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1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

{{Short description|Football tournament qualifying stage}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}

Group 1 consisted of five teams entered into the European zone: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Denmark, Greece, and Slovenia. 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

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|team1=DEN|name_DEN={{Fb|DEN}}

|team2=CRO|name_CRO={{Fb|CRO}}

|team3=GRE|name_GRE={{Fb|GRE}}

|team4=BIH|name_BIH={{Fb|BIH|1992}}

|team5=SVN|name_SVN={{Fb|SVN}}

|win_DEN=5|draw_DEN=2|loss_DEN=1|gf_DEN=14|ga_DEN=6

|win_CRO=4|draw_CRO=3|loss_CRO=1|gf_CRO=17|ga_CRO=12

|win_GRE=4|draw_GRE=2|loss_GRE=2|gf_GRE=11|ga_GRE=4

|win_BIH=3|draw_BIH=0|loss_BIH=5|gf_BIH=9|ga_BIH=14

|win_SVN=0|draw_SVN=1|loss_SVN=7|gf_SVN=5|ga_SVN=20

|result1=WC |result2=WCPO

|col_WC=green1 |text_WC=Qualification to {{nobreak|1998 FIFA World Cup}}

|col_WCPO=blue1 |text_WCPO=Advance to {{nobreak|second round}}

|show_matches=y

|short_style=flag

|match_BIH_CRO=1–4

|match_BIH_DEN=3–0

|match_BIH_GRE=0–1

|match_BIH_SVN=1–0

|match_CRO_BIH=3–2

|match_CRO_DEN=1–1

|match_CRO_GRE=1–1

|match_CRO_SVN=3–3

|match_DEN_BIH=2–0

|match_DEN_CRO=3–1

|match_DEN_GRE=2–1

|match_DEN_SVN=4–0

|match_GRE_BIH=3–0

|match_GRE_CRO=0–1

|match_GRE_DEN=0–0

|match_GRE_SVN=2–0

|match_SVN_BIH=1–2

|match_SVN_CRO=1–3

|match_SVN_DEN=0–2

|match_SVN_GRE=0–3

|update=complete|source={{cite web |title=FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 1998, football - table and standings |url=https://soccer365.me/competitions/739/1998/ |website=soccer365.me |access-date=9 May 2024}}

}}

Matches

{{football box

|id="Greece v Slovenia"

|date = 24 April 1996

|time = 20:00 UTC+3

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|GRE}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [http://allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G1/GREVSSVN.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{Fb|SVN}}

|goals1 = Lima-Batista {{goal|55}}
Nikolaidis {{goal|65}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Olympic Stadium, Athens

|referee = Rune Pedersen (Norway)

|attendance = 5,053

}}

----

{{football box

|id="Slovenia v Denmark"

|date = 1 September 1996

|time = 20:00 UTC+2

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|SLO}}

|score = 0–2

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G1/SVNVSDEN.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{Fb|DEN}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = A. Nielsen {{goal|78}}
Schjønberg {{goal|89}}

|stadium = Stadion za Bežigradom, Ljubljana

|attendance = 5,000

|referee = Urs Meier (Switzerland)

}}

{{football box

|id="Greece v Bosnia and Herzegovina"

|date = 1 September 1996

|time = 17:30 UTC+3

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|GRE}}

|score = 3–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G1/GREVSBIH.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{Fb|BIH|1992}}

|goals1 = Ouzounidis {{goal|41}}
Apostolakis {{goal|79}}
Nikolaidis {{goal|84}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Kalamata Metropolitan Stadium, Kalamata

|attendance = 4,020

|referee = Günter Benkö (Austria)

}}

----

{{football box

|id="Bosnia and Herzegovina v Denmark"

|date = 8 October 1996

|time = 20:00 UTC+2

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|BIH|1992}}

|score = 1–4

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G1/BIHVSHRV.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{Fb|CRO}}

|goals1 = Salihamidžić {{goal|25}}

|goals2 = Bilić {{goal|13}}
Vlaović {{goal|32}}
Bokšić {{goal|64||85}}

|stadium = Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna{{efn|Match played in Bologna due to the renovation of the Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium.}}

|attendance = 1,500

|referee = Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

}}

{{football box

|id="Denmark v Greece"

|date = 9 October 1996

|time = 19:15 UTC+2

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|DEN}}

|score = 2–1

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G1/DENVSGRE.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{Fb|GRE}}

|goals1 = Zagorakis {{goal|25|o.g.}}
B. Laudrup {{goal|52}}

|goals2 = Donis {{goal|35}}

|stadium = Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

|attendance = 40,262

|referee = Paul Durkin (England)

}}

----

{{football box

|id="Croatia v Greece"

|date = 10 November 1996

|time = 20:15 UTC+1

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|CRO}}

|score = 1–1

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G1/HRVVSGRE.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{Fb|GRE}}

|goals1 = Šuker {{goal|44}}

|goals2 = Nikolaidis {{goal|9}}

|stadium = Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

|attendance = 24,000

|referee = Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

}}

{{football box

|id="Slovenia v Bosnia and Herzegovina"

|date = 10 November 1996

|time = 15:00 UTC+1

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|SVN}}

|score = 1–2

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G1/SVNVSBIH.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{Fb|BIH|1992}}

|goals1 = Zahovič {{goal|41|pen.}}

|goals2 = Bolić {{goal|5}}
Kodro {{goal|33}}

|stadium = Stadion za Bežigradom, Ljubljana

|attendance = 3,200

|referee = Charles Agius (Malta)

}}

----

{{football box

|id="Croatia v Denmark"

|date = 29 March 1997

|time = 20:15 UTC+1

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|CRO}}

|score = 1–1

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G1/HRVVSDEN.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{Fb|DEN}}

|goals1 = Šuker {{goal|49}}

|goals2 = B. Laudrup {{goal|82}}

|stadium = Poljud, Split

|attendance = 33,865

|referee = Piero Ceccarini (Italy)

}}

----

{{football box

|id="Croatia v Slovenia"

|date = 2 April 1997

|time = 20:15 UTC+2

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|CRO}}

|score = 3–3

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G1/HRVVSSVN.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{Fb|SVN}}

|goals1 = Prosinečki {{goal|33}}
Boban {{goal|43||60}}

|goals2 = Gliha {{goal|45||65||66}}

|stadium = Poljud, Split

|attendance = 15,365

|referee = Paul Durkin (England)

}}

{{football box

|id="Bosnia and Herzegovina v Slovenia"

|date = 2 April 1997

|time = 15:30 UTC+2

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|BIH|1992}}

|score = 0–1

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G1/BIHVSGRE.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{Fb|GRE}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Frantzeskos {{goal|73}}

|stadium = Koševo Stadium, Sarajevo

|attendance = 33,000

|referee = Alain Sars (France)

}}

----

{{football box

|id="Denmark vs Slovenia"

|date = 30 April 1997

|time = 19:15 UTC+2

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|DEN}}

|score = 4–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G1/DENVSSVN.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{Fb|SVN}}

|goals1 = A. Nielsen {{goal|3||55}}
P. Pedersen {{goal|28}}
B. Laudrup {{goal|50}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

|attendance = 41,278

|referee = Hellmut Krug (Germany)

}}

{{football box

|id="Greece vs Croatia"

|date = 30 April 1997

|time = 21:00 UTC+3

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|GRE}}

|score = 0–1

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G1/GREVSHRV.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{Fb|CRO}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Šuker {{goal|74}}

|stadium = Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

|attendance = 10,730

|referee = Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)

}}

----

{{football box

|id="Denmark vs Bosnia and Herzegovina"

|date = 8 June 1997

|time = 15:00 UTC+2

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|DEN}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G1/DENVSBIH.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{Fb|BIH|1992}}

|goals1 = Rieper {{goal|67}}
Molnar {{goal|89}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

|attendance = 41,592

|referee = Karol Ihring (Slovakia)

}}

----

{{football box

|id="Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Denmark"

|date = 20 August 1997

|time = 20:30 UTC+2

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|BIH|1992}}

|score = 3–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G1/BIHVSDEN.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{Fb|DEN}}

|goals1 = Mujčin {{goal|19}}
Bolić {{goal|25||35}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Koševo Stadium, Sarajevo

|attendance = 36,500

|referee = Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

}}

----

{{football box

|id="Croatia vs Bosnia and Herzegovina"

|date = 6 September 1997

|time = 20:15 UTC+2

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|CRO}}

|score = 3–2

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G1/HRVVSBIH.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{Fb|BIH|1992}}

|goals1 = Bilić {{goal|27}}
Marić {{goal|39}}
Boban {{goal|79}}

|goals2 = Ladić {{goal|17|o.g.}}
Salihamidžić {{goal|55}}

|stadium = Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

|attendance = 16,518

|referee = Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

}}

{{football box

|id="Slovenia vs Greece"

|date = 6 September 1997

|time = 20:15 UTC+2

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|SVN}}

|score = 0–3

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G1/SVNVSGRE.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{Fb|GRE}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Alexandris {{goal|54}}
Konstantinidis {{goal|89}}
Machlas {{goal|90+1}}

|stadium = Stadion za Bežigradom, Ljubljana

|attendance = 4,689

|referee = Karol Ihring (Slovakia)

}}

----

{{football box

|id="Denmark vs Croatia"

|date = 10 September 1997

|time = 19:15 UTC+2

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|DEN}}

|score = 3–1

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G1/DENVSHRV.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{Fb|CRO}}

|goals1 = B. Laudrup {{goal|15}}
M. Laudrup {{goal|34}}
Molnar {{goal|40}}

|goals2 = Šuker {{goal|44}}

|stadium = Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

|attendance = 41,381

|referee = Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

}}

{{football box

|id="Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Slovenia"

|date = 10 September 1997

|time = 20:15 UTC+2

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|BIH|1992}}

|score = 1–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G1/BIHVSSVN.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{Fb|SVN}}

|goals1 = Bolić {{goal|22}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Koševo Stadium, Sarajevo

|attendance = 18,000

|referee = Taras Bezubiak (Russia)

}}

----

{{football box

|id="Greece vs Denmark"

|date = 11 October 1997

|time = 21:00 UTC+3

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|GRE}}

|score = 0–0

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G1/GREVSDEN.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{Fb|DEN}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Olympic Stadium, Athens

|attendance = 64,272

|referee = Gilles Veissière (France)

}}

{{football box

|id="Slovenia vs Croatia"

|date = 11 October 1997

|time = 20:00 UTC+2

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|SVN}}

|score = 1–3

|report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G1/SVNVSHRV.HTM Report]

|team2 = {{Fb|CRO}}

|goals1 = Zahovič {{goal|72}}

|goals2 = Šuker {{goal|11}}
Soldo {{goal|39}}
Bokšić {{goal|50}}

|stadium = Stadion za Bežigradom, Ljubljana

|attendance = 5,500

|referee = Armand Ancion (Belgium)

}}

Goalscorers

{{Goalscorers

|goals=56 |matches=20

|5 goals=

|4 goals=

|3 goals=

|2 goals=

|1 goal=

|1 own goal=

}}

Notes

{{notelist}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/98qual.html Group 1 Detailed Results at RSSSF]

{{1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:World Cup)}}

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