1990 UEFA European Under-16 Championship

1990 UEFA European Under-16 Championship

U-16-Fußball-Europameisterschaft 1990
Tournament details
Host country	East Germany
Dates	May 17–27
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Czechoslovakia (1st title)
Runners-up	Yugoslavia
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	79 (2.82 per match)

The 1990 UEFA European Under-16 Championship was the eighth edition of UEFA's European Under-16 Football Championship. East Germany hosted the championship, during May 17–27, 1990. 16 teams entered the competition, and Czechoslovakia won their first title.

Squads

Main article: 1990 UEFA European Under-16 Championship squads

Qualifying

Main article: 1990 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying

Participants

• Belgium
• Czechoslovakia
• Cyprus
• Denmark
• East Germany
• France
• Hungary
• Northern Ireland
• Poland
• Portugal
• Scotland
• Spain
• Sweden
• Turkey
• West Germany
• Yugoslavia

Results

First stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	5
Denmark	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	4
Northern Ireland	3	1	0	2	3	8	-5	2
Turkey	3	0	1	2	2	7	-5	1

Northern Ireland v Portugal

May 17, 1990

Northern Ireland	1 – 2	Portugal

Arnstadt

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Denmark v Turkey

May 17, 1990

Denmark	3 – 0	Turkey

Leinefelde

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Northern Ireland v Denmark

May 19, 1990

Northern Ireland	0 – 6	Denmark

Eisenach

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Portugal v Turkey

May 19, 1990

Portugal	2 – 2	Turkey

Sondershausen

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Northern Ireland v Turkey

May 21, 1990

Northern Ireland	2 – 0	Turkey

Weimar

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Portugal v Denmark

May 21, 1990

Portugal	3 – 1	Denmark

Mühlhausen

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	5
Sweden	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	4
Cyprus	3	1	0	2	2	6	-4	2
Hungary	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4	1

Poland v Cyprus

May 17, 1990

Poland	3 – 0	Cyprus

Kölleda

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Sweden v Hungary

May 17, 1990

Sweden	2 – 2	Hungary

Tambach-Dietharz

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Cyprus v Hungary

May 19, 1990

Cyprus	2 – 0	Hungary

Erfurt

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Poland v Sweden

May 19, 1990

Poland	1 – 1	Sweden

Nordhausen

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Cyprus v Sweden

May 21, 1990

Cyprus	0 – 3	Sweden

Heiligenstadt

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Poland v Hungary

May 21, 1990

Poland	2 – 0	Hungary

Bad Salzungen

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	5
West Germany	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4	4
France	3	0	2	1	2	4	-2	2
Scotland	3	0	1	2	2	9	-7	1

Czechoslovakia v West Germany

May 17, 1990

Czechoslovakia	0 – 0	West Germany

Ruhla

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France v Scotland

May 17, 1990

France	1 – 1	Scotland

Bad Langensalza

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Czechoslovakia v France

May 19, 1990

Czechoslovakia	2 – 0	France

Apolda

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West Germany v Scotland

May 19, 1990

West Germany	5 – 1	Scotland

Sömmerda

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West Germany v France

May 21, 1990

West Germany	1 – 1	France

Sondershausen

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Czechoslovakia v Scotland

May 21, 1990

Czechoslovakia	3 – 0	Scotland

Ilmenau

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	6
Spain	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	4
East Germany	3	0	1	2	2	5	-3	1
Belgium	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3	1

Spain v East Germany

May 17, 1990

Spain	3 – 1	East Germany

Elsterberg

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Belgium v Yugoslavia

May 17, 1990

Belgium	0 – 2	Yugoslavia

Gera

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Spain v Belgium

May 19, 1990

Spain	1 – 0	Belgium

Bad Lobenstein

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East Germany v Yugoslavia

May 19, 1990

East Germany	0 – 1	Yugoslavia

Weida

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Spain v Yugoslavia

May 21, 1990

Spain	0 – 1	Yugoslavia

Zeulenroda-Triebes

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East Germany v Belgium

May 21, 1990

East Germany	1 – 1	Belgium

Rudolstadt

Semi-finals

Poland v Yugoslavia

24 May 1990

Poland	1 – 4	Yugoslavia

Sömmerda

Portugal v Czechoslovakia

24 May 1990

Portugal	0 – 0	Czechoslovakia
	Penalties
	3 – 5

Nordhausen

Third place match

Portugal v Poland

27 May 1990

Portugal	2 – 3	Poland

Erfurt

Final

Czechoslovakia v Yugoslavia

27 May 1990

Czechoslovakia	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Yugoslavia
Penksa  44' Berger  60' Čížek  97'		31' Pantelić  43' Stanojević

Erfurt

References

• RSSSF.com
• UEFA.com