= Friendly 1998 # Date Sat Jan 3 - Sun Dec 27 1998 (358d) # Teams 146 # Matches 295 Sat Jan 3 Malawi 1-0 Zimbabwe @ Blantyre, Malawi Sun Jan 4 Barbados 0-1 Trinidad and Tobago @ Bridgetown, Barbados Burkina Faso 1-0 Mozambique @ Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso Guinea 1-0 Togo @ Conakry, Guinea Malawi 0-2 Zimbabwe @ Lilongwe, Malawi Wed Jan 7 Burkina Faso 4-2 Mozambique @ Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Trinidad and Tobago 0-0 Jamaica @ Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Sat Jan 10 Swaziland 1-1 Botswana @ Mbabane, Swaziland Sun Jan 11 Burkina Faso 0-0 Mali @ Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Togo 1-2 Mozambique @ Lomé, Togo Mon Jan 12 Lesotho 0-0 Botswana @ Maseru, Lesotho Wed Jan 14 Ghana 0-0 Mozambique @ Accra, Ghana Morocco 2-1 Angola @ Casablanca, Morocco Fri Jan 16 Gambia 0-2 Zambia @ Banjul, Gambia Mon Jan 19 Ghana 3-1 Mozambique @ Accra, Ghana Wed Jan 21 Costa Rica 1-4 Honduras @ Nicoya, Costa Rica El Salvador 2-0 Trinidad and Tobago @ San Salvador, El Salvador Turkey 1-4 Albania @ Antalya, Turkey Sat Jan 24 United States 1-0 Sweden @ Orlando, United States Tue Jan 27 Liberia 1-2 Burkina Faso @ Monrovia, Liberia Wed Jan 28 Cameroon 1-0 Angola @ Garoua, Cameroon France 1-0 Spain @ Saint-Denis, France Italy 3-0 Slovakia @ Catania, Italy Tunisia 0-3 FR Yugoslavia @ Tunis, Tunisia Thu Jan 29 Ivory Coast 4-1 Mozambique @ Bouaké, Ivory Coast Jamaica 0-0 Sweden @ Kingston, Jamaica Togo 2-1 Mali @ Lomé, Togo Fri Jan 30 Niger 2-1 Namibia @ Niamey, Niger Sat Jan 31 Tunisia 4-1 Guinea @ Tunis, Tunisia Sun Feb 1 Burkina Faso 3-1 Namibia @ Niamey, Niger Ivory Coast 1-0 Cameroon @ Bouaké, Ivory Coast Togo 0-4 Mali @ Lomé, Togo Wed Feb 4 Mali 0-1 Tunisia @ Bamako, Mali New Zealand 0-0 Chile @ Auckland, New Zealand Thu Feb 5 Morocco 3-0 Niger @ Marrakech, Morocco Sat Feb 7 Australia 0-1 Chile @ Melbourne, Australia New Zealand 0-1 South Korea @ Auckland, New Zealand Sun Feb 8 Paraguay 4-0 Poland @ Asunción, Paraguay Wed Feb 11 Australia 1-0 South Korea @ Sydney, Australia England 0-2 Chile @ London, England Sun Feb 15 Australia 0-3 Japan @ Adelaide, Australia Wed Feb 18 Greece 1-1 Russia @ Athens, Greece Israel 4-0 Turkey @ Ramat Gan, Israel Oman 0-2 Germany @ Muscat, Oman Sat Feb 21 United States 0-2 Netherlands @ Miami Gardens, United States Sun Feb 22 Antigua and Barbuda 1-1 Dominica @ St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda Jamaica 2-2 Nigeria @ Kingston, Jamaica Saudi Arabia 0-3 Germany @ Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Tue Feb 24 Argentina 3-1 FR Yugoslavia @ Mar del Plata, Argentina Mexico 2-3 Netherlands @ Miami Gardens, United States Wed Feb 25 Belgium 2-0 United States @ Brussels, Belgium France 3-3 Norway @ Marseille, France Israel 2-0 Poland @ Ramat Gan, Israel Sun Mar 1 Barbados 6-2 Saint Kitts and Nevis @ Bridgetown, Barbados Tue Mar 3 Saint Lucia 2-0 Saint Kitts and Nevis @ Castries, Saint Lucia Thu Mar 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4-2 Saint Kitts and Nevis @ Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Tue Mar 10 Argentina 2-0 Bulgaria @ Buenos Aires, Argentina Sat Mar 14 United States 2-2 Paraguay @ San Diego, United States Wed Mar 18 Mexico 1-1 Paraguay @ Mexico City, Mexico Romania 0-1 Israel @ Bucharest, Romania Sun Mar 22 Azerbaijan 1-0 Moldova @ Baku, Azerbaijan United States Virgin Islands 1-0 British Virgin Islands @ Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands Wed Mar 25 Austria 2-3 Hungary @ Vienna, Austria Belgium 2-2 Norway @ Brussels, Belgium Colombia 0-0 FR Yugoslavia @ Bogotá, Colombia Czech Republic 2-1 Republic of Ireland @ Olomouc, Czech Republic Germany 1-2 Brazil @ Stuttgart, Germany Macedonia 1-0 Bulgaria @ Skopje, North Macedonia Malta 0-2 Finland @ Attard, Malta Northern Ireland 1-0 Slovakia @ Belfast, Northern Ireland Poland 2-0 Slovenia @ Warsaw, Poland Russia 1-0 France @ Moscow, Russia Scotland 0-1 Denmark @ Glasgow, Scotland Spain 4-0 Sweden @ Vigo, Spain Switzerland 1-1 England @ Bern, Switzerland Wales 0-0 Jamaica @ Cardiff, Wales Sun Mar 29 Colombia 1-1 Paraguay @ New Haven, United States Wed Apr 1 Antigua and Barbuda 1-1 Saint Lucia @ St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda South Korea 2-1 Japan @ Seoul, South Korea Wed Apr 8 Romania 2-1 Greece @ Bucharest, Romania Tue Apr 14 Iran 1-1 Kuwait @ Tehran, Iran Wed Apr 15 Israel 2-1 Argentina @ Jerusalem, Israel Mexico 1-0 Peru @ Los Angeles, United States Slovakia 0-0 South Korea @ Bratislava, Slovakia Sat Apr 18 Macedonia 2-2 South Korea @ Skopje, North Macedonia Mon Apr 20 Iran 0-2 Hungary @ Tehran, Iran Jamaica 1-2 Macedonia @ Tehran, Iran Wed Apr 22 Austria 0-3 United States @ Vienna, Austria Belgium 1-1 Romania @ Brussels, Belgium Bulgaria 2-1 Morocco @ Sofia, Bulgaria Chile 2-2 Colombia @ Santiago, Chile Croatia 4-1 Poland @ Osijek, Croatia Denmark 0-2 Norway @ Copenhagen, Denmark England 3-0 Portugal @ London, England Germany 1-0 Nigeria @ Cologne, Germany Hungary 0-0 Macedonia @ Tehran, Iran [Hungary wins on penalties] Iran 1-0 Jamaica @ Tehran, Iran Republic of Ireland 0-2 Argentina @ Dublin, Republic of Ireland Italy 3-1 Paraguay @ Parma, Italy Northern Ireland 1-0 Switzerland @ Belfast, Northern Ireland Russia 1-0 Turkey @ Moscow, Russia Scotland 1-1 Finland @ Edinburgh, Scotland FR Yugoslavia 3-1 South Korea @ Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia Slovenia 1-3 Czech Republic @ Murska Sobota, Slovenia Sweden 0-0 France @ Solna, Sweden Fri Apr 24 Azerbaijan 2-1 Uzbekistan @ Baku, Azerbaijan Wed Apr 29 Brazil 0-1 Argentina @ Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Chile 1-0 Lithuania @ Santiago, Chile Sat May 2 Tunisia 1-1 Georgia @ Sousse, Tunisia Mon May 4 Jamaica 0-0 Saudi Arabia @ Nice, France Sat May 9 Estonia 0-6 Mexico @ Montecatini Terme, Italy Saudi Arabia 2-1 Trinidad and Tobago @ Cannes, France Wed May 13 Iceland 1-1 Saudi Arabia @ Cannes, France Thu May 14 Argentina 5-0 Bosnia and Herzegovina @ Córdoba, Argentina Corsica 0-1 Cameroon @ Bastia, France Sat May 16 Estonia 0-0 Azerbaijan @ Viljandi, Estonia South Korea 2-1 Jamaica @ Seoul, South Korea United States 0-0 Macedonia @ San Jose, United States Sun May 17 Latvia 1-5 Israel @ Riga, Latvia Saudi Arabia 2-1 Namibia @ Cannes, France Mon May 18 Canada 1-0 Macedonia @ Toronto, Canada Tue May 19 Argentina 1-0 Chile @ Mendoza, Argentina Cameroon 2-0 Burkina Faso @ Yaoundé, Cameroon South Korea 0-0 Jamaica @ Seoul, South Korea Wed May 20 Norway 5-2 Mexico @ Oslo, Norway South Africa 1-1 Zambia @ Johannesburg, South Africa Thu May 21 Brittany 1-1 Cameroon @ Rennes, France Sat May 23 England 0-0 Saudi Arabia @ London, England Republic of Ireland 0-0 Mexico @ Dublin, Republic of Ireland Sun May 24 Chile 2-2 Uruguay @ Santiago, Chile United States 2-0 Kuwait @ Portland, United States Mon May 25 Argentina 2-0 South Africa @ Buenos Aires, Argentina Wed May 27 Austria 2-1 Tunisia @ Vienna, Austria Finland 0-0 Germany @ Helsinki, Finland Hungary 1-0 Lithuania @ Nyíregyháza, Hungary South Korea 2-2 Czech Republic @ Seoul, South Korea Netherlands 0-0 Cameroon @ Arnhem, Netherlands Norway 6-0 Saudi Arabia @ Molde, Norway Poland 3-1 Russia @ Chorzów, Poland Thu May 28 Sweden 3-0 Denmark @ Malmö, Sweden Fri May 29 FR Yugoslavia 3-0 Nigeria @ Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia Sat May 30 Georgia 1-1 Russia @ Tbilisi, Georgia Germany 3-1 Colombia @ Frankfurt am Main, Germany United States 0-0 Scotland @ Washington, D.C., United States Sun May 31 Chile 3-2 Tunisia @ Montélimar, France Japan 1-2 Mexico @ Lausanne, Switzerland Luxembourg 0-2 Cameroon @ Luxembourg, Luxembourg Mon Jun 1 Netherlands 5-1 Paraguay @ Eindhoven, Netherlands Tue Jun 2 Austria 6-0 Liechtenstein @ Vienna, Austria Sweden 1-0 Italy @ Gothenburg, Sweden Wed Jun 3 Andorra 0-3 Brazil @ Saint-Ouen, France Belgium 2-0 Colombia @ Brussels, Belgium Croatia 2-0 Iran @ Rijeka, Croatia Macedonia 1-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina @ Skopje, North Macedonia Malta 0-3 Wales @ Attard, Malta Romania 3-2 Paraguay @ Bucharest, Romania Saudi Arabia 0-0 Mexico @ Créteil, France FR Yugoslavia 1-0 Japan @ Lausanne, Switzerland Spain 4-1 Northern Ireland @ Santander, Spain Thu Jun 4 Chile 1-1 Morocco @ Avignon, France South Korea 1-1 China PR @ Seoul, South Korea Fri Jun 5 Bulgaria 2-0 Algeria @ Sofia, Bulgaria Denmark 1-2 Cameroon @ Copenhagen, Denmark Finland 0-1 France @ Helsinki, Finland Germany 7-0 Luxembourg @ Mannheim, Germany Netherlands 5-1 Nigeria @ Amsterdam, Netherlands Sat Jun 6 Belgium 1-0 Paraguay @ Brussels, Belgium Croatia 7-0 Australia @ Zagreb, Croatia Iceland 1-1 South Africa @ Baiersbronn, Germany Kenya 1-1 Seychelles @ Nairobi, Kenya Romania 5-1 Moldova @ Ploiești, Romania Switzerland 1-1 FR Yugoslavia @ Basel, Switzerland Tunisia 4-0 Wales @ Tunis, Tunisia Sun Jun 7 Belarus 5-0 Lithuania @ Minsk, Belarus Sat Jun 13 Seychelles 0-1 Kenya @ Victoria, Seychelles Mon Jun 22 Estonia 2-1 Andorra @ Kuressaare, Estonia Wed Jun 24 Andorra 0-0 Azerbaijan @ Viljandi, Estonia Fri Jun 26 Azerbaijan 2-1 Lithuania @ Viljandi, Estonia Latvia 2-0 Andorra @ Pärnu, Estonia Sat Jun 27 Thailand 0-3 China PR @ Bangkok, Thailand Mon Jun 29 Lithuania 4-0 Andorra @ Karksi-Nuia, Estonia Thu Jul 2 Oman 1-2 Syria @ Muscat, Oman Sun Jul 5 Rwanda 2-0 Tanzania @ Kigali, Rwanda Mon Jul 6 Malawi 2-1 Mozambique @ Mzuzu, Malawi Rwanda 2-2 Tanzania @ Kigali, Rwanda Wed Jul 8 Malawi 2-2 Mozambique @ Lilongwe, Malawi Fri Jul 10 Uganda 3-0 Tanzania @ Kampala, Uganda Sat Jul 11 Malawi 0-0 Mozambique @ Blantyre, Malawi Wed Jul 15 Ukraine 1-2 Poland @ Kyiv, Ukraine Sat Jul 18 Malawi 1-0 Zimbabwe @ Blantyre, Malawi Uganda 3-3 Kenya @ Kampala, Uganda Mon Jul 20 Malawi 0-0 Zimbabwe @ Lilongwe, Malawi Wed Jul 22 Senegal 1-0 Cape Verde @ Dakar, Senegal Fri Jul 24 Burkina Faso 1-0 Niger @ Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Sat Jul 25 Benin 0-1 Ghana @ Cotonou, Benin Sun Jul 26 Niger 1-0 Ivory Coast @ Niamey, Niger Senegal 3-1 Mali @ Dakar, Senegal Thu Jul 30 Guam 2-1 Northern Mariana Islands @ Koror, Palau Sat Aug 1 Palau 2-15 Guam @ Koror, Palau Mon Aug 3 Guam 0-3 Northern Mariana Islands @ Koror, Palau Sun Aug 9 Benin 1-1 Niger @ Cotonou, Benin Wed Aug 12 Azerbaijan 1-0 Georgia @ Gəncə, Azerbaijan Sat Aug 15 Thailand 4-1 Uzbekistan @ Bangkok, Thailand Sun Aug 16 Lithuania 1-1 Moldova @ Kaunas, Lithuania Tue Aug 18 Armenia 1-0 Lebanon @ Abovyan, Armenia Poland 2-0 Israel @ Kraków, Poland Wed Aug 19 Austria 2-2 France @ Vienna, Austria Cyprus 3-2 Albania @ Nicosia, Cyprus Czech Republic 1-0 Denmark @ Prague, Czech Republic Hungary 2-1 Slovenia @ Zalaegerszeg, Hungary Iceland 4-1 Latvia @ Reykjavík, Iceland Lithuania 0-3 Belarus @ Vilnius, Lithuania Norway 0-0 Romania @ Oslo, Norway Portugal 2-1 Mozambique @ Ponta Delgada, Portugal Slovakia 0-0 Finland @ Košice, Slovakia Sweden 1-0 Russia @ Örebro, Sweden Ukraine 4-0 Georgia @ Kyiv, Ukraine Thu Aug 20 Estonia 0-1 Moldova @ Kohtla-Järve, Estonia Sun Aug 23 Burkina Faso 1-1 Togo @ Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Sun Aug 30 Burkina Faso 1-1 Ivory Coast @ Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Mon Aug 31 Burkina Faso 1-1 Senegal @ Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Wed Sep 2 Malta 1-2 Germany @ Attard, Malta Morocco 2-0 Senegal @ Tangier, Morocco FR Yugoslavia 1-1 Switzerland @ Niš, FR Yugoslavia Sat Sep 5 Germany 1-1 Romania @ Attard, Malta Sun Sep 6 Swaziland 0-1 Ghana @ Mbabane, Swaziland Togo 0-1 Benin @ Lomé, Togo Wed Sep 9 Kuwait 0-0 Lebanon @ Kuwait City, Kuwait Fri Sep 11 Saudi Arabia 8-0 Tanzania @ Dammam, Saudi Arabia Sat Sep 12 Syria 3-0 Oman @ Damascus, Syria Sun Sep 13 Bahrain 2-2 Libya @ Doha, Qatar Kuwait 4-0 North Korea @ Kuwait City, Kuwait Mon Sep 14 Saudi Arabia 2-1 Sudan @ Dammam, Saudi Arabia Tue Sep 15 Syria 0-0 Oman @ Damascus, Syria Wed Sep 16 Egypt 0-0 Ivory Coast @ Cairo, Egypt Qatar 1-1 Sudan @ Doha, Qatar United Arab Emirates 5-1 Libya @ Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Thu Sep 17 Saudi Arabia 3-2 Senegal @ Dammam, Saudi Arabia Fri Sep 18 Bahrain 2-0 Syria @ Manama, Bahrain Sat Sep 19 Solomon Islands 2-1 Papua New Guinea @ Honiara, Solomon Islands Sun Sep 20 Togo 0-1 Mali @ Lomé, Togo Tue Sep 22 Oman 2-0 Zambia @ Muscat, Oman Wed Sep 23 Brazil 1-1 FR Yugoslavia @ São Luís, Brazil Estonia 2-2 Egypt @ Tallinn, Estonia Spain 1-0 Russia @ Granada, Spain Thu Sep 24 Oman 1-1 Zambia @ Muscat, Oman Sun Sep 27 Mali 1-0 Burkina Faso @ Bamako, Mali Tue Sep 29 Macedonia 2-2 Egypt @ Kumanovo, North Macedonia Sat Oct 3 Bahrain 2-3 Sudan @ Manama, Bahrain Sat Oct 10 Netherlands 2-0 Peru @ Eindhoven, Netherlands Tue Oct 13 Kuwait 3-0 Iran @ Kuwait City, Kuwait Netherlands 0-0 Ghana @ Arnhem, Netherlands Wed Oct 14 Brazil 5-1 Ecuador @ Washington, D.C., United States Sat Oct 17 Qatar 2-2 Burkina Faso @ Doha, Qatar Mon Oct 19 Oman 4-2 Burkina Faso @ Muscat, Oman Wed Oct 21 Oman 0-0 Burkina Faso @ Muscat, Oman Fri Oct 23 Bahrain 2-1 Burkina Faso @ Manama, Bahrain Wed Oct 28 Japan 1-0 Egypt @ Osaka, Japan Wed Nov 4 Bulgaria 0-0 Algeria @ Sofia, Bulgaria Fri Nov 6 United States 0-0 Australia @ San Jose, United States Sat Nov 7 Tunisia 1-1 Zimbabwe @ Tunis, Tunisia Tue Nov 10 Slovakia 1-3 Poland @ Bratislava, Slovakia Tunisia 3-0 Latvia @ Tunis, Tunisia Sun Nov 15 Sri Lanka 2-2 Maldives @ Colombo, Sri Lanka Mon Nov 16 India 0-0 Uzbekistan @ New Delhi, India Tue Nov 17 El Salvador 0-2 Mexico @ Los Angeles, United States Guatemala 3-3 Honduras @ Los Angeles, United States [Guatemala wins on penalties] Wed Nov 18 Brazil 5-1 Russia @ Fortaleza, Brazil Egypt 1-1 Norway @ Cairo, Egypt El Salvador 1-2 Honduras @ Los Angeles, United States England 2-0 Czech Republic @ London, England Georgia 3-1 Estonia @ Tbilisi, Georgia Germany 1-1 Netherlands @ Gelsenkirchen, Germany Guatemala 2-2 Mexico @ Los Angeles, United States [Guatemala wins on penalties] Hungary 2-0 Switzerland @ Budapest, Hungary Italy 2-2 Spain @ Salerno, Italy Luxembourg 0-0 Belgium @ Luxembourg, Luxembourg Portugal 2-0 Israel @ Setúbal, Portugal Thu Nov 19 Hong Kong 1-1 Vietnam @ Victoria, Hong Kong India 0-4 Uzbekistan @ Calcutta, India Sat Nov 21 Armenia 2-1 Estonia @ Abovyan, Armenia Thailand 3-3 Turkmenistan @ Bangkok, Thailand Guernsey 1-6 Kernow @ Saint Sampson, Guernsey Sun Nov 22 China PR 0-0 South Korea @ Shanghai, China PR Wed Nov 25 Singapore 0-4 United Arab Emirates @ Singapore, Singapore Fri Nov 27 Thailand 2-0 Nepal @ Bangkok, Thailand Sat Nov 28 Azerbaijan 2-1 Estonia @ Gəncə, Azerbaijan Thu Dec 3 Mali 0-2 Ghana @ Bamako, Mali Sun Dec 6 British Virgin Islands 0-5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines @ Road Town, British Virgin Islands Wed Dec 16 South Africa 2-1 Egypt @ Johannesburg, South Africa Tue Dec 22 Basque Country 5-1 Uruguay @ San Sebastián, Spain Catalonia 5-0 Nigeria @ Barcelona, Spain Canary Islands 4-0 Latvia @ Las Palmas, Spain Wed Dec 23 Israel 2-0 FR Yugoslavia @ Ramat Gan, Israel Sun Dec 27 Kuwait 1-1 Egypt @ Kuwait City, Kuwait