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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