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Estonia national football team 1996

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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

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 Estonia0 – 0 Azerbaijan
Attendance: 50
Referee: Loizou (CYP)

Cyprus vs Estonia

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 Cyprus1 – 0 Estonia
Konstantinou 21'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Kapitanis (CYP)

Estonia vs Faroe Islands

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 Estonia2 – 2 Faroe Islands
Kristal 13' [1]
Rajala 45'
Johannesen 30'
Jarnskor 45'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kyprianides (CYP)

Estonia vs Iceland

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 Estonia0 – 3 Iceland
B. Gunnlaugsson 6', 20', 30'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Lajuks (LAT)

Estonia vs Turkey

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 Estonia0 – 0 Turkey
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Keltanen (FIN)

Estonia vs Latvia

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Estonia 1 – 1 Latvia
U. Rooba 36' Bulders 16'
Attendance: 350
Referee: Dilda (LTU)

Estonia vs Lithuania

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Estonia 1 – 1 Lithuania
Reim 21' (pk) Žvingilas 18'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Braga (LAT)

Belarus vs Estonia

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Belarus 1 – 0 Estonia
Makowski 35'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Khusainov (RUS)

Estonia vs Belarus

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 Estonia1 – 0 [3] Belarus
Hohlov-Simson 51'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: O'Hanlon (IRL)

Estonia vs Scotland

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Finland vs Estonia

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 Finland2 – 2 Estonia
Grönlund 74'
Pohja 88'
M. Rooba 65'
Kirs 80'
Attendance: 925
Referee: Lajuks (LAT)

Andorra vs Estonia

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 Andorra1 – 6 Estonia
Pol 61' Zelinski 36'
Arbeiter 64' 74' 76' 84'
Kristal 87'

Estonia vs Indonesia

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 Estonia3 – 0 Indonesia
Zelinski 6', 45', 71'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Pieri (ITA)

Basque Country vs Estonia

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Estonia played the non-FIFA Basque Country team on 26 December 1996; this did not contribute to ranking points or individual cap totals.

Notes

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  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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