1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 12 March – 29 October 1 29 21 ESP 1 21 ITA 92 249 ITA Gianluca Vialli (4 goals) ESP Manuel Sanchishttp://www.uefa.com/under21/season=1986/golden-player/index.html 1986: Manuel Sanchís UEFA Union of European Football Associations 2 June 1986 29 June 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150628142655/http://www.uefa.com/under21/season%3D1986/golden-player/index.html 28 June 2015 1984 1988 The 1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 5th staging of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The qualifying stage spanned two years (1984–86), had 29 entrants. Spain U-21s won the competition after a penalty shootout, the first in the U-21 competition's history. The 29 national teams were divided into eight groups (five groups of 4 + three 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 3rd-place playoff. Qualifying stage Draw The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations: Group 1 did not include Belgium (moved to Group 8) Group 2 did not include Malta Group 3 did not include Northern Ireland Group 4 did not include Luxembourg (moved to Group 8) Group 5 featured the same nations Group 6 did not include Republic of Ireland Group 7 did not include Wales Group 8 composed of Belgium (moved from Group 1), Luxembourg (moved from Group 4) and Italy (who did not participate in World Cup qualification) Qualifying group 1PWDLFAPts121 POL43011046221 GRE4202684321 ALB 19464103372 Poland 5–1 Greece Poland 2–0 Albania Greece 2–0 Albania Greece 2–1 Poland Albania 1–2 Poland Albania 2–1 Greece Qualifying group 2PWDLFAPts121 SWE6411739221 FRG6312967321 TCH6213685421 POR6114493 Sweden 1–1 Portugal Portugal 0–1 Czechoslo. W. Germany 1–0 Sweden Portugal 0–1 Sweden Portugal 2–1 W.Germany Czechoslovakia 1–1 W. Germany Sweden 1–0 Czechoslo. Czechoslo. 3–1 Portugal Sweden 2–1 W.Germany Czechoslo. 0–2 Sweden W. Germany 2–0 Portugal W. Germany 3–1 Czecho. Qualifying group 3PWDLFAPts121 ENG6321938221 FIN6141666321 ROU 19656141576421 TUR6042374 England 2–0 Finland Turkey 1–1 Finland Turkey 0–0 England Romania 1–0 Turkey Romania 0–0 England Finland 3–1 England Finland 2–2 Romania Romania 0–0 Finland England 3–0 Romania Finland 0–0 Turkey England 3–0 Turkey Turkey 2–2 Romania Qualifying group 4PWDLFAPts121 FRA 197462311177221 BUL 1971631214127321 GDR6141996421 YUG612310164 Yugoslavia 1–2 Bulgaria E.Germany 1–1 Yugosl. France 2–1 Bulgaria France 1–1 E.Germany Yugoslavia 0–0 France Bulgaria 3–2 E.Germany Bulgaria 4–0 France Bulgaria 3–6 Yugoslavia E.Germany 1–1 France Yugosl. 2–3 E.Germany E.Germany 1–1 Bulgaria France 7–0 Yugoslavia Qualifying group 5PWDLFAPts121 HUN65019310221 NED64111139321 AUT6033373421 CYP60243132 Cyprus 1–1 Austria Hungary 2–0 Austria Netherlands 1–0 Hungary Austria 0–0 Netherlands Cyprus 1–3 Hungary Cyprus 1–3 Netherlands Netherlands 5–0 Cyprus Hungary 1–0 Cyprus Austria 1–2 Hungary Netherlands 2–1 Austria Austria 0–0 Cyprus Hungary 1–0 Netherlands Qualifying group 6PWDLFAPts121 DEN63211178221 NOR62221096321 URS6303886421 SUI61237124 Norway 3–0 Switzerland Denmark 2–2 Norway Norway 2–1 USSR Switzerland 1–1 Denmark Switzerland 4–2 USSR USSR 1–0 Switzerland Denmark 1–0 USSR USSR 2–0 Denmark Denmark 4–1 Switzerland Norway 1–3 Denmark USSR 2–1 Norway Switzerland 1–1 Norway Qualifying group 7PWDLFAPts121 ESP4310407221 SCO4112143321 ISL4103232 Scotland 1–0 Iceland Scotland 0–2 Spain Spain 0–0 Scotland Iceland 2–0 Scotland Iceland 0–1 Spain Spain 1–0 Iceland Qualifying group 8PWDLFAPts121 ITA43101527221 BEL4112783321 LUX41035172 Belgium 5–1 Luxembourg Belgium 1–1 Italy Italy 5–1 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0–6 Italy Luxembourg 3–1 Belgium Italy 3–0 Belgium Qualified teams Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1 21 POL Group 1 winner 2 (1982, 1984) 21 SWE Group 2 winner 0 (Debut) 21 ENG Group 3 winner 4 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984) 21 FRA 1974 Group 4 winner 2 (1982, 1984) 21 HUN Group 5 winner 2 (1978, 1980) 21 DEN Group 6 winner 1 (1978) 21 ESP Group 7 winner 2 (1982, 1984) 21 ITA Group 8 winner 4 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year Squads See 1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads Knockout stage Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals no 2 yes high 40 21 POL 1 0 1 21 HUN 0 5 5 21 FRA 1974 1 1 2 21 ESP 3 3 6 21 DEN 0 1 1 21 ENG 1 1 2 21 SWE 1 1 2 21 ITA 1 2 3 21 HUN 3 1 4 21 ESP 1 4 5 21 ENG 0 1 1 21 ITA 2 1 3 21 ESP 1 2 3 (3) 21 ITA 2 1 3 (0) References 1986 Under-21 Championship Under-21 Championship Under-21 Championship Category:March 1986 sports events in Europe Category:April 1986 sports events in Europe Category:October 1986 sports events in Europe