UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 8

Standings and results for Group 8 of the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying tournament.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FR Yugoslavia	8	5	2	1	18	8	+10	17	Qualify for final tournament		—	1–0	0–0	3–1	4–1
2	Republic of Ireland	8	5	1	2	14	6	+8	16	Advance to play-offs		2–1	—	2–0	1–0	5–0
3	Croatia	8	4	3	1	13	9	+4	15			2–2	1–0	—	3–2	2–1
4	FYR Macedonia	8	2	2	4	13	14	−1	8			2–4	1–1	1–1	—	4–0
5	Malta	8	0	0	8	6	27	−21	0			0–3	2–3	1–4	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Republic of Ireland	2–0	Croatia
Irwin 4' (pen.) Roy Keane 16'	Report

5 September 1998

15:00 UTC+1

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 34,000

Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

FYR Macedonia	4–0	Malta
Božinov 20', 47' Šakiri 70', 76'	Report

6 September 1998

20:00 UTC+2

Gradski stadion, Skopje

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

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Malta	1–4	Croatia
Suda 29' (pen.)	Report	Šimić 54' Vugrinec 67', 74' Šuker 82'

10 October 1998

18:00 UTC+2

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 5,170

Referee: Bohdan Benedik (Slovakia)

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Croatia	3–2	FYR Macedonia
Šuker 16' Boban 45', 70'	Report	Ćirić 2' Šainovski 55'

14 October 1998

19:15 UTC+2

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 8,541

Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

Republic of Ireland	5–0	Malta
Robbie Keane 17', 19' Roy Keane 54' Quinn 62' Breen 82'	Report

14 October 1998

19:30 UTC+2

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 34,500

Referee: Roy Helge Olsen (Norway)

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Malta	1–2	FYR Macedonia
Sixsmith 69'	Report	Nikolovski 49' Zaharievski 63'

18 November 1998

20:00 UTC+1

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 4,671

Referee: Sergei Shmolik (Belarus)

FR Yugoslavia	1–0	Republic of Ireland
Mijatović 64'	Report

18 November 1998

20:00 UTC+1

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 28,250

Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

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Malta	0–3	FR Yugoslavia
	Report	Nađ 22', 55' Milošević 90+1'

10 February 1999

15:00 UTC+1

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 5,167

Referee: Pascal Garibian (France)

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FYR Macedonia	1–1	Croatia
Hristov 80'	Report	Šuker 20'

5 June 1999

18:00 UTC+2

Gradski stadion, Skopje

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

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FR Yugoslavia	4–1	Malta
Mijatović 34' Milošević 48', 90' Kovačević 74'	Report	Saliba 6'

8 June 1999

20:15 UTC+2

Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Morgan Norman (Sweden)

Republic of Ireland	1–0	FYR Macedonia
Quinn 60'	Report

9 June 1999

19:30 UTC+1

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 28,108

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

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FR Yugoslavia	0–0	Croatia
	Report

18 August 1999^{[note 2]}

20:30 UTC+2

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 48,282

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

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Croatia	2–1	Malta
Stanić 34' Soldo 55'	Report	Carabott 60'

21 August 1999

20:30 UTC+2

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 19,205

Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

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Republic of Ireland	2–1	FR Yugoslavia
Robbie Keane 54' Kennedy 69'	Report	Stanković 60'

1 September 1999

19:30 UTC+1

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 31,400

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

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Croatia	1–0	Republic of Ireland
Šuker 90+1'	Report

4 September 1999

20:30 UTC+2

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 21,032

Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

FR Yugoslavia	3–1	FYR Macedonia
Stojković 37', 54' Savićević 77'	Report	Ćirić 64' (pen.)

5 September 1999^{[note 3]}

20:15 UTC+2

Partizan Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 20,320

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

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FYR Macedonia	2–4	FR Yugoslavia
Šakiri 60' Ćirić 90'	Report	Milošević 1' Babunski 4' (o.g.) Stanković 14' Drulović 38'

8 September 1999

16:30 UTC+2

Gradski stadion, Skopje

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Malta	2–3	Republic of Ireland
Said 61' Carabott 68' (pen.)	Report	Keane 13' Breen 20' Staunton 72'

8 September 1999

18:30 UTC+2

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 8,122

Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)

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Croatia	2–2	FR Yugoslavia
Bokšić 20' Stanić 47'	Report	Mijatović 26' Stanković 31'

9 October 1999

19:30 UTC+2

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 38,743

Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

FYR Macedonia	1–1	Republic of Ireland
Stavrevski 90'	Report	Quinn 18'

9 October 1999^{[note 4]}

19:30 UTC+2

Gradski stadion, Skopje

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Juan Fernández Marín (Spain)

Goalscorers

There were 64 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.2 goals per match.

4 goals

• Davor Šuker
• Savo Milošević
• Robbie Keane

3 goals

• Predrag Mijatović
• Dejan Stanković
• Saša Ćirić
• Artim Šakiri
• Niall Quinn

2 goals

• Zvonimir Boban
• Mario Stanić
• Davor Vugrinec
• Albert Nađ
• Dragan Stojković
• Risto Božinov
• David Carabott
• Gary Breen
• Roy Keane

1 goal

• Alen Bokšić
• Dario Šimić
• Zvonimir Soldo
• Ljubinko Drulović
• Darko Kovačević
• Dejan Savićević
• Gjorgji Hristov
• Igor Nikolovski
• Dževdet Šainovski
• Goran Stavrevski
• Srgjan Zaharievski
• Brian Said
• Nicky Saliba
• Paul Sixsmith
• Hubert Suda
• Denis Irwin
• Mark Kennedy
• Steve Staunton

1 own goal

• Boban Babunski (against FR Yugoslavia)

Notes

1. Played at neutral ground due to the Kosovo War.
2. Originally to be played in 27 March 1999, postponed because of the disruption caused to travel from the Balkan region by the Nato air strikes on Serbia.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}
3. Originally to be played on 31 March 1999, postponed because of the disruption caused to travel from the Balkan region by the Nato air strikes on Serbia.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}
4. Originally to be played on 27 March 1999, postponed because of the disruption caused to travel from the Balkan region by the Nato air strikes on Serbia.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}