1990 European Under-21 Football Championship

At the 1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship to 30 teams participating. The European Championship started on August 30, 1988 and ended on October 17, 1990.

Defending champion France failed in the preliminary round. The Soviet Union secured the European title for the third time.

The GDR and Austria, which were in a group with the Soviet Union, fell by the wayside in the preliminary round, as did Switzerland, which had to let Italy go first. Germany won its preliminary group, but failed in the quarter-finals at the Soviet Union.

mode

The 30 national teams were drawn into eight groups - six groups of four teams and two groups of three teams. The national selections had to play their encounters with two legs. The respective group winners (marked in yellow) were qualified for the quarter-finals, from which the knockout system was played with a return leg up to the final.

Attendees

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
Bulgaria	Albania	GDR	BR Germany
Denmark	England	Austria	Finland
Greece	Poland	Turkey	Iceland
Romania	Sweden	Soviet Union	Netherlands

 

Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8
France	Spain	Belgium	Italy
Norway	Hungary	Luxembourg	San Marino
Scotland	Cyprus	Portugal	Switzerland
Yugoslavia		Czechoslovakia

qualification

Group 1

date	Home team	Result	Away team
October 18, 1988	Bulgaria	2: 1	Romania
October 18, 1988	Greece	2: 2	Denmark
November 1, 1988	Romania	2-0	Greece
November 1, 1988	Denmark	1: 3	Bulgaria
April 25, 1989	Bulgaria	6-0	Denmark
April 25, 1989	Greece	1-0	Romania
May 16, 1989	Romania	2: 1	Bulgaria
May 16, 1989	Denmark	3-0	Greece
October 10, 1989	Bulgaria	2-0	Greece
October 10, 1989	Denmark	1: 2	Romania
November 14, 1989	Romania	1: 2	Denmark
November 14, 1989	Greece	0: 2	Bulgaria

 

Final result group 1
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Bulgaria	6th	5	0	1	16: 04	+12	10
2.	Romania	6th	3	0	3	08: 07	+1	6th
3.	Denmark	6th	2	1	3	09:14	−5	5
4th	Greece	6th	1	1	4th	03:11	−8	3

Group 2

date	Home team	Result	Away team
October 18, 1988	Poland	0-0	Albania
October 18, 1988	England	1: 1	Sweden
4th November 1988	Albania	0: 2	Sweden
March 7, 1989	Albania	1: 2	England
April 25, 1989	England	2-0	Albania
May 6, 1989	Sweden	4-0	Poland
June 2, 1989	England	2: 1	Poland
5th September 1989	Sweden	1-0	England
October 7, 1989	Sweden	1-0	Albania
October 10, 1989	Poland	1: 3	England
October 24, 1989	Poland	1: 1	Sweden
November 14, 1989	Albania	0: 1	Poland

 

Final result group 2
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Sweden	6th	4th	2	0	10: 02	+8	10
2.	England	6th	4th	1	1	10: 05	+5	9
3.	Poland	6th	1	2	3	04:10	−6	4th
4th	Albania	6th	0	1	5	01: 08	−7	1

Group 3

date	Home team	Result	Away team
October 18, 1988	Soviet Union	2: 2	Austria
November 1, 1988	Austria	3-0	Turkey
November 29, 1988	Turkey	3: 2	GDR
April 11, 1989	GDR	0-0	Turkey
April 25, 1989	Soviet Union	1-0	GDR
May 9, 1989	Turkey	0: 3	Soviet Union
May 19, 1989	GDR	2-0	Austria
5th September 1989	Austria	0: 2	Soviet Union
October 7, 1989	GDR	3: 2	Soviet Union
October 24, 1989	Turkey	1: 1	Austria
November 14, 1989	Soviet Union	2-0	Turkey
November 14, 1989	Austria	0: 1	GDR

 

Final result group 3
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Soviet Union	6th	4th	1	1	12: 05	+7	9
2.	GDR	6th	3	1	2	08: 06	+2	7th
3.	Austria	6th	1	2	3	06: 08	−2	4th
4th	Turkey	6th	1	2	3	04:11	−7	4th

Group 4

date	Home team	Result	Away team
August 30, 1988	Finland	0: 3	BR Germany
September 13, 1988	Iceland	1: 1	Netherlands
September 28, 1988	Finland	2: 1	Iceland
October 18, 1988	BR Germany	2-0	Netherlands
April 25, 1989	Netherlands	0: 1	BR Germany
May 30, 1989	Finland	1: 1	Netherlands
May 30, 1989	Iceland	1: 1	BR Germany
5th September 1989	Iceland	4-0	Finland
3rd October 1989	BR Germany	2-0	Finland
October 10, 1989	Netherlands	2: 3	Iceland
October 25, 1989	BR Germany	1: 1	Iceland
November 14, 1989	Netherlands	2: 1	Finland

 

Final result group 4
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	BR Germany	6th	4th	2	0	10: 02	+8	10
2.	Iceland	6th	2	3	1	11: 07	+4	7th
3.	Netherlands	6th	1	2	3	06: 09	−3	4th
4th	Finland	6th	1	1	4th	04:13	−9	3

Group 5

date	Home team	Result	Away team
September 13, 1988	Norway	1: 1	Scotland
September 27, 1988	France	2-0	Norway
October 18, 1988	Scotland	0: 2	Yugoslavia
November 18, 1988	Yugoslavia	2: 2	France
March 7, 1989	Scotland	2: 3	France
April 28, 1989	France	0: 1	Yugoslavia
June 13, 1989	Norway	0: 1	Yugoslavia
5th September 1989	Yugoslavia	4: 1	Scotland
5th September 1989	Norway	1: 1	France
October 10, 1989	Yugoslavia	0: 1	Norway
October 10, 1989	France	3: 1	Scotland
November 14, 1989	Scotland	2-0	Norway

 

Final result group 5
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Yugoslavia	6th	4th	1	1	10: 04	+6	9
2.	France	6th	3	2	1	11: 07	+4	8th
3.	Norway	6th	1	2	3	03: 07	−4	4th
4th	Scotland	6th	1	1	4th	07:13	−6	3

Group 6

date	Home team	Result	Away team
December 11, 1988	Cyprus	0-0	Hungary
March 22, 1989	Cyprus	0: 1	Spain
April 12, 1989	Hungary	1-0	Cyprus
May 31, 1989	Spain	1-0	Cyprus
October 10, 1989	Hungary	1-0	Spain
November 14, 1989	Spain	1-0	Hungary

 

Final result group 6
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Spain	4th	3	0	1	03: 01	+2	6th
2.	Hungary	4th	2	1	1	02: 01	+1	5
3.	Cyprus	4th	0	1	3	00: 03	−3	1

Group 7

date	Home team	Result	Away team
November 15, 1988	Czechoslovakia	0: 3	Belgium
February 14, 1989	Portugal	1: 1	Belgium
April 5, 1989	Czechoslovakia	4-0	Luxembourg
April 25, 1989	Portugal	1-0	Luxembourg
April 29, 1989	Belgium	1: 1	Czechoslovakia
May 26, 1989	Luxembourg	0-0	Belgium
5th September 1989	Belgium	1: 1	Portugal
5th October 1989	Czechoslovakia	1-0	Portugal
October 9, 1989	Luxembourg	0: 3	Portugal
October 24, 1989	Belgium	1-0	Luxembourg
November 14, 1989	Portugal	0: 3	Czechoslovakia
November 29, 1989	Luxembourg	1: 1	Czechoslovakia

 

Final result group 7
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Czechoslovakia	6th	3	2	1	10: 05	+5	8th
2.	Belgium	6th	2	4th	0	07: 03	+4	8th
3.	Portugal	6th	2	2	2	06: 06	± 0	6th
4th	Luxembourg	6th	0	2	4th	01:10	−9	2

Group 8

date	Home team	Result	Away team
April 26, 1989	Switzerland	0-0	Italy
June 6, 1989	San Marino	0: 5	Switzerland
4th October 1989	San Marino	0: 2	Italy
October 25, 1989	Italy	1-0	Switzerland
November 14, 1989	Switzerland	3-0	San Marino
November 29, 1989	Italy	2-0	San Marino

 

Final result group 8
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Italy	4th	3	1	0	05: 00	+5	7th
2.	Switzerland	4th	2	1	1	08: 01	+7	5
3.	San Marino	4th	0	0	4th	00:12	−12	0

Final round

Quarter finals

The eight group winners were qualified for the quarter-finals.

Fixtures
date	Home team	Result	Away team
March 14, 1990	Italy	3: 1	Spain
Ancona	Gates: ?
March 28, 1990	Spain	1-0	Italy
Logroño	Gates: ?
Winner: Italy with an aggregate result of 3-2
March 14, 1990	Yugoslavia	2-0	Bulgaria
Zagreb	Gates: ?
March 28, 1990	Bulgaria	0: 1	Yugoslavia
Sofia	Goal: Davor Šuker (13th)
Winner: Yugoslavia with an aggregate result of 3-0
March 14, 1990	Soviet Union	1: 1	BR Germany
Simferopol	Goals: Bal (own goal)
March 28, 1990	BR Germany	1: 2 (n.V.)	Soviet Union
augsburg	Goals: Hochstätter
Winner: Soviet Union with an aggregate result of 3-2
March 14, 1990	Czechoslovakia	1: 2	Sweden
Prague	Gates: ?; Tomas Brolin , Ulrik Jansson
March 28, 1990	Sweden	4-0	Czechoslovakia
Vaxjo	Goals: Kennet Andersson , Stefan Rehn , Tomas Brolin, Jan Jansson
Winner: Sweden with an aggregate result of 6-1

Semifinals

Fixtures
date	Home team	Result	Away team
April 25, 1990	Yugoslavia	0-0	Italy
Zagreb	Gates: ?
May 9, 1990	Italy	2: 2	Yugoslavia
Parma	Gates: ?
Winner: Yugoslavia with an aggregate result of 2-2 due to the away goals rule
April 25, 1990	Sweden	1: 1	Soviet Union
Vaxjo	Goals: 1-0 (70th) Kennet Andersson, 1: 1 (72nd) Shalimov
May 9, 1990	Soviet Union	2-0	Sweden
Simferopol	Goals: 1-0 (27.) Kolyvanov , 2-0 (47th) Kirjakow
Winner: Soviet Union with an aggregate result of 3-1

final

Fixtures
date	Home team	Result	Away team
5th September 1990	Yugoslavia	2: 4	Soviet Union
Sarajevo (Koševo)	Goals: 0: 1 (9th) Sidelnikov , 1: 1 (21st) Šuker, 1: 2 (42nd) Tchernyshov , 1: 3 (49th) Sidelnikov , 2: 3 (64th) Jarni, 2: 4 (84.) Dobrovolski
17th October 1990	Soviet Union	3: 1	Yugoslavia
Simferopol (locomotive)	Goals: 1-0 (10th) Dobrovolski , 2-0 (46th) Mostovoi , 3-0 (76th) Kančelskis , 3-1 (80th) Bokšić
Under-21 European Champion 1990: Soviet Union with an overall result of 7: 3

Best goal scorers

space	player	Gates
1	Before that, Šuker	3
	Andrij Sydelnykow	3
3	Igor Dobrowolski	2
	Tomas Brolin	2
	Know Andersson	2
	Giovanni Stroppa	2
	Alen Bokšić	2

Web links

• U21 European Championship 1990 on uefa.com
• Details about the 1990 tournament on rsssf.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UEFA.com: 1990 European Under-21 Championship, Qualifying Group 1 (accessed December 30, 2008)
2. ↑ UEFA.com: 1990 European Under-21 Championship Qualifying Group 2 (accessed December 30, 2008)
3. ↑ UEFA.com: 1990 European Under-21 Championship, Qualifying Group 3 (accessed December 30, 2008)
4. ↑ UEFA.com: 1990 European Under-21 Championship, Qualifying Group 4 (accessed December 30, 2008)
5. ↑ UEFA.com: 1990 European Under-21 Championship, Qualifying Group 5 (accessed December 30, 2008)
6. ↑ UEFA.com: 1990 European Under-21 Championship, Qualifying Group 6 (accessed December 30, 2008)
7. ↑ UEFA.com: 1990 European Under-21 Championship, Qualifying Group 7 (accessed December 30, 2008)
8. ↑ UEFA.com: 1990 European Under-21 Championship, Qualifying Group 8 (accessed December 30, 2008)
9. ↑ UEFA.com: 1990 European Under-21 Championship quarter-finals (accessed December 30, 2008)
10. ↑ UEFA.com: 1990 European Under-21 Championship Semi-Finals (accessed December 30, 2008)
11. ↑ UEFA.com: 1990 European Under-21 Championship final (accessed December 30, 2008)