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1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Dates 12 March – 29 October Teams 29 (from 1 confederation) Champions Spain (1st title) Runners-up Italy Matches played 92 Goals scored 249 (2.71 per match) Top scorer(s) Gianluca Vialli (4 goals)Best player(s) Manuel Sanchis [ 1]
International football competition
The 1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 5th staging of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship . The qualifying stage spanned two years (1984–86), had 29 entrants. Spain U-21s won the competition after a penalty shootout , the first in the U-21 competition's history.
The 29 national teams were divided into eight groups (five groups of 4 + three groups of 3). The group winners played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis until the winner was decided. There was no finals tournament or 3rd-place playoff.
The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:
Group 1 did not include Belgium (moved to Group 8)
Group 2 did not include Malta
Group 3 did not include Northern Ireland
Group 4 did not include Luxembourg (moved to Group 8)
Group 5 featured the same nations
Group 6 did not include Republic of Ireland
Group 7 did not include Wales
Group 8 composed of Belgium (moved from Group 1), Luxembourg (moved from Group 4) and Italy (who did not participate in World Cup qualification)
Qualifying group 1
P
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
1
Poland
4
3
0
1
10
4
6
2
Greece
4
2
0
2
6
8
4
3
Albania
4
1
0
3
3
7
2
Greece 2–1 Poland
Albania 1–2 Poland
Albania 2–1 Greece
Sweden 1–0 Czechoslo.
Czechoslo. 3–1 Portugal
Sweden 2–1 W.Germany
Czechoslo. 0–2 Sweden
W. Germany 2–0 Portugal
W. Germany 3–1 Czecho.
Finland 2–2 Romania
Romania 0–0 Finland
England 3–0 Romania
Finland 0–0 Turkey
England 3–0 Turkey
Turkey 2–2 Romania
Yugoslavia 1–2 Bulgaria
E.Germany 1–1 Yugosl.
France 2–1 Bulgaria
France 1–1 E.Germany
Yugoslavia 0–0 France
Bulgaria 3–2 E.Germany
Bulgaria 4–0 France
Bulgaria 3–6 Yugoslavia
E.Germany 1–1 France
Yugosl. 2–3 E.Germany
E.Germany 1–1 Bulgaria
France 7–0 Yugoslavia
Netherlands 5–0 Cyprus
Hungary 1–0 Cyprus
Austria 1–2 Hungary
Netherlands 2–1 Austria
Austria 0–0 Cyprus
Hungary 1–0 Netherlands
Denmark 1–0 USSR
USSR 2–0 Denmark
Denmark 4–1 Switzerland
Norway 1–3 Denmark
USSR 2–1 Norway
Switzerland 1–1 Norway
Qualifying group 7
P
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
1
Spain
4
3
1
0
4
0
7
2
Scotland
4
1
1
2
1
4
3
3
Iceland
4
1
0
3
2
3
2
Iceland 2–0 Scotland
Iceland 0–1 Spain
Spain 1–0 Iceland
Luxembourg 0–6 Italy
Luxembourg 3–1 Belgium
Italy 3–0 Belgium
Country
Qualified as
Previous appearances in tournament1
Poland
Group 1 winner
2 (1982 , 1984 )
Sweden
Group 2 winner
0 (Debut)
England
Group 3 winner
4 (1978 , 1980 , 1982 , 1984 )
France
Group 4 winner
2 (1982 , 1984 )
Hungary
Group 5 winner
2 (1978 , 1980 )
Denmark
Group 6 winner
1 (1978 )
Spain
Group 7 winner
2 (1982 , 1984 )
Italy
Group 8 winner
4 (1978 , 1980 , 1982 , 1984 )
1 Bold indicates champion for that year
See 1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads
Under-23
Under-21
Without host With host Qualification Finals Squads