1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Tournament details
Dates	14 March – 17 October
Teams	30 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (2nd title)
Runners-up	Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	98
Goals scored	235 (2.4 per match)
Attendance	103,414 (1,055 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Andriy Sidelnikov; Davor Šuker; (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Davor Šuker
	← 1988 1992 →

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]

Draw[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:

Groups 1 and 2 featured the same nations
Group 3 did not include Iceland (moved to Group 4)
Group 4 did not include Wales, but included Iceland (moved from Group 3)
Group 5 did not include Cyprus (moved to Group 6)
Group 6 did not include Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Malta, but included Cyprus (moved from Group 5)
Group 7 did not include Switzerland (moved to Group 8)
Group 8 composed of Switzerland (moved from Group 7), Italy and San Marino (both of whom did not participate in World Cup qualification)

Qualifying Group 1		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Bulgaria	6	5	0	1	16	4	10
2	Romania	6	3	0	3	8	7	6
3	Denmark	6	2	1	3	9	14	5
4	Greece	6	1	1	4	3	11	3

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

Qualifying Group 2		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Sweden	6	4	2	0	10	2	10
2	England	6	4	1	1	10	5	9
3	Poland	6	1	2	3	4	10	4
4	Albania	6	0	1	5	1	8	1

Poland 0–0 Albania
England 1–1 Sweden
Albania 0–2 Sweden
Albania 1–2 England
England 2–0 Albania
Sweden 4–0 Poland

England 2–1 Poland
Sweden 1–0 England
Sweden 1–0 Albania
Poland 1–3 England
Poland 1–1 Sweden
Albania 0–1 Poland

Sweden qualify as group winners

Qualifying Group 3		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Soviet Union	6	4	1	1	12	5	9
2	East Germany	6	3	1	2	8	6	7
3	Austria	6	1	2	3	6	8	4
4	Turkey	6	1	2	3	4	11	4

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

Qualifying Group 4		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	West Germany	6	4	2	0	10	2	10
2	Iceland	6	2	3	1	11	7	7
3	Netherlands	6	1	2	3	6	9	4
4	Finland	6	1	1	4	4	13	3

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

Qualifying Group 5		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Yugoslavia	6	4	1	1	10	4	9
2	France	6	3	2	1	11	7	8
3	Norway	6	1	2	3	3	7	4
4	Scotland	6	1	1	4	7	13	3

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

Qualifying Group 6		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Spain	4	3	0	1	3	1	6
2	Hungary	4	2	1	1	2	1	5
3	Cyprus	4	0	1	3	0	3	1

Cyprus 0–0 Hungary
Cyprus 0–1 Spain
Hungary 1–0 Cyprus

Spain 1–0 Cyprus
Hungary 1–0 Spain
Spain 1–0 Hungary

Spain qualify as group winners

Qualifying Group 7		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Czechoslovakia	6	3	2	1	10	5	8
2	Belgium	6	2	4	0	7	3	8
3	Portugal	6	2	2	2	6	6	6
4	Luxembourg	6	0	2	4	1	10	2

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

Qualifying Group 8		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Italy	4	3	1	0	5	0	7
2	Switzerland	4	2	1	1	8	1	5
3	San Marino	4	0	0	4	0	12	0

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				Semi-finals				Finals

Italy	3	0	3

Spain	1	1	2
				Italy	0	2	2

				Yugoslavia (a)	0	2	2
Yugoslavia	2	1	3

Bulgaria	0	0	0
								Yugoslavia	2	1	3

								Soviet Union	4	3	7
Soviet Union (a.e.t.)	1	2	3

West Germany	1	1	2
				Soviet Union	1	2	3

				Sweden	1	0	1
Czechoslovakia	1	0	1

Sweden	2	4	6