UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying

UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying

Tournament details
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)	Darko Pančev (10 goals)
← 1988 1996 →

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

  Qualified for the tournament

  Expelled after qualification

  Did not qualify

  Withdrew before playing any matches

  Did not enter

  Not a UEFA member

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament [A]
Sweden	Host	16 December 1988	0 (debut)
France	Group 1 winner	12 October 1991	2 ( 1960 , 1984 )
England	Group 7 winner	13 November 1991	3 (1968, 1980, 1988)
CIS [B]	Group 3 winner [C]	13 November 1991	5 ( 1960 , 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988)
Scotland	Group 2 winner	20 November 1991	0 (debut)
Netherlands	Group 6 winner	4 December 1991	3 (1976, 1980, 1988 )
Germany [D]	Group 5 winner	18 December 1991	5 ( 1972 , 1976, 1980 , 1984, 1988 )
Denmark	Group 4 runner-up [E]	31 May 1992	3 (1964, 1984, 1988)

1. Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
2. From 1960 to 1988, CIS competed as the Soviet Union.
3. Replaced the Soviet Union.
4. From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.
5. 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

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 However, following German reunification on 3 October 1990, the East German team was withdrawn and its fixtures scrapped, while the unified German team took over the fixtures of West Germany.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.

Pool 1	Pool 2	Pool 3	Pool 4	Pool 5
Netherlands (title holders)   England   Spain   Italy   Yugoslavia   West Germany   Romania	Soviet Union   Republic of Ireland   Czechoslovakia   Denmark   Belgium   Scotland   Portugal	East Germany   Hungary   Austria   France   Bulgaria   Poland   Greece	Switzerland   Iceland   Wales   Turkey   Norway   Northern Ireland   Finland	Malta   Cyprus   Luxembourg   Albania   San Marino   Faroe Islands

Summary

  Six group winners and one runner-up (replacing a banned team) qualified directly for UEFA Euro 1992

  Group winner was banned from UEFA Euro 1992

  Other teams were eliminated

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7
France	Scotland	Soviet Union	Yugoslavia	Germany	Netherlands	England
Czechoslovakia	Switzerland	Italy	Denmark	Wales	Portugal	Republic of Ireland
Spain Iceland Albania	Romania Bulgaria San Marino	Norway Hungary Cyprus	Northern Ireland Austria Faroe Islands	Belgium Luxembourg	Greece Finland Malta	Poland Turkey

Tiebreakers

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:

1. Greater number of points in all group matches
2. Goal difference in all group matches
3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
4. Drawing of lots

Groups

Group 1

Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	8	8	0	0	20	6	+14	16	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–1	3–1	3–1	5–0
2	Czechoslovakia	8	5	0	3	12	9	+3	10			1–2	—	3–2	1–0	2–1
3	Spain	7	3	0	4	17	12	+5	6			1–2	2–1	—	2–1	9–0
4	Iceland	8	2	0	6	7	10	−3	4			1–2	0–1	2–0	—	2–0
5	Albania	7	1	0	6	2	21	−19	2			0–1	0–2	Canc. [a]	1–0	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

1. The match was cancelled due to the political crisis in Albania; both countries were already eliminated. ^[3]

Group 2

Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Scotland	8	4	3	1	14	7	+7	11	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–0
2	Switzerland	8	4	2	2	19	7	+12	10			2–2	—	0–0	2–0	7–0
3	Romania	8	4	2	2	13	7	+6	10			1–0	1–0	—	0–3	6–0
4	Bulgaria	8	3	3	2	15	8	+7	9			1–1	2–3	1–1	—	4–0
5	San Marino	8	0	0	8	1	33	−32	0			0–2	0–4	1–3	0–3	—

Source: UEFA

Group 3

Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union [a]	8	5	3	0	13	2	+11	13	Qualify for final tournament		—	0–0	2–0	2–2	4–0
2	Italy	8	3	4	1	12	5	+7	10			0–0	—	1–1	3–1	2–0
3	Norway	8	3	3	2	9	5	+4	9			0–1	2–1	—	0–0	3–0
4	Hungary	8	2	4	2	10	9	+1	8			0–1	1–1	0–0	—	4–2
5	Cyprus	8	0	0	8	2	25	−23	0			0–3	0–4	0–3	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

1. 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

Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	8	7	0	1	24	4	+20	14	Banned from final tournament [a]		—	1–2	4–1	4–1	7–0
2	Denmark	8	6	1	1	18	7	+11	13	Qualify for final tournament [a]		0–2	—	2–1	2–1	4–1
3	Northern Ireland	8	2	3	3	11	11	0	7			0–2	1–1	—	2–1	1–1
4	Austria	8	1	1	6	6	14	−8	3			0–2	0–3	0–0	—	3–0
5	Faroe Islands	8	1	1	6	3	26	−23	3			0–2	0–4	0–5	1–0	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

1. 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

Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 5

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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	6	5	0	1	13	4	+9	10	Qualify for final tournament		—	4–1	1–0	4–0
2	Wales	6	4	1	1	8	6	+2	9			1–0	—	3–1	1–0
3	Belgium	6	2	1	3	7	6	+1	5			0–1	1–1	—	3–0
4	Luxembourg	6	0	0	6	2	14	−12	0			2–3	0–1	0–2	—

Source: UEFA

Group 6

Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	8	6	1	1	17	2	+15	13	Qualify for final tournament		—	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0
2	Portugal	8	5	1	2	11	4	+7	11			1–0	—	1–0	1–0	5–0
3	Greece	8	3	2	3	11	9	+2	8			0–2	3–2	—	2–0	4–0
4	Finland	8	1	4	3	5	8	−3	6			1–1	0–0	1–1	—	2–0
5	Malta	8	0	2	6	2	23	−21	2			0–8	0–1	1–1	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group 7

Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 7

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	6	3	3	0	7	3	+4	9	Qualify for final tournament		—	1–1	2–0	1–0
2	Republic of Ireland	6	2	4	0	13	6	+7	8			1–1	—	0–0	5–0
3	Poland	6	2	3	1	8	6	+2	7			1–1	3–3	—	3–0
4	Turkey	6	0	0	6	1	14	−13	0			0–1	1–3	0–1	—

Source: UEFA

Goalscorers

There were 333 goals scored in 123 matches, for an average of 2.71 goals per match.

10 goals

• Darko Pančev

9 goals

• Jean-Pierre Papin

8 goals

• Marco van Basten

6 goals

• Bent Christensen
• Adrian Knup

5 goals

• József Kiprich
• Colin Clarke
• Emilio Butragueño

4 goals

• Nasko Sirakov
• Flemming Povlsen
• Dennis Bergkamp
• Ally McCoist
• Carlos Muñoz

3 goals

• Nikolay Todorov
• Václav Daněk
• Eric Cantona
• Franck Sauzée
• Rudi Völler
• Stefanos Borbokis
• Rui Águas
• Paulo Futre
• John Aldridge
• Tony Cascarino
• Gordon Durie
• Andrei Kanchelskis
• Ian Rush

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

1. 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

1. Stokkermans, Karel (22 October 2001). "European Championship 1992". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . Retrieved 5 March 2018.
2. "United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 (Implementing Trade Embargo on Yugoslavia)". UMN.edu. United Nations. 30 May 1992. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
3. "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.
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External links

• UEFA Euro 1992 at UEFA.com