1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries
First stage
Iceland - Romania
0:4 (0:1)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 340 | 09 October 1996 | Reykjavik / REYKJAVIK | 01:00 | 3064 |
- Gudni BERGSSON (ISL) 20' Own goal,
- Gheorghe HAGI (ROU) 62',
- Gheorghe POPESCU (ROU) 76',
- Dan PETRESCU (ROU) 89'
Goals scored
Iceland
- Birkir KRISTINSSON (GK)
- Larus Orri SIGURDSSON (-70')
- Thordur GUDJONSSON
- Siggi JONSSON
- Olafur ADOLFSSON
- Runar KRISTINSSON
- Gudni BERGSSON
- Heimir GUDJONSSON
- Rikhardur DADASON (-66')
- Arnor GUDJOHNSEN (-72')
- Eyjolfur SVERRISSON
Line-up
- Kristian FINNBOGASON
- Einar DANIELSSON
- Arnar GUNNLAUGSSON (+72')
- Helgi SIGURDSSON (+66')
- Olafur THORDARSON (+70')
- Arnar GRETARSSON
- Agust GYLFASON
Substitute(s)
Romania
- Bogdan STELEA (GK)
- Dan PETRESCU
- Daniel PRODAN
- Anton DOBOS
- Constantin GALCA
- Gheorghe POPESCU
- Tibor SELYMES
- Adrian ILIE (-75')
- Viorel MOLDOVAN (-83')
- Gheorghe HAGI (-83')
- Dorinel MUNTEANU
Line-up
- Florin PRUNEA
- Iulian FILIPESCU (+75')
- Corneliu PAPURA
- Nica PANDURU
- Tiberiu CURT
- Ion VLADOIU (+83')
- Ilie DUMITRESCU (+83')
Substitute(s)
- Larus Orri SIGURDSSON (ISL) 1'
- , Anton DOBOS (ROU) 23'
- , Adrian ILIE (ROU) 56'
- , Dorinel MUNTEANU (ROU) 57'
- , Gheorghe HAGI (ROU) 57'
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Claude DETRUCHE (SUI) | |
| 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 |