1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Tournament details
Dates16 February – 12 October
Teams30 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions France (1st title)
Runners-up Greece
Tournament statistics
Matches played98
Goals scored261 (2.66 per match)
Attendance143,886 (1,468 per match)
Top scorer(s) Aris Karasavvidis (5 goals)
Best player(s) Laurent Blanc[1]
← 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

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:

Qualifying Round 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 6 4 2 0 9 1 +8 10 Advance to finals
2  Romania 6 3 0 3 7 7 0 6
3  Austria 6 2 2 2 5 7 −2 6
4  Albania 6 0 2 4 4 10 −6 2
Source:

Matches

All times are local (UTC+1)

Romania vs Austria

Romania 1–0 Austria
Mihali 35'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Carlo Longhi

Austria vs Albania

Austria 1–0 Albania
Kostenberger 85'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: 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 2 P W D L F A Pts
1  Italy 6 3 3 0 14 4 9
2  Sweden 6 1 4 1 6 6 6
3   Switzerland 6 1 3 2 4 7 5
4  Portugal 6 2 0 4 8 15 4
  • 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 3 P W D L F A Pts
1  France 6 3 2 1 8 6 8
2  East Germany 6 2 3 1 10 6 7
3  Soviet Union 6 3 0 3 7 9 6
4  Norway 6 0 3 3 3 7 3
  • 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 4 P W D L F A Pts
1  England 4 1 3 0 7 3 5
2  Turkey 4 1 2 1 4 6 4
3  Yugoslavia 4 1 1 2 7 9 3
  • 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 5 P W D L F A Pts
1  Greece 6 4 1 1 15 5 9
2  Hungary 6 3 1 2 12 7 7
3  Poland 6 3 0 3 5 6 6
4  Cyprus 6 1 0 5 4 18 2
  • 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 6 P W D L F A Pts
1  Czechoslovakia 6 3 2 1 14 8 8
2  Denmark 6 2 2 2 7 6 6
3  Finland 6 2 1 3 8 11 5
4  Iceland 6 1 3 2 9 13 5
  • 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 7 P W D L F A Pts
1  Scotland 4 3 1 0 7 2 7
2  Belgium 4 0 3 1 1 2 3
3  Republic of Ireland 4 0 2 2 3 7 2
  • 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 8 P W D L F A Pts
1  Netherlands 6 5 0 1 12 5 10
2  Bulgaria 6 4 0 2 8 7 8
3  West Germany 6 3 0 3 12 9 6
4  Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 2 13 0
  • 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
 Spain Group 1 winner 3 (1982, 1984, 1986)
 Italy Group 2 winner 5 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986)
 France Group 3 winner 3 (1982, 1984, 1986)
 England Group 4 winner 5 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986)
 Greece Group 5 winner 0 (Debut)
 Czechoslovakia Group 6 winner 2 (1978, 1980)
 Scotland Group 7 winner 3 (1980, 1982, 1984)
 Netherlands Group 8 winner 0 (Debut)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year

Squads

See 1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
            
 Scotland 0 0 0
 England 1 1 2
 England 2 2 4
 France 4 2 6
 France 2 2 4
 Italy 1 2 3
 France 0 3 3
 Greece 0 0 0
 Greece 1 2 3
 Czechoslovakia 1 2 3
 Greece 5 0 5
 Netherlands 0 2 2
 Netherlands 2 1 3
 Spain 1 0 1

Quarter-finals

First leg

Scotland 0–1 England
Report Porter 83'
Attendance: 14,200
Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)
France 2–1 Italy
Paille 81'
Sauzée 90'		 Report Maldini 51'
Attendance: 13,462
Referee: Lajos Németh (Hungary)
Greece 1–1 Czechoslovakia
Borbokis 49' Report Němeček 65'
Attendance: 2,846
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)
Spain 0–1 Netherlands
Report Plomp 89' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Renzo Peduzzi (Switzerland)

Second leg

England 1–0 Scotland
White 82' Report
Attendance: 11,284
Italy 2–2 France
Rizzitelli 42'
Ciocci 63'		 Report Paille 83', 88'
Attendance: 13,505
Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)
Czechoslovakia 2–2 Greece
Vakalopoulos 77' (o.g.)
Litoš 84'		 Report Karasavvidis 20'
Kapouranis 86'
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: José dos Santos (Portugal)
Netherlands 2–1 (a.e.t.) Spain
van Loen 100'
Viscaal 108'		 Report Loren 40'
Attendance: 3,724
Referee: Einar Halle (Norway)

Semi-finals

First leg

France 4–2 England
Angloma 23'
Cantona 49'
Dogon 78'
Paille 83'		 Report Parker 40'
Stewart 60' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey)
Greece 5–0 Netherlands
Karasavvidis 10', 41', 73', 85'
Ikonomidis 13'		 Report
Attendance: 3,216
Referee: Klaus Peschel (West Germany)

Second leg

England 2–2 France
Gascoigne 5'
Silvestre 59' (o.g.)		 Report Cantona 56', 78'
Attendance: 5,661
Netherlands 2–0 Greece
Fraser 60'
Witschge 88'		 Report
Nieuw Galgenwaard, Utrecht
Attendance: 750

Final

First leg

Greece 0–0 France
Report
Attendance: 21,038

Second leg

France 3–0 Greece
Sauzée 8', 55'
Silvestre 67'		 Report
Attendance: 22,000

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References

  1. ^ "1988: Laurent Blanc". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 1 June 1988. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
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