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{{Short description|Football tournament qualifying stage}}
Standings and results for '''Group 7''' of the '''[[UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying]]''' tournament.

Group 7 consisted of [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]], [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]], [[Luxembourg national football team|Luxembourg]], [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] and [[Scotland national football team|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==
{{UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying group tables|Group 7|show_matches=yes}}

==Results==

{{Football box
| date = 10 September 1986
| team1 = {{fb-rt|BEL}}
| score = 2 – 2
| team2 = {{fb|IRL}}
| goals1 = [[Nico Claesen|Claesen]] {{goal|14}} <br /> [[Enzo Scifo|Scifo]] {{goal|69}}
| goals2 = [[Frank Stapleton|Stapleton]] {{goal|18}} <br /> [[Liam Brady|Brady]] {{goal|90|pen.}}
| stadium = [[King Baudouin Stadium]], [[Brussels]]
| attendance = 22,212
| referee = [[Ioan Igna]] ([[Romanian Football Federation|Romania]])
| report = https://www.11v11.com/matches/belgium-v-republic-of-ireland-10-september-1986-240016/
| event = 
| time = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
}}

{{Football box
|date = 10 September 1986
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SCO}}  
|score = 0 – 0 
|team2 = {{fb|BUL|1971}}  
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]] |attendance = 35,070 |referee = [[Erik Fredriksson]] ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]])|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1988/matches/round=211/match=1360/index.html Report]}}

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{{Football box
|date = 14 October 1986
|team1 = {{fb-rt|LUX}}  
|score = 0 – 6 
|team2 = {{fb|BEL}}  
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Eric Gerets|Gerets]] {{goal|6}} <br /> [[Nico Claesen|Claesen]] {{goal|9||54||89}} <br /> [[Franky Vercauteren|Vercauteren]] {{goal|41}} <br /> [[Jan Ceulemans|Ceulemans]] {{goal|87}}
|stadium = [[Stade Josy Barthel|Stade Municipal]], [[Luxembourg]] |attendance = 9,534 |referee = [[Krzysztof Czemarmazowicz]] ([[Polish Football Association|Poland]])|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1988/matches/round=211/match=1362/index.html Report]}}

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{{Football box
| date = 15 October 1986
| team1 = {{fb-rt|IRL}}
| score = 0 – 0
| team2 = {{fb|SCO}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Lansdowne Road]], [[Dublin]]
| attendance = 47,000
| referee = [[Einar Halle]] ([[Football Association of Norway|Norway]])
| report = https://www.11v11.com/matches/republic-of-ireland-v-scotland-15-october-1986-240094/
| event = 
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}}

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{{Football box
|date = 12 November 1986
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SCO}}  
|score = 3 – 0 
|team2 = {{fb|LUX}}  
|goals1 = [[Davie Cooper|Cooper]] {{goal|24|pen.|38}} <br /> [[Mo Johnston|Johnston]] {{goal|70}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]] |attendance = 35,078 |referee = [[Eysteinn Guðmundsson]] ([[Football Association of Iceland|Iceland]])|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1988/matches/round=211/match=1364/index.html Report]}}

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{{Football box
|date = 19 November 1986
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BEL}}  
|score = 1– 1 
|team2 = {{fb|BUL|1971}}  
|goals1 = [[Pier Janssen|Janssen]] {{goal|48}}
|goals2 = [[Lachezar Tanev|Tanev]] {{goal|62}} 
|stadium = [[King Baudouin Stadium]], [[Brussels]] |attendance = 22,780 |referee = [[Victoriano Sánchez Arminio]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1988/matches/round=211/match=1365/index.html Report] }}

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{{Football box
|date = 18 February 1987
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SCO}}  
|score = 0 – 1 
|team2 = {{fb|IRL}}  
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Mark Lawrenson|Lawrenson]] {{goal|8}}
|stadium = [[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]] |attendance = 45,081 |referee = [[Henk van Ettekoven]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1988/matches/round=211/match=1366/index.html Report]}}

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{{Football box
|date = 1 April 1987
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL|1971}}  
|score = 2 – 1 
|team2 = {{fb|IRL}}  
|goals1 =  [[Lachezar Tanev|Tanev]] {{goal|41||82|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Frank Stapleton|Stapleton]] {{goal|53}}
|stadium = [[Vasil Levski National Stadium]], [[Sofia]] |attendance = 35,247 |referee = [[Carlos Silva Valente|Carlos Alberto da Silva Valente]] ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]])|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1988/matches/round=211/match=1367/index.html Report]}}

{{Football box
|date = 1 April 1987
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BEL}}  
|score = 4 – 1 
|team2 = {{fb|SCO}}  
|goals1 = [[Nico Claesen|Claesen]] {{goal|10||55||86}} <br /> [[Franky Vercauteren|Vercauteren]] {{goal|75}}
|goals2 = [[Paul McStay|McStay]] {{goal|14}} 
|stadium = [[Constant Vanden Stock Stadium]], [[Anderlecht]] |attendance = 26,650 |referee = [[Michel Vautrot]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1988/matches/round=211/match=1368/index.html Report] }}

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{{Football box
|date = 29 April 1987
|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRL}}  
|score = 0 – 0 
|team2 = {{fb|BEL}}  
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Lansdowne Road]], [[Dublin]] |attendance = 44,629 |referee =  [[Heinz Holzmann]] ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]])|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1988/matches/round=211/match=1369/index.html Report] }}

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{{Football box
|date = 30 April 1987
|team1 = {{fb-rt|LUX}}  
|score = 1 – 4 
|team2 = {{fb|BUL|1971}}  
|goals1 = [[Robby Langers|Langers]] {{goal|59}}
|goals2 = [[Ayan Sadakov|Sadakov]] {{goal|49}} <br /> [[Nasko Sirakov|Sirakov]] {{goal|55}} <br /> [[Lachezar Tanev|Tanev]] {{goal|62}} <br /> [[Hristo Kolev|Kolev]] {{goal|82}}
|stadium = [[Stade Josy Barthel|Stade Municipal]], [[Luxembourg]] |attendance = 1,920 |referee =  [[Guðmundur Haraldsson]] ([[Football Association of Iceland|Iceland]])|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1988/matches/round=211/march=1370/index.html Report] }}

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{{Football box
|date = 20 May 1987
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL|1971}}  
|score = 3 – 0 
|team2 = {{fb|LUX}}  
|goals1 = [[Nasko Sirakov|Sirakov]] {{goal|25}} <br /> [[Georgi Yordanov|Yordanov]] {{goal|39}} <br /> [[Hristo Kolev|Kolev]] {{goal|56}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Vasil Levski National Stadium]], [[Sofia]] |attendance = 14,756 |referee = [[Ion Craciunescu]] ([[Romanian Football Federation|Romania]])|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1988/matches/round=211/match=1371/index.html Report] 
}}
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{{Football box
|date = 28 May 1987
|team1 = {{fb-rt|LUX}}  
|score = 0 – 2 
|team2 = {{fb|IRL}}  
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Tony Galvin|Galvin]] {{goal|44}} <br /> [[Ronnie Whelan|Whelan]] {{goal|64}}
|stadium = [[Stade Josy Barthel|Stade Municipal]], [[Luxembourg]] |attendance = 4,965 |referee =  [[Renzo Peduzzi]] ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]])|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1988/matches/round=211/match=1372/index.html Report] }}

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{{Football box
|date = 9 September 1987
|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRL}}  
|score = 2 – 1 
|team2 = {{fb|LUX}}  
|goals1 = [[Frank Stapleton|Stapleton]] {{goal|31}} <br /> [[Paul McGrath (footballer)|McGrath]] {{goal|75}}
|goals2 = [[Armin Krings|Krings]] {{goal|28}}
|stadium = [[Lansdowne Road]], [[Dublin]] |attendance = 18,000 |referee = [[Keith Cooper]] ([[Welsh Football Association|Wales]])|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1988/matches/round=211/match=1373/index.html Report] }}

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{{Football box
|date = 23 September 1987
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL|1971}}  
|score = 2 – 0 
|team2 = {{fb|BEL}}  
|goals1 = [[Nasko Sirakov|Sirakov]] {{goal|19}} <br /> [[Lachezar Tanev|Tanev]] {{goal|70}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Vasil Levski National Stadium]], [[Sofia]] |attendance = 51,000 |referee = [[Karl-Heinz Tritschler]] ([[German Football Association|West&nbsp;Germany]])|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1988/matches/round=211/match=1374/index.html Report] }}

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{{Football box
|date = 14 October 1987
|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRL}}  
|score = 2 – 0 
|team2 = {{fb|BUL|1971}}  
|goals1 = [[Paul McGrath (footballer)|McGrath]] {{goal|52}} <br /> [[Kevin Moran (footballer)|Moran]] {{goal|83}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Lansdowne Road]], [[Dublin]] |attendance = 22,000 |referee = [[Jan Keizer (referee)|Johannes N.I. Keizer]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1988/matches/round=211/match=1376/index.html Report] }}

{{Football box
|date = 14 October 1987
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SCO}}  
|score = 2 – 0 
|team2 = {{fb|BEL}}  
|goals1 = [[Ally McCoist|McCoist]] {{goal|14}} <br /> [[Paul McStay|McStay]] {{goal|79}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]] |attendance = 16,052 |referee = [[Paolo Casarin]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1988/matches/round=211/match=1375/index.html Report] }}

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{{Football box
|date = 11 November 1987
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BEL}}  
|score = 3 – 0 
|team2 = {{fb|LUX}}  
|goals1 = [[Jan Ceulemans|Ceulemans]] {{goal|17}} <br /> [[Marc Degryse|Degryse]] {{goal|55}} <br /> [[Peter Crève|Crève]] {{goal|81}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[King Baudouin Stadium]], [[Brussels]] |attendance = 2,504 |referee = [[Egil Nervik]] ([[Football Association of Norway|Norway]])|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1988/matches/round=211/match=1377/index.html Report] }}

{{Football box
|date = 11 November 1987
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL|1971}}  
|score = 0 – 1 
|team2 = {{fb|SCO}}  
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Gary Mackay|Mackay]] {{goal|86}}
|stadium = [[Vasil Levski National Stadium]], [[Sofia]] |attendance = 49,976 |referee = [[Helmut Kohl (referee)|Helmut Kohl]] ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]])|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1988/matches/round=211/match=1378/index.html Report] }}

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{{Football box
|date = 2 December 1987
|team1 = {{fb-rt|LUX}}  
|score = 0 – 0 
|team2 = {{fb|SCO}}  
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Stade de la Frontière]], [[Esch-sur-Alzette]] |attendance = 2,022 |referee = [[Manfred Neuner]] ([[German Football Association|West&nbsp;Germany]])|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1988/matches/round=211/match=1379/index.html Report] }}

==Goalscorers==
{{#invoke:Goalscorers|main|UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying|round=group|group=7}}

==References==
*[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/seasons/1988/qualifying/ UEFA Page]
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/88e-qual.html RSSSF Page]

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