1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

Group 2 consisted of five of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:[1] England, Georgia, Italy, Moldova, and Poland. 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
 England 8611152+1319
 Italy 8530111+1018
 Poland 83141012−210
 Georgia 831479−210
 Moldova 8008221−190
  England Georgia (country) Italy Moldova Poland
England  – 2–0 0–1 4–0 2–1
Georgia  0–2 – 0–0 2–0 3–0
Italy  0–0 1–0 – 3–0 3–0
Moldova  0–3 0–1 1–3 – 0–3
Poland  0–2 4–1 0–0 2–1 –

Results

1 September 1996
18:00 UTC+3
Moldova  0–3  England
Report Barmby  24'
Gascoigne  26'
Shearer  61'
Republican, Chişinău
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Ilkka Koho (Finland)

5 October 1996
21:15 UTC+3
Moldova  1–3  Italy
Curtianu  12' Report Ravanelli  8', 87'
Casiraghi  67'
Republican, Chişinău
Attendance: 4,085
Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria)

9 October 1996
20:00 UTC+1
England  2–1  Poland
Shearer  25', 38' Report Citko  7'
Wembley, London
Attendance: 74,663
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

9 October 1996
20:30 UTC+2
Italy  1–0  Georgia
Ravanelli  43' Report
Stadio Renato Curi, Perugia
Attendance: 14,012
Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)

9 November 1996
16:00 UTC+5
Georgia  0–2  England
Report Sheringham  15'
Ferdinand  37'
Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)

10 November 1996
20:15 UTC+2
Poland  2–1  Moldova
Bałuszyński  4'
K. Warzycha  77' (pen.)		 Report Cleşcenco  83' (pen.)
GKS, Katowice
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Sotirios Vorgias (Greece)

12 February 1997
20:00 UTC
England  0–1  Italy
Report Zola  19'
Wembley, London
Attendance: 75,056
Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

29 March 1997
20:45 UTC+2
Italy  3–0  Moldova
Maldini  24'
Zola  45'
Vieri  50'		 Report
Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste
Attendance: 17,677
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

2 April 1997
20:30 UTC+2
Poland  0–0  Italy
Report
Slaski, Chorzów
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

30 April 1997
20:00 UTC+1
England  2–0  Georgia
Sheringham  42'
Shearer  90+1'		 Report
Wembley, London
Attendance: 71,208
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)

30 April 1997
20:30 UTC+2
Italy  3–0  Poland
Di Matteo  24'
Maldini  36'
R.Baggio  62'		 Report

31 May 1997
20:30 UTC+2
Poland  0–2  England
Report Shearer  5'
Sheringham  90'
Slaski, Chorzów
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

7 June 1997
19:15 UTC+4
Georgia  2–0  Moldova
Arveladze  27'
Kinkladze  51'		 Report
Dinamo, Batumi
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)

14 June 1997
20:30 UTC+2
Poland  4–1  Georgia
Ledwoń  32'
Trzeciak  34'
Bukalski  74' (pen.)
K. Nowak  90'		 Report Arveladze  24'
GKS, Katowice
Attendance: 1,022
Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

10 September 1997
20:00 UTC+1
England  4–0  Moldova
Scholes  29'
Wright  46', 90'
Gascoigne  81'		 Report
Wembley, London
Attendance: 74,102
Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

10 September 1997
21:00 UTC+4
Georgia  0–0  Italy
Report

24 September 1997
19:00 UTC+3
Moldova  0–1  Georgia
Report Ketsbaia  10'
Republican, Chişinău
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)

7 October 1997
19:00 UTC+3
Moldova  0–3  Poland
Report (incorrect substitutions)
Report		 Juskowiak  23', 56', 60'
Republican, Chişinău
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Metin Tokat (Turkey)

11 October 1997
20:45 UTC+2
Italy  0–0  England
Report
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 65,892
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

Notes

  1. ↑ Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.

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