1983 FIFA World Youth Championship

Qualification

:1.Teams that made their debut.

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

Group C

12:00 |team1= |score=0–5 |team2= |goals1= García Dertycia Zárate Acosta |stadium=Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | attendance = 19,376 | referee = Hernán Silva Arce (Chile) |report=(Report)}}

Group D

Knockout stage

|11 June - Mexico City | |0 |**** |1 |12 June - León |**** |2 | |1 |11 June - San Nicolás de los Garza | |1 |** ** |2 |12 June - Guadalajara |**** |4 | |1 |15 June - Mexico City | |0 |**** |1 |15 June - San Nicolás de los Garza | |1 |**** |2 |19 June - Mexico City | |0 |**** |1 |18 June - Guadalajara |** ** |2 | |1

Quarter-finals

12:00 |team1= |score=4–1 |team2= |goals1=Dunga Bebeto Geovani |goals2=Dostal |stadium=Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara | attendance = 36,183 | referee = Fermín Ramírez Zermeno (Mexico)

Semi-finals

17:00 |team1= |score=0–1 |team2= |goals1=

Third place play-off

17:00 |team1= |score=2–1 |team2= Szczepański |goals2=Lee Kee-keun |stadium=Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara | attendance = 35,000 | referee = Luis C. Felix Ferreira (Brazil)

Final

12:00 |team1= |score=0–1 |team2= |goals1=

Result

Awards

;All-Star XI

• Goalkeeper: ARG Luis Islas
• Sweeper: SCO Neale Cooper
• Left defender: KOR Kim Pan-keun
• Central defender: SCO Paul McStay
• Right defender: ARG Fabián Basualdo
• Left midfielder: ARG Roberto Oscar Zárate
• Central midfielder: NED Gerald Vanenburg
• Right midfielder: BRA Geovani Faria da Silva
• Left forward: MEX Paul Moreno
• Central forward: BRA Bebeto
• Right forward: BRA Mauricinho

Goalscorers

Geovani of Brazil won the Golden Boot award for scoring six goals. In total, 91 goals were scored by 61 different players, with only one of them credited as own goals.

;6 goals

• BRA Geovani ;5 goals
• POL Joachim Klemenz ;4 goals
• ARG Jorge Luis Gabrich ;3 goals
• ARG Roberto Oscar Zárate
• TCH Stanislav Dostal
• KOR Shin Yon-ho
• URU Carlos Aguilera ;2 goals
• BRA Gilmar Popoca
• BRA Marinho Ra
• TCH Vlastimil Kula
• NED Marco van Basten
• NED Mario Been
• POL Adrian Szczepański
• POL Marek Leśniak
• SCO Jim Dobbin
• KOR Kim Jong-boo
• URU Rubén Sosa ;1 goal
• ARG Claudio García
• ARG Jorge Borelli
• ARG Julio César Gaona
• ARG Mario Vanemerak
• ARG Oscar Acosta
• ARG Oscar Dertycia
• AUS Fabio Incantalupo
• AUS Frank Farina
• AUS Jim Patikas
• AUS Rodney Brown
• BRA Bebeto
• BRA Dunga
• CHN Duan Ju
• CHN Guo Yijun
• CHN Li Huayun
• CHN Liu Haiguang
• CHN Mai Chao
• TCH Karel Kula
• TCH Miroslav Hirko
• TCH Pavel Karoch
• CIV Leopold Didi
• CIV Lucien Kassy
• MEX Marcelino Bernal
• MEX Martin Reyna
• NED Henk Duut
• NGA Tarila Okoronwanta
• POL Mirosław Myśliński
• POL Wiesław Krauze
• POL Wiesław Wraga
• POL Wojciech Gorgoń
• SCO Paul McStay
• SCO Steve Clarke
• KOR Kim Chong-kon
• KOR Lee Kee-keun
• KOR No In-woo
• URS Fanas Salimov
• URS Hennadiy Litovchenko
• URS Oleh Protasov
• USA George Gelnovatch
• USA Hugo Pérez
• USA Jeff Hooker
• URU Jorge Martínez
• URU José Zalazar ;Own goals
• URS Mikhail Agapov (playing against Brazil)

Final ranking

Quarter-finals Group stage

Notes

References

1. The FIFA states "[[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. Russia]]" here, which is an [[anachronism]].
2. RSSSF indicates the goal as a penalty, and scored at 31' instead of 39'. See https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wyc83.html.
3. (1983). "Technical Report". FIFA.com.