1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship explained
Tourney Name: | 1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship |
Dates: | 8 March – 31 May |
Confederations: | 1 |
Num Teams: | 24 |
Count: | 1 |
Matches: | 62 |
Goals: | 199 |
Top Scorer: | Vahid Halilhodžić (6 goals) |
Player: | Vahid Halilhodžić[1] |
Nextseason: | 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.
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
Group 1
| 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 | |
Group 2
| 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 | |
Group 3
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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16 November 1976 | | 1–1 | | Bursa |
17 April 1977 | | 2–2 | | Vienna |
24 September 1977 | | 1–6 | | Vienna |
11 October 1977 | | 2–1 | | Erfurt |
29 October 1977 | | 2–1 | | Manisa |
15 November 1977 | | 4–0 | | Magdeburg | |
Group 4
| 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 | |
Group 5
| 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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27 October 1976 | | 1–4 | | Helsinki |
26 May 1977 | | 0–1 | | Helsinki |
1 June 1977 | | 1–2 | | Bergen |
17 August 1977 | | 1–0 | | Grue |
6 September 1977 | | 6–0 | | Brighton |
12 October 1977 | | 8–1 | | Hull | |
Group 6
| 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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12 October 1976 | | 0–0 | | Plzeň |
30 March 1977 | | 2–0 | | Bern |
24 May 1977 | | 4–0 | | České Budějovice |
7 September 1977 | | 3–1 | | Glasgow |
20 September 1977 | | 2–1 | | Edinburgh |
5 October 1977 | | 0–2 | | Zürich | |
Group 7
| 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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9 October 1976 | | 4–1 | | Zagreb |
17 April 1977 | | 3–0 | | Madrid |
8 May 1977 | | 1–3 | | Craiova |
26 October 1977 | | 4–0 | | Bucharest |
12 November 1977 | | 2–0 | | Osijek |
30 November 1977 | | 1–0 | | Elche | |
Group 8
| 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 | |
Qualified teams
Country | Qualified as | Previous appearances in tournament |
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| Group 1 winner | 0 (Debut) |
| Group 2 winner | 0 (Debut) |
| Group 3 winner | 0 (Debut) |
| Group 4 winner | 0 (Debut) |
| Group 5 winner | 0 (Debut) |
| Group 6 winner | 0 (Debut) |
| Group 7 winner | 0 (Debut) |
| Group 8 winner | 0 (Debut) |
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Squads
See 1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads
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.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: 1978: Vahid Halilhodžić . . 1 June 1978. 29 June 2015.
- News: Official finals report. UEFA. 19 December 2011.
- Web site: Article . Slobodna Dalmacija.
- Web site: Article . Slobodna Dalmacija.