1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

Group 6 consisted of six of the 50 teams entered into the European zone: Czech Republic, Faroe Islands, Malta, Slovakia, Spain, and Yugoslavia. These six 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	10	8	2	0	26	6	+20	26	Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup	—	2–0	1–0	4–1	3–1	4–0
2	FR Yugoslavia	10	7	2	1	29	7	+22	23	Advance to second round	1–1	—	1–0	2–0	3–1	6–0
3	Czech Republic	10	5	1	4	16	6	+10	16		0–0	1–2	—	3–0	2–0	6–0
4	Slovakia	10	5	1	4	18	14	+4	16		1–2	1–1	2–1	—	3–0	6–0
5	Faroe Islands	10	2	0	8	10	31	−21	6		2–6	1–8	0–2	1–2	—	2–1
6	Malta	10	0	0	10	2	37	−35	0		0–3	0–5	0–1	0–2	1–2	—

Source:

Matches

24 April 199619:00 UTC+2

FR Yugoslavia	3–1	Faroe Islands
Savićević 3', 29' Milošević 37'	Report	J. Petersen 53'

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, BelgradeAttendance: 16,325Referee: Roland Beck (Liechtenstein)

2 June 199620:00 UTC+2

FR Yugoslavia	6–0	Malta
Mirković 2' Mijatović 39' D. Stojković 45+1' Milošević 68' Savićević 70' (pen.), 73'	Report

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, BelgradeAttendance: 11,617Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Germany)

31 August 199615:00 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	1–2	Slovakia
Müller 60'	Report	Moravčik 13' Dubovský 88'

Svangaskarð, ToftirAttendance: 1,445Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

4 September 199617:45 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	2–6	Spain
T. Jónsson 46' Arge 90'	Report	Luis Enrique 37' Alfonso 63', 83', 86' Johannesen 70' (o.g.) Hierro 85'

Svangaskarð, ToftirAttendance: 4,200Referee: Philippe Leduc (France)

18 September 199616:30 UTC+2

Czech Republic	6–0	Malta
Berger 11', 63' (pen.) Nedvěd 29' Kubík 77' Šmicer 83' Frýdek 86'	Report

Na Stínadlech, TepliceAttendance: 15,099Referee: Mateo Beušan (Croatia)

22 September 199618:00 UTC+2

Slovakia	6–0	Malta
Tittel 13', 90' Šimon 15' Zeman 37' Timko 56' Dubovský 59'	Report

Tehelne pole, BratislavaAttendance: 2,236Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Greece)

6 October 199615:00 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	1–8	FR Yugoslavia
Müller 28'	Report	Milošević 6', 37', 45' Jokanović 11', 57' Mijatović 29' Jugović 57' D. Stojković 90' (pen.)

Svangaskarð, ToftirAttendance: 1,017Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland) 9 October 199620:15 UTC+2

Czech Republic	0–0	Spain
	Report

Sparta, PragueAttendance: 19,223Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

23 October 199618:00 UTC+2

Slovakia	3–0	Faroe Islands
Dubovský 20' Jančula 44' Šimon 57' (pen.)	Report

Tehelné pole, BratislavaAttendance: 5,442Referee: Salem Prolic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

10 November 199618:00 UTC+1

FR Yugoslavia	1–0	Czech Republic
Mijatović 18'	Report

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, BelgradeAttendance: 46,577Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands) 13 November 199620:30 UTC+1

Spain	4–1	Slovakia
Pizzi 31' Amor 47' Luis Enrique 51' Hierro 62'	Report	Tittel 39'

Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, Santa CruzAttendance: 13,500Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

14 December 199621:30 UTC+1

Spain	2–0	FR Yugoslavia
Guardiola 19' Raúl 37'	Report

Estadio Mestalla, ValenciaAttendance: 37,000Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

18 December 199619:00 UTC+1

Malta	0–3	Spain
	Report	Guerrero 8', 26', 33'

National Stadium, Ta'QaliAttendance: 3,200Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

12 February 199721:30 UTC+1

Spain	4–0	Malta
Guardiola 25' Alfonso 40', 47' Pizzi 89'	Report

Estadio José Rico Pérez, AlicanteAttendance: 28,000Referee: Stephen Lodge (England)

31 March 199716:00 UTC+2

Malta	0–2	Slovakia
	Report	Jančula 38' Tittel 90'

National Stadium, Ta'QaliAttendance: 4,202Referee: Marek Kowalczyk (Poland) 2 April 199720:15 UTC+2

Czech Republic	1–2	FR Yugoslavia
Bejbl 75'	Report	Mijatović 28' Milošević 90+1'

Sparta, PragueAttendance: 17,137Referee: Marc Batta (France)

30 April 199718:15 UTC+2

FR Yugoslavia	1–1	Spain
Mijatović 87' (pen.)	Report	Hierro 19' (pen.)

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, BelgradeAttendance: 49,253Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway) 30 April 199720:00 UTC+2

Malta	1–2	Faroe Islands
Sultana 8'	Report	Ø. Hansen 60' T. Jónsson 89'

National Stadium, Ta'QaliAttendance: 8,188Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)

8 June 199720:15 UTC+2

Spain	1–0	Czech Republic
Hierro 41' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Nuevo José Zorrilla, ValladolidAttendance: 24,544Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland) 8 June 199720:00 UTC+2

FR Yugoslavia	2–0	Slovakia
Savićević 17' Mijatović 75'	Report

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, BelgradeAttendance: 22,044Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark) 8 June 199715:00 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	2–1	Malta
Arge 7' T. Jónsson 42'	Report	G. Agius 48'

Svangaskarð, ToftirAttendance: 6,400Referee: Richard O'Hanlon (Republic of Ireland)

20 August 199716:30 UTC+2

Czech Republic	2–0	Faroe Islands
Kuka 15' Kozel 26'	Report

Na Stínadlech, TepliceAttendance: 8,322Referee: Algirdas Dubinskas (Lithuania)

24 August 199720:15 UTC+2

Slovakia	2–1	Czech Republic
Jančula 45' Majoroš 55'	Report	Šmicer 15'

Tehelné pole, BratislavaAttendance: 22,500Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)

6 September 199715:00 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	0–2	Czech Republic
	Report	Šmicer 16' Kuka 33'

Svangaskarð, ToftirAttendance: 2,700Referee: Bernard Saules (France) 10 September 199720:15 UTC+2

Slovakia	1–1	FR Yugoslavia
Majoroš 65'	Report	Mihajlović 80'

Tehelné pole, BratislavaAttendance: 22,500Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

24 September 199720:15 UTC+2

Slovakia	1–2	Spain
Majoroš 75'	Report	Kiko 47' Amor 76'

Tehelne pole, BratislavaAttendance: 13,667Referee: László Vágner (Hungary) 24 September 199719:30 UTC+2

Malta	0–1	Czech Republic
	Report	Bejbl 32'

National Stadium, Ta'QaliAttendance: 1,622Referee: Armand Ancion (Belgium)

11 October 199720:00 UTC+2

Spain	3–1	Faroe Islands
Luis Enrique 18', 82' Oli 28'	Report	J. K. Hansen 45'

El Molinón, GijónAttendance: 25,000Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland) 11 October 199718:00 UTC+2

Malta	0–5	FR Yugoslavia
	Report	Milošević 8' Mihajlović 24' Savićević 44' Mijatović 55' Jugović 76'

National Stadium, Ta'QaliAttendance: 1,107Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England) 11 October 199720:00 UTC+2

Czech Republic	3–0	Slovakia
Šmicer 54' Siegl 70' Novotný 73'	Report

Sparta, PragueAttendance: 5,428Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Goalscorers

There were 101 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.37 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

Dejan Savićević

5 goals

Alfonso Pérez

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Óli Johannesen (against Spain)

Notes

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

References

"FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 1998, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 9 May 2024.

External links

Group 6 Detailed Results at RSSSF

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