UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying

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This page describes the qualifying procedure for UEFA Euro 1988.

Groups 1
Seedings 2
- Group 1 2.1
- Group 2 2.2
- Group 3 2.3
- Group 4 2.4
- Group 5 2.5
- Group 6 2.6
- Group 7 2.7
Qualified nations 3
External links 4

Groups

Qualified

Did not qualify

Did not enter

Not a UEFA member

The draw for the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 1988 took place on February 14, 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.

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

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	10	−6	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

External links

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

UEFA European Championships

Tournaments	France 1960 Spain 1964 Italy 1968 Belgium 1972 Yugoslavia 1976 Italy 1980 France 1984 West Germany 1988 Sweden 1992 England 1996 Belgium/Netherlands 2000 Portugal 2004 Austria/Switzerland 2008 Poland/Ukraine 2012 France 2016 Pan-European 2020 TBA 2024

Qualification	1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Finals	1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Squads	1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Bids	1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Statistics	Team appearances Teams with no appearances Droughts Goalscorers Penalty shoot-outs Records Red cards Teams of the Tournament Mascots Video games

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