1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7

Group 7 consisted of five of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Belgium, Netherlands, San Marino, Turkey, and Wales. These five 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  |  Netherlands | 8  | 6  | 1  | 1  | 26  | 4  | +22  | 19  | Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup |  | -- | 3–1 | 0–0 | 7–1 | 4–0
2  |  Belgium | 8  | 6  | 0  | 2  | 20  | 11  | +9  | 18  | Advance to second round |  | 0–3 | -- | 2–1 | 3–2 | 6–0
3  |  Turkey | 8  | 4  | 2  | 2  | 21  | 9  | +12  | 14  |  |  | 1–0 | 1–3 | -- | 6–4 | 7–0
4  |  Wales | 8  | 2  | 1  | 5  | 20  | 21  | −1  | 7  |  | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | -- | 6–0
5  |  San Marino | 8  | 0  | 0  | 8  | 0  | 42  | −42  | 0  |  | 0–6 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–5 | --

Source:[citation needed]

### Results[edit]

2 June 1996

20:30 UTC+2

San Marino | 0–5|  Wales

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| Report | Melville 20'
Hughes 32', 43'
Giggs 50'
Pembridge 85'

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle

Attendance: 1,613

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

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31 August 1996

20:30 UTC+2

Belgium | 2–1|  Turkey

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Degryse 11'
Oliveira 37' | Report | Yalçin 56'

Roi Baudouin, Brussels

Attendance: 33,024

Referee: David Elleray (England)

31 August 1996

15:00 UTC+1

Wales | 6–0|  San Marino

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Saunders 1', 74'
Hughes 25', 54'
Melville 34'
Robinson 45' | Report |

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 15,150

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

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5 October 1996

19:00 UTC+1

Wales | 1–3|  Netherlands

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Saunders 17' | Report | Hooijdonk 72', 75'
R. de Boer 79'

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 34,560

Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)

9 October 1996

20:30 UTC+2

San Marino | 0–3|  Belgium

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| Report | Verheyen 11'
Nilis 20', 49'

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle

Attendance: 1,353

Referee: Gevorg Hovhannisyan (Armenia)

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9 November 1996

20:00 UTC+1

Netherlands | 7–1|  Wales

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Bergkamp 21', 72', 78'
R. de Boer 32'
Jonk 33'
F. de Boer 43'
Cocu 60' | Report | Saunders 38'

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 26,210

Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

10 November 1996

20:00 UTC+2

Turkey | 7–0|  San Marino

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Derelioğlu 25', 38', 51', 59'
Şükür 56', 63'
Sağlam 81' | Report |

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 19,654

Referee: Vladimir Antonov (Moldova)

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14 December 1996

20:00 UTC+1

Belgium | 0–3|  Netherlands

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| Report | Bergkamp 24'
Seedorf 29'
Jonk 89' (pen.)

Roi Baudouin, Brussels

Attendance: 36,953

Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

14 December 1996

15:00 UTC

Wales | 0–0|  Turkey

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Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 12,500

Referee: Aron Huzu (Romania)

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29 March 1997

20:00 UTC+1

Netherlands | 4–0|  San Marino

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Kluivert 44'
F. de Boer 58', 90'
Hooijdonk 82' | Report |

Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam

Attendance: 47,000

Referee: Amit Klein (Israel)

29 March 1997

19:00 UTC

Wales | 1–2|  Belgium

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Speed 60' | Report | Crasson 24'
Staelens 45'

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 14,650

Referee: Christer Fällström (Sweden)

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2 April 1997

20:30 UTC+3

Turkey | 1–0|  Netherlands

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Şükür 53' | Report |

Ataturk, Bursa

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

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30 April 1997

20:30 UTC+2

San Marino | 0–6|  Netherlands

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| Report | Bergkamp 40', 88'
Winter 62'
Hooijdonk 69'
F. de Boer 73'
Bosman 83'

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle

Attendance: 2,832

Referee: Andreas Georgiou (Cyprus)

30 April 1997

20:30 UTC+3

Turkey | 1–3|  Belgium

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Derelioğlu 35' | Report | Oliveira 14', 32', 45'

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 21,350

Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

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7 June 1997

20:00 UTC+2

Belgium | 6–0|  San Marino

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Staelens 15', 84'
Van Meir 26'
E.Mpenza 27', 45'
Oliveira 33' | Report |

Roi Baudouin, Brussels

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Pavlin Jirku (Czech Republic)

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20 August 1997

20:30 UTC+3

Turkey | 6–4|  Wales

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Şükür 5', 37', 77', 82'
Akyüz 8'
Çetin 61' | Report | Blake 18'
Savage 20'
Saunders 31'
Melville 52'

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 9,710

Referee: Marek Kowalczyk (Poland)

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6 September 1997

20:00 UTC+2

Netherlands | 3–1|  Belgium

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Stam 32'
Kluivert 54'
Bergkamp 84' | Report | Staelens 67' (pen.)

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

10 September 1997

20:30 UTC+2

San Marino | 0–5|  Turkey

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| Report | Gobbi 27' (o.g.)
Erdem 30', 81'
Şükür 74'
Mandirali 78'

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle

Attendance: 947

Referee: Serhiy Tatulian (Ukraine)

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11 October 1997

20:00 UTC+2

Netherlands | 0–0|  Turkey

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Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

11 October 1997

20:00 UTC+2

Belgium | 3–2|  Wales

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Staelens 4' (pen.)
Claessens 32'
Wilmots 39' | Report | Pembridge 53' (pen.)
Giggs 66'

Roi Baudouin, Brussels

Attendance: 18,233

Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

## Goal scorers[edit]

8 goals

* Hakan Şükür

7 goals

* Dennis Bergkamp

5 goals

* Luís Oliveira
* Lorenzo Staelens
* Oktay Derelioğlu
* Dean Saunders

4 goals

* Frank de Boer
* Pierre van Hooijdonk
* Mark Hughes

3 goals

* Andy Melville

2 goals

* Émile Mpenza
* Luc Nilis
* Eric Van Meir
* Ronald de Boer
* Wim Jonk
* Patrick Kluivert
* Arif Erdem
* Ryan Giggs
* Mark Pembridge

1 goal

* Gert Claessens
* Bertrand Crasson
* Marc Degryse
* Gert Verheyen
* Marc Wilmots
* John Bosman
* Phillip Cocu
* Clarence Seedorf
* Jaap Stam
* Aron Winter
* Saffet Ayküz
* Oğuz Çetin
* Hami Mandirali
* Ertuğrul Sağlam
* Sergen Yalçın
* Nathan Blake
* John Robinson
* Robbie Savage
* Gary Speed

own goals

* Luca Gobbi (for  Turkey)

## Notes[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

* Group 7 Detailed Results at RSSSF

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