UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 8

Standings and results for Group 8 of the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying tournament.

Standings

{{UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying group tables|Group 8|show_matches=yes}}

Matches

{{Football box

|id=Republic of Ireland v Croatia

| date = 5 September 1998

| time = 15:00 UTC+1

| team1 = {{fb-rt|IRL}}

| score = 2–0

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/54988--republic-of-ireland-vs-croatia/ Report]

| team2 = {{fb|CRO}}

| goals1 = Irwin {{goal|4|pen.}}
Roy Keane {{goal|16}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin

| attendance = 34,000

| referee = Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal) }}

{{Football box

|id=FYR Macedonia v Malta

| date = 6 September 1998

| time = 20:00 UTC+2

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MKD|name=FYR Macedonia}}

| score = 4–0

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/54989--fyr-macedonia-vs-malta/ Report]

| team2 = {{fb|MLT}}

| goals1 = Božinov {{goal|20||47}}
Šakiri {{goal|70||76}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Gradski stadion, Skopje

| attendance = 4,000

| referee = Jan Wegereef (Netherlands) }}

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{{Football box

|id=Malta v Croatia

| date = 10 October 1998

| time = 18:00 UTC+2

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MLT}}

| score = 1–4

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/54990--malta-vs-croatia/ Report]

| team2 = {{fb|CRO}}

| goals1 = Suda {{goal|29|pen.}}

| goals2 = Šimić {{goal|54}}
Vugrinec {{goal|67||74}}
Šuker {{goal|82}}

| stadium = Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

| attendance = 5,170

| referee = Bohdan Benedik (Slovakia) }}

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{{Football box

|id=Croatia v FYR Macedonia

| date = 14 October 1998

| time = 19:15 UTC+2

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

| score = 3–2

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/54993--croatia-vs-fyr-macedonia/ Report]

| team2 = {{fb|MKD|name=FYR Macedonia}}

| goals1 = Šuker {{goal|16}}
Boban {{goal|45||70}}

| goals2 = Ćirić {{goal|2}}
Šainovski {{goal|55}}

| stadium = Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

| attendance = 8,541

| referee = Nikolai Levnikov (Russia) }}

{{Football box

|id=Republic of Ireland v Malta

| date = 14 October 1998

| time = 19:30 UTC+2

| team1 = {{fb-rt|IRL}}

| score = 5–0

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/54992--republic-of-ireland-vs-malta/ Report]

| team2 = {{fb|MLT}}

| goals1 = Robbie Keane {{goal|17||19}}
Roy Keane {{goal|54}}
Quinn {{goal|62}}
Breen {{goal|82}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin

| attendance = 34,500

| referee = Roy Helge Olsen (Norway) }}

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{{Football box

|id=Malta v FYR Macedonia

| date = 18 November 1998

| time = 20:00 UTC+1

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MLT}}

| score = 1–2

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/54994--malta-vs-fyr-macedonia/ Report]

| team2 = {{fb|MKD|name=FYR Macedonia}}

| goals1 = Sixsmith {{goal|69}}

| goals2 = Nikolovski {{goal|49}}
Zaharievski {{goal|63}}

| stadium = Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

| attendance = 4,671

| referee = Sergei Shmolik (Belarus) }}

{{Football box

|id=FR Yugoslavia v Republic of Ireland

| date = 18 November 1998

| time = 20:00 UTC+1

| team1 = {{fb-rt|FR Yugoslavia|name=FR Yugoslavia}}

| score = 1–0

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/54991--yugoslavia-vs-republic-of-ireland/ Report]

| team2 = {{fb|IRL}}

| goals1 = Mijatović {{goal|64}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

| attendance = 28,250

| referee = Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden) }}

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{{Football box

|id=Malta v FR Yugoslavia

| date = 10 February 1999

| time = 15:00 UTC+1

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MLT}}

| score = 0–3

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/54995--malta-vs-yugoslavia/ Report]

| team2 = {{fb|FR Yugoslavia|name=FR Yugoslavia}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Nađ {{goal|22||55}}
Milošević {{goal|90+1}}

| stadium = Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

| attendance = 5,167

| referee = Pascal Garibian (France) }}

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{{Football box

|id=FYR Macedonia v Croatia

| date = 5 June 1999

| time = 18:00 UTC+2

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MKD|name=FYR Macedonia}}

| score = 1–1

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/55000--fyr-macedonia-vs-croatia/ Report]

| team2 = {{fb|CRO}}

| goals1 = Hristov {{goal|80}}

| goals2 = Šuker {{goal|20}}

| stadium = Gradski stadion, Skopje

| attendance = 10,000

| referee = Hugh Dallas (Scotland) }}

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{{Football box

|id=FR Yugoslavia v Malta

| date = 8 June 1999

| time = 20:15 UTC+2

| team1 = {{fb-rt|FR Yugoslavia|name=FR Yugoslavia}}

| score = 4–1

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/55002--yugoslavia-vs-malta/ Report]

| team2 = {{fb|MLT}}

| goals1 = Mijatović {{goal|34}}
Milošević {{goal|48||90}}
Kovačević {{goal|74}}

| goals2 = Saliba {{goal|6}}

| stadium = Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki{{refn|group=note|name=YUG-MLT|Played at neutral ground due to the Kosovo War.}}

| attendance = 3,000

| referee = Morgan Norman (Sweden) }}

{{Football box

|id=Republic of Ireland v FYR Macedonia

| date = 9 June 1999

| time = 19:30 UTC+1

| team1 = {{fb-rt|IRL}}

| score = 1–0

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/55007--republic-of-ireland-vs-fyr-macedonia/ Report]

| team2 = {{fb|MKD|name=FYR Macedonia}}

| goals1 = Quinn {{goal|60}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin

| attendance = 28,108

| referee = Urs Meier (Switzerland) }}

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{{Football box

|id=FR Yugoslavia v Croatia

| date = 18 August 1999{{refn|group=note|name=YUG-CRO|Originally to be played in 27 March 1999, postponed because of the disruption caused to travel from the Balkan region by the Nato air strikes on Serbia.{{cite web|title=Sport: Ireland/Macedonia match postponed - RTE|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/1999/0324/1025-sport/|work=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=24 March 1999|access-date=27 January 2021}}{{cite web|title=Football: Republic qualifier has to be called off|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-republic-qualifier-has-to-be-called-off-1082951.html|work=The Independent|date=25 March 1999|access-date=27 January 2021}}{{cite web|last=McDermott|first=Gerry|title=Decision to postpone Irish game welcomed|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/decision-to-postpone-irish-game-welcomed-26157657.html|work=Irish Independent|date=25 March 1999|access-date=27 January 2021}}{{cite web|last=McDermott|first=Gerry|title=Irish Euro campaign left in state of chaos|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/irish-euro-campaign-left-in-state-of-chaos/26157696.html|work=Irish Independent|date=24 March 1999|access-date=27 January 2021}}{{cite web|last=McDermott|first=Gerry|title=UEFA kick for touch|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/uefa-kick-for-touch-26153899.html|work=Irish Independent|date=21 April 1999|access-date=27 January 2021}}}}

| time = 20:30 UTC+2

| team1 = {{fb-rt|FR Yugoslavia|name=FR Yugoslavia}}

| score = 0–0

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/54997--yugoslavia-vs-croatia/ Report]

| team2 = {{fb|CRO}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

| attendance = 48,282

| referee = Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) }}

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{{Football box

|id=Croatia v Malta

| date = 21 August 1999

| time = 20:30 UTC+2

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

| score = 2–1

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/54998--croatia-vs-malta/ Report]

| team2 = {{fb|MLT}}

| goals1 = Stanić {{goal|34}}
Soldo {{goal|55}}

| goals2 = Carabott {{goal|60}}

| stadium = Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

| attendance = 19,205

| referee = Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria) }}

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{{Football box

|id=Republic of Ireland v FR Yugoslavia

| date = 1 September 1999

| time = 19:30 UTC+1

| team1 = {{fb-rt|IRL}}

| score = 2–1

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/55001--republic-of-ireland-vs-yugoslavia/ Report]

| team2 = {{fb|FR Yugoslavia|name=FR Yugoslavia}}

| goals1 = Robbie Keane {{goal|54}}
Kennedy {{goal|69}}

| goals2 = Stanković {{goal|60}}

| stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin

| attendance = 31,400

| referee = Pierluigi Collina (Italy) }}

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{{Football box

|id=Croatia v Republic of Ireland

| date = 4 September 1999

| time = 20:30 UTC+2

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

| score = 1–0

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/55003--croatia-vs-republic-of-ireland/ Report]

| team2 = {{fb|IRL}}

| goals1 = Šuker {{goal|90+1}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

| attendance = 21,032

| referee = Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain) }}

{{Football box

|id=FR Yugoslavia v FYR Macedonia

| date = 5 September 1999{{refn|group=note|name=YUG-MKD|Originally to be played on 31 March 1999, postponed because of the disruption caused to travel from the Balkan region by the Nato air strikes on Serbia.}}

| time = 20:15 UTC+2

| team1 = {{fb-rt|FR Yugoslavia|name=FR Yugoslavia}}

| score = 3–1

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/54999--yugoslavia-vs-fyr-macedonia/ Report]

| team2 = {{fb|MKD|name=FYR Macedonia}}

| goals1 = Stojković {{goal|37||54}}
Savićević {{goal|77}}

| goals2 = Ćirić {{goal|64|pen.}}

| stadium = Partizan Stadium, Belgrade

| attendance = 20,320

| referee = Anders Frisk (Sweden) }}

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{{Football box

|id=FYR Macedonia v FR Yugoslavia

| date = 8 September 1999

| time = 16:30 UTC+2

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MKD|name=FYR Macedonia}}

| score = 2–4

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/55005--fyr-macedonia-vs-yugoslavia/ Report]

| team2 = {{fb|FR Yugoslavia|name=FR Yugoslavia}}

| goals1 = Šakiri {{goal|60}}
Ćirić {{goal|90}}

| goals2 = Milošević {{goal|1}}
Babunski {{goal|4|o.g.}}
Stanković {{goal|14}}
Drulović {{goal|38}}

| stadium = Gradski stadion, Skopje

| attendance = 13,000

| referee = Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) }}

{{Football box

|id=Malta v Republic of Ireland

| date = 8 September 1999

| time = 18:30 UTC+2

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MLT}}

| score = 2–3

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/55004--malta-vs-republic-of-ireland/ Report]

| team2 = {{fb|IRL}}

| goals1 = Said {{goal|61}}
Carabott {{goal|68|pen.}}

| goals2 = Keane {{goal|13}}
Breen {{goal|20}}
Staunton {{goal|72}}

| stadium = Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

| attendance = 8,122

| referee = Sorin Corpodean (Romania) }}

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{{Football box

|id=Croatia v FR Yugoslavia

| date = 9 October 1999

| time = 19:30 UTC+2

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

| score = 2–2

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/55006--croatia-vs-yugoslavia/ Report]

| team2 = {{fb|FR Yugoslavia|name=FR Yugoslavia}}

| goals1 = Bokšić {{goal|20}}
Stanić {{goal|47}}

| goals2 = Mijatović {{goal|26}}
Stanković {{goal|31}}

| stadium = Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

| attendance = 38,743

| referee = José María García-Aranda (Spain) }}

{{Football box

|id=FYR Macedonia v Republic of Ireland

| date = 9 October 1999{{refn|group=note|name=MKD-IRL|Originally to be played on 27 March 1999, postponed because of the disruption caused to travel from the Balkan region by the Nato air strikes on Serbia.{{cite web|title=North Macedonia v Republic of Ireland, 09 October 1999|url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/north-macedonia-v-republic-of-ireland-09-october-1999-267292/|date=9 October 1999|access-date=27 January 2021}}}}

| time = 19:30 UTC+2

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MKD|name=FYR Macedonia}}

| score = 1–1

| report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/54996--fyr-macedonia-vs-republic-of-ireland/ Report]

| team2 = {{fb|IRL}}

| goals1 = Stavrevski {{goal|90}}

| goals2 = Quinn {{goal|18}}

| stadium = Gradski stadion, Skopje

| attendance = 6,500

| referee = Juan Fernández Marín (Spain)

}}