1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5

Group 5 consisted of five of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Bulgaria, Cyprus, Israel, Luxembourg, and Russia. 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
 Bulgaria 8602189+918
 Russia 8521195+1417
 Israel 841397+213
 Cyprus 83141015−510
 Luxembourg 8008222−200
  Bulgaria Cyprus Israel Luxembourg Russia
Bulgaria  – 4–1 1–0 4–0 1–0
Cyprus  1–3 – 2–0 2–0 1–1
Israel  2–1 2–0 – 1–0 1–1
Luxembourg  1–2 1–3 0–3 – 0–4
Russia  4–2 4–0 2–0 3–0 –

Results

Israel  2–1  Bulgaria
Harazi  34'
Banin  62'		 Report Balakov  3' (pen.)
Attendance: 13,200
Russia  4–0  Cyprus
Nikiforov  8', 50'
Kolyvanov  34'
Beschastnykh  81'		 Report
Attendance: 8,500
Luxembourg  1–2  Bulgaria
Langers  20' Report Balakov  14' (pen.)
Kostadinov  37'
Attendance: 3,775
Referee: Yevi Kollari (Albania)
Israel  1–1  Russia
Brumer  65' Report Kolyvanov  82'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Luxembourg  0–4  Russia
Report Tikhonov  34'
Kanchelskis  38'
Beschastnykh  50'
Karpin  77'
Attendance: 5,660
Referee: Juha Hirviniemi (Finland)
Cyprus  2–0  Israel
Gogić  9', 15' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Gheorghe Constantin (Romania)
Cyprus  1–3  Bulgaria
Pittas  29' Report Kostadinov  23'
Balakov  34'
Iliev  70'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland)
Israel  1–0  Luxembourg
Ohana  39' Report
Attendance: 24,400
Referee: John Ashman (Wales)
Cyprus  1–1  Russia
Gogić  31' Report Simutenkov  32'
Attendance: 3,199
Referee: Juan Ansuategui Roca (Spain)
Luxembourg  0–3  Israel
Report Zohar  11', 79'
Banin  86' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,607
Bulgaria  4–1  Cyprus
Borimirov  2'
Kostadinov  35', 45'
Yordanov  66'		 Report Okkas  62'
Attendance: 16,000
Russia  3–0  Luxembourg
Kechinov  20'
Grishin  55'
Simutenkov  58'		 Report
Attendance: 9,200
Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland)
Israel  2–0  Cyprus
Ohana  3', 72' Report
Attendance: 32,000
Bulgaria  4–0  Luxembourg
Stoichkov  43' (pen.)
Kostadinov  47'
Balakov  50' (pen.)
Lechkov  81'		 Report
Attendance: 19,000
Russia  2–0  Israel
Radimov  8'
Kosolapov  38'		 Report
Attendance: 22,000
Bulgaria  1–0  Israel
Penev  65' Report
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)
Luxembourg  1–3  Cyprus
Amodio  14' Report Papavasiliou  6'
Ioannou  55', 79'
Attendance: 3,022
Referee: Gylfi Thor Orrason (Iceland)
Bulgaria  1–0  Russia
Ivanov  55' Report
Attendance: 55,000
Russia  4–2  Bulgaria
Alenichev  13', 57'
Kolyvanov  41'
Yuran  52'		 Report Gruev  68'
Kostadinov  78'
Attendance: 19,000
Cyprus  2–0  Luxembourg
Papavasiliou  79'
Spoljaric  85'		 Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Bujar Pregja (Albania)

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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