Estonia national football team 1996

The 1996 season was the fifth full year of competitive football in the Baltic country as an independent nation. After having a poor run in 1995 (twelve defeats in twelve games) the Estonia national football team started in the qualifying tournament for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. The team had a new coach: Teitur Thordarson from Iceland.

Estonia vs Azerbaijan

 Estonia0 0 Azerbaijan
Attendance: 50
Referee: Loizou (CYP)

Cyprus vs Estonia

 Cyprus1 0 Estonia
Konstantinou  21'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Kapitanis (CYP)

Estonia vs Faroe Islands

 Estonia2 2 Faroe Islands
Kristal  13' [1]
Rajala  45'
Johannesen  30'
Jarnskor  45'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kyprianides (CYP)

Estonia vs Iceland

 Estonia0 3 Iceland
B. Gunnlaugsson  6',  20',  30'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Lajuks (LAT)

Estonia vs Turkey

 Estonia0 0 Turkey
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Keltanen (FIN)

Estonia vs Latvia

Estonia 1 1 Latvia
U. Rooba  36' Bulders  16'
Attendance: 350
Referee: Dilda (LTU)

Estonia vs Lithuania

Estonia 1 1 Lithuania
Reim  21' (pk) Žvingilas  18'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Braga (LAT)

Belarus vs Estonia

Belarus 1 0 Estonia
Makowski  35'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Khusainov (RUS)

Estonia vs Belarus

 Estonia1 0 [3] Belarus
Hohlov-Simson  51'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: O'Hanlon (IRL)

Estonia vs Scotland

Finland vs Estonia

 Finland2 2 Estonia
Grönlund  74'
Pohja  88'
M. Rooba  65'
Kirs  80'
Attendance: 925
Referee: Lajuks (LAT)

Andorra vs Estonia

 Andorra1 6 Estonia
Pol  61' Zelinski  36'
Arbeiter  64'  74'  76'  84'
Kristal  87'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Gracía Redondo (ESP)

Estonia vs Indonesia

 Estonia3 0 Indonesia
Zelinski  6',  45',  71'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Pieri (ITA)

Basque Country vs Estonia

Estonia played the non-FIFA Basque Country team on 26 December 1996; this did not contribute to ranking points or individual cap totals.

Notes

  1. First goal for Marko Kristal in 39 international matches for Estonia.
  2. 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.
  3. First win in an official match for Estonia since defeating  Liechtenstein on 26 October 1993 in a friendly.

References

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