| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16 February – 12 October |
| Teams | 30 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  France (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Greece |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 98 |
| Goals scored | 261 (2.66 per match) |
| Attendance | 143,886 (1,468 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Aris Karasavvidis (5 goals) |
| Best player(s) | 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
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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Spain |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 10 | Advance to finals |
| 2 |  Romania |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Austria |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | |
| 4 |  Albania |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 2 |
Source:
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
| 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
| 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Netherlands
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Spain
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
First leg
| Greece | 1–1 | Czechoslovakia |
|---|---|---|
Borbokis  49' |
Report | Němeček 65' |
| Spain | 0–1 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Plomp 89' (pen.) |
Second leg
| Italy | 2–2 | France |
|---|---|---|
| Rizzitelli 42' Ciocci 63' |
Report | Paille 83', 88' |
Attendance: 13,505
Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)
| Czechoslovakia | 2–2 | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| Vakalopoulos 77' (o.g.) Litoš 84' |
Report | Karasavvidis 20' Kapouranis 86' |
Semi-finals
First leg
| Greece | 5–0 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Karasavvidis 10', 41', 73', 85' Ikonomidis 13' |
Report |
Second leg
| Netherlands | 2–0 | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| Fraser 60' Witschge 88' |
Report |
Final
First leg
Second leg
Goalscorers
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 1 goal
- Václav Němeček
- Marcel Litoš
- Paul Gascoigne
- Garry Parker
- Gary Porter
- Paul Stewart
- David White
- Jocelyn Angloma
- Jean-Luc Dogon
- Franck Silvestre
- Stefanos Borbokis
- Kostas Ikonomidis
- Giorgos Kapouranis
- Massimo Ciocci
- Paolo Maldini
- Ruggiero Rizzitelli
- Henk Fraser
- John van Loen
- Gerrit Plomp
- Eric Viscaal
- Rob Witschge
- Loren
- Own goal
- Pagonis Vakalopoulos (playing against Czechoslovakia)
- Franck Silvestre (playing against England)
References
- ↑ "1988: Laurent Blanc". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 June 1988. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
External links
- Results Archive at uefa.com
- RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com
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