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
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Group winners and one best runner-up among all groups directly qualified for the finals |
Remaining group runners-up advanced to the play-offs |
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Results
Luxembourg ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Langers ![]() |
Report | Balakov ![]() Kostadinov ![]() |
Luxembourg ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report | Tikhonov ![]() Kanchelskis ![]() Beschastnykh ![]() Karpin ![]() |
Israel ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Ohana ![]() |
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Cyprus ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Gogić ![]() |
Report | Simutenkov ![]() |
Russia ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Kechinov ![]() Grishin ![]() Simutenkov ![]() |
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Bulgaria ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Stoichkov ![]() Kostadinov ![]() Balakov ![]() Lechkov ![]() |
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Luxembourg ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Amodio ![]() |
Report | Papavasiliou ![]() Ioannou ![]() |
Cyprus ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Papavasiliou ![]() Spoljaric ![]() |
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Notes
- ^ Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
External links
Categories:
- 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
- 1996–97 in Bulgarian football
- 1997–98 in Bulgarian football
- 1996–97 in Cypriot football
- 1997–98 in Cypriot football
- 1996–97 in Israeli football
- 1997–98 in Israeli football
- 1996–97 in Luxembourgian football
- 1997–98 in Luxembourgian football
- 1996 in Russian football
- 1997 in Russian football