UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 3

Standings and results for Group 3 of the UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying tournament.

Group 3 consisted of East Germany, defending champions France, Iceland, Norway and USSR. Group winners were USSR, who finished two points clear of second-placed East Germany.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	8	5	3	0	14	3	+11	13	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0
2	East Germany	8	4	3	1	13	4	+9	11			1–1	—	0–0	2–0	3–1
3	France	8	1	4	3	4	7	−3	6			0–2	0–1	—	2–0	1–1
4	Iceland	8	2	2	4	4	14	−10	6			1–1	0–6	0–0	—	2–1
5	Norway	8	1	2	5	5	12	−7	4			0–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	—

10 September 1986

Iceland	0–0	France
	(Details)

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 13,758

Referee: Alan Ferguson (Scotland)

24 September 1986

Iceland	1–1	Soviet Union
Guðjohnsen 30'	(Details)	Sulakvelidze 44'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 6,370

Referee: Karl-Josef Assenmacher (West Germany)

24 September 1986

Norway	0–0	East Germany
	(Details)

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 10,142

Referee: Egbert Mulder (Netherlands)

11 October 1986

France	0–2	Soviet Union
	Report	Belanov 67' Rats 73'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 40,496

Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

29 October 1986

East Germany	2–0	Iceland
Thom 4' Kirsten 89'	(Details)

Stadion an der Gellertstraße, Karl-Marx-Stadt

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)

29 October 1986

Soviet Union	4–0	Norway
Lytovchenko 26' Belanov 28' (pen.) Blokhin 33' Khidiyatullin 54'	(Details)

Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol

Attendance: 26,314

Referee: Howard King (Wales)

19 November 1986

East Germany	0–0	France
	(Details)

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 54,578

Referee: George Courtney (England)

29 April 1987

Soviet Union	2–0	East Germany
Zavarov 41' Belanov 49'	(Details)

Republican Stadium, Kiev

Attendance: 76,405

Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

29 April 1987

France	2–0	Iceland
Micciche 38' Stopyra 65'	(Details)

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 27,732

Referee: Frederick McKnight (Northern Ireland)

3 June 1987

Norway	0–1	Soviet Union
	(Details)	Zavarov 15'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 10,473

Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)

3 June 1987

Iceland	0–6	East Germany
	(Details)	Minge 15' Thom 37', 67', 89' Doll 49' Döschner 84'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 8,758

Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)

16 June 1987

Norway	2–0	France
Mordt 71' Andersen 80'	(Details)

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 8,268

Referee: Werner Föckler (West Germany)

9 September 1987

Soviet Union	1–1	France
Mykhaylychenko 77'	(Details)	Touré 13'

Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 86,048

Referee: Gerassimos Germanakos (Greece)

9 September 1987

Iceland	2–1	Norway
Pétursson 21' Ormslev 59'	(Details)	Andersen 10'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 5,450

Referee: Wilfred Wallace (Republic of Ireland)

23 September 1987

Norway	0–1	Iceland
	(Details)	Eðvaldsson 31'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 3,540

Referee: Håkan Lundgren (Sweden)

10 October 1987

East Germany	1–1	Soviet Union
Kirsten 44'	(Details)	Aleinikov 80'

Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, East Berlin

Attendance: 18,894

Referee: Dušan Krchnak (Czechoslovakia)

14 October 1987

France	1–1	Norway
Fargeon 55'	(Details)	Sundby 80'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 31,091

Referee: Joaquin Ramos Marcos (Spain)

28 October 1987

East Germany	3–1	Norway
Kirsten 14', 54' Thom 33'	(Details)	Fjærestad 32'

Ernst Grube Stadium, Magdeburg

Attendance: 8,213

Referee: Friedrich Kaupe (Austria)

28 October 1987

Soviet Union	2–0	Iceland
Belanov 15' Protasov 52'	(Details)

Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol

Attendance: 22,136

Referee: Michał Listkiewicz (Poland)

18 November 1987

France	0–1	East Germany
	(Details)	Ernst 90'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 16,581

Referee: Carlos Alberto da Silva Valente (Portugal)

There were 40 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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