Friendlies 1997/98

Final table 132 clubs

Computed from the match rows below, three points for a win. Ask the API for it as it stood on any date of the season and you get the table as it actually was that morning, not this one filtered.

#ClubPWDLGDPts

1 BRABrazil 10 9 0 1 +20 27

2 JAMJamaica 10 6 3 1 +9 21

3 FRAFrance 5 5 0 0 +6 15

4 AUSAustralia 5 5 0 0 +6 15

5 ALGAlgeria 10 4 3 3 +1 15

6 SKSouth Korea 8 4 2 2 +6 14

7 SASaudi Arabia 5 4 1 0 +11 13

8 NORNorway 7 4 1 2 +7 13

9 TUNTunisia 6 4 1 1 +5 13

10 CHIChina 7 3 3 1 +7 12

11 EGYEgypt 7 4 0 3 +6 12

12 ESTEstonia 6 4 0 2 +3 12

13 LEBLebanon 8 3 3 2 +2 12

14 IRAIran 5 3 1 1 +4 10

15 SLOSlovakia 5 3 1 1 +3 10

16 ZAMZambia 8 2 4 2 +1 10

17 CHIChile 4 3 0 1 +7 9

18 ENGEngland 3 3 0 0 +5 9

19 MARMartinique 4 3 0 1 +2 9

20 KUWKuwait 5 3 0 2 +1 9

21 GREGreece 4 2 2 0 +5 8

22 BFBurkina Faso 5 2 2 1 +3 8

23 TOGTogo 8 2 2 4 -6 8

24 CRCosta Rica 3 2 1 0 +8 7

25 THAThailand 3 2 1 0 +4 7

26 ICIvory Coast 4 2 1 1 +2 7

27 SWESweden 4 2 1 1 +1 7

28 POLPoland 5 2 1 2 0 7

29 ECUEcuador 5 2 1 2 -1 7

30 KENKenya 4 2 1 1 -1 7

31 MALMali 6 2 1 3 -4 7

32 CAMCameroon 9 2 1 6 -10 7

33 FIJFiji 3 2 0 1 +4 6

34 GERGermany 2 2 0 0 +4 6

35 INDIndonesia 4 2 0 2 +3 6

36 HUNHungary 4 2 0 2 +3 6

37 IRAIraq 2 2 0 0 +3 6

38 LESLesotho 5 1 3 1 +1 6

39 ESWEswatini 5 1 3 1 +1 6

40 UAEUnited Arab Emirates 3 2 0 1 0 6

41 GUAGuatemala 5 1 3 1 -2 6

42 COLColombia 5 1 2 2 -1 5

43 LIBLibya 4 1 2 1 -1 5

44 USAUSA 5 1 2 2 -1 5

45 TATTrinidad and Tobago 8 1 2 5 -8 5

46 LATLatvia 3 1 1 1 +2 4

47 PARParaguay 2 1 1 0 +2 4

48 NINorthern Ireland 3 1 1 1 +1 4

49 BARBarbados 2 1 1 0 +1 4

50 SERSerbia 3 1 1 1 -1 4

51 NIGNigeria 3 1 1 1 -1 4

52 ISRIsrael 5 1 1 3 -2 4

53 BAHBahrain 4 1 1 2 -2 4

54 AZEAzerbaijan 5 1 1 3 -2 4

55 AABAntigua and Barbuda 3 1 1 1 -2 4

56 ICEIceland 4 1 1 2 -2 4

57 JORJordan 6 0 4 2 -2 4

58 WALWales 3 1 1 1 -2 4

59 TANTanzania 5 1 1 3 -3 4

60 GEOGeorgia 1 1 0 0 +7 3

61 BOLBolivia 2 1 0 1 +5 3

62 BCBasque Country 1 1 0 0 +2 3

63 HAIHaiti 2 1 0 1 +2 3

64 ITAItaly 1 1 0 0 +2 3

65 SLOSlovenia 1 1 0 0 +2 3

66 GREGrenada 1 1 0 0 +1 3

67 MORMorocco 2 1 0 1 +1 3

68 NETNetherlands 2 1 0 1 +1 3

69 BERBermuda 1 1 0 0 +1 3

70 CZECzechia 1 1 0 0 +1 3

71 FIFaroe Islands 2 1 0 1 +1 3

72 GABGabon 1 1 0 0 +1 3

73 PERPeru 1 1 0 0 +1 3

74 SLSierra Leone 1 1 0 0 +1 3

75 ZIMZimbabwe 1 1 0 0 +1 3

76 MAUMauritius 1 1 0 0 +1 3

77 SISolomon Islands 2 1 0 1 0 3

78 SWISwitzerland 2 1 0 1 0 3

79 SCOScotland 3 1 0 2 -1 3

80 TURTurkmenistan 2 1 0 1 -1 3

81 ESEl Salvador 5 0 3 2 -3 3

82 MEXMexico 3 1 0 2 -4 3

83 BOTBotswana 3 0 2 1 -3 2

84 SENSenegal 5 0 2 3 -5 2

85 BENBenin 1 0 1 0 0 1

86 BULBulgaria 1 0 1 0 0 1

87 CATCatalonia 1 0 1 0 0 1

88 CHAChad 1 0 1 0 0 1

89 FINFinland 1 0 1 0 0 1

90 ROMRomania 1 0 1 0 0 1

91 SPASpain 1 0 1 0 0 1

92 SKASt. Kitts and Nevis 1 0 1 0 0 1

93 TRKTürkiye 1 0 1 0 0 1

94 CDCongo DR 1 0 1 0 0 1

95 MALMalawi 1 0 1 0 0 1

96 PALPalestine 1 0 1 0 0 1

97 ROIRep. Of Ireland 1 0 1 0 0 1

98 UGAUganda 1 0 1 0 0 1

99 MOZMozambique 2 0 1 1 -1 1

100 RUSRussia 2 0 1 1 -1 1

101 PORPortugal 2 0 1 1 -2 1

102 SLSt. Lucia 3 0 1 2 -3 1

103 VENVenezuela 2 0 1 1 -3 1

104 SYRSyria 2 0 1 1 -3 1

105 JAPJapan 3 0 1 2 -5 1

106 HONHonduras 1 0 0 1 -1 0

107 BHBosnia & Herzegovina 1 0 0 1 -1 0

108 GUIGuinea 1 0 0 1 -1 0

109 SMSaint Martin 1 0 0 1 -1 0

110 CANCanada 1 0 0 1 -1 0

111 FMFYR Macedonia 1 0 0 1 -1 0

112 OMAOman 1 0 0 1 -1 0

113 PHIPhilippines 1 0 0 1 -1 0

114 MAUMauritania 1 0 0 1 -2 0

115 AUSAustria 1 0 0 1 -2 0

116 CONCongo 1 0 0 1 -2 0

117 BELBelarus 2 0 0 2 -3 0

118 TAJTajikistan 1 0 0 1 -3 0

119 BELBelgium 1 0 0 1 -3 0

120 CUBCuba 1 0 0 1 -3 0

121 GUYGuyana 1 0 0 1 -3 0

122 KAZKazakhstan 1 0 0 1 -3 0

123 LITLithuania 2 0 0 2 -3 0

124 NCNew Caledonia 1 0 0 1 -4 0

125 GHAGhana 2 0 0 2 -5 0

126 CYPCyprus 2 0 0 2 -5 0

127 MYAMyanmar 1 0 0 1 -5 0

128 ANDAndorra 2 0 0 2 -6 0

129 MALMalta 3 0 0 3 -7 0

130 SASouth Africa 5 0 0 5 -8 0

131 NZNew Zealand 4 0 0 4 -11 0

132 ARMArmenia 3 0 0 3 -16 0

How the season went

Every figure counted from the matches, not typed in.

Goals per game

2.53

523 goals. 47.3% of matches went over 2.5.

Home advantage

52.2%

Draws 24.2%, away wins 23.7%.

Half-time lead held

—

No half-time scores recorded for this season.

0–0 28 · 13.5%

0–1 21 · 10.1%

2–1 19 · 9.2%

1–1 18 · 8.7%

2–0 17 · 8.2%

1–0 17 · 8.2%

Results 209

The three prices are what the market showed at kickoff. The shortest is highlighted, so you can see at a glance where the market was wrong.

Sunday 28 December 1997

Lesotho 0 – 0 Eswatini — — —

Saturday 27 December 1997

Burkina Faso 2 – 0 Ivory Coast — — —

Friday 26 December 1997

Basque Country 3 – 1 Serbia — — —

Wednesday 24 December 1997

Egypt 1 – 2 Algeria — — —

Cameroon 3 – 1 Togo — — —

Tuesday 23 December 1997

Catalonia 1 – 1 Bulgaria — — —

Monday 22 December 1997

Egypt 2 – 0 Cameroon — — —

Algeria 0 – 1 Togo — — —

Sunday 21 December 1997

Mozambique 1 – 1 Lesotho — — —

Saturday 20 December 1997

Egypt 1 – 2 Algeria — — —

Thursday 18 December 1997

Martinique 3 – 2 Trinidad and Tobago — — —

Lesotho 0 – 0 Eswatini — — —

Egypt 7 – 2 Togo — — —

Wednesday 17 December 1997

Zambia 0 – 0 Nigeria — — —

Martinique 3 – 0 Trinidad and Tobago — — —

Sunday 7 December 1997

South Africa 1 – 2 Brazil — — —

Saudi Arabia 0 – 0 Iceland — — —

Wednesday 3 December 1997

Egypt 3 – 2 Ghana — — —

Thursday 27 November 1997

Philippines 0 – 1 Estonia — — —

Wednesday 26 November 1997

Morocco 3 – 0 Togo — — —

Wednesday 19 November 1997

Spain 1 – 1 Romania — — —

Senegal 1 – 2 Mali — — —

Saturday 15 November 1997

Germany 3 – 0 South Africa — — —

England 2 – 0 Cameroon — — —

Thursday 13 November 1997

Mali 3 – 1 Mauritania — — —

Wednesday 12 November 1997

France 2 – 1 Scotland — — —

Tuesday 11 November 1997

Brazil 3 – 0 Wales — — —

Friday 7 November 1997

Chile 4 – 1 Guatemala — — —

Wednesday 5 November 1997

Tunisia 2 – 1 Bosnia & Herzegovina — — —

Sunday 2 November 1997

Eswatini 0 – 1 Mauritius — — —

Ivory Coast 0 – 0 Burkina Faso — — —

Wednesday 29 October 1997

St. Kitts and Nevis 1 – 1 Jamaica — — —

Sunday 26 October 1997

Antigua and Barbuda 0 – 3 Jamaica — — —

Friday 24 October 1997

St. Lucia 1 – 3 Jamaica — — —

Wednesday 22 October 1997

Haiti 3 – 0 Martinique — — —

Cuba 1 – 1 Cameroon — — —

Monday 20 October 1997

Martinique 2 – 1 Cameroon — — —

Haiti 2 – 2 Cuba — — —

Saturday 18 October 1997

Haiti 0 – 1 Jamaica — — —

Saturday 11 October 1997

France 2 – 1 South Africa — — —

Thursday 9 October 1997

Brazil 2 – 0 Morocco — — —

Wednesday 8 October 1997

Norway 0 – 0 Colombia — — —

Saturday 4 October 1997

Tanzania 0 – 1 Algeria — — —

Friday 3 October 1997

Kenya 0 – 0 Zambia — — —

Wednesday 1 October 1997

Tanzania 0 – 1 Kenya — — —

Tuesday 30 September 1997

Algeria 0 – 1 Zambia — — —

Sunday 28 September 1997

Algeria 0 – 1 Kenya — — —

Saturday 27 September 1997

Tanzania 0 – 0 Zambia — — —

Thursday 25 September 1997

Saudi Arabia 5 – 1 Mali — — —

Libya 1 – 1 Jordan — — —

Bahrain 1 – 1 Chad — — —

Wednesday 24 September 1997

Poland 2 – 0 Lithuania — — —

El Salvador 0 – 1 Guatemala — — —

Sunday 21 September 1997

Indonesia 5 – 0 New Zealand — — —

Saturday 20 September 1997

Libya 2 – 1 Bahrain — — —

Sunday 14 September 1997

Indonesia 3 – 1 Tanzania — — —

Wednesday 10 September 1997

Brazil 4 – 2 Ecuador — — —

Saturday 6 September 1997

Poland 1 – 0 Hungary — — —

El Salvador 2 – 2 Colombia — — —

Tuesday 2 September 1997

United Arab Emirates 3 – 1 Iran — — —

China 3 – 0 Kazakhstan — — —

Sunday 31 August 1997

Jamaica 6 – 1 Trinidad and Tobago — — —

Saturday 30 August 1997

South Korea 0 – 0 China — — —

Sunday 24 August 1997

Peru 2 – 1 Colombia — — —

South Korea 4 – 1 Tajikistan — — —

Thursday 21 August 1997

Lebanon 0 – 2 Iraq — — —

Wednesday 20 August 1997

Russia 0 – 1 Serbia — — —

Tuesday 19 August 1997

Latvia 0 – 0 Azerbaijan — — —

Greece 2 – 1 Cyprus — — —

Sunday 17 August 1997

Canada 0 – 1 Iran — — —

Wednesday 13 August 1997

Japan 0 – 3 Brazil — — —

Sunday 10 August 1997

South Korea 1 – 2 Brazil — — —

Saturday 9 August 1997

Tunisia 2 – 0 Nigeria — — —

Cameroon 3 – 3 Zambia — — —

Thursday 7 August 1997

USA 0 – 1 Ecuador — — —

Tunisia 3 – 1 Zambia — — —

Cameroon 0 – 1 Nigeria — — —

Wednesday 6 August 1997

Sweden 1 – 0 Lithuania — — —

Slovakia 1 – 0 Switzerland — — —

Jamaica 1 – 0 Colombia — — —

Hungary 3 – 0 Malta — — —

Estonia 0 – 2 Faroe Islands — — —

Tuesday 5 August 1997

Belarus 2 – 3 Israel — — —

Sunday 27 July 1997

Iceland 1 – 0 Faroe Islands — — —

Sunday 20 July 1997

Iceland 0 – 1 Norway — — —

Sunday 6 July 1997

Malawi 0 – 0 Botswana — — —

Saturday 5 July 1997

Tunisia 1 – 0 Mali — — —

Wednesday 2 July 1997

Barbados 1 – 1 Trinidad and Tobago — — —

Sunday 29 June 1997

Jamaica 3 – 0 Cuba — — —

Saturday 28 June 1997

Congo DR 0 – 0 Uganda — — —

Wednesday 25 June 1997

Latvia 4 – 1 Andorra — — —

Sunday 22 June 1997

Estonia 4 – 1 Andorra — — —

Antigua and Barbuda 1 – 0 St. Lucia — — —

Saturday 21 June 1997

Antigua and Barbuda 1 – 1 St. Lucia — — —

Tuesday 17 June 1997

USA 2 – 1 Israel — — —

Friday 6 June 1997

Palestine 0 – 0 Jordan — — —

Thursday 5 June 1997

Senegal 0 – 0 Algeria — — —

Wednesday 4 June 1997

USA 0 – 0 Paraguay — — —

Togo 0 – 0 Burkina Faso — — —

South Africa 0 – 2 Netherlands — — —

Estonia 1 – 0 Azerbaijan — — —

Sunday 1 June 1997

Zambia 3 – 0 Cameroon — — —

Malta 2 – 3 Scotland — — —

Saturday 31 May 1997

Tunisia 0 – 1 Algeria — — —

Burkina Faso 2 – 0 Mali — — —

Friday 30 May 1997

Norway 4 – 2 Brazil — — —

Wednesday 28 May 1997

El Salvador 0 – 2 Ecuador — — —

Tuesday 27 May 1997

Scotland 0 – 1 Wales — — —

Kuwait 2 – 1 Zambia — — —

Saturday 24 May 1997

England 2 – 1 South Africa — — —

Thursday 22 May 1997

Sweden 2 – 2 Poland — — —

Wednesday 21 May 1997

Thailand 0 – 0 Northern Ireland — — —

Japan 1 – 1 South Korea — — —

Thursday 8 May 1997

Ivory Coast 4 – 1 Senegal — — —

Thursday 1 May 1997

Trinidad and Tobago 1 – 1 Jamaica — — —

Fiji 5 – 1 New Caledonia — — —

Wednesday 30 April 1997

Syria 1 – 1 Libya — — —

Brazil 4 – 0 Mexico — — —

Tuesday 29 April 1997

Slovakia 3 – 1 Iceland — — —

Monday 28 April 1997

Bermuda 2 – 1 Saint Martin — — —

Sunday 27 April 1997

Lebanon 2 – 0 Libya — — —

China 0 – 0 Iran — — —

Friday 25 April 1997

Turkmenistan 2 – 0 Azerbaijan — — —

Wednesday 23 April 1997

China 0 – 2 South Korea — — —

Monday 21 April 1997

Iran 3 – 0 Kenya — — —

China 5 – 0 Myanmar — — —

Sunday 20 April 1997

Cameroon 2 – 0 Congo — — —

Thursday 17 April 1997

Thailand 3 – 1 Kuwait — — —

Sunday 13 April 1997

El Salvador 1 – 1 Guatemala — — —

Friday 11 April 1997

Kuwait 0 – 2 Iran — — —

Sunday 6 April 1997

Trinidad and Tobago 2 – 3 Grenada — — —

Friday 4 April 1997

Trinidad and Tobago 0 – 1 Barbados — — —

Wednesday 2 April 1997

Trinidad and Tobago 3 – 0 Guyana — — —

Switzerland 1 – 0 Latvia — — —

Hungary 1 – 3 Australia — — —

France 1 – 0 Sweden — — —

Brazil 4 – 0 Chile — — —

Sunday 30 March 1997

Georgia 7 – 0 Armenia — — —

Gabon 2 – 1 Togo — — —

Saturday 29 March 1997

United Arab Emirates 1 – 4 Norway — — —

Tanzania 3 – 2 Burkina Faso — — —

Sierra Leone 2 – 1 Senegal — — —

England 2 – 0 Mexico — — —

Tuesday 25 March 1997

Guatemala 0 – 0 Ecuador — — —

Sunday 23 March 1997

Bolivia 6 – 0 Jamaica — — —

Saturday 22 March 1997

Azerbaijan 3 – 0 Turkmenistan — — —

Wednesday 19 March 1997

United Arab Emirates 2 – 1 Lebanon — — —

Malta 1 – 4 Hungary — — —

Tuesday 18 March 1997

Kuwait 3 – 1 Bahrain — — —

Austria 0 – 2 Slovenia — — —

Saturday 15 March 1997

Thailand 3 – 1 Japan — — —

Thursday 13 March 1997

El Salvador 0 – 0 Guatemala — — —

Wednesday 12 March 1997

Serbia 0 – 0 Russia — — —

Saudi Arabia 3 – 1 Indonesia — — —

FYR Macedonia 0 – 1 Australia — — —

Israel 0 – 1 Sweden — — —

Czechia 2 – 1 Poland — — —

Cyprus 0 – 4 Greece — — —

Sunday 9 March 1997

Saudi Arabia 2 – 0 Indonesia — — —

Costa Rica 5 – 0 Cameroon — — —

Thursday 6 March 1997

Bahrain 1 – 0 Oman — — —

Sunday 2 March 1997

Saudi Arabia 3 – 0 Syria — — —

Saturday 1 March 1997

Azerbaijan 0 – 2 Estonia — — —

Wednesday 26 February 1997

Israel 0 – 1 Germany — — —

France 2 – 1 Netherlands — — —

Brazil 4 – 2 Poland — — —

Sunday 23 February 1997

Botswana 1 – 4 Lesotho — — —

Friday 21 February 1997

Fiji 3 – 2 Solomon Islands — — —

Botswana 0 – 0 Eswatini — — —

Wednesday 19 February 1997

Greece 0 – 0 Portugal — — —

Costa Rica 5 – 2 Venezuela — — —

Tuesday 18 February 1997

Kuwait 2 – 0 Egypt — — —

Monday 17 February 1997

Fiji 1 – 2 Solomon Islands — — —

Sunday 16 February 1997

Senegal 1 – 1 Mali — — —

Iraq 1 – 0 Jordan — — —

Wednesday 12 February 1997

Türkiye 1 – 1 Finland — — —

Jamaica 0 – 0 Venezuela — — —

Tuesday 11 February 1997

Wales 0 – 0 Rep. Of Ireland — — —

Northern Ireland 3 – 0 Belgium — — —

Sunday 9 February 1997

Lebanon 0 – 0 Jordan — — —

Saturday 8 February 1997

Colombia 1 – 0 Slovakia — — —

Friday 7 February 1997

Jordan 0 – 0 Lebanon — — —

Wednesday 5 February 1997

Mexico 3 – 1 Ecuador — — —

Costa Rica 2 – 2 Slovakia — — —

Sunday 2 February 1997

Lebanon 1 – 0 Jordan — — —

Bolivia 0 – 1 Slovakia — — —

Saturday 1 February 1997

China 1 – 1 USA — — —

Wednesday 29 January 1997

China 2 – 1 USA — — —

Sunday 26 January 1997

Eswatini 3 – 1 Lesotho — — —

Lebanon 2 – 0 Estonia — — —

Chile 3 – 2 Honduras — — —

Saturday 25 January 1997

South Korea 3 – 1 New Zealand — — —

Australia 1 – 0 Norway — — —

Wednesday 22 January 1997

Portugal 0 – 2 France — — —

New Zealand 0 – 3 Norway — — —

Italy 2 – 0 Northern Ireland — — —

Israel 1 – 1 Greece — — —

Australia 2 – 1 South Korea — — —

Sunday 19 January 1997

Mozambique 1 – 2 Zimbabwe — — —

Benin 1 – 1 Togo — — —

Saturday 18 January 1997

South Korea 1 – 0 Norway — — —

Australia 1 – 0 New Zealand — — —

Sunday 12 January 1997

Lebanon 2 – 2 Algeria — — —

Wednesday 8 January 1997

Ivory Coast 2 – 1 Guinea — — —

Monday 6 January 1997

Togo 4 – 0 Ghana — — —

Paraguay 2 – 0 Armenia — — —

Sunday 5 January 1997

Egypt 2 – 0 Belarus — — —

Saturday 4 January 1997

Tunisia 0 – 0 Algeria — — —

Chile 7 – 0 Armenia — — —

Final table 132 clubs

How the season went

Results 209

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