1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries
First stage
Malta - Slovakia
0:2 (0:1)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 179 | 31 March 1997 | Ta'Qali / Ta'Qali National Stadium | 01:00 | 1200 |
- Tibor JANCULA (SVK) 38',
- Dusan TITTEL (SVK) 90'
Goals scored
Malta
- Mario MUSCAT (GK)
- Lawrence ATTARD
- Jeffrey CHETCUTI
- Dennis CAUCHI
- Darren DEBONO
- David CARABOTT
- Gilbert AGIUS
- Nicholas SALIBA
- Noel TURNER
- Joe BRINCAT
- Stefan SULTANA (-61')
Line-up
- Ernest BARRY
- Brian SAID
- Hubert SUDA (+61')
- Joseph GALEA
- David CAMILLERI
- Gordon SPITERI
- Stefan GIGLIO
Substitute(s)
Slovakia
- Alexander VENCEL (GK)
- Ivan KOZAK
- Miroslav KARHAN (-82')
- Marian ZEMAN
- Marek SPILAR
- Dusan TITTEL
- Samuel SLOVAK (-58')
- Julius SIMON
- Tibor JANCULA (-51')
- Robert SEMENIK
- Lubomir MORAVCIK
Line-up
- Miroslav KONIG
- Jozef MAJOROS (+51')
- Peter DZURIK
- Stanislav VARGA
- Karol PRAZENICA (+82')
- Vladislav ZVARA (+58')
- Jozef KOZLEJ
Substitute(s)
- Robert SEMENIK (SVK) 84'
- , Marian ZEMAN (SVK) 87'
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Marek KOWALCZYK (POL) | |
| 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: | minutesPlayed |
| 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 |