U-18 European Football Championship 1983

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The 3rd U-18 European Football Championship took place from May 13-22, 1983 in England . France won the title with a 1-0 victory over Czechoslovakia . The FRG retired as runners-up in the preliminary round. The GDR , Austria and Switzerland had not qualified for the finals.

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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 winners of the semi-finals played for the title in the final, the losers contested the game for third place.

Attendees

The following teams took part in the tournament:

Group A Group B Group C Group D
Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria ItalyItaly Italy EnglandEngland England (host) BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany BR Germany Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia ScotlandScotland Scotland (defending champion) FinlandFinland Finland
SwedenSweden Sweden Romania 1965Romania Romania Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union FranceFrance France
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia TurkeyTurkey Turkey SpainSpain Spain IrelandIreland Ireland

Teams from German-speaking countries

DFB selection

player society Calls Gates
Andreas Nagel SV Hagen 3 -
Stefan Glaser 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3 -
Rainer Zietsch SV Sandhausen 3 -
Matthias Ruländer VfL Wolfsburg 3 1
Stefan Wöber Eintracht Frankfurt 2 -
Hansi Flick SV Sandhausen 2 -
Herbert Hoos Viktoria Aschaffenburg 3 1
Manfred Pomp Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2 -
Michael Skibbe FC Schalke 04 3 -
Gerhard Schroll FC Augsburg 1 -
Hans Dorfner FC Bayern Munich 3 -
Dieter Hecking 1. FC Paderborn 3 2
Achim Glückler VfB Stuttgart 3 1
Frank Ordenewitz Werder Bremen 2 -
Thorsten Koy Concordia Hamburg 2 -

Venues

The matches were played in the following cities: Aldershot , Barnsley , Birmingham , Bolton , Burnley , Huddersfield , Leeds , Liverpool , London , Manchester , Nottingham , Preston , Oldham , Reading , Sheffield , Shrewsbury , Stoke-on-Trent , Watford and Wolverhampton .

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia  3  2  0  1 004: 200  +2 04: 20
 2. Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany BR Germany  3  2  0  1 005: 400  +1 04: 20
 3. Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria  3  1  1  1 002: 300  −1 03: 30
 4th SwedenSweden Sweden  3  0  1  2 001: 300  −2 01: 50
May 13, 1983 in Burnley
Czechoslovakia - BR Germany 3: 1
May 13, 1983 in Preston
Bulgaria - Sweden 1-0
May 15, 1983 in Oldham
Czechoslovakia - Bulgaria 0-0
May 15, 1983 in Bolton
BR Germany - Sweden 1-0
May 17, 1983 in Manchester
Czechoslovakia - Sweden 1: 1
May 17, 1983 in Liverpool
BR Germany - Bulgaria 3: 1

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. ItalyItaly Italy  3  2  1  0 005: 100  +4 05: 10
 2. Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia  3  2  0  1 005: 300  +2 04: 20
 3. Romania 1965Romania Romania  3  1  0  2 006: 400  +2 02: 40
 4th TurkeyTurkey Turkey  3  0  1  2 002:100  −8 01: 50
May 13, 1983 in Aldershot
Yugoslavia - Romania 2-0
May 13, 1983 in London
Italy - Turkey 1: 1
May 15, 1983 in London
Italy - Yugoslavia 2-0
May 15, 1983 in Reading
Romania - Turkey 6-0
May 17, 1983 in Watford
Yugoslavia - Turkey 3: 1
May 17, 1983 in London
Italy - Romania 2-0

Group C

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. EnglandEngland England  3  2    1 005: 400  +1 04: 20
 2. ScotlandScotland Scotland  3  1  1  1 006: 500  +1 03: 30
 3. SpainSpain Spain  3  1  1  1 002: 200  ± 0 03: 30
 4th Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union  3  1  0  2 002: 400  −2 02: 40
May 13, 1983 in Stoke-on-Trent
England - Spain 1-0
May 13, 1983 in Birmingham
Scotland - Soviet Union 3-0
May 15, 1983 in Birmingham
England - Scotland 4: 2
May 15, 1983 in Shrewsbury
Spain - Soviet Union 1-0
May 17, 1983 in Birmingham
Soviet Union - England 2-0
May 17, 1983 in Wolverhampton
Spain - Scotland 1: 1

Group D

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. FranceFrance France  3  2  1  0 007: 300  +4 05: 10
 2. IrelandIreland Ireland  3  2  0  1 002: 100  +1 04: 20
 3. FinlandFinland Finland  3  1  1  1 005: 300  +2 03: 30
 4th BelgiumBelgium Belgium  3  0  1  2 002: 700  −5 01: 50
May 13, 1983 in Sheffield
Ireland - Belgium 1-0
May 13, 1983 in Huddersfield
France - Finland 3: 1
May 15, 1983 in Barnsley
Finland - Ireland 0-0
May 15, 1983 in Nottingham
France - Belgium 3: 1
May 17, 1983 in Leeds
France - Ireland 1: 1
May 17, 1983 in Sheffield
Finland - Belgium 4-0

Final round

Semifinals

May 20, 1983 in London ( Highbury )
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia - EnglandEngland England 1: 1 a.d., 4: 2 in E.
May 20, 1983 in London ( Stamford Bridge )
FranceFrance France - ItalyItaly Italy 1-0

Game for third place

May 22, 1983 in Watford
EnglandEngland England - ItalyItaly Italy 1: 1 a.d., 4: 2 in E.

final

May 22, 1983 in London ( White Hart Lane )
FranceFrance France - CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1-0

decisions

This is the first time that France has been a European U-18 champion.

The winning eleven: Sabonniere - Reuzeau, Prisette, Degrave, Hely - Ribar, Fournier, Frechet (Fernier), Thomas - Paille, Guion (Fourrier)

Reuzeau scored the winning goal

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