1987 FIFA World Youth Championship

FIFA World Youth Championship 1987 Copa Mundial Juvenil de la FIFAChile 1987 Chile 10–25 October 16 6 4 4 Yugoslavia 1 West Germany East Germany Chile 32 86 712000 FRG Marcel Witeczek (7 goals) YUG Robert Prosinečki 20 GDR 1985 1989 The 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Chile from 10 to 25 October 1987. The 1987 championship was the 6th edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship and won for the first time by Yugoslavia. Remarkably, in the course of the tournament the Yugoslavs defeated each of the three other semi-finalists, and eliminated the defending champions Brazil. The tournament took place in four venues: Antofagasta, Valparaíso, Concepción and Santiago. Qualification ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier(s)AFC (Asia)1986 AFC Youth Championship20 BHR 19721 1 20 KSACAF (Africa)1987 African Youth Championship20 NGA 20 TOG1 1CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)1986 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament20 CAN 20 USACONMEBOL (South America)Host nation20 CHI1 11987 South American Youth Championship20 BRA 1968 20 COLOFC (Oceania)1986 OFC U-20 Championship20 AUSUEFA (Europe)1986 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship20 BUL 1971 20 GDR1 1 20 ITA 20 SCO 1542 20 FRG 20 YUG 1.1Teams that made their debut. Squads For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship squads Group stage The 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams. Four group winners, and four second-place finishers qualify for the knockout round. Group A main WDL Group stage result 2 YUG 20 YUG CHI 20 CHI AUS 20 AUS TOG 20 TOG 3 0 0 12 3 2 0 1 7 4 H 1 0 2 2 6 0 0 3 1 9 green1 Advance to knockout stage A A complete 10 October 1987 17:00 20 CHI 2–4 20 YUG Tudor 17 Pino 67 Boban 14 Štimac 19 Šuker 61 63 Estadio Nacional, Santiago 67,000 Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina) (Report) 11 October 1987 17:00 20 TOG 0–2 20 AUS Edwards 7 Reynolds 13 Estadio Nacional, Santiago 15,000 Abdullah Al Nasir (Saudi Arabia) (Report) 13 October 1987 17:00 20 CHI 3–0 20 TOG Pino 8 pen. Tudor 32 75 Estadio Nacional, Santiago 60,000 Vincent Mauro (United States) (Report) 14 October 1987 17:00 20 YUG 4–0 20 AUS Brnović 7 Šuker 22 71 Boban 67 Estadio Nacional, Santiago 20,000 Mohamed Hansal (Algeria) (Report) 17 October 1987 17:00 20 CHI 2–0 20 AUS Pino 22 52 Estadio Nacional, Santiago 75,000 Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain) (Report) 18 October 1987 17:00 20 YUG 4–1 20 TOG Mijatović 20 33 Zirojević 53 Šuker 84 pen. Ali 75 Estadio Nacional, Santiago 12,000 Rune Larsson (Sweden) (Report) Group B main WDL Group stage result 2 ITA 20 ITA BRA 20 BRA 1968 CAN 20 CAN NGA 20 NGA 2 1 0 5 2 2 0 1 5 1 0 2 1 4 5 0 1 2 2 8 green1 Advance to knockout stage A A complete 11 October 1987 17:00 20 BRA 1968 4–0 20 NGA Alcindo 20 André Cruz 29 William 35 62 pen. Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción 27,000 Allan Gunn (England) (Report) 12 October 1987 17:00 20 ITA 2–2 20 CAN Impallomeni 50 pen. Melli 82 Grimes 9 Mobilio 44 Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción 13,500 Enrique Labo Revoredo (Peru) (Report) 14 October 1987 17:00 20 BRA 1968 0–1 20 ITA Rizzolo 60 Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción 18,000 Rodolfo Martínez Mejía (Honduras) (Report) 15 October 1987 17:00 20 NGA 2–2 20 CAN Effa 5 Adekola 44 Jansen 6 Domezetis 88 Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción 5,000 Soetoyo Hartasardjono (Indonesia) (Report)January 2025 medicmedic 17 October 1987 17:00 20 BRA 1968 1–0 20 CAN André Cruz 82 Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción 8,000 Octavio Sierra Mesa (Colombia) (Report) 18 October 1987 17:00 20 NGA 0–2 20 ITA Carrara 23 Melli 24 Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción 9,000 Guenther Abermann (East Germany) (Report) Group C main WDL Group stage result 2 GDR 20 GDR SCO 20 SCO 1542 COL 20 COL BHR 20 BHR 1972 2 0 1 6 3 1 2 0 5 4 1 1 1 4 5 0 1 2 1 4 green1 Advance to knockout stage A A complete 11 October 1987 17:00 20 GDR 1–2 20 SCO 1542 Prasse 32 McLeod 30 pen. Butler 36 Estadio Municipal de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 10,000 Arnaldo Coelho (Brazil) (Report) 12 October 1987 17:00 20 COL 1–0 20 BHR 1972 Tréllez 10 Estadio Municipal de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 5,000 John B. Meachin (Canada) (Report)January 2025 medicmedic 14 October 1987 17:00 20 GDR 3–1 20 COL Sammer 9 30 70 Tréllez 90 pen. Estadio Municipal de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 4,000 Rune Larsson (Sweden) (Report) 15 October 1987 17:00 20 SCO 1542 1–1 20 BHR 1972 Nisbet 76 Al Kharraz 24 Estadio Municipal de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 3,000 Badou Jasseh (Gambia) (Report) 17 October 1987 17:00 20 GDR 2–0 20 BHR 1972 Liebers 78 Wosz 83 Estadio Municipal de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2,000 Richard Lorenc (Australia) (Report) 18 October 1987 17:00 20 SCO 1542 2–2 20 COL Wright 61 McLeod 74 pen. Guerrero 48 58 Estadio Municipal de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 5,000 Claude Bouillet (France) (Report) Group D main WDL Group stage result 2 FRG 20 FRG BUL 20 BUL 1971 USA 20 USA KSA 20 KSA 3 0 0 8 1 2 0 1 3 3 1 0 2 2 3 0 0 3 0 6 green1 Advance to knockout stage A A complete 11 October 1987 17:00 20 USA 0–1 20 BUL 1971 Trendafilov 26 Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, Antofagasta 18,000 Jean-Fidele Diramba (Gabon) (Report) 12 October 1987 17:00 20 KSA 0–3 20 FRG Epp 6 Strehmel 27 Witeczek 31 Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, Antofagasta 8,000 Carlo Longhi (Italy) (Report) 14 October 1987 17:00 20 USA 1–0 20 KSA Unger 73 Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, Antofagasta 5,000 Stjepan Glavina (Yugoslavia)The FIFA states "Serbia and Montenegro" here, which is an anachronism. Reporting him like this means that this official report was made in the period 2003-2006. (Report) 15 October 1987 17:00 20 BUL 1971 0–3 20 FRG Witeczek 50 pen. 53 Reinhardt 59 Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, Antofagasta 8,000 Enrique Marín Gallo (Chile) (Report) 17 October 1987 17:00 20 USA 1–2 20 FRG Constantino 44 Witeczek 36 Möller 73 Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, Antofagasta 3,500 Toshikazu Sano (Japan) (Report) 18 October 1987 17:00 20 BUL 1971 2–0 20 KSA Slavchev 31 Kalaydzhiev 37 Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, Antofagasta 8,000 Yi-Fa Chow (Chinese Taipei) (Report) Knockout stage white-space:nowrap October 21 - Santiago 20 YUG 2 20 BRA 1968 1 October 21 - Valparaíso 20 GDR 2 20 BUL 1971 0 October 21 - Concepción 20 ITA 0 20 CHI 1 October 21 - Antofagasta 20 FRG 1 (4) 20 SCO 1542 1 (3) October 23 - Santiago 20 YUG 2 20 GDR 1 October 23 - Concepción 20 CHI 0 20 FRG 4 October 25 - Santiago 20 YUG 1 (5) 20 FRG 1 (4) October 25 - Santiago 20 GDR 1 (3) 20 CHI 1 (1) Quarter-finals 21 October 1987 16:15 20 ITA 0–1 20 CHI Pino 73 pen. Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción 35,000 Rune Larsson (Sweden) (Report) 21 October 1987 16:15 20 GDR 2–0 20 BUL 1971 Steinmann 70 pen. Wosz 83 Estadio Municipal de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 3,000 Allan Gunn (England) (Report) 21 October 1987 16:15 20 FRG 1–1 4–3 20 SCO 1542 Reinhardt 8 Nisbet 45 Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, Antofagasta 4,000 Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina) (Report) 21 October 1987 19:15 20 YUG 2–1 20 BRA 1968 Mijatović 52 Prosinečki 89 Alcindo 44 Estadio Nacional, Santiago 60,000 Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain) (Report) Semi-finals 23 October 1987 16:15 20 CHI 0–4 20 FRG Eichenauer 9 Dammeier 15 Witeczek 36 69 Estadio Municipal, Concepción 36,000 Claude Bouillet (France) (Report) 23 October 1987 19:15 20 YUG 2–1 20 GDR Štimac 30 Šuker 70 Sammer 49 Estadio Nacional, Santiago 35,000 Richard Lorenc (Australia) (Report) Third place play-off 25 October 1987 15:00 20 GDR 1–1 3–1 20 CHI Kracht 73 González 84 Estadio Nacional, Santiago 65,000 Arnaldo Coelho (Brazil) (Report) Neitzel Zimmerling Jähnig Pino Navarrete Estay González Final 25 October 1987 18:00 20 YUG 1–1 5–4 20 FRG Boban 85 Witeczek 87 pen. Estadio Nacional, Santiago 65,000 Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina) (Report) Pavličić Šuker Brnović Zirojević Boban Witeczek Strehmel Luginger Spyrka Reinhardt Result fbu 20 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship winners Yugoslavia First Awards Golden ShoeGolden BallFair Play AwardFRG Marcel WiteczekYUG Robert Prosinečki 20 GDR Goalscorers Marcel Witeczek of West Germany won the Golden Boot award for scoring seven goals. In total, 86 goals were scored by 51 different players, with none of them credited as own goal. 7 goals FRG Marcel Witeczek 6 goals YUG Davor Šuker 5 goals CHI Camilo Pino 4 goals GDR Matthias Sammer 3 goals 18em CHI Luka Tudor YUG Predrag Mijatović YUG Zvonimir Boban 2 goals 18em BRA 1968 Alcindo Sartori BRA 1968 André Cruz BRA 1968 William COL John Jairo Trellez COL Miguel Guerrero GDR Dariusz Wosz ITA Alessandro Melli SCO 1542 Joe McLeod SCO 1542 Scott Nisbet FRG Knut Reinhardt YUG Igor Štimac 1 goal 18em AUS Alistair Edwards AUS Kurt Reynolds BHR 1972 Mohamed Al Kharraz BUL 1971 Dimitar Trendafilov BUL 1971 Ivo Slavtchev BUL 1971 Radko Kalaydjiev CAN Billy Domezetis CAN Domenic Mobilio CAN James Grimes CAN Steve Jansen CHI Pedro González Vera GDR Jörg Prasse GDR Heiko Liebers GDR Rico Steinmann GDR Torsten Kracht ITA Antonio Rizzolo ITA Marco Carrara ITA Stefano Impallomeni NGA David Adekola NGA Okon Ene Effa SCO 1542 John Butler SCO 1542 Paul Wright TOG Salissou Ali USA Christian Unger USA Michael Constantino FRG Alexander Strehmel FRG Andreas Möller FRG Detlev Dammeier FRG Henrik Eichenauer FRG Thomas Epp YUG Branko Brnović YUG Ranko Zirojević YUG Robert Prosinečki Final ranking main WDL 2 YUG 20 Yugoslavia FRG 20 West Germany DDR 20 East Germany CHI 20 Chile ITA 20 Italy SCO 20 Scotland BRA 20 Brazil 1968 BUL 20 Bulgaria 1971 COL 20 Colombia CAN 20 Canada USA 20 United States AUS 20 Australia BRN 20 Bahrain 1972 NGR 20 Nigeria KSA 20 Saudi Arabia TOG 20 Togo 5 1 0 17 6 4 2 0 14 3 3 1 2 10 6 3 1 2 9 9 H 2 1 1 5 3 1 3 0 6 5 2 0 2 6 3 2 0 2 3 5 1 1 1 4 5 1 0 2 2 3 1 0 2 2 6 0 2 1 4 5 0 1 2 1 4 0 1 2 2 8 0 0 3 1 9 0 0 3 0 6 1st 2nd 3rd 4th QF QF QF QF GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS yes yes Final result #FFD700 Champions #C0C0C0 Runners-up #CD7F32 Third place Fourth place Eliminated inQuarter-finals Eliminated inGroup stage complete rsssf.com Notes External links FIFA World Youth Championship Chile 1987 https://web.archive.org/web/20200414154949/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/archive/chile1987/index.html 2020-04-14 , FIFA.com RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1987 FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2) Yugoslavia in the 90s: the greatest team there never was?;Jonathan Wilson's Blog @ guardian.co.uk, 24 July 2007 1987 World Youth Championship World Championship Category:1987 in Chilean football 1987 1987 Category:October 1987 sports events in South America