UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying

This page describes the qualifying procedure for UEFA Euro 1988.[1]

UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying
Tournament details
Dates10 September 1986 – 20 December 1987
Teams32
Tournament statistics
Matches played117[note 1]
Goals scored287 (2.45 per match)[note 1]
Top scorer(s)Netherlands John Bosman (9 goals)[note 1]
1984
1992

Qualified teams

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  Qualified
  Did not qualify
  Did not enter
  Not a UEFA member
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances
in tournament[A]
  West Germany Host 14 March 1985 4 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984)
  Denmark Group 6 winner 14 October 1987 2 (1964, 1984)
  Soviet Union Group 3 winner 28 October 1987 4 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972)
  England Group 4 winner 11 November 1987 2 (1968, 1980)
  Republic of Ireland Group 7 winner 11 November 1987 0 (debut)
  Italy Group 2 winner 14 November 1987 2 (1968, 1980)
  Spain Group 1 winner 18 November 1987 3 (1964, 1980, 1984)
  Netherlands Group 5 winner 9 December 1987 2 (1976, 1980)
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Seedings

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Pool 1 Pool 2 Pool 3 Pool 4 Pool 5
  France (title holders)
  England
  Denmark
  Spain
  Netherlands
  Portugal
  Belgium
  Soviet Union
  Romania
  Northern Ireland
  Sweden
  Hungary
  Wales
  Bulgaria
  Austria
  Yugoslavia
  Czechoslovakia
  East Germany
  Poland
   Switzerland
  Republic of Ireland
  Scotland
  Greece
  Norway
  Finland
  Italy
  Turkey
  Albania
  Iceland
  Malta
  Cyprus
  Luxembourg

Summary

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  Group winners qualified directly for UEFA Euro 1988
  Other teams were eliminated
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7
 
Spain
 
Italy
 
Soviet Union
 
England
 
Netherlands
 
Denmark
 
Republic of Ireland
 
Romania
 
Austria
 
Albania
 
Sweden
 
Portugal
 
Switzerland
 
Malta
 
East Germany
 
France
 
Iceland
 
Norway
 
Yugoslavia
 
Northern Ireland
 
Turkey
 
Greece
 
Hungary
 
Poland
 
Cyprus
 
Czechoslovakia
 
Wales
 
Finland
 
Bulgaria
 
Belgium
 
Scotland
 
Luxembourg

Tiebreakers

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If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

  1. Greater number of points in all group matches
  2. Goal difference in all group matches
  3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  4. Drawing of lots

Groups

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The qualifying draw took place on 14 February 1986, in Frankfurt. West Germany qualified automatically as hosts of the competition. 32 teams entered the draw.

The qualifiers, consisting of 32 teams divided into seven groups; three of four teams and four of five teams, were played in 1986 and 1987. Each group winner progressed to the finals.

Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Spain 6 5 0 1 14 6 +8 10 Qualify for final tournament 1–0 2–0 5–0
2   Romania 6 4 1 1 13 3 +10 9 3–1 4–0 5–1
3   Austria 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 5 2–3 0–0 3–0
4   Albania 6 0 0 6 2 17 −15 0 1–2 0–1 0–1
Source: UEFA

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   Italy 8 6 1 1 16 4 +12 13 Qualify for final tournament 2–1 3–0 3–2 5–0
2   Sweden 8 4 2 2 12 5 +7 10 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0
3   Portugal 8 2 4 2 6 8 −2 8 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–2
4    Switzerland 8 1 5 2 9 9 0 7 0–0 1–1 1–1 4–1
5   Malta 8 0 2 6 4 21 −17 2 0–2 0–5 0–1 1–1
Source: UEFA

Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   Soviet Union 8 5 3 0 14 3 +11 13 Qualify for final tournament 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–0
2   East Germany 8 4 3 1 13 4 +9 11 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–1
3   France 8 1 4 3 4 7 −3 6 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–1
4   Iceland 8 2 2 4 4 14 −10 6 1–1 0–6 0–0 2–1
5   Norway 8 1 2 5 5 12 −7 4 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–1
Source: UEFA

Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   England 6 5 1 0 19 1 +18 11 Qualify for final tournament 2–0 3–0 8–0
2   Yugoslavia 6 4 0 2 13 9 +4 8 1–4 3–0 4–0
3   Northern Ireland 6 1 1 4 2 10 −8 3 0–2 1–2 1–0
4   Turkey 6 0 2 4 2 16 −14 2 0–0 2–3 0–0
Source: UEFA

Group 5

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   Netherlands 8 6 2 0 15 1 +14 14 Qualify for final tournament 1–1 2–0 0–0 4–0[a]
2   Greece 8 4 1 3 12 13 −1 9 0–3 2–1 1–0 3–1
3   Hungary 8 4 0 4 13 11 +2 8 0–1 3–0 5–3 1–0
4   Poland 8 3 2 3 9 11 −2 8 0–2 2–1 3–2 0–0
5   Cyprus 8 0 1 7 3 16 −13 1 0–2 2–4 0–1 0–1
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ The Netherlands v Cyprus match originally finished as an 8–0 win for the Netherlands, but the match was marred by crowd violence. The Cypriot goalkeeper Andreas Charitou was injured by a homemade bomb which exploded close to him. Therefore the result was annulled and the match was ordered to be replayed behind closed doors.

Group 6

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Denmark 6 3 2 1 4 2 +2 8 Qualify for final tournament 1–1 1–0 1–0
2   Czechoslovakia 6 2 3 1 7 5 +2 7 0–0 2–0 3–0
3   Wales 6 2 2 2 7 5 +2 6 1–0 1–1 4–0
4   Finland 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 3 0–1 3–0 1–1
Source: UEFA

Group 7

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   Republic of Ireland 8 4 3 1 10 5 +5 11 Qualify for final tournament 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1
2   Bulgaria 8 4 2 2 12 6 +6 10 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–0
3   Belgium 8 3 3 2 16 8 +8 9 2–2 1–1 4–1 3–0
4   Scotland 8 3 3 2 7 5 +2 9 0–1 0–0 2–0 3–0
5   Luxembourg 8 0 1 7 2 23 −21 1 0–2 1–4 0–6 0–0
Source: UEFA

Goalscorers

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There were 287 goals scored in 117 matches, for an average of 2.45 goals per match.[note 1]

9 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h The matches/goals tally takes into account fixtures that were subsequently annulled.

References

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  1. ^ Stokkermans, Karel (22 June 2004). "European Championship 1988". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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