= Friendly 1996 # Date Wed Jan 3 - Sat Dec 28 1996 (360d) # Teams 131 # Matches 304 Wed Jan 3 Lebanon 2-1 Kazakhstan @ Beirut, Lebanon Morocco 3-1 Tunisia @ Rabat, Morocco Fri Jan 5 Saudi Arabia 1-1 Ghana @ Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Trinidad and Tobago 0-0 Venezuela @ Palo Seco, Trinidad and Tobago Sat Jan 6 Sierra Leone 2-1 Liberia @ Freetown, Sierra Leone Sun Jan 7 Trinidad and Tobago 0-0 Venezuela @ Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Zimbabwe 1-2 Gabon @ Harare, Zimbabwe Mon Jan 8 Egypt 2-1 Tunisia @ Ismailia, Egypt Tue Jan 9 Zimbabwe 1-1 Ghana @ Harare, Zimbabwe Thu Jan 11 Mozambique 1-0 Gabon @ Maputo, Mozambique Sun Jan 14 Jamaica 1-1 Cuba @ Kingston, Jamaica Tue Jan 16 Lebanon 1-0 Cyprus @ Beirut, Lebanon Wed Jan 17 Armenia 0-6 Morocco @ Vitrolles, France Wed Jan 24 Greece 2-1 Israel @ Chalcis, Greece Fri Feb 2 Venezuela 0-1 Ecuador @ Caracas, Venezuela Sun Feb 4 Bolivia 1-1 Chile @ Cochabamba, Bolivia Tue Feb 6 Canary Islands 5-1 Venezuela @ Las Palmas, Spain Wed Feb 7 Chile 2-1 Mexico @ Viña del Mar, Chile Morocco 2-0 Luxembourg @ Rabat, Morocco Spain 1-0 Norway @ Las Palmas, Spain Sat Feb 10 Australia 1-4 Japan @ Wollongong, Australia Sun Feb 11 Lebanon 1-0 Ecuador @ Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon Peru 1-3 Bolivia @ Lima, Peru Wed Feb 14 Australia 3-0 Japan @ Melbourne, Australia Bolivia 4-1 Paraguay @ Sucre, Bolivia Chile 4-0 Peru @ Coquimbo, Chile Turkey 3-2 Belarus @ İzmir, Turkey Fri Feb 16 Azerbaijan 0-0 Estonia @ Larnaca, Cyprus Oman 0-2 Ecuador @ Doha, Qatar Sun Feb 18 Qatar 1-1 Ecuador @ Doha, Qatar Tue Feb 20 Cyprus 1-0 Estonia @ Limassol, Cyprus Wed Feb 21 France 3-1 Greece @ Nîmes, France Israel 4-2 Lithuania @ Haifa, Israel Portugal 1-2 Germany @ Porto, Portugal Fri Feb 23 Kuwait 0-3 Ecuador @ Kuwait City, Kuwait Thailand 4-1 Indonesia @ Bangkok, Thailand Sat Feb 24 Estonia 2-2 Faroe Islands @ Púla, Cyprus Kuwait 1-0 Oman @ Kuwait City, Kuwait Sun Feb 25 Australia 0-2 Sweden @ Brisbane, Australia Qatar 1-2 Ecuador @ Doha, Qatar Tue Feb 27 Azerbaijan 3-0 Faroe Islands @ Larnaca, Cyprus Wed Feb 28 Australia 0-0 Sweden @ Sydney, Australia Croatia 2-1 Poland @ Rijeka, Croatia Sat Mar 2 Oman 0-3 Kuwait @ Muscat, Oman Sun Mar 3 Jamaica 2-0 Guatemala @ Kingston, Jamaica Tue Mar 5 Syria 0-2 Kuwait @ Damascus, Syria Wed Mar 6 Colombia 2-1 Honduras @ Miami, United States Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 Haiti @ Miami, United States Thu Mar 7 Bolivia 2-0 Peru @ Santa Cruz, Bolivia Tue Mar 12 Cyprus 1-0 Latvia @ Larnaca, Cyprus Wed Mar 13 Croatia 3-0 South Korea @ Zagreb, Croatia Luxembourg 1-1 Switzerland @ Luxembourg, Luxembourg Sat Mar 16 Kuwait 0-1 Finland @ Kuwait City, Kuwait Thu Mar 21 Colombia 3-0 Trinidad and Tobago @ Neiva, Colombia Tue Mar 26 Croatia 2-0 Israel @ Varaždin, Croatia Czech Republic 3-0 Turkey @ Ostrava, Czech Republic Wed Mar 27 England 1-0 Bulgaria @ London, England Austria 1-0 Switzerland @ Vienna, Austria Belgium 0-2 France @ Brussels, Belgium Brazil 8-2 Ghana @ São José do Rio Preto, Brazil Cyprus 0-2 Georgia @ Limassol, Cyprus Germany 2-0 Denmark @ Munich, Germany Guatemala 3-0 Venezuela @ Guatemala City, Guatemala Honduras 1-0 Nicaragua @ Danlí, Honduras Republic of Ireland 0-2 Russia @ Dublin, Republic of Ireland Macedonia 1-0 Malta @ Prilep, North Macedonia Northern Ireland 0-2 Norway @ Belfast, Northern Ireland Poland 0-0 Slovenia @ Łódź, Poland Portugal 1-0 Greece @ Lisbon, Portugal Scotland 1-0 Australia @ Glasgow, Scotland FR Yugoslavia 1-0 Romania @ Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia Slovakia 4-0 Belarus @ Nitra, Slovakia Thu Mar 28 Colombia 4-1 Bolivia @ Medellín, Colombia Sun Apr 7 Congo 2-1 Zaïre @ Brazzaville, Congo Tue Apr 9 Azerbaijan 0-1 Turkey @ Baku, Azerbaijan Moldova 2-2 Ukraine @ Chișinău, Moldova Wed Apr 10 Croatia 4-1 Hungary @ Osijek, Croatia Sun Apr 21 Ethiopia 2-0 Ghana @ Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Gambia 1-2 Senegal @ Banjul, Gambia Paraguay 3-0 Bosnia and Herzegovina @ Asunción, Paraguay Qatar 3-1 Kuwait @ Doha, Qatar Wed Apr 24 Belgium 0-0 Russia @ Brussels, Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina 0-0 Albania @ Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina Czech Republic 2-0 Republic of Ireland @ Prague, Czech Republic Denmark 2-0 Scotland @ Copenhagen, Denmark England 0-0 Croatia @ London, England Estonia 0-3 Iceland @ Tallinn, Estonia Hungary 0-2 Austria @ Budapest, Hungary Netherlands 0-1 Germany @ Rotterdam, Netherlands Northern Ireland 1-2 Sweden @ Belfast, Northern Ireland Norway 0-0 Spain @ Oslo, Norway Romania 5-0 Georgia @ Bucharest, Romania Slovakia 0-0 Bulgaria @ Trnava, Slovakia South Africa 2-3 Brazil @ Johannesburg, South Africa Switzerland 2-0 Wales @ Lugano, Switzerland Fri Apr 26 Turkmenistan 1-1 Iran @ Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Sun Apr 28 Zaïre 3-1 Congo @ Kinshasa, Zaïre Turkmenistan 0-1 Iran @ Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Tue Apr 30 Israel 4-5 South Korea @ Jaffa, Israel Wed May 1 Poland 1-1 Belarus @ Mielec, Poland Turkey 3-2 Ukraine @ Samsun, Turkey Sun May 5 El Salvador 1-1 Bolivia @ Washington, D.C., United States Wed May 8 Greece 2-1 Georgia @ Ioannina, Greece Thu May 9 Sweden 2-1 Slovakia @ Helsingborg, Sweden Sat May 11 Malawi 0-1 Zambia @ Blantyre, Malawi Sun May 12 Burkina Faso 0-0 Niger @ Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Malawi 1-1 Zambia @ Blantyre, Malawi Swaziland 0-1 Mozambique @ Mbabane, Swaziland Thu May 16 South Korea 0-2 Sweden @ Seoul, South Korea Fri May 17 Iran 2-0 Qatar @ Tabriz, Iran Mauritania 0-0 Senegal @ Nouakchott, Mauritania Sat May 18 England 3-0 Hungary @ London, England Mexico 5-2 Slovakia @ Chicago, United States Sun May 19 Gambia 1-1 Guinea @ Banjul, Gambia Zambia 1-0 Tanzania @ Lusaka, Zambia Tue May 21 Slovenia 2-2 United Arab Emirates @ Ljubljana, Slovenia Zambia 0-0 Tanzania @ Kitwe, Zambia Thu May 23 China PR 0-3 England @ Beijing, China PR Kuwait 3-1 Syria @ Kuwait City, Kuwait Sat May 25 Mauritius 0-0 Madagascar @ Rose Hill, Mauritius Qatar 2-5 Russia @ Doha, Qatar Uganda 1-1 Kenya @ Kampala, Uganda Sun May 26 Chile 2-0 Bolivia @ Santiago, Chile Gabon 0-1 Ivory Coast @ Libreville, Gabon Ghana 0-2 Egypt @ Accra, Ghana Malawi 1-0 Mozambique @ Blantyre, Malawi Tunisia 2-0 Senegal @ Tunis, Tunisia Uganda 1-2 Kenya @ Kampala, Uganda United States 2-1 Scotland @ New Britain, United States Mon May 27 Belarus 2-2 Azerbaijan @ Maladzečna, Belarus Tue May 28 Bulgaria 3-0 Macedonia @ Sofia, Bulgaria Wed May 29 Austria 1-0 Czech Republic @ Salzburg, Austria Colombia 1-0 Scotland @ Miami, United States Estonia 0-0 Turkey @ Tallinn, Estonia France 2-0 Finland @ Strasbourg, France Republic of Ireland 0-1 Portugal @ Dublin, Republic of Ireland Italy 2-2 Belgium @ Cremona, Italy Netherlands 2-0 China PR @ Tilburg, Netherlands Northern Ireland 1-1 Germany @ Belfast, Northern Ireland Russia 1-0 United Arab Emirates @ Moscow, Russia Sat Jun 1 Germany 0-1 France @ Stuttgart, Germany Hungary 0-2 Italy @ Budapest, Hungary Qatar 0-1 Iran @ Doha, Qatar Romania 3-1 Moldova @ Bucharest, Romania Switzerland 1-2 Czech Republic @ Basel, Switzerland Sun Jun 2 Bulgaria 4-1 United Arab Emirates @ Sofia, Bulgaria Denmark 1-0 Ghana @ Copenhagen, Denmark Finland 1-2 Turkey @ Helsinki, Finland Republic of Ireland 2-2 Croatia @ Dublin, Republic of Ireland Russia 2-0 Poland @ Moscow, Russia Mon Jun 3 Oman 3-0 Bahrain @ Muscat, Oman Tue Jun 4 Germany 9-1 Liechtenstein @ Mannheim, Germany Netherlands 3-1 Republic of Ireland @ Rotterdam, Netherlands Wed Jun 5 Canada 0-1 Costa Rica @ Toronto, Canada France 2-0 Armenia @ Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France Iceland 2-1 Cyprus @ Akranes, Iceland Sun Jun 9 Ivory Coast 1-1 Burkina Faso @ Abidjan, Ivory Coast Nigeria 1-3 Togo @ Lagos, Nigeria Wed Jun 12 Tanzania 0-0 Sudan @ Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Thu Jun 13 Barbados 0-4 Trinidad and Tobago @ Bridgetown, Barbados Thu Jun 20 Peru 4-0 Armenia @ Lima, Peru Sat Jun 22 Honduras 1-0 Venezuela @ San Pedro Sula, Honduras Tue Jun 25 Paraguay 1-2 Armenia @ Asunción, Paraguay Fri Jun 28 China PR 2-0 New Zealand @ Beijing, China PR Sun Jun 30 Ecuador 3-0 Armenia @ Portoviejo, Ecuador Sat Jul 6 Malawi 3-2 Tanzania @ Blantyre, Malawi Mon Jul 8 Malawi 1-0 Tanzania @ Lilongwe, Malawi Wed Jul 10 Malawi 1-1 Tanzania @ Mzuzu, Malawi Wed Jul 17 China PR 1-1 Uruguay @ Beijing, China PR Sun Jul 21 Panama 0-2 Venezuela @ Panama City, Panama Wed Jul 24 Honduras 1-1 Panama @ Tegucigalpa, Honduras Fri Jul 26 Paraguay 2-0 Bolivia @ Asunción, Paraguay Sun Jul 28 Honduras 0-0 Trinidad and Tobago @ Tegucigalpa, Honduras Jamaica 0-0 Panama @ Kingston, Jamaica Tue Jul 30 Panama 1-0 Trinidad and Tobago @ Panama City, Panama Wed Jul 31 Belarus 2-2 Lithuania @ Minsk, Belarus Sun Aug 4 Costa Rica 1-1 Honduras @ San José, Costa Rica Guatemala 1-0 Panama @ Guatemala City, Guatemala Wed Aug 7 Panama 2-1 Honduras @ Panama City, Panama Thu Aug 8 China PR 0-2 Paraguay @ Beijing, China PR Sun Aug 11 Honduras 0-0 Costa Rica @ Tegucigalpa, Honduras Tue Aug 13 Ukraine 5-2 Lithuania @ Kyiv, Ukraine Wed Aug 14 Greece 2-1 Albania @ Athens, Greece Honduras 2-1 El Salvador @ San Pedro Sula, Honduras Hungary 3-1 United Arab Emirates @ Siófok, Hungary Iceland 2-1 Malta @ Reykjavík, Iceland Latvia 0-0 Finland @ Riga, Latvia Panama 1-0 Guatemala @ Panama City, Panama Peru 3-0 Costa Rica @ Arequipa, Peru Romania 2-0 Israel @ Bucharest, Romania Sweden 0-1 Denmark @ Gothenburg, Sweden Turkey 2-0 Moldova @ Istanbul, Turkey Fri Aug 16 Ecuador 1-1 Costa Rica @ Cuenca, Ecuador Sat Aug 17 Rwanda 0-0 Uganda @ Kigali, Rwanda Sun Aug 18 Guatemala 1-1 Honduras @ Monterey Park, United States Tue Aug 20 Belarus 0-1 United Arab Emirates @ Fürth, Germany Oman 1-0 Mali @ Muscat, Oman Togo 2-0 Benin @ Lomé, Togo Wed Aug 21 El Salvador 1-2 Honduras @ San Salvador, El Salvador Thu Aug 22 Oman 1-1 Mali @ Muscat, Oman Sat Aug 24 Panama 2-0 Jamaica @ Panama City, Panama Sun Aug 25 Honduras 4-0 Cuba @ Tegucigalpa, Honduras Japan 5-3 Uruguay @ Osaka, Japan Tue Aug 27 Guatemala 2-1 Jamaica @ Guatemala City, Guatemala Poland 2-2 Cyprus @ Bełchatów, Poland Wed Aug 28 Honduras 2-2 Cuba @ San Pedro Sula, Honduras Oman 0-0 Sudan @ Muscat, Oman Russia 2-2 Brazil @ Moscow, Russia Thu Aug 29 Morocco 7-0 Zaïre @ Settat, Morocco Fri Aug 30 Guatemala 1-1 Cuba @ Guatemala City, Guatemala United States 3-1 El Salvador @ Los Angeles, United States Sat Aug 31 France 2-0 Mexico @ Paris, France Netherlands 2-2 Brazil @ Amsterdam, Netherlands Oman 0-1 Sudan @ Muscat, Oman Sun Sep 1 Norway 1-0 Georgia @ Oslo, Norway Wed Sep 4 Czech Republic 2-1 Iceland @ Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic Jamaica 2-0 Costa Rica @ Kingston, Jamaica Poland 0-2 Germany @ Zabrze, Poland Thu Sep 5 Lebanon 1-2 Oman @ Beirut, Lebanon Wed Sep 11 Japan 1-0 Uzbekistan @ Tokyo, Japan Sun Sep 15 Senegal 1-0 Mali @ Saint-Louis, Senegal Tue Sep 17 Oman 0-0 Zambia @ Muscat, Oman Wed Sep 18 Romania 1-2 United Arab Emirates @ Bucharest, Romania Thu Sep 19 El Salvador 0-1 Venezuela @ San Salvador, El Salvador Sun Sep 22 Guinea 0-1 Gabon @ Conakry, Guinea Saudi Arabia 2-1 Zambia @ Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Mon Sep 23 Mali 0-0 Guinea @ Bamako, Mali Wed Sep 25 El Salvador 2-1 Guatemala @ Los Angeles, United States South Korea 3-1 China PR @ Seoul, South Korea Oman 0-2 Mozambique @ Muscat, Oman Poland 1-0 United Arab Emirates @ Wodzisław Śląski, Poland Saudi Arabia 1-3 Zambia @ Dammam, Saudi Arabia Syria 1-2 Sudan @ Damascus, Syria Sun Sep 29 Gabon 1-1 Mali @ Libreville, Gabon Oman 0-1 New Zealand @ Muscat, Oman Syria 1-0 Sudan @ Damascus, Syria Zimbabwe 1-0 Tanzania @ Harare, Zimbabwe Tue Oct 1 Oman 1-2 New Zealand @ Muscat, Oman Thu Oct 3 Lebanon 2-3 Bahrain @ Tripoli, Lebanon Saudi Arabia 3-0 New Zealand @ Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Fri Oct 4 Ecuador 2-1 Jamaica @ Ambato, Ecuador Kuwait 0-1 Iran @ Kuwait City, Kuwait Sat Oct 5 Qatar 3-2 New Zealand @ Doha, Qatar Mon Oct 7 Oman 2-0 Azerbaijan @ Muscat, Oman Tue Oct 8 Kuwait 1-1 Cyprus @ Al Ain, United Arab Emirates Wed Oct 9 Costa Rica 0-0 Jamaica @ San José, Costa Rica France 4-0 Turkey @ Paris, France Lebanon 1-1 New Zealand @ Beirut, Lebanon Saudi Arabia 0-0 Australia @ Dammam, Saudi Arabia Sun Oct 13 Japan 1-0 Tunisia @ Kobe, Japan Wed Oct 16 Brazil 3-1 Lithuania @ Teresina, Brazil Peru 4-1 United States @ Lima, Peru Sat Oct 19 Gabon 2-0 Burkina Faso @ Libreville, Gabon Mon Oct 21 Honduras 1-1 El Salvador @ Tegucigalpa, Honduras Wed Oct 23 Mexico 0-1 Ecuador @ Oakland, United States Wed Oct 30 Finland 2-2 Estonia @ Kotka, Finland Indonesia 1-2 Moldova @ Genoa, Italy Fri Nov 1 Honduras 1-2 Colombia @ New York, United States Sun Nov 3 Lithuania 4-0 Indonesia @ Vilnius, Lithuania Togo 0-1 Gabon @ Lomé, Togo Wed Nov 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-1 Italy @ Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Saudi Arabia 1-0 Bulgaria @ Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Thu Nov 7 Costa Rica 2-0 Panama @ San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica Uganda 3-2 Rwanda @ Kampala, Uganda Fri Nov 8 Thailand 0-4 Bulgaria @ Bangkok, Thailand Uganda 1-1 Rwanda @ Kampala, Uganda Sat Nov 9 Denmark 1-0 France @ Copenhagen, Denmark Wed Nov 13 Andorra 1-6 Estonia @ Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra Brazil 2-0 Cameroon @ Curitiba, Brazil Lebanon 0-0 Iran @ Beirut, Lebanon Fri Nov 15 United Arab Emirates 0-0 Malta @ Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Sat Nov 16 Estonia 3-0 Indonesia @ Celle Ligure, Italy Saudi Arabia 3-1 Syria @ Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Tue Nov 19 Kuwait 2-2 Syria @ Kuwait City, Kuwait Saudi Arabia 1-3 Mali @ Riyadh, Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates 4-2 Uzbekistan @ Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Wed Nov 20 El Salvador 1-3 Mexico @ Los Angeles, United States Fri Nov 22 Kuwait 4-2 Mali @ Kuwait City, Kuwait United Arab Emirates 2-0 Uzbekistan @ Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Sat Nov 23 South Korea 4-1 Colombia @ Suwon, South Korea Sun Nov 24 Indonesia 0-4 Iraq @ Genoa, Italy Mali 2-0 Burkina Faso @ Bamako, Mali Mon Nov 25 Iran 0-1 Turkmenistan @ Tehran, Iran Tue Nov 26 China PR 2-3 South Korea @ Guangzhou, China PR United Arab Emirates 1-1 Syria @ Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Wed Nov 27 Malta 0-2 Macedonia @ Attard, Malta Thu Nov 28 United Arab Emirates 1-0 Syria @ Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Fri Nov 29 Saudi Arabia 4-1 Indonesia @ Dammam, Saudi Arabia Sudan 1-1 Kenya @ Khartoum, Sudan [Sudan wins on penalties] Thu Dec 5 Lebanon 4-2 Georgia @ Beirut, Lebanon Sun Dec 8 Lebanon 3-2 Georgia @ Beirut, Lebanon Sat Dec 14 Kenya 1-0 Zambia @ Nairobi, Kenya Sun Dec 15 Kenya 0-2 Zambia @ Mombasa, Kenya Wed Dec 18 Brazil 1-0 Bosnia and Herzegovina @ Manaus, Brazil Fri Dec 20 Burkina Faso 1-1 Gabon @ Cotonou, Benin Sat Dec 21 Zimbabwe 2-2 Tanzania @ Harare, Zimbabwe Sun Dec 22 Benin 3-3 Gabon @ Cotonou, Benin Burkina Faso 2-1 Ghana @ Cotonou, Benin Tue Dec 24 Benin 1-1 Ghana @ Cotonou, Benin Wed Dec 25 Benin 1-1 Burkina Faso @ Cotonou, Benin Gabon 1-1 Ghana @ Cotonou, Benin Thu Dec 26 Basque Country 3-1 Estonia @ Bilbao, Spain Fri Dec 27 Benin 0-0 Burkina Faso @ Cotonou, Benin [Benin wins on penalties] Sat Dec 28 Argentina 2-3 FR Yugoslavia @ Mar del Plata, Argentina