Estonia national football team 1998

The 1998 season was the seventh full year of competitive football in the Baltic country as an independent nation. The Estonia national football team failed to qualify for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. The team ended up in fifth place in the final ranking of group 4, with one win, one draw and eight losses.

Mexico vs Estonia

Friendly
1998-05-09

Mexico	6 – 0	Estonia
García Aspe 2' (pen.) Hernández 9', 52', 76' Ordiales 37', 58'

Stadio Enzo Mazotti, Montecatini Terme

Attendance: 500

Referee: Bolognino (ITA)

Estonia vs Azerbaijan

Friendly
1998-05-16

Estonia	0 – 0	Azerbaijan

Viljandi linnastaadion, Viljandi

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Hyytiä (FIN)

Estonia vs Faroe Islands

ECQ ^[1]
1998-06-04

Estonia	5 – 0	Faroe Islands
Viikmäe 12' Reim 40' Terehhov 75' Oper 86' Kirs 90'

Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Ingvarsson (SWE)

Estonia vs Andorra

Friendly
1998-06-22

Estonia	2 – 1	Andorra
Zelinski 29' Oper 76'		Lucendo 55'

Kuressaare Linnastaadion, Kuressaare

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Timofeyev (EST)

Estonia vs Latvia

Baltic Cup
1998-06-25

Estonia	0 – 2	Latvia
		Pahars 19' Babičevs 87'

Valga linnastaadion, Valga

Attendance: 300

Referee: Dubinskas (LTU)

Estonia vs Lithuania

Baltic Cup
1998-06-28

Estonia	0 – 0	Lithuania

Viljandi linnastaadion, Viljandi

Attendance: 400

Referee: Lajuks (LAT)

Estonia vs Moldova

Friendly
1998-08-20

Estonia	0 – 1	Moldova
		Cleșcenco 68'

Spordikeskuse Staadion, Kohtla-Järve

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Timofeyev (EST)

Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Estonia

ECQ
1998-09-05

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1 – 1	Estonia
Barbarez 74'		Hibić 29' (o.g.)

Koševo Stadium, Sarajevo

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Agius (MLT)

Estonia vs Egypt

Friendly
1998-09-23

Estonia	2 – 2	Egypt
Kirs 29' Zelinski 43'		Emam 77' Hassan 87'

Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Lajuks (LAT)

Scotland vs Estonia

ECQ
1998-10-10

Scotland	3 – 2	Estonia
Dodds 70', 85' Hohlov-Simson 79' (o.g.)		Hohlov-Simson 35' Smirnov 76'

Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh

Attendance: 16,930

Referee: Bento Marques (POR)

Czech Republic vs Estonia

ECQ
1998-10-14

Czech Republic	4 – 1	Estonia
Nedvěd 8' Berger 20', 38' Meet 45' (o.g.)		Arbeiter 90+1'

Na Stínadlech, Teplice

Attendance: 13,500

Referee: Olafsson (ISL)

Georgia vs Estonia

Friendly
1998-11-18

Georgia	3 – 1	Estonia
Ashvetia 65', 85' Janashia 72'		Arbeiter 82'

Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Malaguradze (GEO)

Armenia vs Estonia

Friendly
1998-11-21

Armenia	2 – 1	Estonia
Barsegyan 8' Simonyan 17'		Zelinski 55'

Kotayk Stadium, Abovyan

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Nalbandian (ARM)

Azerbaijan vs Estonia

Friendly
1998-11-28

Azerbaijan	2 – 1	Estonia
Sultanov 81' Mammadov 87' (pen.)		Kirs 68'

Unknown, Gyandzha

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Mamedov (AZE)

Notes

References

• RSSSF detailed results
• RSSSF detailed results