1980 UEFA European Football Championship

1980 UEFA European Football Championship
1980 UEFA European Football Championship
	1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Championship Details
Final Tournament Dates	February 12 - May 21, 1980
Number of participants	eight
Top places
Champion	the USSR
Second place	GDR
Championship Statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	26 (1.86 per game)
Bombardier (s)	Ramaz Shengelia
Best player	Anatoly Demyanenko

UEFA European Under-21 Championship 1980 - The second UEFA European Under-21 Championship championship held in the period from 1978 to 1980.

In the qualification round, 25 national teams were divided into 8 groups (seven groups of three teams, one group of four). The tournament draw system was round-robin (“Olympic”), eight strongest teams were revealed in groups, which then revealed the strongest in two-match matches.

The USSR national team became the winner of the championship for the first time.

Qualification Round

Group 1

#	Team	AND	AT	P	M	±	Glasses
one	England	four	four	0	11 - 2	+9	eight
2	Denmark	four	one	3	3 to 4	−1	2
3	Bulgaria	four	one	3	2 - 10	−8	2


England		50	ten
Bulgaria	13		ten
Denmark	12	20

Match Results

September 19, 1978

Denmark

12

England

Vidovre, Vidovre

October 10, 1978

Denmark

20

Bulgaria

Slagelse, Slagelse

June 5, 1979

Bulgaria

13

England

The Miner, Pernik

September 11, 1979

England

ten

Denmark

Vickridge Road , Watford

October 30, 1979

Bulgaria

ten

Denmark

"Hristo Botev", Blagoevgrad

November 20, 1979

England

50

Bulgaria

Walkers , Leicester

Group 2

#	Team	AND	AT	N	P	M	±	Glasses
one	Scotland	five	3	2	0	13 - 5	+8	eight
2	Belgium	6	2	3	one	8 - 4	+4	7
3	Norway	6	one	3	2	5 - 12	−7	five
four	Portugal	five	0	2	3	2 - 7	−5	2


Belgium		4-0	2: 1	0: 1
Norway	0: 0		0: 0	2: 2
Portugal	0: 0	12		0: 3
Scotland	2: 2	5: 1	-

Match Results

September 19, 1978

Belgium

4-0

Norway

Achter de Caserne, Mechelen

October 10, 1978

Portugal

0: 0

Belgium

Du Bonfin, Setubal

October 24, 1978

Scotland

5: 1

Norway

Easter Road , Edinburgh

November 28, 1978

Portugal

0: 3

Scotland

Do Reshtelou , Lisbon

May 9, 1979

Norway

0: 0

Portugal

Odd , Skien

June 7, 1979

Norway

2: 2

Scotland

Haugesund Haugesund

September 11, 1979

Norway

0: 0

Belgium

Melles, Moss

October 16, 1979

Belgium

2: 1

Portugal

Tivoli, La Louviere

October 31, 1979

Portugal

12

Norway

Sidadi di Coimbra , Coimbra

November 20, 1979

Belgium

0: 1

Scotland

Fretiel, Beveren

December 18, 1979

Scotland

2: 2

Belgium

Easter Road , Edinburgh

February 5, 1980

Scotland

canceled

Portugal

Group 3

#	Team	AND	AT	N	P	M	±	Glasses
one	Yugoslavia	four	2	2	0	4 - 2	+2	6
2	Spain	four	one	2	one	4 - 2	+2	four
3	Cyprus	four	0	2	2	1 - 5	−4	2


Spain		thirty	0: 1
Cyprus	0: 0		eleven
Yugoslavia	eleven	ten

Match Results

October 4, 1978

Spain

0: 1

Yugoslavia

Nuevo Jose Sorrilla , Valladolid

December 10, 1978

Cyprus

0: 0

Spain

Makarion, Nicosia

April 1, 1979

Yugoslavia

ten

Cyprus

Mladost, Krusevac

October 10, 1979

Yugoslavia

eleven

Spain

Gotse Delchev, Prilep

November 11, 1979

Cyprus

eleven

Yugoslavia

GSP , Nicosia

December 9, 1979

Spain

thirty

Cyprus

Ciudad de Puertoyano, Puertollano

Group 4

#	Team	AND	AT	N	P	M	±	Glasses
one	GDR	four	2	2	0	8 - 3	+5	6
2	Poland	four	2	one	one	7 - 8	−1	five
3	Netherlands	four	0	one	3	4 - 8	−4	one


GDR		20	4: 1
Netherlands	eleven		2: 3
Poland	eleven	2: 1

Match Results

November 14, 1978

GDR

20

Netherlands

Ostseestadion , Rostock

April 16, 1979

Poland

0: 0

GDR

"City", Piotrkow Trybunalski

May 1, 1979

Netherlands

2: 3

Poland

IJsseldelt Zwolle

September 25, 1979

GDR

4: 1

Poland

Erdgas Sportpark, Halle

October 16, 1979

Poland

2: 1

Netherlands

City, Elblag

November 20, 1979

Netherlands

eleven

GDR

Galgenvaard Utrecht

Group 5

#	Team	AND	AT	N	P	M	±	Glasses
one	Czechoslovakia	four	3	0	one	3 - 1	+2	6
2	France	four	2	one	one	3 - 2	+1	five
3	Sweden	four	0	one	3	1 - 4	−3	one


France		ten	2: 1
Czechoslovakia	ten		ten
Sweden	0: 0	0: 1

Match Results

August 31, 1978

France

2: 1

Sweden

"Jacques Rimbal", Bourges

October 3, 1978

Sweden

0: 1

Czechoslovakia

Domnarsvallen, Borlange

April 3, 1979

Czechoslovakia

ten

France

"Prosteev" Prosteev

September 4, 1979

Sweden

0: 0

France

Studenternas , Uppsala

October 9, 1979

Czechoslovakia

ten

Sweden

" Strzelec Island ", Ceske Budejovice

November 16, 1979

France

ten

Czechoslovakia

Saint-Symphorien Metz

Group 6

#	Team	AND	AT	N	P	M	±	Glasses
one	the USSR	four	3	one	0	8 - 2	+6	7
2	Greece	four	2	0	2	5 - 6	−1	four
3	Finland	four	0	one	3	2 - 7	−5	one


Greece		0: 3	3: 1
the USSR	2: 1		eleven
Finland	0: 1	0: 2

Match Results

May 24, 1978

Finland

2: 1

Greece

Väinolänniemi, Kuopio

September 20, 1978

Greece

0: 3

the USSR

Cleantis Vikelidis , Thessaloniki

October 11, 1978

Greece

3: 1

Finland

Trikala Trikala

July 4, 1979

Finland

0: 2

the USSR

Luccarian, Lapua

September 12, 1979

the USSR

2: 1

Greece

Chernomorets , Odessa

October 31, 1979

the USSR

eleven

Finland

Lokomotiv , Simferopol

Group 7

#	Team	AND	AT	P	M	±	Glasses
one	Hungary	four	3	one	9 - 4	+5	6
2	Romania	four	2	2	7 - 3	+4	four
3	Turkey	four	one	3	2 - 11	−9	2


Hungary		ten	50
Romania	4-0		thirty
Turkey	0: 3	20

Match Results

October 11, 1978

Turkey

0: 3 ( etc. )

Hungary

"Sehir", Inegol

October 25, 1978

Hungary

ten

Romania

Varosha ", Szeged

November 15, 1978

Romania

3: 0 ( etc. )

Turkey

Municipal, Sibiu

April 4, 1979

Turkey

20

Romania

Camil Ochak, Gaziantep

May 2, 1979

Hungary

50

Turkey

ZTE, Zalaegerszeg

October 17, 1979

Romania

4-0

Hungary

Group 8

#	Team	AND	AT	N	P	M	±	Glasses
one	Italy	four	3	one	0	5 - 0	+5	7
2	Switzerland	four	2	one	one	8 - 2	+6	6
3	Luxembourg	four	0	0	four	1 - 12	−11	0


Italy		ten	ten
Luxembourg	0: 3		0: 3
Switzerland	0: 0	5: 1

Match Results

November 15, 1978

Luxembourg

0: 3

Switzerland

Tillenberg Differdange

March 29, 1979

Switzerland

0: 0

Italy

Stadio Cornaredo , Lugano

October 13, 1979

Switzerland

5: 1

Luxembourg

October 17, 1979

Italy

ten

Switzerland

Mario Rigamonti , Brescia

November 14, 1979

Luxembourg

0: 3

Italy

La Frontier, Esch-sur-Alzette

January 23, 1980

Italy

ten

Luxembourg

Flaminio Rome

Final Stage Participants

A country	Qualification	Previous Contributions ¹
England	Group 1 Winner	1 ( 1978 )
Scotland	Group 2 Winner	0 (debut)
Yugoslavia	Group 3 Winner	1 ( 1978 )
GDR	Group 4 Winner	1 ( 1978 )
Czechoslovakia	Group 5 Winner	1 ( 1978 )
the USSR	Group 6 Winner	0 (debut)
Hungary	Group 7 Winner	1 ( 1978 )
Italy	Group 8 Winner	1 ( 1978 )

^{1 The} bold are the years in which the team became the champion

Playoffs

Quarter finals				Semifinals				The final

the USSR	3	0	3
Italy	one	0	one
				the USSR	3	one	four

				Yugoslavia	0	0	0
Czechoslovakia	one	one	2

Yugoslavia	one	2	3
								the USSR	0	one	one
								GDR	0	0	0
Hungary	2	0	2
GDR	0	3	3
				GDR	2	one	3

				England	one	2	2
England	2	0	2

Scotland	one	0	one

Quarter Finals

First matches

February 12, 1980

England	2: 1 (report)	Scotland
Owen eight' Robson 86 '	Goals	Archibald 79 '

Highfield Road, Coventry
Spectators: 15 382
Judge: Paolo bergamo

March 26, 1980

Hungary	20 (report)	GDR
Dike 56 ' Chepregi 81 '	Goals

Nepstadion , Budapest
Spectators: 15,000
Judge: Bogdan Dochev

March 26, 1980

Czechoslovakia	eleven (report)	Yugoslavia
Halopa 39 '	Goals	Okuka

Under the Zobor, Nitra
Spectators: 10,000

April 2, 1980

the USSR	3: 1 (report)	Italy
Susloparov eight' Shengelia 43 ' Daraselia 44 '	Goals	Fanna 71 '

Hrazdan , Yerevan
Spectators: 10,000
Judge: Walter Horstmann

Return matches

March 4, 1980

Scotland

0: 0
(report)

England

Pittodry Aberdeen
Spectators: 24,000

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

April 4, 1980

Yugoslavia	2: 1 (report)	Czechoslovakia
Pasic 52 ' Martinovich 68 '	Goals	Yanechka

"Shlaiz", Vrbas
Spectators: 7,000

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

April 9, 1980

Italy

0: 0
(report)

the USSR

Komunale , Bologna
Spectators: 3,840
Judge: Hendrick Verink

USSR national team reached the semifinals, winning with a general score of 3: 1

April 9, 1980

GDR	thirty (report)	Hungary
Stroeser 5 ' , 18' Shmuk 87 '	Goals

Ernst Abbe Sportfeld, Jena
Spectators: 1,500
Judge: Adolf Matthias

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

Semifinals

First matches

April 16, 1980

England	12 (report)	GDR
Fashanu 82 '	Goals	Raab 61 ' Denstedt 88 '

Bramall Lane , Sheffield
Viewers: 10,039

April 26, 1980

the USSR	thirty (report)	Yugoslavia
Shengelia 18' Zhuravlev 33 ' Baltacha 60 '( pen. )	Goals

Chernomorets , Odessa
Spectators: 15,000
Judge: Ulf Ericsson

Return matches

April 23, 1980

GDR	ten (report)	England
Krer 53 '	Goals

Ernst Abbe Sportfeld, Jena
Spectators: 3,000

GDR national team reached the final, winning with a total score of 3: 1

April 30, 1980

Yugoslavia	0: 1 (report)	the USSR
	Goals	Shengelia 71 '

Gradsky Subotica
Spectators: 10,000
Judge: Talal Tokat

USSR national team reached the final, winning with a total score of 4: 0

Final

The first match

May 7, 1980

GDR

0: 0
(report)

the USSR

Ostseestadion , Rostock
Spectators: 15,000
Judge: Alain Delmer

Second leg

May 21, 1980

the USSR	ten (report)	GDR
Susloparov 50'	Goals

Dynamo Moscow
Spectators: 23,000
Judge: Horst Brummeyer

European Football Championship among youth teams 1980 Champion
the USSR First title

Best Tournament Player

Anatoly Demyanenko ^[1]

Bombardiers

3 balls

Ramaz Shengelia

2 balls

Ralph Stroeser

Yuri Susloparov

1 ball

Gary Owen
Brian Robson
Justin Fasanu
Laszlo Dyke
Janos Chepregi
Tomasz Denstedt
Ronald crere

Jürgen Raab
Udo Shmuk
Pietro Fanna
Sergey Baltacha
Vitaly Daraselia
Sergey Zhuravlev

Pavel Hloupka
Peter Yanechka
Steve archibald
Dragan Okuka
Zoran Martinovich
Predrag Pasic

Notes

↑ 1980: Anatoly Demyanenko (neopr.) .

Links

Tournament page on the UEFA official website

[1] 1980: Anatoly Demyanenko (neopr.) .

1980 UEFA European Football Championship

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

Links

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