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.
Tournament details | |
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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[1] |
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.
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:
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Bulgaria qualify as group winners |
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Sweden qualify as group winners |
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Soviet Union qualify as group winners |
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West Germany qualify as group winners |
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Yugoslavia qualify as group winners |
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Spain qualify as group winners |
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Czechoslovakia qualify as group winners |
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Italy qualify as group winners |
Country | Qualified as | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
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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) |
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 |
Yugoslavia | 2–0 | Bulgaria |
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Prosinečki 32' Bokšić 79' |
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Soviet Union | 1–1 | West Germany |
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Shalimov 66' | Report | Bal 9' (o.g.) |
Czechoslovakia | 1–2 | Sweden |
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Siegl 57' | Report | Brolin 52' Jansson 87' |
Spain | 1–0 | Italy |
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Mendiguren 77' | Report |
Bulgaria | 0–1 | Yugoslavia |
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Report | Šuker 13' |
West Germany | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Soviet Union |
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Hochstätter 37' | Report | Chugunov 67' Sydelnykov 115' |
Yugoslavia | 0–0 | Italy |
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Report |
Sweden | 1–1 | Soviet Union |
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Andersson 70' | Report | Shalimov 72' (pen.) |
Soviet Union | 2–0 | Sweden |
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Kolyvanov 27' Kiryakov 47' |
Report |
Yugoslavia | 2–4 | Soviet Union |
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Šuker 21' Jarni 64' |
Report | Sydelnykov 9', 49' Chernyshov 42' Dobrovolskiy 84' |
Soviet Union | 3–1 | Yugoslavia |
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Dobrovolskiy 10' Mostovoi 46' Kanchelskis 76' |
Report | Bokšić 80' |