1986 European Under-16 Football Championship

The 4th U-16 European Football Championship was held in Greece from May 1 to 10, 1986 . The winner was Spain by a 2: 1 win over Italy . The GDR again took 4th place. The Federal Republic could not qualify.

• Curious: both in the semifinals and in the game for third place, the GDR lost on penalties.
• The Soviet Union was the first team to score 10 goals in the group stage

mode

The 16 qualified teams were divided into four groups of four teams each. Within the groups, each team played each other once. The group winners reached the semifinals. The semi-final winners reached the final, the semi-final losers played for third place.

Attendees

The following teams took part in the tournament:

Bulgaria  Denmark  GDR  France  Greece (host)  Italy  Netherlands  Norway

Austria  Portugal  Romania  Scotland  Sweden  Soviet Union (defending champion)  Spain  Czechoslovakia

Teams from German-speaking countries

As in the previous year, the DFV selection made it to the final round. In qualification group 8, the GDR youth team was able to leave the ČSSR and Hungary behind. Just a few months later, since he had just turned 17, Uwe Jähnig made the leap into the U-19 national team , with which the Dresdner won the European Junior Championship in Yugoslavia .

DFV selection

player	society
Thomas Lenhart	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt
Frank Schulze	SG Dynamo Dresden
Mario Kern	SG Dynamo Dresden
Thomas Benedix	SG Dynamo Dresden
René Günther	FC Karl-Marx-Stadt
Frank Hilgert	BFC Dynamo
Thomas Grabow	BFC Dynamo
Steffen Karl	HFC chemistry
Dirk Stammann	BFC Dynamo
Ronny Herder	1. FC Lok Leipzig
Stephan Prause	FC Forward Frankfurt / Oder
Thomas Finck	Hansa Rostock
Uwe Jähnig	SG Dynamo Dresden
Mario Barczyk	BFC Dynamo
Nico Niedziella	1. FC Magdeburg
Rico Brzoska	FC Karl-Marx-Stadt

• Trainer: Lothar Priebe

Venues

The games were played in the cities of Athens , Heraklion , Larisa , Piraeus , Saloniki , Trikala and Chania .

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Italy	3	2	1	0	004-000	+4	05: 10
2.	Scotland	3	2	0	1	006: 200	+4	04: 20
3.	Portugal	3	1	1	1	004: 500	−1	03: 30
4th	Greece	3	0	0	3	000: 700	−7	00: 60

May 1, 1986, Chania
Scotland	-	Portugal	5: 1
Italy	-	Greece	3-0
May 3, 1986, Heraklion
Italy	-	Scotland	1-0
Portugal	-	Greece	3-0
May 5, 1986, Heraklion
Scotland	-	Greece	1-0
Portugal	-	Italy	0-0

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	2	1	0	006: 100	+5	05: 10
2.	Bulgaria	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	04: 20
3.	Norway	3	0	2	1	001: 300	−2	02: 40
4th	Sweden	3	0	1	2	000: 400	−4	01: 50

May 1, 1986, Athens
Bulgaria	-	Sweden	1-0
May 1, 1986, Piraeus
Spain	-	Norway	2-0
May 3, 1986, Athens
Spain	-	Bulgaria	1: 1
May 3, 1986, Piraeus
Norway	-	Sweden	0-0
May 5, 1986, Piraeus
Spain	-	Sweden	3-0
May 5, 1986, Athens
Bulgaria	-	Norway	1: 1

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	GDR	3	2	1	0	005: 200	+3	05: 10
2.	Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	005: 300	+2	03: 30
3.	Denmark	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	03: 30
4th	Austria	3	0	1	2	001: 700	−6	01: 50

May 1, 1986, Salonika
Denmark	-	Czechoslovakia	1: 1
GDR	-	Austria	1: 1
May 3, 1986, Salonika
GDR	-	Denmark	2: 1
Czechoslovakia	-	Austria	4-0
May 5, 1986, Salonika
Denmark	-	Austria	2-0
GDR	-	Czechoslovakia	2-0

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	010: 300	+7	06-00
2.	Romania	3	1	0	2	003: 500	−2	02: 40
3.	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	002: 400	−2	02: 40
4th	France	3	1	0	2	003: 600	−3	02: 40

May 1, 1986, Trikala
Soviet Union	-	Netherlands	3: 1
France	-	Romania	2: 1
May 3, 1986, Trikala
Netherlands	-	France	1-0
May 3, 1986, Larisa
Soviet Union	-	Romania	3: 1
May 5, 1986, Trikala
Soviet Union	-	France	4: 1
May 5, 1986, Larisa
Romania	-	Netherlands	1-0

Final round

	Semifinals				final
	May 8, 1986, Piraeus
	Spain	2
	Soviet Union	1
					May 10, 1986, Athens
					Spain	2
					Italy	1
					Game for third place
	May 8, 1986, Athens				May 10, 1986, Athens
	Italy	2 (4) 1			Soviet Union	1 (8) 1
	GDR	2 (2)			GDR	1 (7)

¹ win on penalties

The national team of Spain thus became European champions of the U16 / U17 juniors for the first time. 

The winners: Ruiz - Lopez Mateo, Zaballos - Blasquez, Machero, Baeza - Criado (Vidal Nova), Prieto, Herrera, Ballester Menguez, Salvador (Caseres Benito)

Menguez, own goal Flamigni / Cappellini scored the goals.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Manfred Binkowski: This time a medal? In: fuwo - The new football week . Apr 29, 1986, p. 13.