| 9th October 1996, 20.30 CET | |||
 IRELAND 3:0 MACEDONIA  |
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| HT 1:0 | |||
| Goals: 8′ Jason McAteer, 46′, 70′ Anthony Cascarino | |||
| Stadium: Lansdowne Road in Dublin |
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| Attendance: 31.671 | |||
| IRL | MKD | ||
| 1. | Alan Kelly (GK) | 1. | Dancho Celeski (GK) |
| 2. | Jeffrey Kenna | 2. | Risto Milosavov |
| 3. | Denis Irwin | 3. | Husein Beganovikj  74′ |
| 4. | Ian Harte  29′ 86′ |
4. | Goce Sedloski |
| 5. | Gary Breen | 5. | Igor Sasha Nikolovski |
| 6. | Steven Stauton | 6. | Zoran Jovanoski |
| 7. | Andrew Townsend (C) | 7. | Vlatko Goshev |
| 8. | Alan McLoughlin 42′ 88′ |
8. | Toni Micevski (C) 59′ |
| 9. | Keith O’Neill 82′ |
9. | Gjorgji Hristov |
| 10. | Jason McAteer | 10. | Sasha Kjirikj |
| 11. | Anthony Cascarino | 11. | Sasho Miloshevski 61′ |
| Substitutes: | |||
| 12. | Philip Babb | 12. | Antonio Filevski (GK) |
| 13. | Kenneth Cunningham | 13. | Srgjan Zaharievski  61′ |
| 14. | John Aldridge 82′ |
14. | Artim Shakjiri 74′ |
| 15. | Alan Moore 86′ |
15. | Vancho Micevski |
| 16. | Shay Given (GK) | 16. | Toni Naumoski |
| 17. | David Kelly | / | |
| 18. | Liam O’Brien 88′ |
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| Coaches: | |||
| Michael “Mick” McCarthy |
Gjokica “Gjoko” Hadjievski |
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| Officials: | |||
Referee: Knud Erik Fisker  |
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| Assistants: Torben Siersen, Jens Larsen |
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| Fourth official: Finn Lambek |
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