World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1998 : Results, rankings and all statistics

September 06, 1997
Janusz Wojcik mana.( Khor Fakkan)		Poland

August 09, 1997
Eddy Snelders a. m.		Belgium

July 01, 1997
Josif Ilic mana.		Malta
Panikos Georgiou mana.		Cyprus
Paolo Berrettini y. c. ( Narnese)		Italy
Christophe Dessy y. c.		Belgium
Ronald Koeman a. m.		Netherlands
Branko Ivankovic a. m. ( Rijeka)		Croatia
Edward Klejndinst a. m.		Poland

June 01, 1997
Gudjon Thordarson mana.( Free)		Iceland

March 30, 1997
David Kipiani mana.( Dinamo Tbilissi)		Georgia

March 17, 1997
Hans Westerhof y. c. ( FC Groningen)		Netherlands

February 11, 1997
Georges Leekens mana.( Mouscron)		Belgium

All transfers

One match scorers

Alfonsohas scored 3 goals during the match Faroe Islands 2-6 Spain (04/09/1996)

Savo Milosevichas scored 3 goals during the match Faroe Islands 1-8 Yugoslavia (06/10/1996)

Kjetil Rekdalhas scored 3 goals during the match Norway 3-0 Hungary (09/10/1996)

Dennis Bergkamphas scored 3 goals during the match Netherlands 7-1 Wales (09/10/1996)

Dejvi Glavevskihas scored 3 goals during the match Liechtenstein 1-11 Macedonia (09/11/1996)

Oktay Dereliogluhas scored 4 goals during the match Turkey 7-0 San Marino (10/11/1996)

Gheorghe Popescuhas scored 3 goals during the match Macedonia 0-3 Romania (14/12/1996)

Julen Guerrerohas scored 3 goals during the match Malta 0-3 Spain (18/12/1996)

Gheorghe Popescuhas scored 4 goals during the match Romania 8-0 Liechtenstein (29/03/1997)

Primoz Glihahas scored 3 goals during the match Croatia 3-3 Slovenia (02/04/1997)

Ulf Kirstenhas scored 3 goals during the match Albania 2-3 Germany (02/04/1997)

Luis Oliveirahas scored 3 goals during the match Turkey 1-3 Belgium (30/04/1997)

David Connollyhas scored 3 goals during the match Ireland 5-0 Liechtenstein (21/05/1997)

Oliver Bierhoffhas scored 3 goals during the match Northern Ireland 1-3 Germany (20/08/1997)

Hakan Sükürhas scored 4 goals during the match Turkey 6-4 Wales (20/08/1997)

Anton Polsterhas scored 3 goals during the match Estonia 0-3 Austria (20/08/1997)

Dorinel Munteanuhas scored 3 goals during the match Liechtenstein 1-8 Romania (06/09/1997)

Andrzej Juskowiakhas scored 3 goals during the match Moldova 0-3 Poland (07/10/1997)

Kubilay Türkyilmazhas scored 3 goals during the match Switzerland 5-0 Azerbaijan (11/10/1997)

Individual rankingsLast updated on 07/05/2024 at 06:42

Scorers

Assists

Games

clean sheets

Fair play

Scorers as subs

Scorers + Assists

Newcomers

Player	Goals	pen.	eff.	Min.p.	M.p.	Start	1H	2H	Team %	Last goal
Gheorghe Popescu	9	1	78	702	8	8	5	4	24%	10/09/1997
Hakan Sükür	8	0	90	720	8	8	2	6	40%	10/09/1997
Savo Milosevic	8	0	57	453	7	5	6	2	28%	11/10/1997
Kennet Andersson	7	1	95	668	9	7	3	4	44%	20/08/1997
Dennis Bergkamp	7	0	74	517	6	6	3	4	27%	06/09/1997
Predrag Mijatovic	7	1	129	900	10	10	4	3	24%	11/10/1997
Tony Cascarino	7	0	72	505	10	5	1	6	32%	11/10/1997
Anton Polster	7	1	125	877	10	10	3	4	41%	11/10/1997
Viorel Moldovan	6	1	107	639	8	8	4	2	16%	06/09/1997
Dejan Savicevic	6	1	114	686	9	9	4	2	21%	11/10/1997
Emil Kostadinov	6	0	105	630	8	7	5	1	33%	11/10/1997
Oliver Bierhoff	6	0	79	472	9	5	0	6	26%	11/10/1997
Kevin Gallacher	6	0	105	631	8	7	3	3	43%	11/10/1997
Alfonso	5	0	96	478	7	6	1	4	20%	12/02/1997
Oktay Derelioglu	5	0	37	183	3	2	3	2	25%	30/04/1997

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Austria	V 2-0 Estonia30/04/1997	VLatvia 1-3 08/06/1997	VEstonia 0-3 20/08/1997	V 1-0 Sweden06/09/1997	VBelarus 0-1 10/09/1997	V 4-0 Belarus11/10/1997
2	Spain	VMalta 0-3 18/12/1996	V 4-0 Malta12/02/1997	DYugoslavia 1-1 30/04/1997	V 1-0 Czech Republic08/06/1997	VSlovakia 1-2 24/09/1997	V 3-1 Faroe Islands11/10/1997
3	Romania	VLithuania 0-1 02/04/1997	V 1-0 Ireland30/04/1997	V 4-2 Macedonia20/08/1997	VLiechtenstein 1-8 06/09/1997	V 4-0 Iceland10/09/1997	DIreland 1-1 11/10/1997
4	Scotland	V 2-0 Estonia29/03/1997	V 2-0 Austria02/04/1997	LSweden 2-1 30/04/1997	VBelarus 0-1 08/06/1997	V 4-1 Belarus07/09/1997	V 2-0 Latvia11/10/1997
5	Sweden	V 2-1 Scotland30/04/1997	VEstonia 2-3 08/06/1997	VBelarus 1-2 20/08/1997	LAustria 1-0 06/09/1997	V 1-0 Latvia10/09/1997	V 1-0 Estonia11/10/1997
6	Bulgaria	VCyprus 1-3 14/12/1996	V 4-1 Cyprus02/04/1997	V 4-0 Luxembourg08/06/1997	V 1-0 Israel20/08/1997	V 1-0 Russia10/09/1997	LRussia 4-2 11/10/1997
7	Norway	VSwitzerland 0-1 10/11/1996	D 1-1 Finland30/04/1997	DHungary 1-1 08/06/1997	VFinland 0-4 20/08/1997	VAzerbaijan 0-1 06/09/1997	V 5-0 Switzerland10/09/1997
8	Germany	V 2-0 Ukraine30/04/1997	DUkraine 0-0 07/06/1997	VNorthern Ireland 1-3 20/08/1997	D 1-1 Portugal06/09/1997	V 4-0 Armenia10/09/1997	V 4-3 Albania11/10/1997
9	Russia	VLuxembourg 0-4 10/11/1996	DCyprus 1-1 29/03/1997	V 3-0 Luxembourg30/04/1997	V 2-0 Israel08/06/1997	LBulgaria 1-0 10/09/1997	V 4-2 Bulgaria11/10/1997
10	England	VGeorgia 0-2 09/11/1996	L 0-1 Italy12/02/1997	V 2-0 Georgia30/04/1997	VPoland 0-2 31/05/1997	V 4-0 Moldova10/09/1997	DItaly 0-0 11/10/1997
11	Netherlands	VBelgium 0-3 14/12/1996	V 4-0 San Marino29/03/1997	LTurkey 1-0 02/04/1997	VSan Marino 0-6 30/04/1997	V 3-1 Belgium06/09/1997	D 0-0 Turkey11/10/1997
12	Czech Republic	LSpain 1-0 08/06/1997	V 2-0 Faroe Islands20/08/1997	LSlovakia 2-1 24/08/1997	VFaroe Islands 0-2 06/09/1997	VMalta 0-1 24/09/1997	V 3-0 Slovakia11/10/1997
13	Portugal	D 0-0 Germany14/12/1996	DNorthern Ireland 0-0 29/03/1997	V 2-0 Albania07/06/1997	V 3-1 Armenia20/08/1997	DGermany 1-1 06/09/1997	V 1-0 Northern Ireland11/10/1997
14	Belgium	L 0-3 Netherlands14/12/1996	VWales 1-2 29/03/1997	VTurkey 1-3 30/04/1997	V 6-0 San Marino07/06/1997	LNetherlands 3-1 06/09/1997	V 3-2 Wales11/10/1997
15	Italy	VEngland 0-1 12/02/1997	V 3-0 Moldova29/03/1997	DPoland 0-0 02/04/1997	V 3-0 Poland30/04/1997	DGeorgia 0-0 10/09/1997	D 0-0 England11/10/1997
16	Ukraine	V 2-1 Northern Ireland02/04/1997	LGermany 2-0 30/04/1997	D 1-1 Armenia07/05/1997	D 0-0 Germany07/06/1997	V 1-0 Albania20/08/1997	VArmenia 0-2 11/10/1997
17	Yugoslavia	LSpain 2-0 14/12/1996	VCzech Republic 1-2 02/04/1997	D 1-1 Spain30/04/1997	V 2-0 Slovakia08/06/1997	DSlovakia 1-1 10/09/1997	VMalta 0-5 11/10/1997
18	Croatia	D 1-1 Denmark29/03/1997	D 3-3 Slovenia02/04/1997	VGreece 0-1 30/04/1997	V 3-2 Bosnia06/09/1997	LDenmark 3-1 10/09/1997	VSlovenia 1-3 11/10/1997
19	Lithuania	VLiechtenstein 0-2 30/04/1997	DIceland 0-0 11/06/1997	DIreland 0-0 20/08/1997	V 2-0 Macedonia06/09/1997	L 1-2 Ireland10/09/1997	VMacedonia 1-2 11/10/1997
20	Ireland	LRomania 1-0 30/04/1997	V 5-0 Liechtenstein21/05/1997	D 0-0 Lithuania20/08/1997	VIceland 2-4 06/09/1997	VLithuania 1-2 10/09/1997	D 1-1 Romania11/10/1997
21	Turkey	DWales 0-0 14/12/1996	V 1-0 Netherlands02/04/1997	L 1-3 Belgium30/04/1997	V 6-4 Wales20/08/1997	VSan Marino 0-5 10/09/1997	DNetherlands 0-0 11/10/1997
22	Denmark	DCroatia 1-1 29/03/1997	V 4-0 Slovenia30/04/1997	V 2-0 Bosnia08/06/1997	LBosnia 3-0 20/08/1997	V 3-1 Croatia10/09/1997	DGreece 0-0 11/10/1997
23	Finland	VAzerbaijan 1-2 02/04/1997	DNorway 1-1 30/04/1997	V 3-0 Azerbaijan08/06/1997	L 0-4 Norway20/08/1997	VSwitzerland 1-2 06/09/1997	D 1-1 Hungary11/10/1997
24	Georgia	LEngland 2-0 30/04/1997	V 2-0 Moldova07/06/1997	LPoland 4-1 14/06/1997	D 0-0 Italy10/09/1997	VMoldova 0-1 24/09/1997	V 3-0 Poland11/10/1997
25	Bosnia	VSlovenia 1-2 10/11/1996	L 0-1 Greece02/04/1997	LDenmark 2-0 08/06/1997	V 3-0 Denmark20/08/1997	LCroatia 3-2 06/09/1997	V 1-0 Slovenia10/09/1997
26	Hungary	VAzerbaijan 0-3 10/11/1996	LSwitzerland 1-0 30/04/1997	D 1-1 Norway08/06/1997	D 1-1 Switzerland20/08/1997	V 3-1 Azerbaijan10/09/1997	DFinland 1-1 11/10/1997
27	Israel	LCyprus 2-0 10/11/1996	V 1-0 Luxembourg15/12/1996	VLuxembourg 0-3 31/03/1997	V 2-0 Cyprus30/04/1997	LRussia 2-0 08/06/1997	LBulgaria 1-0 20/08/1997
28	Latvia	V 2-0 Belarus30/04/1997	VEstonia 1-3 18/05/1997	L 1-3 Austria08/06/1997	V 1-0 Estonia06/09/1997	LSweden 1-0 10/09/1997	LScotland 2-0 11/10/1997
29	Greece	LDenmark 2-1 09/10/1996	DCroatia 1-1 10/11/1996	VBosnia 0-1 02/04/1997	L 0-1 Croatia30/04/1997	VSlovenia 0-3 06/09/1997	D 0-0 Denmark11/10/1997
30	Cyprus	L 1-3 Bulgaria14/12/1996	D 1-1 Russia29/03/1997	LBulgaria 4-1 02/04/1997	LIsrael 2-0 30/04/1997	VLuxembourg 1-3 07/09/1997	V 2-0 Luxembourg11/10/1997

Longest streaksLast updated on 08/05/2024 at 19:31

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
Romania	9
Bulgaria	6
Austria	6	6
Yugoslavia	4
Spain	4	3
Italy	4
Netherlands	4
Sweden	3	2
Norway	3	3
Slovakia	3
Belgium	3
England	3
Israel	3
Czech Republic	3	3
Scotland	3	3
Macedonia	2
Greece	2
Wales	2
Ireland	2
Ukraine	2	2
Denmark	2
Russia	2
Lithuania	2
Croatia	2
Portugal	2
Germany	2	2
Poland	2
Cyprus	2	2
Turkey	2
Latvia	2

Goals per quarterLast updated on 08/05/2024 at 19:31

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	80
Best scorer : Savo Milosevic - 3 Goals
16 - 30	92
Best scorer : Predrag Mijatovic - 3 Goals
31 - 45+	122
Best scorer : Emil Kostadinov - 4 Goals
46 - 60	103
Best scorer : Hakan Sükür - 2 Goals
61 - 75	103
Best scorer : Kennet Andersson - 4 Goals
76 - 90+	142
Best scorer : Ulf Kirsten - 4 Goals

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 08/05/2024 at 19:31

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	17 times
1 - 0	37 times
1 - 1	18 times
2 - 0	29 times
2 - 1	25 times
3 - 0	25 times
3 - 1	15 times
3 - 2	6 times
3 - 3	1 times
4 - 0	14 times
4 - 1	5 times
4 - 2	3 times

Score	Frequence
4 - 3	1 times
5 - 0	8 times
5 - 1	2 times
6 - 0	6 times
6 - 2	1 times
6 - 4	1 times
7 - 0	1 times
7 - 1	1 times
8 - 0	1 times
8 - 1	2 times
11 - 1	1 times

General statistics by teamLast updated on 07/05/2024 at 06:42

	Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
Albania	38	10	5	Bledar Kola (2 goals)
Russia	37	8	13	Igor Kolyvanov (3 goals)
Poland	36	8	8	Andrzej Juskowiak (3 goals)
Belgium	36	8	10	Lorenzo Staelens (5 goals)
Portugal	34	10	8	Luis Figo (3 goals)
Iceland	33	10	8	Tryggvi Gudmundsson (2 goals)
Wales	33	7	9	Dean Saunders (5 goals)
Belarus	33	10	4	Vladimir Makovskiy (2 goals)
Bosnia	32	8	4	Elvir Bolic (4 goals)
Czech Republic	32	10	10	Vladimir Smicer (4 goals)
Lithuania	31	9	8	Edgaras Jankauskas (3 goals)
Finland	31	8	5	Antti Sumiala (5 goals)
Cyprus	31	8	6	Sinisa Gogic (3 goals)
Switzerland	31	8	6	Kubilay Türkyilmaz (4 goals)
Romania	31	10	11	Gheorghe Popescu (9 goals)
Turkey	30	8	8	Hakan Sükür (8 goals)
Ireland	30	10	11	Tony Cascarino (7 goals)
Ukraine	30	10	5	Andriy Shevchenko (3 goals)
Macedonia	30	10	12	Mitko Stojkovski (4 goals)
Germany	30	10	10	Oliver Bierhoff (6 goals)

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 26/04/2024 at 05:18

	Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
Moldova	22.4	Serghei Stroenco (28 years)	Sergey Rogachev (18 years)
Estonia	22.7	Urmas Kirs (29 years)	Kristen Viikmäe (16 years)
Liechtenstein	23.5	Roland Hilti (32 years)	Martin Stocklasa (16 years)
Ukraine	23.9	Timerlan Huseinov (27 years)	Gennadiy Zubov (18 years)
Belarus	24.6	Viktor Bezmen (34 years)	Vladimir Makovskiy (18 years)
Finland	24.9	Petri Järvinen (30 years)	Toni Kuivasto (20 years)
Faroe Islands	24.9	Andreas Hansen (29 years)	Poul Ennigard (18 years)
San Marino	25	Valdes Pasolini (33 years)	Damiano Vannucci (18 years)
Malta	25	Michael Woods (33 years)	Stefan Giglio (16 years)
Georgia	25	Dimitri Kudinov (32 years)	Kakha Kaladze (17 years)
Lithuania	25.1	Vyacheslav Sukristov (34 years)	Dainius Gleveckas (18 years)
Netherlands	25.1	Stan Valckx (32 years)	Boudewijn Zenden (19 years)
Macedonia	25.1	Risto Milosavov (30 years)	Georgi Hristov (19 years)
Armenia	25.1	Garnik Avalyan (33 years)	Hayk Gevorgyan (19 years)
Albania	25.2	Sokol Kushta (31 years)	Ervin Fakaj (19 years)
Switzerland	25.3	Stephan Lehmann (32 years)	Bernt Haas (17 years)
Hungary	25.5	Emil Lörincz (30 years)	Gabor Torma (19 years)
Russia	25.6	Stanislav Cherchesov (32 years)	Dmitriy Khokhlov (20 years)
Poland	25.6	Piotr Nowak (31 years)	Marek Saganowski (17 years)
Northern Ireland	25.7	Tommy Wright (32 years)	Philip Mulryne (17 years)

Countries statisticsLast updated on 07/05/2024 at 06:42

	Number of games played	Number of players	Number of goals scored
Spain	140	26	25
Armenia	140	30	8
Romania	140	31	37
Iceland	139	33	11
Republic of Ireland	138	30	22
Ukraine	138	29	10
Albania	138	38	6
Slovakia	137	26	18
Czech Republic	136	32	16
Scotland	136	29	14
Liechtenstein	136	29	3
Latvia	136	19	9
Belarus	135	33	5
Lithuania	135	31	11
North Macedonia	135	30	22
Estonia	134	21	4
Germany	134	30	23
Portugal	134	34	12
Sweden	134	24	16
Austria	133	27	17