1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries
First stage
Netherlands - Belgium
3:1 (1:0)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 17 | 06 September 1997 | Rotterdam / De Kuip | 01:00 | 48000 |
- Jaap STAM (NED) 31',
- Patrick KLUIVERT (NED) 53',
- Lorenzo STAELENS (BEL) 65',
- Dennis BERGKAMP (NED) 83'
Goals scored
Netherlands
- Edwin VAN DER SAR
- Michael REIZIGER
- Jaap STAM
- Frank DE BOER
- Arthur NUMAN (-71')
- Wim JONK
- Ronald DE BOER (-71')
- Dennis BERGKAMP
- Patrick KLUIVERT
- Clarence SEEDORF (-86')
- Phillip COCU
Line-up
- Aron WINTER
- Giovanni VAN BRONCKHORST (+86')
- Winston BOGARDE
- Boudewijn ZENDEN
- Ed DE GOEY
- Pierre VAN HOOIJDONK
- Jean Paul VAN GASTEL
Substitute(s)
Belgium
- Filip DE WILDE
- Bertrand CRASSON (+45')(-45')
- Philippe ALBERT
- Eric VAN MEIR
- Gordan VIDOVIC
- Franky VAN DER ELST
- Lorenzo STAELENS
- Luis OLIVEIRA
- Emile MPENZA (-86')
- Enzo SCIFO (+76')(-76')
- Nico VAN KERCKHOVEN
Line-up
- Philippe VANDE WALLE (+71')
- Bob PEETERS (+86')
- Filip HAAGDOREN (+71')
- Gilles DE BILDE
- Regis GENAUX
- Gunther SCHEPENS
- Vital BORKELMANS
Substitute(s)
- Bertrand CRASSON (BEL) 16'
- , Luis OLIVEIRA (BEL) 17'
- , Philippe ALBERT (BEL) 21'
- , Wim JONK (NED) 61'
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Kim Milton NIELSEN (DEN) | |
| 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 |