1988 UEFA European Under-16 Championship Campeonato Europeo Sub-16 de la UEFA 1988 Host country Spain Dates 11–21 May Teams 16 (from 1 confederation) Champions Spain (2nd title) Runners-up Portugal Third place East Germany Fourth place West Germany Matches played 28 Goals scored 50 (1.79 per match)
International football competition
The 1988 UEFA European Under-16 Championship was the 6th edition of the UEFA 's European Under-16 Football Championship . Spain hosted the 16 teams entered the competition during 11–21 May 1988.
Italy did not defend its win in the previous year's final.
Spain won their second title.
Qualifying
Participants
Results
First stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Spain
3
2
1
0
5
2
+3
5
Hungary
3
1
2
0
2
1
+1
4
France
3
1
1
1
2
2
0
3
Turkey
3
0
0
3
2
6
−4
0
Group D
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
References
^ East Germany is qualified on penalty shootout (the first in any UEFA tournament group stage) and Sweden is eliminated.
Under-16 era, 1982–2001
Tournaments Qualification Squads
Under-17 era, 2002–present
Tournaments Qualification
2002
2003
2004 (First , Second )
2005 (First , Elite )
2006 (First , Elite )
2007 (First , Elite )
2008 (First , Elite )
2009 (First , Elite )
2010 (First , Elite )
2011 (First , Elite )
2012 (First , Elite )
2013 (First , Elite )
2014 (First , Elite )
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Squads