1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries
First stage
Belgium - Netherlands
0:3 (0:2)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 375 | 14 December 1996 | Brussels / King Baudouin | 01:00 | 36953 |
- Dennis BERGKAMP (NED) 24',
- Clarence SEEDORF (NED) 29',
- Wim JONK (NED) 89'
Goals scored
Belgium
- Filip DE WILDE (GK)
- Eric DEFLANDRE (-75')
- Eric VAN MEIR
- Pascal RENIER
- Philippe LEONARD (-35')
- Philippe ALBERT
- Lorenzo STAELENS
- Marc WILMOTS
- Marc DE GRIJSE (-63')
- Luc NILIS
- Luis OLIVEIRA
Line-up
- Bertrand CRASSON
- Philippe VANDE WALLE
- Geoffrey CLAEYS
- Gert VERHEYEN
- Nico VAN KERCKHOVEN (+35')
- Frederic PIERRE (+63')
- Nordin JBARI (+75')
Substitute(s)
Netherlands
- Edwin VAN DER SAR (GK)
- Michael REIZIGER
- Jaap STAM
- Frank DE BOER
- Arthur NUMAN
- Wim JONK
- Aron WINTER
- Ronald DE BOER (-88')
- Dennis BERGKAMP (-67')
- Clarence SEEDORF
- Phillip COCU
Line-up
- Patrick KLUIVERT (+67')
- Ferdy VIERKLAU
- Marc OVERMARS (+88')
- Stan VALCKX
- Ed DE GOEY
- Pierre VAN HOOIJDONK
- Giovanni VAN BRONCKHORST
Substitute(s)
- Marc WILMOTS (BEL) 20'
- , Luc NILIS (BEL) 44'
- , Jaap STAM (NED) 63'
- , Aron WINTER (NED) 70'
Cautions
- Pascal RENIER (BEL) 1',
- Pascal RENIER (BEL) 50'
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Pierluigi PAIRETTO (ITA) | |
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | (C): | Captain | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out |
| GK: | Goalkeeper | N: | Not eligible to play | I: | Injured |
| Y: | Misses next match if booked | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |
| DF: | Defender | MF: | Midfielder | MinP: | Minutes played |
| GF: | Goals for | GA: | Goals against | PK (PG/PS): | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) |
| FC: | Fouls Committed | FS: | Fouls Suffered | R: | Red Cards |
| FW: | Forward | SOG/S: | Shots on Target | Y: 2YC: | Yellow cards Second yellow card and red card |