Estonia national football team 1996

The 1996 season was the fifth full year of competitive football in the Baltic country as an independent nation. After having a poor run in 1995 (twelve defeats in twelve games) the Estonia national football team started in the qualifying tournament for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. The team had a new coach: Teitur Thordarson from Iceland.

Estonia vs Azerbaijan

Friendly
16 February 1996
 Estonia 0 – 0  Azerbaijan
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 50
Referee: Loizou (CYP)

Cyprus vs Estonia

Friendly
20 February 1996
 Cyprus 1 – 0  Estonia
Konstantinou  21'
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 50
Referee: Kapitanis (CYP)

Estonia vs Faroe Islands

Friendly
24 February 1996
 Estonia 2 – 2  Faroe Islands
Kristal  13' [1]
Rajala  45'
Johannesen  30'
Jarnskor  45'
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kyprianides (CYP)

Estonia vs Iceland

Friendly
24 April 1996
 Estonia 0 – 3  Iceland
B. Gunnlaugsson  6',  20',  30'
Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 500
Referee: Lajuks (LAT)

Estonia vs Turkey

Friendly
29 May 1996
 Estonia 0 – 0  Turkey
Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Keltanen (FIN)

Estonia vs Latvia

Baltic Cup
7 July 1996
Estonia  1 – 1  Latvia
U. Rooba  36' Bulders  16'
Kreenholmi Stadium, Narva
Attendance: 350
Referee: Dilda (LTU)

Estonia vs Lithuania

Baltic Cup
9 July 1996
Estonia  1 – 1  Lithuania
Reim  21' (pk) Ĺ˝vingilas  18'
Kreenholmi Stadium, Narva
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Braga (LAT)

Belarus vs Estonia

WCQ 98 [2]
31 August 1996
Belarus  1 – 0  Estonia
Makowski  35'
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Khussainov (RUS)

Estonia vs Belarus

WCQ 98
5 October 1996
 Estonia 1 – 0 [3]  Belarus
Hohlov-Simson  51'
Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: O'Hanlon (IRL)

Estonia vs Scotland

Main article: One team in Tallinn

Finland vs Estonia

Friendly
30 October 1996
 Finland 2 – 2  Estonia
Grönlund  74'
Pohja  88'
M. Rooba  65'
Kirs  80'
Arto Tolsa Areena, Kotka
Attendance: 925
Referee: Lajuks (LAT)

Andorra vs Estonia

Friendly
13 November 1996
 Andorra 1 – 6  Estonia
Pol  61' Zelinski  36'
Arbeiter  64'  74'  76'  84'
Kristal  87'
Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: GracĂ­a Redondo (ESP)

Estonia vs Indonesia

Friendly
16 November 1996
 Estonia 3 – 0  Indonesia
Zelinski  6',  45',  71'
Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Pieri (ITA)

Notes

  1. ↑ First goal for Marko Kristal in 39 international matches for Estonia.
  2. ↑ 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.
  3. ↑ First win in an official match for Estonia since defeating  Liechtenstein on 26 October 1993 in a friendly.

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