UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying

Tournament details
Dates	10 September 1986 – 20 December 1987
Teams	32
Tournament statistics
Matches played	117[note 1]
Goals scored	287 (2.45 per match)[note 1]
Top scorer	👁 Netherlands John Bosman (9 goals)[note 1]
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This page describes the qualifying procedure for UEFA Euro 1988.^[1]

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Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament[A]
👁 Image  West Germany	Host	14 March 1985	4 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984)
👁 Image  Denmark	Group 6 winner	14 October 1987	2 (1964, 1984)
👁 Image  Soviet Union	Group 3 winner	28 October 1987	4 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972)
👁 Image  England	Group 4 winner	11 November 1987	2 (1968, 1980)
👁 Image  Republic of Ireland	Group 7 winner	11 November 1987	0 (debut)
👁 Image  Italy	Group 2 winner	14 November 1987	2 (1968, 1980)
👁 Image  Spain	Group 1 winner	18 November 1987	3 (1964, 1980, 1984)
👁 Image  Netherlands	Group 5 winner	9 December 1987	2 (1976, 1980)

Pool 1	Pool 2	Pool 3	Pool 4	Pool 5
👁 Image  France (title holders) 👁 Image  England 👁 Image  Denmark 👁 Image  Spain 👁 Image  Netherlands 👁 Image  Portugal 👁 Image  Belgium	👁 Image  Soviet Union 👁 Image  Romania 👁 Image  Northern Ireland 👁 Image  Sweden 👁 Image  Hungary 👁 Image  Wales 👁 Image  Bulgaria	👁 Image  Austria 👁 Image  Yugoslavia 👁 Image  Czechoslovakia 👁 Image  East Germany 👁 Image  Poland 👁 Image   Switzerland 👁 Image  Republic of Ireland	👁 Image  Scotland 👁 Image  Greece 👁 Image  Norway 👁 Image  Finland 👁 Image  Italy 👁 Image  Turkey 👁 Image  Albania	👁 Image  Iceland 👁 Image  Malta 👁 Image  Cyprus 👁 Image  Luxembourg

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

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:

1. Greater number of points in all group matches
2. Goal difference in all group matches
3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
4. Drawing of lots

The qualifying draw took place on 14 February 1986, in Frankfurt. West Germany qualified automatically as hosts of the competition. 32 teams entered the draw.

The qualifiers, consisting of 32 teams divided into seven groups; three of four teams and four of five teams, were played in 1986 and 1987. Each group winner progressed to the finals.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		👁 Spain	👁 Romania	👁 Austria	👁 Albania
1	👁 Image  Spain	6	5	0	1	14	6	+8	10	Qualify for final tournament	—	1–0	2–0	5–0
2	👁 Image  Romania	6	4	1	1	13	3	+10	9	3–1	—	4–0	5–1
3	👁 Image  Austria	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	5	2–3	0–0	—	3–0
4	👁 Image  Albania	6	0	0	6	2	17	−15	0	1–2	0–1	0–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		👁 Italy	👁 Sweden	👁 Portugal	👁 Switzerland	👁 Malta
1	👁 Image  Italy	8	6	1	1	16	4	+12	13	Qualify for final tournament	—	2–1	3–0	3–2	5–0
2	👁 Image  Sweden	8	4	2	2	12	5	+7	10	1–0	—	0–1	2–0	1–0
3	👁 Image  Portugal	8	2	4	2	6	8	−2	8	0–1	1–1	—	0–0	2–2
4	👁 Image   Switzerland	8	1	5	2	9	9	0	7	0–0	1–1	1–1	—	4–1
5	👁 Image  Malta	8	0	2	6	4	21	−17	2	0–2	0–5	0–1	1–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		👁 Soviet Union	👁 East Germany	👁 France	👁 Iceland	👁 Norway
1	👁 Image  Soviet Union	8	5	3	0	14	3	+11	13	Qualify for final tournament	—	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0
2	👁 Image  East Germany	8	4	3	1	13	4	+9	11	1–1	—	0–0	2–0	3–1
3	👁 Image  France	8	1	4	3	4	7	−3	6	0–2	0–1	—	2–0	1–1
4	👁 Image  Iceland	8	2	2	4	4	14	−10	6	1–1	0–6	0–0	—	2–1
5	👁 Image  Norway	8	1	2	5	5	12	−7	4	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		👁 England	👁 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	👁 Northern Ireland	👁 Turkey
1	👁 Image  England	6	5	1	0	19	1	+18	11	Qualify for final tournament	—	2–0	3–0	8–0
2	👁 Image  Yugoslavia	6	4	0	2	13	9	+4	8	1–4	—	3–0	4–0
3	👁 Image  Northern Ireland	6	1	1	4	2	10	−8	3	0–2	1–2	—	1–0
4	👁 Image  Turkey	6	0	2	4	2	16	−14	2	0–0	2–3	0–0	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		👁 Netherlands	👁 Greece	👁 Hungary	👁 Poland	👁 Cyprus
1	👁 Image  Netherlands	8	6	2	0	15	1	+14	14	Qualify for final tournament	—	1–1	2–0	0–0	4–0[a]
2	👁 Image  Greece	8	4	1	3	12	13	−1	9	0–3	—	2–1	1–0	3–1
3	👁 Image  Hungary	8	4	0	4	13	11	+2	8	0–1	3–0	—	5–3	1–0
4	👁 Image  Poland	8	3	2	3	9	11	−2	8	0–2	2–1	3–2	—	0–0
5	👁 Image  Cyprus	8	0	1	7	3	16	−13	1	0–2	2–4	0–1	0–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		👁 Denmark	👁 Czechoslovakia	👁 Wales	👁 Finland
1	👁 Image  Denmark	6	3	2	1	4	2	+2	8	Qualify for final tournament	—	1–1	1–0	1–0
2	👁 Image  Czechoslovakia	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	7	0–0	—	2–0	3–0
3	👁 Image  Wales	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	6	1–0	1–1	—	4–0
4	👁 Image  Finland	6	1	1	4	4	10	−6	3	0–1	3–0	1–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		👁 Republic of Ireland	👁 Bulgaria	👁 Belgium	👁 Scotland	👁 Luxembourg
1	👁 Image  Republic of Ireland	8	4	3	1	10	5	+5	11	Qualify for final tournament	—	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–1
2	👁 Image  Bulgaria	8	4	2	2	12	6	+6	10	2–1	—	2–0	0–1	3–0
3	👁 Image  Belgium	8	3	3	2	16	8	+8	9	2–2	1–1	—	4–1	3–0
4	👁 Image  Scotland	8	3	3	2	7	5	+2	9	0–1	0–0	2–0	—	3–0
5	👁 Image  Luxembourg	8	0	1	7	2	23	−21	1	0–2	1–4	0–6	0–0	—

There were 287 goals scored in 117 matches, for an average of 2.45 goals per match.^{[note 1]}

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