1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Tournament details
Dates8 March – 31 May
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (1st title)
Runners-up East Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played62
Goals scored199 (3.21 per match)
Top scorerSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vahid Halilhodžić (6 goals)
Best playerSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vahid Halilhodžić[1]
← 1976 (Under-23)
1980 →

The 1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1976–78) had 24 entrants. Yugoslavia U-21s won the competition.[2]

The 24 national teams were divided into eight groups. The group winners played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis until the winner was decided. There was no finals tournament or 3rd-place playoff.[citation needed]

Qualifying stage

Draw

The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:

  • Group 1 did not include Portugal (moved to Group 2) and Cyprus, but included Sweden (moved from Group 6)
  • Group 2 did not include England and Finland (both moved to Group 5), but included Portugal (moved from Group 1)
  • Group 3 did not include Malta
  • Group 4 did not include Netherlands, Northern Ireland and Iceland, but included France and Bulgaria (both moved from Group 5)
  • Group 5 composed of England and Finland (both moved from Group 2) and Norway (moved from Group 6)
  • Group 6 (based on World Cup qualifying Group 7) did not include Wales, but included Switzerland (moved from World Cup Group 6)
  • Groups 7 and 8 included the same teams as World Cup qualifying Groups 8 and 9 respectively
Legend
Group winners qualified for the knockout stage

Group 1

PWDLFAPts
1 Denmark42111055
2 Poland42027104
3 Sweden4112683
Match results
DateHomeScoreAwayVenue
28 October 1976Denmark 2–0 SwedenCopenhagen
30 April 1977Denmark 6–2 PolandSlagelse
18 May 1977Sweden 2–0 PolandKalmar
16 June 1977Sweden 2–2 DenmarkHelsingborg
20 September 1977Poland 1–0 DenmarkNowy Sącz
27 October 1977Poland 4–2 SwedenOpole

Group 2

PWDLFAPts
1 Italy43011336
2 Portugal4301756
3 Luxembourg40042140
Match results
DateHomeScoreAwayVenue
28 November 1976Luxembourg 1–2 PortugalEsch-sur-Alzette
23 December 1976Portugal 1–0 ItalyFunchal
9 February 1977Italy 4–0 LuxembourgComo
12 October 1977Italy 4–1 PortugalVicenza
29 October 1977Portugal 3–0 LuxembourgLisbon
12 November 1977Luxembourg 1–5 ItalyEsch-sur-Alzette

Group 3

Qualifying Group 3PWDLFAPts
1 East Germany43101337
2 Turkey4121584
3 Austria40135121
Match results
DateHomeScoreAwayVenue
16 November 1976Turkey 1–1 East GermanyBursa
17 April 1977Austria 2–2 TurkeyVienna
24 September 1977Austria 1–6 East GermanyVienna
11 October 1977East Germany 2–1 AustriaErfurt
29 October 1977Turkey 2–1 AustriaManisa
15 November 1977East Germany 4–0 TurkeyMagdeburg

Group 4

PWDLFAPts
1 Bulgaria4400518
2 Belgium4112343
3 France4013361
Match results
DateHomeScoreAwayVenue
3 September 1976France 1–1 BelgiumAmiens
10 October 1976France 0–1 BulgariaLe Havre
29 March 1977Belgium 2–1 FranceCourtrai
1 June 1977Belgium 0–1 BulgariaBrussels
26 October 1977Bulgaria 1–0 BelgiumBurgas
15 November 1977Bulgaria 2–1 FranceStara Zagora

Group 5

PWDLFAPts
1 England44001728
2 Norway4202694
3 Finland40042140
Match results
DateHomeScoreAwayVenue
27 October 1976Finland 1–4 NorwayHelsinki
26 May 1977Finland 0–1 EnglandHelsinki
1 June 1977Norway 1–2 EnglandBergen
17 August 1977Norway 1–0 FinlandGrue
6 September 1977England 6–0 NorwayBrighton
12 October 1977England 8–1 FinlandHull

Group 6

PWDLFAPts
1 Czechoslovakia4211725
2 Scotland4211545
3  Switzerland4103392
Match results
DateHomeScoreAwayVenue
12 October 1976Czechoslovakia 0–0 ScotlandPlzeň
30 March 1977Switzerland 2–0 ScotlandBern
24 May 1977Czechoslovakia 4–0  SwitzerlandČeské Budějovice
7 September 1977Scotland 3–1  SwitzerlandGlasgow
20 September 1977Scotland 2–1 CzechoslovakiaEdinburgh
5 October 1977Switzerland 0–2 CzechoslovakiaZürich

Group 7

PWDLFAPts
1 Yugoslavia4301936
2 Spain4202584
3 Romania4103582
Match results
DateHomeScoreAwayVenue
9 October 1976Yugoslavia 4–1 SpainZagreb
17 April 1977Spain 3–0 RomaniaMadrid
8 May 1977Romania 1–3 YugoslaviaCraiova
26 October 1977Romania 4–0 SpainBucharest
12 November 1977Yugoslavia 2–0 RomaniaOsijek
30 November 1977Spain 1–0 YugoslaviaElche

Group 8

PWDLFAPts
1 Hungary4220916
2 Soviet Union4211515
3 Greece40131131
Match results
DateHomeScoreAwayVenue
9 October 1976Hungary 7–0 GreeceKecskemét
24 April 1977Greece 0–2 Soviet UnionAthens
29 April 1977Soviet Union 0–0 HungaryMoscow
9 May 1977Soviet Union 3–0 GreeceMoscow
17 May 1977Hungary 1–0 Soviet UnionBékéscsaba
28 May 1977Greece 1–1 HungarySerres

Qualified teams

CountryQualified asPrevious appearances in tournament
 DenmarkGroup 1 winner0 (Debut)
 ItalyGroup 2 winner0 (Debut)
 East GermanyGroup 3 winner0 (Debut)
 BulgariaGroup 4 winner0 (Debut)
 EnglandGroup 5 winner0 (Debut)
 CzechoslovakiaGroup 6 winner0 (Debut)
 YugoslaviaGroup 7 winner0 (Debut)
 HungaryGroup 8 winner0 (Debut)

Squads

Knockout stage

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinals
            
 England202
 Italy101
 England112
 Yugoslavia213
 Yugoslavia022
 Hungary101
 Yugoslavia145
 East Germany044
 Czechoslovakia325
 East Germany156
 East Germany134
 Bulgaria213
 Denmark404
 Bulgaria (a)134

FINAL

GDR-YUG 0:1[3]
Halle, 17.5.1978., Scorer: Halilhodžić ('53).
GDR: Heyne, Brauer, Hause (Vingel), Uhlig, Roth, Weber, Terletzki, Eigendorf (Mischinger), Kuhn, Kotte, Riediger.
YUG: Stojanović, Vujkov, Hrstić, Zajec, Stojković, Bogdan, Krmpotić, Klinčarski, Halilhodžić, Bošnjak (R.Savić), Desnica (Slišković).

YUG-GDR 4:4[4]
Mostar, 31.5.1978., Scorers: Halilhodžić ('9, '37), Desnica ('16), Bogdan ('50) - Kotte ('2), Kuhn ('11, '31), Riediger ('15).
YUG: Stojanović, Krmpotić, M.Obradović, Zajec, Stojković, Bogdan, Bošnjak (Starčević), Savić, Halilhodžić, Klinčarski (Verlašević), Desnica.
GDR: Heyne, Hause, Brauer (Vingel), Uhlig, Roth, Schnuphase, Weber, Eigendorf, Riediger, Kotte, Kuhn.

References

  1. ^ "1978: Vahid Halilhodžić". UEFA. 1 June 1978. Archived from the original on June 21, 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Official finals report". UEFA. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Article". Slobodna Dalmacija.
  4. ^ "Article". Slobodna Dalmacija.
  • RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1978_UEFA_European_Under-21_Championship&oldid=1327214287"