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

September 10, 1986

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

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 9,840

Referee: Gerald Losert (AUT)

October 15, 1986

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

Městský, Brno

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Gerassimos Germanakos (GRE)

October 29, 1986

Denmark	1 – 0	Finland
Bertelsen 68'	(Details)

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 40,300

Referee: Thomas Oliver Donnelly (NIR)

November 12, 1986

Czechoslovakia	0 – 0	Denmark
	(Details)

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 46,000

Referee: Alexis Ponnet (BEL)

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)

April 29, 1987

Finland	0 – 1	Denmark
	(Details)	Mølby 53'

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 29,197

Referee: Dimitar Dimitrov (BUL)

April 29, 1987

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

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 14,150

Referee: Krzysztof Czemarmazowicz (POL)

June 3, 1987

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

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 46,300

Referee: Claudio Pieri (ITA)

September 9, 1987

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

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 6,430

Referee: Neil Midgley (ENG)

September 9, 1987

Wales	1 – 0	Denmark
Hughes 19'	(Details)

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 20,535

Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (GDR)

October 14, 1987

Denmark	1 – 0	Wales
Elkjær 50'	(Details)

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 44,500

Referee: Ioan Igna (ROM)

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

Czechoslovakia

Denmark

Finland

Wales

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

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