| 14th December 1996, 13.00 CET | |||
 MACEDONIA 0:3 ROMANIA  |
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| HT 0:2 | |||
| Goals: 36′, 44′, 90′ (pen) Gheorghe Popescu | |||
| Stadium: Gradski in Skopje |
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| Attendance: 14.000 | |||
| MKD | ROU | ||
| 1. | Dancho Celeski (GK)  90′ |
2. | Dan Petrescu |
| 2. | Goce Sedloski | 3. | Daniel Prodan |
| 3. | Mitko Stojkovski | 4. | Anton Doboş |
| 4. | Ljupcho Markovski | 5. | Constantin Gâlcă 41′ |
| 5. | Igor Sasha Nikolovski | 6. | Gheorghe Popescu (C) |
| 6. | Srgjan Zaharievski | 7. | Tibor Selymes |
| 7. | Vlatko Goshev | 8. | Gheorghe Craioveanu  67′ |
| 8. | Toni Micevski (C) 79′ 79′ |
9. | Ion Vlădoiu 88′ |
| 9. | Gjorgji Hristov | 10. | Iulian Filipescu |
| 10. | Sasha Kjirikj 46′ |
11. | Dorinel Munteanu 82′ |
| 11. | Dejvi Glavevski 77′ |
23. | Bogdan Stelea (GK) |
| Substitutes: | |||
| 12. | Zoran Jovanoski | 12. | Florin Prunea (GK) |
| 13. | Risto Milosavov | 13. | Florin Constantinovici |
| 14. | Sasho Miloshevski  46′ |
14. | Viorel Ion 88′ |
| 15. | Toni Naumoski | 15. | Nică Panduru 67′ |
| 16. | Vancho Micevski 77′ |
16. | Liviu Ciubotariu |
| 17. | Milan Stojanoski 79′ |
17. | Ştefan Valentin |
| 18. | Antonio Filevski (GK) | 18. | Ovidiu Stângă 82′ |
| Coaches: | |||
| Gjokica “Gjoko” Hadzievski |
Anghel Iordănescu |
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| Officials: | |||
Referee: Roger Phillippi  |
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| Assistants: Jeannot Poggi, Jorges Hilger |
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| Fourth official: Charles Schaack |
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