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.
| 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) |  Darko Pančev (10 goals) |
← 1988 1996 → | |
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]
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[A] |
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 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) |
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 However, following German reunification on 3 October 1990, the East German team was withdrawn and its fixtures scrapped, while the unified German team took over the fixtures of West Germany.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 |
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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:
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | France
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8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 16 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia
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8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | 1–2 | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Spain
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7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 6 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 9–0 | ||
| 4 | Iceland
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8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 5 | Albania
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7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 21 | −19 | 2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | Canc.[a] | 1–0 | — |
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Scotland
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8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 11 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | Switzerland
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8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 10 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 | ||
| 3 | Romania
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8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 10 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–3 | 6–0 | ||
| 4 | Bulgaria
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8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 9 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | ||
| 5 | San Marino
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8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 33 | −32 | 0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–3 | — |
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Soviet Union[a]
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8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 13 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | Italy
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8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 10 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Norway
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8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 9 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 4 | Hungary
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8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 8 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–2 | ||
| 5 | Cyprus
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8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 25 | −23 | 0 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | — |
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Yugoslavia
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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 | |
| 2 | Denmark
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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 | |
| 3 | Northern Ireland
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8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | Austria
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8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | ||
| 5 | Faroe Islands
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8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 26 | −23 | 3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 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, 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
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Germany
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 10 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | Wales
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Belgium
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | ||
| 4 | Luxembourg
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Netherlands
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8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 13 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Portugal
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8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 11 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | ||
| 3 | Greece
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8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 8 | 0–2 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 4 | Finland
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8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 5 | Malta
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8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 23 | −21 | 2 | 0–8 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | England
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Republic of Ireland
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6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 8 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 5–0 | ||
| 3 | Poland
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | 1–1 | 3–3 | — | 3–0 | ||
| 4 | Turkey
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — |
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
Adrian Knup5 goals
Colin Clarke Emilio Butragueño4 goals
Flemming Povlsen Dennis Bergkamp Ally McCoist Carlos Muñoz3 goals
Václav Daněk
Eric Cantona Franck Sauzée Rudi Völler Stefanos Borbokis Rui Águas Paulo Futre John Aldridge Tony Cascarino Gordon Durie Andrei Kanchelskis Ian Rush2 goals
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 Savićević1 goal
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 Vulić1 own goal
Hysen Zmijani (against France) Peter Artner (against Denmark) Ivan Matteoni (against Romania)
