The 1988 UEFA European Under-16 Championship was the 6th edition of the UEFA's European Under-16 Football Championship. Spain hosted the 16 teams entered the competition during 11–21 May 1988.
Campeonato Europeo Sub-16 de la UEFA 1988 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Spain |
Dates | 11–21 May |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Spain (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Portugal |
Third place | East Germany |
Fourth place | West Germany |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 28 |
Goals scored | 50 (1.79 per match) |
Italy did not defend its win in the previous year's final.
Spain won their second title.
Qualifying
editParticipants
editResults
editFirst stage
editGroup A
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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West Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 |
Norway | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
Finland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
Austria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
West Germany | 1–1 | Norway |
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Group B
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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East Germany[1] | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
Romania | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Yugoslavia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
East Germany | 1–1 | Sweden |
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Penalties | ||
5–4 |
Group C
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 |
Hungary | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Turkey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
Hungary | 0–0 | Spain |
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Referee: Klaus Scheurell
Spain | 1–0 | France |
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Referee: Rune Larsson
Group D
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Portugal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 |
Republic of Ireland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
Belgium | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
Switzerland | 1–2 | Belgium |
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Semi-finals
editWest Germany | 0–3 | Spain |
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Third place match
editWest Germany | 0–0 | East Germany |
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Penalties | ||
4–5 |
Final
editSpain | 0–0 | Portugal |
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Penalties | ||
Manolo Lasa Urzaiz Silvestre |
4–2 | Rui Bento Paulo Pilar Jorge Costa Luís Miguel |
References
edit- ^ East Germany is qualified on penalty shootout (the first in any UEFA tournament group stage) and Sweden is eliminated.