1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries
First stage
Latvia - Austria
1:3 (0:0)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 221 | 08 June 1997 | Riga / Daugava | 01:00 | 9200 |
- Andreas HERAF (AUT) 54',
- Toni POLSTER (AUT) 80',
- Peter STOEGER (AUT) 81',
- Vitalijs ASTAFJEVS (LVA) 87'
Goals scored
Latvia
- Olegs KARAVAJEVS (GK)
- Igors TROICKIS
- Vitalijs ASTAFJEVS
- Mihails ZEMLINSKIS
- Juris SHEVLJAKOVS
- Igors STEPANOVS
- Valerijs IVANOVS
- Marians PAHARS
- Vits RIMKUS (-57')
- Vladimirs BABICEVS (-67')
- Imants BLEIDELIS (-63')
Line-up
- Arturs ZAKRESEVSKIS (+67')
- Andrejs STOLCERS (+63')
- Olegs BLAGONADEZDINS
- Aleksandrs JELISEJEVS (+57')
- Rolands BULDERS
- Armand ZEIBERLINS
- Raimods LAIZANS
Substitute(s)
Austria
- Michael KONSEL (GK)
- Harald CERNY (-83')
- Peter SCHOETTEL
- Anton PFEFFER
- Wolfgang FEIERSINGER
- Andreas HERAF
- Ivica VASTIC
- Dietmar KUEHBAUER
- Toni POLSTER
- Andreas HERZOG (-77')
- Arnold WETL (-45')
Line-up
- Franz WOHLFAHRT
- Roman MAHLICH
- Heimo PFEIFENBERGER (+45')
- Walter KOGLER
- Markus SCHOPP
- Dieter RAMUSCH (+83')
- Peter STOEGER (+77')
Substitute(s)
- Peter SCHOETTEL (AUT) 5'
- , Vitalijs ASTAFJEVS (LVA) 38'
- , Ivica VASTIC (AUT) 47'
- , Valerijs IVANOVS (LVA) 56'
Cautions
- Marians PAHARS (LVA) 38'
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Dick JOL (NED) | |
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | (C): | Captain | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out |
| GK: | Goalkeeper | N: | Not eligible to play | I: | Injured |
| Y: | Misses next match if booked | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |
| DF: | Defender | MF: | Midfielder | MinP: | Minutes played |
| GF: | Goals for | GA: | Goals against | PK (PG/PS): | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) |
| FC: | Fouls Committed | FS: | Fouls Suffered | R: | Red Cards |
| FW: | Forward | SOG/S: | Shots on Target | Y: 2YC: | Yellow cards Second yellow card and red card |
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