1989 European Under-16 Football Championship

The 7th U-16 European Football Championship was held in Denmark from May 4-14, 1989 . The winner was Portugal by a 4: 1 victory over the GDR . The Federal Republic could not qualify.

On May 6, 1989, the Soviet Union gave up points in the group stage for the first time, and the team had won every group game since Hungary in 1985.

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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:

Bulgaria  Denmark (host)  GDR  France  Greece  Italy  Yugoslavia  Netherlands

Norway  Austria  Portugal  Romania  Scotland  Switzerland  Soviet Union  Spain (defending champion)

Teams from German-speaking countries

DFV selection

player	society
1 Frank Rost	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
2 Thomas Petzold	1. FC Union Berlin
3 Sven Manke	BFC Dynamo
4 Torsten Möhler	HFC chemistry
5 Thomas Bleck	FC Forward Frankfurt
6 Rico Kauerhof	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
7 Steffen Binke	SG Dynamo Dresden
8 Sven Oldenburg	Hansa Rostock
9 René Seib	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
10 Frank Seifert	SG Dynamo Dresden
11 René Rydlewicz	BFC Dynamo
12 Jirka Bol	HFC chemistry
13 Toralf Konetzke	BFC Dynamo
14 Daniel Knuth	1. FC Union Berlin
15 Lars fight	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
16 René Schneider	1. FC Magdeburg

• Trainer: Eberhard Vogel

Venues

The games were played in the cities of Aabenraa , Aarhus , Brande , Fredericia , Hedensted , Holstebro , Horsens , Kolding , Langeskov , Nyborn , Odder , Odense , Rodding , Silkeborg , Sonder Omme , Spjald , Svendborg , Thurø , Vejen , Vejle and Vildbjerg .

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Portugal	3	3	0	0	009-000	+9	06-00
2.	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	03: 30
3.	Romania	3	1	1	1	001: 400	−3	03: 30
4th	Norway	3	0	0	3	001: 800	−7	00: 60

May 4, 1989, Silkeborg
Portugal	-	Switzerland	2-0
May 4th 1989, Aarhus
Romania	-	Norway	1-0
May 6, 1989, Spjald
Portugal	-	Norway	3-0
May 6, 1989, Rodding
Romania	-	Switzerland	0-0
May 8, 1989, Fredericia
Switzerland	-	Norway	4: 1
May 8, 1989, Vejen
Portugal	-	Romania	4-0

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France	3	2	1	0	007: 300	+4	05: 10
2.	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	0	004-000	+4	05: 10
3.	Denmark	3	1	0	2	010: 900	+1	02: 40
4th	Austria	3	0	0	3	005:140	−9	00: 60

May 4, 1989, Hedensted
France	-	Yugoslavia	0-0
May 4th 1989, Vejle
Denmark	-	Austria	9: 3
May 6, 1989, Aarhus
France	-	Austria	3: 2
May 6, 1989, Horsens
Yugoslavia	-	Denmark	2-0
May 8, 1989, Odder
Yugoslavia	-	Austria	2-0
May 8, 1989, Vejle
France	-	Denmark	4: 1

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	2	1	0	005: 200	+3	05: 10
2.	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	004: 500	−1	03: 30
3.	Greece	3	0	2	1	004: 500	−1	02: 40
4th	Bulgaria	3	0	2	1	003: 400	−1	02: 40

May 4, 1989, Langeskov
Bulgaria	-	Greece	1: 1
May 4, 1989, Nyborg
Spain	-	Netherlands	2-0
May 6, 1989, Thurø
Spain	-	Bulgaria	2: 2
May 6, 1989, Odense
Netherlands	-	Greece	3: 3
May 8, 1989, Odense
Netherlands	-	Bulgaria	1-0
May 8, 1989, Svendborg
Spain	-	Greece	1-0

Group D

The GDR and the Soviet Union finished the preliminary round with the same number of points and goals. The GDR became group winners through a penalty shootout.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	GDR	3	1	2	0	004: 300	+1	04: 20
2.	Soviet Union	3	1	2	0	004: 300	+1	04: 20
3.	Scotland	3	0	2	1	004: 500	−1	02: 40
4th	Italy	3	0	2	1	002: 300	−1	02: 40

May 4th 1989, Kolding
Soviet Union	-	Scotland	2: 1
May 4, 1989, Special Omme
GDR	-	Italy	1-0
May 6, 1989, Vadre
GDR	-	Scotland	2: 2
May 6, 1989, Holstebro
Soviet Union	-	Italy	1: 1
May 8, 1989, Vildbjerg
Italy	-	Scotland	1: 1
May 8, 1989, Åbenrå
GDR	-	Soviet Union	1: 1, 6: 5 i. E.

Final round

	Semifinals				final
	May 11, 1989, Kolding
	Portugal	2
	Spain	1
					May 14, 1989, Vejle
					Portugal	4th
					GDR	1
					Game for third place
	May 11, 1989, Silkeborg				May 14, 1989, Brande
	GDR	3			France	3
	France	0			Spain	2

The U-16 national team of Portugal thus became the European U16 / U17 junior soccer champion for the first time.

The winning eleven: Santos (Fonseca) - Cruz, Figo , Peixe, Xavier, Simao, Sousa, Lemos (Lourenco), Macaes, Gregorio, Gomes

Figo, Simao, Lemos Gomes / Kampf scored the goals.