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Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers

Main article: Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The European Qualifiers for men's football competitions at the 1988 Summer Olympics to be held in Seoul. The tournament took place from 10 September 1986 to 31 May 1988 including a preliminary round. At the end, five countries qualified including West Germany, Italy, Sweden, Soviet Union, and Yugoslavia.

The draw for the tournament took place on 27 May 1986 in Mexico City during the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.[1] Out of 34 European football nations at the time in tournament participated only 27 with five allowing for qualification to the Summer Olympics football tournament.[1] All participants were split in five groups of five teams with winners of each qualify for the Olympics. Four teams were contesting two berths in two of five groups.

Seven football nations that did not participate included four team of British islands (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales) that refused to form the unified Great Britain team required by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Malta (never fielded its team previously), Luxembourg (not fielding in 1980s), and Albania (political restrictions since 1972).[1]

For the tournament returned Turkey and Warsaw Pact nations that boycotted the 1984 Olympics football tournament in Los Angeles such as East Germany, Poland and the Soviet Union.[2][3]

Group A edit

Preliminary play-off edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cyprus   1–4[4]   Greece 1–2 0–2
Cyprus  1–2  Greece
Pavlos Savva   45' Ioannis Samaras   54'
Charis Mbaniotis   64'
Greece  2–0  Cyprus
Ioannis Samaras   72', 77'

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   West Germany 8 5 2 1 16 4 +12 12 1988 Summer Olympics
2   Denmark 8 5 1 2 23 5 +18 11
3   Poland 8 4 2 2 11 10 +1 10
4   Romania 8 2 1 5 5 17 −12 5
5   Greece 8 1 0 7 4 23 −19 2
Source: [4]
Romania  1–0  West Germany
Gavril Balint   2'
Greece  0–5  Denmark
Flemming Povlsen   12'
Claus Nielsen   16', 27'
Ulrik Moseby   77'
Kim Vilfort   79'
Romania  0–0  Poland
Denmark  8–0  Romania
Claus Nielsen   6', 66', 83'
Ulrik Moseby   28'
Bjørn Kristensen   30'
Lars Olsen   51'
Flemming Povlsen   77'
John Jensen   79'
Romania  1–2  Denmark
Gavril Balint   84' (pen.) Kent Nielsen   20'
Lars Olsen   68'
West Germany  3–0  Greece
Frank Mill   16', 86'
Wolfram Wuttke   63'
West Germany  5–1  Poland
Jürgen Klinsmann   10', 43'
Wolfram Wuttke   21'
Frank Mill   23'
Christian Hochstätter   90'		 Kazimierz Sokołowski   34'
Poland  x – x[a]  Denmark
Kim Vilfort   25', 71'
Denmark  0–1  West Germany
Wolfram Wuttke   52'
Greece  0–1  Poland
Andrzej Rudy  
Greece  0–2  West Germany
Christian Schreier   32'
Fritz Walter   34'
Poland  5–1  Greece
Grzegorz Wiezik   16'
Jan Furtok 3 x  
?  		 Alexandros Tziolis   10'
West Germany  1–1  Denmark
Armin Görtz   56' Claus Nielsen   75'
Poland  1–0  Romania
Marek Leśniak   84'
Romania  0–1  Greece
Alexandros Alexiou   24'
Denmark  4–0  Greece
Flemming Povlsen   5', 37'
Brian Laudrup   23'
Claus Nielsen   69'
Poland  1–1  West Germany
Jan Furtok   76' (pen.) Frank Mill   89'
Denmark  3–0  Poland
Bjørn Kristensen   14'
Flemming Povlsen   68'
Kim Vilfort   89'
Greece  2–3  Romania
Ioukoudis   24'
Theodoros Pahatouridis   26' (pen.)		 Haralambie Antohi   2'
Claudiu Vaișcovici   31'
Gavril Balint   40' (pen.)
West Germany  3–0  Romania
Wolfram Wuttke   38' (pen.)
Jürgen Klinsmann   57', 73'

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Italy 8 5 3 0 11 1 +10 13 1988 Summer Olympics
2   East Germany 8 4 3 1 12 5 +7 11
3   Portugal 8 2 4 2 4 6 −2 8
4   Netherlands 8 1 3 4 6 12 −6 5
5   Iceland 8 1 1 6 5 14 −9 3
Source: [4]
Netherlands  0–1  East Germany
Damian Halata  
Italy  1–0  Portugal
Roberto Galia   72'
Portugal  1–1  Netherlands
Cerqueiro   Peter van Velzen  
East Germany  0–0  Italy
Italy  2–0  Iceland
Pietro Paolo Virdis   41'
Mauro Tassotti   87'
Portugal  0–0  East Germany
Iceland  2–2  Netherlands
Guðmundur Torfason   33', 53' (pen.) Hennie Meyer   14'
Mario Been   56'
Iceland  2–0  East Germany
Guðmundur Torfason   50'
Ólafur Þórðarson   80'
East Germany  4–2  Netherlands
Damian Halata   30' (pen.)
Hans Richter   45'
Markus Wuckel   47'
Heiko Peschke   85'		 Hans Gillhaus  
Juul Ellerman  
Portugal  2–1  Iceland
Coelho   22'
António Aparício   51'		 Guðmundur Steinsson   59'
Italy  1–1  East Germany
Marco Pacione   13' Thomas Doll   8'
Portugal  0–0  Italy
Netherlands  0–1  Italy
Pietro Paolo Virdis  
Netherlands  0–0  Portugal
Italy  3–0  Netherlands
Andrea Carnevale  
Pietro Paolo Virdis 2x 
East Germany  3–0  Portugal
Olaf Marschall  
Matthias Lindner  
Hans Richter  
Netherlands  1–0  Iceland
Ruud Brood  
East Germany  3–0  Iceland
Olaf Marschall  
Jürgen Raab  
Heiko Peschke  
Iceland  0–1  Portugal
Miguel   89'
Iceland  0–3  Italy
Francesco Romano  
Pietro Paolo Virdis  
Andrea Carnevale  

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Sweden 8 6 1 1 13 6 +7 13 1988 Summer Olympics
2   Hungary 8 5 1 2 13 8 +5 11
3   Spain 8 1 4 3 9 12 −3 6
4   Republic of Ireland 8 1 3 4 10 12 −2 5
5   France 8 1 3 4 9 16 −7 5
Source: [4]
Spain  1–1  Sweden
Manuel Zúñiga   75' Mats Jingblad   63'
Republic of Ireland  1–2  Hungary
Mick Byrne   59' Sándor Rostás   67'
Sándor Steidl   79'
Republic of Ireland  2–2  Spain
Noel Larkin   25'
Mick Byrne   46'		 Genar Andrinúa   41'
Manuel Zúñiga   71'
France  0–2  Hungary
István Vincze   14'
Gyula Plotár   62'
Sweden  1–0  Republic of Ireland
Ola Svensson   90'
Hungary  2–1  Spain
Gyula Plotár   32'
József Dzurják   64'		 Rafael Martín Vázquez   35'
Hungary  2–1  Sweden
Gyula Plotár 2x  Leif Forsberg  
Sweden  4–2  France
Jan Hellström  
Leif Forsberg  
Leif Engqvist 2x 		 Patrick Cubaynes   8'
Bruno Roux   17'
France  1–1  Republic of Ireland
Thierry Fernier   54' Noel Larkin   17'
Republic of Ireland  0–1  Sweden
Jan Hellström   22'
Sweden  1–0  Hungary
Michael Andersson  
Sweden  2–0  Spain
Jonas Thern   86'
Jan Hellström   87'
Spain  1–2  France
Ramón Vázquez   18' Antoine Kombouaré   56'
Jean-Pierre Papin   76'
Spain  1–0  Hungary
Eusebio Sacristán   66'
Republic of Ireland  3–0  France
Peter Eccles   19'
Mick Bennett   24', 59'
France  1–1  Spain
Thierry Fernier   66' Ramón Vázquez   4'
Hungary  2–2  France
György Katona  
Imre Fodor   59' (pen.)		 Bruno Roux   54'
Fabrice Mege   56'
Hungary  3–1  Republic of Ireland
Béla Melis   25'
György Katona   32'
Péter Rubold   88'		 Dave Barry   84'
Spain  2–2  Republic of Ireland
Ramón Vázquez   42', 61' Barry Kehoe   17'
Noel Larkin   60'
France  1–2  Sweden
Philippe Prieur   40' Peter Lönn   (pen.)
Michael Andersson  

Group D edit

Preliminary play-off edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Liechtenstein   0–19[4]    Switzerland 0–10 0–9
Liechtenstein  0–10   Switzerland
Walter Pellegrini   1', 58'
Alain Sutter   4', 43', 64'
Philippe Hertig   27', 49'
René Müller[5]   77', 88'
Roger Hegi   80'
Switzerland  9–0  Liechtenstein
Walter Pellegrini   30', 32', 71'
Christophe Bonvin   47', 90'
Alain Sutter   44'
Philippe Hertig   49'
Beat Rietmann   60'
Roger Hegi   62'

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Soviet Union 8 6 2 0 12 2 +10 14 1988 Summer Olympics
2   Bulgaria 8 4 2 2 13 5 +8 10
3    Switzerland 8 2 3 3 8 10 −2 7
4   Norway 8 0 5 3 1 7 −6 5
5   Turkey 8 1 2 5 5 15 −10 4
Source: [4]
Norway  0–0  Soviet Union
Switzerland  1–0  Norway
Martin Müller   55'
Turkey  3–2   Switzerland
Erdoğan Yılmaz   26'
Ziya Doğan   27', 71'		 Patrice Mottiez   7'
Roger Hegi   80'
Turkey  0–2  Soviet Union
Volodymyr Lyutyi   23'
Igor Dobrovolski   70'
Switzerland  1–1  Bulgaria
Christophe Bonvin   27' Petar Aleksandrov   67'
Norway  1–1  Turkey
Jostein Flo   5' Nusret Erdi Demir   1'
Bulgaria  0–1  Soviet Union
Oleksiy Mykhailychenko   63'
Norway  0–0  Bulgaria
Soviet Union  1–0  Norway
Volodymyr Lyutyi   48'
Norway  0–0   Switzerland
Switzerland  2–0  Turkey
Martin Müller   38'
Kubilay Türkyilmaz   83'
Switzerland  2–4  Soviet Union
Kubilay Türkyilmaz   16'
Roger Kundert   55'		 Volodymyr Lyutyi   36'
Igor Dobrovolski   65' (pen.)
Stanislovas Baranauskas   79', 83'
Bulgaria  4–0  Norway
Stoycho Stoev   12', 24'
Aleksandar Bonchev   68'
Lyuboslav Penev   71'
Turkey  0–0  Norway
Turkey  0–3  Bulgaria
Lyuboslav Penev   19'
Stoycho Stoev   30'
Georgi Georgiev   81'
Bulgaria  2–0   Switzerland
Petar Aleksandrov  
Aleksandar Bonchev  
Soviet Union  2–0  Turkey
Yuri Savichev   36'
Aleksandr Borodyuk   86'
Soviet Union  2–0  Bulgaria
Oleksiy Mykhailychenko   41'
Yevgeni Kuznetsov   72'
Soviet Union  0–0   Switzerland
Bulgaria  3–1  Turkey
Vasil Dragolov   11', 15'
Petar Mihtarski   53'		 Uğur Tütüneker   55'

Group E edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Yugoslavia 8 6 1 1 17 5 +12 13 1988 Summer Olympics
2   Czechoslovakia 8 6 0 2 10 3 +7 12
3   Belgium 8 3 1 4 8 13 −5 7
4   Austria 8 2 0 6 7 11 −4 4
5   Finland 8 2 0 6 5 15 −10 4
Source: [4]
Finland  0–2  Belgium
Marc Degryse   57'
Benoît Thans   65' (pen.)
Czechoslovakia  2–0  Belgium
Peter Herda   51', 60'
Belgium  2–3  Austria
Beugnies  
Goossens  		 Andreas Spielmann  
Manfred Zsak  
P.J. Werner  
Austria  2–0  Czechoslovakia
Rupert Marko  
P.J. Werner  
Finland  2–1  Austria
Marko Myyry   14'
Jari Niinimäki   21'		 Rupert Marko   89'
Austria  0–1  Yugoslavia
Semir Tuce  
Finland  0–2  Czechoslovakia
Tomáš Skuhravý   43'
Peter Fieber   59'
Yugoslavia  2–1  Austria
Srečko Katanec  
Dragan Stojković   (pen.)		 Paul Perstling  
Yugoslavia  5–0  Finland
Radmilo Mihajlović  , , 
Semir Tuce  , 
Czechoslovakia  2–0  Finland
Ľubomír Moravčík   31'
Radek Drulák   48'
Belgium  2–2  Yugoslavia
Francis Severeyns  ,  Dejan Savićević  
Sead Kajtaz  
Belgium  0–2  Czechoslovakia
Ivo Staš   44'
Tomáš Skuhravý   78'
Czechoslovakia  1–0  Yugoslavia
Tomáš Skuhravý   87'
Belgium  1–0  Finland
Schoofs  
Austria  0–1  Belgium
Danny Boffin   71'
Yugoslavia  4–0  Belgium
Dejan Savićević  
Predrag Jurić  
Davor Jozić  , 
Czechoslovakia  1–0  Austria
Václav Daněk   67'
Yugoslavia  1–0  Czechoslovakia
Borislav Cvetković   51'
Finland  1–2  Yugoslavia
Seppo Nikkilä   Dragiša Binić  
Dejan Savićević  
Austria  0–2  Finland
Seppo Nikkilä   64'
Ismo Lius   90'

Notes edit

  1. ^ The Poland vs Denmark match on originally ended 0-2, but FIFA announced on 13 November 1987 that Denmark had fielded an ineligible player (Per Frimann), and thus the result was overturned, and Poland were awarded the match by a default score of 2-0.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Aleksandr Kostenko. 1986. Formation of the Soviet Union Olympic football team and beginning of the war Byshovets vs Lobanovskyi (1986. Формирование олимпийской сборной СССР и начало войны Бышовец vs Лобановский). UA-Football blogs. 5 December 2018
  2. ^ "Games of the XXIV. Olympiad - Football Qualifying Tournament".
  3. ^ "Olympic Football Tournament 1988 (Qualifying Stage)".
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Games of the XXIV. Olympiad – European Football Qualifying Tournament (Seoul, South Korea, 1988) – Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
  5. ^ René Müller.

External links edit

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