U-21 European Football Championship 1992

The U-21 European Football Championship in 1992 , including qualification, was held from May 29, 1990 to June 3, 1992. Defending champions Soviet Union, Austria and Switzerland failed in the qualification. Germany qualified as group winners for the quarter-finals, where they were eliminated by Scotland.

The tournament was won by Italy, which for the first time became European champions in the U-21 division.

The tournament also served as European qualification for the football tournament of the men at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona . In addition to hosts Spain, Denmark, Italy, Poland and Sweden qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics, while the Netherlands had to contest a qualification against Australia and were eliminated.

mode

The 32 national teams were drawn in eight groups - six groups of four teams, one group of three teams and one group of five 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 they played in a knockout system with a return leg up to the final.

Attendees

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
Albania	Bulgaria	Italy	Denmark
France	Romania	Norway	Austria
Iceland	Scotland	Soviet Union	San Marino
Spain	Switzerland	Hungary	Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia

Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8
Belgium	Finland	England	Greece
Germany	Malta	Ireland	Israel
Luxembourg	Netherlands	Poland	Sweden
	Portugal	Turkey	Cyprus

Performance of the German-speaking teams

Germany

Germany showed no nakedness in qualification group 5, which consisted of only three teams. Germany not only won both games against Luxembourg, but also prevailed against Belgium with two clear victories, which meant they were first in the group and qualified for the quarter-finals.

In the quarter-finals, the German selection Scotland was drawn. In their first game in Bochum, Germany couldn't get past a 1-1 draw after a 0-1 deficit. In the second leg in Aberdeen, the signs were pointing to victory for a long time. Germany were first 2-0 and after an hour 3-1 lead, but not only had to accept the equalization to 3: 3 in the finish, which would still have been enough for promotion. The 4: 3 winning goal three minutes before the end, however, destroyed Germany's hopes for promotion.

Austria

With Denmark and Yugoslavia Austria had to fight two overwhelming opponents in group 4. While the red-white-red selection lost both games against Yugoslavia, they were able to draw in both games against eventual group winners Denmark. In the end, this should only be enough for third place in front of the goalless and pointless bottom light San Marino.

Switzerland

The qualification for Switzerland in Group 2 was disappointing. Right at the beginning there was a 0-2 home defeat against Bulgaria. The series of defeats would continue in the following four games. Only in the last game was Switzerland able to celebrate a respectable success with a 3-1 win in Romania. Nevertheless, this single victory was only enough for the last place in the group.

qualification

Group 1

date	Home team	Result	Away team
May 29, 1990	Iceland	0-0	Albania
4th September 1990	Iceland	0: 1	France
September 25, 1990	Czechoslovakia	7-0	Iceland
October 9, 1990	Spain	2-0	Iceland
October 12, 1990	France	1: 2	Czechoslovakia
November 13, 1990	Czechoslovakia	3: 1	Spain
November 16, 1990	Albania	0-0	France
18th December 1990	Spain	1-0	Albania
19th February 1991	France	0: 1	Spain
March 29, 1991	France	3-0	Albania
April 30, 1991	Albania	1: 5	Czechoslovakia
May 25, 1991	Albania	2: 1	Iceland
4th June 1991	Iceland	0: 1	Czechoslovakia
3rd September 1991	Czechoslovakia	1-0	France
September 24, 1991	Iceland	1-0	Spain
October 11, 1991	Spain	0-0	France
October 15, 1991	Czechoslovakia	3-0	Albania
November 12, 1991	Spain	1: 1	Czechoslovakia
November 19, 1991	France	2: 1	Iceland
17th December 1991	Albania	not carried out	Spain

Final result group 1
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Czechoslovakia	8th	7th	1	0	23: 04	+19	15th
2.	France	8th	3	2	3	07: 05	+2	8th
3.	Spain	7th	3	2	2	06: 05	+1	8th
4th	Albania	7th	1	2	4th	03:13	−10	4th
5.	Iceland	8th	1	1	6th	03:15	−12	3

Group 2

date	Home team	Result	Away team
September 11, 1990	Switzerland	0: 2	Bulgaria
Yverdon	Goals: 0-1 (51st) Donkov, 0-2 (87th) Jotov
September 11, 1990	Scotland	2-0	Romania
October 16, 1990	Romania	0: 1	Bulgaria
October 16, 1990	Scotland	4: 2	Switzerland
Dunfermline	Goals: 1: 0 (4th) Creaney, 1: 1 (21st) Walker, 2: 1 (31st) Findlay, 2: 2 (49th) Fink, 3: 2 (55th) Connolly, 4: 2 (70.) Findlay
November 13, 1990	Bulgaria	2-0	Scotland
March 26, 1991	Scotland	1-0	Bulgaria
April 2, 1991	Switzerland	0: 2	Romania
Freiburg	Goals: 0: 1 (27.) Basarab, 0: 2 (89.) Basarab
April 30, 1991	Bulgaria	1-0	Switzerland
Sofia	Goals: 1-0 (7th) Kirov
September 10, 1991	Switzerland	0: 3	Scotland
Cop	Goals: 0: 1 (58th) Spencer, 0: 2 (78th) Creaney, 0: 3 (89th) Booth
October 15, 1991	Romania	1: 3	Scotland
November 12, 1991	Romania	1: 3	Switzerland
Cimpina	Goals: 0: 1 (2nd) Walker, 1: 1 (24th) Hanganu, 1: 2 (35th) Walker, 1: 3 (86th) Nemtsoudis
November 19, 1991	Bulgaria	0: 1	Romania

Final result group 2
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Scotland	6th	5	0	1	13: 05	+8	10
2.	Bulgaria	6th	4th	0	2	06: 02	+4	8th
3.	Romania	6th	2	0	4th	05: 09	−4	4th
4th	Switzerland	6th	1	0	5	05:13	−8	2

Group 3

date	Home team	Result	Away team
September 11, 1990	Soviet Union	2: 2	Norway
October 9, 1990	Norway	3: 1	Hungary
October 18, 1990	Italy	1-0	Hungary
April 18, 1991	Hungary	0-0	Soviet Union
May 2, 1991	Hungary	0: 1	Italy
June 5, 1991	Norway	6-0	Italy
June 12, 1991	Italy	1-0	Soviet Union
August 27, 1991	Norway	0: 1	Soviet Union
September 24, 1991	Soviet Union	2-0	Hungary
October 16, 1991	Soviet Union	1: 1	Italy
October 29, 1991	Hungary	0: 1	Norway
November 13, 1991	Italy	2: 1	Norway

Final result group 3
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Italy	6th	4th	1	1	06: 08	−2	9
2.	Norway	6th	3	1	2	13: 06	+7	7th
3.	Soviet Union	6th	2	3	1	06: 04	+2	7th
4th	Hungary	6th	0	1	5	01: 08	−7	1

Group 4

date	Home team	Result	Away team
17th October 1990	San Marino	0: 3	Denmark
October 30, 1990	Yugoslavia	1-0	Austria
Maribor	Goals: 1-0 (56th) Jugovic
November 13, 1990	Denmark	3-0	Yugoslavia
November 21, 1990	San Marino	0: 2	Austria
Serravalle	Goals: 0: 1 (18th) Wetl, 0: 2 (44th) Gschnaidtner
March 13, 1991	Yugoslavia	5-0	San Marino
April 3, 1991	Austria	3-0	San Marino
Schwechat	Goals: 1: 0 (68th) Bleyer, 2: 0 (75th) match, 3: 0 (87th) match
April 17, 1991	Denmark	7-0	San Marino
April 30, 1991	Yugoslavia	2: 6	Denmark
4th June 1991	Denmark	1: 1	Austria
Aarhus	Goals: 0: 1 (16.) Flögel, 1: 1 (77.) Frandsen
October 2, 1991	San Marino	0: 1	Yugoslavia
October 8, 1991	Austria	1: 1	Denmark
Wiener Neustadt	Goals: 1-0 (6th) Barisic, 1: 1 (20th) Molnar
November 12, 1991	Austria	1: 2	Yugoslavia
Stockerau	Goals: 1: 0 (56th) Flögel, 1: 1 (85th) Schnellrieder (own goal), 1: 2 (89th) Ivic

Final result group 4
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Denmark	6th	4th	2	0	21: 04	+17	10
2.	Yugoslavia	6th	4th	0	2	11:10	+1	8th
3.	Austria	6th	2	2	2	08: 05	+3	6th
4th	San Marino	6th	0	0	6th	00:21	−21	0

Group 5

date	Home team	Result	Away team
October 30, 1990	Luxembourg	0: 3	Germany
Luxembourg	Goals: 0: 1 (48th) Klaus, 0: 2 (77th) Klaus, 0: 3 (88th) Hübner
February 26, 1991	Belgium	2-0	Luxembourg
April 30, 1991	Germany	3: 1	Belgium
Osnabrück	Goals: 1: 0 (12th) wonderful, 1: 1 (27th) Cooreman, 2: 1 (56th) wonderful, 3: 1 (60th) goat
September 10, 1991	Luxembourg	0: 2	Belgium
November 19, 1991	Belgium	0: 3	Germany
Genk	Goals: 0: 1 (75th) Scholl, 0: 2 (79th) Scholl, 0: 3 (86th) Franck
17th December 1991	Germany	3-0	Luxembourg
Aachen	Goals: 1: 0 (29th) Poschner, 2: 0 (64th) Fuchs, 3: 0 (84th) wonderful

Final result group 5
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Germany	4th	4th	0	0	12: 01	+11	8th
2.	Belgium	4th	2	0	2	05: 06	−1	4th
3.	Luxembourg	4th	0	0	4th	00:10	−10	0

Group 6

date	Home team	Result	Away team
September 11, 1990	Finland	0: 1	Portugal
October 16, 1990	Portugal	0-0	Netherlands
18th December 1990	Malta	1: 4	Netherlands
February 8, 1991	Malta	1: 3	Portugal
19th February 1991	Portugal	2-0	Malta
March 12, 1991	Netherlands	7: 1	Malta
April 16, 1991	Netherlands	1-0	Finland
4th June 1991	Finland	1: 7	Netherlands
June 26, 1991	Finland	3: 1	Malta
September 10, 1991	Portugal	2-0	Finland
October 15, 1991	Netherlands	1: 1	Portugal
October 16, 1991	Malta	1: 3	Finland

Final result group 6
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Netherlands	6th	4th	2	0	20: 04	+16	10
2.	Portugal	6th	4th	2	0	09: 02	+7	10
3.	Finland	6th	2	0	4th	07:13	−6	4th
4th	Malta	6th	0	0	6th	05:22	−17	0

Group 7

date	Home team	Result	Away team
October 16, 1990	Ireland	3: 2	Turkey
October 16, 1990	England	0: 1	Poland
November 13, 1990	Turkey	0: 1	Poland
November 13, 1990	Ireland	0: 3	England
March 26, 1991	England	3-0	Ireland
April 16, 1991	Poland	2-0	Turkey
April 30, 1991	Turkey	2: 2	England
April 30, 1991	Ireland	1: 2	Poland
October 15, 1991	Poland	2-0	Ireland
October 15, 1991	England	2-0	Turkey
November 12, 1991	Turkey	2: 1	Ireland
November 12, 1991	Poland	2: 1	England

Final result group 7
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Poland	6th	6th	0	0	10: 02	+8	12
2.	England	6th	3	1	2	11: 05	+6	7th
3.	Turkey	6th	1	1	4th	06:11	−5	3
4th	Ireland	6th	1	0	5	05:14	−9	2

Group 8

date	Home team	Result	Away team
October 31, 1990	Sweden	5-0	Greece
November 21, 1990	Cyprus	1: 1	Sweden
November 21, 1990	Greece	2: 2	Israel
March 20, 1991	Israel	4-0	Cyprus
April 17, 1991	Cyprus	1-0	Greece
May 1, 1991	Sweden	6-0	Cyprus
October 16, 1991	Sweden	2: 1	Israel
October 30, 1991	Israel	2: 1	Greece
November 14, 1991	Israel	0-0	Sweden
November 20, 1991	Greece	1: 3	Sweden
4th December 1991	Cyprus	1: 2	Israel
December 18, 1991	Greece	2-0	Cyprus

Final result group 8
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Sweden	6th	4th	2	0	17: 03	+14	10
2.	Israel	6th	3	2	1	11: 06	+5	8th
3.	Greece	6th	1	1	4th	06:13	−7	3
4th	Cyprus	6th	1	1	4th	03:15	−12	3

Final round

Quarter finals

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

Fixtures
date	Home team	Result	Away team
March 10, 1992	Germany	1: 1	Scotland
Bochum	Goals: 0: 1 (31st) O'Neill, 1: 1 (38th) narrower
March 23, 1992	Scotland	4: 3	Germany
Aberdeen	Goals: 0: 1 (9th) Kranz, 0: 2 (40th) Scholl, 1: 2 (42nd) McKinnon, 1: 3 (59th) Glorious, 2: 3 (69th) Creaney, 3: 3 (78.) Lambert, 4: 3 (87.) Rae
Winner: Scotland with an aggregate result of 5-4
March 11, 1992	Czechoslovakia	1: 2	Italy
Trnava	Goals: 0-1 (10th) Melli, 0-2 (53rd) Melli, 1: 2 (85th) Nečas
March 25, 1992	Italy	2-0	Czechoslovakia
Perugia	Goals: 1-0 (39th) Luzardi, 2-0 (43rd) Bertarelli
Winner: Italy with an aggregate result of 4-1
March 11, 1992	Denmark	5-0	Poland
Aalborg	Goals: 1-0 (11th) Frandsen, 2-0 (22nd) Molnar, 3-0 (24th) Møller, 4-0 (28th) Møller, 5-0 (40th) Møller
March 25, 1992	Poland	1: 1	Denmark
Zabrze	Goals: 0: 1 (29th) Andersen, 1: 1 (76th) Juskowiak
Winner: Denmark with an aggregate result of 6-1
March 11, 1992	Netherlands	2: 1	Sweden
Utrecht	Goals: 1: 0 (23rd) Roest, 1: 1 (25th) Fursth, 2: 1 (45th) Taument
March 25, 1992	Sweden	1-0	Netherlands
Vaxjo	Goals: 1-0 (56th) Simpson
Winner: Sweden with an aggregate result of 2-2 due to the away goals rule

Semifinals

Fixtures
date	Home team	Result	Away team
April 9, 1992	Denmark	0: 1	Italy
Aalborg	Goals: 0-1 (20th) Buso
April 22, 1992	Italy	2-0	Denmark
Perugia	Goals: 1-0 (54th) Buso, 2-0 (79th) Muzzi
Winner: Italy with an aggregate result of 3-0
April 22, 1992	Scotland	0-0	Sweden
Aberdeen	Goals: none
April 29, 1992	Sweden	1-0	Scotland
Örebro	Goals: 1-0 (81st) Rödlund
Winner: Sweden with an aggregate result of 1-0

final

Match pairing
date	Home team	Result	Away team
May 28, 1992	Italy	2-0	Sweden
Ferrara , 18,000	Goals: 1-0 Buso (71st), 2-0 Sordo (80th)
Italy:	Antonioli - Bonomi , Favalli (46th, Rossini ), D. Baggio , Matrecano , Verga , Marcolin , Corini , Buso , Sordo , Melli (71st, Muzzi ).
Sweden:	H. Svensson - M. Johansson , Lilius , Apelstav , Alexandersson , Mild , Landberg , Moberg , Paldan (76th, Simpson ), Rödlund , Gudmundsson (76th, Jansson ).
3rd June 1992	Sweden	1-0	Italy
Växjö , 6.172	Goals: 1-0 Simpson (56th)
Sweden:	Ekholm - Nilsson , Apelstav, Alexandersson, Lilius, Mild, Landberg (77th, Axeldal ), Moberg, Gudmundsson (53rd, Paldan), Rödlund, Simpson.
Italy:	Antonioli - Bonomi, Matrecano, Favalli, Rossini, Taccola , Albertini , Corini, Marcolin (89th, Sordo), Melli (59th, Muzzi), Buso.
Under-21 European Champion 1992: Italy with an overall result of 2: 1

Best goal scorers

space	player	Gates
1	Renato Buso	3
2	Alessandro Melli	2
	Pascal Simpson	2
	Miklos Molnar	2
	Peter Møller	2

Web links

• 21 Championship 1992 on uefa.com (English)
• Details about the 1992 tournament on rsssf.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UEFA.com: 1992 European Under-21 Championship, Qualifying Group 1 (accessed December 29, 2008)
2. ↑ UEFA.com: 1992 European Under-21 Championship, qualifying group 2 (accessed December 29, 2008)
3. ↑ UEFA.com: 1992 European Under-21 Championship, Qualifying Group 3 (accessed December 29, 2008)
4. ↑ UEFA.com: 1992 European Under-21 Championship, qualifying group 4 (accessed December 29, 2008)
5. ↑ UEFA.com: 1992 European Under-21 Championship, Qualifying Group 5 (accessed December 29, 2008)
6. ↑ UEFA.com: 1992 European Under-21 Championship, Qualifying Group 6 (accessed December 29, 2008)
7. ↑ UEFA.com: 1992 European Under-21 Championship, Qualifying Group 7 (accessed December 29, 2008)
8. ↑ UEFA.com: 1992 European Under-21 Championship, Qualifying Group 8 (accessed December 29, 2008)
9. ↑ UEFA.com: 1992 European Under-21 Championship quarter-finals (accessed December 29, 2008)
10. ↑ UEFA.com: 1992 European Under-21 Championship semi-finals (accessed December 29, 2008)
11. ↑ UEFA.com: 1992 Under-21 Championship Final (accessed December 29, 2008)