International football competition
The 1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship , which spanned two years (1988–90), had 30 entrants. San Marino competed for the first time. USSR U-21s won the competition.
The 30 national teams were divided into eight groups (six groups of 4 + two groups of 3). The group winners played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis until the winner was decided. There was no finals tournament or 3rd-place playoff.
Qualifying stage [ edit ] The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:
Bulgaria 2–1 Romania Greece 2–2 Denmark Romania 2–0 Greece Denmark 1–3 Bulgaria Bulgaria 6–0 Denmark Greece 1–0 Romania Romania 2–1 Bulgaria Denmark 3–0 Greece Bulgaria 2–0 Greece Denmark 1–2 Romania Romania 1–2 Denmark Greece 0–2 Bulgaria
Bulgaria qualify as group winners
Soviet Union 2–2 Austria Austria 3–0 Turkey Turkey 3–2 East Germany East Germany 0–0 Turkey Soviet Union 1–0 East Germany Turkey 0–3 Soviet Union East Germany 2–0 Austria Austria 0–2 Soviet Union East Germany 3–2 Soviet Union Turkey 1–1 Austria Soviet Union 2–0 Turkey Austria 0–1 East Germany
Soviet Union qualify as group winners
Finland 0–3 West Germany Iceland 1–1 Netherlands Finland 2–1 Iceland West Germany 2–0 Netherlands Netherlands 0–1 West Germany Finland 1–1 Netherlands Iceland 1–1 West Germany Iceland 4–0 Finland West Germany 2–0 Finland Netherlands 2–3 Iceland West Germany 1–1 Iceland Netherlands 2–1 Finland
West Germany qualify as group winners
Norway 1–1 Scotland France 2–0 Norway Scotland 0–2 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 2–2 France Scotland 2–3 France France 0–1 Yugoslavia Norway 0–1 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 4–1 Scotland Norway 1–1 France Yugoslavia 0–1 Norway France 3–1 Scotland Scotland 2–0 Norway
Yugoslavia qualify as group winners
Czechoslovakia 0–3 Belgium Portugal 1–1 Belgium Czechoslovakia 4–0 Luxembourg Portugal 1–0 Luxembourg Belgium 1–1 Czechoslovakia Luxembourg 0–0 Belgium Belgium 1–1 Portugal Czechoslovakia 1–0 Portugal Luxembourg 0–3 Portugal Belgium 1–0 Luxembourg Portugal 0–3 Czechoslovakia Luxembourg 1–1 Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia qualify as group winners
Switzerland 0–0 Italy San Marino 0–5 Switzerland San Marino 0–2 Italy Italy 1–0 Switzerland Switzerland 3–0 San Marino Italy 2–0 San Marino
Italy qualify as group winners
Qualified teams [ edit ] Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1 Bulgaria Group 1 winner 1 (1978 ) Sweden Group 2 winner 1 (1986 ) Soviet Union Group 3 winner 2 (1980 , 1982 ) Germany Group 4 winner 1 (1982 ) Yugoslavia Group 5 winner 3 (1978 , 1980 , 1984 ) Spain Group 6 winner 4 (1982 , 1984 , 1986 , 1988 ) Czechoslovakia Group 7 winner 3 (1978 , 1980 , 1988 ) Italy Group 8 winner 6 (1978 , 1980 , 1982 , 1984 , 1986 , 1988 )
1 Bold indicates champion for that year
Knockout stage [ edit ] Quarter-finals [ edit ] First leg [ edit ] Second leg [ edit ] Semi-finals [ edit ] First leg [ edit ] Second leg [ edit ] First leg [ edit ] Second leg [ edit ] Goalscorers [ edit ] 3 goals 2 goals 1 goal Own goal References [ edit ] ^ "1990: Davor Šuker" . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations. 1 June 1990. Retrieved 29 June 2015 . External links [ edit ]
Under-23
Under-21
Without host With host Qualification Finals Squads