1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

Group 4 consisted of six of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:[1] 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
Legend
Group winners and one best runner-up among all groups directly qualified for the finals
Remaining group runners-up advanced to the play-offs
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Austria 10811174+1325
 Scotland 10721153+1223
 Sweden 10703169+721
 Latvia 103161014−410
 Estonia 10118416−124
 Belarus 10118521−164
 
Austria  – 4–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0
Belarus  0–1 – 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2
Estonia  0–3 1–0 – 1–3 0–0 2–3
Latvia  1–3 2–0 1–0 – 0–2 1–2
Scotland  2–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 – 1–0
Sweden  0–1 5–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 –

Results
Sweden 5–1 Belarus
K. Andersson  20', 62' (pen.)
Dahlin  30'
P. Andersson  77'
Larsson  87'		 Report Byalkevich  75'
Attendance: 30,014
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)
Austria 0–0 Scotland
Report
Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 27,600
Belarus 1–0 Estonia
Makowski  35' Report
Attendance: 7,500
Latvia 1–2 Sweden
Rimkus  56' Report Dahlin  16'
K. Andersson  21'
Attendance: 9,200
Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)
Latvia 0–2 Scotland
Report Collins  18'
Jackson  80'
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Jiří Ulrich (Czech Republic)
Estonia 1–0 Belarus
Hohlov-Simson  52' Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Richard O'Hanlon (Republic of Ireland)
Sweden 0–1 Austria
Report Herzog  11'
Attendance: 36,859
Belarus 1–1 Latvia
Makowski  78' Report Zemļinskis  16'
Attendance: 7,300
Referee: Sergo Kvaratskhelia (Georgia)
Austria 2–1 Latvia
Polster  43'
Herzog  73'		 Report Rimkus  44'
Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 15,700
Scotland 1–0 Sweden
McGinlay  7' Report
Attendance: 46,738
Estonia 0–0 Scotland
Report
Attendance: 3,766
Referee: Miroslav Radoman (Yugoslavia)

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.

Scotland 2–0 Estonia
Boyd  25'
Meet  52' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 17,996
Scotland 2–0 Austria
Gallacher  25', 78' Report
Attendance: 43,259
Austria 2–0 Estonia
Vastić  48'
Stöger  87'		 Report
Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Armand Ancion (Belgium)
Sweden 2–1 Scotland
K. Andersson  43', 63' Report Gallacher  83'
Ullevi Stadion, Gothenburg
Attendance: 40,302
Latvia 2–0 Belarus
Ševļakovs  36', 83' Report
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Ilkka Koho (Finland)
Estonia 1–3 Latvia
Zelinski  5' Report Babičevs  53'
Jelisejevs  80'
Lemsalu  87' (o.g.)
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Darko Cvitkovic (Croatia)
Latvia 1–3 Austria
Astafjevs  88' Report Heraf  55'
Polster  81'
Stöger  82'
Attendance: 9,200
Belarus 0–1 Scotland
Report McAllister  49' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
Estonia 2–3 Sweden
Oper  74'
Kristal  84'		 Report Dahlin  14'
Zetterberg  53' (pen.)
K. Andersson  71'
Attendance: 2,500
Estonia 0–3 Austria
Report Polster  47', 69', 90'
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Georgios Fassolis (Greece)
Belarus 1–2 Sweden
Gurenko  38' Report K. Andersson  74'
Zetterberg  84'
Attendance: 9,000
Austria 1–0 Sweden
Herzog  76' Report
Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 48,500
Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)
Latvia 1–0 Estonia
Zemļinskis  87' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Otar Guntadze (Georgia)
Scotland 4–1 Belarus
Gallacher  7', 58'
Hopkin  54', 88'		 Report Kachuro  73' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,160
Belarus 0–1 Austria
Report Pfeifenberger  50'
Attendance: 7,000
Sweden 1–0 Latvia
Jonson  88' Report
Attendance: 20,251
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Austria 4–0 Belarus
Polster  3', 16' (pen.)
Stöger  6', 42'		 Report
Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 48,500
Referee: Aron Huzu (Romania)
Scotland 2–0 Latvia
Gallacher  43'
Durie  80'		 Report
Attendance: 47,613
Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)
Sweden 1–0 Estonia
Zetterberg  25' Report
Attendance: 18,702
Referee: Stefan Ormandzhiev (Bulgaria)

Notes
  1. Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
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