1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9

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Group 9 consisted of six of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:[1] 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[]

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:[citation needed]

Results[]

Northern Ireland 0–1 Ukraine
Report Rebrov Goal 79'
Attendance: 9,358
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
Armenia 0–0 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 6,015
Ukraine 2–1 Portugal
Popov Goal 4'
Maksymov Goal 88'		 Report João V. Pinto Goal 83'
Olimpiysky, Kyiv
Attendance: 51,385
Northern Ireland 1–1 Armenia
Lennon Goal 29' Report Assadourian Goal 8'
Attendance: 8,357
Referee: (Macedonia)
Armenia 1–5 Germany
Mikaelyan Goal 85' Report Häßler Goal 20', 39'
Klinsmann Goal 26'
Bobić Goal 69'
Kuntz Goal 81'
Attendance: 42,000
Albania 0–3 Portugal
Report Figo Goal 10'
Hélder Goal 75'
Rui Costa Goal 88'
Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Oguz Sarvan (Turkey)
Germany 1–1 Northern Ireland
Möller Goal 40' Report Taggart Goal 38'
Frankenstadion, Nuremberg
Attendance: 40,718
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
Portugal 1–0 Ukraine
Fernando Couto Goal 58' Report
Attendance: 19,106
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
Albania 1–1 Armenia
Franholli Goal 57' Report Ter-Petrosyan Goal 90'
Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: (Austria)
Portugal 0–0 Germany
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
Northern Ireland 2–0 Albania
Dowie Goal 12', 21' Report
Attendance: 7,935
Albania 0–1 Ukraine
Report Rebrov Goal 40'
Attendance: 1,200
Northern Ireland 0–0 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 9,400
Albania 2–3 Germany
Kola Goal 61', 90+2' (pen.) Report Kirsten Goal 63', 80', 83'
Attendance: 9,780
Ukraine 2–1 Northern Ireland
Kosovsky Goal 3'
Shevchenko Goal 70'		 Report Dowie Goal 14' (pen.)
Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv
Attendance: 85,000
Germany 2–0 Ukraine
Bierhoff Goal 62'
Basler Goal 71'		 Report
Weserstadion, Bremen
Attendance: 33,242
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Armenia 0–0 Northern Ireland
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Ukraine 1–1 Armenia
Shevchenko Goal 6' Report Petrosyan Goal 77'
Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv
Attendance: 47,000
Ukraine 0–0 Germany
Report
Olimpyskiy, Kyiv
Attendance: 63,000
Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)
Portugal 2–0 Albania
João V. Pinto Goal 14'
Figo Goal 70'		 Report
Estadio das Antas, Porto
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Northern Ireland 1–3 Germany
Hughes Goal 59' Report Bierhoff Goal 72', 77', 78'
Attendance: 12,037
Ukraine 1–0 Albania
Rebrov Goal 86' Report
Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv
Attendance: 38,000
Portugal 3–1 Armenia
Domingos Goal 23'
Figo Goal 31'
Pedro Barbosa Goal 55'		 Report Assadourian Goal 46'
Estadio do Bonfim, Setúbal
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: (Romania)
Germany 1–1 Portugal
Kirsten Goal 80' Report Barbosa Goal 70'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 75,841
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Armenia 3–0 Albania
Vardanyan Goal 56'
Assadourian Goal 81'
Avalyan Goal 87' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: (Yugoslavia)
Germany 4–0 Armenia
Klinsmann Goal 70', 84'
Häßler Goal 85'
Kirsten Goal 90+1'		 Report
Attendance: 43,000
Albania 1–0 Northern Ireland
Haxhi Goal 65' Report
Attendance: 2,650
Referee: (Luxembourg)
Germany 4–3 Albania
Helmer Goal 64'
Bierhoff Goal 78', 90'
Marschall Goal 85'		 Report Kohler Goal 55' (o.g.)
Tare Goal 80'
Vata Goal 87'
Attendance: 44,522
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
Armenia 0–2 Ukraine
Report Shevchenko Goal 33'
Maksymov Goal 54'
Attendance: 7,500
Portugal 1–0 Northern Ireland
Conceição Goal 18' Report
Attendance: 31,847

Notes[]

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

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