1997 MATCHES
OTHER MATCHES
Author: Neil Morrison.
??/??/1997
Friendly
AL-NAJAF 1 (Ali Hashim)
TAJIKISTAN 0
Note: Al-Najaf is an Iraqi club.
02/01/1997, Mount Maunganui
Friendly
NEW ZEALAND 1 (Darren McClennan)
ALL STARS XI 3 ()
Coaches: New Zealand: Keith Pritchett.
All Stars XI:
05/01/1997, Riobamba, Estadio Olímpico
Friendly
ECUADOR 0
UA GUADALAJARA 1
Ecuador: Geovanny Ibarra (Carlos Morales), Wagner Rivera (Juan Carlos Burbano),
Byron Tenorio, Alberto Montaño, Holguer Quiñónez, Iván Hurtado,
Héctor Jhonny Carabalí, Gilson Simões (Ángel Fernández),
Oswaldo De la Cruz, Cléber Chalá (Alex Aguinaga), Agustín Delgado
(Eduardo Hurtado).
UA Guadalajara:
Referee: Roger Zambrano (Ecuador).
Coaches: Ecuador: Francisco Maturana (Colombia).
UA Guadalajara:
Note: UA de Guadalajara is a Mexican club.
05/01/1997, Saint-Denis, Stade de l'Est, 12000
Friendly
REUNION/MADAGASCAR 3 (Herman Trulès 15' Sétra 43' 84')
PSG FC 4 (Bruno N'Gotty 14', Cyrille Pouget 40' pen, Patrice Loko 54',
Nicolas Anelka 62')
Referee: Thierry Guichard (Reunion).
Note: Paris Saint-Germain FC is a French club.
08/01/1997, Curepipe, Stade George V
Friendly
MAURITIUS 2
PSG FC 2
Note: Paris Saint-Germain FC is a French club.
10/01/1997, (Bangladesh),
Bangabandhu Cup
MALAYSIA B 2
PSM UJUNGPANDANG 1
Note: PSM Ujundpandang is an Indonesian club.
19/01/1997
Friendly
CA NUEVA CHICAGO 0
JAMAICA 0
Note: CA Nueva Chicago is an Argentine club.
22/01/1997
Friendly
CA LANÚS 1 ()
JAMAICA 1 (Paul Young)
Note: CA Lanús is an Argentine club.
24/01/1997
Friendly
CA BOCA JUNIORS 1 ()
JAMAICA 1 (Paul Young)
Note: CA Boca Juniors is an Argentine club.
25/01/1997
Friendly
CA SAN LORENZO 0
JAMAICA 0
Note: CA San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine club.
26/01/1997, 20000
Friendly
BOLIVIA 4 (Etcheverry 2, Castillo, Suárez)
CD COBRELOA 0
Note: CD Cobreloa is a Chilean club.
26/01/1997
Friendly
CA UNIÓN SANTA FÉ 1 ()
JAMAICA 2 (Paul Young, Kevin Wilson)
Note: CA Unión de Santa Fé is an Argentine club.
28/01/1997
Friendly
ALDOSIVI 2 ()
JAMAICA 1 (Paul Young)
Note: Aldosivi is an Argentine club.
28/01/1997, Sydney, 350
Friendly
SYDNEY UNITED SC 0
SOUTH KOREA 0
Note: Sydney United SC is an Australian club.
29/01/1997, Lisboa (Portugal), Estádio da Luz, 8000
Friendly
EUROPE XI 1 (Vincent Guérin 43')
AFRICA XI 2 (Abedi 'Pelé' Ayew 14', Moustapha Hadji 78')
Europe XI: Edwin van der Sar [Netherlands] (Stanislav Cherchesov [Russia] 60'),
Matthias Sammer [Germany] [c] (Stéphane Henchoz [Switzerland] 46'),
Paulinho Santos [Portugal] (Pavel Nedvěd [Czech Republic] 46'),
Jürgen Kohler [Germany], Frank de Boer [Netherlands],
Zvonimir Boban [Croatia], Ronald de Boer [Netherlands],
Vincent Guérin [France], Rui Costa [Portugal] (Pierluigi Casiraghi [Italy] 46'),
Joãao Manuel Vieira Pinto [Portugal] (Andreas Möller [Germany] 46'),
Jürgen Klinsmann [Germany] (Domingos [Portugal] 46').
Africa XI: Andre Arendse [South Africa] (Abioudin Baruwa [Nigeria] 46'),
Mark Fish [South Africa], Frank Amankwah [Ghana], Taribo West [Nigeria],
Yasser Radwan [Egypt] (Souleymane Sané [Senegal] 65'),
Sunday Oliseh [Nigeria], Moussa Saïb [Algeria] (Quinzinho [Angola] 58'
(Jean-Jacques Missé-Missé [Cameroon] 85')), Abedi 'Pelé' Ayew [Ghana] [c],
Tijani Babangida [Nigeria] (Moustapha Hadji [Morocco] 58'), Paulão [Angola]
(Chiquinho Condé [Mozambique] 64'), Ahmed Ouattara [Ivory Coast].
Referee: Vítor Manuel Melo Pereira (Portugal).
Coaches:
Cards: Europe XI: none.
Africa XI: Frank Amankwah [Y 73'].
29/01/1997
Friendly
SAN ISIDRO 0
JAMAICA 4 (Theodore Whitmore, Smith, Paul Young, R. Thomas)
Note: San Isidro de Mar del Plata is an Argentine club.
04/02/1997, Sydney, 500
Friendly
UTS OLYMPIC 0
SOUTH KOREA 2
Note: UTS Olympic is an Australian club.
08/02/1997
Friendly
JAMAICA 2 (Andrew Williams, Kevin Wilson)
DUHANEY PARK 0
Note: Duhaney Park is a Jamaican club.
??/02/1997, Aşgabat
Turkmenistan President's Cup
TURKMENISTAN 3
FK YEREVAN 0
Note: FK Yerevan is an Armenian club.
??/02/1997, Aşgabat
Turkmenistan President's Cup
TURKMENISTAN 3
ZENIT ST. PET. 0
Note: Zenit St. Petersburg is a Russian club.
??/02/1997, Aşgabat
Turkmenistan President's Cup
TURKMENISTAN 3
NURAFSHON BUKHORO 0
Note: Nurafshon Bukhoro is an Uzbekistani club.
??/02/1997, Aşgabat, Nisa Stadium, 7000
Turkmenistan President's Cup
TURKMENISTAN 2 (Gogoladze 36' 82')
VORSKLA POLTAVA 1 (Huzenko 62')
Note: Vorskla Poltava is an Ukrainian club.
15/02/1997, Iloilo City, Iloilo Sports Complex, 30000
President's Cup
PHILIPPINES 1 (Filamer Russell 20' pen)
KL MALAY MAIL 1 ()
Note: KL Malay Mail is a Malaysian club.
15/02/1997, Singapore, Jalan Besar Stadium
Friendly
SINGAPORE 4
TAMPINES ROVERS 1
Note: Tampines Rovers is a Singaporean club.
16/02/1997, Bacolod, Paglaum Stadium
President's Cup
CAMBODIA 4 (Hok Sochetra x3, ?)
NEGROS XI 2 (Ali Rojas, Danilo Estanda)
Note: Negros XI is a Filipino regional selection.
18/02/1997, Bacolod, Paglaum Stadium
President's Cup
CAMBODIA
RTAF
Notes: The result was a draw. Royal Thai Air Force is a Thai club.
19/02/1997, Iloilo City, Iloilo Sports Complex
President's Cup
PHILIPPINES 2 (Rudy del Rosario 63', Jeffrey Lobaton 86')
WOODLANDS WELLING. 0
Notes: Nonoy Carpio saved a penalty from Jeypal Jeykanth at 15'.
Woodlands Wellington is a Singaporean club.
19/02/1997, Bacolod, Paglaum Stadium
President's Cup
CAMBODIA 5
ATLETAS DE CRISTO 0
Note: Atletas de Cristo is a Brazilian club.
20/02/1997, Bucureşti, Stadionul Steaua
Friendly
STEAUA BUCUREŞTI 2 (Marius Lăcătuş 37', Aurel Călin 80')
MOLDOVA 0
Steaua Bucureşti:
Moldova: Evgheni Ivanov, Serghei Secu, Ion Testimiţanu, Oleg Fistican, Oleg Şişchin
(Serghei Belous), Vladimir Gaidamaşciuc (Radu Rebeja), Alexandru Curtianu
(Iurie Miterev), Serghei Iepureanu, Boris Cebotari (Vitali Culibaba),
Alexandru Popovici (Dinu Caras), Serghei Rogaciov (Marin Spânu).
Note: FC Steaua Bucureşti is a Romanian club.
21/02/1997, Iloilo City, Iloilo Sports Complex
President's Cup
PHILIPPINES 0
RTAF 2 (Jeera Chomin 6', Supree Tantatemee 8')
Note: Royal Thai Air Force is a Thai club.
21/02/1997, Iloilo City, Iloilo Sports Complex
Philippines President's Cup
KL MALAY MAIL 2
CAMBODIA 0
Note: KL Malay Mail is a Malaysian club.
??/03/1997
Friendly
AD LIMONENSE 1
CAMEROON 3
Note: AD Limonense is a Costa Rican club.
04/03/1997, Lárnaka (Cyprus)
Friendly
IFK NORRKÖPING 1
AZERBAIJAN 1
Azerbaijan won 4-3 on penalties.
Note: IFK Norrköping is a Swedish club.
06/03/1997, Lárnaka (Cyprus)
Friendly
MOLDE FK 0
AZERBAIJAN 0
Azerbaijan won 7-6 on penalties.
Note: Molde FK is a Norwegian club.
08/03/1997, Lárnaka (Cyprus)
Friendly
KONGSVINGER IL 3
AZERBAIJAN 0
Note: Kongsvinger IL is a Norwegian club.
12/03/1997, Nürnberg, 2000
Friendly
1.FC NÜRNBERG 1 (Kurth 23')
GHANA 1 (Sabah 22')
Note: 1.FC Nürnberg is a German club.
29/03/1997,
Friendly
DEPORTIVO TOLUCA FC 2 ()
JAMAICA 1 (Onandi Lowe)
Note: Deportivo Toluca FC is a Mexican club.
01/04/1997,
Friendly
TOROS NEZA 0
JAMAICA 1 (Onandi Lowe)
Note: Toros Neza is a Mexican club.
09/04/1997,
Friendly
EL SALVADOR 0
UNAM 0
Note: UNAM is a Mexican club.
09/04/1997,
Friendly
SANTOS FC 3
GUATEMALA 0
Note: Santos FC is a Brazilian club.
24/04/1997, Medellín, Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Friendly
CD INDEPENDIENTE 4 ()
ECUADOR 3 (Eduardo Hurtado 44', Alberto Montaño 62', Cléber Chalá 76')
CD Independiente:
Ecuador: Geovanny Ibarra, Wagner Rivera, Alberto Montaño, Eduardo Smith,
Edmundo Méndez, Héctor Jhonny Carabalí, Simon Ruiz (Ángel Fernández),
Jimmy Blandón, Oswaldo De la Cruz (Edison Maldonado), Eduardo Hurtado,
Cléber Chalá.
Referee: Alberto Duque (Colombia).
Coaches: CD Independiente:
Ecuador: Francisco Maturana (Colombia).
Note: CD Independiente Medellín is a Colombian club.
26/04/1997, Cartagena, Pedro de Heredia, 28000
Friendly
COLOMBIA 2 (? 10', John Harold Lozano 26')
CD AMÉRICA 0
Colombia: Farid Mondragón (Miguel Ángel Calero), Wilmer Cabrera, Jorge Bermúdez,
Osman López, Hugo Galeano, Herman Gaviria, John Harold Lozano,
Freddy Rincón (Víctor Bonilla), Carlos Valderrama (Víctor Pacheco),
Anthony De Ávila (Luis Zuleta), Adolfo Valencia (Hamilton Ricard).
CD América: Oscar Córdoba, James Cardona, Carlos Asprilla, Wilmer Ortegón,
Foad Maziri (Wilson Pérez 46'), Carlos Gutiérrez (Jersson González 59'),
Sánchez (Diego Tello 72'), William Zapata, Javier Ferreira
(Carlos Rendón 52'), Jairo Castillo, Henry Zambrano.
Note: CD América is a Colombian club.
27/04/1997, Barcelona (Spain), 5200
Friendly
EUROPE XI 3 (Roberto Mancini 40', 65', Hristo Stoichkov 79')
REST OF WORLD XI 4 (José Del Solar 75', Edison Mafla 78', Branco 85', Gabriel Okolosi 88')
Europe XI: Stanley Menzo [Netherlands], Thomas Berthold [Germany],
Georges Grün [Belgium], Laurent Blanc [France] (Eusebio [Spain] 46'),
Ronald Koeman [Netherlands] (Jordi Cruyff [Netherlands] 46'),
Christian Karembeu [France], Eric Cantona [France], Thomas Brolin [Sweden],
Roberto Mancini [Italy], Gianluca Vialli [Italy]
(Elvir Bolić [Bosnia/Herzegovina] 46'), Hristo Stoichkov [Bulgaria].
Rest of World XI: Carlos Navarro Montoya [Argentina] (René Higuita [Colombia] 46'),
José Del Solar [Peru], Branco [Brazil], Smahi Triki [Morocco],
José Basualdo [Argentina], Oscar Ruggeri [Argentina],
Edison Mafla [Colombia], Silas [Brazil], Aurelio Vidmar [Australia]
(Nwankwo Kanu [Nigeria] 55'), Diego Maradona [Argentina]
(Charles Wittl [Ghana] 60'), Elber [Brazil] (Gabriel Okolosi [Nigeria] 46').
Referee: Wurtz (Germany).
30/04/1997, 1000
Friendly
BERMUDA 1
KANSAS CITY WIZ. 4
Note: Kansas City Wizards is an American club.
03/05/1997, Baghdad
Friendly (Shaker Mahmoud testimonial)
IRAQ 2 (Laith Hussein, Hussam Fawzi)
UKRAINE CLUB 1 ()
Iraq: Emad Hashim, Haidar Mahmoud, Hassan Abbas, Sadiq Saadoun, Habib Jafar,
Haidar Jabar, Shaker Mahmoud [c] (Khalid Mohammed Sabbar), Hussam Fawzi,
Sahib Abbas, Ahmed Kadhim, Laith Hussein. [Sub: Mahmoud Majeed]
05/05/1997, Baghdad
Friendly
IRAQ 1 (Hussam Fawzi)
UKRAINE CLUB 0
14/05/1997, New Jersey, Giants Stadium, 21505
Friendly
NY/NJ METROSTARS 0
COLOMBIA 2 (Walter Escobar 49', Luis Zuleta 78')
NY/NJ MetroStars: Tony Meola, Andrew Lewis, Rhett Harty, João Luiz, John De Brito
(Kerry Zavagnin), Dido, Jeff Zaun (Cristian da Silva), Roberto Donadoni
(Marco Rizi), Brian Kelly, Giovanni Savarese (A.J. Wood), Anthony De Ávila.
Colombia: Miguel Ángel Calero, Wilmer Cabrera (José Santa), Carlos Asprilla,
Iván Córdoba, Bonner Mosquera, John Wilmer Pérez, M. Zapata,
Andrés Estrada, Carlos Valderrama (Vítor Pacheco), Walter Escobar
(Luis Zuleta), Hamilton Ricard (Víictor Bonilla).
Referee: Zim Boulous (USA).
Note: New York/New Jersey MetroStars is an American club.
21/05/1997, Palmerston North
Friendly
NEW ZEALAND 2 (Neil Harlock, Noah Hickey)
ALL STARS XI 2 ()
New Zealand: Mark Paston, Gavin Wilkinson, Rodger Gray (Ivan Vicelich 55'), Daniel Hay,
Noah Hickey, Michael McGarry, Simon Elliott, Chris Jackson, Neil Harlock
(Rodger Gray 74'), Vaughan Coveny (Richard van Steeden 51'), Tim Stevens
(Gareth Rowe 60').
All Stars XI: [Squad: Mark Atkinson, Tinoi Christie, Ryan Dawkins, Ken Harlock,
Robert Ironside, Carl Jorgensen, Frank van Hattum, Nik Viljoen,
Jamie Cooper, Ross Goodacre, Nathan Masters, Michael McKinlay, Andy Rennie,
Matthew Rennie, Ian Robinson, Rupert Ryan.]
Referee:
Coaches: New Zealand: Joe McGrath.
All Stars XI:
Note: The All Stars XI was a New Zealander selection.
22/05/1997, Tianjin
Friendly
TIANJIN 2
HONG KONG 1
Note: Tianjin is a Chinese club.
23/05/1997, Auckland
Friendly
NEW ZEALAND 1
ALL STARS XI 2
New Zealand: Mark Paston, Ivan Vicelich, Daniel Hay, Gavin Wilkinson (Rodger Gray 74'),
Noah Hickey, Chris Jackson, Michael McGarry, Simon Elliott, Neil Harlock,
Nick Viljoen, Mark Elrick.
All Stars XI:
Referee:
Coaches: New Zealand: Joe McGrath.
All Stars XI:
27/05/1997, Bangkok
Friendly
THAILAND 0
CHELSEA FC 1 (Dan Petrescu 25')
Note: Chelsea FC is an English club.
??/06/1997, Santa Cruz, Estadio Ramón "Tahuichi" Aguilera
Friendly
BOLIVIA 0
CA PEÑAROL 0
Coaches: Bolivia: Antonio López (Spain).
CA Peñarol: Gregorio Pérez.
Note: CA Peñarol is an Uruguayan club.
04/06/1997, Gold Coast, 2134
Friendly
GOLD COAST XI 0
NEW ZEALAND 0
Coaches: Gold Coast XI:
New Zealand: Joe McGrath.
Note: Gold Coast XI is an Australian regional selection.
04/06/1997, Offenbach
Friendly
GERMANY 6 (Fredi Bobic 10' 20', Jörg Heinrich 17', Ralf-Markus Hirsch 27' OG,
Christian Ziege 48', Mehmet Scholl 54' pen)
HESSEN U19 1 (Jörg Odensaß 60')
Germany: Andreas Köpke, Matthias Sammer (Jörg Heinrich 34'), Christian Wörns
(Thomas Linke 41'), Thomas Linke (Markus Babbel 21'), Jörg Heinrich
(Dieter Eilts 21'), Mario Basler (Mehmet Scholl 27'), Jens Nowotny
(Thomas Helmer 21'), Christian Ziege, Jürgen Klinsmann (Dariusz Wosz 21'),
Ulf Kirsten (Fredi Bobic 41'), Fredi Bobic (Oliver Bierhoff 21').
Hessen U19:
Referee:
Coaches: Germany: Berti Vogts.
Hessen U19:
Note: The match consisted of three periods each of 20 minutes duration.
06/06/1997, Palanga
Friendly
LITHUANIA 1 (Edgaras Jankauskas 36')
FK KAMAZ NAB. 1 (Yevgeni Varlamov 84')
Lithuania: Gintaras Staučė (Vaidotas Žutautas 66'), Andrius Tereškinas,
Raimundas Vainoras, Darius Gvildys, Tomas Žiukas (Aidas Preikšaitis 46'),
Aurelijus Skarbalius (Dainius Šuliauskas 66'), Raimondas Žutautas,
Virginijus Baltušnikas, Irmantas Stumbrys (Orestas Buitkus 55'),
Vaidotas Šlekys, Edgaras Jankauskas (Gražvydas Mikulėnas 61').
FK KamAZ Nab.:
Note: FK KamAZ Naberezhniye Chelny is a Russian club.
19/06/1997, Bangkok, National Stadium
Thailand Premier Cup
THAILAND 0
CA BOCA JUNIORS 2 (Néstor Gabriel Cedrés 36', Roberto Pompei 76')
Thailand:
CA Boca Juniors: Roberto Abbondanzieri, Nolberto Solano, Christian Traverso, Néstor Fabbri,
Aníbal Matellán (Rodolfo Arruabarrena 84'), Julio Toresani,
Alfredo Berti (Diego Cagna 67'), Roberto Pompei, Néstor Gabriel Cedrés
(Luis Darío Calvo 85'), Pablo Islas (Sebastián Rambert 59'),
Pedro González (César La Paglia 46').
Referee: ?. Tognetti ().
Coaches: Thailand: Chanvit Polchivin.
CA Boca Juniors: Héctor Veira.
Note: CA Boca Juniors is an Argentine club.
21/06/1997, Saint-Pierre
Friendly
SAINT-PIERRE/MIQ. 4 (Jean-Pierre Plaa 23', ? 55' OG, Xavier Dodeman 75' 85')
VARIÉTÉS-CLUB 5 (Michel Platini 19' 36' 71' 78', Thierry Blanchon 30')
Saint-Pierre/Miq.: [Squad: Stéphane Audebaud, Gino Bonnieul, Jean-Noël De Lizarraga,
Denis Gauthier, Desdouets Goénaël, Gildas Morel, Arrossaména Paul,
Franck Lebars, Gaël Detcheverry, Stanislas Beck, Xavier Dodeman,
Claude Michel, Denis Rebmann, Arnaud Urdanabia, Philippe Dodeman,
Yannick Kello, Jean-Pierre Plaa, Miguel Tesnière.]
Variétés-Club: [Squad: Xavier Perez, Thierry Blanchon, Bruno Blachon, Robert Buigues,
Jean-François Domergue, Daniel Toti, Bruno Germain, Jean-Michel Larque,
Gérard Bernardet, Michel Platini, Jean-Pierre Orts, Jean-Paul Guemise,
Patrick Valente, Victor Zvunka, Eric Faisant, Lionel Tejedor, Paco Rubio,
Charly Thetard, René Hamard, Jacques Vendroux.]
Referee: Joël Quiniou (France).
Note: Variétés-Club de France was a selection of veteran French players,
and other famous French sportsmen.
22/06/1997, Bangkok, National Stadium
Thailand Premier Cup
THAILAND 0
INTERNAZIONALE FC 3 (Mauricio Ganz, Paul Ince, Nwankwo Kanu)
Note: Internazionale FC Milano is an Italian club.
25/06/1997, Macao
Friendly (Taça Cidade do Porto)
FC PORTO 2
CHINA 1
Note: FC Porto is a Portuguese club.
29/06/1997, Jersey
Island Games
GUERNSEY 2
GIBRALTAR 1
30/06/1997, Jersey, La Hague
Island Games
JERSEY 2 (Adam Greig, Steve Coutanche)
GREENLAND 1 (Jan Nielsen)
Referee: Martin Bodenham (England).
Coaches: Jersey: Peter Vincenti.
Greenland: Lars Olsvig.
01/07/1997, Jersey, Springfield
Island Games
GREENLAND 0
GUERNSEY 0
Referee: Mike Reed (England).
Coaches: Greenland: Lars Olsvig.
Guernsey: Colin Falleize.
Cards: Greenland: Jens Eldevig [Y], Finn Nielsen [Y], Tom Nielsen [Y].
Guernsey: John Nobes [Y], Adrian Exall [Y], Mark Ogler [Y].
01/07/1997, Jersey
Island Games
GIBRALTAR 4
FRØYA 0
03/07/1997, Hong Kong, 17696
Friendly (Reunification Cup - Hong Kong's return to China)
ASIA XI 3 (Khodadad Azizi 11', Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi 74', Karim Bagheri 79')
WORLD XI 5 (George Weah 18', Perez Alfonso 25', Hakan Şükür 32', Claudio Reyna 52',
Jean-Pierre Papin 68')
Asia XI: Mohammed Al-Deayea [Saudi Arabia] (Ou Chuliang [China] 46'),
Mohammed Al-Jahani [Saudi Arabia], Masami Ihara [Japan], Fan Zhiyi [China],
Dusit Chalermsan [Thailand], Mohammed Nasrullah Afash [Syria],
Karim Bagheri [Iran], Mohamed Ali Ahmed Mohamed [UAE]
(Chan Chi Keung [Hong Kong] 46'), Ali Daei [Iran], Khodadad Azizi [Iran],
Hao Haidong [China] (Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi [Qatar] 46').
World XI: Andreas Köpke [Germany] (Andre Arendse [South Africa] 46'),
Fernando Hierro [Spain], Frank Verlaat [Netherlands],
Lothar Matthäus [Germany], Dunga [Brazil], George Weah [Liberia],
Hakan Şükür [Turkey] (Sergey Lebedev [Uzbekistan] 60'),
Zé Elias [Brazil], Jean-Pierre Papin [France], Claudio Reyna [USA]
(Ha Seok-Joo [South Korea] 60'), Alfonso [Spain].
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE).
Coaches: Asia XI: Kwok Ka Ming (Hong Kong).
World XI: Bora Milutinovic (Yugoslavia) and Jozef Venglos (Slovakia).
Notes: The World XI had to borrow Sergey Lebedev and Ha Seok-Joo from the Asia XI.
Azizi's goal also reported at 16', Hakan's goal also reported at 44'.
03/07/1997, Jersey
Island Games
JERSEY 3
GIBRALTAR 2
03/07/1997, Jersey, Le Boulivot
Island Games
FRØYA 2 (Karl Måsøval x2)
GREENLAND 1 (Jan Nielsen)
Referee: G.Willard ().
Coaches: Frøya: Bjørn Ervik.
Greenland: Lars Olsvig.
Cards: Frøya: Jan Erik Kiringedal.
Greenland: Charles Rasmussen.
04/07/1997, Jersey
Island Games
SHETLAND ISLANDS 2 (George Watt 55', Robert Adamson ~100')
GIBRALTAR 1 (? 25')
After extra time.
Shetland Islands: John Johnson (GK), Bruce Crossan, Michael Johnson, Grant Gilfillan,
Ian Irvine, Robert Adamson, Sam Walker, George Watt, [3 missing].
Gibraltar:
10/07/1997, (Austria)
Friendly
HERTHA BSC 2
ISRAEL 2
Note: Hertha BSC is a German club.
10/07/1997, Bridgewater
Friendly
USA 1 (Brian Maisonneuve 25')
GALATASARAY SK 4 (Hakan Şükür 30', 77', Emre Belözoğlu 59', Adrian Ilie 65')
Note: Galatasaray SK is a Turkish club.
11/07/1997, Bangkok, National Stadium, 35000
Friendly
THAILAND 0
MANCHESTER UNITED 2 (Nicky Butt ~50', Natee Tongsukkaew 85' OG)
Thailand: Chaiyong Kamplian (GK), Natee Tongsukkaew, Thawatchai Damrong-Ongtrakul,
Surachai Jaturapattarapong, Chaicharn Keawsaen, [6 missing].
[Sub used: Piyapong Pue-On 46'.]
Manchester United: Peter Schmeichel (GK) (Raimond van der Gouw), Phil Neville, Nicky Butt,
Paul Scholes, Roy Keane [c], Karel Poborský, Teddy Sheringham, Andy Cole,
[3 missing].
Referee:
Coaches: Thailand: Vittaya Laohakul.
Manchester United: Alex Ferguson (Scotland).
Note: Manchester United FC is an English club.
12/07/1997, Seefeld (Austria)
Friendly
1.FC KOŠICE 2 (Jozef Kožlej 12', Miroslav Sovič 40')
ISRAEL 0
Israel: Rafi Cohen (Golan Maalul 46'), ?. Chano (Walid Badir 46'), Arik Benado,
Amir Shelah, Ran Ben-Shimon, David Amsalem, Moshe Glam, Tal Banin,
Ofer Talker, Holzmann, Alon Mizrahi.
Note: 1.FC Košice is a Slovakian club.
16/07/1997, Sarpsborg
Friendly
NORWAY 3 (Oshhaim 7', Flo 46', 73')
WIMBLEDON FC 0
Note: Wimbledon FC is an English club.
21/07/1997,
Friendly
JAMAICA 0
ST. KATHERINE 0
Note: St. Katherine is a Jamaican club.
27/07/1997,
Friendly
JAMAICA 2 (Smith, Paul Young)
OLD HARBOUR VIEW 0
Note: Old Harbour View is a Jamaican club.
31/07/1997, Oslo, Ullevaal, 28000
Friendly
NORWAY 1 (Tore André Flo 62')
LIVERPOOL FC 3 (Robbie Fowler 17' 28', Michael Owen 37')
Note: Liverpool FC is an English club.
16/08/1997
Friendly
JAMAICA 5 (Ricardo Gardener, Desmond Brown, K. Lamey, Ian Goodison, C. Sue)
ST. MARY 1 ()
Note: St. Mary is a Jamaican club.
18/08/1997, Moskva, Luzhniki, 62000
Friendly (Centenary of Russian football and 850th anniversary of the city of Moskva).
RUSSIA 0
WORLD XI 2 (Youri Djorkaeff 56', Julen Guerrero 82')
Russia: Sergei Ovchinnikov (Stanislav Cherchesov 46'), Yuri Kovtun
(Artur Pagayev 46'), Yuri Nikiforov (Igor Chugainov 46'), Dmitri Popov,
Alexei Kosolapov (Igor Yanovskiy 46'), Andrei Kanchelskis
(Sergei Grishin 46'), Viktor Onopko [c], Dmitri Alenichev
(Yevgeni Kharlachyov 46'), Igor Kolyvanov (Andrei Tikhonov 46'),
Oleg Veretennikov, Igor Simutenkov (Dmitri Cheryshev 46').
World XI: Zubizarreta [Spain] (Uwe Gospodarek [Germany] 64'),
Ramon Vega [Switzerland], Claudio Suárez [Mexico],
Frank Verlaat [Netherlands], Lothar Matthäus [Germany],
Youri Djorkaeff [France] (Akhrik Tsveiba [Russia] 80'),
Julen Guerrero [Spain], Stefan Effenberg [Germany],
Aron Winter [Netherlands], Jean-Pierre Papin [France]
(Abedi 'Pelé' Ayew [Ghana] 46'), Andriy Shevchenko [Ukraine]
(Vladimir Beschastnykh [Russia] 60').
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy).
Coaches: Russia: Boris Ignatiev.
World XI: Bobby Robson (England) and Bora Milutinović (Yugoslavia).
Cards: Russia: Viktor Onopko [Y].
World XI: none.
18/08/1997
Friendly
NOTTINGHAM FOREST 0
CHINA 2
Note: Nottingham Forest FC is an English club.
20/08/1997, Godstone, Crystal Palace training ground, 80
Friendly
CRYSTAL PALACE FC 2 (? 30', ? 32')
CHINA 5 (Hao Haidong 55', Fan Zhiyi 60', ? 75', ? 80', ? 89')
Note: Crystal Palace FC is an English club.
21/08/1997, London, Chelsea training ground (Harlington)
Friendly
CHELSEA FC 1 (? 5')
CHINA 2 (Zhang Enhua 75', Li Ming 85')
Note: Chelsea FC is an English club.
23/08/1997, London
Friendly
ARSENAL FC 0
CHINA 0
Notes: The match was abandoned at 83'. Arsenal FC is an English club.
24/08/1997,
Friendly
JAMAICA 5 (Steve Green, Ricardo Gardner, K. Lamey, Paul Young 2)
ST. KATHERINE 1 ()
Note: St. Katherine is a Jamaican club.
24/08/1997, San Salvador, Estadio Cuscatlán
Friendly
EL SALVADOR 0
CD LOS MILLONARIOS 3 (Héctor Valoyes 26' 31', Bonner Mosquera 59')
El Salvador: Alfaro, Martínez, Cárcamo, Vicevic, Hernández (Lazo), Valencia, Ferrera
(Rivera), Amaya (Vásquez), Renderos (Iraheta), Castro, Franco, De Mello.
CD Los Millonarios: Burgués, Rivas (Suárez), Cortez, Lozano, Martínez, Aponte, B.Mosquera,
J.Mosquera, Santamaría, Ramírez, Valoyes (Rodríguez).
Note: CD Los Millonarios is a Colombian club.
25/08/1997, London, Sparrows Lane training ground
Friendly
CHARLTON ATHLETIC 2 ()
CHINA 4 (Li Jinyu x3, ?)
Note: Charlton Athletic FC is an English club.
28/08/1997,
Friendly (Jomo Cup)
JAPAN XI 0
WORLD XI 0
??/09/1997, Tegucigalpa
Friendly
HONDURAS 1
CD LOS MILLONARIOS 2
Note: CD Los Millonarios is a Colombian club.
02/09/1997, Dublin, Tolka Park, 2500
Friendly (Éoin Hand testimonial)
IRELAND 3 (Roy Keane 38', Mark Kennedy 57', Tony Cascarino 62')
LEAGUE OF IRELAND 0
Ireland: Shay Given (Alan Kelly 46'), Jeff Kenna (Denis Irwin 46'), Kenny Cunningham
(Gary Breen 46'), Ian Harte (Phil Babb 46'), Steve Staunton
(Terry Phelan 46'), Gary Kelly, Jason McAteer, Roy Keane
(Kevin Kilbane 46'), Mark Kennedy, Tony Cascarino [c], David Connolly.
League of Ireland: Tony O'Dowd, Eamonn Doherty, Paul Curran, Pat Scully (Packie Lynch 46'),
Declan Geoghegan (Paul Campbell 58'), Brian Mooney, Eddie Gormley [c],
Jason Colwell (James Keddy 66'), Ollie Cahill, Tony Cousins, Ciaran O'Brien
(Stephen Geoghegan 58').
Referee: P.Dempsey (Ireland).
Coaches: Ireland: Mick McCarthy.
League of Ireland: Pat Devlin.
04/09/1997
Friendly
ARGENTINA 2 (Hernán Crespo x2)
FERRO CARRIL OESTE 1 ()
Argentina: Carlos Roa, Nelson Vivas, Pablo Paz, Roberto Sensini, Christian Bassedas,
Matías Almeyda, Sergio Berti, Ariel Ortega, Juan Borrelli, Hernán Crespo,
Claudio López. [Subs: Pablo Caballero, Ignacio González, Mauricio Pineda,
Leonardo Astrada, Martín Posse, Leonardo Biagini.]
Ferro Carril Oeste:
Notes: Club Ferro Carril Oeste is an Argentinian club. The match consisted of two
halves each of 35 minutes duration.
05/09/1997, Barranquilla
Friendly
COLOMBIA 4 (Víctor Aristizábal x2, Hamilton Ricard x2 (1 pen))
DEPORTIVO UNICOSTA 1 ()
Colombia: Miguel Calero, Andrés Estrada, Wilson Pérez, Carlos Valderrama,
Freddy Rincón, Faustino Asprilla, VIctor Hugo Aristizábal, Hamilton Ricard,
[3 missing].
Deportivo Unicosta:
Notes: Deportivo Unicosta is a Colombian club. The match consisted of two
halves each of 25 minutes duration.
05/09/1997, Santiago
Friendly
CHILE 3 (Marcelo Vega, Wilson Contreras, Claudio Núñez)
UNIÓN ESPAÑOLA 2 (Fernando Astengo, Ramón Tapia)
Note: Unión Española is a Chilean club.
18/09/1997, Perth
Friendly
PERTH GLORY 5 (Paul Strudwick x2, Scott Miller, Scott Halpin, Vladimir Bretovac)
SINGAPORE 1 (Dalis Supiat)
Perth Glory: Tom Maras (Tony Franken), Vladimir Bretovac, Craig Naven, Gareth Naven
(Ernie Tapai), Scott Miller, Paul McVittie, Paul Strudwick,
Bobby Despotovski, Doug Ithier, Peter Vukmirovic, Sasha Markovski
(Scott Halpin).
Singapore:
Note: Perth Glory is an Australian club.
21/09/1997, Perth, 3500
Friendly
WESTERN AUSTRALIA 2 (Doug Ithier, Alan MacKenzie)
SINGAPORE 0
Western Australia: Mike Harkness (Ball), Jamie Harnwell, Clissold, Marc Wingell, Doug Ithier,
Dyers (Michael Mirco), Bourne (Paul Hickey), ? (Westerberger),
Alan MacKenzie, Joe Vaz, McDarby (Darcy).
Singapore:
Note: Western Australia is an Australian regional selection.
25/09/1997, Wuhan
Friendly
WUHAN YAQI 1
NORTH KOREA 3
Note: Wuhan Yaqi is a Chinese club.
26/09/1997, Perth
Friendly
INGLEWOOD UNITED 2 ()
SINGAPORE 5 (Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin x3, ?, ?)
Note: Inglewood United is Australian club.
26/09/1997,
Friendly
JAMAICA 7 (Steve Green, Gregory Messam, Paul Young, K. Lamey 2, Dean Sewell 2)
ST. JAMES XI 1 ()
Note: St. James XI is a Jamaican selection.
28/09/1997, Wenzhou
Friendly
AUGUST 1ST 0
NORTH KOREA 1
Note: August 1st is a Chinese club.
28/09/1997, Medan
Friendly
INDONESIA 2
FOREIGNERS XI 3
Note: Foreigners XI was a selection of foreign players from the Liga Indonesia.
05/10/1997, Xiamen
Friendly
QINGDAO HAINIU 0
NORTH KOREA 1
Note: Qingdao Hainiu is a Chinese club.
26/10/1997, Lusaka, Woodlands Stadium
Friendly
ZAMBIA 1 (Masausto Tembo 86')
MIDLANDS XI 0
Zambia: Davies Phiri (GK), Musole Sakulanda (Frazier Kamwandi),
Kenneth Malitoli [c] (Mumba Mumamba), Kabamba Kalande (Lewis Mulenga),
Fred Mwila, Masausto Tembo, [5 missing].
Midlands XI: Kingsley Masabula, Arnold Mtonga, Michael Mwanza, Kelvin Mutambo,
Maybin Mgaiwa, Matthews Kamwashi, Cosmas Banda, Nicholas Makumba,
[3 missing].
Note: Midlands XI was a Zambian regional selection.
30/10/1997, Abidjan
Friendly
SO ARMÉE 1
ZAMBIA 0
Note: Société Omnisports de l'Armée is an Ivorian club.
05/11/1997, Accra, Accra Sports Stadium
Friendly
GREAT OLYMPICS 0
ZAMBIA 1 (Musole Sakulanda 58')
Note: Great Olympics is a Ghanaian club.
09/11/1997, Accra
Friendly
HEARTS OF OAK 3 (Nii-Noi Dowuona 74', Lukeman Olaya 87', Allan Kamwanga 89' OG)
ZAMBIA 0
Note: Hearts of Oak is a Ghanaian club.
??/11/1997, Hà Nội
Friendly
VIETNAM U22 ?
LAOS ?
??/11/1997, Hà Nội
Friendly
BÌNH DƯƠNG ?
LAOS ?
Note: Bình Dương is a Vietnamese club.
??/11/1997, Hà Nội
Friendly
HÀ NỘI B ?
LAOS ?
Note: Hà Nội B is the B team of a Vietnamese club.
??/11/1997,
Leeward Islands Tournament
ST. KITTS 6
NEVIS 1
??/11/1997,
Leeward Islands Tournament
SINT MAARTEN ?
NEVIS ?
16/11/1997,
Leeward Islands Tournament
ST. KITTS 2
ANTIGUA/BARBUDA 0
04/12/1997, Marseille (France), Stade de Vélodrome, 37050
Friendly (World Cup 1998 publicity match)
EUROPE XI 2 (Marius Lăcătuş, Zinedine Zidane)
REST OF WORLD XI 5 (Anthony De Ávila, Ronaldo 2, Gabriel Batistuta 2)
Europe XI: Andreas Köpke [Germany] (Frode Grodås [Norway]),
Heimo Pfeifenberger [Austria], Dominique Lemoine [Belgium]
(Søren Colding [Denmark]), Krassimir Balakov [Bulgaria],
Paul Ince [England], Fernando Hierro [Spain]
(Slavisa Jokanovic [Yugoslavia]), Zinedine Zidane [France],
Alessandro Costacurta [Italy], Marius Lăcătuş [Romania],
Alen Bokšić [Croatia], Patrick Kluivert [Netherlands]
(Gordon Durie [Scotland]).
Rest of World XI: Jacuqes Songo'o [Cameroon] (Rubén Ruíz Diaz [Paraguay]),
Javier Margas [Chile], Hidetoshi Nakata [Japan], Hong Myung-Bo [South Korea],
Noureddine Naybet [Morocco], Marcelino Bernal [Mexico],
David Nyathi [South Africa], Gabriel Batistuta [Argentina]
(Deon Burton [Jamaica]), Ronaldo [Brazil] (Hussain Sulimani [Saudi Arabia]),
Anthony De Ávila [Colombia] (Eric Wynalda [USA]), Adel Sellimi [Tunisia].
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France).
Coaches: Europe XI: Franz Beckenbauer (Germany).
Rest of World XI: Carlos Alberto Parreira (Brazil).
10/12/1997, 9730
Friendly
DALLAS BURN 1
GUATEMALA 5
23/12/1997, Barcelona, Montjuïc, 35000
Friendly
CATALUNYA 1 (Dani García)
BULGARIA 1 (Álvarez OG)
23/12/1997, Santander, Estadio El Sardinero, 18000
Friendly
CANTABRIA 3 (Munitis, Iñaki 2)
LATVIA 0
Cantabria: Ceballos (Echevarría), Ismael (Nené), Tocornal, Luis Fernández, Chili,
Iván Helguera, Pablo (Oscar Engonga), Iñaki (Fede Bahón), Munitis,
Vicente Engonga (Álvaro), Iván De la Peña.
Latvia:
26/12/1997, Bilbao, San Mamés, 30000
Friendly
EUSKADI 3 (Julen Guerrero 48', 70', 82')
YUGOSLAVIA 1 (Miroslav Stevic 77' pen)
Euskadi: Zubizarreta (Lopetegui 46'), Imanol, Alkorta (Ferreira 46'), Pikabea
(Rios 46'), Lasa, Eskurza (Oskar Vales 46'), Imaz (Larrazabal 46'),
Julen Guerrero, De Pedro, Urzáiz (Ziganda 46'), Idiakez (Luis Pérez 61').
Yugoslavia: Dragoslav Jevric (Mijanovic 77'), Nenad Grozdic
(Predrag Pazin 75'), Ljubisa Dundjerski, ?. Mirkovic
(Marko Perovic 77'), Nenad Sakic, Drazen Bolic, Vladan Lukic
(Zorna Rankovic 75'), Miroslav Stevic, Dragan Ciric (Dejan Stankovic 46'),
Darko Kovacevic (Djordje Svetlicic 72'), Zoran Jovicic
(Perica Ognjanovic 54').
Referee: Miguel Ángel Pérez Lasa (Spain).
Coaches: Euskadi: José Ángel Iribar and Xabier Expósito.
Yugoslavia: Slobodan Santrac.