1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries
First stage
Romania - FYR Macedonia
4:2 (2:0)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 22 | 20 August 1997 | Bucharest / Ghencea Stadium | 01:00 | 12000 |
- Viorel MOLDOVAN (ROU) 36',
- Constantin GALCA (ROU) 40',
- Miroslav DJOKIC (MKD) 58',
- Viorel MOLDOVAN (ROU) 62',
- Ilie DUMITRESCU (ROU) 66',
- Miroslav DJOKIC (MKD) 90'
Goals scored
Romania
- Dan PETRESCU
- Daniel PRODAN (+74')(-74')
- Anton DOBOS
- Constantin GALCA (-82')
- Gheorghe POPESCU
- Tibor SELYMES
- Dennis SERBAN
- Viorel MOLDOVAN (+77')(-77')
- Adrian ILIE
- Ilie DUMITRESCU
- Bogdan STELEA
Line-up
- Dumitru STANGACIU
- Gabriel POPESCU (+82')
- Laurentius REGHECAMPF
- Gheorghe CRAIOVEANU
- Liviu CIOBOTARIU
- Marius BACIU
- Sabin ILIE
Substitute(s)
FYR Macedonia
- Sascha ILIC
- Risto MILOSAVOV
- Goce SEDLOSKI
- Ljupco MARKOVSKI
- Igor NIKOLOVSKI
- Ljubodrag MILOSEVIC
- Srdjan ZAHARIEVSKI (+68')(-68')
- Dzevdat SAINOVSKI (+45')(-45')
- Georgi HRISTOV
- Viktor TRENEVSKI (+68')(-68')
- Artim SAKIRI
Line-up
- Nedzmedin MEMEDI
- Husein BEGANOVIC
- Saso MILOSEVSKI
- Goran LAZAREVSKI
- Miroslav DJOKIC
- Vlatko GOSEV
- Danco CELESKI
Substitute(s)
- Ilie DUMITRESCU (ROU) 6'
- , Daniel PRODAN (ROU) 19'
- , Sascha ILIC (MKD) 29'
- , Georgi HRISTOV (MKD) 30'
- , Dzevdat SAINOVSKI (MKD) 41'
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Metin TOKAT (TUR) | |
| 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 |