1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries
First stage
Moldova - England
0:3 (0:2)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 318 | 01 September 1996 | Chisinau / Republican Stadium | 01:00 | 13500 |
- Nick BARMBY (ENG) 24',
- Paul GASCOIGNE (ENG) 25',
- Alan SHEARER (ENG) 61'
Goals scored
Moldova
- Denis ROMANENCO (GK)
- Sergei SECOU
- Ivan TESTEMITANU
- Sergiu NANI
- Sergei BELOUS (-58')
- Vladimir GAIDAMASCIUC
- Alexander CURTIANU
- Serghei IEPUREANU
- Iurie MITEREV (-60')
- Alexander POPOVICI
- Serghei CLESCENCO
Line-up
- Eugen IVANOV
- Oleg TVERDOKHLEBOV
- Valerin POGORELOV
- Vitali CULIBABA
- Radu REBEJA (+60')
- Oleg SHISHENIN (+58')
- Alexandr SUHAREV
Substitute(s)
England
- David SEAMAN (GK)
- Gary NEVILLE
- Stuart PEARCE
- Paul INCE
- Gary PALLISTER
- Gareth SOUTHGATE
- David BECKHAM
- Paul GASCOIGNE (-81')
- Alan SHEARER
- Nick BARMBY (-81')
- Andy HINCHCLIFFE
Line-up
- Sol CAMPBELL
- Ian WALKER
- David BATTY (+81')
- Steven STONE
- Matthew LE TISSIER (+81')
- Mark DRAPER
- Les FERDINAND
Substitute(s)
- Stuart PEARCE (ENG) 59'
- , Serghei CLESCENCO (MDA) 65'
- , Paul INCE (ENG) 66'
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Ilkka KOHO (FIN) | |
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | (C): | Captain | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out |
| GK: | Goalkeeper | N: | Not eligible to play | I: | Injured |
| Y: | Misses next match if booked | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |
| DF: | Defender | MF: | Midfielder | MinP: | Minutes played |
| GF: | Goals for | GA: | Goals against | PK (PG/PS): | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) |
| FC: | Fouls Committed | FS: | Fouls Suffered | R: | Red Cards |
| FW: | Forward | SOG/S: | Shots on Target | Y: 2YC: | Yellow cards Second yellow card and red card |