The 1992 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1990–92), had 32 entrants. Malta and Israel competed for the first time. This was also the first appearance of the unified Germany team since 1964. Italy U-21s won the competition.
The competition doubled as the European qualifying stage for the Olympic Football Tournament, which until 1992 existed as a separate tournament. Hosts Spain qualify automatically and the best four eligible nations would qualify automatically. The fifth best European team would play-off against the best Oceania (OFC) team for another Olympics place. Beside the hosting Spain, teams of Scotland, England, Luxembourg and San-Marino did not take part in Olympic qualifications (not members of IOCFootball Qualifying Tournament. Games of the XXV. Olympiad. www.rsssf.org). Teams of Northern Ireland, Wales and Faroes Islands did not take part in this competition at all.
The 32 national teams were divided into eight groups (six groups of 4 + one group of 3 + one group of 5). 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 UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying tournament with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations: Groups 1 and 7 featured the same nations Group 2 did not include San Marino (moved to Group 4) Group 3 did not include Cyprus (moved to Group 8) Group 4 did not include Northern Ireland and Faroe Islands, but included San Marino (moved from Group 2) Group 5 did not include Wales Group 6 did not include Greece (moved to Group 8) Group 8 composed of Cyprus (moved from Group 3), Greece (moved from Group 7), Sweden and Israel (both of whom did not participate in senior Euro qualification)
Qualifying Group 1PWDLFAPts18710234152832375837322658471243134581163153 Iceland 0–0 Albania Iceland 0–1 France Czechoslovakia 7–0 Iceland Spain 2–0 Iceland France 1–2 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 3–1 Spain Albania 0–0 France Spain 1–0 Albania France 0–1 Spain France 3–0 Albania Albania 1–5 Czechoslovakia Albania 2–1 Iceland Iceland 0–1 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1–0 France Iceland 1–0 Spain Spain 0–0 France Czechoslovakia 3–0 Albania Spain 1–1 Czechoslovakia France 2–1 Iceland Albania – Spain(Not played)
Qualifying Group 2PWDLFAPts16501135102640262836204594461055132 Scotland 2–0 Romania Switzerland 0–2 Bulgaria Romania 0–1 Bulgaria Scotland 4–2 Switzerland Bulgaria 2–0 Scotland Scotland 1–0 Bulgaria Switzerland 0–2 Romania Bulgaria 1–0 Switzerland Switzerland 0–3 Scotland Romania 1–3 Scotland Romania 1–3 Switzerland Bulgaria 0–1 Romania Qualifying Group 3PWDLFAPts164116892631213673623164746015181 USSR 2–2 Norway Norway 3–1 Hungary Italy 1–0 Hungary Hungary 0–0 USSR Hungary 0–1 Italy Norway 6–0 Italy Italy 1–0 USSR Norway 0–1 USSR USSR 2–0 Hungary USSR 1–1 Italy Hungary 0–1 Norway Italy 2–1 Norway
Qualifying Group 4PWDLFAPts1642021410264021110836222856460060210 San Marino 0–3 Denmark Yugoslavia 1–0 Austria Denmark 3–0 Yugoslavia San Marino 0–2 Austria Yugoslavia 5–0 San Marino Austria 3–0 San Marino Denmark 7–0 San Marino Yugoslavia 2–6 Denmark Denmark 1–1 Austria Austria 1–1 Denmark Austria 1–2 Yugoslavia San Marino 0–1 Yugoslavia Qualifying Group 5PWDLFAPts14400121824202564340040100 Luxembourg 0–3 Germany Belgium 2–0 Luxembourg Germany 3–1 Belgium Luxembourg 0–2 Belgium Belgium 0–3 Germany Germany 3–0 Luxembourg Qualifying Group 6PWDLFAPts1642020410264209210362047134460065220 Finland 0–1 Portugal Portugal 0–0 Netherlands Malta 1–4 Netherlands Malta 1–3 Portugal Portugal 2–0 Malta Netherlands 7–1 Malta Netherlands 1–0 Finland Finland 1–7 Netherlands Finland 3–1 Malta Portugal 2–0 Finland Netherlands 1–1 Portugal Malta 1–3 Finland Qualifying Group 7PWDLFAPts1660010212263121157361146113461055142 England 0–1 Poland Ireland 3–2 Turkey Ireland 0–3 England Turkey 0–1 Poland England 3–0 Ireland Poland 2–0 Turkey Ireland 1–2 Poland Turkey 2–2 England England 2–0 Turkey Poland 2–0 Ireland Poland 2–1 England Turkey 2–1 Ireland
Qualifying Group 8PWDLFAPts1642017310263211168361146133461143153 Sweden 5–0 Greece Cyprus 1–1 Sweden Greece 2–2 Israel Israel 4–0 Cyprus Cyprus 1–0 Greece Sweden 6–0 Cyprus Sweden 2–1 Israel Israel 2–1 Greece Israel 0–0 Sweden Greece 1–3 Sweden Cyprus 1–2 Israel Greece 2–0 Cyprus
Qualified teams Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1 Group 1 winner 4 (1978, 1980, 1988, 1990) Group 2 winner 3 (1980, 1982, 1984, 1988) Group 3 winner 7 (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990) Group 4 winner 2 (1978, 1986) Group 5 winner 2 (1982, 1990) Group 6 winner 1 (1988) Group 7 winner 3 (1982, 1984, 1986) Group 8 winner 2 (1986, 1990) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year
Squads
1992 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads
Only players born on or after 1 January 1969 were eligible to play in the tournament.
Knockout stages
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Final
First leg
Second leg
Goalscorers
3 goals Renato Buso
2 goals
Peter Møller Miklos Molnar Gerry Creaney Pascal Simpson
1 goal
Radim Nečas Per Frandsen Peter Frank Heiko Herrlich Markus Kranz Nils Schmäler Mehmet Scholl Mauro Bertarelli Luca Luzardi Alessandro Melli Roberto Muzzi Gianluca Sordo Robert Roest Gaston Taument Andrzej Juskowiak Paul Lambert Ray McKinnon Alex Rae Christer Fursth Jonny Rödlund
Own goal Martin Kotůlek (playing against Italy)
Medal table and Olympic qualifiers
1992 UEFA European under-21 championship medal table
Olympic qualifiers Denmark, Italy and Sweden as winners of their quarter-final rounds qualify for Olympic Games finals. Since the fourth winner Scotland do not compete in the Olympic Football Tournament (See Great Britain Olympic football team), Poland qualifies instead, being the best of the four quarter-final losers according to a special coefficient which is calculated based on the points achieved in the group stage and the quarter-finals, divided by the number of games played.Kicker Sportmagazin #20/1992, p. 43 Poland's coefficient is 1.625, while the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia and Germany have achieved a score of 1.5. The Netherlands having the best goal differential is the one of these three teams to face OFC champions in playoff for an additional place.
Poland - 13 points/8 games played = 1.625 Netherlands - 12 points/8 games played = 1.5 (+ goals: 22/6 = 3.67) Czechoslovakia - 15 points/10 games played = 1.5 (+ goals: 24/8 = 3.0) Germany - 9 points/6 games played = 1.5 (+ goals: 16/6 = 2.67)
OFC–UEFA play-off
References
External links Results Archive at uefa.com RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com