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1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Dates 16 February – 12 October Teams 30 (from 1 confederation) Champions France (1st title) Runners-up Greece 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]
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 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 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
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 External links
Under-23
Under-21
Without host With host Qualification Finals Squads