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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

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 tournament
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)

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 (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

Quarter-finals

First leg

Italy	3–1	Spain
Stroppa 3', 76' Casiraghi 54'	Report	Hierro 88' (pen.)

Yugoslavia	2–0	Bulgaria
Prosinečki 32' Bokšić 79'	Report

Soviet Union	1–1	West Germany
Shalimov 66'	Report	Bal 9' (o.g.)

Czechoslovakia	1–2	Sweden
Siegl 57'	Report	Brolin 52' Jansson 87'

Second leg

Spain	1–0	Italy
Mendiguren 77'	Report

Bulgaria	0–1	Yugoslavia
	Report	Šuker 13'

West Germany	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Soviet Union
Hochstätter 37'	Report	Chugunov 67' Sydelnykov 115'

Sweden	4–0	Czechoslovakia
Andersson 45' Rehn 62' Brolin 77' Jansson 87'	Report

Semi-finals

First leg

Yugoslavia	0–0	Italy
	Report

Sweden	1–1	Soviet Union
Andersson 70'	Report	Shalimov 72' (pen.)

Second leg

Italy	2–2	Yugoslavia
Simone 24' Đukić 58' (o.g.)	Report	Šuker 17' Boban 61'

Soviet Union	2–0	Sweden
Kolyvanov 27' Kiryakov 47'	Report

Final

First leg

Yugoslavia	2–4	Soviet Union
Šuker 21' Jarni 64'	Report	Sydelnykov 9', 49' Chernyshov 42' Dobrovolskiy 84'

Second leg

Soviet Union	3–1	Yugoslavia
Dobrovolskiy 10' Mostovoi 46' Kanchelskis 76'	Report	Bokšić 80'

Goalscorers

3 goals

• Davor Šuker
• Andriy Sydelnykov

2 goals

• Giovanni Stroppa
• Kennet Andersson
• Tomas Brolin
• Ulrik Jansson
• Igor Shalimov
• Igor Dobrovolskiy
• Alen Bokšić

1 goal

• Horst Siegl
• Christian Hochstätter
• Pierluigi Casiraghi
• Marco Simone
• Fernando Hierro
• Ricardo Mendiguren
• Stefan Rehn
• Dmitriy Chugunov
• Igor Kolyvanov
• Andrey Kanchelskis
• Sergey Kiryakov
• Aleksandr Mostovoi
• Zvonimir Boban
• Robert Jarni
• Robert Prosinečki

Own goal

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

References

1. "1990: Davor Šuker". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 June 1990. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

External links

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

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship
• 1988–89 in European football
• 1989–90 in European football
• 1990 in youth association football