UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 6

Standings and results for Group 6 of the 1988 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying tournament.

Group 6 consisted of Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland and Wales. Group winners were Denmark, who finished one point clear of second-placed Czechoslovakia.

Final table

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Denmark 6 3 2 1 4 2 +2 8  Czechoslovakia 6 2 3 1 7 5 +2 7  Wales 6 2 2 2 7 5 +2 6  Finland 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 3

Czechoslovakia  – 0–0 3–0 2–0 Denmark  1–1 – 1–0 1–0 Finland  3–0 0–1 – 1–1 Wales  1–1 1–0 4–0 –

Results

Finland  v  Wales

10 September 1986

Finland	1 – 1	Wales
Hjelm  11'	(Details)	Slatter  68'

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 9,840 Referee: Gerald Losert (AUT)

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Czechoslovakia  v  Finland

15 October 1986

Czechoslovakia	3 – 0	Finland
Janečka  28' Knoflíček  43' Kula  67'	(Details)

Stadion Za Lužánkami, Brno Attendance: 26,351 Referee: Gerassimos Germanakos (GRE)

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Denmark  v  Finland

29 October 1986

Denmark	1 – 0	Finland
Bertelsen  68'	(Details)

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 40,300 Referee: Thomas Oliver Donnelly (NIR)

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Czechoslovakia  v  Denmark

12 November 1986

Czechoslovakia	0 – 0	Denmark
	(Details)

Tehelné pole, Bratislava Attendance: 47,042 Referee: Alexis Ponnet (BEL)

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Wales  v  Finland

1 April 1987

Wales	4 – 0	Finland
Rush  7' Hodges  28' Phillips  63' Jones  86'	(Details)

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Attendance: 7,696 Referee: Ignace van Swieten (NED)

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Finland  v  Denmark

29 April 1987

Finland	0 – 1	Denmark
	(Details)	Mølby  53'

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 29,197 Referee: Dimitar Dimitrov (BUL)

Wales  v  Czechoslovakia

29 April 1987

Wales	1 – 1	Czechoslovakia
Rush  82'	(Details)	Knoflíček  74'

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Attendance: 14,150 Referee: Krzysztof Czemarmazowicz (POL)

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Denmark  v  Czechoslovakia

3 June 1987

Denmark	1 – 1	Czechoslovakia
Mølby  16'	(Details)	Hašek  48'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 46,300 Referee: Claudio Pieri (ITA)

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Finland  v  Czechoslovakia

9 September 1987

Finland	3 – 0	Czechoslovakia
Hjelm  29' Lius  71' Tiainen  82'	(Details

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 6,430 Referee: Neil Midgley (ENG)

Wales  v  Denmark

9 September 1987

Wales	1 – 0	Denmark
Hughes  19'	(Details)

Ninian Park, Cardiff Attendance: 20,535 Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (GDR)

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Denmark  v  Wales

14 October 1987

Denmark	1 – 0	Wales
Elkjær  50'	(Details)

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 44,500 Referee: Ioan Igna (ROM)

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Czechoslovakia  v  Wales

11 November 1987

Czechoslovakia	2 – 0	Wales
Knoflíček  32' Bílek  89'	(Details)

Letna Stadium, Prague Attendance: 6,443 Referee: Erik Fredriksson (SWE)

Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Ivo Knoflíček	Czechoslovakia	3
2	Jan Mølby	Denmark	2
	Ari Hjelm	Finland
	Ian Rush	Wales

1 goal

Czechoslovakia Michal Bílek Ivan Hašek Petr Janečka Karel Kula

Denmark Jens Jørn Bertelsen Preben Elkjær Larsen  Finland Ismo Lius Petri Tiainen

Wales Neil Slatter Glyn Hodges David Phillips Andy Jones Mark Hughes

Squads

The following players made at least one appearance for their respective team in the qualifying campaign.

Czechoslovakia Coach - Josef Masopust Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club Luděk Mikloško GK 9 December 1961 (age 24) 6 Baník Ostrava Stanislav Levý DF 2 May 1958 (age 28) 3 Bohemians 1905 Jan Fiala DF 19 May 1956 (age 30) 5 Dukla Prague Le Havre AC Josef Novák DF 29 July 1956 (age 30) 4 Dukla Prague František Straka DF 21 May 1958 (age 28) 6 Sparta Prague Miroslav Kadlec DF 22 June 1964 (age 22) 2 TJ Vítkovice Jiří Ondra DF 7 June 1957 (age 24) 2 (both as sub) Bohemians 1905 First Vienna Július Bielik DF 8 March 1962 (age 24) 1 (as a sub) Sparta Prague Ivan Hašek MF 6 September 1963 (age 23) 6 (1 as sub) Sparta Prague Jozef Chovanec MF 7 March 1960 (age 26) 6 Sparta Prague Karel Kula MF 10 August 1963 (age 23) 6 (1 as sub) Baník Ostrava Luboš Kubík MF 20 January 1964 (age 22) 5 Slavia Prague Pavel Chaloupka MF 4 May 1959 (age 27) 1 (as a sub) Bohemians 1905 Karel Jarolím MF 23 August 1956 (age 30) 2 (1 as sub) Slavia Prague Lubomír Moravčík MF 22 June 1965 (age 21) 1 FC Nitra Michal Bílek MF 13 April 1965 (age 21) 1 Sparta Prague Petr Janečka ST 25 November 1957 (age 28) 5 Bohemians 1905 Milan Luhový ST 1 January 1963 (age 23) 1 (as a sub) Dukla Prague Tomáš Skuhravý ST 7 September 1965 (age 20) 6 RH Cheb Stanislav Griga ST 4 November 1961 (age 24) 2 (both as sub) Dukla Prague Sparta Prague Ivo Knoflíček ST 23 February 1962 (age 24) 6 Slavia Prague

Denmark Coach - Sepp Piontek Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club Troels Rasmussen GK 7 April 1961 (age 25) 6 Aarhus GF John Sivebæk DF 25 October 1961 (age 25) 5 (1 as sub) Manchester United AS Saint-Étienne Søren Busk DF 10 April 1953 (age 33) 4 AS Monaco Wiener Sport-Club Morten Olsen DF 14 August 1949 (age 37) 6 1. FC Köln Ivan Nielsen DF 9 October 1956 (age 29) 6 PSV Eindhoven Jan Heintze DF 17 August 1963 (age 23) 2 PSV Eindhoven Kent Nielsen DF 28 December 1961 (age 24) 1 Brønshøj BK Brøndby IF Henrik Andersen DF 7 May 1965 (age 21) 2 (both a sub) RSC Anderlecht Lars Olsen DF 2 February 1961 (age 25) 1 (as a sub) Brøndby IF Klaus Berggreen MF 3 February 1958 (age 28) 3 AS Roma Torino Jan Mølby MF 4 July 1963 (age 23) 4 Liverpool Søren Lerby MF 1 February 1958 (age 28) 6 AS Monaco PSV Eindhoven Per Frimann MF 4 June 1962 (age 24) 1 (as a sub) RSC Anderlecht Jens Jørn Bertelsen MF 15 February 1952 (age 34) 5 FC Aarau Esbjerg fB John Jensen MF 3 May 1965 (age 21) 2 (1 as sub) Brøndby IF Frank Arnesen MF 30 September 1956 (age 29) 4 PSV Eindhoven Jesper Olsen MF 20 March 1961 (age 25) 3 (2 as sub) Manchester United Michael Laudrup MF 15 June 1964 (age 22) 3 Juventus Flemming Povlsen ST 3 December 1966 (age 19) 3 (1 as sub) Castilla CF 1. FC Köln Lars Lunde ST 21 March 1964 (age 22) 1 (as a sub) Bayern Munich Claus Nielsen ST 13 January 1964 (age 22) 2 (1 as sub) Brøndby IF John Eriksen ST 20 November 1957 (age 25) 3 (1 as sub) Servette FC Preben Elkjær Larsen ST 11 September 1957 (age 28) 4 Verona Steen Thychosen ST 22 September 1958 (age 27) 1 (as a sub) Lausanne Sports Vejle BK

Finland Coach - Martti Kuusela Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club Kari Laukkanen GK 14 December 1963 (age 22) 6 Cercle Brugge KuPS Esa Pekonen DF 4 November 1961 (age 24) 5 Kuusysi Lahti AIK Solna Aki Lahtinen DF 31 October 1958 (age 27) 2 Kemin Palloseura OPS Jari Europaeus DF 29 December 1962 (age 23) 6 RoPS Erkka Petäjä DF 13 February 1964 (age 22) 6 Östers IF Markku Kanerva DF 24 May 1964 (age 22) 1 HJK Helsinki Markus Törnvall DF 31 December 1964 (age 21) 3 FC Lahti Petri Tiainen DF 26 September 1966 (age 19) 5 (1 as sub) Ajax Erik Holmgren DF 17 December 1964 (age 21) 2 HJK Helsinki Jukka Ikäläinen MF 14 March 1957 (age 29) 6 Kemin Pallotoverit-85 Hannu Turunen MF 24 June 1956 (age 30) 1 KuPS Kari Ukkonen MF 19 February 1961 (age 25) 4 SC Lokeren RSC Anderlecht Jari Rantanen ST 31 December 1961 (age 24) 6 IFK Göteborg Pasi Tauriainen ST 4 October 1964 (age 21) 5 (1 as sub) Mika Lipponen ST 9 May 1964 (age 22) 5 FC Twente Ari Jalasvaara ST 20 July 1959 (age 27) 1 (as a sub) Ismo Lius ST 30 November 1965 (age 20) 3 (1 as sub) Kuusysi Lahti Ari Hjelm ST 24 February 1962 (age 24) 6 (1 as sub) Tampere United Ari Valvee ST 1 December 1960 (age 25) 3 (all as sub) HJK Helsinki FC Haka

Wales Coach - Mike England Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club Martin Thomas GK 28 November 1959 (age 26) 1 Newcastle United Neville Southall GK 16 September 1958 (age 27) 4 Everton Eddie Niedzwiecki GK 3 May 1959 (age 27) 1 Chelsea Neil Slatter DF 30 May 1964 (age 22) 5 (1 as sub) Oxford United Kevin Ratcliffe DF 12 November 1960 (age 25) 6 Everton Clayton Blackmore DF 23 September 1964 (age 21) 6 Manchester United Jeremy Charles DF 26 September 1959 (age 26) 1 Oxford United Pat Van Den Hauwe DF 16 December 1960 (age 26) 5 Everton Mark Aizlewood DF 1 October 1959 (age 26) 3 (2 as sub) Charlton Athletic Leeds United Kenny Jackett MF 5 January 1962 (age 24) 4 Watford Robbie James MF 23 March 1957 (age 29) 5 QPR Leicester City Peter Nicholas MF 10 November 1959 (age 26) 6 Luton Town Aberdeen David Phillips MF 29 July 1963 (age 23) 5 Coventry City Steve Lowndes MF 17 June 1960 (age 26) 1 (as a sub) Barnsley Barry Horne MF 18 May 1962 (age 24) 1 (as a sub) Wrexham Portsmouth Geraint Williams MF 5 January 1962 (age 24) 1 Derby County David Williams MF 11 March 1955 (age 31) 1 Norwich City Glyn Hodges MF 30 April 1963 (age 23) 5 (2 as sub) wimbledon Newcastle United Oxford United Andy Jones ST 9 January 1963 (age 23) 5 (3 as sub) Port Vale Charlton Athletic Ian Rush ST 20 October 1961 (age 24) 5 Liverpool Juventus Mark Hughes ST 1 November 1963 (age 22) 4 Barcelona Bayern Munich

References

• UEFA page
• RSSSF page