1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries
First stage
Romania - Republic of Ireland
1:0 (1:0)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 197 | 30 April 1997 | Bucharest / Ghencea Stadium | 01:00 | 17000 |
- Adrian ILIE (ROU) 33'
Goals scored
Romania
- Bogdan STELEA (GK)
- Dan PETRESCU
- Daniel PRODAN
- Anton DOBOS
- Iulian FILIPESCU
- Gheorghe POPESCU (+68')(-68')
- Dorinel MUNTEANU
- Adrian ILIE (+83')(-83')
- Viorel MOLDOVAN
- Gheorghe HAGI (+85')(-85')
- Tibor SELYMES
Line-up
- Dumitru STANGACIU
- Corneliu PAPURA
- Iosif ROTARIU
- Gabriel POPESCU
- Liviu CIOBOTARIU
- Gheorghe CRAIOVEANU
- Ion VLADOIU
Substitute(s)
Republic of Ireland
- Alan KELLY JR. (GK)
- Denis IRWIN (+45')(-45')
- Steve STAUNTON
- Kenny CUNNINGHAM
- Ian HARTE (+75')(-75')
- Roy KEANE
- Andy TOWNSEND
- Ray HOUGHTON
- Mark KENNEDY
- Gary KELLY
- David CONNOLLY (+75')(-75')
Line-up
- Terry PHELAN
- Jeff KENNA
- David KELLY
- Tony CASCARINO
- Shay GIVEN
- Jonathan GOODMAN
- Gary BREEN
Substitute(s)
- Denis IRWIN (IRL) 33'
- , Gary KELLY (IRL) 37'
- , Gheorghe HAGI (ROU) 40'
- , Bogdan STELEA (ROU) 48'
- , Kenny CUNNINGHAM (IRL) 51'
- , Dorinel MUNTEANU (ROU) 61'
- , Viorel MOLDOVAN (ROU) 62'
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Mario VAN DER ENDE (NED) | |
| 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 |