1996 MATCHES

EUROPE (March - April).

12/03/1996, Larnaka, Antonis Papadopoulos, 1500
Friendly International
CYPRUS              1 (Marios Agathocleous 46')
LATVIA              0
Cyprus:             Nicos Panayiotou (Andreas Mavris 46'), Georghios Theodotou, Pambos Pittas,
                    Demetris Ioannou (Marios Pashialis 60'), Georghios Christodoulou 
                    (Costas Constantinou 46'), Neofytos Larkou, Charis Nicolaou 
                    (Marios Agathocleous 46'), Antonis Zembashis, Costas Malekos, 
                    Nikodemos Papavasiliou (Demetris Assiotis 60'), Kokos Elia.
Latvia:             Eriks Grigjans, Igors Troickis, Vitalijs Astafjevs, Mihails Zemlinskis,
                    Jurijs Sevlakovs (Arturs Zakresevskis 46'), Imants Bleidelis 
                    (Rihards Butkus 66' (Jurijs Karasausks 82')), Marians Pahars, 
                    Olegs Blagonadezdins, Vits Rimkus, Andrejs Stolcers, Igors N. Stepanovs.
Referee:            Yiannakis Kiprianidis (Cyprus).
Coaches:            Cyprus: Andreas Michaelides.
                    Latvia: 

13/03/1996, Luxembourg, Stade Josy Barthel, 1937
Friendly International
LUXEMBOURG          1 (Manuel Cardoni 8')
SWITZERLAND         1 (Ramon Vega 75')
Luxembourg:         Paul Koch, Carlo Weis, Jean-Pierre Vanek, Jeff Strasser, 
                    Claude Ganser (Daniel Theis 41'), Marc Birsens, Marc Lamborelle, 
                    Joël Groff, Jeff Saibene, Manuel Cardoni, Robert Langers 
                    (Stefano Fanelli 88').
Switzerland:        Marco Pascolo, Marc Hottiger, Dominique Herr (Ramon Vega 61'),
                    Stéphane Henchoz, Yvan Quentin, Christophe Ohrel (Marcel Koller 69'), 
                    Christian Colombo (Marco Grassi 46'), Ciriaco Sforza, Alain Sutter 
                    (Sébastian Fournier 61'), Adrian Knup, Stéphane Chapuisat 
                    (Alexandre Comisetti 61').
Referee:            Armand Ancion (Belgium).
Coaches:            Luxembourg: Paul Philipp.
                    Switzerland: Artur Jorge (Portugal).

26/03/1996, Varaždin, Varteks, 8000
Friendly International
CROATIA             2 (Igor Štimac 74', Goran Vlaović 76')
ISRAEL              0
Croatia:            Tonči Gabrić (Željko Pavlović 46'), Elvis Brajković 
                    (Dubravko Pavličić 46'), Slaven Bilić, Zvonimir Soldo, Igor Štimac 
                    (Dario Šimić 77'), Nikola Jurčević (Ivica Mornar 76'), Aljoša Asanović,
                    Robert Prosinečki (Nenad Pralija 65'), Milan Rapaić (Andrija Balajić 46'),
                    Robert Špehar (Igor Cvitanović 46'), Goran Vlaović.
Israel:             Golan Malul, Felix Halfon, Gadi Brumer, Arik Benado, Amir Shelah, 
                    Moshe Glam (David Amsalem 57'), Alon Hazan, Eyal Berkovich 
                    (Reuven Atar 61'), Nir Klinger (Itzik Zohar 46'), Tal Banin, Haim Revivo.
Referee:            Vencel Tóth (Hungary).
Coaches:            Croatia: Miroslav Blažević.
                    Israel: Shlomo Scharf.
Cards:              Croatia: Milan Rapaić [Y 29'], Dubravko Pavličić [Y 52'].
                    Israel: None.

26/03/1996, Ostrava, Vitkovice, 10828
Friendly International
CZECH REPUBLIC      3 (Jan Suchopáarek 14', Pavel Kuka 59' pen, 90')
TURKEY              0
Czech Republic:     Petr Kouba, Milan Kadlec, Michal Horňák (Lubomír Kozel 70'), 
                    Jan Suchopárek, Radek Látal, Karel Poborský (Jaromír Navrátil 67'),
                    Václav Němeček (Radek Bejbl 46'), Pavel Nedvěd, Pavel Hapal, Pavel Kuka,
                    Radek Drulák (Marek Poštulka 82').
Turkey:             Engin İpekoğlu, Ogün Temizkanoğlu, Alpay Özalan, Bülent Korkmaz, 
                    Recep Çetin (Tayfun Korkut 46'), Tolunay Kafkas, Tugay Kerimoğlu
                    (Hami Mandıralı 76'), Oğuz Çetin (Ertuğrul Sağlam 46'), Abdullah Ercan,
                    Arif Erdem (Kemalettin Şentürk 76'), Hakan Şükür (Saffet Sancaklı 65').
Referee:            Karol Ihring (Slovakia).
Coaches:            Czech Republic: Dušan Uhrin.
                    Turkey: Fatih Terim.
Cards:              Czech Republic: None.
                    Turkey: Alpay Özalan [Y 16'], Abdullah Ercan [Y 49'].

27/03/1996, Wien, Ernst Happel Stadion, 23800
Friendly International
AUSTRIA             1 (Andreas Ogris 73')
SWITZERLAND         0
Austria:            Michael Konsel, Goran Kartalija, Wolfgang Feiersinger, Anton Pfeffer, 
                    Markus Schopp, Heimo Pfeifenberger, Ivica Vastic, Arnold Wetl, 
                    Stefan Marasek, Christian Stumpf (Mario Haas 58'), Anton Polster 
                    (Andreas Ogris 58').
Switzerland:        Marco Pascolo, Marc Hottiger, Sébastien Jeanneret, Stéphane Henchoz, 
                    Yvan Quentin, Christophe Ohrel (David Sesa 61'), Marcel Koller
                    (Johann Vogel 61'), Christian Colombo, Alexandre Comisetti,
                    Adrian Knup, Marco Grassi.
Referee:            Fernand Meese (Belgium).
Coaches:            Austria: Herbert Prohaska.
                    Switzerland: Artur Jorge (Portugal).
Cards:              Austria: Stefan Marasek [Y].
                    Switzerland: Marco Grassi [Y].
Note:               Attendance also reported as 16000.

27/03/1996, Bruxelles, Roi Baudouin, 24417
Friendly International
BELGIUM             0
FRANCE              2 (Philippe Albert 66' OG, Sabri Lamouchi 73')
Belgium:            Filip De Wilde, Régis Genaux, Pascal Renier, Dirk Medved 
                    (Gunter Verjans 46'), Rudi Smidts, Frédéric Peiremans, Enzo Scifo,
                    Philippe Albert, Danny Boffin (Gilles De Bilde 74'), Marc Degryse
                    (Michaël Goossens 46'), Luis Oliveira.
France:             Bernard Lama, Lilian Thuram (Jocelyn Angloma 46'), Laurent Blanc, 
                    Alain Roche, Eric Di Meco, Christian Karembeu, Corentin Martins, 
                    Didier Deschamps, Reynald Pedros (Pierre Laigle 75'), Sabri Lamouchi,
                    Christophe Dugarry (Cyrille Pouget 84').
Referee:            Fritz Stuchlik (Austria).
Coaches:            Belgium: Paul Van Himst.
                    France: Aimé Jacquet.
Cards:              Belgium: Marc Degryse [Y 27'].
                    France: Eric Di Meco [Y 54'].

27/03/1996, Limassol, Tsirio, 2000
Friendly International
CYPRUS              0
GEORGIA             2 (Temuri Ketsbaia 53', Gocha Jamarauli 64')
Cyprus:             Michalis Christofi (Andreas Mavris 46'), Georghios Theodotou,
                    Pambos Pittas, Costas Constantinou (Charis Nicolaou 61'), 
                    Georghios Christodoulou (Marios Pashialis 70'), Antonis Zembashis,
                    Marios Christodoulou (Demetris Ioannou 54'), Neofytos Larkou,  
                    Costas Malekos (Demetris Assiotis 70'), Nikodemos Papavasiliou, 
                    Marios Agathocleous.
Georgia:            Irakli Zoidze, Dmitri Kudinov, Murtaz Shelia, Georgi Nemsadze,
                    Georgi Gudushauri (Mamuka Machavariani 85'), Kakhaber Tskhadadze,
                    Kakhaber Gogichaishvili, Gocha Jamarauli, Temur Ketsbaia,
                    Shota Arveladze, Mikhail Kavelashvili (Kakhi Kaladze 70').
Referee:            Andreas Georghiou (Cyprus).
Coaches:            Cyprus: Andreas Michaelides.
                    Georgia: Alexander Chivadze.

27/03/1996, London, Wembley, 29708
Friendly International
ENGLAND             1 (Les Ferdinand 6')
BULGARIA            0
England:            David Seaman, Gary Neville, Staurt Pearce [c], Paul Ince, Gareth Southgate,
                    Steve Howey, Steve McManaman, Paul Gascoigne (David Platt 76'), 
                    Les Ferdinand (Robbie Fowler 76'), Teddy Sheringham (Robert Lee 68'),
                    Steve Stone.
Bulgaria:           Borislav Mikhailov (Dimitar Popov 46'), Petar Hubchev, Zlatko Yankov,
                    Trifon Ivanov, Emil Kremenliev (Radostin Kishishev 85'), Yordan Lechkov,
                    Ilian Kiriakov, Gosho Ginchev (Boncho Genchev 46'), Ivailo Yordanov 
                    (Daniel Borimirov 46'), Lyuboslav Penev (Nasko Sirakov 85'),
                    Emil Kostadinov.
Referee:            Günther Benkö (Austria).
Coaches:            England: Terry Venables.
                    Bulgaria: Dimitar Penev.
Cards               England: Stuart Pearce [Y].
                    Bulgaria: Emil Kremenliev [Y], Trifon Ivanov [Y].

27/03/1996, München, Olympiastadion, 25500
Friendly International
GERMANY             2 (Oliver Bierhoff 44', 60')
DENMARK             0
Germany:            Oliver Kahn (Andreas Köpke 18'), Stefan Reuter (Markus Babbel 46'), 
                    Jürgen Kohler, Thomas Helmer, Christian Ziege, Thomas Häßler, 
                    Steffen Freund (Jörg Albertz 85'), Dieter Eilts, Mehmet Scholl
                    (Mario Basler 76'), Oliver Bierhoff, Jürgen Klinsmann.
Denmark:            Peter Schmeichel, Thomas Helveg, Marc Rieper, Jes Høgh, Jens Risager,
                    Claus Thomsen, Michael Schjønberg, Peter Rasmussen (Allan Nielsen 46'),
                    Michael Laudrup [c] (Brian Steen Nielsen 79'), Brian Laudrup, Mikkel Beck
                    (Erik Bo Andersen 73').
Referee:            René Temmink (Netherlands).
Coaches:            Germany: Hans-Hubert "Berti" Vogts.
                    Denmark: Richard Møller Nielsen.
Cards:              Germany: None.
                    Denmark: None.

27/03/1996, Dublin, Lansdowne Road, 41600
Friendly International
IRELAND             0
RUSSIA              2 (Alexandr Mostovoy 35', Igor Kolyvanov 54')
Ireland:            Shay Given, Terry Phelan, Steve Staunton, Alan Kernaghan, Paul McGrath,
                    Roy Keane, Andy Townsend [c] (Jeff Kenna 46'), Jason McAteer, Niall Quinn 
                    (Tommy Coyne 85'), John Aldridge (Tony Cascarino 63'), Mark Kennedy.
Russia:             Stanislav Cherchesov, Yury Nikiforov, Viktor Onopko [c], Yury Kovtun,
                    Valery Karpin, Andrey Kanchelskis, Alexandr Mostovoy (Igor Shalimov 70'),
                    Vladislav Radimov (Dmitry Radchenko 46'), Iliya Tsymbalar 
                    (Omar Tetradze 46'), Sergey Kiriyakov (Igor Simutenkov 66'), 
                    Igor Kolyvanov.
Referee:            Hugo Luyten (Netherlands).
Coaches:            Ireland: Mick McCarthy.
                    Russia: Oleg Romantsev.
Cards:              Ireland: Roy Keane [R 90'].
                    Russia: Viktor Onopko [Y].
Notes:              Stanislav Cherchesov saved a penalty from Steve Staunton at 70'.
                    Not all sources include the Shalimov substitution.

27/03/1996, Prilep, 3000
Friendly International
MACEDONIA           1 (Sasa Ciric 73')
MALTA               0
Macedonia:          Danco Celeski, Goce Sedloski, Vlado Gosev, Zoran Jovanovski,
                    Ilja Najdoski, Boban Babunski (Ljupco Naumovski 46'), Risto Milosavov
                    (Goran Petrevski 70'), Toni Savevski (Srdjan Zacharievski 46'),
                    Zoran Boskovski, Sasa Ciric, Sasa Milosevski (Artim Sakiri 80').
Malta:              David Cluett, Lawrence Attard, Richard Buhagiar, Silvio Vella,
                    Darren Debono, Ivan Zammit, Gilbert Agius (Adrian Muscat 46'),
                    Joe Brincat (Jeffrey Chetcuti 65'), David Carabott (Antoine Zahra I 46'),
                    Hubert Suda (Nicky Saliba 59'), Noel Turner (Stefan Sultana 85').
Referee:            İbrahim Aksoy (Turkey).
Coaches:            Macedonia: Djoko Hadzievski.
                    Malta: Milorad Kosanovic (Yugoslavia).

27/03/1996, Belfast, Windsor Park, 5343
Friendly International
NORTHERN IRELAND    0
NORWAY              2 (Ole Gunnar Solskjær 51', Egil Østenstad 78')
Northern Ireland:   Alan Fettis, Steve Lomas, Nigel Worthington (Keith Rowland 56'),
                    Colin Hill, Alan McDonald, Neil Lennon, Keith Gillespie,
                    Michael O'Neill (Gerry McMahon 62'), Iain Dowie, Jim Magilton
                    (Darren Patterson 46'), Michael Hughes.
Norway:             Frode Grodås (Erik Thorstvedt 46'), Alf Inge Håland, Henning Berg,
                    Ronny Johnsen, Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Petter Rudi, Kjetil Rekdal, 
                    Ståle Solbakken (Claus Lundekvam 86'), Øyvind Leonhardsen 
                    (Jahn Ivar Jakobsen 25'), Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Jan Åge Fjørtoft
                    (Egil Østenstad 75').
Referee:            John Ashman (Wales).
Coaches:            Northern Ireland: Bryan Hamilton.
                    Norway: Egil Olsen.
Cards:              Northern Ireland: Iain Dowie [R 86'].
                    Norway: Henning Berg [Y], Jahn Ivar Jakobsen [Y].

27/03/1996, Łódź, Widzew, 8000
Friendly International
POLAND              0
SLOVENIA            0
Poland:             Andrzej Woźniak, Jacek Zieliński, Marek Jóźwiak, Kazimierz Węgrzyn,
                    Marek Citko (Zbigniew Wyciszkiewicz 63'), Dariusz Gęsior, Piotr Nowak [c],
                    Radosław Michalski, Jacek Bednarz, Andrzej Juskowiak, Mariusz Śrutwa 
                    (Sylwester Czereszewski 77').
Slovenia:           Boško Boškovič, Marinko Galič, Darko Milanič, Robert Englaro [c],
                    Peter Binkovski, Zlatko Zahovič (Damjan Gajser 46'), Đoni Novak, Aleš Čeh,
                    Sašo Udovič, Matjaž Florjančič (Vladimir Kokol 75'), Primož Gilha 
                    (Ermin Šiljak 54').
Referee:            Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia).
Coaches:            Poland: WLadysLaw Stachurski.
                    Slovenia: Zdenko Verdenik.
Cards:              Poland: None.
                    Slovenia: Aleš Čeh [Y 50'].
Note:               It is also reported that Englaro received the yellow card (instead of Čeh).

27/03/1996, Lisboa, Estádio da Luz, 8500
Friendly International
PORTUGAL            1 (Oceano 86' pen)
GREECE              0
Portugal:           Vítor Baía, Nélson (Neves 46'), Paulo Madeira (Dimas 59'), Hélder,
                    Fernando Mendes, Paulo Bento (Oceano 46'), Tavares, Folha 
                    (Paulo Alves 59'), João Manuel Vieira Pinto, Domingos (Tulipa 72'), 
                    Sá Pinto (Nuno Capucho 46').
Greece:             Ilias Atmatzidis, Koulis Karataidis, Ioannis Kalitzakis,
                    Theodoros Zagorakis (Georgios Anatolakis 55'), Stratos Apostolakis [c]
                    (Kostas Frantzeskos 52'), Kostas Konstantinidis, Alekos Alexandris,
                    Michalis Kasapis, Christos Kostis (Nikos Machlas 46'), Zisis Vryzas,
                    Daniel Lima-Batista (Demis Nikolaidis 79').
Referee:            Michael Reed (England).
Coaches:            Portugal: António Oliveira.
                    Greece: Kostas Polychroniou.
Cards:              Portugal: Nuno Capucho [Y 56'].
                    Greece: Georgios Anatolakis [Y 74'], Kostas Frantzeskos [Y 74'],
                            Ioannis Kalitzakis [Y 86'].

27/03/1996, Nitra, Nitra, 3058
Friendly International
SLOVAKIA            4 (Július Šimon 24', Jaroslav Timko 32', Marek Ujlaky 61',
                       Jozef Juriga 83')
BELARUS             0
Slovakia:           Ladislav Molnár (Stanislav Seman 72'), Róbert Tomaschek, Miroslav Karhan, 
                    Milos Glonek, Dušan Tóth, Dušan Tittel (Ivan Kozák 46'), Igor Bališ, 
                    Július Šimon (Jozef Juriga 46'), Jaroslav Timko (Marek Ujlaky 46'),
                    Róbert Semeník (Szilárd Németh 64'), Ľubomír Moravčík.
Belarus:            Valeri Shantalosov, Sergei Gurenko, Andrei Dovnar (Yuri Maleyev 46'), 
                    Sergei Shtanyuk, Erik Yakhimovich, Pavel Rodnenok, Aleksandr Chayka,
                    Vasili Baranov, Valentin Belkevich, Miroslav Romashchenko 
                    (Aleksandr Kulchiy 76'), Petr Kachuro (Sergei Gerasimets 64').
Referee:            Marek Kowalczyk (Poland).
Coaches:            Slovakia: Jozef Jankech.
                    Belarus: Sergei Borovski.
Cards:              Slovakia: Dušan Tóth [Y].
                    Belarus: Vasili Baranov [Y].
Note:               Another source does not include the Szilárd Németh substitution.

27/03/1996, Beograd, Crevne Zvezde, 28196
Friendly International
YUGOSLAVIA          1 (Dragan Stojkovic 52')
ROMANIA             0
Yugoslavia:         Aleksandar Kocic (Zvonko Milojevic 88'), Branko Brnovic, Budimir Vujacic
                    (Goran Djorovic 64'), Miroslav Djukic (Goran Saula 89'), Sinisa Mihajlovic,
                    Vladimir Jugovic, Slavisa Jokanovic, Dragan Stojkovic [c] 
                    (Darko Kovacevic 87'), Predrag Mijatovic, Sasa Curcic 
                    (Dejan Stefanovic 76'), Savo Milosevic.
Romania:            Florin Prunea (Florin Tene 76'), Dan Petrescu (Gheorghe Mihali 60'),
                    Daniel Prodan, Anton Doboş, Tibor Selymes, Ioan Lupescu 
                    (Constantin Gâlcă 46'), Ioan Sabău, Gheorghe Hagi [c] (Adrian Ilie 60'),
                    Dorinel Munteanu (Iulian Filipescu 82'), Marius Lăcătuş 
                    (Gheorghe Craioveanu 64'), Viorel Moldovan (Ion Vlădoiu 76').
Referee:            Dimitar Momirov (Bulgaria).
Coaches:            Yugoslavia: Slobodan Santrac.
                    Romania: Costică Ştefănescu and Gavril Balint.
Cards:              Yugoslavia: Predrag Mijatovic [Y].
                    Romania: Gheorghe Hagi [Y], Dan Petrescu [Y].

09/04/1996, Baku, Tofik Bahramov, 32000
Friendly International
AZERBAIJAN          0
TURKEY              1 (Rahim Zafer 48')
Azerbaijan:         Elkhan Gasanov, Igor Getman, Deni Gaisumov, Tarlan Akhmedov, Emin Agaev,
                    Vyacheslav Lychkin, Vladislav Kadirov, Rasim Abushev 
                    (Vladislav Nosenko 46'), Shahin Diniyev (Vidadi Rzayev 46'), Veli Kasumov,
                    (Yunis Huseynov 83'), Nazim Suleymanov.
Turkey:             Şanver Göymen (Adnan Erkan 46'), Rahim Zafer, Vedat İnceefe, Cüneyt Aksu
                    (Osman Akyol 46'), Erkan Avseren, Selahattin Özbir (Ümüt Hatipoğlu 46'),
                    Engin Özdemir (Erbil Uzel 86'), İbrahim Köseoğlu 
                    (İlhan Sancaktar 46'), Ümit Davala, Faruk Yiğit (Ufuk Süer 82'),
                    Saffet Akyüz.
Referee:            Sergo Kvaratskhelia (Georgia).
Coaches:            Azerbaijan: Kazbek Tuayev.
                    Turkey: Fatih Terim.
Cards:              Azerbaijan: Rasim Abushev [Y 63'].
                    Turkey: None.
Note:               Another source reports that Mehmet Ali Honca replaced Engin Özdemir.

09/04/1996, Chişinău, Republican, 7000
Friendly International
MOLDOVA             2 (Ion Testimiţanu 72', Alexandru Popovici 84')
UKRAINE             2 (Timerlan Guseinov 49', 66')
Moldova:            Denis Romanenco, Serghei Secu, Vitali Culibaba, Ion Testimiţanu
                    Serghei Belous (Igor Cuciuc 46'), Oleg Şişchin
                    (Serghei Parhomenco 46'), Radu Rebeja (Alexandru Popovici 46')
                    Vladimir Gaidamaşciuc, Iurie Miterev (Serghei Kirilov 61'),
                    Alexandru Curtianu, Serghei Epureanu (Marin Spânu 87').
Ukraine:            Oleg Suslov, Oleg Luzhnyi (Serghei Bezhenar 67'), Vasyl Kardash,
                    Alexander Holovko (Dmytro Mikhailenko 67'), Sergiy Shmatovalenko,
                    Dmytro Parfenov, Gennadiy Orbu, Igor Zhabchenko 
                    (Yevhen Pokhlabayev 67'), Alexei Antiukhin (Vladyslav Vashchuk 67'),
                    Valeriy Kriventsov, Timerlan Guseinov (Andriy Shevchenko 73').
Referee:            Vadim Zhuk (Belarus).
Coaches:            Moldova: Ion Caras.
                    Ukraine: Josef Sabo.
Cards:              Moldova: Vitali Culibaba [Y 86'].
                    Ukraine: none.

10/04/1996, Osijek, Gradski, 18000
Friendly International
CROATIA             4 (Elvis Brajković 6', Davor Šuker 23', Igor Pamić 65', Mario Stanić 78')
HUNGARY             1 (Norbert Nagy 39')
Croatia:            Marijan Mrmić, Elvis Brajković, Andrija Balajić, Dubravko Pavličić, 
                    Nikola Jerkan, Slaven Bilić (Miroslav Bičanić 46'), Ivica Mornar,
                    Igor Pamić (Danijel Štefulj 76'), Davor Šuker, Mario Stanić, 
                    Igor Cvitanović (Davor Vugrinec 71').
Hungary:            Attila Hajdu, Vilmos Sebők, András Telek, Zoltán Jagodics, Attila Horváth
                    (Tamás Szekeres 78'), László Arany (Krisztián Lisztes 46'), 
                    Miklós Lendvai (Csaba Madar 46'), Norbert Nagy, Ferenc Orosz, Béla Illés,
                    Gábor Egressy.
Referee:            Bohdan Benedik (Slovakia).
Coaches:            Croatia: Miroslav Blažević.
                    Hungary: János Csank.
Cards:              None.
Note:               Hungarian player Sebők is not confirmed as Vilmos Sebők.

24/04/1996, Bruxelles, Roi Baudouin, 14549
Friendly International
BELGIUM             0
RUSSIA              0
Belgium:            Philippe Vande Walle, Régis Genaux, Dirk Medved, Pascal Renier, 
                    Philippe Léonard, Philippe Albert (Gunter Verjans 68'), 
                    Frédéric Peiremans, Gunther Schepens, Luc Nilis, Enzo Scifo, 
                    Christophe Lauwers (Frédéric Pierre 61').
Russia:             Stanislav Cherchesov (Dmitry Kharin 46'), Vladislav Radimov,
                    Yury Nikiforov, Vladimir Bestchastnykh, Yury Kovtun, Viktoy Onopko, 
                    Valery Karpin, Andrey Kanchelskis, Igor Kolyvanov (Dmitry Radchenko 68'),
                    Alexander Mostovoy, Sergey Kiriyakov (Igor Simutenkov 68').
Referee:            Graziano Cesari (Italy).
Coaches:            Belgium: Wilfred Van Moer.
                    Russia: Oleg Romantsev.
Cards:              None.
Note:               It is also reported that Radchenko replaced Radimov, not Kolyvanov.

24/04/1996, Zenica, Čelik, 6120
Friendly International
BOSNIA              0
ALBANIA             0
Bosnia:             Fahrudin Omerović, Mirsad Varesanović (Vedin Mušić 66'), Senad Begić,
                    Muhamed Konjić, Sead Katana, A. Sušić, Ivica Jožić, Enes Demirović
                    (Pavo Dadić 86'), Meho Kodro (Halim Štupac 75'), Edin Mujčin 
                    (Samir Sabanović 46'), Elvir Baljić (Ekrem Bradarić 78').
Albania:            Blendi Nallbani (Xhevahir Kapllani 87'), Ardian Behari 
                    (Erion Bogdani 86'), Artan Mergjyshi, Nevil Dede, Saimir Malko, 
                    Arian Xhumba, Fatmir Vata (Adrian Mema 43'), Kliton Bozgo 
                    (Dritan Baholli 76'), Alban Bushi (Mahir Halili 80'), Sokol Prenga 
                    (Arjan Peço 63'), Dashnor Kastrioti (Elton Koça 46').
Referee:            Dragutin Poljak (Croatia).
Coaches:            Bosnia: Fuad Muzurović.
                    Albania: Neptun Bajko.
Cards:              Bosnia: Senad Begić [Y], Meho Kodro [Y].
                    Albania: Dashnor Kastrioti [Y], Nevil Dede [Y].
Note:               Attendance also reported as 15000.

24/04/1996, Praha, Strahov, 6118
Friendly International, 6118
CZECH REPUBLIC      2 (Martin Frýdek 61', Pavel Kuka 68')
IRELAND             0
Czech Republic:     Petr Kouba, Milan Kadlec (Luboš Kubík 46'),  Michal Horňák 
                    (Karel Rada 73'), Tomáš Řepka, Radek Látal (Pavel Nedvěd 59'),
                    Martin Frýdek, Václav Němeček [c] (Radek Bejbl 46'), Patrik Berger,
                    Pavel Hapal, Pavel Kuka (Milan Kerbr 78'), Radek Drulák.
Ireland:            Shay Given, Paul McGrath, Kenny Cunningham, Phil Babb (Liam Daish 66'),
                    Jeff Kenna, Ray Houghton, Andy Townsend [c], Mark Kennedy, Denis Irwin 
                    (Curtis Fleming 46'), Niall Quinn, Alan Moore.
Referee:            Hartmut Strampe (Germany).
Coaches:            Czech Republic: Dušan Uhrin.
                    Ireland: Mick McCarthy.
Cards:              Czech Republic: Tomáš Řepka [Y 38'].
                    Ireland: None.

24/04/1996, København, Parken, 23031
Friendly International
DENMARK             2 (Michael Laudrup 8', Brian Laudrup 28')
SCOTLAND            0
Denmark:            Peter Schmeichel (Mogens Krogh 46'), Thomas Helveg, Marc Rieper, 
                    Lars Olsen, Jens Risager (Jacob Laursen 81'), Michael Schjønberg, 
                    Brian Steen Nielsen, Claus Thomsen, Mikkel Beck, Michael Laudrup [c]
                    (Allan Nielsen 86'), Brian Laudrup.
Scotland:           Jim Leighton (Andy Goram 46'), Stewart McKimmie, Tosh McKinlay, 
                    Tom Boyd, Colin Hendry (Billy McKinlay 75'), Stuart McCall 
                    (Scot Gemmill 46'), Craig Burley, Kevin Gallacher (Darren Jackson 72'), 
                    John Spencer (Ally McCoist 72'), Gary McAllister [c], John Collins.
Referee:            Jan Wegereef (Netherlands).
Coaches:            Denmark: Richard Møller Nielsen.
                    Scotland: Craig Brown.
Cards:              Denmark: None.
                    Scotland: Tom Boyd [Y], Kevin Gallacher [Y].

24/04/1996, London, Wembley, 33650
Friendly International
ENGLAND             0
CROATIA             0
England:            David Seaman, Gary Neville, Start Pearce, Paul Ince, Mark Wright, 
                    Steve McManaman, David Platt [c], Paul Gascoigne, Robbie Fowler,
                    Teddy Sheringham, Steve Stone.
Croatia:            Marijan Mrmić, Dubravko Pavličić (Mladen Mladenović 75'), Robert Jarni,
                    Aljoša Asanović, Nikola Jerkan, Slaven Bilić, Robert Prosinečki, 
                    Alen Bokšić (Igor Pamić 71'), Davor Šuker, Zvonimir Boban 
                    (Mario Stanić 46'), Igor Štimac (Zvonimir Soldo 58').
Referee:            Zbigniew Przesmycki (Poland).
Coaches:            England: Terry Venables.
                    Croatia: Miroslav Blažević.
Cards:              England: Teddy Sheringham [Y 45'], Stuart Pearce [Y 59'].
                    Croatia: Dubravko Pavličić [Y 28'], Aljoša Asanović [Y 43'].

24/04/1996, Tallinn, 3700
Friendly International
ESTONIA             0
ICELAND             3 (Bjarki Gunnlaugsson 6', 20', 30')
Estonia:            Mart Poom, Marek Lemsalu, Meelis Lindmaa, Sergei Hohlov-Simson,
                    Indrek Zelinski (Toomas Kröm 79'), Tormo Linnumäe (Toomas Kallaste 58'),
                    Indro Olumets, Martin Reim, Urmas Kirs, Marko Kristal, Lembit Rajala.
Iceland:            Birkir Kristinsson (Kristján Finnbogason 69'), Lárus Orri Sigurðsson, 
                    Ólafur Adolfsson, Guðni Bergsson [c] (Sigursteinn Gíslason 77'),
                    Rúnar Kristinsson, Ólafur Þórðarson, Eyjólfur Sverrisson, 
                    Sigurður Jónsson (Hlynur Stefánsson 77'), Arnar Grétarsson, 
                    Bjarki Gunnlaugsson (Þórður Guðjónsson 46'), Arnór Guðjohnsen 
                    (Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen 62').
Referee:            Romans Lajuks (Latvia).
Coaches:            Estonia: Teitur Þórðarson (Iceland).
                    Iceland: Logi Ólafsson.

24/04/1996, Budapest, Népstadion, 5000
Friendly International
HUNGARY             0
AUSTRIA             2 (Anton Polster 12', Stefan Marasek 68')
Hungary:            Zsolt Petry, András Telek (Dénes Váczi 46'), János Bánfi 
                    (?. Baranyi 79'), Attila Plókai, Attila Horváth (Csaba Madar 46'),
                    Tamás Balogh (Flórián Albert 66'), Gábor Halmai (Vilmos Sebők 74'),
                    Béla Illés (Gábor Egressy 46'), Norbert Nagy, Ferenc Horváth, 
                    István Vincze.
Austria:            Michael Konsel (Franz Wohlfahrt 46'), Wolfgang Feiersinger, Michael Hatz,
                    Anton Pfeffer, Markus Schopp, Andreas Heraf (Peter Artner 46'),
                    Peter Stöger (Andreas Herzog 46'), Arnold Wetl (Peter Schöttel 69'), 
                    Stefan Marasek, Ivica Vastic (Richard Kitzbichler 46'), Anton Polster 
                    (Andreas Ogris 75').
Referee:            Luboš Michel (Slovakia).
Coaches:            Hungary: János Csank.
                    Austria: Herbert Prohaska.
Cards:              Hungary: Attila Horváth, Norbert Nagy [Y].
                    Austria: Andreas Ogris [Y].
Notes:              Hungarian player Sebők is not confirmed as Vilmos Sebők.
                    Hungarian player Baranyi unknown (could be Sándor or Miklós).

24/04/1996, Rotterdam, De Kuip, 26000
Friendly International
NETHERLANDS         0
GERMANY             1 (Jürgen Klinsmann 19' pen)
Netherlands:        Edwin van der Sar, John Veldman (Jaap Stam 79'), Danny Blind [c], 
                    Frank de Boer, Winston Bogarde, Clarence Seedorf, Gaston Taument 
                    (Youri Mulder 56'), Richard Witschge (Phillip Cocu 56'), Jordi Cruijff, 
                    Dennis Bergkamp, Peter Hoekstra.
Germany:            Andreas Köpke, Matthias Sammer (Thomas Helmer 46'), Stefan Reuter, 
                    Jürgen Kohler, Christian Ziege, Steffen Freund, Dieter Eilts 
                    (Markus Babbel 79'), Thomas Häßler (Stefan Kuntz 90'), Mario Basler 
                    (Mehmet Scholl 84'), Jürgen Klinsmann, Oliver Bierhoff.
Referee:            Pierluigi Collina (Italy).
Coaches:            Netherlands: Guus Hiddink.
                    Germany: Hans-Hubert 'Berti' Vogts.
Cards:              Netherlands: None.
                    Germany: Dieter Eilts [Y 53'].
Note:               Andreas Köpke saved a penalty from Dennis Bergkamp at 33'.

24/04/1996, Belfast, Windsor Park, 5666
Friendly International
NORTHERN IRELAND    1 (Gerry McMahon 84')
SWEDEN              2 (Martin Dahlin 22', Klas Ingesson 58')
Northern Ireland:   Aidan Davidson, Darren Patterson, Nigel Worthington (James Quinn 77'),
                    Colin Hill, Barry Hunter, Steve Morrow, Jon McCarthy, Steve Lomas,
                    Gerry McMahon, Michael O'Neill (George O'Boyle 65'), Keith Rowland.
Sweden:             Bengt Andersson, Roland Nilsson, Patrik Andersson, Joachim Björklund,
                    Gary Sundgren, Peter Wibrån (Pär Zetterberg 46'), Klas Ingesson,
                    Jonas Thern, Stefan Schwarz, Martin Dahlin (Henrik Larsson 80'),
                    Kennet Andersson (Jörgen Pettersson 58').
Referee:            Hugh Dallas (Scotland).
Coaches:            Northern Ireland: Bryan Hamilton.
                    Sweden: Tommy Svensson.

24/04/1996, Oslo, Ullevaal, 11898
Friendly International
NORWAY              0
SPAIN               0
Norway:             Frode Grodås, Alf-Inge Håland, Henning Berg, Tore Pedersen 
                    (Claus Lundekvam from 85'), Stig Inge Bjørnebye (Roger Nilsen 77'),
                    Petter Rudi, Kjetil Rekdal, Ståle Solbakken, Jahn Ivar Jakobsen 
                    (Tommy Svindal Larsen 46'), Jan Åge Fjørtoft (Egil Östenstad 77'),
                    Ole Gunnar Solskjær.
Spain:              Andoni Zubizarreta, Alberto Belsué, Abelardo, Miguel Ángel Nadal, 
                    Albert Ferrer, Javier Manjarín, Fernando Hierro (Donato 53'),
                    Guillermo Amor (Juan Manuel López 53' (José Molina 77')), Luis Enrique 
                    (Alfonso 53'), Julen Guerrero (Kiko 53'), Juan Antonio Pizzi.
Referee:            Georg Dardenne (Germany).
Coaches:            Norway: Egil Olsen.
                    Spain: Javier Clemente.
Cards:              Norway: Claus Lundekvam [Y].
                    Spain: Javier Manjarín [Y].

24/04/1996, Bucureşti, Steaua, 10000
Friendly International
ROMANIA             5 (Viorel Moldovan 25', 29', 37', Marius Lăcătuş 50', 
                       Constantin Gâlcă 88')
GEORGIA             0
Romania:            Bogdan Stelea (Florin Prunea 65'), Iulian Filipescu, Miodrag Belodedici 
                    (Gheorghe Mihali 68'), Daniel Prodan (Anton Doboş 78'), Dorinel Munteanu,
                    Ioan Sabău (Tibor Selymes 51'), Gheorghe Popescu (Constantin Gâlcă 60'),
                    Ioan Lupescu, Gheorghe Hagi [c] (Cosmin Contra 65'), Marius Lăcătuş 
                    (Gheorghe Craioveanu 51'), Viorel Moldovan (Ion Vlădoiu 60').
Georgia:            Akaki Devadze, Zaza Revishvili, Kakhaber Tskhadadze [c] 
                    (Vasili Sepasvili 77'), Dimitri Kudinov, Georgi Chikhradze 
                    (Levan Tskitishvili 46'), Kakhaber Gogichaishvili (Zurab Ionanidze 65'),
                    Georgi Nemsadze (Valter Guchua 46'), Gocha Jamarauli, Georgi Kinkladze,
                    Temur Ketsbaia, Shota Arveladze (Gocha Gogrichiani 46').
Referee:            Athanasios Zachariadis (Greece).
Coaches:            Romania: Anghel Iordănescu.
                    Georgia: Aleksandr Chivadze.

24/04/1996, Trnava, 10927
Friendly International
SLOVAKIA            0
BULGARIA            0
Slovakia:           Ladislav Molnár, Dušan Tittel, Marián Zeman, Miroslav Karhan, Igor Bališ 
                    (Ivan Kozák 61'), Július Šimon, Róbert Tomaschek, Peter Dubovský, 
                    Ľubomír Moravčík, Jaroslav Timko, Marek Ujlaky 
                    (Vladimír Kinder 75'). 
Bulgaria:           Borislav Mikhailov (Zdravko Zdravkov 46'), Trifon Ivanov, Emil Kremenliev,
                    Zlatko Yankov, Radostin Kishishev, Ilian Kiriakov (Boncho Genchev 58'),
                    Daniel Borimirov, Krassimir Balakov, Yordan Lechkov (Ivailo Yordanov 62'),
                    Emil Kostadinov, Nasko Sirakov (Marian Hristov 74').
Referee:            István Vad (Hungary).
Coaches:            Slovakia: Jozef Jankech.
                    Bulgaria: Dimitar Penev.
Note:               It is also reported that Ivko Ganchev played instead of Zdravko Zdravkov.

24/04/1996, Lugano, Stadio Cornaredo, 8500
Friendly International
SWITZERLAND         2 (Chris Coleman 31' OG, Kubilay Türkyilmaz 41' pen)
WALES               0
Switzerland:        Marco Pascolo (Stefan Lehmann 84'), Johann Vogel (Marc Hottiger 46'), 
                    Yvan Quentin, Stéphane Henchoz, Ramon Vega, Raphaël Wicky 
                    (Marcel Koller 84'), Kubilay Türkyilmaz (Alexandre Comisetti 84'), 
                    Christophe Ohrel (Massimo Lombardo 63'), Marco Grassi 
                    (Adrian Knup 76'), Ciriaco Sforza, Stéphane Chapuisat (Alain Sutter 63'). 
Wales:              Danny Coyne (Andy Marriott 46'), John Robinson, Kit Symons, Mark Bowen,
                    Chris Coleman (Christian Edwards 88'), Andy Legg (Gary Speed 30'), 
                    Vinnie Jones (Robbie Savage 65'), Barry Horne (Jeremy Goss 65'),
                    Mark Pembridge, John Hartson, Gareth Taylor (Simon Davies 46').
Referee:            Loris Stafoggia (Italy).
Coaches:            Switzerland: Artur Jorge (Portugal).
                    Wales: Bobby Gould (England).
Cards:              Switzerland: none.
                    Wales: Mark Bowen [Y 20'].

24/04/1996, Athinai, Olympiako 'Spyridon Louis', 7500
World Cup Qualifying
GREECE              2 (Daniel Lima-Batista 55', Demis Nikolaidis 65')
SLOVENIA            0
Greece:             Ilias Atmatzidis, Stratos Apostolakis [c], Michalis Kasapis, 
                    Marinos Ouzounidis, Ioannis Kalitzakis, Kostas Konstantinidis 
                    (Alexis Alexandris 46'), Theodoros Zagorakis, Zisis Vryzas, 
                    Daniel Lima-Batista, Vassilis Tsartas (Kostas Frantzeskos 82'),
                    Georgios Donis (Demis Nikolaidis 61').
Slovenia:           Boško Boškovič, Marinko Galič, Robert Englaro, Darko Milanič, 
                    Alfred Jermaniš, Aleš Čceh, Đoni Novak, Gregor Židan (Saša Gajser 36'), 
                    Sašo Udovič (Primož Gliha 70'), Zlatko Zahovič, Matjaž Florjančič.
Referee:            Rune Pedersen (Norway).
Coaches:            Greece: Kostas Polychroniou.
                    Slovenia: Zdenko Verdenik.
Cards:              Greece: Ioannis Kalitzakis [Y 11'].
                    Slovenia: Aleš Čeh [Y 1'], Alfred Jermaniš [Y 18'],
                              Marinko Galič [Y 74'].

24/04/1996, Beograd, Crvene Zvezde, 16325
World Cup Qualifying
YUGOSLAVIA          3 (Dejan Savicevic 18', 19', Savo Milosevic 38')
FAROE ISLANDS       1 (John Petersen 54')
Yugoslavia:         Aleksandar Kocic, Sasa Curcic (Zoran Mirkovic 75'), Goran Djorovic, 
                    Slavisa Jokanovic, Branko Brnovic, Sinisa Mihajlovic 
                    (Milinko Pantic 40'), Vladimir Jugovic, Dejan Savicevic, 
                    Predrag Mijatovic, Dragan Stojkovic, Savo Milosevic (Albert Nagy 87').
Faroe Islands:      Jens-Martin Knudsen, Oli Johannesen, Jens Kristian Hansen, 
                    Andreas Hansen (Todi Jónsson), Julian Johnsson, Allan Mørkøre, 
                    Henning Jarnskor, Jan Dam, Jan Allan Müller, John Petersen, 
                    Jens Rasmussen (Magni Jarnskor 75').
Referee:            Roland Beck (Liechtenstein).
Coaches:            Yugoslavia: Slobodan Santrac.
                    Faroe Islands: Allan Simonsen (Denmark).
Cards:              Yugoslavia: Sinisa Mihajlovic [Y 33'].
                    Faroe Islands: Jan Dam [Y 18'].
Note:               FIFA's report does not include the Jónsson substitution.

24/04/1996, Skopje, 11500
World Cup Qualifying
MACEDONIA           3 (Saso Milosevski 6', Boban Babunski 49' pen, Srdjan Zaharievski 78')
LIECHTENSTEIN       0
Macedonia:          Danco Celeski, Risto Milosavov, Mitko Stojkovski, Ljupco Markovski 
                    (Igor Nikolovski 63'), Boban Babunski, Zoran Jovanovski, Vlatko Gosev 
                    (Srdjan Zaharievski 76'), Gjorgi Hristov (Toni Naumoski 69'),
                    Zoran Boskovski, Sasa Ciric, Saso Milosevski.
Liechtenstein:      Martin Heeb, Thomas Hanselmann, Jürgen Zech, Roland Hilti, 
                    Daniel Hasler, Daniel Telser (Rolf Sele 61'), Heini Stocker 
                    (Alex Quaderer 15'), Christoph Frick, Daniel Frick, Mario Frick, 
                    Ralf Oehri.
Referee:            Loizos Loizou (Cyprus).
Coaches:            Macedonia: Doko Hadzievski.
                    Liechtenstein: Dietrich Weise (Germany).
Cards:              Macedonia: Riste Milosavov [Y 52'].
                    Liechtenstein: Mario Frick [Y 22'], Daniel Telser [Y 32'].
Note:               It is also reported that Harry Zech played (instead of Jürgen Zech).

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