1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries
First stage
Russia - Cyprus
4:0 (2:0)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 322 | 01 September 1996 | Moscow / Dynamo | 01:00 | 8500 |
- Yuri NIKIFOROV (RUS) 8',
- Igor KOLYVANOV (RUS) 34',
- Yuri NIKIFOROV (RUS) 50',
- Vladimir BESCHASTNYKH (RUS) 81'
Goals scored
Russia
- Stanislav CHERCHESOV (GK)
- Vladislav RADIMOV (-65')
- Yuri NIKIFOROV
- Ramis MAMEDOV
- Vladislav TERNAVSKI
- Omar TETRADZE
- Viktor ONOPKO
- Andrei KANCHELSKIS
- Vladimir BESCHASTNYKH
- Igor KOLYVANOV (-54')
- Dmitri RADCHENKO (-45')
Line-up
- Sergei OVCHINIKOV
- Evgeni KARLACHEV
- Evgeni KHARLACHEV (+65')
- Sergei GORLUKOVICH
- Anatoli KONISHEV (+45')
- Valeri KONISHEV
- Alexei GERASIMENKO
- Valeri KECHINOV
- Andrei TIKHONOV (+54')
Substitute(s)
Cyprus
- Andreas PETRIDES (GK)
- Neophitos LARKOU (-60')
- Charalambos PITTAS
- Demetris IOANNOU
- George CHRISTODOULOU
- Andreas ANDREOU
- Marios CHRISTODOULOU
- Costakis PANAYI
- Sinisa GOGIC
- Ioannis IOANNOU (+87')(-87')
- Klimis ALEXANDROU (+75')(-75')
Line-up
- Andreas SOTIRIOU
- Loucas HADJILOUCAS
- Georgios THEODOTOU
- Nicos PANAYIOTOU
- Angelos MISOS
- Nicos TIMOTHEOU (+60')
- Constantinos MALEKKOS
Substitute(s)
- Marios CHRISTODOULOU (CYP) 29'
- , Costakis PANAYI (CYP) 62'
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Karl-Erik NILSSON (SWE) | |
| 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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