1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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.

1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Tournament details
Dates16 February – 12 October
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions France (1st title)
Runners-up Greece
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored39 (2.79 per match)
Top scorer(s) Aristidis Karasavidis (5 goals)
Best player(s) Laurent Blanc[1]

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 nations
  • 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 Group 1 P W D L F A Pts
1  Spain 6 4 2 0 9 1 10
2  Romania 6 3 0 3 7 7 6
3  Austria 6 2 2 2 5 7 6
4  Albania 6 0 2 4 4 10 2
  • Romania 1-0 Austria
  • Austria 1-0 Albania
  • 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

CountryQualified asPrevious appearances in tournament1
 SpainGroup 1 winner3 (1982, 1984, 1986)
 ItalyGroup 2 winner5 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986)
 FranceGroup 3 winner3 (1982, 1984, 1986)
 EnglandGroup 4 winner5 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986)
 GreeceGroup 5 winner0 (Debut)
 CzechoslovakiaGroup 6 winner2 (1978, 1980)
 ScotlandGroup 7 winner3 (1980, 1982, 1984)
 NetherlandsGroup 8 winner0 (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 2 0 2  
 Netherlands 2 1 3
 Spain 1 0 1  

Quarter-finals

First leg

Scotland 0–1 England
Report Porter  83'
Attendance: 14,500
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'
Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

Spain 0–1 Netherlands
Report Plomp  89' (pen.)
La Condomina, Murcia
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Renzo Peduzzi (Switzerland)

Second leg

England 1–0 Scotland
White  82' Report

Italy 2–2 France
Rizzitelli  42'
Ciocci  63'
Report Paille  83', 88'

Czechoslovakia 2–2 Greece
Vakalopoulos  77' (o.g.)
Litoš  84'
Report Karasavvidis  20'
Kapouranis  86'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: José dos Santos (Portugal)

Netherlands 2–1 (a.e.t.) Spain
van Loen  100'
Viscaal  108'
Report Loren  40'
Attendance: 2,000
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: 22,000
Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey)

Greece 5–0 Netherlands
Karasavvidis  10', 41', 73', 85'
Ikonomidis  13'
Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Klaus Peschel (West Germany)

Second leg

England 2–2 France
Gascoigne  5'
Silvestre  59' (o.g.)
Report Cantona  56', 78'
Highbury Stadium, London
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

Second leg

France 3–0 Greece
Sauzée  8', 55'
Silvestre  67'
Report

Goalscorers

5 goals
  • Aris Karasavvidis
4 goals
3 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References

  1. "1988: Laurent Blanc". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 June 1988. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
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