1998 MATCHES
EUROPE (January - June).
Author: Ambrosius Kutschera.
21/01/1998, Antalya, Atatürk stadı, 20000
Friendly International
TURKEY 1 (Oktay Derelioğlu 71')
ALBANIA 4 (Altin Rraklli 15', 65', Alban Bushi 67', Mahir Halili 88')
Turkey: Rüştü Reçber (Kerim Volkan Kilimci 77'), Alpay Özalan,
Ogün Temizkanoğlu, Ahmet Oğuz Çetin (Yıldıray Bastürk 88'),
Abdullah Ercan, Arif Erdem (Oktay Derelioğlu 55'), Hakan Şükür
(Saffet Akyüz 85'), Hami Mandıralı (Fatih Tekke 78'),
Fatih Akyel (Tayfun Korkut 73'), Tayfur Havutçu, Selim Özer
(Hakkı Tolunay Kafkas 73')
Albania: Foto Strakosha (Arian Beqaj 76'), Afrim Tole, Ilir Shulku,
Rudi Vata, Arian Xhumba (Uliks Kotri 35'), Përparim Daiu
(Altin Lala 46'), Arjan Peço (Mahir Halili 62'), Bledar Kola,
Alban Bushi (Adrian Mema 73'), Igli Tare, Altin Rraklli.
Referee: Kostadin Gerginov (Bulgaria).
Coaches: Turkey: Mustafa Denizli
Albania: Astrit Hafizi.
28/01/1998, Saint-Denis, Stade de France, 78836
Friendly International
FRANCE 1 (Zinedine Zidane 20')
SPAIN 0
France: Fabien Barthez, Lilian Thuram, Laurent Blanc, Marcel Desailly,
Alain Boghossian, Ibrahim Ba (Robert Pires 62'),
Zinedine Zidane, Didier Deschamps (Vincent Candela 62'),
Stéphane Guivarc'h (David Trézéguet 75'), Youri Djorkaeff
(Frank Leboeuf 90+'), Bernard Diomede.
Spain: Andoni Zubizarreta, Carlos Aguilera, Abelardo, Miguel Ángel Nadal,
Rafael Alkorta, Sergi (Roberto Rios 59'), Guillermo Amor
(Fernando Sánchez 81'), Luis Enrique, Raúl (Juan Antonio Pizzi 73'),
Alfonso, Joseba Etxeberría (Jordi Lardin 53').
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
Coaches: France: Aimé Jacquet
Spain: Javier Clemente
Cards: France: none.
Spain: Rafael Alkorta [Y 14'], Miguel Ángel Nadal [Y 71'],
Roberto Rios [Y 88'].
28/01/1998, Catania, Stadio Cibali, 26919
Friendly International
ITALY 3 (Milan Timko 49' OG, Alessandro Del Piero 53',
Roberto Di Matteo 64')
SLOVAKIA 0
Italy: Angelo Peruzzi, Alessandro Nesta, Paolo Maldini [c]
(Moreno Torricelli 62'), Dino Baggio, Ciro Ferrara,
Alessandro Costacurta, Angelo Di Livio (Francesco Moriero 46'),
Luigi Di Biagio (Sandro Cois 55'), Fabrizio Ravanelli
(Filippo Inzaghi 65'), Roberto Di Matteo, Alessandro Del Piero
(Enrico Chiesa 73').
Slovakia: Alexander Vencel, Igor Bališ (Miroslav Sovič 69'),
Miroslav Karhan, Ivan Kozák (Peter Dzúrik 83'), Milan Timko,
Dusan Tittel, Marek Špilár, Peter Dubovský, Jozef Kožlej
(Marek Ujlaki 52'), Lubomir Moravčík (Vladislav Zvara 69'),
Tibor Jančula (Lubomir Luhový 52').
Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)
Coaches: Italy: Cesare Maldini
Slovakia: Jozef Jankech
Cards: Italy: none.
Slovakia: Miroslav Karhan [Y].
05/02/1998, Limassol, Tsirion, 2500
Cyprus Tournament
CYPRUS 1 (Yiannakis Okkas 70')
FINLAND 1 (Jonatan Johansson 31')
Cyprus: Nicos Panayiotou, George Christodoulou (Ioakim Ioakim 73'),
Pambos Pittas (Nicolas Georghiou 81'), Marios Charalambous,
Dimitris Ioannou, Vassos Melanarkitis (Panikos Pounas 13'),
George Theodotou (Aristos Aristocleous 62'), Milenko Spoliaric,
Sinisa Gogic, Marios Christodoulou, Costas Malekos
(Yiannakis Okkas 62').
Finland: Antti Niemi, Kari Rissanen, Aarno Turpeinen, Marko Tuomela,
Sami Mahlio (Toni Kuivasto 46'), Jarkko Wiss, Aki Riihilahti,
Teemu Tainio (Mika Kottila 77'), Jonatan Johansson,
Harri Ylönen [c], Janne Oinas.
Referee: Andreas Georghiou (Cyprus)
Coaches: Cyprus: Panikos Georghiou
Finland: Richard Møller-Nielsen (Denmark).
05/02/1998, Limassol (Cyprus), Tsirion, 200
Cyprus Tournament
SLOVENIA 3 (Zlatko Zahovič 36' pen, 65', Andrej Poljšak 67')
ICELAND 2 (Ríkharður Daðason 39', Þórður Guðjónsson 87')
Slovenia: Marko Simeunovič, Marinko Galič, Miran Srebrnič
(Andrej Poljšak 45'), Aleš Križan, Alfred Jermaniš,
Rudi Istenič (Aleš Čeh 45'), Igor Benedejčič (Amir Karič 70'),
Miran Pavlin, Mladen Rudonja (Aleksander Knavs 80'),
Zlatko Zahovič, Ermin Šiljak (Aljosa Sivko 80').
Iceland: Kristján Finnbogason, Sigurður Jónsson [c], Pétur Marteinsson,
Eyjólfur Sverrisson (Lárus Orri Sigurðsson 63'),
Helgi Kolviðsson, Hermann Hreiðarsson, Arnar Grétarsson
(Bjarki Gunnlaugsson 55'), Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson
(Steinar Adolfsson 71'), Þórður Guðjónsson, Ríkharður Daðason
(Bjarni Guðjónsson 71'), Arnar Gunnlaugsson.
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)
Coaches: Slovenia: Bojan Prašnikar
Iceland: Guðjón Þórðarson
Cards: Slovenia: Amir Karič [Y 70'], Alfred Jermaniš [Y 60']
Iceland: Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson [Y 38'],
Sigurður Jónsson [Y 65'], Arnar Gunnlaugsson [R 82']
Note : It is not sure if Amir Karič replaced Igor Benedejčič or
Marinko Galič (70')
06/02/1998, Limassol (Cyprus), Tsirion, 2000
Cyprus Tournament
NORWAY OLYMPIC 0
FINLAND 0
Note: Not a full FIFA international
06/02/1998, Limassol (Cyprus), Tsirion, 300
Cyprus Tournament
SLOVENIA 1 (Zlatko Zahovič 70')
SLOVAKIA 1 (Lubomir Moravčík 74')
Slovenia: Boško Boškovič, Andrej Polšjak, Marinko Galič
(Aleksander Knavs 85'), Aleš Križan, Đoni Novak,
Alfred Jermaniš (Rudi Istenic 57'), Aleš Čeh, Miran Pavlin
(Igor Benedejčič 64'), Zlatko Zahovič, Ermin Šiljak,
Mladen Rudonja (Patrik Ipavec 58' (Amir Karič 84')).
Slovakia: Miroslav Seman, Martin Konečný (Igor Bališ 60'), Dušan Tittel,
Peter Dzúrik, Miroslav Karhan, Miroslav Sovič
(Jozef Kožlej 80'), Marek Špilár, Lubomir Moravčík,
Marek Ujlaky (Vladislav Zvara 80'), Lubomir Luhový
(Szilard Németh 60'), Attila Pinte (Jozef Pisár 60').
Referee: Yiannakis Kiprianides (Cyprus)
Coaches: Slovenia: Bojan Prašnikar
Slovakia: Jozef Jankech
Cards: Slovenia: Andrej Polšjak [Y 38'], Marinko Galič [Y 58']
Zlatko Zahovič [Y 72']
Slovakia: Marek Špilár [Y 8'], Lubomir Luhový [Y21'],
Lubomir Moravčík [Y 72']
06/02/1998, Ta'Qali (Malta), National Stadium, 3000
Rothmans Tournament
GEORGIA 2 (Gocha Dzhamarauli 50', 72')
LATVIA 1 (Imants Bleidelis 86' pen)
Georgia: Nicoloz Togonidze, Gela Shekiladze, Kakhi Kaladze, Murtaz Shelia,
Georgi Chikhradze, Georgi Gakhokidze, Georgi Nemsadze
(Georgi Kinkladze 79'), Gocha Dzhamarauli (Levan Silagadze 73'),
Temur Ketsbaia (Levan Tsikitishvili 81'), Archil Arveladze
(Mikhail Kavelashvili 46'), Shota Arveladze (Aleksandr Iashvili 46').
Latvia: Raimonds Laizāns, Artūrs Zakreševskis, Vitālijs Astafjevs
(Igors Sļesarčuks 62'), Juris Laizāns, Valentīns Lobaņovs,
Oļegs Blagonadeždins, Aleksandrs Isakovs (Nikolajs Poļakovs 79'),
Imants Bleidelis, Marians Pahars, Armands Zeiberliņš, Jānis Rinkus
(Viktors Lukaševičs 46').
Referee: Alfred Micallef (Malta).
Coaches: Georgia: Vladimir Gutsaev
Latvia: Revaz Dzodzuashvili (Georgia).
06/02/1998, Ta'Qali, National Stadium, 3000
Rothmans Tournament
MALTA 1 (Hubert Suda 2' pen)
ALBANIA 1 (Ilir Shulku 84' pen)
Malta: Mario Muscat, Jeffrey Chetcuti (Joe Brincat 74'), Joe Camilleri,
Jonathan Magri-Overand, Paul Sixsmith, Joe Sant-Fournier
(David Carabott 61'), Nicky Saliba, Chuks Nwoko (Gilbert Agius 80'),
Noel Turner (Stefan Giglio 70'), Hubert Suda (Carmel Busuttil 63'),
Antoine Zahra I.
Albania: Foto Strakosha, Afrim Tole, Ilir Shulku, Rudi Vata, Arjan Peço
(Adrian Mema 74'), Ervin Fakaj (Mahir Halili 46'), Altin Lala,
Alban Bushi, Igli Tare, Altin Rraklli, Uliks Kotri.
Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia).
Coaches: Malta: Josef Ilic (Yugoslavia)
Albania: Astrit Hafizi.
07/02/1998, Limassol, Tsirion, 500
Cyprus Tournament
CYPRUS 2 (Milenko Spoljaric 44', Yiannos Ioannou 62')
NORWAY OLYMPIC 0
Cyprus: Nicos Panayiotou, Costas Costa, Pambos Pittas (Lambros Lambrou 64'),
Dimitris Ioannou, Marios Charalambous (Marios Christodoulou 75'),
Panikos Pounas (Angelos Misos 78'), George Theodotou
(Aristos Aristocleous 80'), Milenko Spoljaric, Yiannakis Okkas,
Yiannos Ioannou, Costas Kaiafas (Nicolas Georghiou 65').
Norway: Terje Skjeldestad (Ronningen 84'), Trond Andersen,
Steinar Pedersen, Frode Kippe, Hai Ngoc Tran, Thorstein Helstad
(Vegard Heggem 46'), Karl Oskar Fjørtoft (?. Hagen 73'),
Eirik Bakke, Daniel Berg Hestad (?. Njan 87'), Erik Nevland,
?. Kerjo (Knut Henry Haraldsen 73')
Note: Not a full FIFA international
07/02/1998, Limassol (Cyprus), Tsirion, 200
Cyprus Tournament
SLOVAKIA 2 (Szilard Németh 58', Lubomir Moravčík 65')
ICELAND 1 (Bjarki Gunnlaugsson 77')
Slovakia: Miroslav König, Ivan Kozák (Jozef Pisár 46'), Dušan Tittel,
Stanislav Varga, Miroslav Karhan, Igor Bališ
(Miroslav Sovic 72'), Marek Špilár, Lubomir Moravčík,
Vladislav Zvara, Szilard Németh (Lubomir Luhový 72'),
Jozef Kožlej (Marek Ujlaky 80').
Iceland: Birkir Kristinsson, Sigurður Jónsson [c], Gunnlaugur Jónsson,
Hermann Hreiðarsson (Pétur Marteinsson 70'), Helgi Kolviðsson
(Arnar Grétarsson 46'), Steinar Adolfsson, Sverrir Sverrisson,
Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson (Bjarni Guðjónsson 63'),
Einar Þór Daníelsson, Ríkharður Daðason,
(Þórður Guðjónsson 46'), Bjarki Gunnlaugsson.
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)
Coaches: Slovakia: Jozef Jankech
Iceland: Guðjón Þórðarson
Cards: Slovakia: Lubomir Moravčík [R 76']
Iceland:
08/02/1998, Ta'Qali (Malta), National Stadium, 750
Rothmans Tournament
GEORGIA 3 (Temur Ketsbaia 20', Mikheil Kavelashvili 29', Aleksandr Iashvili 72')
ALBANIA 0
Georgia: David Gvaramadze, Murtaz Shelia, Georgi Chikradze, Kakha Kaladze,
Levan Silagadze, Gela Shekiladze, Temur Kestbaia, Giorgi Nemsadze,
Gocha Dzhamarauli (Giorgi Kiknadze 74'), Aleksandr Iashvili,
Mikheil Kavelashvili.
Albania: Arian Beqaj (Armir Grima 79'), Ilir Shulku, Rudi Vata, Arjan Peço,
Bledar Kola, Ervin Fakaj, Mahir Halili, Altin Lala, Alban Bushi,
Igli Tare, Altin Rraklli (Alpin Gallo 74').
Referee: Charles Agius (Malta).
Coaches: Georgia: Vladimir Gutsaev
Albania: Astrit Hafizi.
Note: Georgia coach not sure.
08/02/1998, Ta'Qali, National Stadium, 3000
Rothmans Tournament
MALTA 2 (Carmel Busuttil 57', Joe Brincat 85')
LATVIA 1 (Marians Pahars 68')
Malta: Mario Muscat, Joe Camilleri (Khristian Laferla 59'), Jeffrey Chetcuti,
David Carabott (Chuks Nwoko 76'), Paul Sixsmith (Antoine Zahra I 69'),
Joe Sant-Fournier, Carmel Busuttil (Stefan Sultana 83'), Nicky Saliba,
Noel Turner, Joe Brincat, Hubert Suda (Gilbert Agius 33').
Latvia: Raimonds Laizāns, Artūrs Zakreševskis, Juris Laizāns, Valentīns Lobaņovs,
Oļegs Blagonadeždins, Armands Zeiberliņš, Viktors Lukaševičs,
Nikolajs Poļakovs (Marians Pahars 46'), Igors Sļesarčuks
(Jānis Rinkus 63'), Aleksejs Volosanovs (Imants Bleidelis 42'),
Edgars Burlakovs (Vitālijs Astafjevs 19').
Referee: Otar Guntadze (Georgia)
Coaches: Malta: Josef Ilic (Yugoslavia).
Latvia: Revaz Dzodzuashvili (Georgia).
09/02/1998 Limassol (Cyprus), Tsirion, 250
Cyprus Tournament
NORWAY OLYMPIC 1 (Erik Nevland)
ICELAND 0
Note: Not a full FIFA international
09/02/1998, Larnaka (Cyprus), Antonis Papadopoulos, 300
Cyprus Tournament
SLOVAKIA 2 (Dušan Tittel 31', Jozef Pisár 52')
FINLAND 0
Slovakia: Miroslav König, Ivan Kozák, Dušan Tittel, Marek Špilár,
Miroslav Karhan, Miroslav Sovič (Stanislav Varga 46'),
Vladislav Zvara (Attila Pinte 55'), Marek Ujlaky
(Martin Konečný 84'), Igor Bališ, Jozef Pisár, Szilard Németh
(Lubomir Luhový 84').
Finland: Antti Niemi, Kari Rissanen, Aarno Turpeinen, Toni Kuivasto,
Jarkko Wiss, Aki Riihilahti, Teemu Tainio
(Petteri Kaijasilta 70'), Jonatan Johansson, Harri Ylönen [c],
Mika Kottila, Janne Oinas.
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)
Coaches: Slovakia: Jozef Jankech
Finland: Richard Møller-Nielsen (Denmark).
09/02/1998, Limassol, Tsirion, 400
Cyprus Tournament
CYPRUS 1 (Costas Kaiafas 8')
SLOVENIA 0
Cyprus: Nicos Panayiotou, Costas Costa, Charalambos Pittas
(Lambros Lambrou 76'), Dimitris Ioannou
(George Christodoulou 88'), Marios Charalambous,
Panayiatos Pounas, George Theodotou (Aristos Aristocleous 76'),
Milenko Spoliaric, Yiannakis Okkas, Yiannos Ioannou
(Angelos Tsolakis 68'), Costas Kaiafas (Pachtalias 65')
Slovenia: Boško Boškovič, Alfred Jermaniš (Patrik Ipavec 77'),
Đoni Novak, Andrej Poljšak, Marinko Galič (Miran Srebrnič 56'),
Aleš Križan, Rudi Istenič (Aleksandr Knavs 88'),
Igor Benedejčič (Amir Karič 46'), Ermin Šiljak, Zlatko Zahovič,
Aljoša Sivko (Mladen Rudonja 46').
Referee: Andreas Georgiou (Cyprus)
Coaches: Cyprus: Panikos Georghiou
Slovenia: Bojan Prašnikar
Cards: Cyprus: Yiannakis Okkas [Y 37']
Slovenia: Alfred Jermaniš [Y 12], Rudi Istenič [Y 32'],
Zlatko Zahovič [Y 36], Đoni Novak [Y 81'].
Note: Some sources report that Nicolas Georgiou replaced
George Theodotou (76') instead of Aristos Aristocleous.
10/02/1998, Ta'Qali (Malta), National Stadium, 2500
Rothmans Tournament
LATVIA 2 (Marians Pahars 35', 53')
ALBANIA 2 (Bledar Kola 44' pen, 46')
Latvia: Raimonds Laizāns, Artūrs Zakreševskis, Vitālijs Astafjevs
(Jānis Rinkus 81'), Juris Laizāns, Valentīns Lobaņovs,
Oļegs Blagonadeždins, Imants Bleidelis, Marians Pahars, Armands Zeiberliņš
(Aleksandrs Isakovs 69'), Viktors Lukaševičs, Nikolajs Poļakovs
(Igors Sļesarčuks 46').
Albania: Armir Grima, Altin Lala, Ilir Shulku, Ervin Fakaj, Rudi Vata, Alpin Gallo,
Arjan Peço (Uliks Kotri 61'), Alban Bushi (Adrian Mema 84'),
Bledar Kola, Altin Rraklli (Igli Tare 46'), Mahir Halili.
Referee: Lawrence Sammut (Malta).
Coaches: Latvia: Revaz Dzodzuashvili (Georgia).
Albania: Astrit Hafizi.
10/02/1998, Ta'Qali, National Stadium, 2500
Rothmans Tournament
MALTA 1 (Jonathan Magri-Overand 56' pen)
GEORGIA 3 (Mikheil Kavelashvili 12', 76', Gocha Dzhamarauli 72')
Malta: Mario Muscat, Jeffrey Chetcuti, Jonathan Magri-Overand,
Joe Sant-Fournier, Joe Brincat, Antoine Zahra I, Paul Sixsmith,
Chuks Nwoko, Nicky Saliba (Stefan Giglio 65'), Gilbert Agius
(Stefan Sultana 83'), Hubert Suda (David Carabott 75')
Georgia: David Gvaramadze, Murtaz Shelia, Levan Silagadze
(Vakhtang Khvadagian 78'), Georgi Chikradze
(Aleksandr Iashvili 46'), Kakhi Kaladze
(Levan Tskitishvili 78'), Gela Shekiladze, Temur Ketsbaia,
Georgi Kinkladze, Georgi Nemsadze, Gocha Dzhamarauli
(Georgi Kiknadze 74'), Mikheil Kavelashvili
(Georgi Gakhokidze 78')
Referee: Bujar Pregja (Albania)
Coaches: Malta: Josef Ilic (Yugoslavia)
Georgia: Vladimer Gutsaev
Note: Georgia coach not sure.
18/02/1998, Athinai, Olympiako 'Spyridon Louis', 750
Friendly International
GREECE 1 (Kostas Frantzeskos 8')
RUSSIA 1 (Igor Kolyvanov 66')
Greece: Ilias Atmatzidis (Nikos Michopoulos 57'), Stratos Apostolakis [c]
(Ilias Poursanidis 46'), Nikos Dabizas, Koulis Karataidis,
Ioannis Kalitzakis (Alekos Alexandris 46'), Michalis Kasapis
(Ioannis Anastasiou 86'), Kostas Frantzeskos (Zisis Vryzas 77'),
Theodoros Zagorakis (Grigoris Georgatos 66'), Georgios Ch. Georgiadis
(Vassilis Borbokis 46'), Nikos Machlas, Kostas Konstantinidis.
Russia: Sergei Ovchinnikov, Yuri Kovtun, Yuri Nikiforov, Dmitri Popov
(Igor Chugainov 62'), Igor Yanovski, Dmitri Khokhlov (Sergei Semak 46'),
Viktor Onopko [c], Andrei Kanchelskis, Sergei Yuran (Valeri Kechinov 46'),
Igor Kolyvanov, Dmitri Alenichev.
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti (Italy).
Coaches: Greece: Kostas Polychroniou.
Russia: Boris Ignatiev.
18/02/1998, Ramat-Gan, National Stadium, 10000
Friendly International
ISRAEL 4 (Jan Talesnikov 12', Ronen Harazi 27', Alon Mizrahi 51' 62')
TURKEY 0
Israel: Nir Davidovich (Sagi Strauss 86'), Alon Harazi, Ran Ben-Shimon,
Arik Benado (Moti Ohayon 85'), Amir Shelah, David Amsalem, Yossi Abuksis
(Idan Tal 71'), Eyal Berkovich (Nir Sevilia 76'), Jan Talesnikov,
Ronen Harazi (Alon Mizrahi 46'), Haim Revivo (Haim Silvas 81').
Turkey: Rüštü Reçber (Özden Öngün 85'), Selim Özer (Hakan Ünsal 46'),
Ogün Temizkanoğlu, Fatih Akyel, Alpay Özalan, Abdullah Ercan,
Tayfun Korkut, Tayfur Havutçu (Ahmet Oğuz Çetin 46'),
Hakkı Tolunay Kafkas (Hasan Vural 85'), Saffet Akyüz
(Altan Aksoy 46'), Ayhan Akman (Fatih Tekke 46').
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France).
Coaches: Israel: Shlomo Scharf.
Turkey: Mustafa Denizli
Cards: Israel: none.
Turkey: Hakkı Tolunay Kafkas [Y 16'], Alpay Özalan [Y 78'].
25/02/1998, Marseille, Stade Vélodrome, 55000
Friendly International
FRANCE 3 (Laurent Blanc 23', Zinedine Zidane 28',
Marcel Desailly 90+')
NORWAY 3 (Frank Strandli 13' pen, Tore Andre Flo 68',
Vegard Heggem 89')
France: Fabien Barthez, Lilian Thuram, Laurent Blanc, Marcel Desailly,
Alain Boghossian, Robert Pires, Zinedine Zidane
(Claude Makéléle 62'), Didier Deschamps, Stéphane Guivarc'h
(David Trézéguet 62'), Youri Djorkaeff, Bernard Diomede.
Norway: Frode Grodås, Alf-Inge Håland, Claus Lundekvam, Henning Berg,
Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Petter Rudi (Vidar Riseth 46'),
Erik Mykland, Bent Skammelsrud, Lars Bohinen
(Vegard Heggem 79'), Frank Strandli (Egil Østenstad 85'),
Tore André Flo.
Referee: Jan Wegerheef (Netherlands)
Coaches: France: Aimé Jacquet
Norway: Egil Olsen
Cards: France: Bernard Diomede [Y 10'] Laurent Blanc [Y 12']
Norway: Lars Bohinen [Y 45'], Stig Inge Bjørnebye [Y 64']
25/02/1998, Ramat-Gan, National Stadium, 12000
Friendly International
ISRAEL 2 (Jan Talesnikov 28', Alon Harazi 83')
POLAND 0
Israel: Rafi Cohen II, Alon Harazi (Haim Silvas 90'), Ran Ben-Shimon,
Arik Benado, Amir Shelah, David Amsalem, Yossi Abuksis,
Walid Badir (Felix Halfon 63'), Jan Talesnikov, Ronen Harazi
(Eli Abarbanel 76'), Alon Mizrahi (Nir Sivilia 83').
Poland: Adam Matysek (Jerzy Dudek 46'), Marek Jóźwiak
(Tomasz Hajto 53'), Jacek Zieliński, Krzysztof Ratajczyk
(Waldemar Kryger 71'), Adam Ledwoń, Andrzej Rudy
(Piotr Świerczewski 62'), Tomasz Iwan, Tomasz Wałdoch,
Jerzy Brzęczek [c], Andrzej Juskowiak (Sławomir Majak 76),
Jacek Dembiński (Marek Saganowski 46').
Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)
Coaches: Israel: Shlomo Scharf.
Poland: Janusz Wójcik.
Cards: Israel: David Amsalem [Y 45'], Alon Mizrahi [Y 81'].
Poland: Marek Jóźwiak [Y 19'], Tomasz Wałdoch [Y 67'].
18/03/1998, Bucureşti, Steaua, 12000
Friendly International
ROMANIA 0
ISRAEL 1 (Alon Mizrahi 13')
Romania: Dumitru Stîngaciu, Iulian Filipescu, Gheorghe Popescu [c],
Cristian Dulca, Tibor Selymes, Ovidiu Stîngă
(Lucian Marinescu 46'), Constantin Gâlcă (Denis Şerban 73'),
Gabriel Popescu (Dănuţ Lupu 46'), Dorinel Munteanu
(Gheorghe Craioveanu 46'), Adrian Ilie (Alin Stoica 73'),
Radu Niculescu (Marius Lăcătuş 46').
Israel: Rafi Cohen II (Nir Davidovich 46'), Alon Harazi, Ran Ben-Shimon,
Arik Benado, Amir Shelah, David Amsalem, Jan Talesnikov,
Walid Badir, Najuan Grayeb, Eli Abarbanel (Felix Halfon 46'),
Alon Mizrahi (Ronen Harazi 88').
Referee: Muhittin Boşat (Turkey).
Coaches: Romania: Anghel Iordănescu.
Israel: Shlomo Scharf.
Cards: Romania: Dănuţ Lupu [Y 90'].
Israel: Alon Mizrahi [Y 75'].
22/03/1998, Bakı, Tofiq Bəhramov, 12000
Friendly International
AZERBAIJAN 1 (Yunis Hüseynov 48')
MOLDOVA 0
Azerbaijan: Hüseyn Məhəmmədov, Emin Ağayev, Deni Qaysumov, Tərlan Əhmədov
(Yunis Hüseynov 46'), Vyaçeslav Lıçkin (Aslan Kərimov 82'),
Rasim Abuşev, Arif Əsədov (Faiq Cabbarov 75'), Rüfət Quliyev
(İlham Məmmədov 65'), Qurban Qurbanov (Ruslan Musayev 87'),
Nazim Süleymanov [c] (Zaur Tağızadə 60'), Narvik Sırxayev.
Moldova: Evgheni Ivanov (Serghei Dinov 46'), Valeriu Pogorelov
(Oleg Fistican 62'), Serghei Belous (Lilian Popescu 71'),
Ion Testimiţanu, Vladimir Gaidamaşciuc (Serghei Rogaciov 75'),
Serghei Stroenco, Radu Rebeja, Igor Oprea, Iurie Miterev,
Alexandru Popovici, Serghei Cleşcenco (Vladimir Kosse 46').
Referee: Asim Khudiev (Azerbaijan).
Coaches: Azerbaijan: Vaqif Sadıqov.
Moldova: Alexandru Maţiura.
Cards: Azerbaijan: Rüfət Quliyev [Y 21'].
Moldova: none
25/03/1998, Wien, Ernst Happel Stadion, 21000
Friendly International
AUSTRIA 2 (Ivica Vastic 10', Martin Amerhauser 21')
HUNGARY 3 (Ferenc Horváth 4', Béla Illés 32', 54')
Austria: Michael Konsel, Peter Schöttel (Anton Pfeffer 46'), Wolfgang Feiersinger,
Martin Hiden, Markus Schopp, Roman Mählich, Dietmar Kühbauer
(Hannes Reinmayr 68'), Andreas Herzog (Peter Stöger 46'),
Martin Amerhauser, Ivica Vastic, Anton Polster [c].
Hungary: Gábor Király, Vilmas Sebők, Csaba Fehér, János Hrutka,
János Mátyus, Krisztián Lisztes, Gábor Halmai, Béla Illés,
Miklős Herczeg (Zoltán Kovács 82'), Ferenc Horváth
(Norbert Tóth 90'), Attila Korsós (István Hamar 85').
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany).
Coaches: Austria: Herbert Prohaska.
Hungary: Bertalan Bicskei
Cards: Austria: Wolfgang Feiersinger [Y].
Hungary: Miklős Herczeg [Y], Csaba Fehér [Y]
Note: Anton Polster missed a penalty at 7'.
25/03/1998, Bruxelles-Ville, Roi Baudouin, 13371
Friendly International
BELGIUM 2 (Franky Van der Elst 8', Marc Wilmots 65')
NORWAY 2 (Vidar Riseth 11', Ole Gunnar Solskjær 70')
Belgium: Dany Verlinden, Eric Deflandre (Tjörven De Brul 46'), Glen De Boeck
(Philippe Clement 81'), Eric Van Meir, Nico Van Kerckhoven, Gert Verheyen,
Lorenzo Staelens, Franky Van der Elst, Danny Boffin
(Philippe Léonard 77'), Marc Wilmots, Luis Oliveira (Mbo Mpenza 77').
Norway: Thomas Gill, Gunnar Halle, Henning Berg, Erik Hoftun,
Bent Skammelsrud, Vidar Riseth (Egil Østenstad 81'),
Roar Strand (Alf-Inge Håland 68'), Erik Mykland
(Trond Egil Soltvedt 68'), Øyvind Leonhardsen, Håvard Flo
(Ole Gunnar Solskjær 46'), Tore André Flo.
Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Germany).
Coaches: Belgium: Georges Leekens.
Norway: Egil Olsen.
Cards: Belgium: Tjörven De Brul [Y 59'].
Norway: Roar Strand [Y 50']
25/03/1998, Olomouc, Andrův Stadion, 9405
Friendly International
CZECH REPUBLIC 2 (Vladimír Šmicer 50', Edvard Lasota 76')
IRELAND 1 (Gary Breen 10')
Czech Republic: Tomáš Poštulka, Luboš Kozel, Jiří Novotný, Karel Rada,
Radoslav Látal (Tomáš Votava 86'), Radek Bejbl, Karel Poborský,
Jiří Němec [c], Martin Čížek (Edvard Lasota 70'), Pavel Kuka
(Vratislav Lokvenc 60'), Vladimír Šmicer (Milan Fukal 89').
Ireland: Shay Given, Alan Maybury (Robbie Keane 46'),
Kenny Cunningham [c], Gary Breen, Jeff Kenna, Mark Kinsella,
Lee Carsley (Graham Kavanagh 85'), Gareth Farrelly
(Alan McLoughlin 61'), Gary Kelly, Damien Duff
(Rory Delap 74'), David Connolly (Kevin Kilbane 61').
Referee: Attila Juhos (Hungary)
Coaches: Czech Republic: Jozef Chovanec
Ireland: Mick McCarthy
Cards: Czech Republic: Radoslav Látal [Y 38']
Ireland: Mark Kinsella [Y 71']
25/03/1998, Skopje, Gradski stadion, 8000
Friendly International
MACEDONIA 1 (Gjorgji Hristov 40')
BULGARIA 0
Macedonia: Petar Miloševski, Goce Sedloski, Igor Saša Nikolovski (Igor Gjuzelov 85'),
Nedžmedin Memedi, Mitko Stojkovski, Ljubodrag Milošević,
Srgjan Zaharievski (Dragan Veselinovski 62'), Viktor Trenevski
(Dževdat Šainovski 87'), Toni Micevski (Vlatko Gošev 89'),
Gjorgji Hristov, Artim Šakiri.
Bulgaria: Zdravko Zdravkov, Radostin Kishishev (Anatoli Nankov 46'),
Trifon Ivanov, Ivailo Petkov, Gosho Ginchev, Adalbert Zafirov,
Krassimir Balakov (Stoicho Stoilov 73'), Marian Hristov
(Daniel Borimirov 60'), Hristo Stoichkov (Georgi Bachev 46'),
Svetoslav Todorov (Ilian Iliev 46'), Lyuboslav Penev.
Referee: Zdravko Savić (Yugoslavia).
Coaches: Macedonia: Gjoko Hadžievski.
Bulgaria: Hristo Bonev.
25/03/1998, Ta'Qali, National Stadium, 2500
Friendly International
MALTA 0
FINLAND 2 (Aki Riihilahti 1', Jarkko Wiss 51')
Malta: Mario Muscat, Silvio Vella, Jeffrey Chetcuti
(David Carabott 56'), Joe Camilleri, Paul Sixsmith,
Antoine Zahra I, Nicky Saliba, Carmel Busuttil, Joe Brincat
(Gilbert Agius 10', Stefan Sultana 76'), Hubert Suda
(Noel Turner 54'), Chuks Nwoko.
Finland: Jussi Jääskeläinen, Harri Ylönen, Marko Tuomela, Tomi Kinnunen,
Aarno Turpeinen, Sami Mahlio, Jarkko Wiss, Simo Valakari,
Aki Riihilahti, Jonatan Johansson (Teemu Tainio 71'),
Mika-Matti Paatelainen [c].
Referee: Livio Bazzoli (Italy)
Coaches: Malta: Josef Ilić (Yugoslavia)
Finland: Richard Møller-Nielsen (Denmark)
25/03/1998, Belfast, Windsor Park, 7895
Friendly International
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 (Steve Lomas 53')
SLOVAKIA 0
Northern Ireland: Alan Fettis, Aaron Hughes, Steve Morrow, Colin Hill, Iain Jenkins,
Steve Lomas, Neil Lennon, Keith Gillespie (Jon McCarthy 89'),
Michael Hughes, Iain Dowie, James Quinn (George O'Boyle 83').
Slovakia: Alexander Vencel, Dušan Tittel, Marian Zeman, Milan Timko
(Slavomir Zátek 81'), Marek Špilár, Vladimír Kinder,
Samuel Slovák (Igor Bališ 69'), Lubomir Moravčík
(Miroslav Sovič 69'), Peter Dubovský, Attila Pinte
(Szilard Németh 46'), Jozef Majoroš.
Referee: Alan Howells (Wales).
Coaches: Northern Ireland: Lawrie McMenemy.
Slovakia: Jozef Jankech.
25/03/1998, Warszawa, Wojska Polskiego, 6000
Friendly International
POLAND 2 (Wojciech Kowalczyk 37', Tomasz Iwan 55')
SLOVENIA 0
Poland: Adam Matysek, Tomasz Hajto (Radosław Kałużny 74'),
Jacek Zieliński, Tomasz Wałdoch (Tomasz Kłos 85'),
Krzysztof Ratajczyk, Tomasz Iwan, Jerzy Brzęczek [c],
Sławomir Majak (Piotr Świerczewski 81'), Marek Koźmiński
(Adam Ledwoń 54'), Marek Saganowski (Grzegorz Mielcarski 61'),
Wojciech Kowalczyk (Andrzej Juskowiak 70').
Slovenia: Marko Simeunovič (Boško Boškovič 46'), Robert Englaro
(Danijel Brezič 90'), Darko Milanič, Andrej Poljšak
(Spasoje Bulajič 46'), Miran Pavlin (Anton Žlogar 84'),
Alfred Jermaniš (Aleksander Knavs 62'), Rudi Istenič
(Simon Seslar 62'), Aleš Čeh, Sebastijan Cimerotič
(Mladen Rudonja 46'), Zlatko Zahovič, Ermin Šiljak.
Referee: Vasiliy Melnichuk (Ukraine)
Coaches: Poland: Janusz Wójcik
Slovenia: Bojan Prašnikar
Cards: Poland: Tomasz Hajto [Y 3'], Marek Koźmiński [Y 41']
Slovenia: Zlatko Zahovič [Y 15'], Miran Pavlin [Y 21'],
Robert Englaro [Y 75'], Ermin Šiljak [Y 85'].
25/03/1998, Moskva, Dinamo, 7000
Friendly International
RUSSIA 1 (Sergei Yuran 2')
FRANCE 0
Russia: Aleksandr Filimonov, Dmitri Khlestov, Yuri Nikiforov (Yuri Kovtun 67'),
Igor Chugainov, Igor Yanovski, Sergei Yuran (Yevgeni Kharlachyov 76'),
Viktor Onopko [c], Andrei Kanchelskis (Dmitri Khokhlov 46'),
Dmitri Alenichev, Igor Kolyvanov, Alexei Gerasimenko.
France: Lionel Letizi, Lilian Thuram, Frank Leboeuf, Marcel Desailly,
Emmanuel Petit (Vincent Candela 46'), Christian Karembeu
(Marc Keller 63'), Didier Deschamps [c] (Alain Boghossian 46'),
Sabri Lamouchi (Robert Pires 74'), Youri Djorkaeff, Stéphane Guivarc'h,
Bernard Diomede.
Referee: Ihor Yaremchuk (Ukraine).
Coaches: Russia: Boris Ignatiev.
France: Aimé Jacquet.
Cards: Russia: Sergei Yuran [Y 33'].
France: none.
25/03/1998, Glasgow, Ibrox, 26468
Friendly International
SCOTLAND 0
DENMARK 1 (Brian Laudrup 38')
Scotland: Jim Leighton (Andy Goram 46'), Jackie McNamara (David Weir 60'),
Tom Boyd, Colin Calderwood, Colin Hendry, Matt Elliot, Scott Gemmill
(Stuart McCall 70'), Billy McKinlay, Scott Booth (Eoin Jess 46'),
Darren Jackson (Simon Donnelly 76'), Christian Dailly.
Denmark: Mogens Krogh, Jacob Laursen (René Henriksen 46'), Marc Rieper,
Michael Schjønberg, Jan Heintze, Thomas Helveg, Allan Nielsen
(Per Frandsen 63'), Morten Wieghorst, Peter Møller
(Martin Jørgensen 76'), Michael Laudrup, Brian Laudrup
(Bjarne Goldbæk 81').
Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)
Coaches: Scotland: Craig Brown
Denmark: Bo Johansson (Sweden)
25/03/1998, Vigo, Estadio Balaidos, 17000
Friendly International
SPAIN 4 (Fernando Morientes 1', 5', Raúl 30',
Joseba Etxeberría 65')
SWEDEN 0
Spain: Andoni Zubizarreta, Albert Ferrer, Miguel Ángel Nadal,
Sergi, Iván Campo (Roberto Rios 74'), Fernando Hierro
(Kiko 46'), Luis Enrique, Guillermo Amor, Fernando Sánchez
(Joseba Etxeberría 61'), Raúl (Alfonso 46'),
Fernando Morientes (Santi 46').
Sweden: Håkan Svensson, Gary Sundgren (Teddy Lucic 70'),
Patrik Andersson, Joachim Björklund, Roland Nilsson,
Pär Zetterberg, Henrik Larsson (Yksel Osmanovsaki 80'),
Stefan Schwarz, Klas Ingesson, Kennet Andersson,
Jörgen Pettersson (Håkan Mild 70').
Referee: Georg Dardenne (Germany)
Coaches: Spain: Javier Clemente
Sweden: Tommy Söderberg
Note: Sweden coach not sure.
25/03/1998, Bern, Wankdorf Stadion, 17100
Friendly International
SWITZERLAND 1 (Ramon Vega 37')
ENGLAND 1 (Paul Merson 70')
Switzerland: Joël Corminboeuf, Ramon Vega, Murat Yakin, Stéphane Henchoz,
Johann Vogel, Raphaël Wicky (Johann Lonfat 82'), Ciriaco Sforza,
Sébastien Fournier, David Sesa (Adrian Kunz 87'), Marco Grassi,
Stéphane Chapuisat.
England: Tim Flowers, Martin Keown, Gareth Southgate, Rio Ferdinand,
Andy Hinchcliffe, Rob Lee, Paul Ince, Paul Merson (David Batty 81'),
Steve McManaman, Alan Shearer [c], Michael Owen (Teddy Sheringham 69').
Referee: Pascal Garibian (France).
Coaches: Switzerland: Gilbert Gress.
England: Glenn Hoddle.
31/03/1998, Larnaka
Friendly International
CYPRUS 4
ESTONIA XI 0
Note: Not a full FIFA international.
08/04/1998, Bucureşti, Cotroceni, 8000
Friendly International
ROMANIA 2 (Viorel Moldovan 62', Constantin Barbu 80')
GREECE 1 (Alekos Alexandris 83')
Romania: Bogdan Stelea, Dan Petrescu [c], Daniel Prodan, Anton Doboş
(Cristian Dulca 87'), Dorinel Munteanu, Ovidiu Stîngă,
Gabriel Popescu (Lucian Marinescu 65'), Constantin Gâlcă
(Vasile Popa 87'), Alin Stoica (Denis Şerban 46'),
Viorel Moldovan (Constantin Barbu 67'), Radu Niculescu.
Greece: Ilias Atmatzidis, Stratos Apostolakis [c] (Kostas Konstantinidis 67'),
Nikos Dabizas, Koulis Karataidis (Ilias Poursanidis 46'),
Ioannis Kalitzakis, Michalis Kasapis (Alekos Alexandris 46'),
Georgos Ch. Georgiadis (Nikos Kyzeridis 80'), Theodoros Zagorakis,
Grigoris Georgatos, Kostas Frantzeskos (Takis Gkonias 46'), Zisis Vryzas.
Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)
Coaches: Romania: Anghel Iordănescu.
Greece: Kostas Polychroniou.
Cards: Romania: Alin Stoica [Y 23'], Radu Niculescu [Y 28'],
Lucian Marinescu [Y].
Greece: Ioannis Kalitzakis [Y 70'], Nikos Dabizas [Y].
Note: Some sources do not report yellow cards for Marinescu and Dabizas.
21/04/1998, Liepāja, Daugavas stadions, 2500
Baltic Cup
LATVIA 1 (Igors Sļesarčuks 85')
LITHUANIA 2 (Igors N. Stepanovs 20' OG, Irmantas Stumbrys 70')
Latvia: Andrejs Piedels, Igors N. Stepanovs, Artūrs Zakreševskis, Juris Laizāns
(Aleksandrs Isakovs 67'), Valentīns Lobaņovs, Viktors Lukaševičs,
Aleksandrs Lobaņovs, Nikolajs Poļakovs (Vitālijs Astafjevs 57'),
Marians Pahars, Vladimirs Babičevs, Jurijs Karašausks
(Igors Sļesarčuks 55').
Lithuania: Gintaras Staučė [c], Tomas Žiukas, Dainius Gleveckas,
Andrius Skerla (Tadas Gražiūnas 74'), Naglis Miknevičius,
Deividas Šemberas (Žydrūnas Grudzinskas 74'),
Aidas Preikšaitis, (Igoris Steško 81'), Igoris Kirilovas,
Aurelijus Skarbalius (Irmantas Stumbrys 64'), Orestas Buitkus
(Vytas Karvelis 58'), Rimantas Žvingilas.
Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)
Coaches: Latvia: Revaz Dzodzuashvili (Georgia).
Lithuania: Kestutis Latoza
Cards: Latvia: Marians Pahars [Y 22'], Aleksandrs Lobaņovs [Y 41'].
Lithuania: none.
22/04/1998, Bruxelles-Ville, Roi Baudouin, 18212
Friendly International
BELGIUM 1 (Luc Nilis 76')
ROMANIA 1 (Viorel Moldovan 45')
Belgium: Filip De Wilde, Tjörven De Brul (Bertrand Crasson 46'), Eric Van Meir
(Glen De Boeck 46'), Mike Verstraeten (Gert Verheyen 57'),
Philippe Clement, Danny Boffin, Franky Van der Elst [c], Marc Wilmots,
Nico Van Kerckhoven, Luis Oliveira (Michaël Goossens 69'), Luc Nilis
(Emile Mpenza 88').
Romania: Bogdan Stelea, Dan Petrescu, Iulian Filipescu, Anton Doboş,
Daniel Prodan, Dorinel Munteanu, Gabriel Popescu,
Constantin Gâlcă (Cristian Dulca 89'), Gheorghe Hagi [c]
(Denis Şerban 74'), Viorel Moldovan (Radu Niculescu 80'),
Adrian Ilie (Tibor Selymes 59').
Referee: Morgan Norman (Sweden).
Coaches: Belgium: Georges Leekens.
Romania: Anghel Iordănescu
Cards: Belgium: Franky Van der Elst [Y 87'].
Romania: Anton Doboş [Y 20', YR 47'], Iulian Filipescu [Y 23'],
Adrian Ilie [Y 23'], Gheorghe Hagi [Y 58'],
Viorel Moldovan [Y 62'], Dan Petrescu [Y 87']
Note: It is not sure if the expulsion of Anton Doboş was for a straight
red card or for a second yellow card.
22/04/1998, Osijek, Gradski, 17000
Friendly International
CROATIA 4 (Zvonimir Boban 6', Mario Stanić 21', 42', Alan Bokšić 47')
POLAND 1 (Krzysztof Ratajczyk 67')
Croatia: Dražen Ladić (Marijan Mrmić 46'), Goran Jurić
(Zoran Mamić 46'), Slaven Bilić (Igor Tudor 74'), Igor Štimac
(Damir Krznar 46'), Tomislav Rukavina (Stjepan Tomas 59'),
Mario Stanić (Silvio Martić 66'), Zvonimir Boban
(Krunoslav Jurčić 63'), Aljoša Asanović (Goran Vlaović 46'),
Robert Jarni (Dario Šimić 46'), Alan Bokšić
(Igor Cvitanović 58'), Davor Šuker (Ardian Kozniku 83').
Poland: Adam Matysek, Tomasz Hajto, Jacek Zieliński,
Krzysztof Ratajczyk, Marek Jóźwiak (Adam Ledwoń 65'),
Tomasz Iwan, Tomasz Wałdoch [c] (Krzysztof Bukalski 74'),
Piotr Świerczewski, Marek Koźmiński, Grzegorz Mielcarski
(Mirosław Trzeciak 52'), Wojciech Kowalczyk
(Tomasz Kulawik 80')
Referee: Vencel Tóth (Hungary).
Coaches: Croatia: Miroslav Blažević.
Poland: Janusz Wójcik
Cards: Croatia: Davor Šuker [Y 67'].
Poland: none.
22/04/1998, København, Parken, 39277
Friendly International
DENMARK 0
NORWAY 2 (Øyvind Leonhardsen 25', Tore André Flo 58')
Denmark: Peter Schmeichel (Mogens Krogh 46'), Marc Rieper, Jes Høgh,
Michael Schjønberg (Martin Jørgensen 82'), Thomas Helveg,
Per Frandsen (Søren Colding 72'), Allan Nielsen
(Morten Wieghorst 61'), Jan Heintze, Michael Laudrup
Brian Laudrup, Ebbe Sand.
Norway: Frode Grodås (Thomas Myhre 62'), Steinar Nilsen, Henning Berg,
Dan Eggen, Roger Nilsen (Stig Inge Bjørnebye 46'), Håvard Flo
(Vidar Riseth 80'), Ståle Solbakken, Kjetil Rekdal
(Daniel Berg Hestad 74'), Øyvind Leonhardsen, Frank Strandli,
Tore André Flo.
Referee: Mikko Vuorela (Finland)
Coaches: Denmark: Bo Johansson (Sweden)
Norway: Egil Olsen
Cards: Denmark: None
Norway: Håvard Flo [Y 48'], Øyvind Leonhardsen [Y 48']
22/04/1998, Wembley, Wembley Stadium, 63463
Friendly International
ENGLAND 3 (Alan Shearer 5', 65', Teddy Sheringham 46')
PORTUGAL 0
England: David Seaman, Gary Neville (Phil Neville 81'), Sol Campbell, Tony Adams,
Graeme Le Saux, David Beckham (Paul Merson 46'), Paul Ince, David Batty,
Paul Scholes, Alan Shearer [c], Teddy Sheringham (Michael Owen 77').
Portugal: Vítor Baía, Abel Xavier, Dimas (Pedro Barbosa 54'), Beto,
Fernando Couto, Paulo Sousa (Oceano 75'), Figo, Calado,
João Manuel Vieira Pinto (Capucho 68'), Paulinho Santos,
Cadete.
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain).
Coaches: England: Glenn Hoddle.
Portugal: Humberto Coelho.
Cards: England: David Batty [Y].
Portugal: Beto [Y], Capucho [R 80'].
22/04/1998, Tehran (Iran), Azadi, 20000
LG Cup
HUNGARY 0
MACEDONIA 0
Hungary won 4-2 on penalties.
Hungary: Attila Hajdu, Vilmos Sebők, Csaba Fehér (Tomás Pető 32'),
János Hrutka, János Mátyus, Ferenc Szilveszter
(Ottó Vincze 80'), Béla Illés, Gábor Halmai, Kristián Lisztes
(Zoltán Váczi 80'), Ferenc Horváth (József Sebők 59'),
Norbert Tóth (Attila Korsós 85').
Macedonia: Petar Miloševski, Dragan Veselinovski, Goran Lazarevski
(Zoran Vasevski 85'), Ljubodrag Milošević, Ljupčo Markovski,
Nedžmedin Memedi, Vlatko Gošev (Dževdat Šainovski 63'), Igor Gjuzelov
(Milan Stojanovski 86'), Viktor Trenevski, Gjorgji Hristov, Artim Šakiri.
Referee: Gholam Ali Hamirad (Iran)
Coaches: Hungary: Bertalan Bicskei
Macedonia: Gjoko Hadžievski.
Cards: Hungary: József Sebők [Y].
Macedonia: Goran Lazarevski [Y], Ljupčo Markovski [Y].
Note: Referee also reported as Asgari.
22/04/1998, Belfast, Windsor Park, 8862
Friendly International
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 (Darren Patterson 10')
SWITZERLAND 0
Northern Ireland: Alan Fettis, Steve Morrow, Iain Jenkins, Aaron Hughes, Darren Patterson,
Keith Gillespie, Neil Lennon, Michael Hughes, Steve Lomas, Iain Dowie,
James Quinn (George O'Boyle 69').
Switzerland: Joël Corminboeuf (Pascal Zuberbühler 46'), Murat Yakin, Stéphane Henchoz,
Ramon Vega, Johann Vogel (Sébastien Jeanneret 69'), Raphaël Wicky,
Johann Lonfat (Adrian Kunz 72'), Sébastien Fournier, David Sesa,
Marco Grassi, Stéphane Chapuisat (Patrick Müller 63').
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland).
Coaches: Northern Ireland: Lawrie McMenemy.
Switzerland: Gilbert Gress.
22/04/1998, Moskva, Lokomotiv, 7100
Friendly International
RUSSIA 1 (Vladimir Beschastnykh 80')
TURKEY 0
Russia: Aleksandr Filimonov, Dmitri Khlestov, Yuri Nikiforov
(Alexei Arifullin 75'), Igor Chugainov, Igor Yanovski (Sergei Semak 46'),
Sergei Yuran (Denis Zubko 61'), Viktor Onopko [c] (Yuri Kovtun 78'),
Dmitri Alenichev, Andrei Tikhonov (Dmitri Khokhlov 46'), Ilya Tsymbalar
(Alexei Gerasimenko 46'), Vladimir Beschastnykh.
Turkey: Engin İpekoğlu [c], Mert Korkmaz, Fatih Akyel, Hakan Ünsal,
Saffet Akbaš, Tayfur Havutçu, Okan Buruk (Yasin Çelık 80'),
Tayfun Korkut, Saffet Akyüz (Uğur Dağdalen 76'), Ayhan Akman,
Hasan Şaş (Tarik Dašgün 75').
Referee: Sergei Shmolik (Belarus).
Coaches: Russia: Boris Ignatiev.
Turkey: Mustafa Denizli.
Cards: Russia: Sergei Yuran [Y 60'].
Turkey: none.
22/04/1998, Edinburgh, Easter Road, 14315
Friendly International
SCOTLAND 1 (Darren Jackson 15')
FINLAND 1 (Jonathan Johansson 10')
Scotland: Jim Leighton, Matt Elliott (David Weir 46'), Derek Whyte,
Colin Calderwood (Gordon Durie 71'), Colin Hendry,
Christian Dailly (Tom Boyd 87'), Scot Gemmill (Paul Lambert 76'),
Billy McKinlay, Scott Booth (Simon Donnelly 76'), Darren Jackson
(Kevin Gallacher 46'), John Collins.
Finland: Antti Niemi, Harri Ylönen, Marko Tuomela (Tomi Kinnunen 54'),
Sami Hyypiä, Jukka Koskinen, Juha Reini (Aarno Turpeinen 46'),
Simo Valakari, Sami Mahlio, Antti Sumiala (Joonas Kolkka 37'),
Jari Litmanen [c] (Aki Riihilahti 46'), Jonatan Johansson
(Mika-Matti Paatelainen 51').
Referee: Herman van Dijk (Holland)
Coaches: Scotland: Craig Brown
Finland: Richard Møller-Nielsen
22/04/1998, Murska Sobota, Fazanerija, 2500
Friendly International
SLOVENIA 1 (Spasoje Bulajič 23')
CZECH REPUBLIC 3 (Vladimír Šmicer 26', Martin Lukeš 58', 60')
Slovenia: Marko Simeunovič (Boško Boškovič 60'), Robert Englaro
(Alfred Jermaniš 46'), Aleksandr Knavs (Andrej Poljšak 55'),
Aleš Čeh, Spasoje Bulajič (Marinko Galič 23'), Darko Milanič,
Đoni Novak, Miran Pavlin (Milenko Ačimovič 68'), Ermin Šiljak,
Zlatko Zahovič, Malden Rudonja (Rudi Istenič 65').
Czech Republic: Ladislav Maier, Jan Suchopárek, Petr Vlček, Tomáš Řepka,
Michal Horňák (Edvard Lasota 46'), Karel Poborský
(René Wagner 71'), Radek Bejbl (Luboš Kozel 86'),
Tomáš Galásek, Roman Vonášek (Ivo Ulich 78'),
Vladimír Šmicer (Martin Lukeš 56'), Vratislav Lokvenc
(Radim Nečas 62').
Referee: Robert Sedlacek (Austria)
Coaches: Slovenia: Bojan Prasnikar
Czech Republic: Jozef Chovanec
Cards: Slovenia: None
Czech Republic: Tomáš Řepka [Y 22']
22/04/1998, Stockholm, Råsunda Stadion, 14018
Friendly International
SWEDEN 0
FRANCE 0
Sweden: Magnus Hedman, Teddy Lucic, Patrik Andersson
(Johan Mjällby 46'), Joachim Björklund, Pontus Kåmark,
Håkan Mild (Jörgen Pettersson 77'), Pär Zetterberg
(Daniel Andersson 46'), Stefan Schwarz, Jesper Blomqvist,
Andreas Andersson, Henrik Larsson.
France: Bernard Lama, Lilian Thuram, Laurent Blanc, Martin Djétou,
Bixente Lizarazu, Christian Karembeu, Sabri Lamouchi,
Zinedine Zidane (Robert Pires 46'), Didier Deschamps
(Patrick Viera 68'), Nicolas Anelka (David Trézéguet 68'),
Christophe Dugarry (Youri Djorkaeff 46').
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Coaches: Sweden: Tommy Söderberg
France: Aimé Jacquet
Cards: Sweden: Håkan Mild [Y 71'].
France: Bixente Lizarazu [Y 70'], Christian Karambeu [Y 79'].
Note: Sweden coach not sure.
16/05/1998, Viljandi, Kalev, 1500
Friendly International
ESTONIA 0
AZERBAIJAN 0
Estonia: Toomas Tohver, Marek Lemsalu, Erka Saviauk, Urmas Kirs, Janek Meet,
Marko Kristal, Sergei Terehov, Indrek Zelinski (Maksi Smirnov 61'),
Ivan O'Konnel-Bronin (Sergei Hohlov-Simson 78'), Martin Reim, Andres Oper.
Azerbaijan: Hüseyn Məhəmmədov, Emin Ağayev (Faiq Cabbarov 69'), Deni Qaysumov,
Tərlan Əhmədov (İlham Məmmədov 46'), Vyaçeslav Lıçkin
(Yunis Hüseynov 60'), Rasim Abuşev (Aslan Kərimov 65'), Arif Əsədov,
Rüfət Quliyev, Elşən Qəmbərov (Xaqani Məmmədov 89'), Qurban Qurbanov
(Bəxtiyar Musayev 84'), Narvik Sırxayev.
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland).
Coaches: Estonia: Teitur Þórðarson (Iceland)
Azerbaijan: Vaqif Sadıqov.
Cards: Estonia: Urmas Kirs [Y]
Azerbaijan: Arif Əsədov [Y], Elşən Qəmbərov [Y].
17/05/1998, Rīga, Daugavas stadions, 2000
Friendly International
LATVIA 1 (Valentīns Lobaņovs 84')
ISRAEL 5 (Avi Nimni 17', Jan Talesnikov 23', Najuan Grayeb 31',
Asi Tubi 63', Alon Mizrahi 79')
Latvia: Raimonds Laizāns, Igors N. Stepanovs, Artūrs Zakreševskis
(Valērijs Ivanovs 27'), Mihails Zemļinskis, Valentīns Lobaņovs,
Juris Laizāns, Vitālijs Astafjevs (Aleksandrs Jeļisejevs 30'),
Imants Bleidelis (Dzintars Sproģis 54'), Marians Pahars
(Aleksandrs Isakovs 75'), Vladimirs Babičevs, Aleksejs Šarando
(Vīts Rimkus 65').
Israel: Rafi Cohen II (Nir Davidovich 46'), Alon Harazi, Arik Benado,
Ran Ben-Shimon, Amir Shelah, David Amsalem (Ofir Kopel 67'),
Jan Talesnikov, Walid Badir (Asi Tubi 46'), Avi Nimni
(Haim Silvas 72'), Alon Mizrahi, Najuan Grayeb (Idan Tal 46').
Referee: Ihor Yaremchuk (Ukraine)
Coaches: Latvia: Revaz Dzodzuashvili (Georgia).
Israel: Shlomo Scharf.
Cards: Latvia: Mihails Zemļinskis [Y 33'], Aleksandrs Jeļisejevs [Y 47'].
Israel: Arik Benado [Y 23'], Amir Shelah [Y 57'].
27/05/1998, Helsinki, Olympiastadion, 18417
Friendly International
FINLAND 0
GERMANY 0
Finland: Antti Niemi, Harri Ylönen, Marko Tuomela, Sami Hyypiä,
Tomi Kinnunen, Aki Riihilahti, Jarkko Wiss, Juha Reini
(Aarno Turpeinen 81'), Mika-Matti Paatelainen
(Joonas Kolkka 60'), Jari Litmanen [c], Jonatan Johansson.
Germany: Andreas Köpke (Oliver Kahn 46'), Christian Wörns, Jürgen Kohler
(Markus Babbel 46'), Lothar Matthäus, Jörg Heinrich
(Jens Jeremies 68'), Steffen Freund, Dieter Hamann
(Olaf Thon 73'), Michael Tarnat, Thomas Häßler,
Oliver Bierhoff, Ulf Kirsten (Olaf Marschall 46').
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Coaches: Finland: Richard Møller-Nielsen (Denmark).
Germany: Hans Hubert "Berti" Vogts
Cards: None
27/05/1998, Nyíregyháza, Városi, 17000
Friendly International
HUNGARY 1 (János Hrutka 49')
LITHUANIA 0
Hungary: Attila Hajdu, Vilmos Sebők, Tomás Pető, János Hrutka
(György Korsós 80'), János Mátyus, Kristián Lisztes
(Ferenc Szilveszter 82'), Gábor Halmai, István Hamar,
Miklós Herczeg (Zoltán Kovács 73'), Attila Korsós
(Norbert Tóth 59').
Lithuania: Gintaras Staučė [c], Dainius Glevečkas
(Virginijus Baltušnikas 68'), Aurelijus Skarbalius,
Andrius Skerla, Andrius Tereškinas, Orestas Buitkus
(Igoris Morinas 63'), Deividas Šemberas, Raimondas Žutautas,
Irmantas Stumbrys (Artūras Steško 70'), Aidas Preikšaitis
(Žydrūnas Grudzinskas 84'), Gražvydas Mikulėnas
(Igoris Steško 67').
Referee: Marcel Lică (Romania)
Coaches: Hungary: Bicskei Bertalan
Lithuania: Kestutis Latoza
Cards: Hungary: Tomás Pető [Y]
Lithuania: Aurelijus Skarbalius [Y], Gintaras Staučė [Y]
Note: Orestas Buitkus missed a penalty for Lithuania (30').
27/05/1998, Chorzów, Śląski, 7000
Friendly International
POLAND 3 (Mirosław Trzeciak 4', Tomasz Hajto 57', 90')
RUSSIA 1 (Alexei Gerasimenko 5')
Poland: Adam Matysek (Kazimierz Sidorczuk 46'), Tomasz Hajto,
Radosław Kałużny, Krzysztof Ratajczyk, Piotr Świerczewski
(Sylwester Czereszewski 46'), Tomasz Wałdoch,
Jerzy Brzęczek [c], Tomasz Iwan, Jacek Dembiński
(Tomasz Kłos 62'), Mirosław Trzeciak (Mariusz Śrutwa 82').
Russia: Aleksandr Filimonov, Dmitri Khlestov, Alexei Gerasimenko
(Aleksandr Gorshkov 51'), Igor Chugainov, Sergei Semak, Vladislav Radimov
(Igor Simutenkov 78'), Artur Pagayev, Dmitri Alenichev [c],
Yevgeni Varlamov, Andrei Tikhonov, Vladimir Beschastnykh
(Denis Zubko 46').
Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria).
Coaches: Poland: Janusz Wójcik.
Russia: Boris Ignatiev.
Cards: Poland: Radosław Kałużny [Y 48'], Tomasz Hajto [Y 78'].
Russia: Artur Pagayev [Y 39'].
27/05/1998, Casablanca (Morocco), Stade Mohammed V, 70000
King Hassan II Tournament
FRANCE 1 (Zinedine Zidane 63')
BELGIUM 0
France: Fabien Barthez, Lilian Thuram, Laurent Blanc, Marcel Desailly,
Bixente Lizarazu, Robert Pires (Henry Thierry 63'),
Didier Deschamps, Zinedine Zidane, Emmanuel Petit,
Youri Djorkaeff (Christophe Dugarry 46'), Stéphane Guivarc'h.
Belgium: Filip De Wilde, Bertrand Crasson, Lorenzo Staelens, Gordan Vidovic,
Philippe Léonard (Danny Boffin 72'), Marc Wilmots, Philippe Clement
(Eric Deflandre 89'), Franky Van der Elst, Nico Van Kerckhoven
(Glen De Boeck 51'), Luc Nilis (Mbo Mpenza 88'), Luis Oliveira.
Referee: Mohammed Guezzaz (Morocco).
Coaches: France: Aimé Jacquet
Belgium: Georges Leekens.
Cards: France: Marcel Desailly [Y 40']
Belgium: Luis Oliveira [Y 85'].
28/05/1998, Malmö, Malmö Stadion, 25258
Friendly International
SWEDEN 3 (Fredrik Ljungberg 22', Jörgen Pettersson 33' pen, 50')
DENMARK 0
Sweden: Magnus Hedman, Roland Nilsson, Patrik Andersson, Johan Mjällby,
Pontus Kåmark, Stefan Schwartz (Magnus Erlingmark 75'),
Håkan Mild (Jesper Blomqvist 75'), Henrik Larsson,
Fredrik Ljungberg, Andreas Andersson (Kennet Andersson 62'),
Jörgen Pettersson.
Denmark: Peter Schmeichel, Michael Schjønberg (Martin Jørgensen 46'),
Marc Rieper, Jes Høgh, Jan Heintze, Thomas Helveg
(Jacob Laursen 73'), Allan Nielsen (Morten Wieghorst 69'),
Per Frandsen (Stig Tøfting 35'), Miklos Molnar
(Peter Møller 54'), Michael Laudrup [c], Brian Laudrup.
Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)
Coaches: Sweden: Tommy Söderberg
Denmark: Bo Johansson (Sweden)
Cards: Sweden: Stefan Schwartz [Y]
Denmark: Peter Schmeichel [Y], Per Frandsen [Y], Jes Høgh [Y]
29/05/1998, Pula, Gradski, 7000
Friendly International
CROATIA 1 (Goran Vlaović 43')
SLOVAKIA 2 (Tibor Jančula 4', Jozef Majoroš 58')
Croatia: Dražen Ladić (Vladimir Vasilj 46'), Dario Šimić, Robert Jarni
(Ante Šerić 46'), Igor Štimac, Zvonimir Soldo
(Goran Jurić 46'), Slaven Bilić (Igor Tudor 70'),
Robert Prosinečki (Ardian Kozniku 79'), Zvonimir Boban,
Davor Šuker, Aljoša Asanović (Silvio Marić 63'), Goran Vlaović.
Slovakia: Miroslav König, Dušan Tittel, Stanislav Varga, Marek Špilár,
Samuel Slovák (Ivan Kozák 46'), Miroslav Sovič,
Robert Tomaschek, Ľubomír Moravčík, Vladimír Kinder,
Jozef Majoroš (Igor Demo 86'), Tibor Jančula
(Martin Fabuš 46').
Referee: Milan Mitrovič (Slovenia).
Coaches: Croatia: Miroslav Blažević.
Slovakia: Jozef Jankech
Cards: Croatia: Robert Prosinečki [Y 28'], Ardian Kozniku [Y 82'],
Aljoša Asanović [Y 45'].
Slovakia: Miroslav Sovič [Y 54'], Ľubomír Moravčík [Y 29'],
Tibor Jančula [Y 45']
29/05/1998, Casablanca (Morocco), Stade Mohamed V, 25000
King Hassan II Tournament
BELGIUM 0
ENGLAND 0
Belgium won 4-3 on penalties.
Belgium: Philippe Vande Walle, Eric Deflandre, Eric Van Meir, Mike Verstraeten,
Vital Borkelmans, Glen De Boeck, Gert Verheyen (Gert Claessens 61'),
Emile Mpenza, Michaël Goossens (Mbo Mpenza 46'), Enzo Scifo,
Danny Boffin.
England: Nigel Martyn, Gary Neville (Rio Ferdinand 46'), Martin Keown,
Sol Campbell [c] (Dion Dublin 76'), Phil Neville (Michael Owen 46'),
Rob Lee, Nicky Butt, Paul Gascoigne (David Beckham 50'), Graeme Le Saux,
Paul Merson, Les Ferdinand.
Referee: Abderrahim El-Arjoune (Morocco).
Coaches: Belgium: Georges Leekens.
England: Glenn Hoddle.
Cards: Belgium: Eric Van Meir [Y 57'], Glen De Boeck [Y 65'].
England: none.
Penalties: 1-0 Eric Van Meir, 1-0 Rob Lee (save), 2-0 Vital Borkelmans,
2-1 Michael Owen, 3-1 Mbo Mpenza, 3-2 David Beckham,
3-2 Enzo Scifo (save), 3-3 Paul Merson, 4-3 Philippe Vande Walle,
4-3 Les Ferdinand (save).
30/05/1998, Tbilisi, Boris Paichadze, 74950
Friendly International
GEORGIA 1 (Zaza Dzhanashia 19')
RUSSIA 1 (Igor Simutenkov 9')
Georgia: Nikolaz Togonidze, Gela Shekiladze, Kakhaber Tskhadadze,
Levan Kobiashvili, Levan Silagadze, Georgi Kinkladze
(Levan Tskitishvili 84'), Georgi Nemsadze (Givi Didava 15'),
Georgi Gakhokidze (Archil Arveladze 77'), Gocha Dzhamarauli,
Zaza Dzhanashia (David Chaladze 71'), Shota Arveladze.
Russia: Sergei Ovchinnikov, Dmitri Khlestov, Yuri Kovtun (Albert Borzenkov 61'),
Igor Chugainov, Sergei Semak (Aleksandr Gorshkov 89'),
Vladimir Beschastnykh (Ilya Tsymbalar 57'), Viktor Onopko [c],
Dmitri Alenichev, Yevgeni Varlamov (Vladislav Radimov 46'),
Andrei Tikhonov (Artur Pagayev 79'), Igor Simutenkov (Denis Zubko 46').
Referee: Takhir Soulaimanov (Azerbaijan)
Coaches: Georgia: Vladimir Gutsayev.
Russia: Boris Ignatiev.
Cards: Russia: Igor Chugainov [Y 19'], Igor Simutenkov [Y 32'],
Sergei Semak [Y 79'], Viktor Onopko [Y 88'].
Georgia: Givi Didava [Y 23'], Nikolaz Togonidze [Y 36'].
02/06/1998, Wien, Ernst Happel Stadion, 11000
Friendly International
AUSTRIA 6 (Anton Polster 5', 90+', Peter Stöger 68', 75',
Dietmar Kühbauer 27', Mario Haas 90+')
LIECHTENSTEIN 0
Austria: Michael Konsel, Wolfgang Feiersinger, Peter Schöttel, Anton Pfeffer,
Harald Cerny (Markus Schopp 46'), Dietmar Kühbauer, Heimo Pfeifenberger
(Hannes Reinmayr 66'), Andreas Herzog (Peter Stöger 46'), Arnold Wetl,
Ivica Vastic (Mario Haas 46'), Anton Polster.
Liechtenstein: Martin Oehry, Daniel Hasler, Thomas Hanselmann, Martin Stocklasa,
Jürgen Ospelt, Marco Büchel (Albert Wohlwend 46'), Christoph Frick,
Philipp Beck (Christoph Ritter 46' (Michael Stocklasa 78')),
Patrick Hefti, Herbert Bicker, Mario Frick.
Referee: Bohdan Benedik (Slovakia).
Coaches: Austria: Herbert Prohaska.
Liechtenstein: Erich Bürzle
Cards: Austria: none.
Liechtenstein: Jürgen Ospelt [Y], Patrick Hefti [Y, YR]
Note: Liechtenstein coach not sure.
02/06/1998, Göteborg, Nya Ullevi, 25553
Friendly International
SWEDEN 1 (Kennet Andersson 90')
ITALY 0
Sweden: Magnus Hedman, Roland Nilsson, Patrik Andersson,
Joachim Björklund, (Morgan Nilsson 46'), Pontus Kåmark,
Håkan Mild, Henrik Larsson, Stefan Schwartz, Fredrik Soderström
(Andreas Andersson 62'), Kennet Andersson, Jörgen Petterson.
Italy: Gianluca Pagliuca, Alessandro Nesta, Paolo Maldini,
Demetrio Albertini, Fabio Cannavaro, Alessandro Costacurta
(Guiseppe Bergomi 72'), Angelo Di Livio
(Francesco Moriero 46'), Luigi Di Biagio, Fabrizio Ravanelli,
Roberto Di Matteo (Gianluca Pessotto 84'), Roberto Baggio.
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Coaches: Sweden: Tommy Söderberg
Italy: Cesare Maldini
Cards: Sweden: Kennet Andersson [Y 57']
Italy: Alessandro Nesta [Y 26']
03/06/1998, Skopje, Gradski stadion, 3500
Friendly International
MACEDONIA 1 (Milan Stojanovski 6')
BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA 1 (Senad Brkić 76')
Macedonia: Petar Miloševski, Nedžmedin Memedi (Zlatko Todorovski 88'),
Mitko Stojkovski, Ljupčo Markovski, Igor Saša Nikolovski,
Ljubodrag Milošević, Srgjan Zaharievski, Toni Micevski
(Vančo Micevski 86'), Gjorgji Hristov (Dževdat Šainovski 56'),
Milan Stojanovski (Igor Gjuzelov 81'), Goran Lazarevski.
Bosnia/Herzegovina: Nihad Pejković, Sead Kapetanović, Jasmin Mujdža (Bakir Beširević 87'),
Mirza Varešanović, Suvad Katana, Mirsad Hibić, Nermin Šabić,
Enes Demirović, Marko Topić (Almir Turković 23' (Admir Hasančić 73')),
Edin Mujčin (Senad Brkić 65'), Senad Repuh (Nail Beširević 85').
Referee: Miroslav Radoman (Yugoslavia).
Coaches: Macedonia: Gjoko Hadžievski.
Bosnia/Herzegovina: Džemaludin Mušović.
Cards: Macedonia: Ljupčo Markovski [Y], Srgjan Zaharievski [Y],
Ljubodrag Milošević [Y], Igor Saša Nikolovski [Y].
Bosnia/Herzegovina: Nermin Šabić [Y], Enes Demirović [Y].
03/06/1998, Ta'Qali, National Stadium, 2500
Friendly International
MALTA 0
WALES 3 (Craig Bellamy 25', John Hartson 67', Mark Pembridge 78' pen)
Malta: Mario Muscat, Darren Debono, David Camilleri (Stefan Giglio 80'),
Jeffrey Chetcuti, Jonathan Magri Overend (Pierre Aquilina 46'),
Joe Brincat, Antoine Zahra I, Noel Turner (Richard Buhagiar 61'),
Carmel Busuttil (Daniel Theuma 70'), Nicky Saliba, Stefan Sultana
(Chucks Nwoko 46').
Wales: Paul Jones, Ryan Green, Paul Trollope, Craig Bellamy (Rob Edwards 76'),
Karl Ready, Chris Coleman, Andrew Williams (Carl Llewellyn 76'),
Dean Saunders, John Hartson (Simon Haworth 72'), Gary Speed,
Mark Pembridge.
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti (Italy).
Coaches: Malta: Josif Ilić (Yugoslavia).
Wales: Bobby Gould (England).
03/06/1998, Santander, Estadio El Sardinero, 18120
Friendly International
SPAIN 4 (Raúl 30', Juan Antonio Pizzi 38', Fernando Morientes 47', 67')
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 (Gerry Taggart 43')
Spain: Santiago Cañizares, Albert Ferrer, Abelardo [c], Iván Campo,
Sergi (Agustín Aranzábal 46'), Joseba Exteberría,
Guillermo Amor, Celades, Raúl (Fernando Morientes 46'),
Julen Guerrero (Kiko 46'), Juan Antonio Pizzi (Alfonso 46').
Northern Ireland: Alan Fettis, Iain Jenkins, Aaron Hughes, Jim Whitley, Gerry Taggart,
Steve Morrow (Darren Patterson 64'), Jon McCarthy, Neil Lennon
(Jeff Whitley 89'), Iain Dowie, Michael Hughes, Jim Magilton
(Phil Mulryne 75').
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France).
Coaches: Spain: Javier Clemente.
Northern Ireland: Lawrie McMenemy.
04/06/1998, Tallinn, Kadriorg, 3500
European Championship Qualifying
ESTONIA 5 (Kristen Viikmäe 12', Martin Reim 40', Sergei Terehov 75',
Andres Oper 86', Urmas Kirs 90')
FAROE ISLANDS 0
Estonia: Mart Poom, Marek Lemsalu, Urmas Kirs, Sergei Hohlov-Simson, Janek Meet,
Kristen Viikmäe (Ivan O'Konnel-Bronin 80'), Sergei Terehov,
Andres Oper, Marko Kristal, Martin Reim, Indrek Zelinski.
Faroe Islands: Jens Martin Knudsen, Jan Dam, Jens Kristian Hansen, Øssur Hansen,
Pól Thorsteinsson (Henning Jarnskor 84'), Mørkøre,
Sámal Jønsen, Julian Johnsson, Jan Allan Muller (Jákup Mikkelsen 41'),
Todi Jónsson (Uni Arge 84'), John Petersen.
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden).
Coaches: Estonia: Teitur Þórðarsson (Iceland).
Faroe Islands: Allan Simonsen (Denmark).
Cards: Estonia: Indrek Zelinski [Y 30'], Urmas Kirs [Y 52'].
Faroe Islands: Jens Martin Knudsen [R 40'].
05/06/1998, Helsinki, Olympiastadion, 21619
Friendly International
FINLAND 0
FRANCE 1 (David Trézéguet 84')
Finland: Antti Niemi, Harri Ylönen, Aarno Turpeinen, Sami Hyypiä,
Tomi Kinnunen, Aki Riihilahti, Jarkko Wiss, Juha Reini
(Kari Rissanen 86'), Joonas Kolkka, Mika-Matti Paatelainen [c],
Jonatan Johansson (Simo Valakari 68').
France: Fabien Barthez, Lilian Thuram (Christian Karembeu 69'),
Laurent Blanc, Marcel Desailly, Bixente Lizarazu,
Didier Deschamps, Zinedine Zidane (Robert Pires 90'),
Emmanuel Petit, Youri Djorkaeff, Stéphane Guivarc'h
(David Trézéguet 75'), Christophe Dugarry
(Bernard Diomede 77').
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
Coaches: Finland: Richard Møller-Nielsen (Denmark)
France: Aimé Jacquet
Cards: Finland: Jarkko Wiss [Y 23']
France: none.
05/06/1998, Mannheim, Carl-Benz-Stadion, 25000
Friendly International
GERMANY 7 (Ulf Kirsten 6', 45', Jürgen Klinsmann 15', Thomas Helmer 28',
Oliver Bierhoff 57', 72', Christian Ziege 85')
LUXEMBOURG 0
Germany: Andreas Köpke (Jens Lehmann 46'), Olaf Thon (Stefan Reuter 74'),
Christian Wörns, Jürgen Kohler (Markus Babbel 46'), Jörg Heinrich,
Dietmar Hamann (Michael Tarnat 46'), Thomas Helmer (Lothar Matthäus 46'),
Christian Ziege, Andreas Möller, (Olaf Marschall 60'), Jürgen Klinsmann,
Ulf Kirsten (Oliver Bierhoff 46').
Luxembourg: Philippe Felgen, Marc Birsens, Laurent Deville, Jean-Pierre Vanek,
Ralph Ferron (Luc Holtz 63'), Frank Deville, Jeff Saibene, Joël Groff
(Nico Funck 76'), Daniel Theis (Paolo Amodio 90'), Manuel Cardoni,
Gordon Braun (Serge Thill 59').
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)
Coaches: Germany: Hans Hubert 'Berti' Vogts.
Luxembourg: Paul Philipp.
Cards: Germany: Dietmar Hamann [Y]
Luxembourg: none.
06/06/1998, Ploieşti, Ilie Oană, 9000
Friendly International
ROMANIA 5 (Gheorghe Popescu 33', Dan Petrescu 35', Ilie Dumitrescu 49'
Viorel Moldovan 74', Radu Niculescu 83')
MOLDOVA 1 (Ivan Tabanov 88')
Romania: Dumitru Stîngaciu (Florin Prunea 63'), Dan Petrescu, Iulian Filipescu,
Gheorghe Popescu, Liviu Ciobotariu, Lucian Marinescu, Constantin Gâlcă
(Anton Doboş 58'), Gheorghe Hagi [c] (Ovidiu Stîngă 46'), Dorinel Munteanu
(Ilie Dumitrescu 46'), Adrian Ilie (Radu Niculescu 46'), Viorel Moldovan.
Moldova: Serghei Dinov, Oleg Fistican (Iuri Osipenco 46'), Serghei Stroenco,
Alexandru Guzun, Ion Testimiţanu [c], Vladimir Gaidamaşciuc
(Ivan Tabanov 73'), Serghei Iepureanu, Ghenadie Puşca, Gheorghe Stratulat
(Serghei Belous 58'), Serghei Cleşcenco, Serghei Kirilov
(Alexandru Popovici 63').
Referee: Zoran Arsic (Yugoslavia).
Coaches: Romania: Anghel Iordănescu.
Moldova: Ivan Danilianţ.
Cards: Romania: none.
Moldova: Gheorghe Stratulat [Y]
06/06/1998, Basel, St. Jakob Park, 24000
Friendly International
SWITZERLAND 1 (Patrick Müller 83')
YUGOSLAVIA 1 (Branko Brnovic 6')
Switzerland: Pascal Zuberbühler, Stéphane Henchoz, Murat Yakin, Marco Zwyssig,
Johann Vogel, Johann Lonfat (Bernt Haas 46'), David Sesa
(Fabio Celestini 87'), Sébastien Fournier, Frédéric Chassot
(Patrick De Napoli 61'), Alexandre Comisetti (Patrick Müller 77'),
Stéphane Chapuisat.
Yugoslavia: Ivica Kralj, Zoran Mirkovic, Goran Djorovic, Slavisa Jokanovic
(Slobodan Komljenovic 46'), Miroslav Djukic (Zeljko Petrovic 46'),
Branko Brnovic (Dejan Govedarica 46'), Vladimir Jugovic,
Predrag Mijatovic (Darko Kovacevic 46'), Savo Milosevic
(Dejan Stankovic 77'), Dragan Stojkovic, Sinisa Mihajlovic.
Referee: Juan Manuel Brito Arceo (Spain).
Coaches: Switzerland: Gilbert Gress.
Yugoslavia: Slobodan Santrac.
07/06/1998, Minsk, Dinamo, 6000
Friendly International
BELARUS 5 (Radislav Orlovski 10', Sergei Gerasimets 45', Vladimir Makovski 54',
Vasili Baranov 66', Maxim Romashchenko 81' pen)
LITHUANIA 0
Belarus: Andrei Satsunkevich (Gennadi Tumilovich 46'), Sergei Yaskovich
(Gennadi Kashkar 42'), Andrei Ostrovski, Sergei Shtanyuk,
Vyacheslav Gerashchenko (Eduard Boltrushevich 75'), Radislav Orlovski
(Maxim Romashchenko 67'), Aleksandr Kulchiy, Vasili Baranov
(Boris Gorovoi 67'), Valentin Belkevich, Vladimir Makovski
(Vasili Mazur 58'), Sergei Gerasimets (Aleksandr Chayka 61').
Lithuania: Gintaras Staučė [c], Tomas Žiukas, Virginijus Baltušnikas
(Žydrūnas Grudzinskas 46'), Andrius Tereškinas, Dainius Gleveckas,
Deividas Šemberas, Raimondas Žutautas, Saulius Mikalajūnas
(Igoris Kirilovas 68'), Aidas Preikšaitis, Vytas Karvelis
(Irmantas Stumbrys 59'), Aurelijus Skarbalius (Tomas Ražanauskas 46').
Referee: Andrei Butenko (Russia).
Coaches: Belarus: Mikhail Vergeyenko.
Lithuania: Kestutis Latoza
Cards: Belarus: Sergei Shtanyuk [Y 35'], Sergei Yaskovich [Y 38'],
Aleksandr Kulchiy [Y 68'], Gennadi Kashkar [Y 76'].
Lithuania: Andrius Tereškinas [Y 19' YR 38'], Saulius Mikalajūnas [Y 38'],
Tomas Žiukas [Y 87'].
Note: It is not sure if the expulsion of Andrius Tereškinas was a
direct red card or for a second yellow card.
13/06/1998, Saint-Denis (France), Stade de France, 78000
World Cup
NETHERLANDS 0
BELGIUM 0
Netherlands: Edwin van der Sar, Aron Winter, Frank de Boer [c], Jaap Stam,
Arthur Numan, Clarence Seedorf (Boudewijn Zenden 69'), Ronald de Boer
(Wim Jonk 80'), Phillip Cocu, Marc Overmars, Patrick Kluivert,
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Dennis Bergkamp 65').
Belgium: Filip De Wilde, Bertrand Crasson (Eric Deflandre 22'), Lorenzo Staelens,
Mike Verstraeten, Vital Borkelmans, Franky van der Elst [c],
Philippe Clement, Danny Boffin, Marc Wilmots, Luc Nilis, Luis Oliveira
(Emile Mpenza 59').
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy).
Coaches: Netherlands: Guus Hiddink.
Belgium: Georges Leekens.
Cards: Netherlands: Kluivert [R 82'].
Belgium: Lorenzo Staelens [Y 20'], Eric Deflandre [Y 30'].
16/06/1998, Bordeaux (France), Parc Lescure, 30236
World Cup
SCOTLAND 1 (Craig Burley 66')
NORWAY 1 (Håvard Flo 46')
Scotland: Jim Leighton, Tom Boyd, Colin Calderwood (David Weir 59'),
Colin Hendry [c], Kevin Gallacher, Craig Burley, Gordon Durie,
John Collins, Darren Jackson (Jackie McNamara 61'), Paul Lambert,
Christian Dailly.
Norway: Frode Grodås [c], Ronny Johnsen, Henning Berg (Gunnar Halle 81'),
Stig Inge Bjørnebye [c], Dan Eggen, Roar Strand, Kjetil Rekdal,
Håvard Flo (Jahn Ivar 'Mini' Jakobsen 60'), Ståle Solbakken,
Tore André Flo, Vidar Riseth (Egil Østenstad 71').
Referee: László Vagner (Hungary).
Coaches: Scotland: Craig Brown.
Norway: Egil Olsen.
Cards: Scotland: Gordon Durie [Y 24'], Darren Jackson [Y 56'].
Norway: Kjetil Rekdal [Y 53'], Henning Berg [Y 58'].
21/06/1998, Lens (France), Stade Félix Bollaert, 41275
World Cup
GERMANY 2 (Sinisa Mihajlovic 73' OG, Oliver Bierhoff 80')
YUGOSLAVIA 2 (Predrag Mijatovic 13', Dragan Stojkovic 54')
Germany: Andreas Köpke, Olaf Thon, Christian Wörns, Jürgen Kohler,
Jörg Heinrich, Jens Jeremies, Dietmar Hamann (Lothar Matthäus 46'),
Christian Ziege (Michael Tarnat 66'), Andreas Möller (Ulf Kirsten 58'),
Jürgen Klinsmann [c], Oliver Bierhoff.
Yugoslavia: Ivica Kralj, Slobodan Komljenovic, Sinisa Mihajlovic, Goran Djorovic,
Zeljko Petrovic (Miroslav Stevic 74'), Dejan Stankovic
(Dejan Govedarica 68'), Slavisa Jokanovic, Vladimir Jugovic,
Dragan Stojkovic [c], Predrag Mijatovic, Darko Kovacevic
(Perica Ognjenovic 58').
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark).
Coaches: Germany: Hans-Hubert 'Berti' Vogts.
Yugoslavia: Slobodan Santrac.
Cards: Germany: Lothar Matthäus [Y 75'].
Yugoslavia: None.
Note: Some sources attribute Yugoslavia's first goal to Stojkovic, and
Germany's first goal to Tarnat. Also, some sources report that
Mihajlovic received a yellow card.
22/06/1998, Kuressaare, Municipal, 1000
Friendly International
ESTONIA 2 (Indrek Zelinski 29', Andres Oper 76')
ANDORRA 1 (Jesús Julián Lucendo Heredia 56')
Estonia: Toomas Tohver, Urmas Kirs, Martin Reim, Raivo Nomnik, Janek Meet
(Viktor Alonen 87'), Kristen Viikmäe, Marko Kristal, Sergei Terehov
(Ivan O'Konnel-Bronin 70'), Maksim Smirnov (Meelis Rooba 79'),
Andres Oper (Aivar Anniste 83'), Indrek Zelinski.
Andorra: Jesús Luis Álvarez de Eulate 'Koldo', Ángel Martín García,
Antonio Lima Sola, José Manuel García Luena 'Txema', Ildefons Lima Sola,
Agusti Pol Pérez, Oscar Sonejee Masand, Jesús Julián Lucendo Heredia,
Justo Ruíz González, Juli Sánchez Soto, Rafael Calero.
Referee: Oleg Timofeyev (Estonia).
Coaches: Estonia: Teitur Þórðarsson (Iceland).
Andorra: Manuel Miluir.
Cards: Estonia. None.
Andorra: Antonio Lima Sola [Y], Ildefons Lima Sola [Y],
Juli Sánchez Soto [Y], Rafael Calero [Y].
22/06/1998, Toulouse (France), Stade Municipal, 37500
World Cup
ROMANIA 2 (Viorel Moldovan 47', Dan Petrescu 90')
ENGLAND 1 (Michael Owen 79')
Romania: Bogdan Stelea, Dan Petrescu, Liviu Ciobotariu, Gheorghe Popescu,
Iulian Filipescu, Dorinel Munteanu, Gheorghe Hagi [c]
(Ovidiu Stîngă 72' (Lucian Marinescu 84')), Constantin Gâlcă,
Gabriel Popescu, Viorel Moldovan (Marius Lăcătuş 83'),
Adrian Ilie.
England: David Seaman, Gary Neville, Tony Adams, Sol Campbell, Graeme Le Saux,
Darren Anderton, Paul Ince (David Beckham 33'), David Batty, Paul Scholes,
Alan Shearer [c], Teddy Sheringham (Michael Owen 73').
Referee: Marc Batta (France).
Coaches: Romania: Anghel Iordănescu.
England: Glenn Hoddle.
Cards: Romania: Gheorghe Hagi [Y 4'], Gheorghe Popescu [Y 46'],
Liviu Ciobotariu [Y 78'], Iulian Filipescu [Y 88'].
England: none.
Note: Some sources attribute Romania's first goal to Adrian Ilie.
23/06/1998, Saint-Denis (France), Stade de France, 80000
World Cup
ITALY 2 (Christian Vieri 49', Roberto Baggio 90')
AUSTRIA 1 (Andreas Herzog 90+' pen)
Italy: Gianluca Pagliuca, Alessandro Nesta (Giuseppe Bergomi 4'),
Alessandro Costacurta, Fabio Cannavaro, Paolo Maldini [c],
Francesco Moriero, Dino Baggio, Luigi Di Biagio, Gianluca Pessotto,
Christian Vieri (Filippo Inzaghi 60'), Alessandro Del Piero
(Roberto Baggio 72').
Austria: Michael Konsel, Peter Schöttel, Wolfgang Feiersinger, Anton Pfeffer,
Arnold Wetl, Roman Mählich, Heimo Pfeifenberger (Andreas Herzog 80'),
Dietmar Kühbauer (Peter Stöger 74'), Ivica Vastic, Anton Polster [c]
(Mario Haas 62'), Hannes Reinmayr.
Referee: Paul Durkin (England).
Coaches: Italy: Cesare Maldini.
Austria: Herbert Prohaska.
Cards: Italy: Paolo Maldini [Y 87'].
Austria: Wolfgang Feiersinger [Y 3'], Ivica Vastic [Y 35'],
Peter Schöttel [Y 43'].
Note: FIFA reports that Reinmayr received a yellow card, at 87'.
24/06/1998, Viljandi (Estonia), Kalev, 20
Friendly International
AZERBAIJAN 0
ANDORRA 0
Azerbaijan: Aleksandr Jidkov, Emin Ağayev (Rasim Abuşev 46'), Faiq Cabbarov,
Arif Əsədov, Vyaçeslav Lıçkin (İlham Məmmədov 63'), Mahmud Qurbanov
(Xaqani Məmmədov 46'), Yunis Hüseynov, Aslan Kərimov, Rüfət Quliyev
(Ruslan Musayev 78'), Qurban Qurbanov, Narvik Sırxayev.
Andorra: Jesús Luis Álvarez de Eulate 'Koldo', Ángel Martín García,
Antonio Lima Sola, José Manuel García Luena 'Txema', Ildefons Lima Sola,
Agusti Pol Pérez, Oscar Sonejee Masand, Juli Sánchez Soto, Rafael Calero
(Genís García Iscza 46'), Jesús Julián Lucendo Heredia (Jorge Bazan 90'),
Justo Ruíz González (Manolo Jiménez Soria 90').
Referee: Margus Kotter (Estonia).
Coaches: Azerbaijan: Vaqif Sadıqov.
Andorra: Manuel Miluir.
Cards: Azerbaijan: Mahmud Qurbanov [Y], Yunis Hüseynov [Y], Faiq Cabbarov [Y],
Aslan Kərimov [Y R 86'], Rasim Abuşev [R 65'].
Andorra: Antonio Lima Sola [Y], Ildefons Lima Sola [Y],
Jesús Julián Lucendo Heredia [Y], Oscar Sonejee Masand [Y],
Juli Sánchez Soto [R 65'].
Notes: It is not known if the expulsion of Aslan Kərimov was for a
straight red card or for a second yellow card.
Venue also reported as Tallinn, attendance as 1500.
24/06/1998, Lyon, Stade Gerland, 39100
World Cup
FRANCE 2 (Youri Djorkaeff 13' pen, Emmanuel Petit 56')
DENMARK 1 (Michael Laudrup 42' pen)
France: Fabien Barthez, Christian Karembeu, Frank Leboeuf, Marcel Desailly [c],
Vincent Candela, Patrick Vieira, Emmanuel Petit (Alain Boghossian 64'),
Robert Pires (Thierry Henry 72'), Youri Djorkaeff, Bernard Diomede,
David Trézéguet (Stéphane Guivarc'h 85').
Denmark: Peter Schmeichel, Jacob Laursen (Søren Colding 46'), Marc Rieper,
Jes Høgh, Jan Heintze, Martin Jørgensen (Ebbe Sand 55'), Thomas Helveg,
Allan Nielsen, Michael Laudrup [c], Michael Schjønberg, Brian Laudrup
(Stig Tøfting 75').
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy).
Coaches: France: Aimé Jacquet.
Denmark: Bo Johansson (Sweden).
Cards: France: Bernard Diomede [Y 53'], Patrick Vieira [Y 62'].
Denmark: Søren Colding [Y 65'], Stig Tøfting [Y 78'].
24/06/1998, Lens (France), Stade Félix Bollaert, 38100
World Cup
SPAIN 6 (Fernando Hierro 6' pen, Luis Enrique 19', Fernando Morientes 53', 81',
Kiko 86', 88')
BULGARIA 1 (Emil Kostadinov 56')
Spain: Andoni Zubizarreta [c], Aguilera, Fernando Hierro, Rafael Alkorta,
Sergi, Luis Enrique (Julen Guerrero 70'), Guillermo Amor,
Miguel Ángel Nadal, Alfonso (Kiko 65'), Fernando Morientes,
Joseba Etxeberría (Raúl 52').
Bulgaria: Zdravko Zdravkov, Anatoli Nankov (Lyuboslav Penev 28'), Trifon Ivanov [c],
Radostin Kishishev, Daniel Borimirov, Gosho Ginchev, Ivailo Yordanov,
Krassimir Balakov (Marian Hristov 61'), Georgi Bachev, Hristo Stoichkov
(Ilian Iliev 46'), Emil Kostadinov.
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands).
Coaches: Spain: Javier Clemente.
Bulgaria: Hristo Bonev.
Cards: Spain: Aguilera [Y 16'], Julen Guerrero [Y 73'].
Bulgaria: Lyuboslav Penev [Y 45'], Georgi Bachev [Y 85'].
Note: Some sources report Spain's sixth goal scorer as Georgi Bachev OG.
25/06/1998, Valga, Municipal, 300
Baltic Cup
ESTONIA 0
LATVIA 2 (Marians Pahars 19', Vladimirs Babičevs 87')
Estonia: Toomas Tohver, Sergei Terekhov, Maksi Smirnov (Ivan O'Kennel-Bronin, 69'),
Indrek Zelinski, Urmas Kirs, Raivo Nömmik, Marek Lemsalu, Janek Meet,
Martin Reim, Kristen Viikmäe, Marko Kristal.
Latvia: Oļegs Karavajevs, Viktors Lukaševičs, Artūrs Zakreševskis, Juris Laizāns,
Valentīns Lobaņovs, Aleksejs Šarando, Andrejs Štolcers
(Imants Bleidelis 71'), Vitālijs Astafjevs, Marians Pahars
(Nikolajs Poļakovs 69'), Vladimirs Babičevs, Vīts Rimkus
(Dzintars Sproģis 38').
Referee: Algirdas Dubinskas (Lithuania)
Coaches: Estonia: Teitur Þórðarson (Iceland).
Latvia: Revaz Dzodzuashvili (Georgia).
Cards: Estonia: none.
Latvia: Vladimirs Babičevs [Y].
26/06/1998, Viljandi (Estonia), Kalev, 1500
Friendly International
AZERBAIJAN 2 (Rasim Abuşev 30', 58')
LITHUANIA 1 (Tomas Ražanauskas 18')
Azerbaijan: Aleksandr Jidkov, Emin Ağayev, Faiq Cabbarov, Arif Əsədov,
Vyaçeslav Lıçkin, Rasim Abuşev, Mahmud Qurbanov, Yunis Hüseynov,
Aslan Kərimov, Rüfət Quliyev (Ruslan Musayev 65'), Narvik Sırxayev
(İlham Məmmədov 60').
Lithuania: Audrius Dilys, Marius Skinderis, Dainius Gleveckas,
Tomas Žvirgždauskas, Andrius Tereškinas, Aidas Preikšaitis,
Tomas Ražanauskas, Donatas Vencevičius, Igoris Kirilovas
(Irmantas Stumbrys 51'), Igoris Morinas
(Vytas Karvelis 53'), Gražvydas Mikulėnas.
Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia).
Coaches: Azerbaijan: Vaqif Sadıqov.
Lithuania: Kestutis Latoza
Cards: Azerbaijan: Faiq Cabbarov [Y], Ruslan Musayev [Y].
Lithuania: none
26/06/1998, Pärnu (Estonia), Kalev, 70
Friendly International
LATVIA 2 (Vīts Rimkus 75', Imants Bleidelis 82')
ANDORRA 0
Latvia: Raimonds Laizāns, Dzintars Sproģis, Artūrs Zakreševskis,
Vladimirs Draguns, Aleksandrs Lobaņovs (Andrejs Štolcers 55'),
Nikolajs Poļakovs, Igors V. Stepanovs (Juris Laizāns 82'),
Imants Bleidelis, Jurijs Molotkovs (Aleksejs Šarando 59'),
Viktors Dobrecovs (Iļja Novikovs 46'), Vīts Rimkus.
Andorra: Jesús Luis Álvarez de Eulate 'Koldo', Ángel Martín García
(Cristian Roig Mauri 84'), Antonio Lima Sola, Ildefons Lima Sola,
José Manuel García Luena 'Txema', Agusti Pol Pérez, Oscar Sonejee Masand,
Jesús Julián Lucendo Heredia (Jordi Barra Cabelo 89'), Genís García Iscza,
Justo Ruíz González, Manolo Jiménez Soria (Juli Sánchez Soto 46'
(Jorge Bazan 83')).
Referee: Oleg Timofeyev (Estonia).
Coaches: Latvia: Revaz Dzodzuashvili (Georgia).
Andorra: Manuel Miluir.
Cards: Latvia: Aleksandrs Lobaņovs [Y], Jurijs Molotkovs [Y], Vīts Rimkus [Y].
Andorra: Justo Ruíz González [Y], Ildefons Lima Sola [Y],
Oscar Sonejee Masand [Y], Genís García Iscza [R 48'].
27/06/1998, Marseille (France), Stade Vélodrome, 60000
World Cup
ITALY 1 (Christian Vieri 18')
NORWAY 0
Italy: Gianluca Pagliuca, Alessandro Costacurta, Giuseppe Bergomi,
Paolo Maldini [c], Fabio Cannavaro, Demetrio Albertini
(Gianluca Pessotto 72'), Dino Baggio, Luigi Di Biagio, Francesco Moriero
(Angelo Di Livio 63'), Alessandro Del Piero (Enrico Chiesa 77'),
Christian Vieri.
Norway: Frode Grodås [c], Henning Berg, Dan Eggen, Ronny Johnsen,
Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Håvard Flo (Ole Gunnar Solskjær 73'),
Øyvind Leonhardsen (Roar Strand 13' (Ståle Solbakken 38')),
Kjetil Rekdal, Vidar Riseth, Erik Mykland, Tore André Flo.
Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany).
Coaches: Italy: Cesare Maldini.
Norway: Egil Olsen.
Cards: Italy: Francesco Moriero [Y 38'], Luigi Di Biagio [Y 84'],
Paolo Maldini [Y 89'].
Norway: Håvard Flo [Y 35'], Erik Mykland [Y 54'], Kjetil Rekdal [Y 62'].
28/06/1998, Viljandi, Kalev, 400
Baltic Cup
ESTONIA 0
LITHUANIA 0
Estonia: Toomas Tohver, Marek Lemsalu, Sergei Hohlov-Simson,
Erko Saviauk, Janek Meet, Marko Kristal, Maksi Smirnov
(Meelis Rooba 77'), Martin Reim, Sergei Terekhov
(Andres Oper 73'), Kristen Viikmäe, Indrek Zelinski
(Aivar Anniste 46').
Lithuania: Pavelas Leusas, Marius Skinderis, Dainius Gleveckas,
Tomas Žvirgždauskas, Andrius Tereškinas, Darius Šutautas,
Žydrūnas Grudzinskas, Tomas Ražanauskas (Igoris Kirilovas 53')
Aidas Preikšaitis (Irmantas Stumbrys 85'), Igoris Morinas,
Gražvydas Mikulėnas.
Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)
Coaches: Estonia: Teitur Þórðarson (Iceland).
Lithuania: Kestutis Latoza
Cards: Estonia: Andres Oper [Y]
Lithuania: Aidas Preikšaitis [Y], Tomas Ražanauskas [Y],
Tomas Žvirgždauskas [Y], Gražvydas Mikulėnas [R 65']
29/06/1998, Toulouse (France), Stade Municipal, 33500
World Cup
NETHERLANDS 2 (Dennis Bergkamp 38', Edgar Davids 90+')
YUGOSLAVIA 1 (Slobodan Komljenovic 48')
Netherlands: Edwin van der Sar, Michael Reiziger, Jaap Stam, Frank de Boer [c],
Arthur Numan, Ronald de Boer, Clarence Seedorf, Edgar Davids,
Marc Overmars, Phillip Cocu, Dennis Bergkamp.
Yugoslavia: Ivica Kralj, Zoran Mirkovic, Zeljko Petrovic, Goran Djorovic,
Sinisa Mihajlovic (Nisa Saveljic 78'), Slavisa Jokanovic,
Slobodan Komljenovic, Branko Brnovic, Vladimir Jugovic,
Dragan Stojkovic [c] (Dejan Savicevic 58'), Predrag Mijatovic.
Referee: José María García Aranda Encinar (Spain).
Coaches: Netherlands: Guus Hiddink.
Yugoslavia: Slobodan Santrac.
Cards: Netherlands: None.
Yugoslavia: Dragan Stojkovic [Y 38'], Zoran Mirkovic [Y 52'],
Goran Djorovic [Y 73'].
Note: Mijatovic missed a penalty for Yugoslavia at 50'.
29/06/1998, Karksi-Nuia (Estonia), Municipal, 60
Friendly Internationals
LITHUANIA 4 (Andrius Tereškinas 20', Igoris Morinas 22',
Gražvydas Mikulėnas 43', Nerijus Vasiliauskas 78')
ANDORRA 0
Lithuania: Pavelas Leusas, Marius Skinderis, Dainius Gleveckas,
Darius Žutautas (Tomas Žvirgždauskas 46'), Andrius Tereškinas
(Irmantas Stumbrys 46'), Andrius Jokšas (Tomas Ražanauskas 53'),
Žydrūnas Grudzinskas, Donatas Vencevičius, Aidas Preikšaitis
(Igoris Kirilovas 42'), Igoris Morinas (Vytas Karvelis 46'),
Gražvydas Mikulėnas (Nerijus Vasiliauskas 65').
Andorra: Jesús Luis Álvarez de Eulate 'Koldo', Ángel Martín García
(Juli Fernández Ariza 46'), Antonio Lima Sola, Ildefons Lima Sola
(Ricard Imbernon Rios 54'), José Manuel García Luena 'Txema',
Agusti Pol Pérez, Genís García Iscza, Jesús Julián Lucendo Heredia,
Justo Ruíz González, Juli Sánchez Soto, Manolo Jiménez Soria
(Jordi Barra Cabelo 59').
Referee: Juri Saar (Estonia).
Coaches: Lithuania: Kestutis Latoza.
Andorra: Manuel Miluir.
Cards: Lithuania: Aidas Preikšaitis [Y], Žydrūnas Grudzinskas [Y].
Andorra: Jesús Julián Lucendo Heredia [Y], Ildefons Lima Sola [Y],
José Manuel García Luena 'Txema' [Y], Genís García Iscza [Y],
Juli Sánchez Soto [Y], Justo Ruíz González [R 51'].
Note: Lithuania's third goal is also reported at 32'.
30/06/1998, Bordeaux (France), Parc Lescure, 35000
World Cup
ROMANIA 0
CROATIA 1 (Davor Šuker 45+' pen)
Romania: Bogdan Stelea, Gheorghe Popescu, Liviu Ciobotariu, Iulian Filipescu,
Gheorghe Hagi [c] (Gheorghe Craioveanu 56'), Dan Petrescu
(Lucian Marinescu 76'), Gabriel Popescu (Radu Niculescu 61'),
Constantin Gâlcă, Dorinel Munteanu, Adrian Ilie, Viorel Moldovan.
Croatia: Dražen Ladić, Igor Štimac, Slaven Bilić, Dario Šimić, Mario Stanić
(Igor Tudor 83'), Aljoša Asanović, Krunoslav Jurčić, Zvonimir Boban [c],
Robert Jarni, Goran Vlaović (Petar Krpan 77'), Davor Šuker.
Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina).
Coaches: Romania: Anghel Iordănescu.
Croatia: Miroslav Blažević.
Cards: Romania: Gheorghe Popescu [Y 43'], Dan Petrescu [Y 70'],
Adrian Ilie [Y 81'].
Croatia: Zvonimir Boban [Y 27'], Slaven Bilić [Y 70'].