1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9

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

Legend
Group winners and one best runner-up among all groups directly qualified for the finals
Remaining group runners-up advanced to the play-offs
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 10640239+1422
 Ukraine 10622106+420
 Portugal 10541124+819
 Armenia 10154817−98
 Northern Ireland 10145610−47
 Albania 10118720−134
  Albania Armenia Germany Northern Ireland Portugal Ukraine
Albania  1–1 2–3 1–0 0–3 0–1
Armenia  3–0 1–5 0–0 0–0 0–2
Germany  4–3 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–0
Northern Ireland  2–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–1
Portugal  2–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–0
Ukraine  1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1

Results

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

29 March 1997
18:00 UTC+1
Albania  0–1  Ukraine
Report Rebrov  40'
Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada[2]
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: John McDermott (Republic of Ireland)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 August 1997
19:30 UTC+1
Northern Ireland  1–3  Germany
Hughes  59' Report Bierhoff  72', 77', 78'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11 October 1997
17:30 UTC+1
Portugal  1–0  Northern Ireland
Conceição  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. 1 2 3 Played in neutral ground due to the 1997 rebellion in Albania.

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