1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7
# 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7

Group 7 consisted of five of the 50 teams entered into the European zone: 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | — |

## Goal scorers

### 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)
