1988 European Under-16 Football Championship

The 6th U-16 European Football Championship was held in Spain from May 11-21, 1988 . The hosts won with a 4-2 win over Portugal on penalties . In the match for third place, the defeated East Germany , the Federal Republic with 5: 4 on penalties. It was the last meeting of two teams from the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR at an international soccer tournament.

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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:

•  Belgium
•  GDR
•  BR Germany
•  Finland
•  France
•  Ireland
•  Yugoslavia
•  Norway
•  Austria
•  Portugal
•  Romania
•  Switzerland
•  Sweden
•  Spain
•  Turkey
•  Hungary

Teams from German-speaking countries

DFV selection

player	society
Daniel Hoffmann	Hansa Rostock
Hendrik Fichtenau	HFC chemistry
Christian Korth	BFC Dynamo
Tom Persich	HFC chemistry
Thomas Reif	Hansa Rostock
Angelo four	BFC Dynamo
Christian Beeck	BFC Dynamo
Sven Wende	FC Karl-Marx-Stadt
Uwe Bartholmé	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
Frank Seifert	SG Dynamo Dresden
Knut Bartsch	BFC Dynamo
Mike Buth	BFC Dynamo
Karsten Kriska	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
Heiko Weinrich	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt
Nico Däbritz	SG Dynamo Dresden
Sven Ratke	SG Dynamo Dresden

• Trainer: Frank Engel

Venues

The games were played in the cities of Alicante , Almendralejo , Antequera , Arroyo , Badajoz , Baraceldo , Basauri , Benidorm , Bilbao , Careres , Don Benito , Elche , Elda , Getafe , Getxo , Los Santos , Madrid , Málaga , Marbella , Mérida , Santa Pola , Santurce , Sestao and Valdemoro .

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	BR Germany	3	2	1	0	006: 200	+4	05: 10
2.	Norway	3	1	1	1	003: 200	+1	03: 30
3.	Finland	3	1	0	2	002: 400	−2	02: 40
4th	Austria	3	1	0	2	001: 400	−3	02: 40

May 11, 1988, Alicante
Finland	-	Austria	1-0
May 11, 1988, Elche
BR Germany	-	Norway	1: 1
May 13, 1988, Santa Pola
Norway	-	Finland	2-0
May 13, 1988, Benidorm
BR Germany	-	Austria	3-0
May 15, 1988, Alicante
BR Germany	-	Finland	2: 1
May 15, 1988, Elda
Austria	-	Norway	1-0

Group B

Since the GDR and Sweden were tied on points and goals after the preliminary round, a penalty shoot-out was scheduled. The GDR won this 5: 4 and became group winners.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	GDR	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	04: 20
2.	Sweden	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	04: 20
3.	Romania	3	0	3	0	003: 300	± 0	03: 30
4th	Yugoslavia	3	0	1	2	001: 300	−2	01: 50

May 11, 1988, Caceres
GDR	-	Romania	1: 1
May 11, 1988, Don Benito
Sweden	-	Yugoslavia	1-0
May 13, 1988, Almendralejo
Romania	-	Sweden	1: 1
May 13, 1988, Badajoz
GDR	-	Yugoslavia	1-0
May 15, 1988, Los Santos
Romania	-	Yugoslavia	1: 1
May 15, 1988, Merida
GDR	-	Sweden	1: 1, 5: 4 i. E.

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	2	1	0	005: 200	+3	05: 10
2.	Hungary	3	1	2	0	002: 100	+1	04: 20
3.	France	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	03: 30
4th	Turkey	3	0	0	3	002: 600	−4	00: 60

May 11, 1988, Antequera
Spain	-	Hungary	0-0
May 11, 1988, Arroyo
France	-	Turkey	1-0
May 13, 1988, Arroyo
Hungary	-	Turkey	1-0
May 13, 1988, Marbella
Spain	-	France	1-0
May 15, 1988, Málaga
Spain	-	Turkey	4: 2
May 15, 1988, Marbella
France	-	Hungary	1: 1

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Portugal	3	2	1	0	002-000	+2	05: 10
2.	Ireland	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	04: 20
3.	Belgium	3	1	0	2	002: 300	−1	02: 40
4th	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	003: 500	−2	01: 50

May 11, 1988, Basauri
Portugal	-	Ireland	0-0
May 11, 1988, Bilbao
Belgium	-	Switzerland	2: 1
May 13, 1988, Santurce
Ireland	-	Switzerland	2: 2
May 13, 1988, Baraceldo
Portugal	-	Belgium	1-0
May 15, 1988, Getxo
Ireland	-	Belgium	1-0
May 15, 1988, Sestao
Portugal	-	Switzerland	1-0

Final round

	Semifinals				final
	May 18, 1988, Getafe
	Spain	3
	BR Germany	0
					May 21, 1988, Madrid
					Spain	0 (4) 1
					Portugal	0 (2)
					Game for third place
	May 18, 1988, Valdemoro				May 21, 1988, Madrid
	Portugal	4th			GDR	0 (5) 1
	GDR	0			BR Germany	0 (4)

¹ win on penalties

The U-16 national team of Spain thus became European champions of the U16 / U17 juniors for the second time. 

The winning eleven: Iglesias - Martinez, Elizondo, Dadie, Gallardo, Calvo, Cuellar (Porro), Torre (Lopez), Urzaiz , Lasa , Delgado

Individual evidence

1. ↑ fuwo 19/88 of May 10, 1988 p. 13.