UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying

UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying
Tournament details
Dates	10 September 1986 – 20 December 1987
Teams	32
Tournament statistics
Matches played	117
Goals scored	287 (2.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)	John Bosman (9 goals)
	← 1984 1992 →

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

Qualified teams

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)

^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Seedings

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

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

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:

Greater number of points in all group matches
Goal difference in all group matches
Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
Drawing of lots

Groups

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

Pos	Team v t e	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

Pos	Team v t e	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

Pos	Team v t e	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

Pos	Team v t e	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

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ 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

Pos	Team v t e	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

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

9 goals

John Bosman^{[note 1]}

7 goals

Nico Claesen

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

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

References

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

External links

UEFA Euro 1988 at UEFA.com

[3] Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

[table_note_NED_CYP0.82718706355765-4] 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.

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

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

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