1988 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying

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The qualifying round for the 1988 European Football Championship consisted of 32 teams divided into seven groups; three of four teams and four of five teams. West Germany qualified automatically as hosts of the competition. Each group winner progressed to the finals. The qualifying round was played through 1986 and 1987.

1 Group 1
2 Group 2
3 Group 3
4 Group 4
5 Group 5
6 Group 6
7 Group 7
8 External links

[edit] Group 1

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

Group matches

September 10, 1986, Romania 4 - 0 Austria

October 15, 1986, Austria 3 - 0 Albania

November 12, 1986, Spain 1 - 0 Romania

December 3, 1986, Albania 1 - 2 Spain

March 25, 1987, Romania 5 - 1 Albania

April 1, 1987, Austria 2 - 3 Spain

April 29, 1987, Albania 0 - 1 Austria

April 29, 1987, Romania 3 - 1 Spain

October 14, 1987, Spain 2 - 0 Austria

October 28, 1987, Albania 0 - 1 Romania

November 18, 1987, Spain 5 - 0 Albania

November 18, 1987, Austria 0 - 0 Romania

[edit] Group 2

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

Group matches

September 24, 1986, Sweden 2 - 0 Switzerland

October 12, 1986, Portugal 1 - 1 Sweden

October 29, 1986, Switzerland 1 - 1 Portugal

November 15, 1986, Italy 3 - 2 Switzerland

November 16, 1986, Malta 0 - 5 Sweden

December 6, 1986, Malta 0 - 2 Italy

January 24, 1987, Italy 5 - 0 Malta

February 14, 1987, Portugal 0 - 1 Italy

March 29, 1987, Portugal 2 - 2 Malta

April 15, 1987, Switzerland 4 - 1 Malta

May 23, 1987, Sweden 1 - 0 Malta

June 3, 1987, Sweden 1 - 0 Italy

June 17, 1987, Switzerland 1 - 1 Sweden

September 23, 1987, Sweden 0 - 1 Portugal

October 17, 1987, Switzerland 0 - 0 Italy

November 11, 1987, Portugal 0 - 0 Switzerland

November 14, 1987, Italy 2 - 1 Sweden

November 15, 1987, Malta 1 - 1 Switzerland

December 5, 1987, Italy 3 - 0 Portugal

December 20, 1987, Malta 0 - 1 Portugal

[edit] Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
USSR	13	8	5	3	0	14	3
East Germany	11	8	4	3	1	13	4
France	6	8	1	4	3	4	7
Iceland	6	8	2	2	4	4	14
Norway	4	8	1	2	5	5	12

Group matches

September 10, 1986, Iceland 0 - 0 France

September 24, 1986, Iceland 1 - 1 USSR

September 24, 1986, Norway 0 - 0 East Germany

October 11, 1986, France 0 - 2 USSR

October 29, 1986, USSR 4 - 0 Norway

October 29, 1986, East Germany 2 - 0 Iceland

November 19, 1986, East Germany 0 - 0 France

April 29, 1987, France 2 - 0 Iceland

April 29, 1987, USSR 2 - 0 East Germany

June 3, 1987, Norway 0 - 1 USSR

June 3, 1987, Iceland 0 - 6 East Germany

June 16, 1987, Norway 2 - 0 France

September 9, 1987, USSR 1 - 1 France

September 9, 1987, Iceland 2 - 1 Norway

September 23, 1987, Norway 0 - 1 Iceland

October 10, 1987, East Germany 1 - 1 USSR

October 14, 1987, France 1 - 1 Norway

October 28, 1987, USSR 2 - 0 Iceland

October 28, 1987, East Germany 3 - 1 Norway

November 18, 1987, France 0 - 1 East Germany

[edit] Group 4

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

Group matches

October 15, 1986, England 3 - 0 Northern Ireland

October 29, 1986, Yugoslavia 4 - 0 Turkey

November 12, 1986, England 2 - 0 Yugoslavia

November 12, 1986, Turkey 0 - 0 Northern Ireland

April 1, 1987, Northern Ireland 0 - 2 England

April 29, 1987, Northern Ireland 1 - 2 Yugoslavia

April 29, 1987, Turkey 0 - 0 England

October 14, 1987, Yugoslavia 3 - 0 Northern Ireland

October 14, 1987, England 8 - 0 Turkey

November 11, 1987, Yugoslavia 1 - 4 England

November 11, 1987, Northern Ireland 1 - 0 Turkey

December 16, 1987, Turkey 2 - 3 Yugoslavia

[edit] Group 5

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

Group matches

October 15, 1986, Hungary 0 - 1 Netherlands

October 15, 1986, Poland 2 - 1 Greece

November 12, 1986, Greece 2 - 1 Hungary

November 19, 1986, Netherlands 0 - 0 Poland

December 3, 1986, Cyprus 2 - 4 Greece

December 21, 1986, Cyprus 0 - 2 Netherlands

January 14, 1987, Greece 3 - 1 Cyprus

February 8, 1987, Cyprus 0 - 1 Hungary

March 25, 1987, Netherlands 1 - 1 Greece

April 12, 1987, Poland 0 - 0 Cyprus

April 29, 1987, Greece 1 - 0 Poland

April 29, 1987, Netherlands 2 - 0 Hungary

May 17, 1987, Hungary 5 - 3 Poland

September 23, 1987, Poland 3 - 2 Hungary

October 14, 1987, Hungary 3 - 0 Greece

October 14, 1987, Poland 0 - 2 Netherlands

November 11, 1987, Cyprus 0 - 1 Poland

December 2, 1987, Hungary 1 - 0 Cyprus

December 9, 1987, Netherlands 4 - 0 Cyprus

This match was ordered to be replayed behind closed doors. In the original fixture on October 28, 1987, which the Netherlands won 8-0, the Cyprus goalkeeper was hit by a smoke bomb.

December 16, 1987, Greece 0 - 3 Netherlands

[edit] Group 6

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

Group matches

September 10, 1986, Finland 1 - 1 Wales

October 15, 1986, Czechoslovakia 3 - 0 Finland

October 29, 1986, Denmark 1 - 0 Finland

November 12, 1986, Czechoslovakia 0 - 0 Denmark

April 1, 1987, Wales 4 - 0 Finland

April 29, 1987, Finland 0 - 1 Denmark

April 29, 1987, Wales 1 - 1 Czechoslovakia

June 3, 1987, Denmark 1 - 1 Czechoslovakia

September 9, 1987, Wales 1 - 0 Denmark

September 9, 1987, Finland 3 - 0 Czechoslovakia

October 14, 1987, Denmark 1 - 0 Wales

November 11, 1987, Czechoslovakia 2 - 0 Wales

[edit] Group 7

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

Group matches

September 10, 1986, Scotland 0 - 0 Bulgaria

September 10, 1986
	Belgium	2–2^[1]	Republic of Ireland	Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels, Belgium Attendance: 22,212 Referee: Igna (Romania)
	Claesen 14' Scifo 71'	(Report)	Stapleton 18' Brady 89' (pen)

October 14, 1986, Luxembourg 0 - 6 Belgium

October 15, 1986
	Republic of Ireland	0–0^[2]	Scotland	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Halle (Norway)
		(Report)

November 12, 1986, Scotland 3 - 0 Luxembourg

November 19, 1986, Belgium 1 - 1 Bulgaria

February 18, 1987
	Scotland	0–1^[3]	Republic of Ireland	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland Attendance: 45,081 Referee: van Ettekoven (Netherlands)
		(Report)	Lawrenson 8'

April 1, 1987, Belgium 4 - 1 Scotland

April 1, 1987
	Bulgaria	2–1^[4]	Republic of Ireland	Vasil Levski, Sofia, Bulgaria Attendance: 35,247 Referee: Da Silva Valente (Portugal)
	Sadkov 41' Tanev 81' pen	(Report)	Stapleton 53'

April 29, 1987
	Republic of Ireland	0–0^[5]	Belgium	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Holzmann (Austria)
		(Report)

April 30, 1987, Luxembourg 1 - 4 Bulgaria

May 20, 1987, Bulgaria 3 - 0 Luxembourg

May 28, 1987
	Luxembourg	0–2^[6]	Republic of Ireland	Stade Municipal, Luxembourg, Luxembourg Attendance: 4,965 Referee: Peduzzi (Switzerland)
		(Report)	Galvin 44' Whelan 64'

September 9, 1987
	Republic of Ireland	0–0^[7]	Luxembourg	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Cooper (Wales)
	Stapleton 31' McGrath 74'	(Report)	Krings 29'

September 23, 1987, Bulgaria 2 - 0 Belgium

October 14, 1987, Scotland 2 - 0 Belgium

October 14, 1987
	Republic of Ireland	2–0^[8]	Bulgaria	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Keizer (Netherlands)
	McGrath 52' Moran 83'	(Report)