Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers

The European Qualifiers for men's football competitions at the 1988 Summer Olympics to be held in Seoul. The tournament took place from 10 September 1986 to 31 May 1988 including a preliminary round. At the end five countries qualified including West Germany, Italy, Sweden, Soviet Union, and Yugoslavia.

Main article: Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The draw for the tournament took place soon after the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.[1] Out of 34 European football nations at the time in tournament participated only 27 with five allowing for qualification to the Summer Olympics football tournament.[1] All participants were split in five groups of five teams with winners of each qualify for the Olympics. Four teams were contesting two berths in two of five groups.

Seven football nations that did not participate included four team of British islands (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales) that refused to form the unified Great Britain team required by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Malta (never fielded its team previously), Luxembourg (not fielding in 1980s), and Albania (political restrictions since 1972).[1]

For the tournament returned Turkey and Warsaw Pact nations that boycotted the 1984 Olympics football tournament in Los Angeles such as East Germany, Poland and the Soviet Union.[2][3]

Group A

Preliminary play-off
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cyprus  1–4[4]  Greece 1–2 0–2
Cyprus 1–2 Greece
Pavlos Savva  45' Ioannis Samaras  54'
Charis Mbaniotis  64'
Greece 2–0 Cyprus
Ioannis Samaras  72', 77'

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  West Germany 8 5 2 1 16 4 +12 12 1988 Summer Olympics
2  Denmark 8 5 1 2 23 5 +18 11
3  Poland 8 4 2 2 11 10 +1 10
4  Romania 8 2 1 5 5 17 −12 5
5  Greece 8 1 0 7 4 23 −19 2
Source: [4]
Romania 1–0 West Germany
Gavril Balint  2'
Greece 0–5 Denmark
Flemming Povlsen  12'
Claus Nielsen  16', 27'
Ulrik Moseby  77'
Kim Vilfort  79'
Romania 0–0 Poland
Denmark 8–0 Romania
Claus Nielsen  6', 66', 83'
Ulrik Moseby  28'
Bjørn Kristensen  30'
Lars Olsen  51'
Flemming Povlsen  77'
John Jensen  79'
Romania 1–2 Denmark
Gavril Balint  84' (pen.) Kent Nielsen  20'
Lars Olsen  68'
West Germany 3–0 Greece
Frank Mill  16', 86'
Wolfram Wuttke  63'
West Germany 5–1 Poland
Jürgen Klinsmann  10', 43'
Wolfram Wuttke  21'
Frank Mill  23'
Christian Hochstätter  90'		 Kazimierz Sokołowski  34'
Poland x – x[lower-alpha 1] Denmark
Kim Vilfort  25', 71'
Denmark 0–1 West Germany
Wolfram Wuttke  52'
Greece 0–1 Poland
Andrzej Rudy
Greece 0–2 West Germany
Christian Schreier  32'
Fritz Walter  34'
Poland 5–1 Greece
Grzegorz Wiezik  16'
Jan Furtok 3 x
? 		Alexandros Tziolis  10'
West Germany 1–1 Denmark
Armin Görtz  56' Claus Nielsen  75'
Poland 1–0 Romania
Marek Leśniak  84'
Romania 0–1 Greece
Alexandros Alexiou  24'
Denmark 4–0 Greece
Flemming Povlsen  5', 37'
Brian Laudrup  23'
Claus Nielsen  69'
Poland 1–1 West Germany
Jan Furtok  76' (pen.) Frank Mill  89'
Denmark 3–0 Poland
Bjørn Kristensen  14'
Flemming Povlsen  68'
Kim Vilfort  89'
Greece 2–3 Romania
Ioukoudis  24'
Theodoros Pahatouridis  26' (pen.)		 Haralambie Antohi  2'
Claudiu Vaișcovici  31'
Gavril Balint  40' (pen.)
West Germany 3–0 Romania
Wolfram Wuttke  38' (pen.)
Jürgen Klinsmann  57', 73'

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 8 5 3 0 11 1 +10 13 1988 Summer Olympics
2  East Germany 8 4 3 1 12 5 +7 11
3  Portugal 8 2 4 2 4 6 −2 8
4  Netherlands 8 1 3 4 6 12 −6 5
5  Iceland 8 1 1 6 5 14 −9 3
Source: [4]
Netherlands 0–1 East Germany
Damian Halata
Italy 1–0 Portugal
Roberto Galia  72'
Portugal 1–1 Netherlands
Cerqueiro Peter van Velzen
East Germany 0–0 Italy
Italy 2–0 Iceland
Pietro Paolo Virdis  41'
Mauro Tassotti  87'
Portugal 0–0 East Germany
Iceland 2–2 Netherlands
Guðmundur Torfason  33', 53' (pen.) Hennie Meyer  14'
Mario Been  56'
Iceland 2–0 East Germany
Guðmundur Torfason  50'
Ólafur Þórðarson  80'
East Germany 4–2 Netherlands
Damian Halata  30' (pen.)
Hans Richter  45'
Markus Wuckel  47'
Heiko Peschke  85'		 Hans Gillhaus
Juul Ellerman
Portugal 2–1 Iceland
Coelho  22'
António Aparício  51'		 Guðmundur Steinsson  59'
Italy 1–1 East Germany
Marco Pacione  13' Thomas Doll  8'
Portugal 0–0 Italy
Netherlands 0–1 Italy
Pietro Paolo Virdis
Netherlands 0–0 Portugal
Italy 3–0 Netherlands
Andrea Carnevale
Pietro Paolo Virdis 2x
East Germany 3–0 Portugal
Olaf Marschall
Matthias Lindner
Hans Richter
Netherlands 1–0 Iceland
Ruud Brood
East Germany 3–0 Iceland
Olaf Marschall
Jürgen Raab
Heiko Peschke
Iceland 0–1 Portugal
Miguel  89'
Iceland 0–3 Italy
Francesco Romano
Pietro Paolo Virdis
Andrea Carnevale

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 8 6 1 1 13 6 +7 13 1988 Summer Olympics
2  Hungary 8 5 1 2 13 8 +5 11
3  Spain 8 1 4 3 9 12 −3 6
4  Republic of Ireland 8 1 3 4 10 12 −2 5
5  France 8 1 3 4 9 16 −7 5
Source: [4]
Spain 1–1 Sweden
Manuel Zúñiga  75' Mats Jingblad  63'
Republic of Ireland 1–2 Hungary
Mick Byrne  59' Sándor Rostás  67'
Sándor Steidl  79'
Republic of Ireland 2–2 Spain
Noel Larkin  25'
Mick Byrne  46'		 Genar Andrinúa  41'
Manuel Zúñiga  71'
France 0–2 Hungary
István Vincze  14'
Gyula Plotár  62'
Sweden 1–0 Republic of Ireland
Ola Svensson  90'
Hungary 2–1 Spain
Gyula Plotár  32'
József Dzurják  64'		 Rafael Martín Vázquez  35'
Hungary 2–1 Sweden
Gyula Plotár 2x Leif Forsberg
Sweden 4–2 France
Jan Hellström
Leif Forsberg
Leif Engqvist 2x		 Patrick Cubaynes  8'
Bruno Roux  17'
France 1–1 Republic of Ireland
Thierry Fernier  54' Noel Larkin  17'
Republic of Ireland 0–1 Sweden
Jan Hellström  22'
Sweden 1–0 Hungary
Michael Andersson
Sweden 2–0 Spain
Jonas Thern  86'
Jan Hellström  87'
Spain 1–2 France
Ramón Vázquez  18' Antoine Kombouaré  56'
Jean-Pierre Papin  76'
Spain 1–0 Hungary
Eusebio Sacristán  66'
Republic of Ireland 3–0 France
Peter Eccles  19'
Mick Bennett  24', 59'
France 1–1 Spain
Thierry Fernier  66' Ramón Vázquez  4'
Hungary 2–2 France
György Katona
Imre Fodor  59' (pen.)		 Bruno Roux  54'
Fabrice Mege  56'
Hungary 3–1 Republic of Ireland
Béla Melis  25'
György Katona  32'
Péter Rubold  88'		 Dave Barry  84'
Spain 2–2 Republic of Ireland
Ramón Vázquez  42', 61' Barry Kehoe  17'
Noel Larkin  60'
France 1–2 Sweden
Philippe Prieur  40' Peter Lönn  (pen.)
Michael Andersson

Group D

Preliminary play-off
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Liechtenstein  0–19[4]   Switzerland 0–10 0–9
Liechtenstein 0–10  Switzerland
Walter Pellegrini  1', 58'
Alain Sutter  4', 43', 64'
Philippe Hertig  27', 49'
René Müller[5]  77', 88'
Roger Hegi  80'
Switzerland  9–0 Liechtenstein
Walter Pellegrini  30', 32', 71'
Christophe Bonvin  47', 90'
Alain Sutter  44'
Philippe Hertig  49'
Beat Rietmann  60'
Roger Hegi  62'

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 8 6 2 0 12 2 +10 14 1988 Summer Olympics
2  Bulgaria 8 4 2 2 13 5 +8 10
3   Switzerland 8 2 3 3 8 10 −2 7
4  Norway 8 0 5 3 1 7 −6 5
5  Turkey 8 1 2 5 5 15 −10 4
Source: [4]
Norway 0–0 Soviet Union
Switzerland  1–0 Norway
Martin Müller  55'
Turkey 3–2  Switzerland
Erdoğan Yılmaz  26'
Ziya Doğan  27', 71'		 Patrice Mottiez  7'
Roger Hegi  80'
Turkey 0–2 Soviet Union
Volodymyr Lyutyi  23'
Igor Dobrovolski  70'
Switzerland  1–1 Bulgaria
Christophe Bonvin  27' Petar Aleksandrov  67'
Norway 1–1 Turkey
Jostein Flo  5' Nusret Erdi Demir  1'
Bulgaria 0–1 Soviet Union
Oleksiy Mykhailychenko  63'
Norway 0–0 Bulgaria
Soviet Union 1–0 Norway
Volodymyr Lyutyi  48'
Norway 0–0  Switzerland
Switzerland  2–0 Turkey
Martin Müller  38'
Kubilay Türkyilmaz  83'
Switzerland  2–4 Soviet Union
Kubilay Türkyilmaz  16'
Roger Kundert  55'		 Volodymyr Lyutyi  36'
Igor Dobrovolski  65' (pen.)
Stanislovas Baranauskas  79', 83'
Bulgaria 4–0 Norway
Stoycho Stoev  12', 24'
Aleksandar Bonchev  68'
Lyuboslav Penev  71'
Turkey 0–0 Norway
Turkey 0–3 Bulgaria
Lyuboslav Penev  19'
Stoycho Stoev  30'
Georgi Georgiev  81'
Bulgaria 2–0  Switzerland
Petar Aleksandrov
Aleksandar Bonchev
Soviet Union 2–0 Turkey
Yuri Savichev  36'
Aleksandr Borodyuk  86'
Soviet Union 2–0 Bulgaria
Oleksiy Mykhailychenko  41'
Yevgeni Kuznetsov  72'
Soviet Union 0–0  Switzerland
Bulgaria 3–1 Turkey
Vasil Dragolov  11', 15'
Petar Mihtarski  53'		 Uğur Tütüneker  55'

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Yugoslavia 8 6 1 1 17 5 +12 13 1988 Summer Olympics
2  Czechoslovakia 8 6 0 2 10 3 +7 12
3  Belgium 8 3 1 4 8 13 −5 7
4  Austria 8 2 0 6 7 11 −4 4
5  Finland 8 2 0 6 5 15 −10 4
Source: [4]
Finland 0–2 Belgium
Marc Degryse  57'
Benoît Thans  65' (pen.)
Czechoslovakia 2–0 Belgium
Peter Herda  51', 60'
Belgium 2–3 Austria
Beugnies
Goossens 		Andreas Spielmann
Manfred Zsak
P.J. Werner
Austria 2–0 Czechoslovakia
Rupert Marko
P.J. Werner
Finland 2–1 Austria
Marko Myyry  14'
Jari Niinimäki  21'		 Rupert Marko  89'
Austria 0–1 Yugoslavia
Semir Tuce
Finland 0–2 Czechoslovakia
Tomáš Skuhravý  43'
Peter Fieber  59'
Yugoslavia 2–1 Austria
Srečko Katanec
Dragan Stojković  (pen.)		 Paul Perstling
Yugoslavia 5–0 Finland
Radmilo Mihajlović ,,
Semir Tuce ,
Czechoslovakia 2–0 Finland
Ľubomír Moravčík  31'
Radek Drulák  48'
Belgium 2–2 Yugoslavia
Francis Severeyns , Dejan Savićević
Sead Kajtaz
Belgium 0–2 Czechoslovakia
Ivo Staš  44'
Tomáš Skuhravý  78'
Czechoslovakia 1–0 Yugoslavia
Tomáš Skuhravý  87'
Belgium 1–0 Finland
Schoofs
Austria 0–1 Belgium
Danny Boffin  71'
Yugoslavia 4–0 Belgium
Dejan Savićević
Predrag Jurić
Davor Jozić ,
Czechoslovakia 1–0 Austria
Václav Daněk  67'
Yugoslavia 1–0 Czechoslovakia
Borislav Cvetković  51'
Finland 1–2 Yugoslavia
Seppo Nikkilä Dragiša Binić
Dejan Savićević
Austria 0–2 Finland
Seppo Nikkilä  64'
Ismo Lius  90'

Notes
  1. The Poland vs Denmark match on originally ended 0-2, but FIFA announced on 13 November 1987 that Denmark had fielded an ineligible player (Per Frimann), and thus the result was overturned, and Poland were awarded the match by a default score of 2-0.[4]

References
  1. Aleksandr Kostenko. 1986. Formation of the Soviet Union Olympic football team and beginning of the war Byshovets vs Lobanovskyi (1986. Формирование олимпийской сборной СССР и начало войны Бышовец vs Лобановский). UA-Football blogs. 5 December 2018
  2. http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ol1988q.html
  3. http://www.linguasport.com/futbol/internacional/olimpiadas/1988_SEOUL_PR.htm
  4. Games of the XXIV. Olympiad – European Football Qualifying Tournament (Seoul, South Korea, 1988) – Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
  5. René Müller.


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