1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries
First stage
Republic of Ireland - Romania
1:1 (0:0)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 29 | 11 October 1997 | Dublin / Aviva Stadium | 01:00 | 34500 |
- Gheorghe HAGI (ROU) 53',
- Tony CASCARINO (IRL) 83'
Goals scored
Republic of Ireland
- Alan KELLY JR.
- Jeff KENNA
- Terry PHELAN (-89')
- Lee CARSLEY
- Gary BREEN
- Phil BABB
- Jason McATEER
- Ray HOUGHTON
- Alan McLOUGHLIN (-62')
- Tony CASCARINO (+86')(-86')
- Mark KENNEDY
Line-up
- Liam O BRIEN
- Curtis FLEMING
- David KELLY (+62')
- Michael EVANS
- Shay GIVEN
- Stephen CARR
- Ian HARTE
Substitute(s)
Romania
- Dan PETRESCU
- Liviu CIOBOTARIU
- Anton DOBOS
- Constantin GALCA
- Gheorghe POPESCU
- Adrian ILIE (+77')(-77')
- Viorel MOLDOVAN (-62')
- Gheorghe HAGI (+83')(-83')
- Dorinel MUNTEANU
- Tibor SELYMES
- Bogdan STELEA
Line-up
- Dumitru STANGACIU
- Marius LACATUS (+89')
- Ilie DUMITRESCU (+62')
- Gabriel POPESCU
- Gheorghe CRAIOVEANU
- Iulian FILIPESCU
- Christian DULCA
Substitute(s)
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
| 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 |