UEFA European Youth Championship 1978

UEFA European Youth Championship 1978
UEFA European Youth Championship 1978
	1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Championship Details
Final Tournament Dates	March 8 - May 31, 1978
Number of participants	eight
Top places
Champion	Yugoslavia
Second place	GDR
Championship Statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	46 (3.29 per game)
Bombardier (s)	Vahid Halilhodzhich (7 goals)
Best player	Wahid Halilhodzic

UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 1978 - The first draw of the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship , which took place from 1976 to 1978.

24 national teams were divided into 8 groups. The tournament draw system was round-robin (“Olympic”), eight strongest teams were revealed in groups, which then revealed the strongest in two-match matches.

Content

Qualification Round

Group 1

Team	AND	AT	N	P	GZ	GP	GR	ABOUT
Denmark	four	2	one	one	ten	five	+5	five
Poland	four	2	0	2	7	ten	−3	four
Sweden	four	one	one	2	6	eight	−2	3

Match Results

October 28, 1976

Denmark

20

Sweden

Vidovre, Vidovre

April 30, 1977

Denmark

6: 2

Poland

Slagelse, Slagelse

May 18, 1977

Sweden

20

Poland

Fredricksscans, Squid

June 16, 1977

Sweden

2: 2

Denmark

Olympia , Helsingborg

September 20, 1977

Poland

ten

Denmark

Dunajec, Nowy Sacz

October 27, 1977

Poland

4: 2

Sweden

"City", Opole

Group 2

Team	AND	AT	P	GZ	GP	GR	ABOUT
Italy	four	3	one	13	3	+10	6
Portugal	four	3	one	7	five	+2	6
Luxembourg	four	0	four	2	14	−12	0

Match Results

November 28, 1976

Luxembourg

12

Portugal

De La Frontier, Esch-sur-Alzette

December 23, 1976

Portugal

ten

Italy

February 9, 1977

Italy

4-0

Luxembourg

Giuseppe Sinigaglia , Como

October 12, 1977

Italy

4: 1

Portugal

Romeo Menti , Vicenza

October 29, 1977

Portugal

thirty

Luxembourg

“Jose Alvalade”, Lisbon

November 12, 1977

Luxembourg

15

Italy

De La Frontier, Esch-sur-Alzette

Group 3

Team	AND	AT	N	P	GZ	GP	GR	ABOUT
GDR	four	3	one	0	13	3	+10	7
Turkey	four	one	2	one	five	eight	−3	four
Austria	four	0	one	3	five	12	−7	one

Match Results

November 16, 1976

Turkey

eleven

GDR

Ataturk, Bursa

April 17, 1977

Austria

2: 2

Turkey

Ernst Happel , Vienna

September 24, 1977

Austria

sixteen

GDR

Vein

October 11, 1977

GDR

2: 1

Austria

"George Dimitrov", Erfurt

October 29, 1977

Turkey

2: 1

Austria

May 19th, Manisa

November 15, 1977

GDR

4-0

Turkey

Ernst Grube, Magdeburg

Group 4

Team	AND	AT	N	P	GZ	GP	GR	ABOUT
Bulgaria	four	four	0	0	five	one	+4	eight
Belgium	four	one	one	2	3	four	−1	3
France	four	0	one	3	3	6	−3	one

Match Results

September 3, 1976

France

eleven

Belgium

De la Licorn, Amiens

October 10, 1976

France

0: 1

Bulgaria

Jules Deschasot Le Havre

March 29, 1977

Belgium

2: 1

France

The Guildersporen, Kortrijk

June 1, 1977

Belgium

0: 1

Bulgaria

Molenbeck-Saint-Jean

October 26, 1977

Bulgaria

ten

Belgium

Bourgas

November 15, 1977

Bulgaria

2: 1

France

Beroe, Stara Zagora

Group 5

Team	AND	AT	P	GZ	GP	GR	ABOUT
England	four	four	0	17	2	+15	eight
Norway	four	2	2	6	9	−3	four
Finland	four	0	four	2	14	−12	0

Match Results

October 27, 1976

Finland

14

Norway

Karhumen, Kauniainen

May 26, 1977

Finland

0: 1

England

Olympic , Helsinki

June 1, 1977

Norway

12

England

The Brann , Bergen

August 17, 1977

Norway

ten

Finland

Gruet

September 6, 1977

England

6: 0

Norway

Falmer Brighton

October 12, 1977

England

8: 1

Finland

Butferry Park, Kingston upon Hull

Group 6

Team	AND	AT	N	P	GZ	GP	GR	ABOUT
Czechoslovakia	four	2	one	one	7	2	+5	five
Scotland	four	2	one	one	five	four	+1	five
Switzerland	four	one	0	3	3	9	−6	2

Match Results

October 12, 1976

Czechoslovakia

0: 0

Scotland

The Strunzowski Gardens , Pilsen

March 30, 1977

Switzerland

20

Scotland

Wankdorf, Bern

May 24, 1977

Czechoslovakia

4-0

Switzerland

" Strzelec Island ", Ceske Budejovice

September 7, 1977

Scotland

3: 1

Switzerland

Ibrox Glasgow

September 20, 1977

Scotland

2: 1

Czechoslovakia

Taincastle , Edinburgh

October 5, 1977

Switzerland

0: 2

Czechoslovakia

Hardturm , Zurich

Group 7

Team	AND	AT	P	GZ	GP	GR	ABOUT
Yugoslavia	four	3	one	9	3	+6	6
Spain	four	2	2	five	eight	−3	four
Romania	four	one	3	five	eight	−3	2

Match Results

October 9, 1976

Yugoslavia

4: 1

Spain

April 17, 1977

Spain

thirty

Romania

Teresa Rivero , Madrid

May 8, 1977

Romania

13

Yugoslavia

"Yon Oblemenko", Craiova

October 26, 1977

Romania

4-0

Spain

Bucharest

November 12, 1977

Yugoslavia

20

Romania

November 30, 1977

Spain

ten

Yugoslavia

Estadio Manuel Martinez Valero, Elche

Group 8

Team	AND	AT	N	P	GZ	GP	GR	ABOUT
Hungary	four	2	2	0	9	one	+8	6
the USSR	four	2	one	one	five	one	+4	five
Greece	four	0	one	3	one	13	−12	one

Match Results

October 9, 1976

Hungary

7: 0

Greece

Sectoi, Kecskemét

April 24, 1977

Greece

0: 2

the USSR

Karaiskakis , Piraeus

April 29, 1977

the USSR

0: 0

Hungary

May 9, 1977

the USSR

thirty

Greece

May 17, 1977

Hungary

ten

the USSR

Varosha, Bekeszczaba

May 28, 1977

Greece

eleven

Hungary

Serre

Final Stage Participants

A country	Qualification	Previous participation
Denmark	Group 1 Winner	0 (debut)
Italy	Group 2 Winner	0 (debut)
GDR	Group 3 Winner	0 (debut)
Bulgaria	Group 4 Winner	0 (debut)
England	Group 5 Winner	0 (debut)
Czechoslovakia	Group 6 Winner	0 (debut)
Yugoslavia	Group 7 Winner	0 (debut)
Hungary	Group 8 Winner	0 (debut)

Playoffs

Quarter finals

Semifinals

The final

England

2

0

2

Italy

one

0

one

England

one

2

Yugoslavia

2

one

3

Yugoslavia

0

2

Hungary

one

0

one

Yugoslavia

one

four

five

GDR

0

four

four

Czechoslovakia

3

2

five

GDR

one

five

6

GDR

one

3

four

Bulgaria

2

one

3

Denmark

four

0

four

Bulgaria ( guards )

one

3

four

Quarter Finals

First matches

March 8, 1978

England	2: 1 (report)	Italy
Woodcock 38 ' , 58'	Goals	Baths 17 '

Main Road , Manchester
Spectators: 22 241
Judge: Rolf Niechus

March 22, 1978

Yugoslavia	0: 1 (report)	Hungary
	Goals	Clogs 74 '

Human Vrt , Maribor
Spectators: 15,000
Judge: Nicholas Zlatanos

March 22, 1978

Czechoslovakia	3: 1 (report)	GDR
Vial 12' Samek 54 ' Gerda 60 '	Goals	Kyun 29 '

" Strzelec Island ", Ceske Budejovice
Spectators: 6,000
Judge: Dobroslav Stets

March 23, 1978

Denmark	4: 1 (report)	Bulgaria
Nielsen 21 ' Elkier Larsen 30 ' , 32' , 70 '	Goals	Ivanov 50'

Parken, Copenhagen
Spectators: 400
Judge: Thomas Reynolds

Return matches

April 5, 1978

Italy

0: 0
(report)

England

Olympic , Rome
Spectators: 28 579
Judge: Rene Vigliani

England team reached the semifinals, winning with a total score of 2: 1

April 5, 1978

Hungary	0: 2 (report)	Yugoslavia
	Goals	Halilhodzhich 41 ' Right hand 90 '

"Korkhaz uttsai", Bekeshchaba
Spectators: 10,000

The Yugoslav national team reached the semifinals, winning with a total score of 2: 1

April 5, 1978

GDR	5: 2 (report)	Czechoslovakia
Raab 6 ' , 52' Kotte 19 ' , 85' ( pen. ) Kyun 80 '	Goals	Yanechka 30 ' , 48'

Kurt-Wabbel-Stadion, Halle
Spectators: 8,000
Judge: Albert Victor

GDR national team reached the semifinals, winning with a total score of 6: 5

April 5, 1978

Bulgaria	thirty (report)	Denmark
Mladenov 50 ' , 79' Mikhailov 82 '( pen. )	Goals

Vasil Levski , Sofia
Spectators: 19,500

Bulgaria's national team reached the semifinals thanks to a ball scored in a foreign field (4: 4)

Semifinals

First matches

April 19, 1978

Yugoslavia	2: 1 (report)	England
Halilhodzhich 36 ' Sims 87 '( aut. )	Goals	King 43 '

Karajorje, Novi Sad
Spectators: 10,000
Judge: Rudolph Frieckel

April 19, 1978

Bulgaria	2: 1 (report)	GDR
Zdravkov 25 ' , 68'	Goals	Kotte 46 '

Vasil Levski , Sofia
Spectators: 25,000
Judge: Alec Yaguz

Return matches

April 26, 1978

GDR	3: 1 (report)	Bulgaria
Reediger 39 ' Peter 75 ' Terletski 82 '( pen. )	Goals	Jevizov 58 '

Kurt-Wabbel-Stadion, Halle
Spectators: 13,000
Judge: Anatoly Ivanov

GDR national team reached the semifinals, winning with a total score of 4: 3

May 2, 1978

England	eleven (report)	Yugoslavia
Sims 87 '	Goals	Halilhodzhich 85 '

Main Road , Manchester
Spectators: 24,423
Judge: Alexis Ponne

The Yugoslav national team reached the semifinals, winning with a total score of 3: 2

Final

The first match

May 17, 1978

GDR	0: 1 (report)	Yugoslavia
	Goals	Halilhodzhich 85 '

Kurt-Wabbel-Stadion, Halle
Spectators: 18,000
Judge: Georges Conrat

Second leg

May 31, 1978

Yugoslavia	4: 4 (report)	GDR
Halilhodzhich 9 ' , 15' , 36 ' Bogdan 51 '	Goals	Kotte 2 ' Kyun 10 ' , 31' Reediger 14'

"Under the White Breg", Mostar
Spectators: 25,000
Judge: Franz Wöhrer

The national team of Yugoslavia became the champion of Europe, winning with a total score of 4: 5

European Football Championship among youth teams 1978 Winner
Yugoslavia First title

Best Tournament Player

Wahid Halilhodzic ^[1]

Bombardiers

7 balls

Wahid Halilhodzic

4 balls

Peter Kotte

Dieter Kune

3 balls

Preben Elkier-Larsen

2 balls

Tony woodcock
Radoslav Zdravkov

Stoicho Mladenov
Jürgen Raab

Hans-Jürgen Riediger
Peter Yanechka

1 ball

Andy king
Steve sims
Spas Dzhevizov
Aleksandar Ivanov
Atanas Mikhailov

Jozsef Szabo
Werner Peter
Frank Terlitsky
Ivan Nielsen
Salvatore Bagni

Peter Gerda
Vaclav Samek
Ian Fiala
Srechko Bogdan
Damir Desnitsa

Own goal

Steve sims

Notes

↑ 1978: Wahid Halilhodzhich (neopr.) . uefa.com.

Links

Tournament page on uefa.com
RSSSF Results archive at rsssf.com

[1] 1978: Wahid Halilhodzhich (neopr.) . uefa.com.

UEFA European Youth Championship 1978

Content

Qualification Round

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Final Stage Participants

Playoffs

Quarter Finals

Semifinals

Final

Best Tournament Player

Bombardiers

Notes

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