1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries
First stage
Albania - Northern Ireland
1:0 (0:0)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 26 | 10 September 1997 | Zurich / Hardturm | 01:00 | 2650 |
- Altin HAXHI (ALB) 69'
Goals scored
Albania
- Foto STRAKOSHA
- Afrim TOLE
- Ilir SHULKU
- Arian XHUMBA
- Rudi VATA
- Ervin FAKAJ
- Arian PECO (-66')
- Altin HAXHI (-84')
- Bledar KOLA
- Alban BUSHAJ (-90')
- Igli TARE
Line-up
- Blendi NALLBANI
- Indrit FORTUZI
- Alpin GALLO
- Demir Lulzim HUSHI
- Ardjan MEMA (+90')
- Sokol PRENGA
- Mahir HALILI (+66')
Substitute(s)
Northern Ireland
- Tommy WRIGHT
- Daniel GRIFFIN
- Keith ROWLAND (+45')(-45')
- Colin HILL
- Patrick McGIBBON
- Stephen LOMAS
- Keith GILLESPIE
- Neil LENNON (+84')(-84')
- Ian DOWIE
- James QUINN (+78')(-78')
- Kevin HORLOCK
Line-up
- Aidan DAVISON
- Philip MULRYNE
- Danny SONNER (+84')
- Ian JENKINS
- Peter KENNEDY
- Aaron HUGHES
- Gerard McMAHON
Substitute(s)
- James QUINN (NIR) 23'
- , Patrick McGIBBON (NIR) 28'
- , Arian PECO (ALB) 31'
- , Keith GILLESPIE (NIR) 72'
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Roger PHILIPPI (LUX) | |
| 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 |