1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

Group 1 consisted of five teams entered into the European zone: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Denmark, Greece, and Slovenia. These five teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 15 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming those spots.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	8	5	2	1	14	6	+8	17	Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup		—	3–1	2–1	2–0	4–0
2	Croatia	8	4	3	1	17	12	+5	15	Advance to second round		1–1	—	1–1	3–2	3–3
3	Greece	8	4	2	2	11	4	+7	14			0–0	0–1	—	3–0	2–0
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	3	0	5	9	14	−5	9			3–0	1–4	0–1	—	1–0
5	Slovenia	8	0	1	7	5	20	−15	1			0–2	1–3	0–3	1–2	—

Source: ^[1]

Matches

24 April 1996

20:00 UTC+3

Greece	2–0	Slovenia
Lima-Batista 55' Nikolaidis 65'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 5,053

Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

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1 September 1996

20:00 UTC+2

Slovenia	0–2	Denmark
	Report	A. Nielsen 78' Schjønberg 89'

Stadion za Bežigradom, Ljubljana

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

1 September 1996

17:30 UTC+3

Greece	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ouzounidis 41' Apostolakis 79' Nikolaidis 84'	Report

Kalamata Metropolitan Stadium, Kalamata

Attendance: 4,020

Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

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8 October 1996

20:00 UTC+2

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–4	Croatia
Salihamidžić 25'	Report	Bilić 13' Vlaović 32' Bokšić 64', 85'

Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna^[a]

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

9 October 1996

19:15 UTC+2

Denmark	2–1	Greece
Zagorakis 25' (o.g.) B. Laudrup 52'	Report	Donis 35'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 40,262

Referee: Paul Durkin (England)

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10 November 1996

20:15 UTC+1

Croatia	1–1	Greece
Šuker 44'	Report	Nikolaidis 9'

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

10 November 1996

15:00 UTC+1

Slovenia	1–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zahovič 41' (pen.)	Report	Bolić 5' Kodro 33'

Stadion za Bežigradom, Ljubljana

Attendance: 3,200

Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)

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29 March 1997

20:15 UTC+1

Croatia	1–1	Denmark
Šuker 49'	Report	B. Laudrup 82'

Poljud, Split

Attendance: 33,865

Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)

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2 April 1997

20:15 UTC+2

Croatia	3–3	Slovenia
Prosinečki 33' Boban 43', 60'	Report	Gliha 45', 65', 66'

Poljud, Split

Attendance: 15,365

Referee: Paul Durkin (England)

2 April 1997

15:30 UTC+2

Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–1	Greece
	Report	Frantzeskos 73'

Koševo Stadium, Sarajevo

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Alain Sars (France)

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30 April 1997

19:15 UTC+2

Denmark	4–0	Slovenia
A. Nielsen 3', 55' P. Pedersen 28' B. Laudrup 50'	Report

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 41,278

Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

30 April 1997

21:00 UTC+3

Greece	0–1	Croatia
	Report	Šuker 74'

Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 10,730

Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)

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8 June 1997

15:00 UTC+2

Denmark	2–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Rieper 67' Molnar 89'	Report

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 41,592

Referee: Karol Ihring (Slovakia)

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20 August 1997

20:30 UTC+2

Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	Denmark
Mujčin 19' Bolić 25', 35'	Report

Koševo Stadium, Sarajevo

Attendance: 36,500

Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

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6 September 1997

20:15 UTC+2

Croatia	3–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bilić 27' Marić 39' Boban 79'	Report	Ladić 17' (o.g.) Salihamidžić 55'

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 16,518

Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

6 September 1997

20:15 UTC+2

Slovenia	0–3	Greece
	Report	Alexandris 54' Konstantinidis 89' Machlas 90+1'

Stadion za Bežigradom, Ljubljana

Attendance: 4,689

Referee: Karol Ihring (Slovakia)

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10 September 1997

19:15 UTC+2

Denmark	3–1	Croatia
B. Laudrup 15' M. Laudrup 34' Molnar 40'	Report	Šuker 44'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 41,381

Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

10 September 1997

20:15 UTC+2

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	Slovenia
Bolić 22'	Report

Koševo Stadium, Sarajevo

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Taras Bezubiak (Russia)

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11 October 1997

21:00 UTC+3

Greece	0–0	Denmark
	Report

Olympic Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 64,272

Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

11 October 1997

20:00 UTC+2

Slovenia	1–3	Croatia
Zahovič 72'	Report	Šuker 11' Soldo 39' Bokšić 50'

Stadion za Bežigradom, Ljubljana

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Armand Ancion (Belgium)

Goalscorers

There were 56 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match.

5 goals

• Davor Šuker

4 goals

• Elvir Bolić
• Brian Laudrup

3 goals

• Zvonimir Boban
• Alen Bokšić
• Allan Nielsen
• Demis Nikolaidis
• Primož Gliha

2 goals

• Hasan Salihamidžić
• Slaven Bilić
• Miklos Molnar
• Zlatko Zahovič

1 goal

• Meho Kodro
• Edin Mujčin
• Silvio Marić
• Robert Prosinečki
• Zvonimir Soldo
• Goran Vlaović
• Michael Laudrup
• Per Pedersen
• Marc Rieper
• Michael Schjønberg
• Alekos Alexandris
• Stratos Apostolakis
• Giorgos Donis
• Kostas Frantzeskos
• Kostas Konstantinidis
• Daniel Batista Lima
• Nikos Machlas
• Marinos Ouzounidis

1 own goal

• Dražen Ladić (against Bosnia & Herzegovina)
• Theodoros Zagorakis (against Denmark)

Notes

1. Match played in Bologna due to the renovation of the Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium.