1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries
First stage
Finland - Azerbaijan
3:0 (0:0)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 218 | 08 June 1997 | Helsinki / HELSINKI | 01:00 | 13417 |
- Jari VANHALA (FIN) 60',
- Jari LITMANEN (FIN) 65',
- Antti SUMIALA (FIN) 82'
Goals scored
Finland
- Antti NIEMI (GK)
- Kari RISSANEN
- Sami HYYPIA
- Jussi NUORELA
- Jukka KOSKINEN
- Sami MAHLIO
- Jari VANHALA
- Mika NURMELA (-45')
- Antti SUMIALA
- Jari LITMANEN (-84')
- Jonathan JOHANSSON (-61')
Line-up
- Petri Antero JAKONEN
- Marko TUOMELA
- Joonas KOLKKA (+61')
- Simo VALAKARI (+45')
- Mika LEHKOSUO
- Jarkko WISS
- Kai NYYSSONEN (+84')
Substitute(s)
Azerbaijan
- Aleksandr ZHIDKOV (GK)
- Faig DYABBAROV
- Deni GAYSUMOV
- Tarlan AKHMEDOV (-65')
- Viacheslav LYCHKIN
- Rassim ABOUCHOV
- Yunis GUSEYNOV
- Emin AGAEV (-86')
- Roufat KOULIEV
- Gurban GURBANOV
- Veli KASSUMOV (-63')
Line-up
- Mekhman IOUNOUSSOV
- Aslan KERIMOV
- Mirbaguir ISSAEV (+86')
- Khagani MAMEDOV
- Kazimir GOUPIEV
- Bakhtiar MOUSSAEV (+65')
- Zaur TAGIZADE (+63')
Substitute(s)
- Gurban GURBANOV (AZE) 63'
- , Faig DYABBAROV (AZE) 80'
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Alain HAMER (LUX) | |
| 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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