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)	Davor Šuker (4 goals)
Best player	Davor Šuker[1]

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

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

USSR 2-2 Austria Austria 3-0 Turkey Turkey 3-2 East Germany East Germany 0-0 Turkey USSR 1-0 East Germany Turkey 0-3 USSR East Germany 2-0 Austria Austria 0-2 USSR East Germany 3-2 USSR Turkey 1-1 Austria USSR 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 W.Germany Iceland 1-1 Netherlands Finland 2-1 Iceland W.Germany 2-0 Nether. Nether. 0-1 W.Germany Finland 1-1 Netherlands Iceland 1-1 W.Germany Iceland 4-0 Finland W.Germany 2-0 Finland Netherlands 2-3 Iceland W.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

Czechoslo. 0-3 Belgium Portugal 1-1 Belgium Czechoslo. 4-0 Luxem. Portugal 1-0 Luxembourg Belgium 1-1 Czechoslo. Luxembourg 0-0 Belgium Belgium 1-1 Portugal Czechoslo. 1-0 Portugal Luxembourg 0-3 Portugal Belgium 1-0 Luxembourg Portugal 0-3 Czechoslo. Luxem. 1-1 Czechoslo.  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 S.Marino 0-5 Switzerland San Marino 0-2 Italy Italy 1-0 Switzerland Switzerland 3-0 S.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	1 (1980)
Germany	Group 4 winner	3 (1982, 1984, 1988)
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

Italy v Spain

14 March 1990

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

Stadio Dorico, Ancona Attendance: 8.607 Referee: William Syme (Scotland)

Yugoslavia v Bulgaria

14 March 1990

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

Maksimir, Zagreb Attendance: 8.606 Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

Soviet Union v West Germany

14 March 1990

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

Lokomotiv, Simferopol Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Kaj Natri (Finland)

Czechoslovakia v Sweden

14 March 1990

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

Ďolíček, Praha Attendance: 1.500 Referee: Gerasimos Germanakos (Greece)

Second leg

Spain v Italy

28 March 1990

Spain	1–0	Italy
Ricardo Mendiguren  77'	Report

Municipal Las Gaunas, Logroño Attendance: 16.000 Referee: Ignatius van Swieten (Netherlands)

Bulgaria v Yugoslavia

28 March 1990

Bulgaria	0–1	Yugoslavia
	Report	Davor Šuker  13'

Narodna Armia, Sofia Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Manfred Roßner (Germany)

West Germany v Soviet Union

28 March 1990

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

Rosenau-Stadion, Augsburg Attendance: 11.000 Referee: Einar Halle (Norway)

Sweden v Czechoslovakia

28 March 1990

Sweden	4–0	Czechoslovakia
Kennet Andersson  45' Stefan Rehn  62' Tomas Brolin  77' Ulrik Jansson  87'	Report

Värendsvallen. Växjö Attendance: 2.750 Referee: John Spillane (Ireland)

Semi-finals

First leg

Yugoslavia v Italy

25 April 1990

Yugoslavia	0–0	Italy
	Report

Maksimir, Zagreb Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Werner Föckler (Germany)

Sweden v Soviet Union

25 April 1990

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

Värendsvallen, Växjö Attendance: 2.446 Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)

Second leg

Italy v Yugoslavia

9 May 1990

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

Ennio Tardini, Parma Attendance: 6.443 Referee: Heinz Holzmann (Austria)

Soviet Union v Sweden

9 May 1990

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

Lokomotiv, Simferopol Attendance: 5.100 Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

Final

First leg

Yugoslavia v Soviet Union

5 September 1990

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

Koševo, Sarajevo Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

Second leg

Soviet Union v Yugoslavia

27 October 1990

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

Lokomotiv, Simferopol Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Pietro D'Elia (Italy)

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