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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 23 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | ||
3 | ![]() |
10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 21 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | ||
4 | ![]() |
10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 10 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
5 | ![]() |
10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | ||
6 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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K. Andersson ![]() Dahlin ![]() P. Andersson ![]() Larsson ![]() |
Report | Byalkevich ![]() |
Estonia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Hohlov-Simson ![]() |
Report |
Belarus ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Makowski ![]() |
Report | Zemļinskis ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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K. Andersson ![]() |
Report | Gallacher ![]() |
Belarus ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | McAllister ![]() |
Estonia ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Oper ![]() Kristal ![]() |
Report | Dahlin ![]() Zetterberg ![]() K. Andersson ![]() |
Belarus ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Gurenko ![]() |
Report | K. Andersson ![]() Zetterberg ![]() |
Latvia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Zemļinskis ![]() |
Report |
Belarus ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Pfeifenberger ![]() |
Sweden ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Zetterberg ![]() |
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