1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 16 February – 12 October 1 30 21 FRA 1974 1 21 GRE 98 261 143886 GRE Aris Karasavvidis (5 goals) FRA 1974 Laurent Blanchttp://www.uefa.com/under21/season=1988/golden-player/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130622075601/http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=1988/golden-player/index.html dead June 22, 2013 1988: Laurent Blanc UEFA Union of European Football Associations 1 June 1988 29 June 2015 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 July 2023 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 Bulgaria and Luxembourg (both moved from Group 7), Netherlands (moved from Group 5) and West Germany (who did not participate in senior Euro qualification) Qualifying Round 1 main WDL 180 complete 2 ESP ROU AUT ALB KO 4 2 0 9 1 3 0 3 7 7 2 2 2 5 7 0 2 4 4 10 ESP ROU AUT ALB Q green1 Advance to finals Matches All times are local (UTC+1) Romania vs Austria 9 September 1986 12:00 CET (UTC+1) ROU 1–0 AUT Mihali 35 12,000 Carlo Longhi Austria vs Albania 14 October 1986 12:00 CET (UTC+1) AUT 1–0 ALB Kostenberger 85 2,000 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 2PWDLFAPts121 ITA63301449221 SWE6141666321 SUI6132475421 POR62048154 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 3PWDLFAPts121 FRA 19746321868221 GDR62311067321 URS6303796421 NOR6033373 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 4PWDLFAPts121 ENG4130735221 TUR4121464321 YUG4112793 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 5PWDLFAPts121 GRE64111559221 HUN63121277321 POL6303566421 CYP61054182 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 6PWDLFAPts121 TCH63211488221 DEN6222766321 FIN62138115421 ISL61329135 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 7PWDLFAPts121 SCO4310727221 BEL4031123321 IRL4022372 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 8PWDLFAPts121 NED650112510221 BUL 19716402878321 FRG63031296421 LUX60062130 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 21 ESP Group 1 winner 3 (1982, 1984, 1986) 21 ITA Group 2 winner 5 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986) 21 FRA 1974 Group 3 winner 3 (1982, 1984, 1986) 21 ENG Group 4 winner 5 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986) 21 GRE Group 5 winner 0 (Debut) 21 TCH Group 6 winner 2 (1978, 1980) 21 SCO Group 7 winner 3 (1980, 1982, 1984) 21 NED Group 8 winner 0 (Debut) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year Squads See 1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads Knockout stage 2 y n Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals 21 SCO 0 0 0 21 ENG 1 1 2 21 FRA 1974 2 2 4 21 ITA 1 2 3 21 GRE 1 2 3 21 TCH 1 2 3 21 NED 2 1 3 21 ESP 1 0 1 21 ENG 2 2 4 21 FRA 1974 4 2 6 21 GRE 5 0 5 21 NED 0 2 2 21 FRA 1974 0 3 3 21 GRE 0 0 0 Quarter-finals First leg 16 February 1988 Scotland SCO 0–1 Report ENG England Porter 83 Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 14,200 Bo Karlsson (Sweden) 16 March 1988 France FRA 1974 2–1 Report ITA Italy Paille 81Sauzée 90 Maldini 51 Stade Marcel Picot, Nancy 13,462 Lajos Németh (Hungary) 2 March 1988 Greece GRE 1–1 Report TCH Czechoslovakia Borbokis 49 Němeček 65 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens 2,846 Ioan Igna (Romania) 24 February 1988 Spain ESP 0–1 Report NED Netherlands Plomp 89 pen. La Condomina, Murcia 8,000 Renzo Peduzzi (Switzerland) Second leg 22 April 1988 England ENG 1–0 Report SCO Scotland White 82 City Ground, Nottingham 11,284 Karl-Heinz Tritschler (West Germany) 23 March 1988 Italy ITA 2–2 Report FRA 1974 France Rizzitelli 42Ciocci 63 Paille 83 88 Stadio Riviera delle Palme, San Benedetto del Tronto 13,505 Helmut Kohl (Austria) 23 March 1988 Czechoslovakia TCH 2–2 Report GRE Greece Vakalopoulos 77 o.g.Litoš 84 Karasavvidis 20 Kapouranis 86 Stadion Střelecký ostrov, České Budějovice 4,200 José dos Santos (Portugal) 23 March 1988 Netherlands NED 2–1 yes https://archive.today/20151212174352/http://www.worldfootball.net/report/u-21-h-em-1988-viertelfinale-niederlande-spanien/ Report ESP Spain van Loen 100Viscaal 108 Loren 40 Nieuw Galgenwaard, Utrecht 3,724 Einar Halle (Norway) Semi-finals First leg 13 April 1988 France FRA 1974 4–2 Report ENG England Angloma 23Cantona 49 Dogon 78 Paille 83 Parker 40 Stewart 60 pen. Stade Léo Lagrange, Besançon 20,000 Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey) 13 April 1988 Greece GRE 5–0 https://archive.today/20151212174522/http://www.worldfootball.net/report/u-21-h-em-1988-halbfinale-griechenland-niederlande/ Report NED Netherlands Karasavvidis 10 41 73 85Ikonomidis 13 Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus 3,216 Klaus Peschel (West Germany) Second leg 27 April 1988 England ENG 2–2 Report FRA 1974 France Gascoigne 5Silvestre 59 o.g. Cantona 56 78 Highbury Stadium, London 5,661 Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium) 27 April 1988 Netherlands NED 2–0 Report GRE Greece Fraser 60Witschge 88 Nieuw Galgenwaard, Utrecht 750 Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany) Final First leg 25 May 1988 Greece GRE 0–0 Report FRA 1974 France Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus 21,038 Ion Crăciunescu (Romania) Second leg 12 October 1988 France FRA 1974 3–0 Report GRE Greece Sauzée 8 55Silvestre 67 Stade Léo Lagrange, Besançon 22,000 Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland) Goalscorers 5 goals GRE Aris Karasavvidis 4 goals FRA 1974 Stéphane Paille 3 goals FRA 1974 Eric Cantona FRA 1974 Franck Sauzée 1 goal 22em TCH Václav Němeček TCH Marcel Litoš ENG Paul Gascoigne ENG Garry Parker ENG Gary Porter ENG Paul Stewart ENG David White FRA 1974 Jocelyn Angloma FRA 1974 Jean-Luc Dogon FRA 1974 Franck Silvestre GRE Stefanos Borbokis GRE Kostas Ikonomidis GRE Giorgos Kapouranis ITA Massimo Ciocci ITA Paolo Maldini ITA Ruggiero Rizzitelli NED Henk Fraser NED John van Loen NED Gerrit Plomp NED Eric Viscaal NED Rob Witschge ESP Loren Own goal GRE Pagonis Vakalopoulos (playing against Czechoslovakia) FRA 1974 Franck Silvestre (playing against England) References External links Results Archive at uefa.com RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com 1988 Under-21 Championship Under-21 Championship Under-21 Championship Category:February 1988 sports events in Europe Category:March 1988 sports events in Europe Category:April 1988 sports events in Europe Category:May 1988 sports events in Europe Category:October 1988 sports events in Europe