1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5

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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[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bulgaria 8 6 0 2 18 9 +9 18 Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup — 1–0 1–0 4–1 4–0
2  Russia 8 5 2 1 19 5 +14 17 Advance to second round 4–2 — 2–0 4–0 3–0
3  Israel 8 4 1 3 9 7 +2 13 2–1 1–1 — 2–0 1–0
4  Cyprus 8 3 1 4 10 15 −5 10 1–3 1–1 2–0 — 2–0
5  Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 2 22 −20 0 1–2 0–4 0–3 1–3 —
Source:[citation needed]

Results[]

Israel 2–1 Bulgaria
Harazi Goal 34'
Banin Goal 62' (pen.)		 Report Balakov Goal 3' (pen.)
Attendance: 13,200
Russia 4–0 Cyprus
Nikiforov Goal 8', 50'
Kolyvanov Goal 34'
Beschastnykh Goal 81'		 Report
Dinamo Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 8,500
Luxembourg 1–2 Bulgaria
Langers Goal 20' Report Balakov Goal 14' (pen.)
Kostadinov Goal 37'
Attendance: 3,775
Referee: (Albania)
Israel 1–1 Russia
Brumer Goal 65' Report Kolyvanov Goal 82'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Luxembourg 0–4 Russia
Report Tikhonov Goal 34'
Kanchelskis Goal 38'
Beschastnykh Goal 50'
Karpin Goal 77'
Attendance: 5,660
Referee: (Finland)
Cyprus 2–0 Israel
Gogić Goal 9', 15' (pen.) Report
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: (Romania)
Cyprus 1–3 Bulgaria
Pittas Goal 29' Report Kostadinov Goal 23'
Balakov Goal 34'
Iliev Goal 70'
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: (Scotland)
Israel 1–0 Luxembourg
Ohana Goal 39' Report
Attendance: 24,400
Referee: (Wales)
Cyprus 1–1 Russia
Gogić Goal 31' Report Simutenkov Goal 32'
Attendance: 3,199
Referee: (Spain)
Luxembourg 0–3 Israel
Report Zohar Goal 11', 79'
Banin Goal 56' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,607
Bulgaria 4–1 Cyprus
Borimirov Goal 2'
Kostadinov Goal 35', 45'
Yordanov Goal 66'		 Report Okkas Goal 62'
Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 16,000
Russia 3–0 Luxembourg
Kechinov Goal 20'
Grishin Goal 55'
Simutenkov Goal 58'		 Report
Dinamo Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 9,200
Referee: (Scotland)
Israel 2–0 Cyprus
Ohana Goal 3', 72' Report
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)
Bulgaria 4–0 Luxembourg
Stoichkov Goal 43' (pen.)
Kostadinov Goal 47'
Balakov Goal 50' (pen.)
Lechkov Goal 81'		 Report
Neftochimik Stadium, Burgas
Attendance: 19,000
Russia 2–0 Israel
Radimov Goal 8'
Kosolapov Goal 38'		 Report
Dinamo Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 22,000
Bulgaria 1–0 Israel
Penev Goal 65' Report
Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: (Hungary)
Luxembourg 1–3 Cyprus
Amodio Goal 14' Report Papavasiliou Goal 6'
Ioannou Goal 55', 79'
Attendance: 3,022
Referee: (Iceland)
Bulgaria 1–0 Russia
Ivanov Goal 55' Report
Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 55,000
Russia 4–2 Bulgaria
Alenichev Goal 13', 57'
Kolyvanov Goal 41'
Yuran Goal 52'		 Report Gruev Goal 68'
Kostadinov Goal 78'
Attendance: 19,000
Cyprus 2–0 Luxembourg
Papavasiliou Goal 79'
Spoljaric Goal 85'		 Report
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: (Albania)

Notes[]

  1. ^ Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.

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