The 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
from 10 to 25 October 1987. The 1987 championship was the 6th edition of the
FIFA World Youth Championship and won for the first time by Yugoslavia. Remarkably, in the course of the tournament the Yugoslavs defeated each of the three other semi-finalists, and eliminated the defending champions Brazil. The tournament took place in four venues:
Antofagasta
Antofagasta () is a port city in northern Chile, about north of Santiago. It is the capital of Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region. According to the 2015 census, the city has a population of 402,669.
Once claimed by Bolivia follo ...
,
Valparaíso
Valparaíso () is a major city, Communes of Chile, commune, Port, seaport, and naval base facility in the Valparaíso Region of Chile. Valparaíso was originally named after Valparaíso de Arriba, in Castilla–La Mancha, Castile-La Mancha, Spain ...
,
Concepción and
Santiago
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...
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Qualification
:1.Teams that made their debut.
Squads
''For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see
1987 FIFA World Youth Championship squads''
Group stage
The 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams. Four group winners, and four second-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Third place play-off
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Final
Result
Awards
Goalscorers
Marcel Witeczek of West Germany won the
Golden Boot award for scoring seven goals. In total, 86 goals were scored by 51 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
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Marcel Witeczek
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Davor Šuker
Davor Šuker (; born 1 January 1968) is a Croatian Association football, football administrator and former professional player who played as a Striker (association football), striker. He served as the president of the Croatian Football Federatio ...
;5 goals
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Camilo Pino
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Matthias Sammer
Matthias Sammer (; born 5 September 1967) is a German Association football, football official and former player and coach. He played as a defensive midfielder and later in his career as a Sweeper (association football), sweeper.
With Borussia D ...
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Luka Tudor
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Predrag Mijatović
Predrag Mijatović ( sr-cyrl, Предраг Мијатовић; born 19 January 1969) is a Montenegrin Association football, football administrator and former player who played as a Striker (association football), striker.
At club level, Mijato ...
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Zvonimir Boban
Zvonimir Boban (; born 8 October 1968) is a Croatian former professional footballer who works at UEFA as the Chief of Football. A midfielder, Boban played most of his career for Italian club AC Milan with whom he won four Serie A titles and one ...
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Alcindo Sartori
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André Cruz
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William
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John Jairo Trellez
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Miguel Guerrero
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Dariusz Wosz
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Alessandro Melli
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Joe McLeod
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Scott Nisbet
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Knut Reinhardt
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Igor Štimac
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Alistair Edwards
Alistair Martin Edwards (born 21 June 1968) is an Australian former soccer player and coach. A prominent forward, he made a name for himself with National Soccer League clubs Sydney Olympic and Perth Glory. He was also a favourite with Malay ...
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Kurt Reynolds
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Mohamed Al Kharraz
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Dimitar Trendafilov
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Ivo Slavtchev
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Radko Kalaydjiev
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Billy Domezetis
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Domenic Mobilio
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James Grimes
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Steve Jansen
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Pedro González Vera
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Jörg Prasse
* Heiko Liebers
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Rico Steinmann
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Torsten Kracht
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Antonio Rizzolo
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Marco Carrara
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Stefano Impallomeni
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David Adekola
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Okon Ene Effa
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John Butler
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Paul Wright
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Salissou Ali
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Christian Unger
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Michael Constantino
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Alexander Strehmel
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Andreas Möller
Andreas Möller (born 2 September 1967) is a German former professional Association football, footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the head of the youth department at Eintracht Frankfurt.
From 1985 to 2004 Möller played in ...
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Detlev Dammeier
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Henrik Eichenauer
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Thomas Epp
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Branko Brnović
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Ranko Zirojević
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Robert Prosinečki
Final ranking
Notes
External links
FIFA World Youth Championship Chile 1987, FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report (Part 1)
an
(Part 2)Yugoslavia in the 90s: the greatest team there never was?
Jonathan Wilson's Blog @ guardian.co.uk, 24 July 2007
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