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
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)Greece Aris Karasavvidis (5 goals)
Best player(s)France 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:

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
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 0 2 2
 Netherlands 2 1 3
 Spain 1 0 1

First leg
Scotland Scotland0–1England England
Report Porter 83'
Attendance: 14,200
Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)
France France2–1Italy Italy
Paille 81'
Sauzée 90'		 Report Maldini 51'
Attendance: 13,462
Referee: Lajos Németh (Hungary)
Greece Greece1–1Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Borbokis 49' Report Němeček 65'
Attendance: 2,846
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)
Spain Spain0–1Netherlands Netherlands
Report Plomp 89' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Renzo Peduzzi (Switzerland)

Second leg
England England1–0Scotland Scotland
White 82' Report
Attendance: 11,284
Italy Italy2–2France France
Rizzitelli 42'
Ciocci 63'		 Report Paille 83', 88'
Attendance: 13,505
Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia2–2Greece Greece
Vakalopoulos 77' (o.g.)
Litoš 84'		 Report Karasavvidis 20'
Kapouranis 86'
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: José dos Santos (Portugal)
Netherlands Netherlands2–1 (a.e.t.)Spain Spain
van Loen 100'
Viscaal 108'		 Report Loren 40'
Attendance: 3,724
Referee: Einar Halle (Norway)

First leg
France France4–2England England
Angloma 23'
Cantona 49'
Dogon 78'
Paille 83'		 Report Parker 40'
Stewart 60' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey)
Greece Greece5–0Netherlands Netherlands
Karasavvidis 10', 41', 73', 85'
Ikonomidis 13'		 Report
Attendance: 3,216
Referee: Klaus Peschel (West Germany)

Second leg
England England2–2France France
Gascoigne 5'
Silvestre 59' (o.g.)		 Report Cantona 56', 78'
Attendance: 5,661
Netherlands Netherlands2–0Greece Greece
Fraser 60'
Witschge 88'		 Report
Nieuw Galgenwaard, Utrecht
Attendance: 750

First leg
Greece Greece0–0France France
Report
Attendance: 21,038

Second leg
France France3–0Greece 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.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 June 1988. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
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