# UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying

The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 1992 was a series of parallel association football competitions to be held over 1990 and 1991 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 1992, to be held in Sweden. The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 2 February 1990.
There were a total of seven groups. At the conclusion of qualifying, the team at the top of each group qualified for the final tournament, to join the hosts in completing the eight participants. This was the last European Championship to feature eight teams, as the competition was expanded to 16 teams for 1996.

## Qualified teams

| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament |
| Sweden | Host | 16 December 1988 | 0 (debut) |
| France | Group 1 winner | 12 October 1991 | 2 (1960, 1984) |
| England | Group 7 winner | 13 November 1991 | 3 (1968, 1980, 1988) |
| CIS | Group 3 winner | 13 November 1991 | 5 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988) |
| Scotland | Group 2 winner | 20 November 1991 | 0 (debut) |
| Netherlands | Group 6 winner | 4 December 1991 | 3 (1976, 1980, 1988) |
| Germany | Group 5 winner | 18 December 1991 | 5 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988) |
| Denmark | Group 4 runner-up | 31 May 1992 | 3 (1964, 1984, 1988) |
* ↑ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
* ↑ From 1960 to 1988, CIS competed as the Soviet Union.
* ↑ Replaced the Soviet Union.
* ↑ From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.
* ↑ Replaced FR Yugoslavia (after qualifying as Yugoslavia), who were subject to sanctions under UN Security Council Resolution 757 and thus banned from appearing.

## Seedings

The draw took place on 2 February 1990. Sweden qualified automatically as hosts of the competition, and 34 teams entered the draw, with the Faroe Islands and San Marino participating in a European qualifying tournament for the first time.
As initially made, the draw placed East Germany and West Germany in the same qualifying group; this would have been the first time the two sides had met since the 1974 World Cup. However, following German reunification on 3 October 1990, the East German team was withdrawn and its fixtures scrapped, while the unified German team took over the fixtures of West Germany.
The qualifiers thus consisted of 33 teams divided into seven groups (two of four teams and five of five teams) were played in 1990 and 1991. Each group winner progressed to the finals. This was the last European Championship qualifying phase which awarded two points for a win; from 1996 onward, teams earned 3 points for a win.
| Pool 1 | Pool 2 | Pool 3 | Pool 4 | Pool 5 |
| Netherlands (title holders) England Spain Italy Yugoslavia West Germany Romania | Soviet Union Republic of Ireland Czechoslovakia Denmark Belgium Scotland Portugal | East Germany Hungary Austria France Bulgaria Poland Greece | Switzerland Iceland Wales Turkey Norway Northern Ireland Finland | Malta Cyprus Luxembourg Albania San Marino Faroe Islands |

## Summary

| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 7 |
| France | Scotland | Soviet Union | Yugoslavia | Germany | Netherlands | England |
| Czechoslovakia | Switzerland | Italy | Denmark | Wales | Portugal | Republic of Ireland |
| Spain Iceland Albania | Romania Bulgaria San Marino | Norway Hungary Cyprus | Northern Ireland Austria Faroe Islands | Belgium Luxembourg | Greece Finland Malta | Poland Turkey |

## Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:
* Greater number of points in all group matches
* Goal difference in all group matches
* Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
* Drawing of lots

## Groups
### Group 1

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | France | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 16 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | | 1–2 | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Spain | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 6 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 9–0 |
| 4 | Iceland | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 4 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 5 | Albania | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 21 | −19 | 2 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | Canc. | 1–0 | — |
* ↑ The match was cancelled due to the political crisis in Albania; both countries were already eliminated.

### Group 2

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Scotland | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 11 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 10 | | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 |
| 3 | Romania | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 10 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–3 | 6–0 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 9 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 |
| 5 | San Marino | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 33 | −32 | 0 | | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–3 | — |

### Group 3

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 13 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Italy | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 10 | | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Norway | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 9 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Hungary | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 8 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–2 |
| 5 | Cyprus | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 25 | −23 | 0 | | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | — |
* ↑ The Soviet Union team was replaced by CIS in the final tournament due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union just after the end of the qualifying stages.

### Group 4

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4 | +20 | 14 | Banned from final tournament | — | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Denmark | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 13 | Qualify for final tournament | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Northern Ireland | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| 4 | Austria | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 | | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 |
| 5 | Faroe Islands | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 26 | −23 | 3 | | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 1–0 | — |
* 1 2 Yugoslavia were to participate in the final tournament as FR Yugoslavia. However, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was placed under sanctions on 30 May 1992 by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 after the outbreak of Yugoslav Wars. FIFA and UEFA therefore suspended FR Yugoslavia from competitive football on 31 May 1992, meaning they could not participate in the final tournament. Group runners-up Denmark instead took the spot at the final tournament.

### Group 5

East Germany were originally drawn into this group alongside West Germany, but after reunification, a single German team participated in the qualification process, taking over the fixtures of West Germany.
Subsequently, East Germany's game on 12 September 1990 against Belgium was reclassified as a friendly, and was also East Germany's final international match, which it won 2–0: the remaining seven fixtures of East Germany were scratched.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Germany | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 10 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Wales | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Belgium | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 | | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |

### Group 6

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Netherlands | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 13 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Portugal | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 11 | | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Greece | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 8 | | 0–2 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| 4 | Finland | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 5 | Malta | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 23 | −21 | 2 | | 0–8 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |

### Group 7

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | England | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Republic of Ireland | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 8 | | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Poland | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | | 1–1 | 3–3 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Turkey | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — |

## Goalscorers

There were 333 goals scored in 123 matches, for an average of 2.71 goals per match.
10 goals
* Darko Pančev
9 goals
* Jean-Pierre Papin
8 goals
* Marco van Basten
6 goals
* Bent Christensen
* Adrian Knup
5 goals
* József Kiprich
* Colin Clarke
* Emilio Butragueño
4 goals
* Nasko Sirakov
* Flemming Povlsen
* Dennis Bergkamp
* Ally McCoist
* Carlos Muñoz
3 goals
* Nikolay Todorov
* Václav Daněk
* Eric Cantona
* Franck Sauzée
* Rudi Völler
* Stefanos Borbokis
* Rui Águas
* Paulo Futre
* John Aldridge
* Tony Cascarino
* Gordon Durie
* Andrei Kanchelskis
* Ian Rush
2 goals
* Marc Degryse
* Enzo Scifo
* Emil Kostadinov
* Lyuboslav Penev
* Pavel Kuka
* Václav Němeček
* Michael Laudrup
* Gary Lineker
* Erik Holmgren
* Lothar Matthäus
* Karl-Heinz Riedle
* Dimitris Saravakos
* Panagiotis Tsalouchidis
* Emil Lőrincz
* Atli Eðvaldsson
* Eyjólfur Sverrisson
* Roberto Baggio
* Roberto Donadoni
* Aldo Serena
* Gianluca Vialli
* Lars Bohinen
* Tore André Dahlum
* Gøran Sørloth
* Ryszard Tarasiewicz
* John Byrne
* Niall Quinn
* Gheorghe Hagi
* Dorin Mateuț
* Florin Răducioiu
* John Robertson
* Aleksandr Mostovoi
* Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko
* José Mari Bakero
* Abelardo Fernández
* Stéphane Chapuisat
* Heinz Hermann
* Marc Hottiger
* Alain Sutter
* Kubilay Türkyilmaz
* Paul Bodin
* Dean Saunders
* Robert Prosinečki
* Dejan Savićević
1 goal
* Eduard Abazi
* Hysen Zmijani
* Leo Lainer
* Andreas Ogris
* Ernst Ogris
* Heimo Pfeifenberger
* Michael Streiter
* Arnold Wetl
* Jan Ceulemans
* Erwin Vandenbergh
* Bruno Versavel
* Nikolay Iliev
* Trifon Ivanov
* Hristo Stoichkov
* Zlatko Yankov
* Angelos Tsolakis
* Panayiotis Xiourouppas
* Ivan Hašek
* Luboš Kubík
* Ľudovít Lancz
* Ľubomír Moravčík
* Tomáš Skuhravý
* Jan Bartram
* Kim Christofte
* Lars Elstrup
* Frank Pingel
* Kim Vilfort
* Peter Beardsley
* Lee Dixon
* David Platt
* Alan Smith
* Dennis Wise
* Allan Mørkøre
* Torkil Nielsen
* Kári Reynheim
* Petri Järvinen
* Jari Litmanen
* Kari Ukkonen
* Laurent Blanc
* Basile Boli
* Luis Fernández
* Amara Simba
* Uwe Bein
* Guido Buchwald
* Thomas Doll
* Thomas Häßler
* Jürgen Klinsmann
* Andreas Möller
* Vassilis Karapialis
* Stelios Manolas
* Petros Marinakis
* Nikos Tsiantakis
* György Bognár
* László Disztl
* József Szalma
* Arnór Guðjohnsen
* Sigurður Jónsson
* Þorvaldur Örlygsson
* Attilio Lombardo
* Ruggiero Rizzitelli
* Salvatore Schillaci
* Pietro Vierchowod
* Jean-Paul Girres
* Robby Langers
* Hubert Suda
* Stefan Sultana
* Danny Blind
* Frank de Boer
* Ruud Gullit
* Aron Winter
* Richard Witschge
* Kingsley Black
* Iain Dowie
* Colin Hill
* Alan McDonald
* Gerry Taggart
* Kevin Wilson
* Sverre Brandhaug
* Mini Jakobsen
* Pål Lydersen
* Piotr Czachowski
* Dariusz Dziekanowski
* Jan Furtok
* Roman Kosecki
* Roman Szewczyk
* Jan Urban
* César Brito
* Jorge Cadete
* José Leal
* Vítor Paneira
* João Vieira Pinto
* Paul McGrath
* David O'Leary
* Andy Townsend
* Pavel Badea
* Rodion Cămătaru
* Ioan Lupescu
* Dan Petrescu
* Adrian Popescu
* Ioan Sabău
* Valdes Pasolini
* John Collins
* Richard Gough
* Gary McAllister
* Paul McStay
* Gordon Strachan
* Sergei Aleinikov
* Igor Korneev
* Oleh Kuznetsov
* Oleh Protasov
* Igor Shalimov
* Sergei Yuran
* Guillermo Amor
* Fernando Hierro
* Míchel
* Roberto Fernández
* Thomas Bickel
* Frédéric Chassot
* Christophe Ohrel
* Rıza Çalımbay
* Mark Hughes
* Mehmed Baždarević
* Dragiša Binić
* Zvonimir Boban
* Robert Jarni
* Vladimir Jugović
* Srečko Katanec
* Vladan Lukić
* Ilija Najdoski
* Davor Šuker
* Zoran Vulić
1 own goal
* Hysen Zmijani (against France)
* Peter Artner (against Denmark)
* Ivan Matteoni (against Romania)