UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Group 7

Standings and results for Group 7 of the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying tournament.

A 1994 postage stamp from Moldova depicting Group 7 of the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying process.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	10	8	1	1	27	10	+17	25	Qualify for final tournament		—	3–1	4–1	6–1	1–1	2–1
2	Bulgaria	10	7	1	2	24	10	+14	22			3–2	—	2–0	4–1	3–1	3–0
3	Georgia	10	5	0	5	14	13	+1	15			0–2	2–1	—	0–1	5–0	2–0
4	Moldova	10	3	0	7	11	27	−16	9			0–3	0–3	3–2	—	3–2	2–3
5	Wales	10	2	2	6	9	19	−10	8[a]			1–2	0–3	0–1	1–0	—	2–0
6	Albania	10	2	2	6	10	16	−6	8[a]			1–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Wales 4, Albania 1.

Results

Georgia	0–1	Moldova
	Report	Oprea 40'

7 September 1994

18:30 UTC+4

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 62,000

Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

Wales	2–0	Albania
Coleman 9' Giggs 67'	Report

7 September 1994

19:30 UTC+1

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 15,791

Referee: Gianni Beschin (Italy)

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Moldova	3–2	Wales
Belous 8' Secu 28' Pogorelov 76'	Report	Speed 5' Blake 67'

12 October 1994

19:00 UTC+2

Stadionul Republican, Chişinău

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: István Vad Sr. (Hungary)

Bulgaria	2–0	Georgia
Kostadinov 58', 63'	Report

12 October 1994

19:00 UTC+2

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Ladislav Gadoši (Slovakia)

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Albania	1–2	Germany
Zmijani 32'	Report	Klinsmann 18' Kirsten 46'

16 November 1994

14:00 UTC+1

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 18,500

Referee: Vasiliy Melnichuk (Ukraine)

Bulgaria	4–1	Moldova
Stoichkov 43', 85' Balakov 63' Kostadinov 87'	Report	Cleșcenco 61'

16 November 1994

18:00 UTC+2

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 36,048

Referee: Denis McArdle (Ireland)

Georgia	5–0	Wales
Ketsbaia 31', 49' Kinkladze 41' Gogrichiani 59' Arveladze 67'	Report

16 November 1994

14:00 UTC+4

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Alain Sars (France)

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Moldova	0–3	Germany
	Report	Kirsten 7' Klinsmann 38' Matthäus 72'

14 December 1994

19:00 UTC+2

Stadionul Republican, Chişinău

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Jef van Vliet (Netherlands)

Wales	0–3	Bulgaria
	Report	Ivanov 5' Kostadinov 16' Stoichkov 51'

14 December 1994

19:30 UTC

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 23,206

Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Albania	0–1	Georgia
	Report[dead link]	Arveladze 19'

14 December 1994

14:00 UTC+1

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 9,700

Referee: László Molnár (Hungary)

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Germany	2–1	Albania
Matthäus 8' Klinsmann 17'	Report	Rraklli 58'

18 December 1994

15:30 UTC+1

Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern

Attendance: 20,310

Referee: Svend Erik Christensen (Denmark)

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Georgia	0–2	Germany
	Report	Klinsmann 24', 45'

29 March 1995

21:00 UTC+5

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Martin Bodenham (England)

Bulgaria	3–1	Wales
Balakov 37' Penev 70', 82'	Report	Saunders 83'

29 March 1995

19:00 UTC+3

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)

Albania	3–0	Moldova
Kushta 31', 80' Kaçaj 41'	Report

29 March 1995

15:30 UTC+2

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

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Georgia	2–0	Albania
S.Arveladze 3' Ketsbaia 42'	Report

26 April 1995

18:00 UTC+5

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Roelof Luinge (Netherlands)

Moldova	0–3	Bulgaria
	Report	Balakov 30' Stoichkov 57', 67'

26 April 1995

18:00 UTC+3

Stadionul Republican, Chişinău

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Jiří Ulrich (Czech Republic)

Germany	1–1	Wales
Herrlich 42'	Report	Saunders 8'

26 April 1995

19:45 UTC+2

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 43,461

Referee: José Encinar (Spain)

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Bulgaria	3–2	Germany
Stoichkov 45' (pen.), 66' (pen.) Kostadinov 69'	Report	Klinsmann 18' Strunz 44'

7 June 1995

20:30 UTC+3

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 44,208

Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

Wales	0–1	Georgia
	Report	Kinkladze 73'

7 June 1995

19:30 UTC+1

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 8,241

Referee: Ilkka Koho (Finland)

Moldova	2–3	Albania
Curteian 10' Cleșcenco 15'	Report	Kushta 8' Bellaj 25' Vata 71'

7 June 1995

19:00 UTC+3

Stadionul Republican, Chişinău

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Léon Schellings (Belgium)

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Albania	1–1	Bulgaria
Rraklli 16'	Report	Stoichkov 8'

6 September 1995

16:30 UTC+2

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 6,050

Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)

Germany	4–1	Georgia
Möller 39' Ziege 57' Kirsten 62' Babbel 72'	Report	Ketsbaia 28'

6 September 1995

19:45 UTC+2

Frankenstadion, Nuremberg

Attendance: 40,750

Referee: Jim McCluskey (Scotland)

Wales	1–0	Moldova
Speed 55'	Report

6 September 1995

19:30 UTC+1

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 6,721

Referee: Gylfi Thór Orrason (Iceland)

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Bulgaria	3–0	Albania
Letchkov 15' Kostadinov 80', 82'	Report

7 October 1995

18:00 UTC+2

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Juha Hirviniemi (Finland)

Germany	6–1	Moldova
Stroenco 16' (o.g.) Helmer 18' Sammer 24', 72' Möller 47', 61'	Report	Rebeja 82'

8 October 1995

18:00 UTC+1

Ulrich Haberland Stadion, Leverkusen

Attendance: 18,400

Referee: Zygmunt Ziober (Poland)

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Georgia	2–1	Bulgaria
Arveladze 1' Kinkladze 47' (pen.)	Report	Stoichkov 87'

11 October 1995

18:00 UTC+4

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Wales	1–2	Germany
Symons 79'	Report	Melville 75' (o.g.) Klinsmann 81'

11 October 1995

20:30 UTC+1

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)

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Germany	3–1	Bulgaria
Klinsmann 50', 75' (pen.) Häßler 56'	Report	Stoichkov 47'

15 November 1995

19:45 UTC+1

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 75,841

Referee: Vassilios Nikakis (Greece)

Albania	1–1	Wales
Kushta 5' (pen.)	Report	Pembridge 43'

15 November 1995

14:00 UTC+1

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 2,100

Referee: David Suheil (Israel)

Moldova	3–2	Georgia
Testemițanu 5' (pen.) Miterev 17', 68'	Report	D. Janashia 66' Culibaba 77' (o.g.)

15 November 1995

18:00 UTC+2

Stadionul Republican, Chișinău

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

Goalscorers

There were 95 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.

10 goals

• Hristo Stoichkov

9 goals

• Jürgen Klinsmann

7 goals

• Emil Kostadinov

4 goals

• Sokol Kushta
• Shota Arveladze
• Temur Ketsbaia

3 goals

• Krasimir Balakov
• Georgi Kinkladze
• Ulf Kirsten
• Andreas Möller

2 goals

• Altin Rraklli
• Lyuboslav Penev
• Lothar Matthäus
• Matthias Sammer
• Serghei Cleșcenco
• Iurie Miterev
• Dean Saunders
• Gary Speed

1 goal

• Arjan Bellaj
• Salvador Kaçaj
• Rudi Vata
• Hysen Zmijani
• Trifon Ivanov
• Yordan Letchkov
• Gocha Gogrichiani
• Zaza Janashia
• Markus Babbel
• Thomas Häßler
• Thomas Helmer
• Heiko Herrlich
• Thomas Strunz
• Christian Ziege
• Serghei Belous
• Alexandru Curteian
• Igor Oprea
• Valeriu Pogorelov
• Radu Rebeja
• Serghei Secu
• Ion Testemițanu
• Nathan Blake
• Chris Coleman
• Ryan Giggs
• Mark Pembridge
• Kit Symons

1 own goal

• Vitali Culibaba (against Georgia)
• Serghei Stroenco (against Germany)
• Andy Melville (against Germany)