The 1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1988–90), had 30 entrants. San Marino competed for the first time. USSR U-21s won the competition.
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 14 March – 17 October |
| Teams | 30 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Soviet Union (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Yugoslavia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 98 |
| Goals scored | 235 (2.4 per match) |
| Attendance | 103,414 (1,055 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Andriy Sidelnikov Davor Šuker (3 goals each) |
| Best player | Davor Šuker |
← 1988 1992 → | |
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 3rd-place playoff.
Qualifying stage
Draw
The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:
- Groups 1 and 2 featured the same nations
- Group 3 did not include Iceland (moved to Group 4)
- Group 4 did not include Wales, but included Iceland (moved from Group 3)
- Group 5 did not include Cyprus (moved to Group 6)
- Group 6 did not include Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Malta, but included Cyprus (moved from Group 5)
- Group 7 did not include Switzerland (moved to Group 8)
- Group 8 composed of Switzerland (moved from Group 7), Italy and San Marino (both of whom did not participate in World Cup qualification)
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Spain qualify as group winners | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Qualified teams
| Country | Qualified as | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
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| Bulgaria | Group 1 winner | 1 (1978) |
| Sweden | Group 2 winner | 1 (1986) |
| Soviet Union | Group 3 winner | 2 (1980, 1982) |
| Germany | Group 4 winner | 1 (1982) |
| Yugoslavia | Group 5 winner | 3 (1978, 1980, 1984) |
| Spain | Group 6 winner | 4 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988) |
| Czechoslovakia | Group 7 winner | 3 (1978, 1980, 1988) |
| Italy | Group 8 winner | 6 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988) |
- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Spain | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Italy | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia (a) | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Soviet Union | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Soviet Union (a.e.t.) | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| West Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Soviet Union | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
First leg
Stadio Dorico, Ancona
Attendance: 8,607
Referee: William Syme (Scotland)
| Yugoslavia | 2–0 | Bulgaria |
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| Prosinečki 32' Bokšić 79' | Report |
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 8,606
Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)
| Soviet Union | 1–1 | West Germany |
|---|---|---|
| Shalimov 66' | Report | Bal 9' (o.g.) |
Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Kaj Natri (Finland)
| Czechoslovakia | 1–2 | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| Siegl 57' | Report | Brolin 52' Jansson 87' |
Ďolíček, Prague
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Gerasimos Germanakos (Greece)
Second leg
Estadio Las Gaunas, Logroño
Attendance: 13,620
Referee: Ignatius van Swieten (Netherlands)
| Bulgaria | 0–1 | Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Šuker 13' |
Narodna Armia Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Manfred Roßner (West Germany)
| West Germany | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Soviet Union |
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| Hochstätter 37' | Report | Chugunov 67' Sydelnykov 115' |
Rosenaustadion, Augsburg
Attendance: 8,325
Referee: Einar Halle (Norway)
| Sweden | 4–0 | Czechoslovakia |
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| Andersson 45' Rehn 62' Brolin 77' Jansson 87' | Report |
Värendsvallen, Växjö
Attendance: 2,750
Referee: John Spillane (Republic of Ireland)
Semi-finals
First leg
| Yugoslavia | 0–0 | Italy |
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| Report |
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 9,417
Referee: Werner Föckler (West Germany)
| Sweden | 1–1 | Soviet Union |
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| Andersson 70' | Report | Shalimov 72' (pen.) |
Värendsvallen, Växjö
Attendance: 2,446
Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)
Second leg
| Italy | 2–2 | Yugoslavia |
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| Simone 24' Đukić 58' (o.g.) | Report | Šuker 17' Boban 61' |
Ennio Tardini, Parma
Attendance: 6,443
Referee: Heinz Holzmann (Austria)
| Soviet Union | 2–0 | Sweden |
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| Kolyvanov 27' Kiryakov 47' | Report |
Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)
Final
First leg
| Yugoslavia | 2–4 | Soviet Union |
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| Šuker 21' Jarni 64' | Report | Sydelnykov 9', 49' Chernyshov 42' Dobrovolskiy 84' |
Koševo Stadium, Sarajevo
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)
Second leg
| Soviet Union | 3–1 | Yugoslavia |
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| Dobrovolskiy 10' Mostovoi 46' Kanchelskis 76' | Report | Bokšić 80' |
Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Pietro D'Elia (Italy)
Goalscorers
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goal
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