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.
| 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 | Aris Karasavvidis (5 goals) |
| Best player | Laurent Blanc |
← 1986 1990 → | |
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: [citation needed]
Matches
All times are local (UTC+1)
Romania vs Austria
| Romania | 1–0 | Austria |
|---|---|---|
| Mihali 35' |
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Carlo Longhi
Austria vs Albania
| Austria | 1–0 | Albania |
|---|---|---|
| Kostenberger 85' |
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Laszlo Padar
- 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
Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
Attendance: 14,200
Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)
Stade Marcel Picot, Nancy
Attendance: 13,462
Referee: Lajos Németh (Hungary)
| Greece | 1–1 | Czechoslovakia |
|---|---|---|
| Borbokis 49' | Report | Němeček 65' |
Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 2,846
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)
| Spain | 0–1 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Plomp 89' (pen.) |
La Condomina, Murcia
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Renzo Peduzzi (Switzerland)
Second leg
City Ground, Nottingham
Attendance: 11,284
Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler (West Germany)
Stadio Riviera delle Palme, San Benedetto del Tronto
Attendance: 13,505
Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)
| Czechoslovakia | 2–2 | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| Vakalopoulos 77' (o.g.) Litoš 84' | Report | Karasavvidis 20' Kapouranis 86' |
Stadion Střelecký ostrov, České Budějovice
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: José dos Santos (Portugal)
| Netherlands | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| van Loen 100' Viscaal 108' | Report | Loren 40' |
Nieuw Galgenwaard, Utrecht
Attendance: 3,724
Referee: Einar Halle (Norway)
Semi-finals
First leg
Stade Léo Lagrange, Besançon
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey)
| Greece | 5–0 | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| Karasavvidis 10', 41', 73', 85' Ikonomidis 13' | Report |
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 3,216
Referee: Klaus Peschel (West Germany)
Second leg
Highbury Stadium, London
Attendance: 5,661
Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)
| Netherlands | 2–0 | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| Fraser 60' Witschge 88' | Report |
Nieuw Galgenwaard, Utrecht
Attendance: 750
Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)
Final
First leg
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 21,038
Referee: Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)
Second leg
Goalscorers
- 5 goals
- Aris Karasavvidis
- 4 goals
- Stéphane Paille
- 3 goals
- Eric Cantona
- Franck Sauzée
- 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)
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