1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries
First stage
Azerbaijan - Finland
1:2 (0:1)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 184 | 02 April 1997 | Baku / Tofik Bakhramov Stadium | 01:00 | 19000 |
- Jari LITMANEN (FIN) 26',
- Mixu PAATELAINEN (FIN) 64',
- Nazim SOULEIMANOV (AZE) 83'
Goals scored
Azerbaijan
- Aleksandr ZHIDKOV (GK)
- Emin AGAEV
- Mirbaguir ISSAEV (-83')
- Tarlan AKHMEDOV
- Viacheslav LYCHKIN
- Rassim ABOUCHOV (-89')
- Yunis GUSEYNOV
- Roufat KOULIEV
- Gurban GURBANOV
- Nazim SOULEIMANOV
- Mekhman IOUNOUSSOV
Line-up
- Deni GAYSUMOV
- Igor GETMAN
- Igor GUETMAN
- Arif ASADOV
- Khalig MARDANOV
- Elkhan GASSANOV
- Makhmoud KOURBANOV (+83')
- Khagani MAMEDOV (+89')
Substitute(s)
Finland
- Antti NIEMI (GK)
- Janne MAKELA (-72')
- Sami HYYPIA
- Jussi NUORELA
- Jukka KOSKINEN
- Sami MAHLIO
- Antti SUMIALA
- Mika NURMELA
- Jarkko WISS
- Jari LITMANEN (-72')
- Mixu PAATELAINEN
Line-up
- Kari LAUKKANEN
- Kari RISSANEN (+72')
- Toni KUIVASTO
- Marko MYYRY (+72')
- Rami RANTANEN
- Jari VANHALA
- Jonathan JOHANSSON
Substitute(s)
- Janne MAKELA (FIN) 12'
- , Nazim SOULEIMANOV (AZE) 44'
- , Sami MAHLIO (FIN) 84'
Cautions
- Jarkko WISS (FIN) 80'
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Graham POLL (ENG) | |
| 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 |
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