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UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 7

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Standings and results for Group 7 of the UEFA Euro 1988 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. It was Ireland's first appearance in the final stages of a major tournament: while Belgium, who had recently taken fourth place in the 1986 World Cup, were group favourites but importantly failed to win any of their matches against either Ireland or Bulgaria, who both finished ahead of them. Scotland, who finished fourth, had started the group badly but as soon as qualification was a mathematical impossibility, they made a late run in which they scored victories over both Belgium and Bulgaria: the latter, a victory with a late goal four minutes from time, secured Ireland's place in the finals after Ireland had finished all their matches, when a draw would have handed the group to Bulgaria on goal difference. Then with typical perversity, Scotland faltered in their final match against minnows Luxembourg, a 0-0 draw handing them their only point of the campaign when a victory would have put them certainly into third place and possibly second.

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Republic of Ireland Bulgaria Belgium Scotland Luxembourg
1  Republic of Ireland 8 4 3 1 10 5 +5 11 Qualify for final tournament 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1
2  Bulgaria 8 4 2 2 12 6 +6 10 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–0
3  Belgium 8 3 3 2 16 8 +8 9 2–2 1–1 4–1 3–0
4  Scotland 8 3 3 2 7 5 +2 9 0–1 0–0 2–0 3–0
5  Luxembourg 8 0 1 7 2 23 −21 1 0–2 1–4 0–6 0–0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Results

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Belgium 2 – 2 Republic of Ireland
Claesen 14'
Scifo 69'
Report Stapleton 18'
Brady 90' (pen.)
Attendance: 22,212
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)
Scotland 0 – 0 Bulgaria
Report
Attendance: 35,070

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

Republic of Ireland 0 – 0 Scotland
Report
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Einar Halle (Norway)

Scotland 3 – 0 Luxembourg
Cooper 24' (pen.), 38'
Johnston 70'
Report
Attendance: 35,078

Belgium 1– 1 Bulgaria
Janssen 48' Report Tanev 62'

Scotland 0 – 1 Republic of Ireland
Report Lawrenson 8'
Attendance: 45,081

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

Republic of Ireland 0 – 0 Belgium
Report
Attendance: 44,629

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

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

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

Republic of Ireland 2 – 1 Luxembourg
Stapleton 31'
McGrath 75'
Report Krings 28'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Keith Cooper (Wales)

Bulgaria 2 – 0 Belgium
Sirakov 19'
Tanev 70'
Report

Republic of Ireland 2 – 0 Bulgaria
McGrath 52'
Moran 83'
Report
Scotland 2 – 0 Belgium
McCoist 14'
McStay 79'
Report
Attendance: 16,052
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

Belgium 3 – 0 Luxembourg
Ceulemans 17'
Degryse 55'
Crève 81'
Report
Attendance: 2,504
Referee: Egil Nervik (Norway)
Bulgaria 0 – 1 Scotland
Report Mackay 86'

Luxembourg 0 – 0 Scotland
Report

Goalscorers

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There were 47 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.35 goals per match.

7 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

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