1990 UEFA European Under-16 Championship

The 1990 UEFA European Under-16 Championship was the 8th edition of the UEFA's European Under-16 Football Championship. Players born on or after 1 August 1973 were eligible to participate in this competition. Then East Germany hosted the 16 teams that contested 17–27 May 1990.

1990 UEFA European Under-16 Championship

U-16-Fußball-Europameisterschaft 1990
Tournament details
Host country	East Germany
Dates	17–27 May
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Czechoslovakia (1st title)
Runners-up	Yugoslavia
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	79 (2.82 per match)
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Portugal unsuccessfully defended their first title.

Czechoslovakia won their first title.

Squads

Main article: 1990 UEFA European Under-16 Championship squads

Qualifying

Main article: 1990 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying

Participants

•  Belgium
•  Czechoslovakia
•  Cyprus
•  Denmark
•  East Germany
•  France
•  Hungary
•  Northern Ireland
•  Poland
•  Portugal
•  Scotland
•  Spain
•  Sweden
•  Turkey
•  West Germany
•  Yugoslavia

Results

First stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	5
Denmark	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	4
Northern Ireland	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	2
Turkey	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Northern Ireland	1–2	Portugal
Wilkinson 45'		Kenedy 17' Porfírio 78'

17 May 1990

Arnstadt

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Denmark	3–0	Turkey

17 May 1990

Leinefelde

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Northern Ireland	0–6	Denmark

19 May 1990

Eisenach

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Portugal	2–2	Turkey
Hernâni 20' Sérgio Ribeiro 31'		Kahraman 46', 71'

19 May 1990

Sondershausen

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Northern Ireland	2–0	Turkey

21 May 1990

Weimar

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Portugal	3–1	Denmark
Poejo 10' Costa 37', 78'		Mikkelsen 68'

21 May 1990

Mühlhausen

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	5
Sweden	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	4
Cyprus	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	2
Hungary	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Poland	3–0	Cyprus

17 May 1990

Kölleda

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Sweden	2–2	Hungary

17 May 1990

Tambach-Dietharz

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Cyprus	2–0	Hungary

19 May 1990

Erfurt

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Poland	1–1	Sweden

19 May 1990

Nordhausen

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Cyprus	0–3	Sweden

21 May 1990

Heiligenstadt

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Poland	2–0	Hungary

21 May 1990

Bad Salzungen

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	5
West Germany	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4	4
France	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
Scotland	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1

Czechoslovakia	0–0	West Germany

17 May 1990

Ruhla

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France	1–1	Scotland

17 May 1990

Bad Langensalza

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Czechoslovakia	2–0	France

19 May 1990

Apolda

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West Germany	5–1	Scotland

19 May 1990

Sömmerda

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West Germany	1–1	France

21 May 1990

Sondershausen

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Czechoslovakia	3–0	Scotland

21 May 1990

Ilmenau

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	6
Spain	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	4
East Germany	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1
Belgium	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Spain	3–1	East Germany

17 May 1990

Elsterberg

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Belgium	0–2	Yugoslavia

17 May 1990

Gera

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Spain	1–0	Belgium

19 May 1990

Bad Lobenstein

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East Germany	0–1	Yugoslavia

19 May 1990

Weida

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Spain	0–1	Yugoslavia

21 May 1990

Zeulenroda-Triebes

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East Germany	1–1	Belgium

21 May 1990

Rudolstadt

Semi-finals

Poland	1–4	Yugoslavia

24 May 1990

Sömmerda

Portugal	0–0	Czechoslovakia
Penalties
Costa Poejo Kenedy	3–5	Ungvölgyi Berger Čížek Cieslar Šulek

24 May 1990

Nordhausen

Third place match

Portugal	2–3	Poland
Nuno Santos 16' Alex 77'		Ficoń 23' Przała 49' Biskup 63'

27 May 1990

Erfurt

Final

Czechoslovakia	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Yugoslavia
Penksa 44' Berger 60' Čížek 97'		31' Pantelić 43' Stanojević

27 May 1990

Erfurt

Referee: Sandor Varga (Hungary)

References

• RSSSF.com
• UEFA.com