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1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

FieldValue
tourney_name1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
dates8 March – 31 May
confederations1
num_teams24
champion_other
count1
second_other
matches62
goals199
top_scorerYUG Vahid Halilhodžić (6 goals)
playerYUG Vahid Halilhodžić
prevseason[1976](1976-uefa-european-under-23-championship) (Under-23)
nextseason[1980](1980-uefa-european-under-21-championship)

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

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
Legend
Group winners qualified for the knockout stage

Group 1

PWDLFAPts
**1******421110
**2**42027
**3**41126
Match resultsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue
28 October 19762–0Copenhagen
30 April 19776–2Slagelse
18 May 19772–0Kalmar
16 June 19772–2Helsingborg
20 September 19771–0Nowy Sącz
27 October 19774–2Opole

Group 2

PWDLFAPts
**1******430113
**2**43017
**3**40042
Match resultsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue
28 November 19761–2Esch-sur-Alzette
23 December 19761–0Funchal
9 February 19774–0Como
12 October 19774–1Vicenza
29 October 19773–0Lisbon
12 November 19771–5Esch-sur-Alzette

Group 3

Qualifying Group 3PWDLFAPts
**1******4310133
**2**412158
**3**4013512
Match resultsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue
16 November 19761–1Bursa
17 April 19772–2Vienna
24 September 19771–6Vienna
11 October 19772–1Erfurt
29 October 19772–1Manisa
15 November 19774–0Magdeburg

Group 4

PWDLFAPts
**1******44005
**2**41123
**3**40133
Match resultsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue
3 September 19761–1Amiens
10 October 19760–1Le Havre
29 March 19772–1Courtrai
1 June 19770–1Brussels
26 October 19771–0Burgas
15 November 19772–1Stara Zagora

Group 5

PWDLFAPts
**1******440017
**2**42026
**3**40042
Match resultsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue
27 October 19761–4Helsinki
26 May 19770–1Helsinki
1 June 19771–2Bergen
17 August 19771–0Grue
6 September 19776–0Brighton
12 October 19778–1Hull

Group 6

PWDLFAPts
**1******42117
**2**42115
**3**41033
Match resultsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue
12 October 19760–0Plzeň
30 March 19772–0Bern
24 May 19774–0České Budějovice
7 September 19773–1Glasgow
20 September 19772–1Edinburgh
5 October 19770–2Zürich

Group 7

PWDLFAPts
**1******43019
**2**42025
**3**41035
Match resultsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue
9 October 19764–1Zagreb
17 April 19773–0Madrid
8 May 19771–3Craiova
26 October 19774–0Bucharest
12 November 19772–0Osijek
30 November 19771–0Elche

Group 8

PWDLFAPts
**1******42209
**2**42115
**3**40131
Match resultsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue
9 October 19767–0Kecskemét
24 April 19770–2Athens
29 April 19770–0Moscow
9 May 19773–0Moscow
17 May 19771–0Békéscsaba
28 May 19771–1Serres

Qualified teams

CountryQualified asPrevious appearances in tournament
Group 1 winner0 (Debut)
Group 2 winner0 (Debut)
Group 3 winner0 (Debut)
Group 4 winner0 (Debut)
Group 5 winner0 (Debut)
Group 6 winner0 (Debut)
Group 7 winner0 (Debut)
Group 8 winner0 (Debut)

Squads

Main article: 1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

Knockout stage

| RD1-team1= | RD1-score1-1=2 | RD1-score1-2=0 | RD1-score1-agg=2 | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2-1=1 | RD1-score2-2=0 | RD1-score2-agg=1

| RD1-team3= | RD1-score3-1=0 | RD1-score3-2=2 | RD1-score3-agg=2 | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4-1=1 | RD1-score4-2=0 | RD1-score4-agg=1

| RD1-team5= | RD1-score5-1=3 | RD1-score5-2=2 | RD1-score5-agg=5 | RD1-team6= | RD1-score6-1=1 | RD1-score6-2=5 | RD1-score6-agg=6

| RD1-team7= | RD1-score7-1=4 | RD1-score7-2=0 | RD1-score7-agg=4 | RD1-team8=**** (a) | RD1-score8-1=1 | RD1-score8-2=3 | RD1-score8-agg=4

| RD2-team1= | RD2-score1-1=1 | RD2-score1-2=1 | RD2-score1-agg=2 | RD2-team2= | RD2-score2-1=2 | RD2-score2-2=1 | RD2-score2-agg=3

| RD2-team3= | RD2-score3-1=1 | RD2-score3-2=3 | RD2-score3-agg=4 | RD2-team4= | RD2-score4-1=2 | RD2-score4-2=1 | RD2-score4-agg=3

| RD3-team1= | RD3-score1-1=1 | RD3-score1-2=4 | RD3-score1-agg=5 | RD3-team2= | RD3-score2-1=0 | RD3-score2-2=4 | RD3-score2-agg=4

FINAL

GDR-YUG 0:1

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

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

References

  1. (1 June 1978). "1978: Vahid Halilhodžić". [[UEFA]].
  2. "Official finals report". [[UEFA]].
  3. "Article". [[Slobodna Dalmacija]].
  4. "Article". [[Slobodna Dalmacija]].
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