1988 UEFA European Under-16 Championship explained

Year:	1988
Other Titles:	Campeonato Europeo Sub-16 de la UEFA 1988
Country:	Spain
Dates:	11–21 May
Num Teams:	16
Confederations:	1
Count:	2
Matches:	28
Goals:	50
Prevseason:	1987
Nextseason:	1989

The 1988 UEFA European Under-16 Championship was the 6th edition of the UEFA's European Under-16 Football Championship. Spain hosted the 16 teams entered the competition during 11–21 May 1988.

Italy did not defend its win in the previous year's final.

Spain won their second title.

Qualifying

See main article: 1988 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	6	2	+4	5
	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	3
	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	2
	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	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
^[1]	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

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Group C

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	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5
	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4
	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

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Group D

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	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	5
	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	2
	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

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Final

References

Notes and References

East Germany is qualified on penalty shootout (the first in any UEFA tournament group stage) and Sweden is eliminated.