- Source: 1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
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The 1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1986–88), had 30 entrants. The Republic of Ireland competed for the first time. France U-21s won the competition.
The 30 national teams were divided into eight groups (six groups of 4 + two groups of 3). The group winners played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis until the winner was decided. There was no finals tournament or third-place playoff.
Qualifying stage
Draw
The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying tournament with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:
Group 1 featured the same teams
Group 2 did not include Malta
Group 3 did not include Iceland (moved to Group 6)
Group 4 did not include Northern Ireland
Group 5 did not include Netherlands (moved to Group 8)
Group 6 did not include Wales, but included Iceland (moved from Group 3)
Group 7 did not include Bulgaria and Luxembourg (both moved to Group 8)
Group 8 composed of Bulgaria and Luxembourg (both moved from Group 7), Netherlands (moved from Group 5) and West Germany (who did not participate in senior Euro qualification)
= Qualifying Round 1
=Matches
All times are local (UTC+1)
= Romania vs Austria
== Austria vs Albania
=Spain 1-0 Romania
Albania 0-0 Spain
Romania 3-2 Albania
Austria 1-1 Spain
Albania 1-1 Austria
Romania 0-1 Spain
Spain 3-0 Austria
Albania 1-2 Romania
Austria 2-1 Romania
Spain 3-0 Albania
= Qualified teams
=Squads
See 1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads
Knockout stage
= Quarter-finals
=First leg
Second leg
= Semi-finals
=First leg
Second leg
= Final
=First leg
Second leg
Goalscorers
5 goals
Aris Karasavvidis
4 goals
Stéphane Paille
3 goals
Eric Cantona
Franck Sauzée
1 goal
Own goal
Pagonis Vakalopoulos (playing against Czechoslovakia)
Franck Silvestre (playing against England)
References
External links
Results Archive at uefa.com
RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com