1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries
First stage
Georgia - Poland
3:0 (0:0)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 20 | 11 October 1997 | Tbilisi / Boris Paichadze | 01:00 | 15000 |
- Archil ARVELADZE (GEO) 53',
- Kakhaber TSKHADADZE (GEO) 66',
- Timour KETSBAIA (GEO) 72'
Goals scored
Georgia
- Nikoloz TOGONIDZE
- Nugzar LOBJANIDZE
- Kakhaber TSKHADADZE
- Murtaz SHELIA
- George CHIKHRADZE
- Georgi GAKHOKIDZE (-62')
- Georgi NEMSADZE
- Archil ARVELADZE (-81')
- Timour KETSBAIA (-90')
- Michael KAVELASHVILI
- Shota ARVELADZE
Line-up
- Nikoloz CHKHEIDZE
- Walter GUCHUA
- Gocha JAMARAULI
- Levan TSIKITISHVILI
- Kakha GOGICHAISHVILI
- George KIKNADZE
- Levan SIKAGADZE
Substitute(s)
Poland
- Aleksander KLAK
- Tomasz WALDOCH
- Tomasz LAPINSKI
- Marek JOZWIAK
- Marek KOZMINSKI
- Slawomir MAJAK
- Piotr SWIERCZEWSKI (+61')(-61')
- Tomasz IWAN
- Tomasz JWAN
- Andrzej JUSKOWIAK (+83')(-83')
- Jerzy BRZECZEK
- Radoslav GILEWICZ (+73')(-73')
Line-up
- Grzegorz SZAMOTULSKI
- Sylvester CZERYSZEWSKI
- Krzysztof BUKALSKI (+62')
- Adam LEDWON
- Jacek ZIELINSKI (+81')
- Dariusz GESIOR (+90')
- Cezary KUCHARSKI
Substitute(s)
- Tomasz JWAN (POL) 5'
- , Nugzar LOBJANIDZE (GEO) 8'
- , Jerzy BRZECZEK (POL) 30'
- , Georgi GAKHOKIDZE (GEO) 42'
- , Georgi NEMSADZE (GEO) 47'
- , Tomasz LAPINSKI (POL) 67'
Cautions
- Slawomir MAJAK (POL) 62',
- Michael KAVELASHVILI (GEO) 76'
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Lubos MICHEL (SVK) | |
| 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 |