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
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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