1987 UEFA European Under-16 Championship explained

Year:	1987
Other Titles:	Championnat d'Europe de football des moins de 16 ans 1987
Country:	France
Dates:	25 May – 3 June
Num Teams:	16
Confederations:	1
Champion Other:	^[1] ^[2]
Matches:	28
Goals:	56
Prevseason:	1986
Nextseason:	1988

The 1987 UEFA European Under-16 Championship was the 5th edition of the UEFA's European Under-16 Football Championship. France hosted the 16 teams entered the competition during 25 May and 3 June 1987.

Spain unsuccessfully defended its title.

Italy won the final match against the Soviet Union but UEFA withdrew Italy's title, because they had played Riccardo Secci, inscribed with an irregular document. No European title was awarded.^[3] The top three countries qualified for the 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship in Canada.

Qualifying

See main article: 1987 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying.

Results

First stage

Group A

width=180	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3
	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

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Group B

width=180	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2
	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

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Group C

width=180	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
^[4]	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

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Group D

width=180	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9
	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

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Final

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Championship

The following three teams from UEFA qualified for the 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship.

External links

• RSSSF.com

Notes and References

1. It was then ruled that Riccardo Secci had not been eligible to play in the competition, and UEFA decided that the title of Under-16 champions would not be awarded this year.
   Web site: Italy success overruled. https://archive.today/20130105060228/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under17/history/season=1987/intro.html. dead. 5 January 2013. 19 March 2009. uefa.com. 1 January 2006.
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20240514145723/https://www.figc.it/it/nazionali/palmares-storia/la-vittoria-europea-1986-revocata-agli-azzurrini/
3. https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/ec-u16-87.html RSSSF.com
4. Italy is qualified on coin toss and West Germany is eliminated