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
Results
Goalscorers
- 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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