1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7

Football tournament qualification stage Group 7 consisted of five of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host. 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 main WDL Q NED NED BEL BEL TUR TUR WAL WAL SMR SMR 1862 6 1 1 26 4 6 0 2 20 11 4 2 2 21 9 2 1 5 20 21 0 0 8 0 42 WC WCPO green1 Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup blue1 Advance to second round y flag 0–3 6–0 2–1 3–2 3–1 4–0 0–0 7–1 0–3 0–6 0–5 0–5 1–3 1–0 7–0 6–4 1–2 1–3 6–0 0–0 complete FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 1998, football - table and standings https://soccer365.me/competitions/739/1998/ soccer365.me 9 May 2024 15 December 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241215135348/https://soccer365.me/competitions/739/1998/ dead Matches "San Marino v Wales" 2 June 1996 20:30 UTC+2 SMR 1862 0–5 Report WAL Melville 20Hughes 32 43Giggs 50Pembridge 85 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle 1,613 Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) "Belgium v Turkey" 31 August 1996 20:30 UTC+2 BEL 2–1 Report TUR Degryse 11Oliveira 37 Yalçin 56 Roi Baudouin, Brussels 33,024 David Elleray (England) "Wales v San Marino" 31 August 1996 15:00 UTC+1 WAL 6–0 Report SMR 1862 Saunders 1 74Hughes 25 54Melville 34Robinson 45 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 15,150 Alain Hamer (Luxembourg) "Wales v Netherlands" 5 October 1996 19:00 UTC+1 WAL 1–3 Report NED Saunders 17 Hooijdonk 72 75R. de Boer 79 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 34,560 Antonio López Nieto (Spain) "San Marino v Belgium" 9 October 1996 20:30 UTC+2 SMR 1862 0–3 Report BEL Verheyen 11Nilis 20 49 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle 1,353 Gevorg Hovhannisyan (Armenia) "Netherlands v Wales" 9 November 1996 20:00 UTC+1 NED 7–1 Report WAL Bergkamp 21 72 78R. de Boer 32Jonk 33F. de Boer 43Cocu 60 Saunders 38 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven 26,210 Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal) "Turkey v San Marino" 10 November 1996 20:00 UTC+2 TUR 7–0 Report SMR 1862 Derelioğlu 25 38 51 59Şükür 56 63Sağlam 81 Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul 19,654 Vladimir Antonov (Moldova) "Belgium v Netherlands" 14 December 1996 20:00 UTC+1 BEL 0–3 Report NED Bergkamp 24Seedorf 29Jonk 89 pen. Roi Baudouin, Brussels 36,953 Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy) "Wales v Turkey" 14 December 1996 15:00 UTC WAL 0–0 Report TUR Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 12,500 Aron Huzu (Romania) "Netherlands v San Marino" 29 March 1997 20:00 UTC+1 NED 4–0 Report SMR 1862 Kluivert 44F. de Boer 58 90Hooijdonk 82 Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam 47,000 Amit Klein (Israel) "Wales v Belgium" 29 March 1997 19:00 UTC WAL 1–2 Report BEL Speed 60 Crasson 24Staelens 45 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 14,650 Christer Fällström (Sweden) "Turkey v Netherlands" 2 April 1997 20:30 UTC+3 TUR 1–0 Report NED Şükür 53 Ataturk, Bursa 17,000 Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain) "San Marino v Netherlands" 30 April 1997 20:30 UTC+2 SMR 1862 0–6 Report NED Bergkamp 40 88Winter 62Hooijdonk 69F. de Boer 73Bosman 83 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle 2,832 Andreas Georgiou (Cyprus) "Turkey v Belgium" 30 April 1997 20:30 UTC+3 TUR 1–3 Report BEL Derelioğlu 35 Oliveira 14 32 45 Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul 21,350 Bernd Heynemann (Germany) "Belgium v San Marino" 7 June 1997 20:00 UTC+2 BEL 6–0 Report SMR 1862 Staelens 15 84Van Meir 26E.Mpenza 27 45Oliveira 33 Roi Baudouin, Brussels 24,000 Pavlin Jirku (Czech Republic) "Turkey v Wales" 20 August 1997 20:30 UTC+3 TUR 6–4 Report WAL Şükür 5 37 77 82Akyüz 8Çetin 61 Blake 18Savage 20Saunders 31Melville 52 Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul 9,710 Marek Kowalczyk (Poland) "Netherlands v Belgium" 6 September 1997 20:00 UTC+2 NED 3–1 Report BEL Stam 32Kluivert 54Bergkamp 84 Staelens 67 pen. De Kuip, Rotterdam 48,000 Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) "San Marino v Turkey" 10 September 1997 20:30 UTC+2 SMR 1862 0–5 Report TUR Gobbi 27 o.g.Erdem 30 81Şükür 74Mandirali 78 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle 947 Serhiy Tatulian (Ukraine) "Netherlands v Turkey" 11 October 1997 20:00 UTC+2 NED 0–0 Report TUR Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam 48,000 Leif Sundell (Sweden) "Belgium v Wales" 11 October 1997 20:00 UTC+2 BEL 3–2 Report WAL Staelens 4 pen.Claessens 32Wilmots 39 Pembridge 53 pen.Giggs 66 Roi Baudouin, Brussels 18,233 Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal) Goalscorers 87 20 TUR Hakan Şükür NED Dennis Bergkamp BEL Luís Oliveira BEL Lorenzo Staelens TUR Oktay Derelioğlu WAL Dean Saunders NED Frank de Boer NED Pierre van Hooijdonk WAL Mark Hughes WAL Andy Melville BEL Émile Mpenza BEL Luc Nilis NED Ronald de Boer NED Wim Jonk NED Patrick Kluivert TUR Arif Erdem WAL Ryan Giggs WAL Mark Pembridge BEL Gert Claessens BEL Bertrand Crasson BEL Marc Degryse BEL Eric Van Meir BEL Gert Verheyen BEL Marc Wilmots NED John Bosman NED Phillip Cocu NED Clarence Seedorf NED Jaap Stam NED Aron Winter TUR Saffet Ayküz TUR Oğuz Çetin TUR Hami Mandirali TUR Ertuğrul Sağlam TUR Sergen Yalçın WAL Nathan Blake WAL John Robinson WAL Robbie Savage WAL Gary Speed SMR Luca Gobbi (against Turkey) Notes References External links Group 7 Detailed Results at RSSSF 7 Category:1996–97 in Belgian football Qual Category:1996–97 in Dutch football Qual Category:1996–97 in San Marino football Category:1997–98 in San Marino football Category:1996–97 in Turkish football Category:1997–98 in Turkish football Category:1996–97 in Welsh football Category:1997–98 in Welsh football Category:1995–96 in San Marino football Category:1995–96 in Welsh football