UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 3

Standings and results for Group 3 of the 1988 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying tournament.

Group 3 consisted of East Germany, defending champions France, Iceland, Norway and USSR. Group winners were USSR, who finished two points clear of second-placed East Germany.

Final table

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Soviet Union 8 5 3 0 14 3 +11 13  East Germany 8 4 3 1 13 4 +9 11  France 8 1 4 3 4 7 −3 6  Iceland 8 2 2 4 4 14 −10 6  Norway 8 1 2 5 5 12 −7 4

East Germany  – 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 France  0–1 – 2–0 1–1 0–2 Iceland  0–6 0–0 – 2–1 1–1 Norway  0–0 2–0 0–1 – 0–1 Soviet Union  2–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 –

Results

Iceland  v  France

September 10, 1986

Iceland	0 – 0	France
	(Details)

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Attendance: 13,758 Referee: Alan Ferguson (SCO)

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Iceland  v  Soviet Union

September 24, 1986

Iceland	1 – 1	Soviet Union
Guðjohnsen  30'	(Details)	Sulakvelidze  44'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Attendance: 6,370 Referee: Karl-Josef Assenmacher (FRG)

Norway  v  East Germany

September 24, 1986

Norway	0 – 0	East Germany
	(Details)

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 10,142 Referee: Egbert Mulder (NED)

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France  v  Soviet Union

October 11, 1986

France	0 – 2	Soviet Union
	(Details)	Belanov  67' Rats  73'

Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 40,496 Referee: Paolo Casarin (ITA)

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East Germany  v  Iceland

October 29, 1986

East Germany	2 – 0	Iceland
Thom  4' Kirsten  89'	(Details)

Stadion an der Gellertstraße, Karl-Marx-Stadt Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Zoran Petrović (YUG)

Soviet Union  v  Norway

October 29, 1986

Soviet Union	4 – 0	Norway
Lytovchenko  26' Belanov  28' (p) Blokhin  33' Khidiyatullin  54'	(Details)

Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol Attendance: 26,314 Referee: Howard King (WAL)

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East Germany  v  France

November 19, 1986

East Germany	0 – 0	France
	(Details)

Zentralstadion, Leipzig Attendance: 54,578 Referee: George Courtney (ENG)

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Soviet Union  v  East Germany

April 29, 1987

Soviet Union	2 – 0	East Germany
Zavarov  41' Belanov  49'	(Details)

Republican Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 95,000 Referee: Erik Fredriksson (SWE)

France  v  Iceland

April 29, 1987

France	2 – 0	Iceland
Micciche  38' Stopyra  65'	(Details)

Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 27,732 Referee: Frederick McKnight (NIR)

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Norway  v  Soviet Union

June 3, 1987

Norway	0 – 1	Soviet Union
	(Details)	Zavarov  15'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 10,473 Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (BEL)

Iceland  v  East Germany

June 3, 1987

Iceland	0 – 6	East Germany
	(Details)	Minge  15' Thom  37',  67',  89' Doll  49' Döschner  84'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Attendance: 8,758 Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (DEN)

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Norway  v  France

June 16, 1987

Norway	2 – 0	France
Mordt  71' Andersen  80'	(Details)

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 8,268 Referee: Werner Föckler (FRG)

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Soviet Union  v  France

September 9, 1987

Soviet Union	1 – 1	France
Mykhaylychenko  77'	(Details)	Touré  13'

Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 86,048 Referee: Gerassimos Germanakos (GRE)

Iceland  v  Norway

September 9, 1987

Iceland	2 – 1	Norway
Pétursson  21' Ormslev  59'	(Details)	Andersen  10'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Attendance: 5,450 Referee: Wilfred Wallace (IRL)

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Norway  v  Iceland

September 23, 1987

Norway	0 – 1	Iceland
	(Details)	Eðvaldsson  31'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 3,540 Referee: Håkan Lundgren (SWE)

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East Germany  v  Soviet Union

October 10, 1987

East Germany	1 – 1	Soviet Union
Kirsten  44'	(Details)	Aleinikov  80'

Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, East Berlin Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Dušan Krchnak (TCH)

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France  v  Norway

October 14, 1987

France	1 – 1	Norway
Fargeon  55'	(Details)	Sundby  80'

Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 31,091 Referee: Joaquin Ramos Marcos (ESP)

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East Germany  v  Norway

October 28, 1987

East Germany	3 – 1	Norway
Kirsten  14',  54' Thom  33'	(Details)	Fjærestad  32'

Ernst Grube Stadium, Magdeburg Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Friedrich Kaupe (AUT)

Soviet Union  v  Iceland

October 28, 1987

Soviet Union	2 – 0	Iceland
Belanov  15' Protasov  52'	(Details)

Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol Attendance: 22,136 Referee: Michał Listkiewicz (POL)

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France  v  East Germany

November 18, 1987

France	0 – 1	East Germany
	(Details)	Ernst  90'

Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 16,581 Referee: Carlos Alberto da Silva Valente (POR)

Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Andreas Thom	East Germany	5
2	Ulf Kirsten	East Germany	4
	Ihor Belanov	Soviet Union
3	Oleksandr Zavarov	Soviet Union	2
	Jørn Andersen	Norway

1 goal

East Germany Ralf Minge Thomas Doll Matthias Döschner Rainer Ernst  France Carmelo Micciche Yannick Stopyra José Touré Philippe Fargeon

Iceland Arnór Guðjohnsen Pétur Pétursson Pétur Ormslev Atli Eðvaldsson  Norway Per Edmund Mordt Tom Sundby Jan Kristian Fjærestad

Soviet Union Tengiz Sulakvelidze Vasyl Rats Hennadiy Lytovchenko Oleg Blokhin Vagiz Khidiyatullin Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko Sergei Aleinikov Oleh Protasov

Squads

The following players made at least one appearance for their respective team in the qualifying campaign.

East Germany Coach - Bernd Stange Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club René Müller GK February 11, 1959 (age 27) 8 Lokomotive Leipzig Frank Rohde DF March 2, 1960 (age 26) 5 BFC Dynamo Detlef Schößler DF October 3, 1962 (age 23) 4 1. FC Magdeburg Ronald Kreer DF November 10, 1959 (age 26) 6 Lokomotive Leipzig Dirk Stahmann DF March 23, 1958 (age 28) 4 (1 as sub) 1. FC Magdeburg Carsten Sänger DF November 8, 1962 (age 23) 2 FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt Matthias Lindner DF October 5, 1965 (age 20) 2 Lokomotive Leipzig Matthias Döschner DF January 12, 1958 (age 28) 6 Dynamo Dresden Hans-Uwe Pilz DF November 10, 1958 (age 27) 3 Dynamo Dresden Heiko Scholz DF January 7, 1966 (age 20) 2 (both as sub) Lokomotive Leipzig Uwe Zötzsche MF September 15, 1960 (age 25) 4 Lokomotive Leipzig Jörg Stübner MF July 23, 1965 (age 21) 5 (1 as sub) Dynamo Dresden Jürgen Raab MF December 20, 1958 (age 27) 4 FC Carl Zeiss Jena Matthias Liebers MF November 22, 1958 (age 27) 7 Lokomotive Leipzig Rico Steinmann MF December 26, 1967 (age 18) 3 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt Thomas Doll MF April 9, 1966 (age 20) 3 BFC Dynamo Matthias Sammer MF September 5, 1967 (age 18) 1 (as a sub) Dynamo Dresden Markus Wuckel ST April 5, 1967 (age 19) 1 (as a sub) 1. FC Magdeburg Ralf Minge ST October 8, 1960 (age 25) 4 (2 as sub) Dynamo Dresden Ulf Kirsten ST December 4, 1965 (age 20) 8 (1 as sub) Dynamo Dresden Rainer Ernst ST December 31, 1961 (age 24) 5 (1 as sub) BFC Dynamo Hans Richter ST September 14, 1959 (age 26) 1 (as a sub) Lokomotive Leipzig Frank Pastor ST December 7, 1957 (age 28) 3 BFC Dynamo Andreas Thom ST September 7, 1965 (age 20) 8 BFC Dynamo

France Coach - Henri Michel Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club Joël Bats GK January 4, 1957 (age 29) 7 Paris Saint-Germain Bruno Martini GK January 25, 1962 (age 24) 1 AJ Auxerre William Ayache DF January 10, 1961 (age 25) 4 Paris Saint-Germain Marseille Jean-Christophe Thouvenel DF October 1, 1958 (age 27) 2 Bordeaux Manuel Amoros DF February 1, 1962 (age 24) 8 AS Monaco Luc Sonor DF September 15, 1962 (age 23) 1 AS Monaco Basile Boli DF January 2, 1967 (age 19) 8 AJ Auxerre Didier Sénac DF October 2, 1958 (age 27) 1 RC Lens Sylvain Kastendeuch DF August 31, 1963 (age 23) 1 FC Metz Patrick Battiston DF March 12, 1957 (age 29) 2 Bordeaux Philippe Jeannol DF August 6, 1958 (age 28) 1 Paris Saint-Germain Jean-François Domergue DF June 23, 1957 (age 29) 2 Marseille Yvon Le Roux DF March 19, 1960 (age 26) 2 FC Nantes Marseille Philippe Vercruysse MF January 28, 1962 (age 24) 2 (1 as sub) Bordeaux RC Lens Rémi Vogel MF November 26, 1960 (age 25) 1 RC Strasbourg AS Monaco Luis Fernandez MF October 2, 1959 (age 26) 5 RC Paris Jean Tigana MF June 23, 1955 (age 31) 4 Bordeaux Fabrice Poullain MF August 27, 1962 (age 24) 4 Paris Saint-Germain Patrick Delamontagne MF June 18, 1957 (age 29) 1 (as a sub) Stade Laval Marseille Dominique Bijotat MF January 3, 1961 (age 25) 2 AS Monaco Bordeaux Jean-Marc Ferreri MF December 26, 1962 (age 23) 3 (1 as sub) Bordeaux José Touré MF April 24, 1961 (age 25) 3 Bordeaux Michel Platini MF June 21, 1955 (age 31) 3 Juventus Jean-Philippe Rohr MF December 23, 1961 (age 24) 1 (as a sub) AS Monaco Bruno Germain MF April 28, 1960 (age 26) 1 Matra Racing Bernard Genghini MF January 18, 1958 (age 28) 1 Marseille Gérald Passi MF January 24, 1964 (age 22) 3 Toulouse FC Philippe Fargeon ST June 24, 1964 (age 22) 4 (2 as sub) AC Bellinzona Bordeaux Yannick Stopyra ST January 9, 1961 (age 25) 6 Toulouse FC Philippe Anziani ST September 21, 1961 (age 24) 1 AS Monaco Eric Cantona ST May 24, 1966 (age 20) 2 AJ Auxerre Jean-Pierre Papin ST November 5, 1963 (age 22) 4 (2 as sub) Marseille Bruno Bellone ST March 14, 1962 (age 24) 3 (2 as sub) AS Monaco Stéphane Paille ST June 27, 1965 (age 21) 1 Sochaux Carmelo Micciche ST August 16, 1963 (age 23) 2 FC Metz Bernard Zénier ST August 21, 1957 (age 29) 1 FC Metz

Iceland Coach - Sigfried Held Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club Bjarni Sigurdsson GK October 16, 1960 (age 26) 8 SK Brann Gunnar Gíslason DF January 4, 1961 (age 25) 8 KR Reykjavik Moss Guðni Bergsson DF July 21, 1965 (age 21) 3 Valur Ágúst Már Jónsson DF August 17, 1960 (age 26) 5 KR Reykjavik Sævar Jónsson DF July 22, 1958 (age 28) 8 SK Brann Valur Atli Eðvaldsson MF March 3, 1957 (age 29) 8 KFC Uerdingen 05 Sigurður Jónsson MF September 27, 1966 (age 19) 6 Sheffield Wednesday Ólafur Þórðarson MF August 22, 1965 (age 21) 3 ÍA Ómar Torfason MF February 1, 1959 (age 27) 6 FC Luzern FC Olten Vidar Thorkelsson MF January 29, 1963 (age 23) 2 Fram Reykjavik Þorvaldur Örlygsson MF August 2, 1966 (age 20) 1 (as a sub) KA Akureyri Ásgeir Sigurvinsson MF May 8, 1955 (age 31) 4 VfB Stuttgart Pétur Ormslev MF July 28, 1958 (age 28) 2 Fram Reykjavik Pétur Arnthórsson MF May 8, 1965 (age 20) 3 (2 as sub) Fram Reykjavik Rúnar Kristinsson MF September 5, 1969 (age 16) 1 (as a sub) KR Reykjavík Ragnar Margeirsson ST August 14, 1962 (age 24) 8 Thor Waterschei Fram Reykjavik Lárus Guðmundsson ST December 12, 1961 (age 24) 3 (1 as sub) KFC Uerdingen 05 Halldór Áskelsson ST April 20, 1965 (age 21) 2 (1 as sub) Þór Akureyri Arnór Guðjohnsen ST April 30, 1961 (age 25) 5 RSC Anderlecht Guðmundur Torfason ST December 13, 1961 (age 24) 4 (1 as sub) Beveren Winterslag Pétur Pétursson ST June 27, 1959 (age 27) 5 Hércules CF ÍA

Norway Coach - Tor Røste Fossen/Tord Grip Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club Erik Thorstvedt GK October 28, 1962 (age 23) 6 Borussia Mönchengladbach IFK Göteborg Ola By Rise GK November 14, 1960 (age 25) 1 Rosenborg BK Lars Gaute Bø GK November 20, 1963 (age 23) 1 Bryne FK Rune Bratseth DF March 19, 1961 (age 25) 5 Rosenborg BK Werder Bremen Hans Hermann Henriksen DF January 3, 1958 (age 28) 5 (1 as sub) EA Guingamp Terje Kojedal DF August 16, 1957 (age 29) 6 FC Mulhouse Erik Solér DF August 6, 1960 (age 26) 5 (2 as sub) SK Brann AGF Anders Giske DF November 22, 1959 (age 26) 7 1. FC Nuremberg Einar Jan Aas DF October 12, 1955 (age 29) 2 (1 as sub) Moss Trond Sollied DF April 29, 1959 (age 27) 1 Rosenborg BK Kai Erik Herlovsen DF September 25, 1959 (age 26) 6 Borussia Mönchengladbach Per Edmund Mordt MF March 25, 1965 (age 21) 8 IFK Göteborg Svein Fjælberg MF January 12, 1959 (age 27) 1 Viking FK Per Egil Ahlsen MF March 4, 1958 (age 28) 3 (1 as sub) Fredrikstad FK SK Brann Kjetil Osvold MF June 5, 1961 (age 25) 7 (1 as sub) Lillestrøm SK Nottingham Forest Vidar Davidsen MF January 4, 1958 (age 28) 1 Vålerenga Fotball Lillestrøm SK Jan Berg MF May 14, 1965 (age 21) 6 (1 as sub) Molde Tom Sundby MF December 15, 1960 (age 25) 7 Lillestrøm SK Iraklis Arne Erlandsen MF December 20, 1959 (age 26) 2 (1 as sub) Lillestrøm SK Hallvar Thoresen MF April 12, 1957 (age 29) 2 PSV Eindhoven Vegard Skogheim MF April 28, 1966 (age 20) 3 (1 as sub) Ham Kam Ulrich Møller MF December 11, 1962 (age 23) 2 (1 as sub) Molde Børre Meinseth MF November 24, 1966 (age 19) 3 Bryne FK Jan Kristian Fjærestad ST September 4, 1963 (age 23) 2 (1 as sub) Moss Sten Glenn Håberg ST April 22, 1964 (age 22) 2 (1 as sub) Lillestrøm SK Arve Seland ST December 12, 1963 (age 22) 3 (2 as sub) IK Start FC Mulhouse Arne Larsen Økland ST May 31, 1954 (age 32) 2 Bryne FK Jørn Andersen ST February 3, 1963 (age 23) 4 1. FC Nuremberg

USSR Coach - Valeri Lobanovsky Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club Rinat Dasayev GK June 13, 1957 (age 29) 8 Spartak Moscow Tengiz Sulakvelidze DF July 23, 1956 (age 30) 2 FC Dinamo Tbilisi Volodymyr Bezsonov DF March 5, 1958 (age 28) 6 Dynamo Kyiv Viktor Losev DF January 25, 1959 (age 27) 1 FC Dynamo Moscow Oleg Kuznetsov DF March 22, 1963 (age 23) 7 Dynamo Kyiv Vagiz Khidiyatullin DF March 3, 1959 (age 27) 8 (1 as sub) Spartak Moscow Aleksandr Chivadze DF April 8, 1955 (age 31) 1 FC Dinamo Tbilisi Aleksandr Bubnov DF October 10, 1955 (age 30) 1 FC Dynamo Moscow Anatoliy Demyanenko DF February 19, 1959 (age 27) 7 (1 as sub) Dynamo Kyiv Sergei Baltacha DF February 17, 1958 (age 28) 1 (as a sub) FC Dynamo Kyiv Vasiliy Rats MF March 25, 1961 (age 25) 7 (1 as sub) FC Dynamo Kyiv Pavlo Yakovenko MF December 19, 1964 (age 21) 6 (2 as sub) Dynamo Kyiv Vadym Tyshchenko MF March 24, 1963 (age 23) 1 FC Karpaty Lviv Dnipro Nikolay Larionov MF January 19, 1957 (age 29) 1 Zenit Leningrad Gennadiy Litovchenko MF September 11, 1963 (age 22) 5 (2 as sub) Dnipro Alexei Mikhailichenko MF March 30, 1963 (age 23) 4 (1 as sub) Dynamo Kyiv Ivan Yaremchuk MF March 19, 1962 (age 24) 2 FC Dynamo Kyiv Sergei Aleinikov MF November 7, 1961 (age 24) 8 Dinamo Minsk Aleksandr Zavarov MF April 20, 1961 (age 25) 6 Dynamo Kyiv Igor Dobrovolski MF August 27, 1967 (age 29) 2 FC Dynamo Moscow Ihor Belanov ST September 25, 1960 (age 25) 6 (1 as sub) Dynamo Kyiv Oleg Protasov ST February 4, 1964 (age 22) 5 (2 as sub) Dnipro Dynamo Kyiv Oleg Blokhin ST November 5, 1952 (age 33) 4 (3 as sub) Dynamo Kyiv Sergey Rodionov ST September 3, 1962 (age 23) 5 (1 as sub) Spartak Moscow

References

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