1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries
First stage
Russia - Bulgaria
4:2 (2:0)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 20 | 11 October 1997 | Moscow / Luzhniki | 01:00 | 19000 |
- Dmitry ALENICHEV (RUS) 14',
- Igor KOLYVANOV (RUS) 41',
- Sergei YURAN (RUS) 52',
- Dmitry ALENICHEV (RUS) 57',
- Ilian GRUEV (BUL) 68',
- Emil KOSTADINOV (BUL) 78'
Goals scored
Russia
- Sergei OVCHINIKOV
- Dmitri POPOV
- Igor CHUGAINOV
- Akhrik TSVEIBA
- Igor YANOVSKI
- Andrei TIKHONOV
- Viktor ONOPKO
- Dmitry ALENICHEV (-81')
- Sergei YURAN (-67')
- Igor KOLYVANOV
- Igor SIMUTENKOV (-45')
Line-up
- Stanislav CHERCHESOV
- Maksim BOSKOV
- Aleksei KOSOLAPOV
- Vladislav RADIMOV
- Oleg VERETENIKOV (+67')
- Denis KLIUEV
- Vladimir BESCHASTNYKH
Substitute(s)
Bulgaria
- Zdravko ZDRAVKOV
- Radostin KISHISHEV
- Trifon IVANOV
- Milen PETKOV
- Gosho GINCHEV
- Zlatko YANKOV
- Adalbert ZAFIROV
- Hristo STOICHKOV (+55')(-55')
- Luboslav PENEV
- Ilian ILIEV (+67')(-67')
- Iordan LECHKOV (+55')(-55')
Line-up
- Dimitar POPOV
- Georgi ANTONOV
- Emil KOSTADINOV
- Ilian GRUEV
- Georgi BACHEV (+81')
- Daniel BORIMIROV (+45')
- Krassimir BALAKOV
Substitute(s)
Coach
Hristo BONEV (BUL)- Dmitry ALENICHEV (RUS) 24'
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Pierluigi PAIRETTO (ITA) | |
| 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 |
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