1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Tournament details
Dates12 March – 29 October
Teams29 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Spain (1st title)
Runners-up Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played92
Goals scored249 (2.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)Italy Gianluca Vialli (4 goals)
Best player(s)Spain Manuel Sanchis[1]
← 1984
1988 →

The 1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 5th staging of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The qualifying stage spanned two years (1984–86), had 29 entrants. Spain U-21s won the competition after a penalty shootout, the first in the U-21 competition's history.

The 29 national teams were divided into eight groups (five groups of 4 + three 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

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Draw

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The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:

  • Group 1 did not include Belgium (moved to Group 8)
  • Group 2 did not include Malta
  • Group 3 did not include Northern Ireland
  • Group 4 did not include Luxembourg (moved to Group 8)
  • Group 5 featured the same nations
  • Group 6 did not include Republic of Ireland
  • Group 7 did not include Wales
  • Group 8 composed of Belgium (moved from Group 1), Luxembourg (moved from Group 4) and Italy (who did not participate in World Cup qualification)
Qualifying group 1 P W D L F A Pts
1  Poland 4 3 0 1 10 4 6
2  Greece 4 2 0 2 6 8 4
3  Albania 4 1 0 3 3 7 2
  • Greece 2–1 Poland
  • Albania 1–2 Poland
  • Albania 2–1 Greece
Qualifying group 2 P W D L F A Pts
1  Sweden 6 4 1 1 7 3 9
2  West Germany 6 3 1 2 9 6 7
3  Czechoslovakia 6 2 1 3 6 8 5
4  Portugal 6 1 1 4 4 9 3
  • Sweden 1–1 Portugal
  • Portugal 0–1 Czechoslo.
  • W. Germany 1–0 Sweden
  • Portugal 0–1 Sweden
  • Portugal 2–1 W.Germany
  • Czechoslovakia 1–1 W. Germany
  • Sweden 1–0 Czechoslo.
  • Czechoslo. 3–1 Portugal
  • Sweden 2–1 W.Germany
  • Czechoslo. 0–2 Sweden
  • W. Germany 2–0 Portugal
  • W. Germany 3–1 Czecho.
Qualifying group 3 P W D L F A Pts
1  England 6 3 2 1 9 3 8
2  Finland 6 1 4 1 6 6 6
3  Romania 6 1 4 1 5 7 6
4  Turkey 6 0 4 2 3 7 4
  • Finland 2–2 Romania
  • Romania 0–0 Finland
  • England 3–0 Romania
  • Finland 0–0 Turkey
  • England 3–0 Turkey
  • Turkey 2–2 Romania
Qualifying group 4 P W D L F A Pts
1  France 6 2 3 1 11 7 7
2  Bulgaria 6 3 1 2 14 12 7
3  East Germany 6 1 4 1 9 9 6
4  Yugoslavia 6 1 2 3 10 16 4
  • Yugoslavia 1–2 Bulgaria
  • E.Germany 1–1 Yugosl.
  • France 2–1 Bulgaria
  • France 1–1 E.Germany
  • Yugoslavia 0–0 France
  • Bulgaria 3–2 E.Germany
  • Bulgaria 4–0 France
  • Bulgaria 3–6 Yugoslavia
  • E.Germany 1–1 France
  • Yugosl. 2–3 E.Germany
  • E.Germany 1–1 Bulgaria
  • France 7–0 Yugoslavia
Qualifying group 5 P W D L F A Pts
1  Hungary 6 5 0 1 9 3 10
2  Netherlands 6 4 1 1 11 3 9
3  Austria 6 0 3 3 3 7 3
4  Cyprus 6 0 2 4 3 13 2
  • Netherlands 5–0 Cyprus
  • Hungary 1–0 Cyprus
  • Austria 1–2 Hungary
  • Netherlands 2–1 Austria
  • Austria 0–0 Cyprus
  • Hungary 1–0 Netherlands
Qualifying group 6 P W D L F A Pts
1  Denmark 6 3 2 1 11 7 8
2  Norway 6 2 2 2 10 9 6
3  Soviet Union 6 3 0 3 8 8 6
4   Switzerland 6 1 2 3 7 12 4
  • Denmark 1–0 USSR
  • USSR 2–0 Denmark
  • Denmark 4–1 Switzerland
  • Norway 1–3 Denmark
  • USSR 2–1 Norway
  • Switzerland 1–1 Norway
Qualifying group 7 P W D L F A Pts
1  Spain 4 3 1 0 4 0 7
2  Scotland 4 1 1 2 1 4 3
3  Iceland 4 1 0 3 2 3 2
  • Iceland 2–0 Scotland
  • Iceland 0–1 Spain
  • Spain 1–0 Iceland
Qualifying group 8 P W D L F A Pts
1  Italy 4 3 1 0 15 2 7
2  Belgium 4 1 1 2 7 8 3
3  Luxembourg 4 1 0 3 5 17 2
  • Luxembourg 0–6 Italy
  • Luxembourg 3–1 Belgium
  • Italy 3–0 Belgium

Qualified teams

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Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1
 Poland Group 1 winner 2 (1982, 1984)
 Sweden Group 2 winner 0 (Debut)
 England Group 3 winner 4 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984)
 France Group 4 winner 2 (1982, 1984)
 Hungary Group 5 winner 2 (1978, 1980)
 Denmark Group 6 winner 1 (1978)
 Spain Group 7 winner 2 (1982, 1984)
 Italy Group 8 winner 4 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year

Squads

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See 1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
            
 Poland 1 0 1
 Hungary 0 5 5
 Hungary 3 1 4
 Spain 1 4 5
 France 1 1 2
 Spain 3 3 6
 Spain 1 2 3 (3)
 Italy 2 1 3 (0)
 Denmark 0 1 1
 England 1 1 2
 England 0 1 1
 Italy 2 1 3
 Sweden 1 1 2
 Italy 1 2 3

References

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  1. ^ "1986: Manuel Sanchís". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 2 June 1986. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
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