Group 5 consisted of five of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Bulgaria, Cyprus, Israel, Luxembourg, and Russia. These five 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  Bulgaria 8 6 0 2 18 9 +9 18 Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup — 1–0 1–0 4–1 4–0
2  Russia 8 5 2 1 19 5 +14 17 Advance to second round 4–2 — 2–0 4–0 3–0
3  Israel 8 4 1 3 9 7 +2 13 2–1 1–1 — 2–0 1–0
4  Cyprus 8 3 1 4 10 15 −5 10 1–3 1–1 2–0 — 2–0
5  Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 2 22 −20 0 1–2 0–4 0–3 1–3 —
Source:

Results

Israel 2–1 Bulgaria
Harazi 34'
Banin 62' (pen.)		 Report Balakov 3' (pen.)
Attendance: 13,200
Russia 4–0 Cyprus
Nikiforov 8', 50'
Kolyvanov 34'
Beschastnykh 81'		 Report
Attendance: 8,500
Luxembourg 1–2 Bulgaria
Langers 20' Report Balakov 14' (pen.)
Kostadinov 37'
Attendance: 3,775
Referee: Yevi Kollari (Albania)
Israel 1–1 Russia
Brumer 65' Report Kolyvanov 82'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Luxembourg 0–4 Russia
Report Tikhonov 34'
Kanchelskis 38'
Beschastnykh 50'
Karpin 77'
Attendance: 5,660
Referee: Juha Hirviniemi (Finland)
Cyprus 2–0 Israel
Gogić 9', 15' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Gheorghe Constantin (Romania)
Cyprus 1–3 Bulgaria
Pittas 29' Report Kostadinov 23'
Balakov 34'
Iliev 70'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland)
Israel 1–0 Luxembourg
Ohana 39' Report
Attendance: 24,400
Referee: John Ashman (Wales)
Cyprus 1–1 Russia
Gogić 31' Report Simutenkov 32'
Attendance: 3,199
Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)
Luxembourg 0–3 Israel
Report Zohar 11', 79'
Banin 56' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,607
Bulgaria 4–1 Cyprus
Borimirov 2'
Kostadinov 35', 45'
Yordanov 66'		 Report Okkas 62'
Attendance: 33,000
Russia 3–0 Luxembourg
Kechinov 20'
Grishin 55'
Simutenkov 58'		 Report
Attendance: 9,200
Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland)
Israel 2–0 Cyprus
Ohana 3', 72' Report
Attendance: 32,000
Bulgaria 4–0 Luxembourg
Stoichkov 43' (pen.)
Kostadinov 47'
Balakov 50' (pen.)
Lechkov 81'		 Report
Attendance: 19,000
Russia 2–0 Israel
Radimov 8'
Kosolapov 38'		 Report
Attendance: 22,000
Bulgaria 1–0 Israel
Penev 65' Report
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)
Luxembourg 1–3 Cyprus
Amodio 14' Report Papavasiliou 6'
Ioannou 55', 79'
Attendance: 3,022
Referee: Gylfi Thor Orrason (Iceland)
Bulgaria 1–0 Russia
Ivanov 55' Report
Attendance: 55,000
Russia 4–2 Bulgaria
Alenichev 13', 57'
Kolyvanov 41'
Yuran 52'		 Report Gruev 68'
Kostadinov 78'
Attendance: 19,000
Cyprus 2–0 Luxembourg
Papavasiliou 79'
Spoljaric 85'		 Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Bujar Pregja (Albania)

Notes

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