1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

The 1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 5th staging of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The qualifying stage spanned two years (1984–86), had 29 entrants. Spain U-21s won the competition after a penalty shootout, the first in the U-21 competition's history.

1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Tournament details
Dates12 March – 29 October
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Spain (1st title)
Runners-up Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored41 (2.93 per match)
Top scorer(s) Gianluca Vialli (4 goals)
Best player(s) Manuel Sanchis[1]

The 29 national teams were divided into eight groups (five groups of 4 + three 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 3rd-place playoff.

Qualifying stage

Draw

The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:

  • Group 1 did not include Belgium (moved to Group 8)
  • Group 2 did not include Malta
  • Group 3 did not include Northern Ireland
  • Group 4 did not include Luxembourg (moved to Group 8)
  • Group 5 featured the same nations
  • Group 6 did not include Republic of Ireland
  • Group 7 did not include Wales
  • Group 8 composed of Belgium (moved from Group 1), Luxembourg (moved from Group 4) and Italy (who did not participate in World Cup qualification)
Qualifying group 1 P W D L F A Pts
1  Poland 4 3 0 1 10 4 6
2  Greece 4 2 0 2 6 8 4
3  Albania 4 1 0 3 3 7 2
  • Greece 2-1 Poland
  • Albania 1-2 Poland
  • Albania 2-1 Greece
Qualifying group 2 P W D L F A Pts
1  Sweden 6 4 1 1 7 3 9
2  West Germany 6 3 1 2 9 6 7
3  Czechoslovakia 6 2 1 3 6 8 5
4  Portugal 6 1 1 4 4 9 3
  • Sweden 1-0 Czechoslo.
  • Czechoslo. 3-1 Portugal
  • Sweden 2-1 W.Germany
  • Czechoslo. 0-2 Sweden
  • W. Germany 2-0 Portugal
  • W. Germany 3-1 Czecho.
Qualifying group 3 P W D L F A Pts
1  England 6 3 2 1 9 3 8
2  Finland 6 1 4 1 6 6 6
3  Romania 6 1 4 1 5 7 6
4  Turkey 6 0 4 2 3 7 4
  • Finland 2-2 Romania
  • Romania 0-0 Finland
  • England 3-0 Romania
  • Finland 0-0 Turkey
  • England 3-0 Turkey
  • Turkey 2-2 Romania
Qualifying group 4 P W D L F A Pts
1  France 6 2 3 1 11 7 7
2  Bulgaria 6 3 1 2 14 12 7
3  East Germany 6 1 4 1 9 9 6
4  Yugoslavia 6 1 2 3 10 16 4
  • Yugoslavia 1-2 Bulgaria
  • E.Germany 1-1 Yugosl.
  • France 2-1 Bulgaria
  • France 1-1 E.Germany
  • Yugoslavia 0-0 France
  • Bulgaria 3-2 E.Germany
  • Bulgaria 4-0 France
  • Bulgaria 3-6 Yugoslavia
  • E.Germany 1-1 France
  • Yugosl. 2-3 E.Germany
  • E.Germany 1-1 Bulgaria
  • France 7-0 Yugoslavia
Qualifying group 5 P W D L F A Pts
1  Hungary 6 5 0 1 9 3 10
2  Netherlands 6 4 1 1 11 3 9
3  Austria 6 0 3 3 3 7 3
4  Cyprus 6 0 2 4 3 13 2
  • Netherlands 5-0 Cyprus
  • Hungary 1-0 Cyprus
  • Austria 1-2 Hungary
  • Netherlands 2-1 Austria
  • Austria 0-0 Cyprus
  • Hungary 1-0 Netherlands
Qualifying group 6 P W D L F A Pts
1  Denmark 6 3 2 1 11 7 8
2  Norway 6 2 2 2 10 9 6
3  Soviet Union 6 3 0 3 8 8 6
4   Switzerland 6 1 2 3 7 12 4
  • Denmark 1-0 USSR
  • USSR 2-0 Denmark
  • Denmark 4-1 Switzerland
  • Norway 1-3 Denmark
  • USSR 2-1 Norway
  • Switzerland 1-1 Norway
Qualifying group 7 P W D L F A Pts
1  Spain 4 3 1 0 4 0 7
2  Scotland 4 1 1 2 1 4 3
3  Iceland 4 1 0 3 2 3 2
  • Iceland 2-0 Scotland
  • Iceland 0-1 Spain
  • Spain 1-0 Iceland
Qualifying group 8 P W D L F A Pts
1  Italy 4 3 1 0 15 2 7
2  Belgium 4 1 1 2 7 8 3
3  Luxembourg 4 1 0 3 5 17 2
  • Luxembourg 0-6 Italy
  • Luxembourg 3-1 Belgium
  • Italy 3-0 Belgium

Qualified teams
CountryQualified asPrevious appearances in tournament1
 PolandGroup 1 winner2 (1982, 1984)
 SwedenGroup 2 winner0 (Debut)
 EnglandGroup 3 winner4 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984)
 FranceGroup 4 winner2 (1982, 1984)
 HungaryGroup 5 winner2 (1978, 1980)
 DenmarkGroup 6 winner1 (1978)
 SpainGroup 7 winner2 (1982, 1984)
 ItalyGroup 8 winner4 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year

Squads

See 1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

Knockout stage
  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                                   
 Poland 1 0 1  
 Hungary 0 5 5  
   Hungary 3 1 4  
   Spain 1 4 5  
 France 1 1 2
 Spain 3 3 6  
   Spain 1 2 3 (3)
   Italy 2 1 3 (0)
 Denmark 0 1 1  
 England 1 1 2  
   England 0 1 1
   Italy 2 1 3  
 Sweden 1 1 2
 Italy 1 2 3  

References
  1. "1986: Manuel Sanchís". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 June 1986. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
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