1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Tournament details
Dates 16 February – 12 October
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions  France (1st title)
Runners-up  Greece
Tournament statistics
Matches played 14
Goals scored 39 (2.79 per match)
Top scorer(s) Greece Aristidis Karasavidis (5 goals)
Best player France Laurent Blanc[1]

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 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 Scotland 0–1 England England
Report Porter  83'
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

France France 2–1 Italy Italy
Paille  81'
Sauzée  90'
Report Maldini  51'
Attendance: 13,462
Referee: Lajos Németh (Hungary)

Greece Greece 1–1 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Borbokis  49' Report Němeček  65'

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

Second leg

England England 1–0 Scotland Scotland
White  82' Report

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

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

Netherlands Netherlands 2–1 (a.e.t.) Spain Spain
van Loen  100'
Viscaal  108'
Report Loren  40'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Einar Halle (Norway)

Semi-finals

First leg

France France 4–2 England England
Angloma  23'
Cantona  49'
Dogon  78'
Paille  83'
Report Parker  40'
Stewart  60' (pen.)
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey)

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

Second leg

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

Netherlands Netherlands 2–0 Greece Greece
Fraser  60'
Witschge  88'
Report
Nieuw Galgenwaard, Utrecht
Attendance: 750

Final

First leg

Greece Greece 0–0 France France
Report
Attendance: 25,000

Second leg

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

Goalscorers

5 goals
  • Greece 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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