FIFA.com - 1998 FIFA World Cup France ™

SkipNavigation
Search FIFA.com
Search the web

1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries

First stage
Cyprus - Bulgaria
1:3 (1:2)
Match
Date
Venue / Stadium
Time
Attendance
37914 December 1996 Limassol / LIMASSOL01:006500
    Goals scored
  • Emil KOSTADINOV (BUL) 23',
  • Charalambos PITTAS (CYP) 29',
  • Krassimir BALAKOV (BUL) 34',
  • Ilian ILIEV (BUL) 70'
Cyprus
    Line-up
  • [1]
    Nicos PANAYIOTOU (GK)
  • [2]
    Aristos ARISTOCLEOUS (-61')
  • [3]
    Charalambos PITTAS
  • [4]
    Demetris IOANNOU
  • [5]
    George CHRISTODOULOU
  • [6]
    Andreas ANDREOU
  • [7]
    Marios CHRISTODOULOU
  • [8]
    Costakis PANAYI (-45')
  • [9]
    Sinisa GOGIC
  • [10]
    Ioannis IOANNOU (-80')
  • [11]
    Constantinos MALEKKOS
    Substitute(s)
  • [12]
    Neophitos LARKOU (+45')
  • [13]
    Angelos MISOS
  • [14]
    Loucas HADJILOUCAS
  • [15]
    Michalis CHRISTOPHI
  • [16]
    Panayiotis XIOUROUPPAS (+80')
  • [17]
    Georgios THEODOTOU (+61')
  • [18]
    Vassos MELANARKITIS
Bulgaria
    Line-up
  • [1]
    Borislav MIKHAILOV (GK) (-45')
  • [2]
    Radostin KISHISHEV (-78')
  • [3]
    Trifon IVANOV
  • [4]
    Tsanko TSVETANOV
  • [5]
    Gosho GINCHEV
  • [6]
    Ivaylo YORDANOV
  • [7]
    Emil KOSTADINOV
  • [8]
    Anatoli NANKOV
  • [9]
    Georgi DONKOV (-61')
  • [10]
    Krassimir BALAKOV
  • [11]
    Ilian ILIEV
    Substitute(s)
  • [12]
    Zdravko ZDRAVKOV (+45')
  • [13]
    Georgi ANTONOV (+78')
  • [14]
    Ivaylo PETKOV
  • [15]
    Daniel BORIMIROV
  • [17]
    Kostadin VIDOLOV (+61')
  • [18]
    Ivaylo ANDONOV
  • [19]
    Marian HRISTOV
    Cautions
  • Tsanko TSVETANOV (BUL) 6'
  • , Andreas ANDREOU (CYP) 55'
  • , Aristos ARISTOCLEOUS (CYP) 57'
  • , Trifon IVANOV (BUL) 63'
  • , Ilian ILIEV (BUL) 70'
  • , Constantinos MALEKKOS (CYP) 79'
  • , Gosho GINCHEV (BUL) 82'
  • , Neophitos LARKOU (CYP) 89'
    Sent off
Match Officials
Referee
John ROWBOTHAM (SCO)
a.e.t.:After extra time(C):CaptainPSO:Penalty Shoot-out
GK:GoalkeeperN:Not eligible to playI:Injured
Y:Misses next match if bookedPos:PositionsA:Absent
DF:DefenderMF:MidfielderMinP:Minutes played
GF:Goals forGA:Goals againstPK (PG/PS):Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots)
FC:Fouls CommittedFS:Fouls SufferedR:Red Cards
FW:ForwardSOG/S:Shots on TargetY:
2YC:		Yellow cards
Second yellow card and red card