# 1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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.
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.

## Qualifying stage
### Draw

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:
* Groups 1 and 2 featured the same nations
* Group 3 did not include Iceland (moved to Group 4)
* Group 4 did not include Wales, but included Iceland (moved from Group 3)
* Group 5 did not include Cyprus (moved to Group 6)
* Group 6 did not include Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Malta, but included Cyprus (moved from Group 5)
* Group 7 did not include Switzerland (moved to Group 8)
* Group 8 composed of Switzerland (moved from Group 7), Italy and San Marino (both of whom did not participate in World Cup qualification)
| Qualifying Group 1 | Qualifying Group 1 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Romania | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | Denmark | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 5 |
| 4 | Greece | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 |
| Bulgaria 2–1 Romania Greece 2–2 Denmark Romania 2–0 Greece Denmark 1–3 Bulgaria Bulgaria 6–0 Denmark Greece 1–0 Romania | Romania 2–1 Bulgaria Denmark 3–0 Greece Bulgaria 2–0 Greece Denmark 1–2 Romania Romania 1–2 Denmark Greece 0–2 Bulgaria |
| Qualifying Group 2 | Qualifying Group 2 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Sweden | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | England | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Poland | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
| 4 | Albania | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Poland 0–0 Albania England 1–1 Sweden Albania 0–2 Sweden Albania 1–2 England England 2–0 Albania Sweden 4–0 Poland | England 2–1 Poland Sweden 1–0 England Sweden 1–0 Albania Poland 1–3 England Poland 1–1 Sweden Albania 0–1 Poland |
| Qualifying Group 3 | Qualifying Group 3 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | East Germany | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Austria | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
| 4 | Turkey | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| Soviet Union 2–2 Austria Austria 3–0 Turkey Turkey 3–2 East Germany East Germany 0–0 Turkey Soviet Union 1–0 East Germany Turkey 0–3 Soviet Union | East Germany 2–0 Austria Austria 0–2 Soviet Union East Germany 3–2 Soviet Union Turkey 1–1 Austria Soviet Union 2–0 Turkey Austria 0–1 East Germany |
| Qualifying Group 4 | Qualifying Group 4 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | West Germany | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Iceland | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 |
| 4 | Finland | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3 |
| Finland 0–3 West Germany Iceland 1–1 Netherlands Finland 2–1 Iceland West Germany 2–0 Netherlands Netherlands 0–1 West Germany Finland 1–1 Netherlands | Iceland 1–1 West Germany Iceland 4–0 Finland West Germany 2–0 Finland Netherlands 2–3 Iceland West Germany 1–1 Iceland Netherlands 2–1 Finland |
| Qualifying Group 5 | Qualifying Group 5 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | France | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 |
| 3 | Norway | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| 4 | Scotland | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 |
| Norway 1–1 Scotland France 2–0 Norway Scotland 0–2 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 2–2 France Scotland 2–3 France France 0–1 Yugoslavia | Norway 0–1 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 4–1 Scotland Norway 1–1 France Yugoslavia 0–1 Norway France 3–1 Scotland Scotland 2–0 Norway |
| Qualifying Group 6 | Qualifying Group 6 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Spain | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Hungary | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Cyprus | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Cyprus 0–0 Hungary Cyprus 0–1 Spain Hungary 1–0 Cyprus | Spain 1–0 Cyprus Hungary 1–0 Spain Spain 1–0 Hungary |
| Qualifying Group 7 | Qualifying Group 7 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Czechoslovakia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 |
| 2 | Belgium | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Portugal | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| Czechoslovakia 0–3 Belgium Portugal 1–1 Belgium Czechoslovakia 4–0 Luxembourg Portugal 1–0 Luxembourg Belgium 1–1 Czechoslovakia Luxembourg 0–0 Belgium | Belgium 1–1 Portugal Czechoslovakia 1–0 Portugal Luxembourg 0–3 Portugal Belgium 1–0 Luxembourg Portugal 0–3 Czechoslovakia Luxembourg 1–1 Czechoslovakia |
| Qualifying Group 8 | Qualifying Group 8 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Italy | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | San Marino | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Switzerland 0–0 Italy San Marino 0–5 Switzerland San Marino 0–2 Italy | Italy 1–0 Switzerland Switzerland 3–0 San Marino Italy 2–0 San Marino |

### Qualified teams

| Country | Qualified as | Previous appearances in tournament |
| 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) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champion for that year

## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Italy | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Spain | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Spain | 1 | 1 | 2 | Italy | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | Yugoslavia (a) | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| Yugoslavia | 2 | 1 | 3 | Yugoslavia (a) | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | Yugoslavia | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | Soviet Union | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Soviet Union (a.e.t.) | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | Soviet Union | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| West Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| West Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 | Soviet Union | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 1 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| Sweden | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

### Final
#### First leg
#### Second leg
## Goalscorers
### 3 goals

* Davor Šuker
* Andriy Sydelnykov

### 2 goals

* Giovanni Stroppa
* Kennet Andersson
* Tomas Brolin
* Ulrik Jansson
* Igor Shalimov
* Igor Dobrovolskiy
* Alen Bokšić

### 1 goal

* Horst Siegl
* Christian Hochstätter
* Pierluigi Casiraghi
* Marco Simone
* Fernando Hierro
* Ricardo Mendiguren
* Stefan Rehn
* Dmitriy Chugunov
* Igor Kolyvanov
* Andrey Kanchelskis
* Sergey Kiryakov
* Aleksandr Mostovoi
* Zvonimir Boban
* Robert Jarni
* Robert Prosinečki

### Own goal

* Andriy Bal (playing against West Germany)
* Miroslav Đukić (playing against Italy)