1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Tournament details
Dates	14 March – 27 October
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (2nd title)
Runners-up	Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	38 (2.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Andriy Sidelnikov Davor Šuker (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Davor Šuker[1]
← 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[]

Draw[]

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[]

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[]

	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 (aet)	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

Quarter-finals[]

First leg[]

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Second leg[]

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Semi-finals[]

First leg[]

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Second leg[]

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Final[]

First leg[]

Second leg[]

Goalscorers[]

4 goals

• Davor Šuker

3 goals

• Andriy Sydelnykov

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

• Andriy Bal (playing against West Germany)
• Miroslav Đukić (playing against Italy)

References[]

External links[]

• Results Archive at uefa.com
• RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com