1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9

Group 9 consisted of six of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Albania, Armenia, Germany, Northern Ireland, Portugal, and Ukraine. 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
Legend
Group winners and one best runner-up among all groups directly qualified for the finals
Remaining group runners-up advanced to the play-offs
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 10640239+1422
 Ukraine 10622106+420
 Portugal 10541124+819
 Armenia 10154817−98
 Northern Ireland 10145610−47
 Albania 10118720−134
 
Albania  – 1–1 2–3 1–0 0–3 0–1
Armenia  3–0 – 1–5 0–0 0–0 0–2
Germany  4–3 4–0 – 1–1 1–1 2–0
Northern Ireland  2–0 1–1 1–3 – 0–0 0–1
Portugal  2–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 – 1–0
Ukraine  1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 –

Results
Northern Ireland 0–1 Ukraine
Report Rebrov  79'
Attendance: 9,358
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
Armenia 0–0 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 6,015
Ukraine 2–1 Portugal
Popov  4'
Maksymov  88'		 Report João V. Pinto  83'
Olimpiysky, Kiev
Attendance: 51,385
Northern Ireland 1–1 Armenia
Lennon  29' Report Assadourian  8'
Attendance: 8,357
Referee: Krsto Danilovski (Macedonia)
Armenia 1–5 Germany
Mikaelyan  85' Report Häßler  20', 39'
Klinsmann  26'
Bobić  69'
Kuntz  81'
Attendance: 42,000
Albania 0–3 Portugal
Report Figo  10'
Hélder  75'
Rui Costa  88'
Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Oguz Sarvan (Turkey)
Germany 1–1 Northern Ireland
Möller  40' Report Taggart  38'
Attendance: 40,718
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
Portugal 1–0 Ukraine
Fernando Couto  58' Report
Attendance: 19,106
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
Albania 1–1 Armenia
Franholli  57' Report Ter-Petrosyan  90'
Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)
Portugal 0–0 Germany
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
Northern Ireland 2–0 Albania
Dowie  12', 21' Report
Attendance: 7,935
Albania 0–1 Ukraine
Report Rebrov  40'
Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada[2]
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: John McDermott (Republic of Ireland)
Northern Ireland 0–0 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 9,400
Albania 2–3 Germany
Kola  61', 90+2' (pen.) Report Kirsten  63', 80', 83'
Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada[2]
Attendance: 9,780
Ukraine 2–1 Northern Ireland
Kosovsky  3'
Shevchenko  70'		 Report Dowie  14' (pen.)
Olimpiyskiy, Kiev
Attendance: 85,000
Germany 2–0 Ukraine
Bierhoff  62'
Basler  71'		 Report
Attendance: 33,242
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Armenia 0–0 Northern Ireland
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Ukraine 1–1 Armenia
Shevchenko  6' Report Petrosyan  77'
Olimpiyskiy, Kiev
Attendance: 47,000
Ukraine 0–0 Germany
Report
Olimpyskiy, Kiev
Attendance: 63,000
Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)
Portugal 2–0 Albania
João V. Pinto  14'
Figo  70'		 Report
Estadio das Antas, Porto
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Northern Ireland 1–3 Germany
Hughes  59' Report Bierhoff  72', 77', 78'
Attendance: 12,037
Ukraine 1–0 Albania
Rebrov  86' Report
Olimpiyskiy, Kiev
Attendance: 38,000
Portugal 3–1 Armenia
Domingos  23'
Figo  31'
Pedro Barbosa  55'		 Report Assadourian  46'
Estadio do Bonfim, Setúbal
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Marcel Lica (Romania)
Germany 1–1 Portugal
Kirsten  80' Report Barbosa  70'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 75,841
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Armenia 3–0 Albania
Vardanyan  56'
Assadourian  81'
Avalyan  87' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Miroslav Radoman (Yugoslavia)
Germany 4–0 Armenia
Klinsmann  70', 84'
Häßler  85'
Kirsten  90+1'		 Report
Attendance: 43,000
Albania 1–0 Northern Ireland
Haxhi  65' Report
Attendance: 2,650
Referee: Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)
Germany 4–3 Albania
Helmer  64'
Bierhoff  78', 90'
Marschall  85'		 Report Kohler  55' (o.g.)
Tare  80'
Vata  87'
Attendance: 44,522
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
Armenia 0–2 Ukraine
Report Shevchenko  33'
Maksymov  54'
Attendance: 7,500
Portugal 1–0 Northern Ireland
Conceição  18' Report
Attendance: 31,847

Notes
  1. Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
  2. Played in neutral ground due to the 1997 rebellion in Albania.
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