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1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Dates 16 February – 12 October Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)Champions France (1st title) Runners-up Greece Matches played 14 Goals scored 39 (2.79 per match) Top scorer(s) Aristidis Karasavidis (5 goals)Best player(s) Laurent Blanc [ 1]
International football competition
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:
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
First leg
Second leg
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Final
First leg
Second leg
Goalscorers
5 goals
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
Under-23
Under-21
Without host With host Qualification Finals Squads