Qualifying Groups  

West Germany qualified as hosts.
Group winners qualify for finals

Group 1

Year

Date    

Team

Team

Score

1986

10 Sept

Romania

Austria

4-0

1986

15 Oct

Austria

Albania

3-0

1986

12 Nov

Spain

Romania

1-0

1986

3 Dec

Albania

Spain

1-2

1987

25 Mar

Romania

Albania

5-1

1987

1 Apr

Austria

Spain

2-3

1987

29 Apr

Albania

Austria

0-1

1987

29 Apr

Romania

Spain

3-1

1987

14 Oct

Spain

Austria

2-0

1987

28 Oct

Albania

Romania

0-1

1987

18 Nov

Austria

Romania

0-0

1987

18 Nov

Spain

Albania

5-0

Team

Plyd 

W

D

L

GF

GA

Pts

Spain

6

5

0

1

14

6

10

Romania

6

4

1

1

13

3

9

Austria

6

2

1

3

6

9

5

Albania

6

0

0

6

2

17

0


Group 2

Year

Date    

Team

Team

Score

1986

24 Sept

Sweden

Switzerland

2-0

1986

12 Oct

Portugal

Sweden

1-1

1986

29 Oct

Switzerland

Portugal

1-1

1986

15 Nov

Italy

Switzerland

3-2

1986

16 Nov

Malta

Sweden

0-5

1986

6 Dec

Malta

Italy

0-2

1987

24 Jan

Italy

Malta

5-0

1987

14 Feb

Portugal

Italy

0-1

1987

29 Mar

Portugal

Malta

2-2

1987

15 Apr

Switzerland

Malta

4-1

1987

24 May

Sweden

Malta

1-0

1987

3 June

Sweden

Italy

1-0

1987

17 June

Switzerland

Sweden

1-1

1987

23 Sept

Sweden

Portugal

0-1

1987

17 Oct

Switzerland

Italy

0-0

1987

11 Nov

Portugal

Switzerland

0-0

1987

14 Nov

Italy

Sweden

2-1

1987

15 Nov

Malta

Switzerland

1-1

1987

5 Dec

Italy

Portugal

3-0

1987

20 Dec

Malta

Portugal

0-1

Team

Plyd 

W

D

L

GF

GA

Pts

Italy

6

6

1

1

16

4

13

Sweden

6

4

2

2

12

5

10

Portugal

6

2

4

2

6

8

8

Switzerland

6

1

5

2

9

9

7

Malta

6

0

2

6

4

21

2

Group 3

Year

Date    

Team

Team

Score

1986

10 Sept

Iceland

France

0-0

1986

24 Sept

Iceland

USSR

1-1

1986

24 Sept

Norway

East Germany

0-0

1986

11 Oct

France

USSR

0-2

1986

29 Oct

East Germany

Iceland

2-0

1986

29 Oct

USSR

Norway

4-0

1986

19 Nov

East Germany

France

0-0

1987

29 Apr

France

Iceland

2-0

1987

29 Apr

USSR

East Germany

2-0

1987

3 June

Iceland

East Germany

0-6

1987

3 June

Norway

USSR

0-1

1987

16 June

Norway

France

2-0

1987

9 Sept

Iceland

Norway

2-1

1987

9 Sept

USSR

France

1-1

1987

23 Sept

Norway

Iceland

0-1

1987

10 Oct

East Germany

USSR

1-1

1987

14 Oct

France

Norway

1-1

1987

28 Oct

East Germany

Norway

3-1

1987

28 Oct

USSR

Iceland

2-0

1987

18 Nov

France

East Germany

0-1

Team

Plyd 

W

D

L

GF

GA

Pts

USSR

8

5

3

0

14

3

13

East Germany

8

4

3

1

13

4

11

France

8

1

4

3

4

7

6

Iceland

8

2

2

4

4

14

6

Norway

8

1

2

5

5

12

4


Group 4

Year

Date    

Team

Team

Score

1986

15 Oct

England

Northern Ireland

3-0

1986

29 Oct

Yugoslavia

Turkey

4-0

1986

12 Nov

England

Yugoslavia

2-0

1986

12 Nov

Turkey

Northern Ireland

0-0

1987

1 Apr

Northern Ireland

England

0-2

1987

29 Apr

Northern Ireland

Yugoslavia

1-2

1987

29 Apr

Turkey

England

0-0

1987

14 Oct

England

Turkey

8-0

1987

14 Oct

Yugoslavia

Northern Ireland

3-0

1987

11 Nov

Northern Ireland

Turkey

1-0

1987

11 Nov

Yugoslavia

England

1-4

1987

16 Dec

Turkey

Yugoslavia

2-3

Team

Plyd 

W

D

L

GF

GA

Pts

England

6

5

1

0

19

1

11

Yugoslavia

6

4

0

2

13

9

8

Northern Ireland

6

1

1

4

2

10

3

Turkey

6

0

2

4

2

16

2


Group 5

Year

Date    

Team

Team

Score

1986

15 Oct

Hungary

Holland

0-1

1986

15 Oct

Poland

Greece

2-1

1986

12 Nov

Greece

Hungary

2-1

1986

19 Nov

Holland

Poland

0-0

1986

3 Dec

Cyprus

Greece

2-4

1986

21 Dec

Cyprus

Holland

0-2

1987

14 Jan

Greece

Cyprus

3-1

1987

8 Feb

Cyprus

Hungary

0-1

1987

25 Mar

Holland

Greece

1-1

1987

12 Apr

Poland

Cyprus

0-0

1987

29 Apr

Greece

Poland

1-0

1987

29 Apr

Holland

Hungary

2-0

1987

17 May

Hungary

Poland

5-3

1987

23 Sept

Poland

Hungary

3-2

1987

14 Oct

Hungary

Greece

3-0

1987

14 Oct

Poland

Holland

0-2

1987

11 Nov

Cyprus

Poland

0-1

1987

2 Dec

Hungary

Cyprus

1-0

1987

9 Dec

Holland

Cyprus

4-0

1987

16 Dec

Greece

Holland

0-3

Team

Plyd 

W

D

L

GF

GA

Pts

Holland

8

6

2

0

15

1

14

Greece

8

4

1

3

12

13

9

Hungary

8

4

0

4

13

11

8

Poland

8

3

2

3

9

11

8

Cyprus

8

0

1

7

3

16

1


Group 6

Year

Date    

Team

Team

Score

1986

10 Sept

Finland

Wales

1-1

1986

15 Oct

Czechoslovakia

Finland

3-0

1986

29 Oct

Denmark

Finland

1-0

1986

12 Nov

Czechoslovakia

Denmark

0-0

1987

1 Apr

Wales

Finland

4-0

1987

29 Apr

Finland

Denmark

0-1

1987

29 Apr

Wales

Czechoslovakia

1-1

1987

3 June

Denmark

Czechoslovakia

1-1

1987

9 Sept

Finland

Czechoslovakia

3-0

1987

9 Sept

Wales

Denmark

1-0

1987

14 Oct

Denmark

Wales

1-0

1987

11 Nov

Czechoslovakia

Wales

2-0

Team

Plyd 

W

D

L

GF

GA

Pts

Denmark

6

3

2

1

4

2

8

Czechoslovakia

6

2

3

1

7

5

7

Wales

6

2

2

2

7

5

6

Finland

6

1

1

4

4

10

3


Group 7

Year

Date    

Team

Team

Score

1986

10 Sept

Belgium

Rep of Ireland

2-2

1986

10 Sept

Scotland

Bulgaria

0-0

1986

14 Oct

Luxembourg

Belgium

0-6

1986

15 Oct

Rep of Ireland

Scotland

0-0

1986

12 Nov

Scotland

Luxembourg

3-0

1986

19 Nov

Belgium

Bulgaria

1-1

1987

18 Feb

Scotland

Rep of Ireland

0-1

1987

1 Apr

Belgium

Scotland

4-1

1987

1 Apr

Bulgaria

Rep of Ireland

2-1

1987

29 Apr

Rep of Ireland

Belgium

0-0

1987

30 Apr

Luxembourg

Bulgaria

1-4

1987

20 May

Bulgaria

Luxembourg

3-0

1987

28 May

Luxembourg

Rep of Ireland

0-2

1987

9 Sept

Rep of Ireland

Luxembourg

2-1

1987

23 Sept

Bulgaria

Belgium

2-0

1987

14 Oct

Rep of Ireland

Bulgaria

2-0

1987

14 Oct

Scotland

Belgium

2-0

1987

11 Nov

Belgium

Luxembourg

3-0

1987

11 Nov

Bulgaria

Scotland

0-1

1987

2 Dec

Luxembourg

Scotland

0-0

Team

Plyd 

W

D

L

GF

GA

Pts

Rep of Ireland

8

4

3

1

10

5

11

Bulgaria

8

4

2

2

12

6

10

Belgium

8

3

3

2

16

8

9

Scotland

8

3

3

2

7

5

9

Luxembourg

8

0

1

7

2

23

1