UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 5 (original) (raw)

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The UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 5 was one of the seven qualifying groups to determine which teams would compete at the UEFA Euro 1988 finals tournament. Group 5 consisted of five teams: Netherlands, Greece, Hungary, Poland, and Cyprus, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, with the top team qualifying for the final tournament. The Netherlands won the group and qualified for the finals, finishing five points clear of Greece.

Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Netherlands Greece Hungary Poland Cyprus
1 Netherlands 8 6 2 0 15 1 +14 14 Qualify for final tournament — 1–1 2–0 0–0 4–0[a]
2 Greece 8 4 1 3 12 13 −1 9 0–3 — 2–1 1–0 3–1
3 Hungary 8 4 0 4 13 11 +2 8 0–1 3–0 — 5–3 1–0
4 Poland 8 3 2 3 9 11 −2 8 0–2 2–1 3–2 — 0–0
5 Cyprus 8 0 1 7 3 16 −13 1 0–2 2–4 0–1 0–1 —
  1. ^ The Netherlands v Cyprus match originally finished as an 8–0 win for the Netherlands, but the match was marred by crowd violence. The Cypriot goalkeeper Andreas Charitou was injured by a homemade bomb which exploded close to him. Therefore the result was annulled and the match was ordered to be replayed behind closed doors.

There were 60 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 2.86 goals per match.[note 2]

9 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

  1. ^ a b The Netherlands v Cyprus match originally finished as an 8–0 win for the Netherlands, but the match was marred by crowd violence after Cyprus goalkeeper Andreas Charitou was hit by a firework. Charitou was injured and had to be replaced, and the Cyprus players left the field in protest and refused to play. Eventually after discussion between referee Roger Philippi, UEFA observer Alfred Delcourt and team officials, the Cyprus players agreed in a written statement to finish the match, though under protest. The result was later annulled by UEFA, and the match forfeited to Cyprus with 2–0. After the appeal from the Netherlands the match was ordered to be replayed behind closed doors, which took place on 9 December 1987.[8]

  2. ^ a b c d e The matches/goals tally takes into account fixtures that were subsequently annulled.

  3. ^ "Poland v Greece, 15 October 1986" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

  4. ^ "Cyprus v Hungary, 8 February 1987" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

  5. ^ "Netherlands v Greece, 25 March 1987" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

  6. ^ "Poland v Cyprus, 12 April 1987" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

  7. ^ "Greece v Poland, 29 April 1987" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

  8. ^ "Hungary v Poland, 17 May 1987" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

  9. ^ "Poland v Netherlands, 14 October 1987" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

  10. ^ Datema, Dave; Lagas, Marijke (28 October 2017). "30 jaar na het bomincident: plots was het EK '88 zo ver weg" [30 years after the bomb incident: suddenly the European Championship '88 was so far away]. rijnmond.nl (in Dutch). RTV Rijnmond. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.

  11. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hODhnCMhZFY Retrieved 25 August 2024.

  12. ^ "Hungary v Cyprus, 2 December 1987" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

  13. ^ "Greece v Netherlands, 16 December 1987" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

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