1988 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying
# 1988 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying

In the qualifying procedure for the 1988 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship, 29 teams were divided into 14 groups (13 groups of two teams and one group of three teams) each. The fourteen group winners advanced to the final tournament. The runner-up of the group with three teams and Spain (as host) were also qualified.

## Results

### Group 1

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Portugal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |

### Group 2

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Belgium | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 4 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |

### Group 3

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| East Germany | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 2 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |

### Group 4

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 4 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 |

### Group 5

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Austria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 2 |
| Greece | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |

### Group 6

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Finland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 |
| Norway | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 |

### Group 7

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| West Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| Scotland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 |

### Group 8

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hungary | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Czechoslovakia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |

### Group 9

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 3 |
| Iceland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |

### Group 10

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Republic of Ireland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 |

### Group 11

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Turkey | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
| Poland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 1 |

### Group 12

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Italy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |

### Group 13

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Romania | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 4 |
| San Marino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 |

### Group 14

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yugoslavia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 2 |
| Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
