UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 1

Standings and results for Group 1 of the 1988 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying tournament.

Group 1 consisted of Albania, Austria, Romania and Spain. Group winners were Spain, who finished 1 points clear of second-placed Romania.

Contents

Final table

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 6 5 0 1 14 6 +8 10
 Romania 6 4 1 1 13 3 +10 9
 Austria 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 5
 Albania 6 0 0 6 2 17 −15 0
 
Albania  0–1 0–1 1–2
Austria  3–0 0–0 2–3
Romania  5–1 4–0 3–1
Spain  5–0 2–0 1–0

Results

September 10, 1986
Romania  4 – 0
 Austria Steaua Stadium, Bucharest
Attendance: 13,611
Referee: Gérard Biguet (FRA)
Iovan  44',  64'
Lăcătuş  61'
Hagi  90'

October 15, 1986
Austria  3 – 0
 Albania Liebenau Stadium, Graz
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Klaus Peschel (GDR)
Ogris  18'
Polster  66'
Linzmaier  77'
(Details)

November 12, 1986
Spain  1 – 0
 Romania Benito Villamarín Stadium, Seville
Attendance: 41,884
Referee: Johannes N.I. Keizer (NED)
Míchel  57' (Details)

December 3, 1986
Albania  1 – 2
 Spain Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Antal Hutak (HUN)
Muca  27' (Details) Arteche  67'
Alonso  84'

March 25, 1987
Romania  5 – 1
 Albania Steaua Stadium, Bucharest
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (POR)
Piţurcă  2'
Bölöni  42'
Hagi  44' (pen),  54'
Bumbescu  70'
(Details) Kushta  35'

April 1, 1987
Austria  2 – 3
 Spain Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Bruno Galler (SUI)
Linzmaier  38'
Polster  63'
(Details) Eloy  30',  57'
Carrasco  89'

April 29, 1987
Albania  0 – 1
 Austria Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana
Attendance: 17,250
Referee: Gerassimos Germanakos (GRE)
(Details) Polster  8'

April 29, 1987
Romania  3 – 1
 Spain Steaua Stadium, Bucharest
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (BEL)
Piţurcă  38'
Mateuţ  45'
Ungureanu  48'
(Details) Calderé  81'

October 14, 1987
Spain  2 – 0
 Austria Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville
Attendance: 57,477
Referee: Joël Quiniou (FRA)
Míchel  58'
Sanchís  64'
(Details)

October 28, 1987
Albania  0 – 1
 Romania Stadiumi Flamurtari, Vlorë
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Ignace van Swieten (NED)
(Details) Klein  61'

November 18, 1987
Austria  0 – 0
 Romania Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Rosario Lo Bello (ITA)
(Details)

November 18, 1987
Spain  5 – 0
 Albania Benito Villamarín Stadium, Seville
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (SUI)
Bakero  5',  31',  74'
Míchel  36' (pen)
Llorente  67'
(Details)

Goalscorers

Pos Player Country Goals
1 Toni Polster  Austria 3
Gheorghe Hagi  Romania
Míchel  Spain
José Mari Bakero  Spain
2 Manfred Linzmaier  Austria 2
Ştefan Iovan  Romania
Victor Piţurcă  Romania
Eloy  Spain
1 goal
 Albania
 Austria
 Romania
 Spain

Squads

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

Albania

Coach -

Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club
Perlat Musta GK October 15, 1958 (age 27) 4 FK Partizani
Artur Lekbello GK January 25, 1958 (age 28) 2 KF Tirana
Sotir Shkurti GK 1962 (age 24) 1 (as a sub) KS Besa Kavajë
Hysen Zmijani DF April 29, 1963 (age 23) 5 FK Vllaznia
Adnan Ocelli DF August 6, 1963 (age 23) 2 FK Partizani
Kreshnik Çipi DF July 5, 1962 (age 24) 1 Flamurtari Vlorë
Rrapo Taho DF August 17, 1959 (age 27) 5 Flamurtari Vlorë
Skender Gega DF November 14, 1963 (age 22) 2 FK Partizani
Fatbardh Jera DF February 8, 1960 (age 26) 3 FK Vllaznia
Besnik Bilali DF 1963 (age 23) 1 FK Partizani
Roland Iljadhi DF August 18, 1963 (age 23) 2 Flamurtari Vlorë
Petro Ruci DF March 3, 1957 (age 29) 1 (as sub) Flamurtari Vlorë
Skënder Hodja MF May 30, 1960 (age 26) 3 KF Tirana
Bedri Omuri MF January 16, 1957 (age 29) 3 (2 as sub) KF Tirana
Artur Lekbello MF February 23, 1966 (age 20) 2 KF Tirana
Alfred Ferko MF October 15, 1964 (age 21) 5 (2 as sub) Flamurtari Vlorë
Mirel Josa MF June 1, 1966 (age 20) 6 KF Tirana
Shkëlqim Muça MF March 19, 1960 (age 26) 4 KF Tirana
Sulejman Demollari MF May 15, 1964 (age 22) 6 Dinamo Tirana
Latif Gjondeda MF December 28, 1960 (age 25) 2 Flamurtari Vlorë
Alfred Zijai MF February 7, 1961 (age 25) 2 (1 as sub) Flamurtari Vlorë
Agustin Kola ST May 10, 1959 (age 27) 2 (1 as sub) KF Tirana
Sokol Kushta ST April 17, 1964 (age 22) 2 (1 as sub) Flamurtari Vlorë
Arben Minga ST March 16, 1959 (age 27) 5 KF Tirana
Agim Bubeqi ST April 7, 1963 (age 23) 3 Flamurtari Vlorë
Ledio Pano ST May 23, 1968 (age 18) 1 (as a sub) FK Partizani

Austria

Coach - Branko Elsner

Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club
Klaus Lindenberger GK May 28, 1957 (age 29) 6 LASK Linz
Heribert Weber DF June 28, 1955 (age 31) 2 Rapid Wien
Bruno Pezzey DF February 3, 1955 (age 31) 4 Werder Bremen
FC Swarovski Tirol
Gerald Messlender DF October 1, 1961 (age 24) 3 Tirol Innsbruck
Gerald Piesinger DF August 16, 1959 (age 27) 3 LASK Linz
Manfred Zsak DF December 22, 1964 (age 21) 4 Admira Wacker
Robert Frind DF December 2, 1963 (age 22) 3 (1 as sub) Austria Wien
Robert Pecl DF November 15, 1965 (age 20) 2 (1 as sub) Rapid Wien
Karl Brauneder DF March 13, 1960 (age 26) 5 Rapid Wien
Leo Lainer DF September 10, 1960 (age 25) 1 Rapid Wien
Jürgen Werner DF April 27, 1967 (age 19) 5 (2 as sub) SK VOEST Linz
Peter Artner DF May 20, 1966 (age 20) 1 Austria Wien
Admira Wacker
Josef Degeorgi DF January 19, 1960 (age 26) 1 Austria Wien
Rudi Weinhofer MF May 7, 1962 (age 24) 2 Rapid Vienna
Reinhard Kienast MF September 2, 1959 (age 26) 3 Rapid Wien
Manfred Linzmaier MF August 27, 1962 (age 24) 4 (1 as sub) FC Swarovski Tirol
Ernst Baumeister MF November 22, 1958 (age 23) 6 Austria Wien
Admira Wacker
Ewald Türmer MF April 22, 1960 (age 26) 1 Austria Wien
Gerald Willfurth MF November 6, 1962 (age 23) 2 Rapid Wien
Peter Pacult ST October 28, 1959 (age 26) 2 (both as sub) FC Tirol Innsbruck
Alfred Roscher ST November 11, 1959 (age 26) 1 (as a sub) Waldhof Mannheim
Gerhard Rodax ST August 29, 1965 (age 21) 1 Admira Wacker
Walter Schachner ST February 1, 1957 (age 29) 2 US Avellino
Andreas Ogris ST October 7, 1964 (age 21) 5 (1 as sub) Austria Wien
Toni Polster ST March 10, 1964 (age 22) 6 Austria Wien
Torino

Romania

Coach - Emerich Jenei

Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club
Dumitru Moraru GK May 8, 1956 (age 30) 1 Dinamo Bucureşti
Silviu Lung GK September 9, 1956 (age 29) 5 Universitatea Craiova
Ştefan Iovan DF August 23, 1960 (age 26) 6 Steaua Bucureşti
Miodrag Belodedici DF May 20, 1964 (age 22) 6 Steaua Bucureşti
Adrian Bumbescu DF February 23, 1960 (age 26) 5 Steaua Bucureşti
Nicolae Negrilă DF July 23, 1954 (age 27) 1 (as a sub) Universitatea Craiova
Mircea Rednic DF April 9, 1962 (age 24) 4 (3 as sub) Dinamo Bucureşti
Nicolae Ungureanu DF November 11, 1956 (age 29) 5 Universitatea Craiova
Steaua Bucureşti
Michael Klein DF October 10, 1959 (age 26) 6 Corvinul Hunedoara
Gheorghe Hagi MF February 5, 1965 (age 21) 6 Sportul Studenţesc
Steaua Bucureşti
Tudorel Stoica MF September 7, 1954 (age 31) 3 (1 as sub) Steaua Bucureşti
Dorin Mateuţ MF August 5, 1965 (age 21) 5 (1 as sub) Dinamo Bucureşti
Ilie Balaci MF September 13, 1956 (age 29) 1 (as a sub) Dinamo Bucureşti
László Bölöni MF March 11, 1953 (age 33) 6 Steaua Bucureşti
Gavril Balint ST January 3, 1963 (age 23) 2 (both as sub) Steaua Bucureşti
Rodion Cămătaru ST June 22, 1958 (age 28) 4 Dinamo Bucureşti
Marius Lăcătuş ST April 5, 1964 (age 22) 6 (1 as sub) Steaua Bucureşti
Victor Piţurcă ST May 8, 1956 (age 30) 5 (2 as sub) Steaua Bucureşti

Spain

Coach - Miguel Muñoz

Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club
Andoni Zubizarreta GK October 23, 1961 (age 24) 6 Barcelona
Chendo DF October 12, 1961 (age 24) 5 Real Madrid
Manuel Sanchís DF May 23, 1965 (age 21) 6 Real Madrid
Juan Carlos Arteche DF April 11, 1957 (age 29) 2 Atlético Madrid
Genar Andrinúa DF May 9, 1964 (age 22) 3 Athletic Bilbao
Julio Alberto DF October 7, 1958 (age 27) 3 Barcelona
Quique Flores DF February 2, 1965 (age 21) 1 (as a sub) Valencia
Andoni Goikoetxea DF May 23, 1956 (age 30) 2 Athletic Bilbao
Atlético Madrid
José Antonio Camacho DF June 8, 1955 (age 31) 4 Real Madrid
Rafael Gordillo DF February 24, 1957 (age 29) 1 Real Madrid
Joaquín MF June 9, 1956 (age 30) 2 (1 as sub) Sporting Gijón
Miquel Soler MF March 13, 1965 (age 21) 1 (as a sub) Espanyol
Víctor Muñoz MF March 15, 1957 (age 29) 5 (1 as sub) Barcelona
Míchel MF March 23, 1963 (age 23) 6 Real Madrid
Ramón Calderé MF January 16, 1959 (age 27) 4 (1 as sub) Barcelona
José Mari Bakero MF February 11, 1963 (age 23) 2 (1 as sub) Real Sociedad
Ricardo Gallego MF February 8, 1959 1 Real Madrid
Juan Señor MF August 26, 1958 (age 28) 4 (1 as sub) Real Zaragoza
Roberto MF July 5, 1962 (age 24) 1 Barcelona
Emilio Butragueño ST July 22, 1963 (age 23) 6 Real Madrid
Eloy ST July 10, 1964 (age 22) 4 (2 as sub) Sporting Gijón
Francisco José Carrasco ST March 6, 1959 (age 27) 2 Barcelona
Poli Rincón ST April 28, 1957 (age 29) 2 Real Betis
Paco Llorente ST May 21, 1965 (age 21) 1 (as a sub) Atlético Madrid
Real Madrid

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