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1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

FieldValue
tourney_name1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
dates16 February – 12 October
confederations1
num_teams30
champion_other
count1
second_other
matches98
goals261
attendance143886
top_scorerGRE Aris Karasavvidis (5 goals)
playerFRA Laurent Blanc
prevseason1986
nextseason1990

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

Draw

The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying tournament with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:

  • Group 1 featured the same teams
  • Group 2 did not include Malta
  • Group 3 did not include Iceland (moved to Group 6)
  • Group 4 did not include Northern Ireland
  • Group 5 did not include Netherlands (moved to Group 8)
  • Group 6 did not include Wales, but included Iceland (moved from Group 3)
  • Group 7 did not include Bulgaria and Luxembourg (both moved to Group 8)
  • Group 8 composed of Bulgaria and Luxembourg (both moved from Group 7), Netherlands (moved from Group 5) and West Germany (who did not participate in senior Euro qualification)

Qualifying Round 1

Matches

All times are local (UTC+1)

Romania vs Austria

Austria vs 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
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Qualified teams

CountryQualified asPrevious appearances in tournament1
Group 1 winner3 (1982, 1984, 1986)
Group 2 winner5 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986)
Group 3 winner3 (1982, 1984, 1986)
Group 4 winner5 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986)
Group 5 winner0 (Debut)
Group 6 winner2 (1978, 1980)
Group 7 winner3 (1980, 1982, 1984)
Group 8 winner0 (Debut)

:1 Bold indicates champion for that year

Squads

See 1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

Knockout stage

| RD1-team1= | RD1-score1-1=0 | RD1-score1-2=0 | RD1-score1-agg=0 | RD1-team2=**** | RD1-score2-1=1 | RD1-score2-2=1 | RD1-score2-agg=2

| RD1-team3=**** | RD1-score3-1=2 | RD1-score3-2=2 | RD1-score3-agg=4 | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4-1=1 | RD1-score4-2=2 | RD1-score4-agg=3

| RD1-team5=**** | RD1-score5-1=1 | RD1-score5-2=2 | RD1-score5-agg=3 | RD1-team6= | RD1-score6-1=1 | RD1-score6-2=2 | RD1-score6-agg=3

| RD1-team7=**** | RD1-score7-1=2 | RD1-score7-2=1 | RD1-score7-agg=3 | RD1-team8= | RD1-score8-1=1 | RD1-score8-2=0 | RD1-score8-agg=1

| RD2-team1= | RD2-score1-1=2 | RD2-score1-2=2 | RD2-score1-agg=4 | RD2-team2=**** | RD2-score2-1=4 | RD2-score2-2=2 | RD2-score2-agg=6

| RD2-team3=**** | RD2-score3-1=5 | RD2-score3-2=0 | RD2-score3-agg=5 | RD2-team4= | RD2-score4-1=0 | RD2-score4-2=2 | RD2-score4-agg=2

| RD3-team1=**** | RD3-score1-1=0 | RD3-score1-2=3 | RD3-score1-agg=3 | RD3-team2= | RD3-score2-1=0 | RD3-score2-2=0 | RD3-score2-agg=0

Quarter-finals

First leg

Sauzée

Second leg

Ciocci

Litoš Kapouranis

Viscaal

Semi-finals

First leg

Cantona
Dogon
Paille Stewart

Ikonomidis

Second leg

Silvestre

Witschge

Final

First leg

Second leg

Silvestre

Goalscorers

;5 goals

  • GRE Aris Karasavvidis

;4 goals

  • FRA Stéphane Paille

;3 goals

  • FRA Eric Cantona
  • FRA Franck Sauzée

;1 goal

  • TCH Václav Němeček
  • TCH Marcel Litoš
  • ENG Paul Gascoigne
  • ENG Garry Parker
  • ENG Gary Porter
  • ENG Paul Stewart
  • ENG David White
  • FRA Jocelyn Angloma
  • FRA Jean-Luc Dogon
  • FRA Franck Silvestre
  • GRE Stefanos Borbokis
  • GRE Kostas Ikonomidis
  • GRE Giorgos Kapouranis
  • ITA Massimo Ciocci
  • ITA Paolo Maldini
  • ITA Ruggiero Rizzitelli
  • NED Henk Fraser
  • NED John van Loen
  • NED Gerrit Plomp
  • NED Eric Viscaal
  • NED Rob Witschge
  • ESP Loren ;Own goal
  • GRE Pagonis Vakalopoulos (playing against Czechoslovakia)
  • FRA Franck Silvestre (playing against England)

References

References

  1. (1 June 1988). "1988: Laurent Blanc". Union of European Football Associations.
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