At the 1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship to 24 teams participating.
The qualifying games in the eight qualifying groups started on September 3, 1976 and ended on November 30, 1977. The quarter-finals took place between March 8 and April 5, 1978 and the semi-finals between April 19 and May 2, 1978. The final for the title took place on May 17 and 31, 1978, with Yugoslavia prevailing against the GDR with an overall score of 5: 4 and thus winning the European title.
While the GDR made it to the finals, Austria, which was in a group with the GDR in the preliminary round, as well as Switzerland were the last in the group. The Federal Republic of Germany did not take part.
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The 24 national teams were drawn into eight groups of teams each. The national selections had to play their encounters with two legs. The respective group winners (marked in yellow) were qualified for the quarter-finals, from which they played in the knockout system in the two- legged matches up to the final.
Attendees
Performance of the German-speaking teams
GDR and Austria
The GDR and Austria met Turkey in the preliminary round in Group 3 . The GDR started with a 1-1 draw in Turkey and was able to win the remaining three games - 6: 1 ( Vienna ) and 2: 1 ( Erfurt ) against Austria and 4: 0 ( Magdeburg ) against Turkey Confidently take the group win. After Austria couldn't get past a 2-2 draw against Turkey in Vienna and had to admit defeat 1: 2 in Turkey, only the last group place remained for the red-white-red selection.
Switzerland
The Switzerland succeeded in the preliminary round Group 6 ( Bern ) against Scotland with a 2: 0 victory a successful start. After the remaining three games - 0: 4 ( Budweis ) and 0: 2 ( Zurich ) against Czechoslovakia and 1: 3 in Scotland - were lost, the Confederates had to make do with last place.
qualification
Group 1
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Denmark Denmark
4th
2
1
1
0 10: 500
+5
0 5
2.
Poland 1944 Poland
4th
2
0
2
00 7:100
−3
0 4th
3.
Sweden Sweden
4th
1
1
2
00 6: 800
−2
0 3
date
Result
October 28, 1976
Denmark
2-0
Sweden
April 30, 1977
Denmark
6: 2
Poland
May 18, 1977
Sweden
2-0
Poland
June 16, 1977
Sweden
2: 2
Denmark
20th September 1977
Poland
1-0
Denmark
October 27, 1977
Poland
4: 2
Sweden
Group 2
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Italy Italy
4th
3
0
1
0 13: 300
+10
0 6th
2.
Portugal Portugal
4th
3
0
1
00 7: 500
+2
0 6th
3.
Luxembourg Luxembourg
4th
0
0
4th
00 2:140
−12
0 0
date
Result
November 28, 1976
Luxembourg
1: 2
Portugal
23rd December 1976
Portugal
1-0
Italy
February 9, 1977
Italy
4-0
Luxembourg
October 12, 1977
Italy
4: 1
Portugal
October 29, 1977
Portugal
3-0
Luxembourg
November 12, 1977
Luxembourg
1: 5
Italy
Group 3
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR
4th
3
1
0
0 13: 300
+10
0 7th
2.
Turkey Turkey
4th
1
2
1
00 5: 800
−3
0 4th
3.
Austria Austria
4th
0
1
3
00 5:120
−7
0 1
date
Result
November 16, 1976
Turkey
1: 1
GDR
April 17, 1977
Austria
2: 2
Turkey
September 24, 1977
Austria
1: 6
GDR
October 11, 1977
GDR
2: 1
Austria
October 29, 1977
Turkey
2: 1
Austria
November 15, 1977
GDR
4-0
Turkey
Group 4
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Bulgaria 1971 Bulgaria
4th
4th
0
0
00 5: 100
+4
0 8th
2.
Belgium Belgium
4th
1
1
2
00 3: 400
−1
0 3
3.
France France
4th
0
1
3
00 3: 600
−3
0 1
date
Result
3rd September 1976
France
1: 1
Belgium
October 10, 1976
France
0: 1
Bulgaria
March 29, 1977
Belgium
2: 1
France
June 1, 1977
Belgium
0: 1
Bulgaria
October 26, 1977
Bulgaria
1-0
Belgium
November 15, 1977
Bulgaria
2: 1
France
Group 5
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
England England
4th
4th
0
0
0 17: 200
+15
0 8th
2.
Norway Norway
4th
2
0
2
00 6: 900
−3
0 4th
3.
Finland Finland
4th
0
0
4th
00 2:140
−12
0 0
date
Result
October 27, 1976
Finland
1: 4
Norway
May 26, 1977
Finland
0: 1
England
June 1, 1977
Norway
1: 2
England
17th August 1977
Norway
1-0
Finland
September 6, 1977
England
6-0
Norway
October 12, 1977
England
8: 1
Finland
Group 6
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
4th
2
1
1
00 7: 200
+5
0 5
2.
Scotland Scotland
4th
2
1
1
00 5: 400
+1
0 5
3.
Switzerland Switzerland
4th
1
0
3
00 3: 900
−6
0 2
date
Result
October 12, 1976
Czechoslovakia
0-0
Scotland
March 30, 1977
Switzerland
2-0
Scotland
May 24, 1977
Czechoslovakia
4-0
Switzerland
7th September 1977
Scotland
3: 1
Switzerland
20th September 1977
Scotland
2: 1
Czechoslovakia
5th October 1977
Switzerland
0: 2
Czechoslovakia
Group 7
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia
4th
3
0
1
00 9: 300
+6
0 6th
2.
Spain 1977 Spain
4th
2
0
2
00 5: 800
−3
0 4th
3.
Romania 1965 Romania
4th
1
0
3
00 5: 800
−3
0 2
date
Result
October 9, 1976
Yugoslavia
4: 1
Spain
April 17, 1977
Spain
3-0
Romania
May 8, 1977
Romania
1: 3
Yugoslavia
October 26, 1977
Romania
4-0
Spain
November 12, 1977
Yugoslavia
2-0
Romania
November 30, 1977
Spain
1-0
Yugoslavia
Group 8
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Hungary 1957 Hungary
4th
2
2
0
00 9: 100
+8
0 6th
2.
Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union
4th
2
1
1
00 5: 100
+4
0 5
3.
Greece 1975 Greece
4th
0
1
3
00 1:130
−12
0 1
date
Result
October 9, 1976
Hungary
7-0
Greece
April 24, 1977
Greece
0: 2
Soviet Union
April 29, 1977
Soviet Union
0-0
Hungary
May 9, 1977
Soviet Union
3-0
Greece
17th May 1977
Hungary
1-0
Soviet Union
May 28, 1977
Greece
1: 1
Hungary
Final round
Quarter finals
The eight group winners were qualified for the quarter-finals.
Semifinals
Fixtures
date
Home team
Result
Away team
April 19, 1978
Bulgaria 1971 Bulgaria
2: 1
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR
Sofia
Gates: ?
April 26, 1978
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR
3: 1
Bulgaria 1971 Bulgaria
Hall
Gates: ?
Newcomers: GDR with an overall result of 4: 3
Germany Democratic Republic 1949
April 19, 1978
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia
2: 1
England England
Novi Sad
Gates: ?
May 2, 1978
England England
1: 1
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia
Manchester
Gates: ?
Newcomers: Yugoslavia with an overall result of 3-2
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic
final
total
First leg
Return leg
GDR Germany Democratic Republic 1949
4: 5
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia
0: 1 (0: 0)
4: 4 (3: 4)
First leg
GDR
Yugoslavia
GDR
Yugoslavia
Dirk Heyne - Lothar home (63rd Burkhard Pingel ), Gert Brauer , Frank Uhlig , Andreas Roth - Gerd Weber , Frank Terletzki - Lutz Eigendorf (70th Michael Mischinger ), Dieter Riedel , Peter Kotte , Dieter Kühn .
Stojanovic - Nenad Stojković , Vujkov, Srećko Bogdan , Hrstic - Zlatko Krmpotić , Bosnjak (46th Savic), Klincarski - Velimir Zajec , Vahid Halilhodžić , Desnica (83rd Blaž Slišković )
0: 1 Vahid Halilhodžić (54.)
Return leg
Yugoslavia
GDR
Yugoslavia
GDR
Stojanovic - Nenad Stojković , Zlatko Krmpotić , Srećko Bogdan , Obradovic - Velimir Zajec , Bosnjak (46th Starcevic), Klincarski (41st Verlasevic) - Savic, Vahid Halilhodžić , Desnica
Dirk Heyne - Lothar home , Gert Brauer (46th Burkhard Pingel ), Frank Uhlig , Andreas Roth - Rüdiger Schnuphase , Gerd Weber - Lutz Eigendorf (72nd Thomas Töpfer ), Hans-Jürgen Riediger , Peter Kotte , Dieter Kühn .
1: 1 Vahid Halilhodžić (9th) 2: 3 Vahid Halilhodžić (15th) 3: 4 Vahid Halilhodžić (36th) 4: 4 Srećko Bogdan (51th)
0: 1 Peter Kotte (2nd) 1: 2 Dieter Kühn (10th) 1: 3 Hans-Jürgen Riediger (14th) 2: 4 Dieter Kühn (31st)
Best goal scorers
Web links
Individual evidence
↑ UEFA.com: 1978 European Under-21 Championship, qualifying group 1 (accessed January 5, 2009)
↑ UEFA.com: 1978 European Under-21 Championship, qualifying group 2 (accessed 5 January 2009)
↑ UEFA.com: 1978 European Under-21 Championship, qualifying group 3 (accessed January 5, 2009)
↑ UEFA.com: 1978 European Under-21 Championship, qualifying group 4 (accessed January 5, 2009)
↑ UEFA.com: 1978 European Under-21 Championship, qualifying group 5 (accessed January 5, 2009)
↑ UEFA.com: 1978 European Under-21 Championship, qualifying group 6 (accessed January 5, 2009)
↑ UEFA.com: 1978 European Under-21 Championship, qualifying group 7 (accessed January 5, 2009)
↑ UEFA.com: 1978 European Under-21 Championship, qualifying group 8 (accessed January 5, 2009)
↑ UEFA.com: 1978 European Under-21 Championship quarter-finals (accessed 5 January 2009)
↑ UEFA.com: 1978 European Under-21 Championship semi-finals (accessed 5 January 2009)
Junior European Football Championships
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