1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Tournament details
Dates16 February – 12 October
Teams30 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions France (1st title)
Runners-up Greece
Tournament statistics
Matches played98
Goals scored261 (2.66 per match)
Attendance143,886 (1,468 per match)
Top scorer(s)Greece Aris Karasavvidis (5 goals)
Best player(s)France Laurent Blanc[1]
1986
1990

The 1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1986–88), had 30 entrants. The Republic of Ireland competed for the first time. France U-21s won the competition.

The 30 national teams were divided into eight groups (six groups of 4 + two groups of 3). The group winners played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis until the winner was decided. There was no finals tournament or third-place playoff.

Qualifying stage

Draw

The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying tournament with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:

  • Group 1 featured the same teams
  • Group 2 did not include Malta
  • Group 3 did not include Iceland (moved to Group 6)
  • Group 4 did not include Northern Ireland
  • Group 5 did not include Netherlands (moved to Group 8)
  • Group 6 did not include Wales, but included Iceland (moved from Group 3)
  • Group 7 did not include Bulgaria and Luxembourg (both moved to Group 8)
  • Group 8 composed of
    West Germany
    (who did not participate in senior Euro qualification)

Qualifying Round 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 6 4 2 0 9 1 +8 10 Advance to finals
2  Romania 6 3 0 3 7 7 0 6
3  Austria 6 2 2 2 5 7 −2 6
4  Albania 6 0 2 4 4 10 −6 2
Source: [citation needed]

Matches

All times are local (UTC+1)

Romania vs Austria

Romania 1–0 Austria
Mihali 35'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Carlo Longhi

Austria vs Albania

Austria 1–0 Albania
Kostenberger 85'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Laszlo Padar
  • Spain 1-0 Romania
  • Albania 0-0 Spain
  • Romania 3-2 Albania
  • Austria 1-1 Spain
  • Albania 1-1 Austria
  • Romania 0-1 Spain
  • Spain 3-0 Austria
  • Albania 1-2 Romania
  • Austria 2-1 Romania
  • Spain 3-0 Albania
Qualifying Group 2 P W D L F A Pts
1  Italy 6 3 3 0 14 4 9
2  Sweden 6 1 4 1 6 6 6
3   Switzerland 6 1 3 2 4 7 5
4  Portugal 6 2 0 4 8 15 4
  • Sweden 0-0 Switzerland
  • Portugal 2-0 Sweden
  • Switzerland 3-1 Portugal
  • Italy 1-1 Switzerland
  • Portugal 1-2 Italy
  • Sweden 2-2 Italy
  • Switzerland 0-0 Sweden
  • Sweden 4-2 Portugal
  • Switzerland 0-3 Italy
  • Portugal 2-0 Switzerland
  • Italy 0-0 Sweden
  • Italy 6-0 Portugal
Qualifying Group 3 P W D L F A Pts
1  France 6 3 2 1 8 6 8
2  East Germany 6 2 3 1 10 6 7
3  Soviet Union 6 3 0 3 7 9 6
4  Norway 6 0 3 3 3 7 3
  • Norway 0-0 E.Germany
  • France 2-1 USSR
  • USSR 1-0 Norway
  • E.Germany 1-0 France
  • USSR 2-1 E.Germany
  • Norway 0-2 USSR
  • Norway 1-2 France
  • USSR 0-1 France
  • E.Germany 5-1 USSR
  • France 1-1 Norway
  • E.Germany 1-1 Norway
  • France 2-2 E.Germany
Qualifying Group 4 P W D L F A Pts
1  England 4 1 3 0 7 3 5
2  Turkey 4 1 2 1 4 6 4
3  Yugoslavia 4 1 1 2 7 9 3
  • Yugoslavia 3-0 Turkey
  • England 1-1 Yugoslavia
  • Turkey 0-0 England
  • England 1-1 Turkey
  • Yugoslavia 1-5 England
  • Turkey 3-2 Yugoslavia
Qualifying Group 5 P W D L F A Pts
1  Greece 6 4 1 1 15 5 9
2  Hungary 6 3 1 2 12 7 7
3  Poland 6 3 0 3 5 6 6
4  Cyprus 6 1 0 5 4 18 2
  • Poland 1-0 Greece
  • Greece 2-1 Hungary
  • Cyprus 0-4 Greece
  • Greece 5-1 Cyprus
  • Cyprus 2-1 Hungary
  • Poland 3-0 Cyprus
  • Greece 2-0 Poland
  • Hungary 3-0 Poland
  • Poland 0-1 Hungary
  • Hungary 2-2 Greece
  • Cyprus 0-1 Poland
  • Hungary 4-1 Cyprus
Qualifying Group 6 P W D L F A Pts
1  Czechoslovakia 6 3 2 1 14 8 8
2  Denmark 6 2 2 2 7 6 6
3  Finland 6 2 1 3 8 11 5
4  Iceland 6 1 3 2 9 13 5
  • Finland 2-0 Iceland
  • Iceland 0-4 Czechoslo.
  • Czechoslo. 2-0 Finland
  • Denmark 4-1 Finland
  • Czechoslo. 1-1 Denmark
  • Finland 0-1 Denmark
  • Denmark 0-1 Czechoslo.
  • Iceland 0-0 Denmark
  • Iceland 2-2 Finland
  • Denmark 1-3 Iceland
  • Finland 3-2 Czechoslo.
  • Czechoslo. 4-4 Iceland
Qualifying Group 7 P W D L F A Pts
1  Scotland 4 3 1 0 7 2 7
2  Belgium 4 0 3 1 1 2 3
3  Republic of Ireland 4 0 2 2 3 7 2
  • Belgium 0-0 R. Ireland
  • R. Ireland 1-2 Scotland
  • Scotland 4-1 R. Ireland
  • Belgium 0-0 Scotland
  • R. Ireland 1-1 Belgium
  • Scotland 1-0 Belgium
Qualifying Group 8 P W D L F A Pts
1  Netherlands 6 5 0 1 12 5 10
2  Bulgaria 6 4 0 2 8 7 8
3  West Germany 6 3 0 3 12 9 6
4  Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 2 13 0
  • W.Germany 2-0 Bulgaria
  • Bulgaria 1-0 Netherlands
  • Luxem. 0-2 Netherlands
  • W.Germany 4-1 Luxem.
  • Bulgaria 1-0 Luxembourg
  • Nether. 3-1 W.Germany
  • Luxembourg 0-1 Bulgaria
  • Netherlands 1-0 Luxem.
  • Luxem. 1-4 W.Germany
  • W.Germany 0-2 Nether.
  • Bulgaria 2-1 W.Germany
  • Netherlands 4-3 Bulgaria

Qualified teams

Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1
 Spain Group 1 winner 3 (1982, 1984, 1986)
 Italy Group 2 winner 5 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986)
 France Group 3 winner 3 (1982, 1984, 1986)
 England Group 4 winner 5 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986)
 Greece Group 5 winner 0 (Debut)
 Czechoslovakia Group 6 winner 2 (1978, 1980)
 Scotland Group 7 winner 3 (1980, 1982, 1984)
 Netherlands Group 8 winner 0 (Debut)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year

Squads

See 1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
            
 Scotland 0 0 0
 England 1 1 2
 England 2 2 4
 France 4 2 6
 France 2 2 4
 Italy 1 2 3
 France 0 3 3
 Greece 0 0 0
 Greece 1 2 3
 Czechoslovakia 1 2 3
 Greece 5 0 5
 Netherlands 0 2 2
 Netherlands 2 1 3
 Spain 1 0 1

Quarter-finals

First leg

Scotland Scotland0–1England England
Report Porter 83'
Attendance: 14,200
Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

France France2–1Italy Italy
Paille 81'
Sauzée 90'
Report Maldini 51'
Attendance: 13,462
Referee: Lajos Németh (Hungary)

Greece Greece1–1Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Borbokis 49' Report Němeček 65'

Spain Spain0–1Netherlands Netherlands
Report Plomp 89' (pen.)
La Condomina, Murcia
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Renzo Peduzzi (Switzerland
)

Second leg


Italy Italy2–2France France
Rizzitelli 42'
Ciocci 63'
Report Paille 83', 88'

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia2–2Greece Greece
Vakalopoulos 77' (o.g.)
Litoš 84'
Report
Kapouranis
86'
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: José dos Santos (Portugal)

Netherlands Netherlands2–1 (a.e.t.)Spain Spain
van Loen 100'
Viscaal 108'
Report
Loren
40'
Norway
)

Semi-finals

First leg

France France4–2England England
Cantona 49'
Dogon 78'
Paille
83'
Report Parker 40'
Stewart 60' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey)

Greece Greece5–0Netherlands Netherlands
Karasavvidis 10', 41', 73', 85'
Ikonomidis 13'
Report
Attendance: 3,216
Referee: Klaus Peschel (West Germany)

Second leg

England England2–2France France
Gascoigne 5'
Silvestre 59' (o.g.)
Report
Cantona
56', 78'
Highbury Stadium, London
Attendance: 5,661
)

Final

First leg

Greece Greece0–0France France
Report

Second leg

France France3–0Greece Greece
Sauzée 8', 55'
Silvestre 67'
Report

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References

  1. ^ "1988: Laurent Blanc". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 June 1988. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

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