UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying

The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 1992 was a series of parallel association football competitions to be held over 1990 and 1991 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 1992, to be held in Sweden. The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 2 February 1990.

There were a total of seven groups. At the conclusion of qualifying, the team at the top of each group qualified for the final tournament, to join the hosts in completing the eight participants. This was the final time the European Championship only featured eight teams, as the competition was expanded to 16 for the 1996 event.

  Qualified

  Qualified, replace suspended

  Suspended after qualification

  Did not qualify

  Withdrew before playing any matches

  Did not enter

  Not a UEFA member

Seedings

Pool One	Pool Two	Pool Three	Pool Four	Pool Five
Netherlands  England  Spain  Italy  Yugoslavia  West Germany  Romania	Soviet Union  Republic of Ireland  Czechoslovakia  Denmark  Belgium  Scotland  Portugal	East Germany  Austria  Hungary  France  Poland  Greece  Bulgaria	Iceland   Switzerland  Wales  Turkey  Norway  Northern Ireland  Finland	Malta  Cyprus  Luxembourg  Albania  San Marino  Faroe Islands

Groups

The draw took place on 2 February 1990. Sweden qualified automatically as hosts of the competition. 34 teams entered the draw, but East Germany withdrew later due to its abolition as a result of German reunification on 3 October 1990; The new unified German team took over the fixtures of West Germany, while those of East Germany were scratched.

The Faroe Islands and San Marino participated in a European qualifying tournament for the first time.

The qualifiers, consisting of 33 teams divided into seven groups; two of four teams and five of five teams, were played in 1990 and 1991. Each group winner progressed to the finals. This was the last European Championship qualifying phase which awarded two points for a win; from 1996 onward, teams earned 3 points for a win.

Group 1

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  France 8 8 0 0 20 6 +14 16  Czechoslovakia 8 5 0 3 12 9 +3 10  Spain 7 3 0 4 17 12 +5 6  Iceland 8 2 0 6 7 10 −3 4  Albania 7 1 0 6 2 21 −19 2

Albania  – 0–2 0–1 1–0 Canc. Czechoslovakia  2–1 – 1–2 1–0 3–2 France  5–0 2–1 – 3–1 3–1 Iceland  2–0 0–1 1–2 – 2–0 Spain  9–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 –

Group 2

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Scotland 8 4 3 1 14 7 +7 11   Switzerland 8 4 2 2 19 7 +12 10  Romania 8 4 2 2 13 7 +6 10  Bulgaria 8 3 3 2 15 8 +7 9  San Marino 8 0 0 8 1 33 −32 0

Bulgaria  – 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–3 Romania  0–3 – 6–0 1–0 1–0 San Marino  0–3 1–3 – 0–2 0–4 Scotland  1–1 2–1 4–0 – 2–1 Switzerland   2–0 0–0 7–0 2–2 –

Group 3

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Soviet Union 8 5 3 0 13 2 +11 13  Italy 8 3 4 1 12 5 +7 10  Norway 8 3 3 2 9 5 +4 9  Hungary 8 2 4 2 10 9 +1 8  Cyprus 8 0 0 8 2 25 −23 0

Cyprus  – 0–2 0–4 0–3 0–3 Hungary  4–2 – 1–1 0–0 0–1 Italy  2–0 3–1 – 1–1 0–0 Norway  3–0 0–0 2–1 – 0–1 Soviet Union  4–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 –

• The Soviet Union team were replaced by the CIS in the final tournament due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union just after the end of the qualifying stages.

Group 4

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Yugoslavia 8 7 0 1 24 4 +20 14  Denmark 8 6 1 1 18 7 +11 13  Northern Ireland 8 2 3 3 11 11 0 7  Austria 8 1 1 6 6 14 −8 3  Faroe Islands 8 1 1 6 3 26 −23 3

Austria  – 0–3 3–0 0–0 0–2 Denmark  2–1 – 4–1 2–1 0–2 Faroe Islands  1–0 0–4 – 0–5 0–2 Northern Ireland  2–1 1–1 1–1 – 0–2 Yugoslavia  4–1 1–2 7–0 4–1 –

• Yugoslavia were placed under sanctions on 30 May 1992 by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 after the outbreak of civil war.^[1] FIFA therefore immediately suspended the Yugoslav football team from competitive football, meaning they could not participate in the final tournament. Group runners-up Denmark were invited to take their place in the finals – and they went on to win the tournament against all odds.

Group 5

Brussels, 1990: saluting the crowd after the last-ever match. The draw for 1992 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying took place on 2 February 1990, with East Germany drawn in Group 5 along with Belgium, Wales, Luxembourg - and West Germany. By 23 August that year, the East German parliament confirmed reunification for 3 October. The planning for the opening fixture away to Belgium on 12 September was too far along to be cancelled, and so it was played as a friendly.

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Germany 6 5 0 1 13 4 +9 10  Wales 6 4 1 1 8 6 +2 9  Belgium 6 2 1 3 7 6 +1 5  Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 2 14 −12 0

Belgium  – 0–1 3–0 1–1 Germany  1–0 – 4–0 4–1 Luxembourg  0–2 2–3 – 0–1 Wales  3–1 1–0 1–0 –

• East Germany were originally drawn into this group, alongside West Germany, but after reunification, a single German team participated in the qualification process. East Germany's game on 12 September in Belgium was re-classed as a friendly. This was East Germany's last ever international match, which it won 2–0.

Group 6

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Netherlands 8 6 1 1 17 2 +15 13  Portugal 8 5 1 2 11 4 +7 11  Greece 8 3 2 3 11 9 +2 8  Finland 8 1 4 3 5 8 −3 6  Malta 8 0 2 6 2 23 −21 2

Finland  – 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 Greece  2–0 – 4–0 0–2 3–2 Malta  1–1 1–1 – 0–8 0–1 Netherlands  2–0 2–0 1–0 – 1–0 Portugal  1–0 1–0 5–0 1–0 –

Group 7

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  England 6 3 3 0 7 3 +4 9  Republic of Ireland 6 2 4 0 13 6 +7 8  Poland 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 7  Turkey 6 0 0 6 1 14 −13 0

England  – 2–0 1–1 1–0 Poland  1–1 – 3–3 3–0 Republic of Ireland  1–1 0–0 – 5–0 Turkey  0–1 0–1 1–3 –

Top goalscorers

Scorer	Goals	Nation	Club
Darko Pančev	10	Yugoslavia	Red Star Belgrade
Jean-Pierre Papin	9	France	Olympique Marseille
Marco van Basten	8	Netherlands	Milan

Qualified nations

•  Sweden
•  France
•  Scotland
•  Soviet Union (competed in the finals as  CIS)
•  Yugoslavia (later replaced by  Denmark)
•  Germany
•  Netherlands
•  England

References

1. "United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 (Implementing Trade Embargo on Yugoslavia)". University of Minnesota Human Rights Center. Retrieved 18 August 2008.

External links

• UEFA
• Tables and results RSSSF.com