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.

Final table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Soviet Union East Germany France Iceland Norway
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 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Results

Iceland 0–0 France
(Details)
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 13,758
Referee: Alan Ferguson (Scotland)
Iceland 1–1 Soviet Union
Guðjohnsen 30' (Details) Sulakvelidze 44'
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 6,370
Referee: Karl-Josef Assenmacher (West Germany)
Norway 0–0 East Germany
(Details)
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 10,142
Referee: Egbert Mulder (Netherlands)
France 0–2 Soviet Union
Report Belanov 67'
Rats 73'
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 40,496
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)
East Germany 2–0 Iceland
Thom 4'
Kirsten 89'		 (Details)
Stadion an der Gellertstraße, Karl-Marx-Stadt
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)
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)
East Germany 0–0 France
(Details)
Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 54,578
Referee: George Courtney (England)
Soviet Union 2–0 East Germany
Zavarov 41'
Belanov 49'		 (Details)
Republican Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 76,405
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
France 2–0 Iceland
Micciche 38'
Stopyra 65'		 (Details)
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 27,732
Referee: Frederick McKnight (Northern Ireland)
Norway 0–1 Soviet Union
(Details) Zavarov 15'
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 10,473
Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)
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)
Norway 2–0 France
Mordt 71'
Andersen 80'		 (Details)
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 8,268
Referee: Werner Föckler (West Germany)
Soviet Union 1–1 France
Mykhaylychenko 77' (Details) Touré 13'
Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 86,048
Referee: Gerassimos Germanakos (Greece)
Iceland 2–1 Norway
Pétursson 21'
Ormslev 59'		 (Details) Andersen 10'
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 5,450
Referee: Wilfred Wallace (Republic of Ireland)
Norway 0–1 Iceland
(Details) Eðvaldsson 31'
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 3,540
Referee: Håkan Lundgren (Sweden)
East Germany 1–1 Soviet Union
Kirsten 44' (Details) Aleinikov 80'
Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, East Berlin
Attendance: 18,894
Referee: Dušan Krchnak (Czechoslovakia)
France 1–1 Norway
Fargeon 55' (Details) Sundby 80'
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 31,091
Referee: Joaquin Ramos Marcos (Spain)
East Germany 3–1 Norway
Kirsten 14', 54'
Thom 33'		 (Details) Fjærestad 32'
Ernst Grube Stadium, Magdeburg
Attendance: 8,213
Referee: Friedrich Kaupe (Austria)
Soviet Union 2–0 Iceland
Belanov 15'
Protasov 52'		 (Details)
Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol
Attendance: 22,136
Referee: Michał Listkiewicz (Poland)
France 0–1 East Germany
(Details) Ernst 90'
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 16,581
Referee: Carlos Alberto da Silva Valente (Portugal)

Goalscorers

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

5 goals

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

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