UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 30 May 1990 – 22 December 1991 |
Teams | 33[note 1] |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 123 |
Goals scored | 333 (2.71 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
UEFA European Qualifiers |
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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 last European Championship to feature eight teams, as the competition was expanded to 16 teams for 1996.[1]
Qualified teams
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Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[A] |
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Host | 16 December 1988 | 0 (debut) |
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Group 1 winner | 12 October 1991 | 2 (1960, 1984) |
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Group 7 winner | 13 November 1991 | 3 (1968, 1980, 1988) |
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Group 3 winner[C] | 13 November 1991 | 5 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988) |
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Group 2 winner | 20 November 1991 | 0 (debut) |
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Group 6 winner | 4 December 1991 | 3 (1976, 1980, 1988) |
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Group 5 winner | 18 December 1991 | 5 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988) |
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Group 4 runner-up[E] | 31 May 1992 | 3 (1964, 1984, 1988) |
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
- ^ From 1960 to 1988, CIS competed as the Soviet Union.
- ^ Replaced the Soviet Union.
- ^ From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.
- ^ Replaced FR Yugoslavia (after qualifying as Yugoslavia), who were subject to sanctions under UN Security Council Resolution 757 and thus banned from appearing.[2]
Seedings
[edit]The draw took place on 2 February 1990. Sweden qualified automatically as hosts of the competition, and 34 teams entered the draw, with the Faroe Islands and San Marino participating in a European qualifying tournament for the first time.
As initially made, the draw placed East Germany and West Germany in the same qualifying group; this would have been the first time the two sides had met since the 1974 World Cup. However, following German reunification on 3 October 1990, the East German team was withdrawn and its fixtures scrapped, while the unified German team took over the fixtures of West Germany.
The qualifiers thus consisted 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.
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Summary
[edit]Tiebreakers
[edit]If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:
- Greater number of points in all group matches
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
- Drawing of lots
Groups
[edit]Group 1
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 16 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | |
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8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | 1–2 | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
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7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 6 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 9–0 | ||
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8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | ||
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7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 21 | −19 | 2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | Canc.[a] | 1–0 | — |
Notes:
- ^ The match was cancelled due to the political crisis in Albania; both countries were already eliminated.[3]
Group 2
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 11 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |
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8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 10 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 | ||
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8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 10 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–3 | 6–0 | ||
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8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 9 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | ||
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8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 33 | −32 | 0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–3 | — |
Group 3
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 13 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | |
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8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 10 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | ||
3 | ![]() |
8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 9 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | ||
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8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 8 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–2 | ||
5 | ![]() |
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 25 | −23 | 0 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | — |
Notes:
- ^ The Soviet Union team was replaced by CIS in the final tournament due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union just after the end of the qualifying stages.
Group 4
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4 | +20 | 14 | Banned from final tournament[a] | — | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 7–0 | |
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8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 13 | Qualify for final tournament[a] | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | |
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8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | ||
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8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | ||
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8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 26 | −23 | 3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 1–0 | — |
Notes:
- ^ a b Yugoslavia were to participate in the final tournament as FR Yugoslavia. However, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was placed under sanctions on 30 May 1992 by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 after the outbreak of Yugoslav Wars.[2] FIFA and UEFA therefore suspended FR Yugoslavia from competitive football on 31 May 1992, meaning they could not participate in the final tournament. Group runners-up Denmark instead took the spot at the final tournament.[4][5][6][7]
Group 5
[edit]East Germany were originally drawn into this group alongside West Germany, but after reunification, a single German team participated in the qualification process, taking over the fixtures of West Germany.
Subsequently, East Germany's game on 12 September 1990 against Belgium was reclassified as a friendly, and was also East Germany's final international match, which it won 2–0: the remaining seven fixtures of East Germany were scratched.[8]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 10 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | ||
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | ||
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |
Group 6
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 13 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
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8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 11 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | ||
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8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 8 | 0–2 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | ||
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8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
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8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 23 | −21 | 2 | 0–8 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |
Group 7
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
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6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 8 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 5–0 | ||
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | 1–1 | 3–3 | — | 3–0 | ||
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — |
Goalscorers
[edit]There were 333 goals scored in 123 matches, for an average of 2.71 goals per match.
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Marc Degryse
Enzo Scifo
Emil Kostadinov
Lyuboslav Penev
Pavel Kuka
Václav Němeček
Michael Laudrup
Gary Lineker
Erik Holmgren
Lothar Matthäus
Karl-Heinz Riedle
Dimitris Saravakos
Panagiotis Tsalouchidis
Emil Lőrincz
Atli Eðvaldsson
Eyjólfur Sverrisson
Roberto Baggio
Roberto Donadoni
Aldo Serena
Gianluca Vialli
Lars Bohinen
Tore André Dahlum
Gøran Sørloth
Ryszard Tarasiewicz
John Byrne
Niall Quinn
Gheorghe Hagi
Dorin Mateuț
Florin Răducioiu
John Robertson
Aleksandr Mostovoi
Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko
José Mari Bakero
Abelardo Fernández
Stéphane Chapuisat
Heinz Hermann
Marc Hottiger
Alain Sutter
Kubilay Türkyilmaz
Paul Bodin
Dean Saunders
Robert Prosinečki
Dejan Savićević
1 goal
Eduard Abazi
Hysen Zmijani
Leo Lainer
Andreas Ogris
Ernst Ogris
Heimo Pfeifenberger
Michael Streiter
Arnold Wetl
Jan Ceulemans
Erwin Vandenbergh
Bruno Versavel
Nikolay Iliev
Trifon Ivanov
Hristo Stoichkov
Zlatko Yankov
Angelos Tsolakis
Panayiotis Xiourouppas
Ivan Hašek
Luboš Kubík
Ľudovít Lancz
Ľubomír Moravčík
Tomáš Skuhravý
Jan Bartram
Kim Christofte
Lars Elstrup
Frank Pingel
Kim Vilfort
Peter Beardsley
Lee Dixon
David Platt
Alan Smith
Dennis Wise
Allan Mørkøre
Torkil Nielsen
Kári Reynheim
Petri Järvinen
Jari Litmanen
Kari Ukkonen
Laurent Blanc
Basile Boli
Luis Fernández
Amara Simba
Uwe Bein
Guido Buchwald
Thomas Doll
Thomas Häßler
Jürgen Klinsmann
Andreas Möller
Vassilis Karapialis
Stelios Manolas
Petros Marinakis
Nikos Tsiantakis
György Bognár
László Disztl
József Szalma
Arnór Guðjohnsen
Sigurður Jónsson
Þorvaldur Örlygsson
Attilio Lombardo
Ruggiero Rizzitelli
Salvatore Schillaci
Pietro Vierchowod
Jean-Paul Girres
Robby Langers
Hubert Suda
Stefan Sultana
Danny Blind
Frank de Boer
Ruud Gullit
Aron Winter
Richard Witschge
Kingsley Black
Iain Dowie
Colin Hill
Alan McDonald
Gerry Taggart
Kevin Wilson
Sverre Brandhaug
Mini Jakobsen
Pål Lydersen
Piotr Czachowski
Dariusz Dziekanowski
Jan Furtok
Roman Kosecki
Roman Szewczyk
Jan Urban
César Brito
Jorge Cadete
José Leal
Vítor Paneira
João Vieira Pinto
Paul McGrath
David O'Leary
Andy Townsend
Pavel Badea
Rodion Cămătaru
Ioan Lupescu
Dan Petrescu
Adrian Popescu
Ioan Sabău
Valdes Pasolini
John Collins
Richard Gough
Gary McAllister
Paul McStay
Gordon Strachan
Sergei Aleinikov
Igor Korneev
Oleh Kuznetsov
Oleh Protasov
Igor Shalimov
Sergei Yuran
Guillermo Amor
Fernando Hierro
Míchel
Roberto Fernández
Thomas Bickel
Frédéric Chassot
Christophe Ohrel
Rıza Çalımbay
Mark Hughes
Mehmed Baždarević
Dragiša Binić
Zvonimir Boban
Robert Jarni
Vladimir Jugović
Srečko Katanec
Vladan Lukić
Ilija Najdoski
Davor Šuker
Zoran Vulić
1 own goal
Hysen Zmijani (against France)
Peter Artner (against Denmark)
Ivan Matteoni (against Romania)
Notes
[edit]- ^ 34 teams entered the competition: due to German reunification on 3 October 1990, West Germany's place was taken by unified Germany, while East Germany were withdrawn as they had ceased to exist.
References
[edit]- ^ Stokkermans, Karel (22 October 2001). "European Championship 1992". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ a b "United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 (Implementing Trade Embargo on Yugoslavia)". UMN.edu. United Nations. 30 May 1992. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
- ^ "La UEFA suspende el Albania-España por el clima de inestabilidad que padece el país" [UEFA suspends Albania-Spain match due to climate of instability in the country]. elpais.com (in Spanish). El País. 17 December 1991. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ "Yugoslavia barred from European Championships". UPI. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ "Sports ban hits Yugoslavia - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "Yugoslavia banned for 1994 World - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ Lowe, Sid (29 May 2020). "Slavisa Jokanovic: 'Euro 92 was taken away from us. We were better than Denmark'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "East Germany - International Results 1952-1990". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
External links
[edit]- UEFA Euro 1992 at UEFA.com