Tournament details | |
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Dates | 8 March – 31 May |
Teams | 24 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 62 |
Goals scored | 199 (3.21 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
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
[edit]Draw
[edit]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 |
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Group winners qualified for the knockout stage |
Group 1
[edit]P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
Match results | |||||
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Date | Home | Score | Away | Venue | |
28 October 1976 | Denmark ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
Copenhagen | |
30 April 1977 | Denmark ![]() |
6–2 | ![]() |
Slagelse | |
18 May 1977 | Sweden ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
Kalmar | |
16 June 1977 | Sweden ![]() |
2–2 | ![]() |
Helsingborg | |
20 September 1977 | Poland ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Nowy Sącz | |
27 October 1977 | Poland ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
Opole |
Group 2
[edit]P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 6 |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
Match results | |||||
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Date | Home | Score | Away | Venue | |
28 November 1976 | Luxembourg ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
Esch-sur-Alzette | |
23 December 1976 | Portugal ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Funchal | |
9 February 1977 | Italy ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
Como | |
12 October 1977 | Italy ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
Vicenza | |
29 October 1977 | Portugal ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
Lisbon | |
12 November 1977 | Luxembourg ![]() |
1–5 | ![]() |
Esch-sur-Alzette |
Group 3
[edit]Qualifying Group 3 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 7 |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
Match results | |||||
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Date | Home | Score | Away | Venue | |
16 November 1976 | Turkey ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
Bursa | |
17 April 1977 | Austria ![]() |
2–2 | ![]() |
Vienna | |
24 September 1977 | Austria ![]() |
1–6 | ![]() |
Vienna | |
11 October 1977 | East Germany ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Erfurt | |
29 October 1977 | Turkey ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Manisa | |
15 November 1977 | East Germany ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
Magdeburg |
Group 4
[edit]P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
Match results | |||||
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Date | Home | Score | Away | Venue | |
3 September 1976 | France ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
Amiens | |
10 October 1976 | France ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
Le Havre | |
29 March 1977 | Belgium ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Courtrai | |
1 June 1977 | Belgium ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
Brussels | |
26 October 1977 | Bulgaria ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Burgas | |
15 November 1977 | Bulgaria ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Stara Zagora |
Group 5
[edit]P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 8 |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
Match results | |||||
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Date | Home | Score | Away | Venue | |
27 October 1976 | Finland ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
Helsinki | |
26 May 1977 | Finland ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
Helsinki | |
1 June 1977 | Norway ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
Bergen | |
17 August 1977 | Norway ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Grue | |
6 September 1977 | England ![]() |
6–0 | ![]() |
Brighton | |
12 October 1977 | England ![]() |
8–1 | ![]() |
Hull |
Group 6
[edit]P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
Match results | |||||
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Date | Home | Score | Away | Venue | |
12 October 1976 | Czechoslovakia ![]() |
0–0 | ![]() |
Plzeň | |
30 March 1977 | Switzerland ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
Bern | |
24 May 1977 | Czechoslovakia ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
České Budějovice | |
7 September 1977 | Scotland ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
Glasgow | |
20 September 1977 | Scotland ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Edinburgh | |
5 October 1977 | Switzerland ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
Zürich |
Group 7
[edit]P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
Match results | |||||
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Date | Home | Score | Away | Venue | |
9 October 1976 | Yugoslavia ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
Zagreb | |
17 April 1977 | Spain ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
Madrid | |
8 May 1977 | Romania ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
Craiova | |
26 October 1977 | Romania ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
Bucharest | |
12 November 1977 | Yugoslavia ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
Osijek | |
30 November 1977 | Spain ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Elche |
Group 8
[edit]P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
Match results | |||||
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Date | Home | Score | Away | Venue | |
9 October 1976 | Hungary ![]() |
7–0 | ![]() |
Kecskemét | |
24 April 1977 | Greece ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
Athens | |
29 April 1977 | Soviet Union ![]() |
0–0 | ![]() |
Moscow | |
9 May 1977 | Soviet Union ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
Moscow | |
17 May 1977 | Hungary ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Békéscsaba | |
28 May 1977 | Greece ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
Serres |
Qualified teams
[edit]Country | Qualified as | Previous appearances in tournament |
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Group 1 winner | 0 (Debut) |
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Group 2 winner | 0 (Debut) |
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Group 3 winner | 0 (Debut) |
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Group 4 winner | 0 (Debut) |
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Group 5 winner | 0 (Debut) |
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Group 6 winner | 0 (Debut) |
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Group 7 winner | 0 (Debut) |
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Group 8 winner | 0 (Debut) |
Squads
[edit]See 1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads
Knockout stage
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FINAL
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "1978: Vahid Halilhodžić". UEFA. 1 June 1978. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ "Official finals report". UEFA. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
- ^ "Article". Slobodna Dalmacija.
- ^ "Article". Slobodna Dalmacija.
External links
[edit]- RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com