1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
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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
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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
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Matches
All times are local (UTC+1)
Romania vs Austria
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Austria vs Albania
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- 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
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Qualified teams
| Country | Qualified as | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | Group 1 winner | 3 (1982, 1984, 1986) |
| File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | Group 2 winner | 5 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986) |
| File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France | Group 3 winner | 3 (1982, 1984, 1986) |
| File:Flag of England.svg England | Group 4 winner | 5 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986) |
| File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | Group 5 winner | 0 (Debut) |
| File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia | Group 6 winner | 2 (1978, 1980) |
| File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland | Group 7 winner | 3 (1980, 1982, 1984) |
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Group 8 winner | 0 (Debut) |
- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year
Squads
See 1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads
Knockout stage
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Quarter-finals
First leg
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Second leg
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Semi-finals
First leg
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Second leg
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Final
First leg
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Second leg
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Goalscorers
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 1 goal
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- Template:Flagicon Václav Němeček
- Template:Flagicon Marcel Litoš
- Template:Flagicon Paul Gascoigne
- Template:Flagicon Garry Parker
- Template:Flagicon Gary Porter
- Template:Flagicon Paul Stewart
- Template:Flagicon David White
- Template:Flagicon Jocelyn Angloma
- Template:Flagicon Jean-Luc Dogon
- Template:Flagicon Franck Silvestre
- Template:Flagicon Stefanos Borbokis
- Template:Flagicon Kostas Ikonomidis
- Template:Flagicon Giorgos Kapouranis
- Template:Flagicon Massimo Ciocci
- Template:Flagicon Paolo Maldini
- Template:Flagicon Ruggiero Rizzitelli
- Template:Flagicon Henk Fraser
- Template:Flagicon John van Loen
- Template:Flagicon Gerrit Plomp
- Template:Flagicon Eric Viscaal
- Template:Flagicon Rob Witschge
- Template:Flagicon Loren
- Own goal
- Template:Flagicon Pagonis Vakalopoulos (playing against Czechoslovakia)
- Template:Flagicon Franck Silvestre (playing against England)
References
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External links
- Results Archive at uefa.com
- RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com
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