| 6th September 1998, 20.00 CET |
 MACEDONIA 4:0 MALTA  |
| HT 1:0 |
| Goals: 20′, 47′ Risto Bozhinov, 70′, 76′ Artim Shakjiri |
| Stadium: Gradski in Skopje |
| Attendance: 4.000 |
| MKD |
MLT |
| 1. |
Petar Miloshevski (GK) |
1. |
Mario Muscat (GK) |
| 2. |
Goran Lazarevski |
2. |
Brian Said |
| 3. |
Mitko Stojkovski (C)  76′ |
3. |
Jeffrey Chetcuti  53′ |
| 4. |
Goce Sedloski |
4. |
Jonathan Magri Overend |
| 5. |
Igor Sasha Nikolovski 72′ |
5. |
Darren Debono |
| 6. |
Goran Stavrevski |
6. |
David Camilleri 32′ |
| 7. |
Milan Stojanoski 64′ 69′ |
7. |
Carmel Busuttil (C) |
| 8. |
Toni Micevski 60′ |
8. |
Gilbert Agius 67′ |
| 9. |
Risto Bozhinov |
9. |
Noel Turner |
| 10. |
Viktor Trenevski |
10. |
Joseph Brincat |
| 11. |
Srgjan Zaharievski |
11. |
Antoine Zahra 74′ |
| Substitutes: |
| 12. |
Igor Gjuzelov |
12. |
Ernest Barry (GK) |
| 13. |
Artim Shakjiri  69′ |
13. |
Joseph Sant Fournier |
| 14. |
Djevdet Shainovski 72′ |
14. |
Hubert Suda 67′ |
| 15. |
Vlatko Goshev 76′ |
15. |
David Carabott 74′ |
| 16. |
Vancho Trajchpv |
16. |
Stefan Sultana |
| 17. |
Mile Krstev |
17. |
Graham Bencini |
| 18. |
Gogo Jovchev (GK) |
18. |
Paul Sixsmith |
| Coaches: |
| Gjokica “Gjoko” Hadjievski |
Josif Ilić  |
| Officials: |
Referee: Jan Willem Wegereef  |
| Assistants: Eugene Theelen, Ron Metz |
| Fourth official: Dick van Egmond |
