1986 UEFA European Under-16 Championship

This article has an unclear citation style. The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation and footnoting. (May 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

1986 UEFA European Under-16 Championship

Ευρωπαϊκό πρωτάθλημα ποδοσφαίρου Παίδων 1986
Tournament details
Host country	Greece
Dates	1–10 May
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	(in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Soviet Union
Fourth place	East Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	69 (2.46 per match)
← 1985 1987 →

The 1986 UEFA European Under-16 Championship was the fourth edition of UEFA's European Under-16 Football Championship. Greece hosted the championship, during 1–10 May 1986. 16 teams entered the competition, and the Spain won its first title.

Qualifying

Participants

Results

First stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	5
Scotland	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	4
Portugal	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	3
Greece	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

---

---

---

---

---

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	5
Bulgaria	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
Norway	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
Sweden	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

---

---

---

---

---

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Germany	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5
Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	3
Denmark	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	3
Austria	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

---

---

---

---

---

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	6
Romania	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	2
France	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	2

---

---

---

---

---

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

References

• UEFA.com
• RSSSF.com