1985 European Under-16 Football Championship

The 3rd U-16 European Football Championship was held in Hungary from May 17 to 26, 1985 . The Soviet Union won with a 4-0 victory over Greece . The GDR took fourth place, while the Federal Republic was eliminated after the preliminary round. For the first time the tournament took place with 16 teams.

qualification

This time, only 23 nations took part in the qualification, these were divided into a total of 10 groups, whereby geographical aspects were partly taken into account. There were 3 groups with three participants and 7 groups with only two participants. All ten group winners were qualified for the finals. Then there were the three runners-up in the groups of three, as well as Norway and Bulgaria, whose opponents did not appear and of course the hosts Hungary, who did not have to qualify for the final round for the first time.

Qualification groups

Group 1

•  Scotland
•  Finland

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Scotland	2	1	0	1	005: 300	+2	02: 20
2.	Finland	2	1	0	1	003: 500	−2	02: 20

Group 2

•  Denmark
•  Iceland

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Iceland	2	1	1	0	002: 100	+1	03: 10
2.	Denmark	2	0	1	1	001: 200	−1	01: 30

Group 3

•  Austria
•  GDR

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	GDR	2	2	0	0	004: 200	+2	04-00
2.	Austria	2	0	0	2	002: 400	−2	00: 40

Group 4

•  BR Germany
•  Poland
•  Sweden

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	BR Germany	4th	3	1	0	016: 100	+15	07: 10
2.	Sweden	4th	0	3	1	003: 700	−4	03: 50
3.	Poland	4th	0	2	2	002:130	−11	02: 60

Group 5

•  Czechoslovakia
•  Soviet Union

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Soviet Union	2	2	0	0	003-000	+3	04-00
2.	Czechoslovakia	2	0	0	2	000: 300	−3	00: 40

Group 6

•  Spain
•  Luxembourg

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	2	2	0	0	009-000	+9	04-00
2.	Luxembourg	2	0	0	2	000: 900	−9	00: 40

Group 7

•  Italy
•  Portugal
•  Switzerland

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Italy	4th	3	0	1	011: 100	+10	06: 20
2.	Portugal	4th	2	1	1	002: 400	−2	05: 30
3.	Switzerland	4th	0	1	3	000: 800	−8	01: 70

Group 8

•  Belgium
•  France
•  Netherlands

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France	4th	2	2	0	005: 200	+3	06: 20
2.	Netherlands	4th	1	1	2	005: 600	−1	03: 50
3.	Belgium	4th	1	1	2	003: 500	−2	03: 50

Group 9

•  Cyprus
•  Greece

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Greece	2	1	1	0	003: 200	+1	03: 10
2.	Cyprus	2	0	1	1	002: 300	−1	01: 30

Group 10

•  Romania
•  Yugoslavia

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Yugoslavia	2	1	0	1	002: 200	± 0	02: 20
2.	Romania	2	1	0	1	002: 200	± 0	02: 20

mode

The 16 qualified teams were divided into four groups of four teams each. Within the groups, each team played each other once. The group winners reached the semifinals. The semi-final winners reached the final, the semi-final losers played for third place.

Attendees

The following teams took part in the tournament:

•  Bulgaria
•  GDR
•  Federal Republic of Germany (defending champion)
•  France
•  Greece
•  Iceland
•  Italy
•  Netherlands
•  Norway
•  Portugal
•  Scotland
•  Sweden
•  Soviet Union
•  Spain
•  Hungary (host)
•  Yugoslavia

Teams from German-speaking countries

DFV selection

player	society
Olaf Germershaus	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
Ingo Saager	1. FC Lok Leipzig
Hendrik Herzog	BFC Dynamo
Michael Schwarz	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt
Torsten glasses	FC Karl-Marx-Stadt
Matthias Maucksch	SG Dynamo Dresden
Mirko Rosocha	1. FC Union Berlin
Andreas Machowski	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt
Uwe Jähnig	SG Dynamo Dresden
Michael Junker	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
Jörg Nowotny	HFC chemistry
Marco Köller	BFC Dynamo
Mike Geppert	1. FC Lok Leipzig
Heiko Nowak	BFC Dynamo
Michael Wolff	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
Rico Schmitt	FC Karl-Marx-Stadt

• Trainer: Frank Engel

Venues

The games were played in the cities of Budapest , Győr , Hódmezővásárhely , Jászberény , Kapuvár , Karcag , Keszthely , Kunhegyes , Mezőtúr , Mosonmagyaróvár , Nagykanizsa , Szeged , Szolnok and Zalaegerszeg .

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	006: 100	+5	06-00
2.	BR Germany	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	03: 30
3.	Hungary	3	1	0	2	002: 300	−1	02: 40
4th	Portugal	3	0	1	2	001: 500	−4	01: 50

May 17, 1985, Zalaegerszeg
Soviet Union	-	Hungary	2-0
BR Germany	-	Portugal	1: 1
May 19, 1985, Nagykanizsa
Hungary	-	Portugal	2-0
Soviet Union	-	BR Germany	2: 1
May 21, 1985, Keszthely
Soviet Union	-	Portugal	2-0
Germany	-	Hungary	1-0

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	1	2	0	004-000	+4	04: 20
2.	Sweden	3	2	0	1	008: 700	+1	04: 20
3.	Yugoslavia	3	1	1	1	002: 300	−1	03: 30
4th	Italy	3	0	1	2	002: 600	−4	01: 50

May 17, 1985, Hódmezővásárhely
Yugoslavia	-	Italy	1-0
Sweden	-	Spain	0: 4
May 19, 1985, Hódmezővásárhely
Sweden	-	Yugoslavia	3: 1
Italy	-	Spain	0-0
May 21, 1985, Hódmezővásárhely
Sweden	-	Italy	5: 2
Yugoslavia	-	Spain	0-0

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	GDR	3	1	2	0	002: 100	+1	04: 20
2.	Norway	3	1	2	0	001-000	+1	04: 20
3.	Bulgaria	3	1	0	2	004: 400	± 0	02: 40
4th	Netherlands	3	0	2	1	003: 500	−2	02: 40

May 17, 1985, Győr
Norway	-	Bulgaria	1-0
GDR	-	Netherlands	1: 1
May 19, 1985, Kapuvar
GDR	-	Bulgaria	1-0
May 19, 1985, Mosonmagiarovar
Norway	-	Netherlands	0-0
May 21, 1985, Győr
Bulgaria	-	Netherlands	4: 2
GDR	-	Norway	0-0

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Greece	3	3	0	0	008: 100	+7	06-00
2.	France	3	2	0	1	007: 200	+5	04: 20
3.	Scotland	3	1	0	2	003: 500	−2	02: 40
4th	Iceland	3	0	0	3	000:100	−10	00: 60

May 17, 1985, Jászberény
Scotland	-	Iceland	2-0
May 17, 1985, Szolnok
Greece	-	France	2-0
May 19, 1985, Kunhegyes
France	-	Iceland	4-0
May 19, 1985, Mezotur
Greece	-	Scotland	2: 1
May 21, 1985, Szolnok
France	-	Scotland	3-0
May 21, 1985, Karcag
Greece	-	Iceland	4-0

Final round

	Semifinals				final
	May 24, 1985, Budapest
	Greece	0 (4) 1
	Spain	0 (3)
					May 26, 1985, Budapest
					Soviet Union	4th
					Greece	0
					Game for third place
	May 24, 1985, Budapest				May 26, 1985, Budapest
	Soviet Union	5			Spain	1
	GDR	3			GDR	0

¹ win on penalties

The national team of the Soviet Union thus became European champions of the U16 / U17 juniors for the first time. It was also the first team to achieve this success on foreign soil.  

The winning eleven: Harin - Kaszumow, Baltuskinas, Bednij (Piszkunow), Kulumbekow - Litvinyenko, Kobeljow, Mjaszyikow, Revisvili (Markoszjan) - Mikashavidze, Pancsulija

Pancsulija (2 ×), Kobeljow and Kaszumow scored the goals.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ fuwo 20/85 of May 14, 1985 p. 13.