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Friendly
Friendly 1997
4 Jan 1997 – 28 Dec 1997
Matches
205
Played
205
Goals
516
Shootouts
2
Matches
Saturday 4 January 1997
Friendly 1997
Chile
7–0
Armenia
Tunisia
0–0
Algeria
Sunday 5 January 1997
Friendly 1997
Egypt
2–0
Belarus
Monday 6 January 1997
Friendly 1997
Paraguay
2–0
Armenia
Togo
4–0
Ghana
Wednesday 8 January 1997
Friendly 1997
Ivory Coast
2–1
Guinea
Sunday 12 January 1997
Friendly 1997
Lebanon
2–2
Algeria
Saturday 18 January 1997
Friendly 1997
Australia
1–0
New Zealand
South Korea
1–0
Norway
Neutral venue
Sunday 19 January 1997
Friendly 1997
Benin
1–1
Togo
Mozambique
1–2
Zimbabwe
Wednesday 22 January 1997
Friendly 1997
Australia
2–1
South Korea
Israel
1–1
Greece
Italy
2–0
Northern Ireland
New Zealand
0–3
Norway
Neutral venue
Portugal
0–2
France
Saturday 25 January 1997
Friendly 1997
Australia
1–0
Norway
South Korea
3–1
New Zealand
Neutral venue
Sunday 26 January 1997
Friendly 1997
Chile
3–2
Honduras
Lebanon
2–0
Estonia
Swaziland
3–1
Lesotho
Wednesday 29 January 1997
Friendly 1997
China
2–1
United States
Saturday 1 February 1997
Friendly 1997
China
1–1
United States
Sunday 2 February 1997
Friendly 1997
Bolivia
0–1
Slovakia
Lebanon
1–0
Jordan
Wednesday 5 February 1997
Friendly 1997
Costa Rica
2–2
Slovakia
Mexico
3–1
Ecuador
Friday 7 February 1997
Friendly 1997
Jordan
0–0
Lebanon
Saturday 8 February 1997
Friendly 1997
Colombia
1–0
Slovakia
Sunday 9 February 1997
Friendly 1997
Lebanon
0–0
Jordan
Tuesday 11 February 1997
Friendly 1997
Northern Ireland
3–0
Belgium
Wales
0–0
Republic of Ireland
Wednesday 12 February 1997
Friendly 1997
Jamaica
0–0
Venezuela
Turkey
1–1
Finland
Sunday 16 February 1997
Friendly 1997
Iraq
1–0
Jordan
Senegal
1–1
Mali
Monday 17 February 1997
Friendly 1997
Fiji
1–2
Solomon Islands
Tuesday 18 February 1997
Friendly 1997
Kuwait
2–0
Egypt
Wednesday 19 February 1997
Friendly 1997
Costa Rica
5–2
Venezuela
Greece
0–0
Portugal
Friday 21 February 1997
Friendly 1997
Botswana
0–0
Swaziland
Fiji
3–2
Solomon Islands
Sunday 23 February 1997
Friendly 1997
Botswana
1–4
Lesotho
Wednesday 26 February 1997
Friendly 1997
Brazil
4–2
Poland
France
2–1
Netherlands
Israel
0–1
Germany
Saturday 1 March 1997
Friendly 1997
Azerbaijan
0–2
Estonia
Neutral venue
Sunday 2 March 1997
Friendly 1997
Saudi Arabia
3–0
Syria
Thursday 6 March 1997
Friendly 1997
Bahrain
1–0
Oman
Sunday 9 March 1997
Friendly 1997
Costa Rica
5–0
Cameroon
Saudi Arabia
2–0
Indonesia
Wednesday 12 March 1997
Friendly 1997
Cyprus
0–4
Greece
Czech Republic
2–1
Poland
Israel
0–1
Sweden
Macedonia
0–1
Australia
Saudi Arabia
3–1
Indonesia
FR Yugoslavia
0–0
Russia
Thursday 13 March 1997
Friendly 1997
El Salvador
0–0
Guatemala
Saturday 15 March 1997
Friendly 1997
Thailand
3–1
Japan
Tuesday 18 March 1997
Friendly 1997
Austria
0–2
Slovenia
Kuwait
3–1
Bahrain
Wednesday 19 March 1997
Friendly 1997
Malta
1–4
Hungary
United Arab Emirates
2–1
Lebanon
Saturday 22 March 1997
Friendly 1997
Azerbaijan
3–0
Turkmenistan
Sunday 23 March 1997
Friendly 1997
Bolivia
6–0
Jamaica
Tuesday 25 March 1997
Friendly 1997
Guatemala
0–0
Ecuador
Saturday 29 March 1997
Friendly 1997
England
2–0
Mexico
Sierra Leone
2–1
Senegal
Tanzania
3–2
Burkina Faso
United Arab Emirates
1–4
Norway
Sunday 30 March 1997
Friendly 1997
Gabon
2–1
Togo
Georgia
7–0
Armenia
Wednesday 2 April 1997
Friendly 1997
Brazil
4–0
Chile
France
1–0
Sweden
Hungary
1–3
Australia
Switzerland
1–0
Latvia
Trinidad and Tobago
3–0
Guyana
Friday 4 April 1997
Friendly 1997
Trinidad and Tobago
0–1
Barbados
Sunday 6 April 1997
Friendly 1997
Trinidad and Tobago
2–3
Grenada
Friday 11 April 1997
Friendly 1997
Kuwait
0–2
Iran
Sunday 13 April 1997
Friendly 1997
El Salvador
1–1
Guatemala
Neutral venue
Thursday 17 April 1997
Friendly 1997
Thailand
3–1
Kuwait
Sunday 20 April 1997
Friendly 1997
Cameroon
2–0
Congo
Monday 21 April 1997
Friendly 1997
China
5–0
Myanmar
Iran
3–0
Kenya
Wednesday 23 April 1997
Friendly 1997
China
0–2
South Korea
Friday 25 April 1997
Friendly 1997
Turkmenistan
2–0
Azerbaijan
Sunday 27 April 1997
Friendly 1997
China
0–0
Iran
Lebanon
2–0
Libya
Monday 28 April 1997
Friendly 1997
Bermuda
2–1
Saint Martin
Tuesday 29 April 1997
Friendly 1997
Slovakia
3–1
Iceland
Wednesday 30 April 1997
Friendly 1997
Brazil
4–0
Mexico
Neutral venue
Syria
1–1
Libya
Thursday 1 May 1997
Friendly 1997
Fiji
5–1
New Caledonia
Trinidad and Tobago
1–1
Jamaica
Thursday 8 May 1997
Friendly 1997
Ivory Coast
4–1
Senegal
Wednesday 21 May 1997
Friendly 1997
Japan
1–1
South Korea
Thailand
0–0
Northern Ireland
Thursday 22 May 1997
Friendly 1997
Sweden
2–2
Poland
Saturday 24 May 1997
Friendly 1997
England
2–1
South Africa
Tuesday 27 May 1997
Friendly 1997
Kuwait
2–1
Zambia
Scotland
0–1
Wales
Wednesday 28 May 1997
Friendly 1997
El Salvador
0–2
Ecuador
Friday 30 May 1997
Friendly 1997
Norway
4–2
Brazil
Saturday 31 May 1997
Friendly 1997
Burkina Faso
2–0
Mali
Tunisia
0–1
Algeria
Sunday 1 June 1997
Friendly 1997
Malta
2–3
Scotland
Zambia
3–0
Cameroon
Wednesday 4 June 1997
Friendly 1997
Estonia
1–0
Azerbaijan
South Africa
0–2
Netherlands
Togo
0–0
Burkina Faso
United States
0–0
Paraguay
Thursday 5 June 1997
Friendly 1997
Senegal
0–0
Algeria
Friday 6 June 1997
Friendly 1997
Palestine
0–0
Jordan
Tuesday 17 June 1997
Friendly 1997
United States
2–1
Israel
Saturday 21 June 1997
Friendly 1997
Antigua and Barbuda
1–1
Saint Lucia
Sunday 22 June 1997
Friendly 1997
Antigua and Barbuda
1–0
Saint Lucia
Estonia
4–1
Andorra
Wednesday 25 June 1997
Friendly 1997
Latvia
4–1
Andorra
Saturday 28 June 1997
Friendly 1997
DR Congo
0–0
Uganda
Sunday 29 June 1997
Friendly 1997
Jamaica
3–0
Cuba
Wednesday 2 July 1997
Friendly 1997
Barbados
1–1
Trinidad and Tobago
Saturday 5 July 1997
Friendly 1997
Tunisia
1–0
Mali
Sunday 6 July 1997
Friendly 1997
Malawi
0–0
Botswana
Sunday 20 July 1997
Friendly 1997
Iceland
0–1
Norway
Sunday 27 July 1997
Friendly 1997
Iceland
1–0
Faroe Islands
Tuesday 5 August 1997
Friendly 1997
Belarus
2–3
Israel
Wednesday 6 August 1997
Friendly 1997
Estonia
0–2
Faroe Islands
Hungary
3–0
Malta
Jamaica
1–0
Colombia
Slovakia
1–0
Switzerland
Sweden
1–0
Lithuania
Thursday 7 August 1997
Friendly 1997
United States
0–1
Ecuador
Sunday 10 August 1997
Friendly 1997
South Korea
1–2
Brazil
Wednesday 13 August 1997
Friendly 1997
Japan
0–3
Brazil
Sunday 17 August 1997
Friendly 1997
Canada
0–1
Iran
Tuesday 19 August 1997
Friendly 1997
Greece
2–1
Cyprus
Latvia
0–0
Azerbaijan
Wednesday 20 August 1997
Friendly 1997
Russia
0–1
FR Yugoslavia
Thursday 21 August 1997
Friendly 1997
Lebanon
0–2
Iraq
Sunday 24 August 1997
Friendly 1997
South Korea
4–1
Tajikistan
Peru
2–1
Colombia
Saturday 30 August 1997
Friendly 1997
South Korea
0–0
China
Sunday 31 August 1997
Friendly 1997
Jamaica
6–1
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuesday 2 September 1997
Friendly 1997
China
3–0
Kazakhstan
United Arab Emirates
3–1
Iran
Saturday 6 September 1997
Friendly 1997
El Salvador
2–2
Colombia
Neutral venue
Poland
1–0
Hungary
Wednesday 10 September 1997
Friendly 1997
Brazil
4–2
Ecuador
Sunday 14 September 1997
Friendly 1997
Indonesia
3–1
Tanzania
Saturday 20 September 1997
Friendly 1997
Libya
2–1
Bahrain
Sunday 21 September 1997
Friendly 1997
Indonesia
5–0
New Zealand
Wednesday 24 September 1997
Friendly 1997
El Salvador
0–1
Guatemala
Neutral venue
Poland
2–0
Lithuania
Thursday 25 September 1997
Friendly 1997
Bahrain
1–1
Chad
Neutral venue
Libya
1–1
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
5–1
Mali
Saturday 27 September 1997
Friendly 1997
Tanzania
0–0
Zambia
Sunday 28 September 1997
Friendly 1997
Algeria
0–1
Kenya
Neutral venue
Tuesday 30 September 1997
Friendly 1997
Algeria
0–1
Zambia
Neutral venue
Wednesday 1 October 1997
Friendly 1997
Tanzania
0–1
Kenya
Friday 3 October 1997
Friendly 1997
Kenya
0–0
Zambia
Neutral venue
Saturday 4 October 1997
Friendly 1997
Tanzania
0–1
Algeria
Wednesday 8 October 1997
Friendly 1997
Norway
0–0
Colombia
Thursday 9 October 1997
Friendly 1997
Brazil
2–0
Morocco
Saturday 11 October 1997
Friendly 1997
France
2–1
South Africa
Saturday 18 October 1997
Friendly 1997
Haiti
0–1
Jamaica
Monday 20 October 1997
Friendly 1997
Haiti
2–2
Cuba
Haiti won on penalties
Martinique
2–1
Cameroon
Neutral venue
Wednesday 22 October 1997
Friendly 1997
Cuba
1–1
Cameroon
Cuba won on penalties · Neutral venue
Haiti
3–0
Martinique
Friday 24 October 1997
Friendly 1997
Saint Lucia
1–3
Jamaica
Sunday 26 October 1997
Friendly 1997
Antigua and Barbuda
0–3
Jamaica
Wednesday 29 October 1997
Friendly 1997
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1–1
Jamaica
Sunday 2 November 1997
Friendly 1997
Ivory Coast
0–0
Burkina Faso
Swaziland
0–1
Mauritius
Wednesday 5 November 1997
Friendly 1997
Tunisia
2–1
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Friday 7 November 1997
Friendly 1997
Chile
4–1
Guatemala
Tuesday 11 November 1997
Friendly 1997
Brazil
3–0
Wales
Wednesday 12 November 1997
Friendly 1997
France
2–1
Scotland
Thursday 13 November 1997
Friendly 1997
Mali
3–1
Mauritania
Saturday 15 November 1997
Friendly 1997
England
2–0
Cameroon
Germany
3–0
South Africa
Wednesday 19 November 1997
Friendly 1997
Senegal
1–2
Mali
Spain
1–1
Romania
Wednesday 26 November 1997
Friendly 1997
Morocco
3–0
Togo
Thursday 27 November 1997
Friendly 1997
Philippines
0–1
Estonia
Wednesday 3 December 1997
Friendly 1997
Egypt
3–2
Ghana
Sunday 7 December 1997
Friendly 1997
Saudi Arabia
0–0
Iceland
South Africa
1–2
Brazil
Wednesday 17 December 1997
Friendly 1997
Martinique
3–0
Trinidad and Tobago
Zambia
0–0
Nigeria
Thursday 18 December 1997
Friendly 1997
Egypt
7–2
Togo
Lesotho
0–0
Swaziland
Martinique
3–2
Trinidad and Tobago
Saturday 20 December 1997
Friendly 1997
Egypt
1–2
Algeria
Sunday 21 December 1997
Friendly 1997
Mozambique
1–1
Lesotho
Monday 22 December 1997
Friendly 1997
Algeria
0–1
Togo
Neutral venue
Egypt
2–0
Cameroon
Tuesday 23 December 1997
Friendly 1997
Catalonia
1–1
Bulgaria
Wednesday 24 December 1997
Friendly 1997
Cameroon
3–1
Togo
Neutral venue
Egypt
1–2
Algeria
Friday 26 December 1997
Friendly 1997
Basque Country
3–1
FR Yugoslavia
Saturday 27 December 1997
Friendly 1997
Burkina Faso
2–0
Ivory Coast
Sunday 28 December 1997
Friendly 1997
Lesotho
0–0
Swaziland