UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 7

Standings and results for Group 7 of the 1988 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying tournament.

Group 7 consisted of Belgium, Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Republic of Ireland and Scotland. Group winners were Republic of Ireland, who finished one point clear of second-placed Bulgaria.

Final table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Republic of Ireland	8	4	3	1	10	5	+5	11
Bulgaria	8	4	2	2	12	6	+6	10
Belgium	8	3	3	2	16	8	+8	9
Scotland	8	3	3	2	7	5	+2	9
Luxembourg	8	0	1	7	2	23	−21	1


Belgium	–	1–1	3–0	2–2	4–1
Bulgaria	2–0	–	3–0	2–1	0–1
Luxembourg	0–6	1–4	–	0–2	0–0
Republic of Ireland	0–0	2–0	2–1	–	0–0
Scotland	2–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	–

Results

September 10, 1986

Belgium	2 – 2	Republic of Ireland
Claesen 14' Scifo 69'		Stapleton 18' Brady 90'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 22,212

Referee: Ioan Igna (ROM)

September 10, 1986

Scotland	0 – 0	Bulgaria

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 35,070

Referee: Erik Fredriksson (SWE)

October 14, 1986

Luxembourg	0 – 6	Belgium
		Gerets 6' Claesen 9', 54', 89' Vercauteren 41' Ceulemans 87'

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Krzysztof Czemarmazowicz (POL)

October 15, 1986

Republic of Ireland	0 – 0	Scotland

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 48.000

Referee: Einar Halle (NOR)

November 12, 1986

Scotland	3 – 0	Luxembourg
Cooper 24' (p), 38' Johnston 70'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 35,078

Referee: Eysteinn Guðmundsson (ISL)

November 19, 1986

Belgium	1– 1	Bulgaria
Janssen 48'		Tanev 62'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (ESP)

February 18, 1987

Scotland	0 – 1	Republic of Ireland
		Lawrenson 8'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 45,081

Referee: Henk van Ettekoven (NED)

April 1, 1987

Bulgaria	2 – 1	Republic of Ireland
Tanev 41', 82' (p)		Stapleton 53'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Carlos Alberto da Silva Valente (POR)

April 1, 1987

Belgium	4 – 1	Scotland
Claesen 10', 55', 86' Vercauteren 75'		McStay 14'

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht

Attendance: 26,650

Referee: Michel Vautrot (FRA)

April 29, 1987

Republic of Ireland	0 – 0	Belgium

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 49,000

Referee: Heinz Holzmann (AUT)

April 30, 1987

Luxembourg	1 – 4	Bulgaria
Langers 59'		Sadakov 49' Sirakov 55' Tanev 62' Kolev 82'

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Guðmundur Haraldsson (ISL)

May 20, 1987

Bulgaria	3 – 0	Luxembourg
Sirakov 25' Yordanov 39' Kolev 56'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Ion Craciunescu (ROM)

May 28, 1987

Luxembourg	0 – 2	Republic of Ireland
		Galvin 44' Whelan 64'

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg

Attendance: 4,965

Referee: Renzo Peduzzi (SUI)

September 9, 1987

Republic of Ireland	2 – 1	Luxembourg
Stapleton 31' McGrath 75'		Krings 28'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Keith Cooper (WAL)

September 23, 1987

Bulgaria	2 – 0	Belgium
Sirakov 19' Tanev 70'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler (FRG)

October 14, 1987

Republic of Ireland	2 – 0	Bulgaria
McGrath 52' Moran 83'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Johannes N.I. Keizer (NED)

October 14, 1987

Scotland	2 – 0	Belgium
McCoist 14' McStay 79'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 16,052

Referee: Paolo Casarin (ITA)

November 11, 1987

Belgium	3 – 0	Luxembourg
Ceulemans 17' Degryse 55' Crève 81'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Egil Nervik (NOR)

November 11, 1987

Bulgaria	0 – 1	Scotland
		Mackay 86'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Helmut Kohl (AUT)

December 20, 1987

Luxembourg	0 – 0	Scotland

Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette

Attendance: 1,999

Referee: Manfred Neuner (FRG)

Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Nico Claesen	Belgium	7
2	Lachezar Tanev	Bulgaria	5
3	Nasko Sirakov	Bulgaria	3
3	Frank Stapleton	Republic of Ireland	3
4	Jan Ceulemans	Belgium	2
	Franky Vercauteren	Belgium
	Hristo Kolev	Bulgaria
	Paul McGrath	Republic of Ireland
	Davie Cooper	Scotland
	Paul McStay	Scotland

1 goal

Squads

The following players made at least one appearance for their respective team in the qualifying campaign.

Belgium

Coach - Guy Thys

Name	Position	Birth Date/Age at start of campaign	Games in campaign	Club
Jean-Marie Pfaff	GK	December 4, 1953 (age 32)	5	Bayern Munich
Jacky Munaron	GK	September 8, 1956 (age 29)	1	RSC Anderlecht
Michel Preud'homme	GK	January 24, 1959 (age 27)	2	KV Mechelen
Georges Grün	DF	January 25, 1962 (age 24)	7 (2 as sub)	RSC Anderlecht
Eric Gerets	DF	May 18, 1954 (age 32)	5	PSV Eindhoven
Stéphane Demol	DF	March 11, 1966 (age 20)	4	RSC Anderlecht
Lei Clijsters	DF	November 9, 1956 (age 29)	8	KV Mechelen
Michel Renquin	DF	November 3, 1955 (age 30)	2 (1 as sub)	Standard Liège
Pascal Plovie	DF	May 7, 1965 (age 21)	1	Royal Antwerp
Philippe Albert	DF	August 10, 1967 (age 19)	1	Charleroi
Paul De Mesmaeker	DF	September 8, 1963 (age 22)	1	KV Mechelen
Franky Van der Elst	MF	April 30, 1961 (age 25)	3	Club Brugge
Patrick Vervoort	MF	January 17, 1965 (age 21)	7	Beerschot VAC RSC Anderlecht
Franky Dekenne	MF	July 7, 1960 (age 26)	1 (as a sub)	KSV Waregem
Enzo Scifo	MF	February 19, 1966 (age 20)	6	Anderlecht Internazionale
Leo Van der Elst	MF	January 7, 1962 (age 24)	2 (both as sub)	Club Brugge
Guy Vandersmissen	MF	December 25, 1957 (age 28)	2 (both as sub)	Standard Liège
Franky Vercauteren	MF	October 28, 1956 (age 30)	6	RSC Anderlecht FC Nantes
Luc Beyens	MF	March 27, 1959 (age 27)	2	Club Brugge
Peter Crève	MF	August 17, 1961 (age 25)	1 (as a sub)	Club Brugge
Jan Ceulemans	MF	February 28, 1957 (age 29)	6	Club Brugge
Pier Janssen	MF	September 9, 1956 (age 30)	2 (1 as sub)	RSC Anderlecht
Raymond Mommens	ST	December 27, 1958 (age 27)	1	Charleroi
Philippe Desmet	ST	November 29, 1958 (age 28)	7	Lille OSC
Daniel Veyt	ST	December 9, 1956 (age 29)	1 (as a sub)	KSV Waregem RFC de Liège
Nico Claesen	ST	October 1, 1962 (age 23)	8	Tottenham Hotspur
Marc Degryse	ST	September 4, 1965 (age 20)	3	Club Brugge
Marc Van Der Linden	ST	February 4, 1964 (age 22)	1	Royal Antwerp
Erwin Vandenbergh	ST	January 26, 1959 (age 27)	2	Lille OSC

Bulgaria

Coach - Hristo Mladenov

Name	Position	Birth Date/Age at start of campaign	Games in campaign	Club
Borislav Mihaylov	GK	February 12, 1963 (age 23)	7	Levski Sofia
Antonio Ananiev	GK	May 8, 1965 (age 21)	1	Slavia Sofia
Ilia Valov	GK	December 29, 1961 (age 24)	1 (as a sub)	FC Botev Vratsa
Plamen Nikolov	DF	June 24, 1957 (age 29)	8	Levski Sofia Vitosha Sofia
Georgi Dimitrov	DF	January 14, 1959 (age 27)	7	AS Saint-Étienne
Nikolai Iliev	DF	March 31, 1964 (age 22)	8	Vitosha Sofia
Krasimir Bezinski	DF	June 29, 1961 (age 25)	2	CSKA Sofia
Petar Petrov	DF	February 20, 1961 (age 25)	7	Levski Sofia
Plamen Simeonov	MF	November 11, 1961 (age 24)	7	Slavia Sofia
Georgi Karushev	MF	December 5, 1962 (age 24)	1 (as a sub)	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Ilia Voinov	MF	February 10, 1964 (age 22)	7 (5 as sub)	FC Botev Vratsa
Georgi Yordanov	MF	July 21, 1963 (age 23)	3 (2 as sub)	Levski Sofia
Hristo Kolev	MF	September 21, 1964 (age 21)	5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Lachezar Tanev	MF	October 1, 1963 (age 22)	6 (2 as sub)	CSKA Sofia
Petar Aleksandrov	ST	December 7, 1962 (age 23)	7 (4 as sub)	Slavia Sofia
Ayan Sadakov	ST	September 26, 1961 (age 23)	8	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Luboslav Penev	ST	August 31, 1966 (age 20)	2 (1 as sub)	CSKA Sofia
Hristo Stoichkov	ST	February 8, 1966 (age 20)	3	CSKA Sofia
Nasko Sirakov	ST	April 26, 1962 (age 24)	8	Levski Sofia
Bozhidar Iskrenov	ST	August 1, 1962 (age 24)	6	Levski Sofia

Luxembourg

Coach - Paul Philipp

Name	Position	Birth Date/Age at start of campaign	Games in campaign	Club
John van Rijswijck	GK	January 16, 1962 (age 24)	8	Jeunesse Esch
Hubert Meunier	DF	December 14, 1959 (age 27)	7 (1 as sub)	Avenir Beggen
Marcel Bossi	DF	January 14, 1960 (age 26)	8	Progres Niedercorn
Laurent Schonckert	DF	February 25, 1958 (age 28)	7	Union Luxembourg
Gianni Di Pentima	DF	June 24, 1959 (age 27)	1	Jeunesse Esch
Carlo Weis	DF	December 4, 1958 (age 27)	8	Spora Luxembourg
Pierre Petry	DF	July 13, 1961 (age 25)	2	Progres Niedercorn
Jean-Pierre Barboni	MF	September 6, 1958 (age 27)	8	Jeunesse Esch
Gilbert Dresch	MF	September 14, 1954 (age 31)	2 (1 as sub)	Avenir Beggen
Gérard Jeitz	MF	March 10, 1961 (age 25)	6 (3 as sub)	Spora Luxembourg
Jean-Paul Girres	MF	December 24, 1957 (age 28)	6 (1 as sub)	Avenir Beggen
Guy Hellers	MF	October 10, 1964 (age 21)	6	Standard Liège
Marc Thomé	MF	November 4, 1963 (age 22)	3 (all as sub)
Jeff Saibene	MF	September 13, 1968 (age 17)	3 (2 as sub)	Standard Liège
Theo Scholten	MF	January 4, 1963 (age 23)	5 (1 as sub)	Jeunesse Esch
Patrick Juchem	ST	June 23, 1964 (age 22)	1 (as a sub)	Spora Luxembourg
Théo Malget	ST	March 2, 1961 (age 25)	6	Avenir Beggen
Robby Langers	ST	August 1, 1960 (age 26)	8	EA Guingamp
Jeannot Reiter	ST	October 14, 1958 (age 27)	6	Spora Luxembourg
Armin Krings	ST	November 21, 1962 (age 23)	2 (1 as sub)	Avenir Beggen

Republic of Ireland

Coach - Jack Charlton

Name	Position	Birth Date/Age at start of campaign	Games in campaign	Club
Packie Bonner	GK	May 24, 1960 (age 26)	7	Celtic
Gerry Peyton	GK	May 20, 1956 (age 30)	1	Bournemouth
Dave Langan	DF	February 15, 1957 (age 29)	4 (1 as sub)	Oxford United Bournemouth
Paul McGrath	DF	December 4, 1959 (age 28)	8	Manchester United
John Anderson	DF	November 7, 1959 (age 26)	3	Newcastle United
Chris Hughton	DF	December 11, 1958 (age 27)	2	Tottenham Hotspur
Jim Beglin	DF	July 29, 1963 (age 23)	2 (1 as sub)	Liverpool
Mark Lawrenson	DF	June 2, 1957 (age 29)	3	Liverpool
Mick McCarthy	DF	February 7, 1959 (age 27)	6	Manchester City Celtic
Ashley Grimes	DF	August 2, 1957 (age 29)	1	Luton Town
Kevin Moran	DF	April 29, 1956 (age 30)	8	Manchester United
Gerry Daly	MF	April 30, 1954 (age 32)	1 (as a sub)	Shrewsbury Town Stoke City
Ray Houghton	MF	January 9, 1962 (age 24)	7	Oxford United Liverpool
Liam Brady	MF	February 13, 1956 (age 30)	8	Ascoli West Ham United
Ronnie Whelan	MF	September 25, 1961 (age 24)	7 (1 as sub)	Liverpool
Tony Galvin	MF	July 12, 1956 (age 30)	7	Tottenham Hotspur Sheffield Wednesday
Kevin Sheedy	MF	October 21, 1959 (age 26)	1	Everton
John Byrne	ST	February 1, 1961 (age 25)	5 (4 as sub)	Queens Park Rangers
Frank Stapleton	ST	July 10, 1956 (age 30)	8	Manchester United Ajax
Niall Quinn	ST	October 6, 1966 (age 19)	3 (all as sub)	Arsenal
John Aldridge	ST	September 18, 1958 (age 27)	7	Oxford United Liverpool

Scotland

Coach - Andy Roxburgh

Name	Position	Birth Date/Age at start of campaign	Games in campaign	Club
Jim Leighton	GK	July 24, 1958 (age 28)	8	Aberdeen
Richard Gough	DF	April 5, 1962 (age 24)	5	Tottenham Hotspur
Ray Stewart	DF	September 7, 1959 (age 26)	3	West Ham United
Steve Clarke	DF	August 29, 1963 (age 23)	2	St. Mirren Chelsea
Maurice Malpas	DF	August 3, 1962 (age 24)	6	Dundee United
David Narey	DF	12 June, 1956 (age 30)	3	Dundee United
Derek Whyte	DF	August 31, 1968 (age 18)	2 (1 as sub)	Celtic
Alex McLeish	DF	January 21, 1959 (age 27)	4	Aberdeen
Willie Miller	DF	May 2, 1955 (age 31)	2	Aberdeen
Alan Hansen	DF	June 13, 1955 (age 31)	3	Liverpool
Gary Gillespie	DF	July 5, 1960 (age 26)	2	Liverpool
Steve Nicol	DF	December 11, 1961 (age 24)	1	Liverpool
Gary Mackay	MF	January 23, 1964 (age 22)	2 (both as sub)	Heart of Midlothian
Roy Aitken	MF	November 24, 1958 (age 27)	8 (1 as sub)	Celtic
Paul McStay	MF	October 22, 1964 (age 22)	8 (2 as sub)	Celtic
Pat Nevin	MF	September 6, 1963 (age 22)	4 (1 as sub)	Chelsea
Davie Cooper	MF	February 25, 1956 (age 30)	3	Rangers
Gordon Strachan	MF	February 9, 1957 (age 29)	3	Manchester United
Jim McInally	MF	February 19, 1964 (age 22)	1	Dundee United
Murdo MacLeod	MF	September 24, 1958 (age 27)	2	Celtic Borussia Dortmund
Ian Durrant	MF	October 29, 1966 (age 19)	1	Rangers
Jim Bett	MF	November 25, 1959 (age 26)	1	Aberdeen
Ian Wilson	MF	March 27, 1958 (age 28)	3	Leicester City Everton
Mo Johnston	ST	April 13, 1963 (age 23)	6	Celtic FC Nantes
Kenny Dalglish	ST	March 4, 1951 (age 35)	2 (1 as sub)	Liverpool
Eric Black	ST	October 1, 1963 (age 22)	1 (as a sub)	FC Metz
Graeme Sharp	ST	October 16, 1960 (age 25)	4 (2 as sub)	Everton
Brian McClair	ST	December 8, 1963 (age 22)	3	Celtic Manchester United
Ally McCoist	ST	September 24, 1962 (age 23)	4 (1 as sub)	Rangers
Gordon Durie	ST	December 6, 1965 (age 20)	1 (as a sub)	Chelsea
Paul Sturrock	ST	October 10, 1956 (age 29)	1	Dundee United
Charlie Nicholas	ST	December 30, 1961 (age 24)	1	Arsenal Aberdeen

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