Junior World Cup 1987

FIFA World Youth Championship Chile 1987
FIFA World Youth Championship Chile 1987
Number of nations	16  (of 97 applicants)
World Champion	Yugoslavia (1st title)
venue	Chile
Opening game	October 10, 1987
Endgame	October 25, 1987
Games	32
Gates	86  (⌀: 2.69 per game)
spectator	712,000  (⌀: 22,250 per game)
Top scorer	Marcel Witeczek (7 goals)
Best player	Robert Prosinečki
yellow cards	104  (⌀: 3.25 per game)
Red cards	11  (⌀: 0.34 per game)

The 6th FIFA Junior World Cup (officially: IV World Youth Championship for the FIFA / Coca-Cola Cup ) was held in Chile from October 10th to 25th, 1987 . 16 teams took part in the tournament. Yugoslavia won the final 5-4 on penalties against the team from the Federal Republic of Germany. The Yugoslav Robert Prosinečki , who excelled as the midfield director of the eventual world champion, was voted the best player of the tournament . The top scorer was the German player Marcel Witeczek , who scored 7 goals in 6 games.

Antofagasta Concepción Santiago Valparaíso

Venues

Venues

• Antofagasta - Estadio Regional de Antofagasta
• Concepción - Estadio Municipal de Concepción
• Santiago de Chile - Estadio Nacional de Chile
• Valparaíso - Estadio Regional Chiledeportes

Attendees

6 from Europe	Bulgaria	BR Germany	GDR	Italy	Yugoslavia	Scotland
3 from South America	Chile	Brazil	Colombia
2 from Asia	Bahrain	Saudi Arabia
2 from Africa	Nigeria	Togo
2 from North and Central America	United States	Canada
1 from Oceania	Australia

Teams from German-speaking countries

GDR

When a DFV-Elf first took part in a U-20 world championship, the U-18 European champion from 1986 immediately took 3rd place. Especially the axis with Neitzel as libero, Steinmann as midfield strategist and Sammer as striker knew how to convince. Matthias Sammer was elected to the eleven of the tournament and was the top scorer of his team with 4 hits.

The other careers of the players were very different. Sammer and Steinmann soon became regular members of their clubs and the senior national team. Sammer's further career is well known, he finally became European champion in 1996. Kracht, Herzog and Schuster were later appointed to the GDR selection, Wosz and Ritter came to more or less long DFB selection careers. Minkwitz, Lange, Hiemann and Jähnig also made the leap into professional football, while Zimmerling and Liebers wandered through the upper amateur classes. Marco Köller is an example of a failed talent, he became a social case. Uwe Amstein and Jörg Prasse have left no traces in high-performance football.

A total of ten teams submitted players for the selection, Dynamo Dresden alone five. The regional distribution is striking; twelve players came from teams in the three Saxon districts. By contrast, only two players were sent by the record champions BFC Dynamo. It is also noteworthy that two company sports associations also sent a national player, as the talented players were usually delegated from the children's and youth sports school to the football clubs and usually stayed there.

GDR selection

player	society	Calls	Gates
01 - Holger Hiemann	FC Karl-Marx-Stadt	2	-	-	-
02 - Uwe Amstein	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	1	-	-	-
03 - Karsten Neitzel	SG Dynamo Dresden	6th	-	1	-
04 - Dirk Schuster	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	6th	-	1	-
05 - Torsten Kracht	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	5	1	1	-
06 - Marco Köller	BFC Dynamo	6th	-	-	-
07 - Rico Steinmann	FC Karl-Marx-Stadt	4th	1	1	-
08 - Stefan Minkwitz	1. FC Magdeburg	4th	-	-	-
09 - Jörg Prasse	SG Dynamo Dresden	5	1	1	-
10 - Matthias Sammer	SG Dynamo Dresden	5	4th	-	-
11 - Uwe Jähnig	SG Dynamo Dresden	5	-	-	-
12 - Thomas Ritter	SG Dynamo Dresden	6th	-	-	-
13 - Hendrik Herzog	BFC Dynamo	2	-	-	-
14 - Heiko Liebers	Motor Grimma	5	1	-	-
15 - Timo Lange	BSG Stahl Brandenburg	-	-	-	-
16 - Ingo Saager	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	5	-	-	-
17 - Matthias Zimmerling	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	6th	-	1	-
18 - Dariusz Wosz	HFC chemistry	5	1	-	-

• Trainer: Eberhard Vogel

BR Germany

After the DFB selection were U-20 world champions in 1981, they only had to admit defeat to the outstanding Yugoslavs in 1987. Marcel Witeczek, who scored 7 goals in 6 games, stood out in the team. Furthermore, Andreas Möller knew how to please, who steered the game of his team as a midfield engine.

Despite this success, this year only had 3 senior national players. While Möller had an impressive career, which he crowned with the world championship title in 1990 and the European title in 1996, Knut Reinhardt and the late-calling Michael Preetz only made a few appearances in the DFB selection. However, they were able to establish themselves successfully in the Bundesliga and some of them had great successes with their clubs. Gunther Metz, Alexander Strehmel, Martin Schneider, Detlev Dammeier, Marcel Witeczek and Michael Klinkert also made this step. Seasoned second division players with trips to the upper house were Brunn, Heidenreich, Luginger, Spyrka and Epp. Eichenauer, Clauss and Würzburger were only given a few professional games, Andreas Claasens track was soon lost in amateur football. A total of 15 clubs submitted players for the selection.

BRD selection

player	society	Calls	Gates
01 - Uwe Brunn	1. FC Cologne	5	-	-	-
02 - Hans-Jürgen Heidenreich	1. FC Nuremberg	5	-	1	1
03 - Jürgen Luginger	Fortuna Dusseldorf	5	-	2	-
04 - Gunther Metz	Karlsruher SC	5	-		-
05 - Alexander Strehmel	VfB Stuttgart	6th	1		-
06 - Martin Schneider	1. FC Nuremberg	6th	-	-	-
07 - Adrian Spyrka	Borussia Dortmund	6th	-	2	-
08 - Detlev Dammeier	Hannover 96	6th	1	1	-
09 - Thomas Epp	VfL Bochum	4th	1	1	-
10 - Andreas Möller	Eintracht Frankfurt	6th	1	1	-
11 - Henrik Eichenauer	SV Waldhof Mannheim	4th	1	-	-
12 - Andreas Clauss	SV Waldhof Mannheim	1	-	-	-
13 - Marcel Witeczek	Bayer 05 Uerdingen	6th	7th	-	-
14 - Michael Klinkert	FC Schalke 04	1	-	-	-
15 - Knut Reinhardt	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	5	2	-	-
16 - Frank Würzburger	Kickers Offenbach	1	-	-	-
17 - Andreas Claasen	FC Bayern Munich	1	-	-	-
18 - Michael Preetz	Fortuna Dusseldorf	3	-	-	-

• Trainer: Berti Vogts

Prominent players

• Nigeria: Jonathan Akpoborie
• Bulgaria: Emil Kostadinow
• Yugoslavia: Robert Jarni , Igor Štimac , Zvonimir Boban , Robert Prosinečki , Predrag Mijatović , Tomislav Piplica , Davor Šuker
• USA: Tony Meola , Jeff Agoos , Kasey Keller

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in four groups with four teams each. The first two in each group qualified for the quarter-finals. This became a purely European-South American affair, as all six European teams as well as the hosts Chile and Brazil qualified. For the Brazilians it was already over in the quarter-finals, while the Chilean team surprisingly made it to the semi-finals. In the end, Chile finished fourth. From an all-German perspective, the tournament was a great success. The DFB selection was runner-up, while the DFV selection prevailed against the hosts in the game for third place. This placement represents the greatest success of a GDR selection at the junior world championships.
All games at local time ( UTC-4 , CET-5 ).

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	012: 300	+9	06-00
2.	Chile	3	2	0	1	007: 400	+3	04: 20
3.	Australia	3	1	0	2	002: 600	−4	02: 40
4th	Togo	3	0	0	3	001: 900	−8	00: 60

October 10, 1987, 5:00 p.m. in Santiago de Chile				spectator
Chile	-	Yugoslavia	2: 4 (1: 2)	67,000
October 11, 1987, 5:00 p.m. in Santiago de Chile
Togo	-	Australia	0: 2 (0: 2)	15,000
October 13, 1987, 5:00 p.m. in Santiago de Chile
Chile	-	Togo	3: 0 (2: 0)	60,000
October 14, 1987, 5:00 p.m. in Santiago de Chile
Yugoslavia	-	Australia	4: 0 (2: 0)	40,000
October 17, 1987, 5:00 p.m. in Santiago de Chile
Chile	-	Australia	2: 0 (1: 0)	75,000
October 18, 1987, 5:00 p.m. in Santiago de Chile
Yugoslavia	-	Togo	4: 1 (2: 0)	12,000

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Italy	3	2	1	0	005: 200	+3	05: 10
2.	Brazil	3	2	0	1	005: 100	+4	04: 20
3.	Canada	3	1	2	0	004: 500	−1	04: 20
4th	Nigeria	3	0	1	2	002: 800	−6	01: 50

October 11, 1987, 5:00 p.m. in Concepción				spectator
Brazil	-	Nigeria	4: 0 (3: 0)	27,000
October 12, 1987, 5:00 p.m. in Concepción
Italy	-	Canada	2: 2 (0: 2)	13,500
October 14, 1987, 5:00 p.m. in Concepción
Brazil	-	Italy	0: 1 (0: 0)	18,000
October 15, 1987, 5:00 p.m. in Concepción
Nigeria	-	Canada	2: 2 (2: 1)	5,000
October 17, 1987, 5:00 p.m. in Concepción
Brazil	-	Canada	1: 0 (0: 0)	8,000
October 18, 1987, 5:00 p.m. in Concepción
Nigeria	-	Italy	0: 2 (0: 2)	9,000

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	GDR	3	2	0	1	006: 300	+3	04: 20
2.	Scotland	3	1	2	0	005: 400	+1	04: 20
3.	Colombia	3	1	1	1	004: 500	−1	03: 30
4th	Bahrain	3	0	1	2	001: 400	−3	01: 50

October 11, 1987, 5:00 p.m. in Valparaíso				spectator
GDR	-	Scotland	1: 2 (1: 2)	10,000
October 12, 1987, 5:00 p.m. in Valparaíso
Colombia	-	Bahrain	1: 0 (1: 0)	5,000
October 14, 1987, 5:00 p.m. in Valparaíso
GDR	-	Colombia	3: 1 (2: 0)	4,000
October 15, 1987, 5:00 p.m. in Valparaíso
Scotland	-	Bahrain	1: 1 (0: 1)	3,000
October 17, 1987, 5:00 p.m. in Valparaíso
GDR	-	Bahrain	2: 0 (0: 0)	2,000
October 18, 1987, 5:00 p.m. in Valparaíso
Scotland	-	Colombia	2: 2 (0: 0)	5,000

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	BR Germany	3	3	0	0	008: 100	+7	06-00
2.	Bulgaria	3	2	0	1	003: 300	± 0	04: 20
3.	United States	3	1	0	2	002: 300	−1	02: 40
4th	Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	000: 600	−6	00: 60

October 11, 1987, 5:00 p.m. in Antofagasta				spectator
United States	-	Bulgaria	0: 1 (0: 1)	18,000
October 12, 1987, 5:00 p.m. in Antofagasta
Saudi Arabia	-	BR Germany	0: 3 (0: 3)	8,000
October 14, 1987, 5:00 p.m. in Antofagasta
United States	-	Saudi Arabia	1: 0 (0: 0)	5,000
October 15, 1987, 5:00 p.m. in Antofagasta
Bulgaria	-	BR Germany	0: 3 (0: 0)	8,000
October 17, 1987, 5:00 p.m. in Antofagasta
United States	-	BR Germany	1: 2 (1: 1)	3,500
October 18, 1987, 5:00 p.m. in Antofagasta
Bulgaria	-	Saudi Arabia	2: 0 (2: 0)	8,000

Final round

All games at local time ( UTC-4 , CET-5 ).

Overview

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Yugoslavia	2
	Brazil	1
					Yugoslavia	2
					GDR	1
	GDR	2
	Bulgaria	0
									Yugoslavia	1 (5)
									BR Germany	1 (4)
	Italy	0
	Chile	1
					Chile	0			Game for third place
					BR Germany	4th
	BR Germany	1 (4)							GDR	1 (3)
	Scotland	1 (3)							Chile	1 (1)

Quarter finals

October 21, 1987, 7:15 p.m. in Santiago de Chile				spectator
Yugoslavia	-	Brazil	2: 1 (0: 1)	60,000
October 21, 1987, 4:15 p.m. in Valparaíso
GDR	-	Bulgaria	2: 0 (0: 0)	3,000
October 21, 1987, 4:15 p.m. in Concepción
Italy	-	Chile	0: 1 (0: 0)	35,000
October 21, 1987, 4:15 p.m. in Antofagasta
BR Germany	-	Scotland	1: 1 n.a. (1: 1, 1: 1), 4: 3 n.e.	4,000

Semifinals

October 23, 1987, 7:15 p.m. in Santiago de Chile				spectator
Yugoslavia	-	GDR	2: 1 (1: 0)	35,000
October 23, 1987, 4:15 p.m. in Concepción
Chile	-	FRG	0: 4 (0: 3)	36,000

3rd place match

October 25, 1987, 3 p.m. in Santiago de Chile				spectator
GDR	-	Chile	1: 1 nV (1: 1, 0: 0), 3: 1 nE	65,000

final

pairing	Yugoslavia - FR Germany
Result	1: 1 nV (1: 1, 0: 0), 5: 4 nE
date	October 25, 1987
Stadion	Estadio Nacional de Chile , Santiago de Chile 65,000 spectators
referee	Juan Loustau (Argentina)
Gates	1-0 Zvonimir Boban (85th) 1: 1 Marcel Witeczek (87th, FE)
Yugoslavia	Dragoje Leković , Branko Brnović , Robert Jarni , Dubravko Pavličić , Slavoljub Janković , Zoran Mijucić , Zvonimir Boban , Milan Pavlović (88th Ranko Zirojević ), Davor Šuker , Gordan Petrić , Pero Škorić Coach: Mirko Jozić
BR Germany	Uwe Brunn ; Jürgen Luginger , Gunther Metz , Alexander Strehmel , Martin Schneider ; Adrian Spyrka , Detlev Dammeier (106th Hans-Jürgen Heidenreich ), Andreas Möller , Henrik Eichenauer (74th Thomas Epp ); Marcel Witeczek , Knut Reinhardt Trainer: Berti Vogts

Best goal scorers

The top goal scorers of the 1987 Junior World Championships are listed below. They are sorted alphabetically according to the number of hits or if the number of goals is the same.

space	player	Gates
1	Marcel Witeczek	7th
2	Before that, Šuker	6th
3	Camilo Pino	5
4th	Matthias Sammer	4th
5	Zvonimir Boban	3
	Predrag Mijatović	3
	Luke Tudor	3

Awards

The Yugoslav attacker Robert Prosinečki was chosen as the best player of the tournament, his teammate Zvonimir Boban was awarded as the second best player, and third place went to the West German Marcel Witeczek , who with seven tournament goals, like at the 1985 U-16 World Cup in China, became the tournament's top scorer. The Yugoslav center forward Davor Šuker won the Silver Shoe with six goals , the Chilean Camilo Pino scored five goals and received the Bronze Shoe .

The Fair Play Prize ( Sports Billy Award ) went to the GDR team, which received only six yellow cards in six games.

Web links

• 1987 World Youth Championship on FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report: Part 1 (PDF; 11.2 MB) - Part 2 (PDF; 12.2 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FIFA technical report, page 53  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 12.2 MB)  
2. ↑ FIFA technical report page 54  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 12.2 MB)