1987 UEFA European Under-16 Championship

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.

1987 UEFA European Under-16 Championship

Championnat d'Europe de football des moins de 16 ans 1987
Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	25 May – 3 June
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Italy[1][2]
Runners-up	Soviet Union
Third place	France
Fourth place	Turkey
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	56 (2 per match)
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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

Main article: 1987 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying

Participants

•  Austria
•  Czechoslovakia
•  Denmark
•  East Germany
•  France
•  Greece
•  Northern Ireland
•  Norway
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Portugal
•  Scotland
•  Soviet Union
•  Turkey
•  West Germany
•  Yugoslavia

Results

First stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turkey	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
Greece	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3
Denmark	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
Israel	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

Turkey	0–0	Greece
	Report

25 May 1987

Stade de la Source, Orléans

Referee: ? (France)

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Denmark	1–1	Israel

25 May 1987

Évreux

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Turkey	1–0	Israel
Uygun 25'	Report

27 May 1987

Mantes-la-Ville

Referee: ? (France)

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Denmark	1–1	Greece

27 May 1987

Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis

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Greece	0–0	Israel

29 May 1987

Compiègne

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Turkey	1–0	Denmark
Durmuş 50'	Report

29 May 1987

Lucé

Referee: ? (France)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Portugal	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
Scotland	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2
East Germany	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Scotland	2–2	East Germany

25 May 1987

Saint-Nazaire

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France	2–1	Portugal

25 May 1987

Saint-Brieuc

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France	1–1	Scotland

27 May 1987

Vannes

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Portugal	1–0	East Germany

27 May 1987

Quimper

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Portugal	3–1	Scotland

29 May 1987

Redon

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France	3–0	East Germany

29 May 1987

Lorient

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy[4]	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
West Germany	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
Czechoslovakia	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
Northern Ireland	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Italy	2–1	Czechoslovakia

25 May 1987

Vagney

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West Germany	2–1	Northern Ireland

25 May 1987

Chaumont

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Northern Ireland	1–1	Italy

27 May 1987

Vittel

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West Germany	1–1	Czechoslovakia

27 May 1987

Montbéliard

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West Germany	2–2	Italy

29 May 1987

Épinal

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Northern Ireland	0–0	Czechoslovakia

29 May 1987

Mulhouse

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9
Norway	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
Austria	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
Yugoslavia	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

Soviet Union	4–0	Yugoslavia

25 May 1987

Le Mans

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Norway	0–0	Austria

25 May 1987

Poitiers

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Norway	2–0	Yugoslavia

27 May 1987

Thouars

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Soviet Union	1–0	Austria

27 May 1987

Blois

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Yugoslavia	1–1	Austria

29 May 1987

Angers

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Soviet Union	4–1	Norway

29 May 1987

Tours

Semi-finals

Italy	1–0	Turkey

1 June 1987

Reims

Referee: ? (Austria)

Soviet Union	0–0	France
Penalties
	3–0

1 June 1987

Rouen

Third place match

France	3–0	Turkey

3 June 1987

Montataire

Referee: ? (Czechoslovakia)

Final

Italy	1 – 0[1]	Soviet Union
Gallo 65'

3 June 1987

Parc des Princes, Paris

Referee: Wieland Ziller

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Championship

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

•  France
•  Italy
•  Soviet Union