1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
1988 UEFA European Under-21 ChampionshipTournament details |
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Dates |
16 February – 12 October |
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Teams |
8 (from 1 confederation) |
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Final positions |
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Champions |
France (1st title) |
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Runners-up |
Greece |
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Tournament statistics |
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Matches played |
14 |
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Goals scored |
39 (2.79 per match) |
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Top scorer(s) |
Aris Karasavvidis (5 goals) |
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Best player |
Laurent Blanc[1] |
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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
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 |
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- Romania 1-0 Austria
- Austria 1-0 Albania
- Spain 1-0 Romania
- Albania 0-0 Spain
- Romania 3-2 Albania
- Austria 1-1 Spain
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- Albania 1-1 Austria
- Romania 0-1 Spain
- Spain 3-0 Austria
- Albania 1-2 Romania
- Austria 2-1 Romania
- Spain 3-0 Albania
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- Sweden 0-0 Switzerland
- Portugal 2-0 Sweden
- Switzerland 3-1 Portugal
- Italy 1-1 Switzerland
- Portugal 1-2 Italy
- Sweden 2-2 Italy
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- Switzerland 0-0 Sweden
- Sweden 4-2 Portugal
- Switzerland 0-3 Italy
- Portugal 2-0 Switzerland
- Italy 0-0 Sweden
- Italy 6-0 Portugal
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- 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
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- 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
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- Yugoslavia 3-0 Turkey
- England 1-1 Yugoslavia
- Turkey 0-0 England
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- England 1-1 Turkey
- Yugoslavia 1-5 England
- Turkey 3-2 Yugoslavia
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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 |
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- Poland 1-0 Greece
- Greece 2-1 Hungary
- Cyprus 0-4 Greece
- Greece 5-1 Cyprus
- Cyprus 2-1 Hungary
- Poland 3-0 Cyprus
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- Greece 2-0 Poland
- Hungary 3-0 Poland
- Poland 0-1 Hungary
- Hungary 2-2 Greece
- Cyprus 0-1 Poland
- Hungary 4-1 Cyprus
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- Finland 2-0 Iceland
- Iceland 0-4 Czechoslo.
- Czechoslo. 2-0 Finland
- Denmark 4-1 Finland
- Czechoslo. 1-1 Denmark
- Finland 0-1 Denmark
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- Denmark 0-1 Czechoslo.
- Iceland 0-0 Denmark
- Iceland 2-2 Finland
- Denmark 1-3 Iceland
- Finland 3-2 Czechoslo.
- Czechoslo. 4-4 Iceland
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- Belgium 0-0 R. Ireland
- R. Ireland 1-2 Scotland
- Scotland 4-1 R. Ireland
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- Belgium 0-0 Scotland
- R. Ireland 1-1 Belgium
- Scotland 1-0 Belgium
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- 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
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- 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
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Qualified teams
Country | Qualified as | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
Spain | Group 1 winner | 3 (1982, 1984, 1986) |
Italy | Group 2 winner | 5 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986) |
France | Group 3 winner | 3 (1982, 1984, 1986) |
England | Group 4 winner | 5 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986) |
Greece | Group 5 winner | 0 (Debut) |
Czechoslovakia | Group 6 winner | 2 (1978, 1980) |
Scotland | Group 7 winner | 3 (1980, 1982, 1984) |
Netherlands | Group 8 winner | 0 (Debut) |
1 Bold indicates champion for that year
Squads
See 1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads
Knockout Stage
Quarter-finals
First leg
France v Italy
Marcel Picot, NancyAttendance: 13.462 Referee: Lajos Németh (Hungary) |
Second leg
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Final
First leg
Second leg
Goalscorers
- 5 goals
- Aris Karasavvidis
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goal
References
- ↑ "1988: Laurent Blanc". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 June 1988. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
External links
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