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National football teams

  • Scotland's 7th consecutive match without defeat
  • Scotland vs Austria Head to Head: Scotland football team's 5th victory in 17 matches
  • 50th international appearance of Peter Stöger for Austria

Scotland vs Austria match report

Date, kick-off time:
Wednesday, 2 April 1997, 20:00 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
Scotland
2-0
Austria
Competition:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 4
Referee:
Nikolay Levnikov, Saint Petersburg /
Russia
Attendance, venue:
43 259, Celtic Park, Parkhead, Glasgow
Goals:
1-0 (25') Kevin Gallacher, 2-0 (78') Kevin Gallacher
Scotland football team line-up in match Nr.584
Managed by team manager Craig Brown
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Jim Leighton  
77
38
Hibernian FC, Edinburgh
Craig Burley  
17
25
Chelsea FC, London
Tom Boyd  
44
31
Celtic FC, Glasgow
Colin Calderwood  
20
32
Tottenham Hotspur FC, London
Colin Hendry  
26
31
Blackburn Rovers FC, Blackburn
Tosh McKinlay  
12
32
Celtic FC, Glasgow
Kevin Gallacher   85' 
27
30
Blackburn Rovers FC, Blackburn
85' Ally McCoist  
58
34
Rangers FC, Glasgow
Paul Lambert  
5
27
BV Borussia, Dortmund
Darren Jackson   75' 
16
30
Hibernian FC, Edinburgh
75' John McGinlay  
13
32
Bolton Wanderers FC, Bolton
Gary McAllister  Captain  88' 
49
32
Coventry City FC, Coventry
88' Paul McStay  
76
32
Celtic FC, Glasgow
John Collins   54'
41
29
AS Monaco FC, Monaco
Austria football team line-up in match Nr.574
Managed by team manager Herbert Prohaska
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Michael Konsel  
31
35
SK Rapid, Wien
Markus Schopp  
12
23
Hamburger SV, Hamburg
Peter Schöttel   26' 46' 
45
30
SK Rapid, Wien
46' Walter Kogler  
17
29
SV Casino Austria, Salzburg
Anton Pfeffer  
46
31
FK Austria Memphis, Wien
Wolfgang Feiersinger  
30
32
BV Borussia, Dortmund
Andreas Heraf  
7
29
SK Rapid, Wien
Franz Aigner   81' 
6
29
SV Casino Austria, Salzburg
81' Andreas Ogris  
63
32
FK Austria Memphis, Wien
Arnold Wetl  
10
27
FC Porto, Porto
Toni Polster  Captain 
81
33
1. FC Köln, Köln
Andreas Herzog  
58
28
SV Werder, Bremen
Peter Stöger   67' 
50
30
SK Rapid, Wien
67' Ivica Vastić  
4
27
SK Sturm, Graz
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Scotland
14
34.357
31.535
10
2
1
0
Austria
14
32.857
30.012
9
0
1
0
Historical data sources
The Courier and Advertiser (Dundee), №44835, 03 Apr 1997; Findmypast
Comments
Scotland vs Austria post-match head-to-head
WP
44.1
P
17
W
5
D
5
L
7
GF
22
GA
29
GF/P
1.294
GA/P
1.706
Av attendance
55 645
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Scotland national team matches
Previous match:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Scotland vs Estonia 2-0
Kilmarnock, Saturday 29 March 1997
Next match:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Sweden vs Scotland 2-1
Gothenburg, Wednesday 30 April 1997
Scotland football matches
Austria national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Austria vs Slovenia 0-2
Linz, Tuesday 18 March 1997
Next match:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Austria vs Estonia 2-0
Vienna, Wednesday 30 April 1997
Austria football matches
Top Scotland goal scorers
1. Kenny Dalglish (1972 - 1984) - 30 goals
2. Denis Law (1958 - 1972) - 30 goals
3. Lawrie Reilly (1948 - 1956) - 23 goals
4. Hughie Gallacher (1925 - 1930) - 23 goals
... Kevin Gallacher (1993 - 1997) - 4 goals
(correct as of April 2, 1997)
top Scotland goal scorers
Brief match report
Wed. 02 Apr 1997
Celtic Park, Parkhead, Glasgow
Scotland 2-0 Austria
Goals: Gallacher 25, Gallacher 78

Scotland: Leighton, Burley, Boyd, Calderwood, Hendry, McKinlay, Gallacher (McCoist 85), Lambert, Jackson (McGinlay 75), McAllister (c) (McStay 88), Collins. Managed by Brown.
Booked: Collins 54.

Austria: Konsel, Schopp, Schöttel (Kogler 46), Pfeffer, Feiersinger, Heraf, Aigner (Ogris 81), Wetl, Polster (c), Herzog, Stöger (Vastić 67). Managed by Prohaska.
Booked: Schöttel 26.

Att: 43 259,
Ref: Levnikov (Russia)

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