| 27th November 1996, 19.15 CET | |||
 MALTA 0:2 MACEDONIA  |
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| HT 0:1 | |||
| Goals: 37′ Vancho Micevski, 88′ (pen) Sasha Ciric | |||
| Stadium: Grawnd Nazzjonali Ta’ Qali in Ta’ Qali |
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| Attendance: 450 | |||
| MLT | MKD | ||
| 1. | Mario Muscat (GK) | 1. | Dancho Celeski (GK) (C)  66′ |
| 2. | Jeffrey Chetcuti | 2. | Goce Sedloski |
| 3. | Richard Buhagiar | 3. | Zoran Jovanoski |
| 4. | Silvio Vella (C) | 4. | Goran Lazarevski |
| 5. | Darren Debono | 5. | Igor Sasha Nikolovski |
| 6. | Ivan Zammit | 6. | Srgjan Zaharievski |
| 7. | Noel Turner | 7. | Vlatko Goshev 85′ |
| 8. | Hubert Suda 71′ |
8. | Rade Karanfiloski 63′ |
| 9. | David Carabott 81′ |
9. | Vancho Micevski |
| 10. | Joseph Brincat | 10. | Sasha Ciric |
| 11. | Antoine Zahra | 11. | Artim Shakjiri 80′ |
| Substitutes: | |||
| 12. | Ernest Barry (GK) | 12. | Antonio Filevski (GK)  66′ |
| 13. | Brian Said | 13. | Mile Krstev 85′ |
| 14. | Nicholas “Nicky” Saliba | 14. | Toni Naumoski 63′ |
| 15. | Karl Bonicci | 15. | Miroslav Djokikj 80′ |
| 16. | Stefan Sultana 71′ |
16. | Petar Miloshevski (GK) |
| 17. | David Camilleri 81′ |
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| 18. | Aldrin Muscat | / | |
| Coaches: | |||
Milorad Kosanović  |
Gjokica “Gjoko” Hadjievski |
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| Officials: | |||
| Referee: Charles Agius |
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| Assistants: Joseph R. Attard, Mark Spiteri |
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| Fourth official: Lorry Sammut |
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Highlights (in Macedonian):