1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Tournament details
Dates 16 February – 12 October
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions  France (1st title)
Runners-up  Greece
Tournament statistics
Matches played 14
Goals scored 39 (2.79 per match)
Top scorer(s) Greece Aris Karasavvidis (5 goals)
Best player France Laurent Blanc[1]

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
  • Romania 1-0 Austria
  • Austria 1-0 Albania
  • 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

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 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 2 0 2
 Netherlands 2 1 3
 Spain 1 0 1

Quarter-finals

First leg

16 February 1988
Scotland Scotland 0–1 England England
Report Gary Porter  83'
Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
Attendance: 14.500
Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

16 March 1988
France France 2–1 Italy Italy
Stéphane Paille  81'
Franck Sauzée  90'		 Report Paolo Maldini  51'
Marcel Picot, Nancy
Attendance: 13.462
Referee: Lajos Németh (Hungary)

2 March 1988
Greece Greece 1–1 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Stefanos Borbokis  49' Report Václav Němeček  65'
Stade Léo Lagrange, Besançon
Attendance: 3.000
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

24 February 1988
Spain Spain 0–1 Netherlands Netherlands
Report Gerrit Plomp  89' (pen.)
La Condomina, Murcia
Attendance: 8.000
Referee: Renzo Peduzzi (Switzerland)

Second leg

22 April 1988
England England 1–0 Scotland Scotland
David White  82' Report
City Ground, Nottingham
Attendance: 11.284
Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler (Germany)

23 March 1988
Italy Italy 2–2 France France
Ruggiero Rizzitelli  42'
Massimo Ciocci  63'		 Report Stéphane Paille  83', 88'
Riviera delle Palme, San Benedetto del Tronto
Attendance: 13.505
Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)

23 March 1988
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 2–2 Greece Greece
Pagonis Vakalopoulos  77' (o.g.)
Marcel Litoš  84'		 Report Aris Karasavvidis  20'
Giorgos Kapouranis  86'
Střelecký ostrov, České Budějovice
Attendance: 4.500
Referee: José dos Santos (Portugal)

23 March 1988
Netherlands Netherlands 2–1 (a.e.t.) Spain Spain
John van Loen  100'
Eric Viscaal  108' 		Report Loren  40'
Nieuw Galgenwaard, Utrecht
Attendance: 2.000
Referee: Einar Halle (Norway)

Semi-finals

First leg

13 April 1988
France France 4–2 England England
Jocelyn Angloma  23'
Éric Cantona  49'
Jean-Luc Dogon  78'
Stéphane Paille  83'		 Report Garry Parker  40'
Paul Stewart  60' (pen.)
Stade Léo Lagrange, Besançon
Attendance: 22.000
Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey)

13 April 1988
Greece Greece 5–0 Netherlands Netherlands
Aris Karasavvidis  10', 41', 73', 85'
Kostas Ikonomidis  13'		 Report
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 8.000
Referee: Klaus Peschel (Germany)

Second leg

27 April 1988
England England 2–2 France France
Paul Gascoigne  5'
Franck Silvestre  59' (o.g.)		 Report Éric Cantona  56', 78'
Highbury Stadium, London
Attendance: 5.661
Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)

27 April 1988
Netherlands Netherlands 2–0 Greece Greece
Henk Fraser  60'
Rob Witschge  88'		 Report
Nieuw Galgenwaard, Utrecht
Attendance: 750
Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)

Final

First leg

25 May 1988
Greece Greece 0–0 France France
Report
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 25.000
Referee: Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)

Second leg

12 October 1988
France France 3–0 Greece Greece
Franck Sauzée  8', 55'
Franck Silvestre  67'		 Report
Stade Léo Lagrange, Besançon
Attendance: 23.000
Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

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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