1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

Group 6 consisted of six of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:^[a] Czech Republic, Faroe Islands, Malta, Slovakia, Spain, and Yugoslavia. These six 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	Spain	10	8	2	0	26	6	+20	26	Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup		—	2–0	1–0	4–1	3–1	4–0
2	FR Yugoslavia	10	7	2	1	29	7	+22	23	Advance to second round		1–1	—	1–0	2–0	3–1	6–0
3	Czech Republic	10	5	1	4	16	6	+10	16			0–0	1–2	—	3–0	2–0	6–0
4	Slovakia	10	5	1	4	18	14	+4	16			1–2	1–1	2–1	—	3–0	6–0
5	Faroe Islands	10	2	0	8	10	31	−21	6			2–6	1–8	0–2	1–2	—	2–1
6	Malta	10	0	0	10	2	37	−35	0			0–3	0–5	0–1	0–2	1–2	—

Source: ^[1]

Matches

24 April 1996

19:00 UTC+2

FR Yugoslavia	3–1	Faroe Islands
Savićević 3', 29' Milošević 37'	Report	J. Petersen 53'

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 16,325

Referee: Roland Beck (Liechtenstein)

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2 June 1996

20:00 UTC+2

FR Yugoslavia	6–0	Malta
Mirković 2' Mijatović 39' D. Stojković 45+1' Milošević 68' Savićević 70' (pen.), 73'	Report

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 11,617

Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Germany)

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31 August 1996

15:00 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	1–2	Slovakia
Müller 60'	Report	Moravčik 13' Dubovský 88'

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 1,445

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

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4 September 1996

17:45 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	2–6	Spain
T. Jónsson 46' Arge 90'	Report	Luis Enrique 37' Alfonso 63', 83', 86' Johannesen 70' (o.g.) Hierro 85'

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 4,200

Referee: Philippe Leduc (France)

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18 September 1996

16:30 UTC+2

Czech Republic	6–0	Malta
Berger 11', 63' (pen.) Nedvěd 29' Kubík 77' Šmicer 83' Frýdek 86'	Report

Na Stínadlech, Teplice

Attendance: 15,099

Referee: Mateo Beušan (Croatia)

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22 September 1996

18:00 UTC+2

Slovakia	6–0	Malta
Tittel 13', 90' Šimon 15' Zeman 37' Timko 56' Dubovský 59'	Report

Tehelne pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 2,236

Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Greece)

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6 October 1996

15:00 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	1–8	FR Yugoslavia
Müller 28'	Report	Milošević 6', 37', 45' Jokanović 11', 57' Mijatović 29' Jugović 57' D. Stojković 90' (pen.)

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 1,017

Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)

9 October 1996

20:15 UTC+2

Czech Republic	0–0	Spain
	Report

Sparta, Prague

Attendance: 19,223

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

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23 October 1996

18:00 UTC+2

Slovakia	3–0	Faroe Islands
Dubovský 20' Jančula 44' Šimon 57' (pen.)	Report

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 5,442

Referee: Salem Prolic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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10 November 1996

18:00 UTC+1

FR Yugoslavia	1–0	Czech Republic
Mijatović 18'	Report

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 46,577

Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

13 November 1996

20:30 UTC+1

Spain	4–1	Slovakia
Pizzi 31' Amor 47' Luis Enrique 51' Hierro 62'	Report	Tittel 39'

Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, Santa Cruz

Attendance: 13,500

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

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14 December 1996

21:30 UTC+1

Spain	2–0	FR Yugoslavia
Guardiola 19' Raúl 37'	Report

Estadio Mestalla, Valencia

Attendance: 37,000

Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

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18 December 1996

19:00 UTC+1

Malta	0–3	Spain
	Report	Guerrero 8', 26', 33'

National Stadium, Ta'Qali

Attendance: 3,200

Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

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12 February 1997

21:30 UTC+1

Spain	4–0	Malta
Guardiola 25' Alfonso 40', 47' Pizzi 89'	Report

Estadio José Rico Pérez, Alicante

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Stephen Lodge (England)

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31 March 1997

16:00 UTC+2

Malta	0–2	Slovakia
	Report	Jančula 38' Tittel 90'

National Stadium, Ta'Qali

Attendance: 4,202

Referee: Marek Kowalczyk (Poland)

2 April 1997

20:15 UTC+2

Czech Republic	1–2	FR Yugoslavia
Bejbl 75'	Report	Mijatović 28' Milošević 90+1'

Sparta, Prague

Attendance: 17,137

Referee: Marc Batta (France)

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30 April 1997

18:15 UTC+2

FR Yugoslavia	1–1	Spain
Mijatović 87' (pen.)	Report	Hierro 19' (pen.)

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 49,253

Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

30 April 1997

20:00 UTC+2

Malta	1–2	Faroe Islands
Sultana 8'	Report	Ø. Hansen 60' T. Jónsson 89'

National Stadium, Ta'Qali

Attendance: 8,188

Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)

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8 June 1997

20:15 UTC+2

Spain	1–0	Czech Republic
Hierro 41' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Nuevo José Zorrilla, Valladolid

Attendance: 24,544

Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

8 June 1997

20:00 UTC+2

FR Yugoslavia	2–0	Slovakia
Savićević 17' Mijatović 75'	Report

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 22,044

Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

8 June 1997

15:00 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	2–1	Malta
Arge 7' T. Jónsson 42'	Report	G. Agius 48'

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 6,400

Referee: Richard O'Hanlon (Republic of Ireland)

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20 August 1997

16:30 UTC+2

Czech Republic	2–0	Faroe Islands
Kuka 15' Kozel 26'	Report

Na Stínadlech, Teplice

Attendance: 8,322

Referee: Algirdas Dubinskas (Lithuania)

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24 August 1997

20:15 UTC+2

Slovakia	2–1	Czech Republic
Jančula 45' Majoroš 55'	Report	Šmicer 15'

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 22,500

Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)

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6 September 1997

15:00 UTC+1

Faroe Islands	0–2	Czech Republic
	Report	Šmicer 16' Kuka 33'

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 2,700

Referee: Bernard Saules (France)

10 September 1997

20:15 UTC+2

Slovakia	1–1	FR Yugoslavia
Majoroš 65'	Report	Mihajlović 80'

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 22,500

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

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24 September 1997

20:15 UTC+2

Slovakia	1–2	Spain
Majoroš 75'	Report	Kiko 47' Amor 76'

Tehelne pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 13,667

Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

24 September 1997

19:30 UTC+2

Malta	0–1	Czech Republic
	Report	Bejbl 32'

National Stadium, Ta'Qali

Attendance: 1,622

Referee: Armand Ancion (Belgium)

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11 October 1997

20:00 UTC+2

Spain	3–1	Faroe Islands
Luis Enrique 18', 82' Oli 28'	Report	J. K. Hansen 45'

El Molinón, Gijón

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

11 October 1997

18:00 UTC+2

Malta	0–5	FR Yugoslavia
	Report	Milošević 8' Mihajlović 24' Savićević 44' Mijatović 55' Jugović 76'

National Stadium, Ta'Qali

Attendance: 1,107

Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)

11 October 1997

20:00 UTC+2

Czech Republic	3–0	Slovakia
Šmicer 54' Siegl 70' Novotný 73'	Report

Sparta, Prague

Attendance: 5,428

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Goalscorers

There were 101 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.37 goals per match.

7 goals

• Predrag Mijatović
• Savo Milošević

6 goals

• Dejan Savićević

5 goals

• Alfonso Pérez

4 goals

• Vladimír Šmicer
• Dušan Tittel
• Luis Enrique
• Fernando Hierro

3 goals

• Todi Jónsson
• Peter Dubovský
• Tibor Jančula
• Jozef Majoroš
• Julen Guerrero

2 goals

• Radek Bejbl
• Pavel Kuka
• Patrik Berger
• Uni Arge
• Jan Allan Müller
• Július Šimon
• Guillermo Amor
• Pep Guardiola
• Juan Antonio Pizzi
• Slaviša Jokanović
• Vladimir Jugović
• Siniša Mihajlović
• Dragan Stojković

1 goal

• Martin Frýdek
• Luboš Kozel
• Luboš Kubík
• Pavel Nedvěd
• Jiří Novotný
• Horst Siegl
• Jens Kristian Hansen
• Øssur Hansen
• John Petersen
• Gilbert Agius
• Stefan Sultana
• Ľubomír Moravčík
• Jaroslav Timko
• Marian Zeman
• Kiko
• Oli
• Raúl
• Zoran Mirković

1 own goal

• Óli Johannesen (against Spain)

Notes

1. Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.