1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries
First stage
Bulgaria - Israel
1:0 (0:0)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 16 | 20 August 1997 | Sofia / Vasilij Levski | 01:00 | 32000 |
- Luboslav PENEV (BUL) 71'
Goals scored
Bulgaria
- Zdravko ZDRAVKOV
- Radostin KISHISHEV
- Trifon IVANOV
- Ivaylo PETKOV (-45')
- Ivaylo YORDANOV
- Zlatko YANKOV
- Emil KOSTADINOV (+72')(-72')
- Hristo STOICHKOV
- Daniel BORIMIROV (+59')(-59')
- Krassimir BALAKOV
- Anatoli NANKOV
Line-up
- Dimitar POPOV
- Gosho GINCHEV
- Iordan LECHKOV
- Luboslav PENEV (+45')
- Georgi DONKOV
- Milen PETKOV
- Ilian GRUEV
Substitute(s)
Israel
- Refael COHEN
- Felix HALFON (+73')(-73')
- David AMSALEM
- Alon HAZAN
- Amir SHELAH
- Ran BEN SIMON
- Tal BANIN
- Haim REVIVO
- Avi NIMNI
- Arik BENADO
- Eliahu OHANA (+73')(-73')
Line-up
- Ronen HARAZI
- Josef ABUKSIS
- Moshe GLAM
- Alon HARAZI
- Alon MIZRAHI
- Golan MELUL
- Valeed BADEER
Substitute(s)
- Arik BENADO (ISR) 5'
- , Daniel BORIMIROV (BUL) 17'
- , Zlatko YANKOV (BUL) 26'
- , Haim REVIVO (ISR) 59'
- , Avi NIMNI (ISR) 63'
Cautions
- Anatoli NANKOV (BUL) 71',
- Alon HAZAN (ISR) 89'
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Sandor PILLER (HUN) | |
| 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 |