1992 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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1992 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Tournament details
Dates10 March – 3 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Italy (1st title)
Runners-up Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored32 (2.29 per match)
Top scorer(s)Italy Renato Buso (3 goals)
Best player(s)Italy Renato Buso[1]
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The 1992 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1990–92), had 32 entrants. Malta and Israel competed for the first time. This was also the first appearance of the unified Germany team. Italy U-21s won the competition.

The competition doubled as the European qualifying round for the Olympic Football Tournament. Hosts Spain qualify automatically and the best four eligible nations would qualify automatically. The fifth best European team would play-off against the best Oceania (OFC) team for another Olympics place.

The 32 national teams were divided into eight groups (six groups of 4 + one group of 3 + one group of 5). 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 UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying tournament with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:

  • Groups 1 and 7 featured the same nations
  • Group 2 did not include San Marino (moved to Group 4)
  • Group 3 did not include Cyprus (moved to Group 8)
  • Group 4 did not include Northern Ireland and Faroe Islands, but included San Marino (moved from Group 1)
  • Group 5 did not include Wales
  • Group 6 did not include Greece (moved to Group 8)
  • Group 8 composed of Cyprus (moved from Group 3), Greece (moved from Group 7), Sweden and Israel (both of whom did not participate in senior Euro qualification)
Qualifying Group 1 P W D L F A Pts
1  Czechoslovakia 8 7 1 0 23 4 15
2  France 8 3 2 3 7 5 8
3  Spain 7 3 2 2 6 5 8
4  Albania 7 1 2 4 3 13 4
5  Iceland 8 1 1 6 3 15 3
  • Iceland 0–0 Albania
  • Iceland 0–1 France
  • Czechoslovakia 7–0 Iceland
  • Spain 2–0 Iceland
  • France 1–2 Czechoslovakia
  • Czechoslovakia 3–1 Spain
  • Albania 0–0 France
  • Spain 1–0 Albania
  • France 0–1 Spain
  • France 3–0 Albania
  • Albania 1–5 Czechoslovakia
  • Albania 2–1 Iceland
  • Iceland 0–1 Czechoslovakia
  • Czechoslovakia 1–0 France
  • Iceland 1–0 Spain
  • Spain 0–0 France
  • Czechoslovakia 3–0 Albania
  • Spain 1–1 Czechoslovakia
  • France 2–1 Iceland
  • Albania – Spain
    (Not played)
Qualifying Group 2 P W D L F A Pts
1  Scotland 6 5 0 1 13 5 10
2  Bulgaria 6 4 0 2 6 2 8
3  Romania 6 2 0 4 5 9 4
4   Switzerland 6 1 0 5 5 13 2
  • Scotland 2–0 Romania
  • Switzerland 0–2 Bulgaria
  • Romania 0–1 Bulgaria
  • Scotland 4–2 Switzerland
  • Bulgaria 2–0 Scotland
  • Scotland 1–0 Bulgaria
  • Switzerland 0–2 Romania
  • Bulgaria 1–0 Switzerland
  • Switzerland 0–3 Scotland
  • Romania 1–3 Scotland
  • Romania 1–3 Switzerland
  • Bulgaria 0–1 Romania
Qualifying Group 3 P W D L F A Pts
1  Italy 6 4 1 1 6 8 9
2  Norway 6 3 1 2 13 6 7
3  Soviet Union 6 2 3 1 6 4 7
4  Hungary 6 0 1 5 1 8 1
  • USSR 2–2 Norway
  • Norway 3–1 Hungary
  • Italy 1–0 Hungary
  • Hungary 0–0 USSR
  • Hungary 0–1 Italy
  • Norway 6–0 Italy
  • Italy 1–0 USSR
  • Norway 0–1 USSR
  • USSR 2–0 Hungary
  • USSR 1–1 Italy
  • Hungary 0–1 Norway
  • Italy 2–1 Norway
Soviet Union Soviet Union2–2Norway Norway
Onopko Goal 15'
Bezhenar Goal 81' (pen.)		 Report Strand Goal 31'
Bohinen Goal 71'
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Eero Aho (Finland)
Hungary Hungary0–0Soviet Union Soviet Union
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Lube Spasov (Bulgaria)
Italy Italy1–0Soviet Union Soviet Union
Buso Goal 68' Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Jozef Marko (Czecho-Slovakia)
Norway Norway0–1Soviet Union Soviet Union
Report Tishkov Goal 11'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: David Magill (Northern Ireland)
Soviet Union Soviet Union2–0Hungary Hungary
Scherbakov Goal 56'
Radchenko Goal 81'		 Report
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)
Soviet Union Soviet Union1–1Italy Italy
Shustikov Goal 49' Report Buso Goal 59'
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Qualifying Group 4 P W D L F A Pts
1  Denmark 6 4 2 0 21 4 10
2  Yugoslavia 6 4 0 2 11 10 8
3  Austria 6 2 2 2 8 5 6
4  San Marino 6 0 0 6 0 21 0
  • San Marino 0–3 Denmark
  • Yugoslavia 1–0 Austria
  • Denmark 3–0 Yugoslavia
  • San Marino 0–2 Austria
  • Yugoslavia 5–0 San Marino
  • Austria 3–0 San Marino
  • Denmark 7–0 San Marino
  • Yugoslavia 2–6 Denmark
  • Denmark 1–1 Austria
  • Austria 1–1 Denmark
  • Austria 1–2 Yugoslavia
  • San Marino 0–1 Yugoslavia
Qualifying Group 5 P W D L F A Pts
1  Germany 4 4 0 0 12 1 8
2  Belgium 4 2 0 2 5 6 4
3  Luxembourg 4 0 0 4 0 10 0
  • Luxembourg 0–3 Germany
  • Belgium 2–0 Luxembourg
  • Germany 3–1 Belgium
  • Luxembourg 0–2 Belgium
  • Belgium 0–3 Germany
  • Germany 3–0 Luxembourg
Qualifying Group 6 P W D L F A Pts
1  Netherlands 6 4 2 0 20 4 10
2  Portugal 6 4 2 0 9 2 10
3  Finland 6 2 0 4 7 13 4
4  Malta 6 0 0 6 5 22 0
  • Finland 0–1 Portugal
  • Portugal 0–0 Netherlands
  • Malta 1–4 Netherlands
  • Malta 1–3 Portugal
  • Portugal 2–0 Malta
  • Netherlands 7–1 Malta
  • Netherlands 1–0 Finland
  • Finland 1–7 Netherlands
  • Finland 3–1 Malta
  • Portugal 2–0 Finland
  • Netherlands 1–1 Portugal
  • Malta 1–3 Finland
Qualifying Group 7 P W D L F A Pts
1  Poland 6 6 0 0 10 2 12
2  England 6 3 1 2 11 5 7
3  Turkey 6 1 1 4 6 11 3
4  Republic of Ireland 6 1 0 5 5 14 2
  • England 0–1 Poland
  • Ireland 3–2 Turkey
  • Ireland 0–3 England
  • Turkey 0–1 Poland
  • England 3–0 Ireland
  • Poland 2–0 Turkey
  • Ireland 1–2 Poland
  • Turkey 2–2 England
  • England 2–0 Turkey
  • Poland 2–0 Ireland
  • Poland 2–1 England
  • Turkey 2–1 Ireland
Qualifying Group 8 P W D L F A Pts
1  Sweden 6 4 2 0 17 3 10
2  Israel 6 3 2 1 11 6 8
3  Greece 6 1 1 4 6 13 3
4  Cyprus 6 1 1 4 3 15 3
  • Sweden 5–0 Greece
  • Cyprus 1–1 Sweden
  • Greece 2–2 Israel
  • Israel 4–0 Cyprus
  • Cyprus 1–0 Greece
  • Sweden 6–0 Cyprus
  • Sweden 2–1 Israel
  • Israel 2–1 Greece
  • Israel 0–0 Sweden
  • Greece 1–3 Sweden
  • Cyprus 1–2 Israel
  • Greece 2–0 Cyprus

Qualified teams[]

Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1
 Czechoslovakia Group 1 winner 4 (1978, 1980, 1988, 1990)
 Scotland Group 2 winner 3 (1980, 1982, 1984, 1988)
 Italy Group 3 winner 7 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990)
 Denmark Group 4 winner 2 (1978, 1986)
 Germany Group 5 winner 2 (1982, 1990)
 Netherlands Group 6 winner 1 (1988)
 Poland Group 7 winner 3 (1982, 1984, 1986)
 Sweden Group 8 winner 2 (1986, 1990)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year

Squads[]

See also:

Only players born on or after 1 January 1969 were eligible to play in the tournament.

Knockout Stages[]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
 Germany 1 3 4
 Scotland 1 4 5
 Scotland 0 0 0
 Sweden 0 1 1
 Netherlands 2 0 2
 Sweden 1 1 2
 Sweden 0 1 1
 Italy 2 0 2
 Denmark 5 1 6
 Poland 0 1 1
 Denmark 0 0 0
 Italy 1 2 3
 Czechoslovakia 1 0 1
 Italy 2 2 4

Quarter-finals[]

First leg[]

Germany Germany1–1Scotland Scotland
Schmäler Goal 39' Report Creaney Goal 31'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella (Italy)
Netherlands Netherlands2–1Sweden Sweden
Roest Goal 22' (pen.)
Taument Goal 54'		 Report Fursth Goal 24'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Keith Burge (Wales)
Denmark Denmark5–0Poland Poland
Frandsen Goal 10'
Molnar Goal 22', 17'
Møller Goal 24', 42'		 Report
Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Wolf-Günter Wiesel (Germany)
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia1–2Italy Italy
Nečas Goal 86' (pen.) Report Melli Goal 9'
Kotůlek Goal 55' (o.g.)
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Lajos Hartmann (Hungary)

Second leg[]

Scotland Scotland4–3Germany Germany
McKinnon Goal 43'
Creaney Goal 69'
Lambert Goal 78'
Rae Goal 87'		 Report Kranz Goal 10'
Scholl Goal 41'
Herrlich Goal 53'
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Joaquín Urío Velázquez (Spain)
Sweden Sweden1–0Netherlands Netherlands
Simpson Goal 75' Report
Attendance: 7,353
Referee: Brian Hill (England)
Poland Poland1–1Denmark Denmark
Juskowiak Goal 71' Report Frank Goal 29'
Stadion Górnika, Zabrze
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Egil Nervik (Norway)
Italy Italy2–0Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Bertarelli Goal 39'
Luzardi Goal 42'		 Report
Attendance: 12,562
Referee: Mircea Salomir (Romania)

Semi-finals[]

First leg[]

Denmark Denmark0–1Italy Italy
Report Buso Goal 20'
Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg
Attendance: 7,000
Scotland Scotland0–0Sweden Sweden
Report
Attendance: 22,000

Second leg[]

Italy Italy2–0Denmark Denmark
Buso Goal 54'
Muzzi Goal 79'		 Report
Attendance: 10,869
Referee: Luben Spasov (Bulgaria)
Sweden Sweden1–0Scotland Scotland
Rödlund Goal 81' Report
Attendance: 2,376
Referee: Jozef Marko (Czechoslovakia)

Final[]

First leg[]

Italy Italy2–0Sweden Sweden
Buso Goal 71'
Sordo Goal 80'		 Report
Attendance: 15,846
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

Second leg[]

Sweden Sweden1–0Italy Italy
Simpson Goal 60' Report
Attendance: 6,172

Goalscorers[]

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Medal table and Olympic qualifiers[]

1992 UEFA European under-21 championship medal table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy 6 5 0 1 9 2 +7 10 Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden 6 3 1 2 4 4 0 7 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Scotland 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 4 Eliminated in
semi-finals
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Denmark 4 1 1 2 6 4 +2 3
5  Netherlands 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6  Germany 2 0 1 1 4 5 −1 1
7  Poland 2 0 1 1 1 6 −5 1
8 CZE 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Source: [ ]

Olympic qualifiers[]

  • Denmark, Italy and Sweden as winners of their quarter-final rounds qualify for Olympic Games finals. Since the fourth winner Scotland do not compete in the Olympic Football Tournament (See Great Britain Olympic football team), Poland qualifies instead, being the best of the four quarter-final losers according to a special coefficient which is calculated based on the points achieved in the group stage and the quarter-finals, divided by the number of games played.[2] Poland's coefficient is 1.625, while the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia and Germany have achieved a score of 1.5. But The Netherlands has best goal differential is the one of these three teams to face OFC champions in playoff for an additional place .
  1. POLAND 13 points/8 games played = 1.625
  2. Netherlands 12 points/8 games played = 1.5 (+16/8= +2)
  3. Germany 9 points/6 games played = 1.5 (+10/6= +1.66)
  4. Czechoslovakia 15 points/10 games played = 1.5 (+16/10= +1.6)

OFC – UEFA play-off[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Australia  3–3[3]  Netherlands 1–1 2–2

Australia Australia win 2-1 on away goals

References[]

  1. ^ "1992: Renato Buso". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 June 1992. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  2. ^ Kicker Sportmagazin #20/1992, p. 43
  3. ^ Chris Curulli. The Dutch sledge that 'riled up' Australia & inspired dramatic Olympics qualification. Football Federation Australia. 8 April 2020

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