1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4
Appearance
Group 4 consisted of six of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:[a] Austria, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Scotland and Sweden. These six teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 15 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming those spots.
Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | Austria | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 25 | Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
2 | Scotland | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 23 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | ||
3 | Sweden | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 21 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | ||
4 | Latvia | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 10 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
5 | Estonia | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | ||
6 | Belarus | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 21 | −16 | 4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — |
Source: [1]
Matches
[edit]Sweden | 5–1 | Belarus |
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K. Andersson 20', 62' (pen.) Dahlin 30' P. Andersson 77' Larsson 87' |
Report | Byalkevich 75' |
Estonia | 1–0 | Belarus |
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Hohlov-Simson 52' | Report |
Belarus | 1–1 | Latvia |
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Makowski 78' | Report | Zemļinskis 16' |
This game was a replay of the original game that took place in Tallinn on 9 October where the Estonian team failed to show up.
Sweden | 2–1 | Scotland |
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K. Andersson 43', 63' | Report | Gallacher 83' |
Belarus | 0–1 | Scotland |
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Report | McAllister 49' (pen.) |
Estonia | 2–3 | Sweden |
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Oper 74' Kristal 84' |
Report | Dahlin 14' Zetterberg 53' (pen.) K. Andersson 71' |
Belarus | 1–2 | Sweden |
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Gurenko 38' | Report | K. Andersson 74' Zetterberg 84' |
Latvia | 1–0 | Estonia |
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Zemļinskis 87' (pen.) | Report |
Belarus | 0–1 | Austria |
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Report | Pfeifenberger 50' |
Sweden | 1–0 | Estonia |
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Zetterberg 25' | Report |
Goalscorers
[edit]There were 67 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.23 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Andreas Heraf
- Heimo Pfeifenberger
- Ivica Vastić
- Valyantsin Byalkevich
- Sergei Gurenko
- Petr Kachuro
- Sergei Hohlov-Simson
- Marko Kristal
- Andres Oper
- Indrek Zelinski
- Vitālijs Astafjevs
- Vladimirs Babičevs
- Aleksandrs Jelisejevs
- Tom Boyd
- John Collins
- Gordon Durie
- Darren Jackson
- John McGinlay
- Gary McAllister
- Patrik Andersson
- Mattias Jonson
- Henrik Larsson
1 own goal
- Janek Meet (against Scotland)
- Marek Lemsalu (against Latvia)
Notes
[edit]- ^ Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
- ^ The Scotland v Belarus match was moved from the original scheduled date of 6 September 1997 as it fell on the Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales on London, England.
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 1998, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
- 1996–97 in Austrian football
- Austria at the 1998 FIFA World Cup
- 1996 in Belarusian football
- 1997 in Belarusian football
- 1996 in Estonian football
- 1997 in Estonian football
- 1996 in Latvian football
- 1997 in Latvian football
- 1996–97 in Scottish football
- 1996 in Swedish football
- 1997 in Swedish football
- Scotland at the 1998 FIFA World Cup