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

The 1988 UEFA European Under-16 Championship was the sixth edition of UEFA's European Under-16 Football Championship. Spain hosted the championship, during 11–21 May 1988. 16 teams entered the competition, and Spain won their second title.

## Participants

* Austria
* Belgium
* East Germany
* Finland
* France
* Hungary
* Republic of Ireland
* Norway
* Portugal
* Romania
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* West Germany
* Yugoslavia

## Results

### First stage

**Group A**

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| West Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 |
| Norway | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| Finland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
| Austria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 |

**Group B**

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| East Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| Romania | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Yugoslavia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |

**Group C**

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Turkey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |

**Group D**

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Portugal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 |
| Republic of Ireland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
