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.

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
Iovan 44', 64' Lăcătuş 61' Hagi 90'

Steaua Stadium, Bucharest

Attendance: 13,611

Referee: Gérard Biguet (FRA)

October 15, 1986

Austria	3 – 0	Albania
Ogris 18' Polster 66' Linzmaier 77'	(Details)

Liebenau Stadium, Graz

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Klaus Peschel (GDR)

November 12, 1986

Spain	1 – 0	Romania
Míchel 57'	(Details)

Benito Villamarín Stadium, Seville

Attendance: 41,884

Referee: Johannes N.I. Keizer (NED)

December 3, 1986

Albania	1 – 2	Spain
Muca 27'	(Details)	Arteche 67' Alonso 84'

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Antal Hutak (HUN)

March 25, 1987

Romania	5 – 1	Albania
Piţurcă 2' Bölöni 42' Hagi 44' (pen), 54' Bumbescu 70'	(Details)	Kushta 35'

Steaua Stadium, Bucharest

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (POR)

April 1, 1987

Austria	2 – 3	Spain
Linzmaier 38' Polster 63'	(Details)	Eloy 30', 57' Carrasco 89'

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Bruno Galler (SUI)

April 29, 1987

Albania	0 – 1	Austria
	(Details)	Polster 8'

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 17,250

Referee: Gerassimos Germanakos (GRE)

April 29, 1987

Romania	3 – 1	Spain
Piţurcă 38' Mateuţ 45' Ungureanu 48'	(Details)	Calderé 81'

Steaua Stadium, Bucharest

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Alexis Ponnet (BEL)

October 14, 1987

Spain	2 – 0	Austria
Míchel 58' Sanchís 64'	(Details)

Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville

Attendance: 57,477

Referee: Joël Quiniou (FRA)

October 28, 1987

Albania	0 – 1	Romania
	(Details)	Klein 61'

Stadiumi Flamurtari, Vlorë

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Ignace van Swieten (NED)

November 18, 1987

Austria	0 – 0	Romania
	(Details)

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Rosario Lo Bello (ITA)

November 18, 1987

Spain	5 – 0	Albania
Bakero 5', 31', 74' Míchel 36' (pen) Llorente 67'	(Details)

Benito Villamarín Stadium, Seville

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (SUI)

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

Andreas Ogris

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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