1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9

Group 9 consisted of six of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:[a] 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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   Germany 10 6 4 0 23 9 +14 22 Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup 2–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 4–3
2   Ukraine 10 6 2 2 10 6 +4 20 Advance to second round 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0
3   Portugal 10 5 4 1 12 4 +8 19 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0
4   Armenia 10 1 5 4 8 17 −9 8 1–5 0–2 0–0 0–0 3–0
5   Northern Ireland 10 1 4 5 6 10 −4 7 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0
6   Albania 10 1 1 8 7 20 −13 4 2–3 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–0
Source: [1]

Matches

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Northern Ireland  0–1  Ukraine
Report Rebrov   79'
Attendance: 9,358
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
Armenia  0–0  Portugal
Report
Attendance: 6,015

Ukraine  2–1  Portugal
Popov   4'
Maksymov   88'
Report João V. Pinto   83'
Attendance: 51,385
Northern Ireland  1–1  Armenia
Lennon   29' Report Assadourian   8'
Attendance: 8,357

Armenia  1–5  Germany
Mikaelyan   85' Report Häßler   20', 39'
Klinsmann   26'
Bobić   69'
Kuntz   81'
Attendance: 42,000
Albania  0–3  Portugal
Report Figo   10'
Hélder   75'
Rui Costa   88'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Oguz Sarvan (Turkey)

Germany  1–1  Northern Ireland
Möller   40' Report Taggart   38'
Attendance: 40,718
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
Portugal  1–0  Ukraine
Fernando Couto   58' Report
Attendance: 19,106
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
Albania  1–1  Armenia
Franholli   57' Report Ter-Petrosyan   90'
Attendance: 7,000

Portugal  0–0  Germany
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Northern Ireland  2–0  Albania
Dowie   12', 21' Report
Attendance: 7,935

Albania  0–1  Ukraine
Report Rebrov   40'
Northern Ireland  0–0  Portugal
Report
Attendance: 9,400

Albania  2–3  Germany
Kola   61', 90+2' (pen.) Report Kirsten   63', 80', 83'
Ukraine  2–1  Northern Ireland
Kosovsky   3'
Shevchenko   70'
Report Dowie   14' (pen.)
Attendance: 85,000

Germany  2–0  Ukraine
Bierhoff   62'
Basler   71'
Report
Attendance: 33,242
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Armenia  0–0  Northern Ireland
Report
Attendance: 5,000

Ukraine  1–1  Armenia
Shevchenko   6' Report Petrosyan   77'
Attendance: 47,000

Ukraine  0–0  Germany
Report
Attendance: 63,000
Portugal  2–0  Albania
João V. Pinto   14'
Figo   70'
Report
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Northern Ireland  1–3  Germany
Hughes   59' Report Bierhoff   72', 77', 78'
Ukraine  1–0  Albania
Rebrov   86' Report
Attendance: 38,000
Portugal  3–1  Armenia
Domingos   23'
Figo   31'
Pedro Barbosa   55'
Report Assadourian   46'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Marcel Lica (Romania)

Germany  1–1  Portugal
Kirsten   80' Report Barbosa   70'
Attendance: 75,841
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Armenia  3–0  Albania
Vardanyan   56'
Assadourian   81'
Avalyan   87' (pen.)
Report

Germany  4–0  Armenia
Klinsmann   70', 84'
Häßler   85'
Kirsten   90+1'
Report
Attendance: 43,000
Albania  1–0  Northern Ireland
Haxhi   65' Report
Attendance: 2,650

Germany  4–3  Albania
Helmer   64'
Bierhoff   78', 90'
Marschall   85'
Report Kohler   55' (o.g.)
Tare   80'
Vata   87'
Attendance: 44,522
Armenia  0–2  Ukraine
Report Shevchenko   33'
Maksymov   54'
Attendance: 7,500
Portugal  1–0  Northern Ireland
Conceição   18' Report
Attendance: 31,847

Goalscorers

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There were 66 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

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  1. ^ Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
  2. ^ a b c Played in neutral ground due to the 1997 rebellion in Albania.

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 1998, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
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