UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 6

Standings and results for Group 6 of the 1988 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying tournament.

Group 6 consisted of Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland and Wales. Group winners were Denmark, who finished one point clear of second-placed Czechoslovakia.

Final table

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Denmark 6 3 2 1 4 2 +2 8  Czechoslovakia 6 2 3 1 7 5 +2 7  Wales 6 2 2 2 7 5 +2 6  Finland 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 3

Czechoslovakia  – 0–0 3–0 2–0 Denmark  1–1 – 1–0 1–0 Finland  3–0 0–1 – 1–1 Wales  1–1 1–0 4–0 –

Results

Finland  v  Wales

September 10, 1986

Finland	1 – 1	Wales
Hjelm  11'	(Details)	Slatter  68'

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 9,840 Referee: Gerald Losert (AUT)

Czechoslovakia  v  Finland

October 15, 1986

Czechoslovakia	3 – 0	Finland
Janečka  28' Knoflíček  43' Kula  67'	(Details)

Stadion Za Lužánkami, Brno Attendance: 26,351 Referee: Gerassimos Germanakos (GRE)

Denmark  v  Finland

October 29, 1986

Denmark	1 – 0	Finland
Bertelsen  68'	(Details)

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 40,300 Referee: Thomas Oliver Donnelly (NIR)

Czechoslovakia  v  Denmark

November 12, 1986

Czechoslovakia	0 – 0	Denmark
	(Details)

Tehelné pole, Bratislava Attendance: 47,042 Referee: Alexis Ponnet (BEL)

Wales  v  Finland

April 1, 1987

Wales	4 – 0	Finland
Rush  7' Hodges  28' Phillips  63' Jones  86'	(Details)

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Attendance: 7,696 Referee: Ignace van Swieten (NED)

Finland  v  Denmark

April 29, 1987

Finland	0 – 1	Denmark
	(Details)	Mølby  53'

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 29,197 Referee: Dimitar Dimitrov (BUL)

Wales  v  Czechoslovakia

April 29, 1987

Wales	1 – 1	Czechoslovakia
Rush  82'	(Details)	Knoflíček  74'

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Attendance: 14,150 Referee: Krzysztof Czemarmazowicz (POL)

Denmark  v  Czechoslovakia

June 3, 1987

Denmark	1 – 1	Czechoslovakia
Mølby  16'	(Details)	Hašek  48'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 46,300 Referee: Claudio Pieri (ITA)

Finland  v  Czechoslovakia

September 9, 1987

Finland	3 – 0	Czechoslovakia
Hjelm  29' Lius  71' Tiainen  82'	(Details

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 6,430 Referee: Neil Midgley (ENG)

Wales  v  Denmark

September 9, 1987

Wales	1 – 0	Denmark
Hughes  19'	(Details)

Ninian Park, Cardiff Attendance: 20,535 Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (GDR)

Denmark  v  Wales

October 14, 1987

Denmark	1 – 0	Wales
Elkjær  50'	(Details)

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 44,500 Referee: Ioan Igna (ROM)

Czechoslovakia  v  Wales

November 11, 1987

Czechoslovakia	2 – 0	Wales
Knoflíček  32' Bílek  89'	(Details)

Letna Stadium, Prague Attendance: 6,443 Referee: Erik Fredriksson (SWE)

Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Ivo Knoflíček	Czechoslovakia	3
2	Jan Mølby	Denmark	2
	Ari Hjelm	Finland
	Ian Rush	Wales

1 goal

Squads

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

Czechoslovakia Coach - Josef Masopust Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club Luděk Mikloško GK December 9, 1961 (age 24) 6 Baník Ostrava Stanislav Levý DF May 2, 1958 (age 28) 3 Bohemians 1905 Jan Fiala DF May 19, 1956 (age 30) 5 Dukla Prague Le Havre AC Josef Novák DF July 29, 1956 (age 30) 4 Dukla Prague František Straka DF May 21, 1958 (age 28) 6 Sparta Prague Miroslav Kadlec DF June 22, 1964 (age 22) 2 TJ Vítkovice Jiří Ondra DF June 7, 1957 (age 24) 2 (both as sub) Bohemians 1905 First Vienna Július Bielik DF March 8, 1962 (age 24) 1 (as a sub) Sparta Prague Ivan Hašek MF September 6, 1963 (age 23) 6 (1 as sub) Sparta Prague Jozef Chovanec MF March 7, 1960 (age 26) 6 Sparta Prague Karel Kula MF August 10, 1963 (age 23) 6 (1 as sub) Baník Ostrava Luboš Kubík MF January 20, 1964 (age 22) 5 Slavia Prague Pavel Chaloupka MF May 4, 1959 (age 27) 1 (as a sub) Bohemians 1905 Karel Jarolím MF August 23, 1956 (age 30) 2 (1 as sub) Slavia Prague Lubomír Moravčík MF June 22, 1965 (age 21) 1 FC Nitra Michal Bílek MF April 13, 1965 (age 21) 1 Sparta Prague Petr Janečka ST November 25, 1957 (age 28) 5 Bohemians 1905 Milan Luhový ST January 1, 1963 (age 23) 1 (as a sub) Dukla Prague Tomáš Skuhravý ST September 7, 1965 (age 20) 6 RH Cheb Stanislav Griga ST November 4, 1961 (age 24) 2 (both as sub) Dukla Prague Sparta Prague Ivo Knoflíček ST February 23, 1962 (age 24) 6 Slavia Prague

Denmark Coach - Sepp Piontek Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club Troels Rasmussen GK April 7, 1961 (age 25) 6 Aarhus GF John Sivebæk DF October 25, 1961 (age 25) 5 (1 as sub) Manchester United AS Saint-Étienne Søren Busk DF April 10, 1953 (age 33) 4 AS Monaco Wiener Sport-Club Morten Olsen DF August 14, 1949 (age 37) 6 1. FC Köln Ivan Nielsen DF October 9, 1956 (age 29) 6 PSV Eindhoven Jan Heintze DF August 17, 1963 (age 23) 2 PSV Eindhoven Kent Nielsen DF December 28, 1961 (age 24) 1 Brønshøj BK Brøndby IF Henrik Andersen DF May 7, 1965 (age 21) 2 (both a sub) RSC Anderlecht Lars Olsen DF February 2, 1961 (age 25) 1 (as a sub) Brøndby IF Klaus Berggreen MF February 3, 1958 (age 28) 3 AS Roma Torino Jan Mølby MF July 4, 1963 (age 23) 4 Liverpool Søren Lerby MF February 1, 1958 (age 28) 6 AS Monaco PSV Eindhoven Per Frimann MF June 4, 1962 (age 24) 1 (as a sub) RSC Anderlecht Jens Jørn Bertelsen MF February 15, 1952 (age 34) 5 FC Aarau Esbjerg fB John Jensen MF May 3, 1965 (age 21) 2 (1 as sub) Brøndby IF Frank Arnesen MF September 30, 1956 (age 29) 4 PSV Eindhoven Jesper Olsen MF March 20, 1961 (age 25) 3 (2 as sub) Manchester United Michael Laudrup MF June 15, 1964 (age 22) 3 Juventus Flemming Povlsen ST December 3, 1966 (age 19) 3 (1 as sub) Castilla CF 1. FC Köln Lars Lunde ST March 21, 1964 (age 22) 1 (as a sub) Bayern Munich Claus Nielsen ST January 13, 1964 (age 22) 2 (1 as sub) Brøndby IF John Eriksen ST November 20, 1957 (age 25) 3 (1 as sub) Servette FC Preben Elkjær Larsen ST September 11, 1957 (age 28) 4 Verona Steen Thychosen ST September 22, 1958 (age 27) 1 (as a sub) Lausanne Sports Vejle BK

Finland Coach - Martti Kuusela Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club Kari Laukkanen GK December 14, 1963 (age 22) 6 Cercle Brugge KuPS Esa Pekonen DF November 4, 1961 (age 24) 5 Kuusysi Lahti AIK Solna Aki Lahtinen DF October 31, 1958 (age 27) 2 Kemin Palloseura OPS Jari Europaeus DF December 29, 1962 (age 23) 6 RoPS Erkka Petäjä DF February 13, 1964 (age 22) 6 Östers IF Markku Kanerva DF May 24, 1964 (age 22) 1 HJK Helsinki Markus Törnvall DF December 31, 1964 (age 21) 3 FC Lahti Petri Tiainen DF September 26, 1966 (age 19) 5 (1 as sub) Ajax Erik Holmgren DF December 17, 1964 (age 21) 2 HJK Helsinki Jukka Ikäläinen MF March 14, 1957 (age 29) 6 Kemin Pallotoverit-85 Hannu Turunen MF June 24, 1956 (age 30) 1 KuPS Kari Ukkonen MF February 19, 1961 (age 25) 4 SC Lokeren RSC Anderlecht Jari Rantanen ST December 31, 1961 (age 24) 6 IFK Göteborg Pasi Tauriainen ST October 4, 1964 (age 21) 5 (1 as sub) Mika Lipponen ST May 9, 1964 (age 22) 5 FC Twente Ari Jalasvaara ST July 20, 1959 (age 27) 1 (as a sub) Ismo Lius ST November 30, 1965 (age 20) 3 (1 as sub) Kuusysi Lahti Ari Hjelm ST February 24, 1962 (age 24) 6 (1 as sub) Tampere United Ari Valvee ST December 1, 1960 (age 25) 3 (all as sub) HJK Helsinki FC Haka

Wales Coach - Mike England Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club Martin Thomas GK November 28, 1959 (age 26) 1 Newcastle United Neville Southall GK September 16, 1958 (age 27) 4 Everton Eddie Niedzwiecki GK May 3, 1959 (age 27) 1 Chelsea Neil Slatter DF May 30, 1964 (age 22) 5 (1 as sub) Oxford United Kevin Ratcliffe DF November 12, 1960 (age 25) 6 Everton Clayton Blackmore DF September 23, 1964 (age 21) 6 Manchester United Jeremy Charles DF September 26, 1959 (age 26) 1 Oxford United Pat Van Den Hauwe DF December 16, 1960 (age 26) 5 Everton Mark Aizlewood DF October 1, 1959 (age 26) 3 (2 as sub) Charlton Athletic Leeds United Kenny Jackett MF January 5, 1962 (age 24) 4 Watford Robbie James MF March 23, 1957 (age 29) 5 QPR Leicester City Peter Nicholas MF November 10, 1959 (age 26) 6 Luton Town Aberdeen David Phillips MF July 29, 1963 (age 23) 5 Coventry City Steve Lowndes MF June 17, 1960 (age 26) 1 (as a sub) Barnsley Barry Horne MF May 18, 1962 (age 24) 1 (as a sub) Wrexham Portsmouth Geraint Williams MF January 5, 1962 (age 24) 1 Derby County David Williams MF March 11, 1955 (age 31) 1 Norwich City Glyn Hodges MF April 30, 1963 (age 23) 5 (2 as sub) wimbledon Newcastle United Oxford United Andy Jones ST January 9, 1963 (age 23) 5 (3 as sub) Port Vale Charlton Athletic Ian Rush ST October 20, 1961 (age 24) 5 Liverpool Juventus Mark Hughes ST November 1, 1963 (age 22) 4 Barcelona Bayern Munich

References

• UEFA page
• RSSSF page