Euro 1988 qualifiers 
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32 national teams, which were divided into seven groups, took part in the qualification for the European Football Championship in 1988   in the Federal Republic of Germany  . The group winners automatically qualified for the final round. The national team of the Federal Republic of Germany  was automatically qualified as host and completed the field of eight teams. The qualifying matches were held in 1986  and 1987  .
The two-point rule applied  . There were two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss.
Group 1  
Closing table 
Pl. 
 
country
 
Sp. 
 
S. 
 
U 
 
N  
Gates 
 
Diff. 
 
Points
 
 
 1.
 
Spain   Spain  
 
 6th
 
 5
 
 0
 
 1
 
0 14: 600 
 
 +8
 
10: 20 
 
 
 2.
 
Romania 1965   Romania 
 
 6th
 
 4th
 
 1
 
 1
 
0 13: 300 
 
+10
 
0 9: 30 
 
 
 3.
 
Austria   Austria 
 
 6th
 
 2
 
 1
 
 3
 
00 6: 900 
 
 −3
 
0 5: 70 
 
 
 4th
 
Albania 1946   Albania 
 
 6th
 
 0
 
 0
 
 6th
 
00 2:170 
 
−15
 
0 0:12
 
 
 
Game results 
09/10/1986 
Romania  
- 
Austria 
4: 0  (1: 0)
 
 
10/15/1986 
Austria  
- 
Albania 
3: 0  (1: 0)
 
 
11/12/1986 
Spain  
- 
Romania 
1: 0  (0: 0)
 
 
December 3, 1986 
Albania 
- 
Spain  
1: 2  (1: 0)
 
 
03/25/1987 
Romania  
- 
Albania 
5: 1  (3: 1)
 
 
04/01/1987 
Austria 
- 
Spain  
2: 3  (1: 1)
 
 
 
04/29/1987 
Albania 
- 
Austria  
0: 1  (0: 1)
 
 
04/29/1987 
Romania  
- 
Spain 
3: 1  (3: 0)
 
 
10/14/1987 
Spain  
- 
Austria 
2: 0  (0: 0)
 
 
10/28/1987 
Albania 
- 
Romania  
0: 1  (0: 0)
 
 
11/18/1987 
Austria 
- 
Romania 
0-0 
 
 
11/18/1987 
Spain  
- 
Albania 
5: 0  (3: 0)
 
 
 
Group 2  
Closing table 
Pl. 
 
country
 
Sp. 
 
S. 
 
U 
 
N  
Gates 
 
Diff. 
 
Points
 
 
 1.
 
Italy   Italy  
 
 8th
 
 6th
 
 1
 
 1
 
0 16: 400 
 
+12
 
13: 30 
 
 
 2.
 
Sweden   Sweden 
 
 8th
 
 4th
 
 2
 
 2
 
0 12: 500 
 
 +7
 
10: 60 
 
 
 3.
 
Portugal   Portugal 
 
 8th
 
 2
 
 4th
 
 2
 
00 6: 800 
 
 −2
 
0 8: 80 
 
 
 4th
 
Switzerland   Switzerland 
 
 8th
 
 1
 
 5
 
 2
 
00 9: 900 
 
 ± 0
 
0 7: 90 
 
 
 5.
 
Malta   Malta 
 
 8th
 
 0
 
 2
 
 6th
 
00 4:210 
 
−17
 
0 2:14
 
 
 
Game results 
09/24/1986 
Sweden  
- 
Switzerland 
2: 0  (1: 0)
 
 
10/12/1986 
Portugal 
- 
Sweden 
1: 1  (0: 0)
 
 
October 29, 1986 
Switzerland 
- 
Portugal 
1: 1  (1: 0)
 
 
11/15/1986 
Italy  
- 
Switzerland 
3: 2  (1: 1)
 
 
11/16/1986 
Malta 
- 
Sweden  
0: 5  (0: 1)
 
 
December 6, 1986 
Malta 
- 
Italy  
0: 2  (0: 2)
 
 
01/24/1987 
Italy  
- 
Malta 
5: 0  (5: 0)
 
 
02/14/1987 
Portugal 
- 
Italy  
0: 1  (0: 1)
 
 
03/29/1987 
Portugal 
- 
Malta 
2: 2  (1: 1)
 
 
04/15/1987 
Switzerland  
- 
Malta 
4: 1  (3: 0)
 
 
 
05/24/1987 
Sweden  
- 
Malta 
1: 0  (1: 0)
 
 
06/03/1987 
Sweden  
- 
Italy 
1: 0  (1: 0)
 
 
06/17/1987 
Switzerland 
- 
Sweden 
1: 1  (0: 0)
 
 
09/23/1987 
Sweden 
- 
Portugal  
0: 1  (0: 1)
 
 
10/17/1987 
Switzerland 
- 
Italy 
0-0 
 
 
11/11/1987 
Portugal 
- 
Switzerland 
0-0 
 
 
11/14/1987 
Italy  
- 
Sweden 
2: 1  (1: 1)
 
 
11/15/1987 
Malta 
- 
Switzerland 
1: 1  (0: 1)
 
 
05.12.1987 
Italy  
- 
Portugal 
3: 0  (1: 0)
 
 
December 20, 1987 
Malta 
- 
Portugal  
0: 1  (0: 0)
 
 
 
Group 3  
Closing table 
Pl. 
 
country
 
Sp. 
 
S. 
 
U 
 
N  
Gates 
 
Diff. 
 
Points
 
 
 1.
 
Soviet Union   Soviet Union  
 
 8th
 
 5
 
 3
 
 0
 
0 14: 300 
 
+11
 
13: 30 
 
 
 2.
 
Germany Democratic Republic 1949   GDR 
 
 8th
 
 4th
 
 3
 
 1
 
0 13: 400 
 
 +9
 
11: 50 
 
 
 3.
 
France   France 
 
 8th
 
 1
 
 4th
 
 3
 
00 4: 700 
 
 −3
 
0 6:10
 
 
 4th
 
Iceland   Iceland 
 
 8th
 
 2
 
 2
 
 4th
 
00 4:140 
 
−10
 
0 6:10
 
 
 5.
 
Norway   Norway 
 
 8th
 
 1
 
 2
 
 5
 
00 5:120 
 
 −7
 
0 4:12
 
 
 
Game results 
09/10/1986 
Iceland 
- 
France 
0-0 
 
 
09/24/1986 
Iceland 
- 
USSR 
1: 1  (1: 1)
 
 
09/24/1986 
Norway 
- 
GDR 
0-0 
 
 
10/11/1986 
France 
- 
USSR  
0: 2  (0: 0)
 
 
October 29, 1986 
GDR  
- 
Iceland 
2: 0  (1: 0)
 
 
October 29, 1986 
USSR  
- 
Norway 
4: 0  (3: 0)
 
 
11/19/1986 
GDR 
- 
France 
0-0 
 
 
04/29/1987 
USSR  
- 
GDR 
2: 0  (1: 0)
 
 
04/29/1987 
France  
- 
Iceland 
2: 0  (1: 0)
 
 
06/03/1987 
Norway 
- 
USSR  
0: 1  (0: 1)
 
 
 
06/03/1987 
Iceland 
- 
GDR  
0: 6  (0: 2)
 
 
06/16/1987 
Norway  
- 
France 
2: 0  (0: 0)
 
 
09/09/1987 
Iceland  
- 
Norway 
2: 1  (1: 1)
 
 
09/09/1987 
USSR 
- 
France 
1: 1  (0: 1)
 
 
09/23/1987 
Norway 
- 
Iceland  
0: 1  (0: 1)
 
 
10/10/1987 
GDR 
- 
USSR 
1: 1  (1: 0)
 
 
10/14/1987 
France 
- 
Norway 
1: 1  (0: 0)
 
 
10/28/1987 
GDR  
- 
Norway 
3: 1  (2: 1)
 
 
10/28/1987 
USSR  
- 
Iceland 
2: 0  (1: 0)
 
 
11/18/1987 
France 
- 
GDR  
0: 1  (0: 0)
 
 
 
Group 4  
Closing table 
Pl. 
 
country
 
Sp. 
 
S. 
 
U 
 
N  
Gates 
 
Diff. 
 
Points
 
 
 1.
 
England   England  
 
 6th
 
 5
 
 1
 
 0
 
0 19: 100 
 
+18
 
11: 10 
 
 
 2.
 
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic   Yugoslavia 
 
 6th
 
 4th
 
 0
 
 2
 
0 13: 900 
 
 +4
 
0 8: 40 
 
 
 3.
 
Northern Ireland   Northern Ireland 
 
 6th
 
 1
 
 1
 
 4th
 
00 2:100 
 
 −8
 
0 3: 90 
 
 
 4th
 
Turkey   Turkey 
 
 6th
 
 0
 
 2
 
 4th
 
00 2:160 
 
−14
 
0 2:10
 
 
 
Game results 
10/15/1986 
England  
- 
Northern Ireland 
3: 0  (1: 0)
 
 
October 29, 1986 
Yugoslavia  
- 
Turkey 
4: 0  (2: 0)
 
 
11/12/1986 
Turkey 
- 
Northern Ireland 
0-0 
 
 
11/12/1986 
England  
- 
Yugoslavia 
2: 0  (1: 0)
 
 
04/01/1987 
Northern Ireland 
- 
England  
0: 2  (0: 2)
 
 
04/29/1987 
Turkey 
- 
England 
0-0 
 
 
 
04/29/1987 
Northern Ireland 
- 
Yugoslavia  
1: 2  (1: 0)
 
 
10/14/1987 
Yugoslavia  
- 
Northern Ireland 
3: 0  (2: 0)
 
 
10/14/1987 
England  
- 
Turkey 
8: 0  (4: 0)
 
 
11/11/1987 
Yugoslavia 
- 
England  
1: 4  (0: 4)
 
 
11/11/1987 
Northern Ireland  
- 
Turkey 
1: 0  (0: 0)
 
 
December 16, 1987 
Turkey 
- 
Yugoslavia  
2: 3  (0: 2)
 
 
 
Group 5  
Closing table 
Pl. 
 
country
 
Sp. 
 
S. 
 
U 
 
N  
Gates 
 
Diff. 
 
Points
 
 
 1.
 
Netherlands   Netherlands  
 
 8th
 
 6th
 
 2
 
 0
 
0 15: 100 
 
+14
 
14: 20 
 
 
 2.
 
Greece   Greece 
 
 8th
 
 4th
 
 1
 
 3
 
0 12:130 
 
 −1
 
0 9: 70 
 
 
 3.
 
Hungary 1957   Hungary 
 
 8th
 
 4th
 
 0
 
 4th
 
0 13:110 
 
 +2
 
0 8: 80 
 
 
 4th
 
Poland   Poland 
 
 8th
 
 3
 
 2
 
 3
 
00 9:110 
 
 −2
 
0 8: 80 
 
 
 5.
 
Cyprus 1960   Cyprus 
 
 8th
 
 0
 
 1
 
 7th
 
00 3:160 
 
−13
 
0 1:15
 
 
 
Game results 
10/15/1986 
Poland  
- 
Greece 
2: 1  (2: 1)
 
 
10/15/1986 
Hungary 
- 
Netherlands  
0: 1  (0: 0)
 
 
11/12/1986 
Greece  
- 
Hungary 
2: 1  (1: 0)
 
 
11/19/1986 
Netherlands 
- 
Poland 
0-0 
 
 
December 3, 1986 
Cyprus 
- 
Greece  
2: 4  (2: 1)
 
 
December 21, 1986 
Cyprus 
- 
Netherlands  
0: 2  (0: 1)
 
 
01/14/1987 
Greece  
- 
Cyprus 
3: 1  (0: 0)
 
 
02/08/1987 
Cyprus 
- 
Hungary  
0: 1  (0: 0)
 
 
03/25/1987 
Netherlands 
- 
Greece 
1: 1  (0: 1)
 
 
04/12/1987 
Poland 
- 
Cyprus 
0-0 
 
 
 
04/29/1987 
Netherlands  
- 
Hungary 
2: 0  (2: 0)
 
 
04/29/1987 
Greece  
- 
Poland 
1: 0  (0: 0)
 
 
05/17/1987 
Hungary  
- 
Poland 
5: 3  (1: 1)
 
 
09/23/1987 
Poland  
- 
Hungary 
3: 2  (1: 1)
 
 
10/14/1987 
Poland 
- 
Netherlands  
0: 2  (0: 2)
 
 
10/14/1987 
Hungary  
- 
Greece 
3: 0  (3: 0)
 
 
11/11/1987 
Cyprus 
- 
Poland  
0: 1  (0: 0)
 
 
12/02/1987 
Hungary  
- 
Cyprus 
1: 0  (0: 0)
 
 
12/09/1987 
Netherlands  
- 
Cyprus 
4: 0  (2: 0) * 
 
 
December 16, 1987 
Greece 
- 
Netherlands  
0: 3  (0: 1)
 
 
 
*  Result of a closed game replay. The first game was abandoned on October 28, 1987 when the score was 8-0 (5-0) for the Netherlands after the Cypriot goalkeeper was hit by a smoke bomb.
Group 6  
Closing table 
Pl. 
 
country
 
Sp. 
 
S. 
 
U 
 
N  
Gates 
 
Diff. 
 
Points
 
 
 1.
 
Denmark   Denmark  
 
 6th
 
 3
 
 2
 
 1
 
00 4: 200 
 
 +2
 
0 8: 40 
 
 
 2.
 
Czechoslovakia   Czechoslovakia 
 
 6th
 
 2
 
 3
 
 1
 
00 7: 500 
 
 +2
 
0 7: 50 
 
 
 3.
 
Wales   Wales 
 
 6th
 
 2
 
 2
 
 2
 
00 7: 500 
 
 +2
 
0 6: 60 
 
 
 4th
 
Finland   Finland 
 
 6th
 
 1
 
 1
 
 4th
 
00 4:100 
 
 −6
 
0 3: 90 
 
 
 
Game results 
09/10/1986 
Finland 
- 
Wales 
1: 1  (1: 0)
 
 
10/15/1986 
Czechoslovakia  
- 
Finland 
3: 0  (2: 0)
 
 
October 29, 1986 
Denmark  
- 
Finland 
1: 0  (0: 0)
 
 
11/12/1986 
Czechoslovakia 
- 
Denmark 
0-0 
 
 
04/01/1987 
Wales  
- 
Finland 
4: 0  (2: 0)
 
 
04/29/1987 
Finland 
- 
Denmark  
0: 1  (0: 0)
 
 
 
04/29/1987 
Wales 
- 
Czechoslovakia 
1: 1  (0: 0)
 
 
06/03/1987 
Denmark 
- 
Czechoslovakia 
1: 1  (1: 0)
 
 
09/09/1987 
Finland  
- 
Czechoslovakia 
3: 0  (1: 0)
 
 
09/09/1987 
Wales  
- 
Denmark 
1: 0  (1: 0)
 
 
10/14/1987 
Denmark  
- 
Wales 
1: 0  (0: 0)
 
 
11/11/1987 
Czechoslovakia  
- 
Wales 
2: 0  (1: 0)
 
 
 
Group 7  
Closing table 
Pl. 
 
country
 
Sp. 
 
S. 
 
U 
 
N  
Gates 
 
Diff. 
 
Points
 
 
 1.
 
Ireland   Ireland  
 
 8th
 
 4th
 
 3
 
 1
 
0 10: 500 
 
 +5
 
11: 50 
 
 
 2.
 
Bulgaria 1971   Bulgaria 
 
 8th
 
 4th
 
 2
 
 2
 
0 12: 600 
 
 +6
 
10: 60 
 
 
 3.
 
Belgium   Belgium 
 
 8th
 
 3
 
 3
 
 2
 
0 16: 800 
 
 +8
 
0 9: 70 
 
 
 4th
 
Scotland   Scotland 
 
 8th
 
 3
 
 3
 
 2
 
00 7: 500 
 
 +2
 
0 9: 70 
 
 
 5.
 
Luxembourg   Luxembourg 
 
 8th
 
 0
 
 1
 
 7th
 
00 2:230 
 
−21
 
0 1:15
 
 
 
Game results 
09/10/1986 
Scotland 
- 
Bulgaria 
0-0 
 
 
09/10/1986 
Belgium 
- 
Ireland 
2: 2  (1: 1)
 
 
10/14/1986 
Luxembourg 
- 
Belgium  
0: 6  (0: 3)
 
 
10/15/1986 
Ireland 
- 
Scotland 
0-0 
 
 
11/12/1986 
Scotland  
- 
Luxembourg 
3: 0  (2: 0)
 
 
11/19/1986 
Belgium 
- 
Bulgaria 
1: 1  (0: 0)
 
 
02/18/1987 
Scotland 
- 
Ireland  
0: 1  (0: 1)
 
 
04/01/1987 
Bulgaria  
- 
Ireland 
2: 1  (1: 0)
 
 
04/01/1987 
Belgium  
- 
Scotland 
4: 1  (1: 1)
 
 
04/29/1987 
Ireland 
- 
Belgium 
0-0 
 
 
 
04/30/1987 
Luxembourg 
- 
Bulgaria  
1: 4  (0: 0)
 
 
05/20/1987 
Bulgaria  
- 
Luxembourg 
3: 0  (2: 0)
 
 
05/28/1987 
Luxembourg 
- 
Ireland  
0: 2  (0: 1)
 
 
09/09/1987 
Ireland  
- 
Luxembourg 
2: 1  (1: 1)
 
 
09/23/1987 
Bulgaria  
- 
Belgium 
2: 0  (1: 0)
 
 
10/14/1987 
Ireland  
- 
Bulgaria 
2: 0  (0: 0)
 
 
10/14/1987 
Scotland  
- 
Belgium 
2: 0  (1: 0)
 
 
11/11/1987 
Belgium  
- 
Luxembourg 
3: 0  (1: 0)
 
 
11/11/1987 
Bulgaria 
- 
Scotland  
0: 1  (0: 0)
 
 
12/02/1987 
Luxembourg 
- 
Scotland 
0-0 
 
 
 
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