1988 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualifying

This article features the 1988 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualifying stage. Matches were played 1986 through 1988. Eight group winners qualified for the main tournament in Czechoslovakia.

Group 1

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	6	3	3	0	8	3	+5	9
West Germany	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5	8
France	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	6
Switzerland	6	0	1	5	2	13	-11	1

26 November 1986 (1986-11-26)

France	0 – 0	Portugal

Stade Moulonguet, Amiens

Attendance: 887

Referee: Aidan Gallagher (Ireland)

22 April 1987 (1987-04-22)

France	3 – 0	Switzerland
Gava 60' Albert Lobé 75' Pérès 84'

Stade Léo Lagrange, Besançon

Attendance: 10,899

Referee: René Bindels (Luxembourg)

	Portugal	1–0	Switzerland
	Switzerland	0–3	West Germany
	Switzerland	1–1	France
	West Germany	3–3	Portugal
	Portugal	2–0	France
	West Germany	1–0	France
	Portugal	0–0	West Germany
	France	2–1	West Germany
	Switzerland	0–2	Portugal
	West Germany	3–1	Switzerland

Group 2

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	6	6	0	0	21	0	+21	12
Italy	6	3	1	2	15	3	+12	7
Luxembourg	6	1	2	3	5	21	–16	4
Malta	6	0	1	5	3	20	–17	1

22 March 1987 (1987-03-22)

Malta	2 – 2	Luxembourg
Magri Overend Zammit

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

6 April 1988 (1988-04-06)

Luxembourg	2 – 1	Malta
		Mark Psaila

Stade Achille Hammerel, Verlorenkost

	Luxembourg	0–4	Spain
	Malta	0–4	Italy
	Italy	0–1	Spain
	Italy	6–0	Luxembourg
	Spain	6–0	Malta
	Spain	7–0	Luxembourg
	Italy	4–0	Malta
	Spain	1–0	Italy
	Malta	0–2	Spain
	Luxembourg	1–1	Italy

Group 3

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	6	4	2	0	14	4	+10	10
Scotland	6	2	3	1	9	8	+1	7
Wales	6	1	2	3	8	13	–5	4
Northern Ireland	6	1	1	4	8	14	–6	3

23 February 1988 (1988-02-23)

Wales	1 – 4	Northern Ireland
		Murray Glendinning Johnston Gray

Latham Park, Newtown

	Norway	0–0	Scotland
	Scotland	1–1	Wales
	Scotland	2–2	Northern Ireland
	Northern Ireland	1–2	Wales
	Wales	0–2	Norway
	Northern Ireland	0–2	Norway
	Norway	5–1	Northern Ireland
	Scotland	1–3	Norway
	Norway	2–2	Wales
	Wales	2–3	Scotland
	Northern Ireland	0–2	Scotland

Group 4

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	8
Poland	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	7
Belgium	6	2	1	3	6	10	–4	5
Iceland	6	1	2	3	7	9	–2	4

6 May 1987 (1987-05-06)

Belgium	0 – 1	Poland

Freethiel Stadion, Beveren

8 September 1987 (1987-09-08)

Iceland	2 – 3	Poland

Reykjavík

	Belgium	1–1	Denmark
	Denmark	1–1	Iceland
	Iceland	2–3	Belgium
	Iceland	0–2	Denmark
	Poland	0–0	Iceland
	Belgium	0–2	Iceland
	Denmark	2–0	Poland
	Denmark	3–0	Belgium
	Poland	2–0	Denmark
	Poland	1–2	Belgium

Group 5

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Germany	6	3	3	0	13	3	+10	9
Sweden	6	2	3	1	10	10	0	7
Republic of Ireland	6	1	3	2	4	8	–4	5
Finland	6	0	3	3	3	9	–6	3

9 June 1987 (1987-06-09)

Finland	0 – 1	Republic of Ireland

Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski

30 September 1987 (1987-09-30)

Finland	0 – 3	East Germany

Hyvinkää

10 May 1988 (1988-05-10)

Republic of Ireland	1 – 1	Finland

Dublin

	Sweden	1–4	East Germany
	East Germany	0–0	Finland
	East Germany	4–0	Republic of Ireland
	Finland	1–3	Sweden
	Sweden	1–0	Republic of Ireland
	Sweden	1–1	Finland
	Republic of Ireland	2–2	Sweden
	Republic of Ireland	0–0	East Germany
	East Germany	2–2	Sweden

Group 6

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	6	4	1	1	15	6	+9	9
Romania	6	3	1	2	12	9	+3	7
Turkey	6	2	1	3	9	16	–7	5
Austria	6	0	3	3	6	11	–5	3

13 May 1987 (1987-05-13)

Romania	3 – 1	Turkey

Gheorghe Șilaev Stadium, Plopeni

28 October 1987 (1987-10-28)

Austria	2 – 3	Turkey
		Durmuş Devrim

Alpenstadion, Kapfenberg

11 November 1987 (1987-11-11)

Romania	2 – 1	Austria
Răducioiu 25' Stănici 74' (pen.)		57' (o.g.) Vali Cristinel Stefanica

Brașov

11 May 1988 (1988-05-11)

Austria	1 – 1	Soviet Union
Günter Quantschnigg 77'		24' Timoshenko

Kuchl

	Romania	4–1	Soviet Union
	Turkey	0–1	Soviet Union
	Soviet Union	3–0	Austria
	Soviet Union	2–0	Romania
	Turkey	1–1	Austria
	Soviet Union	7–1	Turkey
	Austria	1–1	Romania
	Turkey	3–2	Romania

Group 7

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	6	2	3	1	5	3	+2	7
Bulgaria	6	3	1	2	11	10	+1	7
Hungary	6	2	1	3	11	7	+4	5
Albania	6	2	1	3	3	10	–7	5

23 March 1988 (1988-03-23)

Albania	1 – 0	Bulgaria

Vojo Kushi Stadium, Shkodër

	Albania	1–1	Netherlands
	Netherlands	1–1	Bulgaria
	Albania	1–0	Hungary
	Bulgaria	4–1	Hungary
	Hungary	7–1	Bulgaria
	Bulgaria	4–0	Albania
	Hungary	0–1	Netherlands
	Bulgaria	1–0	Netherlands
	Netherlands	2–0	Albania
	Netherlands	0–0	Hungary
	Hungary	3–0	Albania

Group 8

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	6	5	1	0	11	2	+9	11
Yugoslavia	6	4	0	2	15	5	+10	8
Cyprus	6	2	1	3	5	14	–9	5
Greece	6	0	0	6	2	12	–10	0

1 April 1987 (1987-04-01)

Yugoslavia	5 – 0	Cyprus
S. Miletić 34', 55' Lalić 36' Lukić 46' Ivica Vukov 51'

Valjevo

29 April 1987 (1987-04-29)

Yugoslavia	4 – 0	Greece

Leskovac

7 October 1987 (1987-10-07)

Greece	1 – 2	Yugoslavia

Alexandroupolis

4 November 1987 (1987-11-04)

Cyprus	1 – 0	Greece

Paralimni

24 February 1988 (1988-02-24)

Greece	1 – 2	Cyprus

Piraeus

23 March 1988 (1988-03-23)

Cyprus	1 – 3	Yugoslavia

Larnaca

	Czechoslovakia	2–0	Greece
	Yugoslavia	1–2	Czechoslovakia
	Czechoslovakia	1–0	Yugoslavia
	Cyprus	0–0	Czechoslovakia
	Czechoslovakia	5–1	Cyprus
	Greece	0–1	Czechoslovakia

See also

• 1988 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

External links

• Results by RSSSF
• European U-18 Championship 1988