1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9

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Group 9 consisted of six of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Albania, Armenia, Germany, Northern Ireland, Portugal, and Ukraine. These five teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 15 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming those spots.

Standings

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Germany 10 6 4 0 23 9 14 22
2  Ukraine 10 6 2 2 10 6 4 20
3  Portugal 10 5 4 1 12 4 8 19
4  Armenia 10 1 5 4 8 17 −9 8
5  Northern Ireland 10 1 4 5 6 10 −4 7
6  Albania 10 1 1 8 7 20 −13 4

Results

August 31, 1996
15:00 UTC+1
Northern Ireland  0–1  Ukraine
Report Rebrov Goal 79'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 9,358
Referee: Alain Sars (France)

August 31, 1996
20:30 UTC+4
Armenia  0–0  Portugal
Report
Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 6,015
Referee: Karol Ihring (Slovakia)

October 5, 1996
20:00 UTC+3
Ukraine  2–1  Portugal
Popov Goal 4'
Maksymov Goal 88'		 Report João V. Pinto Goal 83'
Olimpiysky, Kiev
Attendance: 51,385
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

October 5, 1996
15:00 UTC+1
Northern Ireland  1–1  Armenia
Lennon Goal 29' Report Assadourian Goal 8'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 8,357
Referee: Krsto Danilovski (Macedonia)

October 9, 1996
20:00 UTC+4
Armenia  1–5  Germany
Mikaelyan Goal 85' Report Häßler Goal 20', 39'
Klinsmann Goal 26'
Bobić Goal 69'
Kuntz Goal 81'
Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

October 9, 1996
20:00 UTC+2
Albania  0–3  Portugal
Report Figo Goal 10'
Hélder Goal 75'
Rui Costa Goal 88'
Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Oguz Sarvan (Turkey)

November 9, 1996
17:30 UTC+1
Germany  1–1  Northern Ireland
Möller Goal 40' Report Taggart Goal 38'
Frankenstadion, Nuremberg
Attendance: 40,718
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

November 9, 1996
20:45 UTC
Portugal  1–0  Ukraine
Fernando Couto Goal 58' Report
Estádio das Antas, Porto
Attendance: 19,106
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

November 9, 1996
14:00 UTC+2
Albania  1–1  Armenia
Franholli Goal 57' Report Ter-Petrosyan Goal 90'
Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

December 14, 1996
20:45 UTC
Portugal  0–0  Germany
Report
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

December 14, 1996
15:00 UTC
Northern Ireland  2–0  Albania
Dowie Goal 12', 21' Report
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 7,935
Referee: Andreas Georgiou (Cyprus)

March 29, 1997
18:00 UTC+1
Albania  0–1  Ukraine
Report Rebrov Goal 40'

March 29, 1997
15:00 UTC
Northern Ireland  0–0  Portugal
Report
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 9,400
Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

April 2, 1997
19:30 UTC+2
Albania  2–3  Germany
Kola Goal 61', 90+2' (pen.) Report Kirsten Goal 63', 80', 83'

April 2, 1997
19:30 UTC+3
Ukraine  2–1  Northern Ireland
Kosovsky Goal 3'
Shevchenko Goal 70'		 Report Dowie Goal 14' (pen.)
Olimpiyskiy, Kiev
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Václav Krondl (Czech Republic)

April 30, 1997
19:30 UTC+2
Germany  2–0  Ukraine
Bierhoff Goal 62'
Basler Goal 71'		 Report
Weserstadion, Bremen
Attendance: 33,242
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

April 30, 1997
17:00 UTC+4
Armenia  0–0  Northern Ireland
Report
Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

May 7, 1997
19:00 UTC+3
Ukraine  1–1  Armenia
Shevchenko Goal 6' Report Petrosyan Goal 77'
Olimpiyskiy, Kiev
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

June 7, 1997
19:00 UTC+3
Ukraine  0–0  Germany
Report
Olimpyskiy, Kiev
Attendance: 63,000
Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

June 7, 1997
21:30 UTC+1
Portugal  2–0  Albania
João V. Pinto Goal 14'
Figo Goal 70'		 Report
Estadio das Antas, Porto
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

August 20, 1997
19:30 UTC+1
Northern Ireland  1–3  Germany
Hughes Goal 59' Report Bierhoff Goal 72', 77', 78'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 12,037
Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

August 20, 1997
19:00 UTC+3
Ukraine  1–0  Albania
Rebrov Goal 86' Report
Olimpiyskiy, Kiev
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

August 20, 1997
21:30 UTC
Portugal  3–1  Armenia
Domingos Goal 23'
Figo Goal 31'
Pedro Barbosa Goal 55'		 Report Assadourian Goal 46'
Estadio do Bonfim, Setúbal
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Marcel Lica (Romania)

September 6, 1997
20:00 UTC+2
Germany  1–1  Portugal
Kirsten Goal 80' Report Barbosa Goal 70'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 75,841
Referee: Marc Batta (France)

September 6, 1997
17:00 UTC+2
Armenia  3–0  Albania
Vardanyan Goal 56'
Assadourian Goal 81'
Avalyan Goal 87' (pen.)		 Report
Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Miroslav Radoman (Yugoslavia)

September 10, 1997
19:30 UTC+2
Germany  4–0  Armenia
Klinsmann Goal 70', 84'
Häßler Goal 85'
Kirsten Goal 90+1'		 Report
Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

September 10, 1997
17:00 UTC+2
Albania  1–0  Northern Ireland
Haxhi Goal 65' Report
Hardturm, Zürich[2]
Attendance: 2,650
Referee: Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)

October 11, 1997
18:30 UTC+2
Germany  4–3  Albania
Helmer Goal 64'
Bierhoff Goal 78', 90'
Marschall Goal 85'		 Report Kohler Goal 55' (o.g.)
Tare Goal 80'
Vata Goal 87'
Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover
Attendance: 44,522
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

October 11, 1997
20:30 UTC+4
Armenia  0–2  Ukraine
Report Shevchenko Goal 33'
Maksymov Goal 54'
Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

October 11, 1997
17:30 UTC+1
Portugal  1–0  Northern Ireland
Conceição Goal 18' Report
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 31,847
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

Notes

  1. ↑ Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Played in neutral ground due to the 1997 rebellion in Albania.

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