1998 World Cup Qualifiers
- Appearances Made and Goals Scored
In Group 8 of the 1998
World Cup qualifiers the Irish team was drawn in a large group with
Romania, Lithuania, FYR Macedonia, Iceland and Liechtenstein. This was
the first qualification campaign for Mick
McCarthy as Republic
of Ireland manager. In a broadly disappointing campaign that included
0-0 draws at Lansdowne
Road (now Aviva Stadium)
with Lithuania and Iceland Ireland finished in the play-off position behind
group winners Romania.
McCarthy's Ireland team was drawn to play
Belgium in a two-legged play-off. The first leg in Dublin gave the Belgians
an away goal in 1-1 draw. In the second leg Ray
Houghton scored for Ireland to level the scores in the match and the
tie overall. Unfortunately for Ireland eleven minutes later Luc Nils scored
the winning goal for Belgium sending the continentals through to the World
Cup finals in 1998 in neighbouring France.
Irish Player Appearances in World Cup
1998 Qualifiers
Mick McCarthy used 31 different Irish players
in twelve matches during qualifiers. The following players appeared for
the Republic of Ireland during the 1998 World Cup qualification campaign
matches.
Irish Goal Scorers During World Cup 1998
Qualifiers
The following players scored goals for
the Republic of Ireland during the 1998 World Cup qualification campaign
matches.
| Player
|
Goals
Scored
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| Tony Cascarino |
7
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| David Connolly |
4
|
| Roy Keane |
2
|
| Niall Quinn |
2
|
| Ian Harte |
1
|
| Jason McAteer |
1
|
| David Kelly |
1
|
| Denis Irwin |
1
|
| Ray Houghton |
1
|
| Andy Townsend |
1
|
| Keith O'Neill |
1
|
| Alan McLoughlin |
1
|
| Finnbogason - Iceland
own goal |
1
|
Irish World Cup Qualifying
Group Results
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in Irish World Cup Qualifying Campaigns
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World
Cup 2014 Appearances
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Number of Appearances and Goals Scored
in Irish Euro Championship Finals Qualifying Campaigns
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