| 14th October 1998, 19.15 CET | |||
 CROATIA 3:2 MACEDONIA  |
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| HT 2:1 | |||
| Goals: 16′ Davor Šuker, 45′, 70′ Zvonimir Boban – 2′ Sasha Ciric, 55′ Djevdet Shainoski | |||
| Stadium: Maksimir in Zagreb |
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| Attendance: 8.541 | |||
| CRO | MKD | ||
| 1. | Dražen Ladić (GK) | 1. | Petar Milosevski (GK) |
| 2. | Mario Stanić | 2. | Djevdet Shainoski |
| 3. | Robert Jarni | 3. | Goran Lazarevski  27′  58′ |
| 4. | Zvonimir Soldo | 4. | Goce Sedloski |
| 5. | Igor Štimac 33′ 81′ |
5. | Igor Sasha Nikolovski 78′ |
| 6. | Dario Šimić | 6. | Goran Stavrevski |
| 7. | Aljoša Asanović 44′ 62′ |
7. | Srgjan Zaharievski 68′ |
| 8. | Silvio Marić | 8. | Toni Micevski (C) 46′ |
| 9. | Davor Šuker | 9. | Sasha Ciric |
| 10. | Zvonimir Boban (C) | 10. | Viktor Trenevski |
| 11. | Igor Tudor 58′ |
11. | Artim Shakjiri |
| Substitutes: | |||
| 12. | Marijan Mrmić (GK) | 12. | Risto Bozhinov  58′ |
| 13. | Mario Tokić | 13. | Goran Stankovski |
| 14. | Mario Cvitanović | 14. | Vancho Trajchov |
| 15. | Krunoslav Jurčić 81′ 82′ |
15. | Milan Stojanoski 78′ |
| 16. | Davor Vugrinec | 16. | Igor Gjuzelov |
| 17. | Daniel Šarić 62′ 76′ |
17. | Vlatko Goshev 46′ |
| 18. | Jurica Vučko | 18. | Gogo Jovchev (GK) |
| Coaches: | |||
| Miroslav “Ćiro” Blažević |
Gjokica “Gjoko” Hadjievski |
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| Officials: | |||
Referee: Nikolai Vladislavovich Levnikov  |
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| Assistants: Mikhail Semionov, Serguei Foursa |
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| Fourth official: Andrei Pavlovich Butenko |
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