UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying

This page describes the qualifying procedure for UEFA Euro 1988.

Seedings

Pool One	Pool Two	Pool Three	Pool Four	Pool Five
France  Spain  Denmark  Portugal  Netherlands  Belgium  England	Romania  Sweden  Northern Ireland  Soviet Union  Wales  Hungary  Bulgaria	Czechoslovakia  Yugoslavia  Republic of Ireland  Austria   Switzerland  East Germany  Poland	Greece  Turkey  Scotland  Norway  Italy  Albania  Finland	Iceland  Cyprus  Malta  Luxembourg

Groups

  Qualified

  Did not qualify

  Did not enter

  Not a UEFA member

The draw for the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 1988 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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Spain 6 5 0 1 14 6 +8 10  Romania 6 4 1 1 13 3 +10 9  Austria 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 5  Albania 6 0 0 6 2 17 −15 0

Albania  – 0–1 0–1 1–2 Austria  3–0 – 0–0 2–3 Romania  5–1 4–0 – 3–1 Spain  5–0 2–0 1–0 –

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Italy 8 6 1 1 16 4 +12 13  Sweden 8 4 2 2 12 5 +7 10  Portugal 8 2 4 2 6 8 −2 8   Switzerland 8 1 5 2 9 9 0 7  Malta 8 0 2 6 4 21 −17 2

Italy  – 5–0 3–0 2–1 3–2 Malta  0–2 – 0–1 0–5 1–1 Portugal  0–1 2–2 – 1–1 0–0 Sweden  1–0 1–0 0–1 – 2–0 Switzerland   0–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 –

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Soviet Union 8 5 3 0 14 3 +11 13  East Germany 8 4 3 1 13 4 +9 11  France 8 1 4 3 4 7 −3 6  Iceland 8 2 2 4 4 14 −10 6  Norway 8 1 2 5 5 12 −7 4

East Germany  – 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 France  0–1 – 2–0 1–1 0–2 Iceland  0–6 0–0 – 2–1 1–1 Norway  0–0 2–0 0–1 – 0–1 Soviet Union  2–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 –

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  England 6 5 1 0 19 1 +18 11  Yugoslavia 6 4 0 2 13 9 +4 8  Northern Ireland 6 1 1 4 2 10 −8 3  Turkey 6 0 2 4 2 16 −14 2

England  – 3–0 8–0 2–0 Northern Ireland  0–2 – 1–0 1–2 Turkey  0–0 0–0 – 2–3 Yugoslavia  1–4 3–0 4–0 –

Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Netherlands 8 6 2 0 15 1 +14 14  Greece 8 4 1 3 12 13 −1 9  Hungary 8 4 0 4 13 11 +2 8  Poland 8 3 2 3 9 11 −2 8  Cyprus 8 0 1 7 3 16 −13 1

Cyprus  – 2–4 0–1 0–2 0–1 Greece  3–1 – 2–1 0–3 1–0 Hungary  1–0 3–0 – 0–1 5–3 Netherlands  4–0 1–1 2–0 – 0–0 Poland  0–0 2–1 3–2 0–2 –

Group 6

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Denmark 6 3 2 1 4 2 +2 8  Czechoslovakia 6 2 3 1 7 5 +2 7  Wales 6 2 2 2 7 5 +2 6  Finland 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 3

Czechoslovakia  – 0–0 3–0 2–0 Denmark  1–1 – 1–0 1–0 Finland  3–0 0–1 – 1–1 Wales  1–1 1–0 4–0 –

Group 7

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Republic of Ireland 8 4 3 1 10 5 +5 11  Bulgaria 8 4 2 2 12 6 +6 10  Belgium 8 3 3 2 16 8 +8 9  Scotland 8 3 3 2 7 5 +2 9  Luxembourg 8 0 1 7 2 23 −21 1

Belgium  – 1–1 3–0 2–2 4–1 Bulgaria  2–0 – 3–0 2–1 0–1 Luxembourg  0–6 1–4 – 0–2 0–0 Republic of Ireland  0–0 2–0 2–1 – 0–0 Scotland  2–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 –

Qualified nations

•  West Germany
•  Spain
•  Italy
•  Soviet Union
•  England
•  Netherlands
•  Denmark
•  Republic of Ireland

External links

• Euro 88 Qualifying matches at thefa.com
• Tables and results at RSSSF.com
• UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying at UEFA.com