1982 European Under-21 Football Championship

At the 1982 UEFA European Under-21 Championship to 26 national teams participating.

The playoffs in the eight qualifying groups started on June 3, 1980 and ended on December 6, 1981. The quarter-finals took place from February 23 to April 7, 1982 and the semi-finals took place from April 19 to 30, 1982. The finals for the title took place on September 21 and October 12, 1982, with England prevailing against Germany with a total of 5: 4 and won the European title for the first time.

The GDR, Austria and Switzerland were eliminated in the preliminary round.

mode

The 26 national teams were drawn in eight groups - six groups of three and two groups of four teams. 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 the knockout system was played in the first and second leg up to the final.

Attendees

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
Bulgaria	Belgium	Czechoslovakia	England
BR Germany	France	Turkey	Romania
Finland	Cyprus	Soviet Union	Switzerland
Austria			Hungary

 

Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8
Greece	Denmark	GDR	Luxembourg
Italy	Scotland	Norway	Netherlands
Yugoslavia	Sweden	Poland	Spain

Performance of the German-speaking teams

Federal Republic of Germany and Austria

The Federal Republic of Germany and Austria were drawn together with Bulgaria and Finland in the preliminary round in Group 1. Austria got off to a good start with a 2-1 win in Finland, but that was their only success. This was only followed by a lean 1-1 draw in the second leg in Eisenstadt . All other four games were lost, so that Austria couldn't get past last place in the end. Things went much better for Germany. At the start in Bulgaria there was a 0-1 defeat, but all other games were won, which meant that Germany could not take first place.

In the quarter-finals, Germany had Spain as an opponent. After a 0-1 defeat away from home, the second leg in Augsburg could be won 2-0, which means that Germany made it to the next round. In the semifinals, the reigning European champions Russia were the opponents. After Germany won the away game 4: 3, there was a real shooting festival in Aachen with 5: 0. So Germany met England in the final. There the team had to admit defeat with an overall result of 4: 5.

GDR

For the finalists of the U-21 European Championship in 1980, the preliminary round group 7 was the end of the line. The East Germans disappointed on all lines, because in the four games it was only enough to a single draw (1: 1 in Norway), which only reached last place behind the group winners Poland and Norway.

Switzerland

It was just as bad for Switzerland in group 4. Switzerland came with only one win - 3-0 in Wettingen in the already meaningless game against Romania - and two draws (0-0 in Neuchâtel against England and 1-1 in Romania) not beyond the last group seat. The group winners were later European champions England.

qualification

Group 1

date	Home team	Result	Away team
3rd June 1980	Finland	0: 1	Bulgaria
September 23, 1980	Finland	1: 2	Austria
2nd December 1980	Bulgaria	1-0	BR Germany
April 28, 1981	BR Germany	4-0	Austria
May 12, 1981	Bulgaria	1-0	Finland
May 23, 1981	Finland	1: 2	BR Germany
May 28, 1981	Austria	1: 2	Bulgaria
June 16, 1981	Austria	0-0	Finland
September 22, 1981	BR Germany	4: 2	Finland
October 13, 1981	Austria	0: 1	BR Germany
November 10, 1981	Bulgaria	1-0	Austria
November 21, 1981	BR Germany	4: 1	Bulgaria

 

Final result group 1
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	BR Germany	6th	5	0	1	15: 05	+10	10
2.	Bulgaria	6th	5	0	1	07: 05	+2	10
3.	Austria	6th	1	1	4th	03: 09	−6	3
4th	Finland	6th	0	1	5	04:10	−6	1

Group 2

date	Home team	Result	Away team
October 10, 1980	France	3: 1	Cyprus
20th December 1980	Belgium	2: 1	Cyprus
18th February 1981	Cyprus	0: 1	Belgium
April 28, 1981	France	1-0	Belgium
September 8, 1981	Belgium	1: 2	France
December 6, 1981	Cyprus	2: 1	France

 

Final result group 2
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	France	4th	3	0	1	07: 04	+3	6th
2.	Belgium	4th	2	0	2	04: 04	± 0	4th
3.	Cyprus	4th	1	0	3	04: 07	−3	2

Group 3

date	Home team	Result	Away team
2nd December 1980	Czechoslovakia	3-0	Turkey
April 14, 1981	Turkey	2: 1	Czechoslovakia
September 22, 1981	Soviet Union	1-0	Turkey
October 6, 1981	Turkey	0-0	Soviet Union
October 27, 1981	Soviet Union	0-0	Czechoslovakia
November 28, 1981	Czechoslovakia	0-0	Soviet Union

 

Final result group 3
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Soviet Union	4th	1	3	0	01: 00	+1	5
2.	Czechoslovakia	4th	1	2	1	04: 02	+2	4th
3.	Turkey	4th	1	1	2	02: 05	−3	3

Group 4

date	Home team	Result	Away team
October 14, 1980	Romania	4-0	England
November 18, 1980	England	5-0	Switzerland
April 28, 1981	England	3-0	Romania
April 29, 1981	Switzerland	0: 1	Hungary
May 12, 1981	Hungary	4: 2	Romania
May 31, 1981	Switzerland	0-0	England
5th June 1981	Hungary	1: 2	England
September 22, 1981	Romania	2: 1	Hungary
October 9, 1981	Romania	1: 1	Switzerland
October 13, 1981	Hungary	5: 1	Switzerland
November 10, 1981	Switzerland	3-0	Romania
17th November 1981	England	2-0	Hungary

 

Final result group 4
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	England	6th	4th	1	1	12: 05	+7	9
2.	Hungary	6th	3	0	3	12: 09	+3	6th
3.	Romania	6th	2	1	3	09:12	−3	5
4th	Switzerland	6th	1	2	3	05:12	−7	4th

Group 5

date	Home team	Result	Away team
November 13, 1980	Italy	1-0	Yugoslavia
3rd December 1980	Greece	1: 3	Italy
April 28, 1981	Yugoslavia	1: 1	Greece
October 16, 1981	Yugoslavia	1-0	Italy
November 12, 1981	Italy	1-0	Greece
November 28, 1981	Greece	0: 2	Yugoslavia

 

Final result group 5
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Italy	4th	3	0	1	05: 02	+3	6th
2.	Yugoslavia	4th	2	1	1	04: 02	+2	5
3.	Greece	4th	0	1	3	02: 07	−5	1

Group 6

date	Home team	Result	Away team
September 9, 1980	Sweden	2-0	Scotland
October 14, 1980	Denmark	2: 1	Sweden
November 18, 1980	Scotland	2: 1	Denmark
June 23, 1981	Sweden	0-0	Denmark
September 8, 1981	Scotland	4-0	Sweden
October 13, 1981	Denmark	1: 1	Scotland

 

Final result group 6
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Scotland	4th	2	1	1	07: 04	+3	5
2.	Denmark	4th	1	2	1	04: 04	± 0	4th
3.	Sweden	4th	1	1	2	03: 06	−3	3

Group 7

date	Home team	Result	Away team
September 24, 1980	Norway	0: 1	Poland
October 29, 1980	GDR	0: 4	Norway
May 1, 1981	GDR	2: 3	Poland
May 20, 1981	Norway	1: 1	GDR
September 23, 1981	Poland	3: 1	GDR
October 29, 1981	Poland	4-0	Norway

 

Final result group 7
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Poland	4th	4th	0	0	11: 03	+8	8th
2.	Norway	4th	1	1	2	05: 06	−1	3
3.	GDR	4th	0	1	3	04:11	−7	1

Group 8

date	Home team	Result	Away team
November 12, 1980	Netherlands	0: 2	Spain
17th December 1980	Spain	4: 1	Luxembourg
18th February 1981	Netherlands	1-0	Luxembourg
October 14, 1981	Luxembourg	1: 5	Spain
October 28, 1981	Luxembourg	0: 2	Netherlands
November 18, 1981	Spain	2: 1	Netherlands

 

Final result group 8
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Spain	4th	4th	0	0	13: 03	+10	8th
2.	Netherlands	4th	2	0	2	04: 04	± 0	4th
3.	Luxembourg	4th	0	0	4th	02:12	−10	0

Final round

Quarter finals

The eight group winners were qualified for the quarter-finals.

Fixtures
date	Home team	Result	Away team
February 23, 1982	Italy	0: 1	Scotland
Catania	Gates: ?
March 24, 1982	Scotland	0-0	Italy
Aberdeen	Gates: ?
Newcomers: Scotland with an aggregate result of 1-0
February 24, 1982	Spain	1-0	BR Germany
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Goals: Roberto
April 6, 1982	BR Germany	2-0	Spain
augsburg	Goals: Littbarski , Völler
Newcomers: BR Germany with an overall result of 2: 1
March 10, 1982	France	0-0	Soviet Union
Le Havre	Goals: none
March 24, 1982	Soviet Union	4: 2	France
Yerevan	Gates: ?
Newcomers: Soviet Union with an overall result of 4-2
March 17, 1982	Poland	1: 2	England
Warsaw	Gates: ?
March 24, 1982	England	2: 2	Poland
London	Gates: ?
Newcomers: England with an overall result of 4: 3

Semifinals

Fixtures
date	Home team	Result	Away team
April 19, 1982	Scotland	0: 1	England
Glasgow	Gates:
April 28, 1982	England	1: 1	Scotland
Manchester	Gates:
Newcomers: England with an overall result of 2-1
April 21, 1982	Soviet Union	3: 4	BR Germany
Kharkiv	Goals: Allofs , Völler (2), Dumanski (own goal)
April 30, 1982	BR Germany	5-0	Soviet Union
Aachen	Goals: Strack , Gruber , Littbarski (2), Reinders
Newcomers: BR Germany with an overall result of 9: 3

final

European champions England with an overall result of 5: 4

First leg

pairing	England - FR Germany
Result	3: 1 (1: 0)
date	September 21, 1982
Stadion	Bramall Lane , Sheffield 7,000 spectators
referee	Schoetgers (Belgium)
Gates	1-0 Owen (13th) 2-0 Fashanu (57th) 3-0 Owen (70th, penalty kick) 3: 1 Völler (82nd)
England	Iain Hesford ; Danny Thomas , Lee Duxbury , Tommy Caton , Terry Fenwick ; Steve McCall , Sammy Lee , Gary Owen , Paul Goddard ; Gary Shaw , David Hodgson (37th Justin Fashanu ) Trainer: Dave Sexton
BR Germany	Eike Immel ; Karl-Heinz Geils , Gerd Strack , Alois Reinhardt , Jonny Otten ; Wolfgang Rolff , Thomas Kempe (71st Thomas Kroth ), Stephan Engels ; Wolfram Wuttke (61st Peter Reichert ), Thomas Allofs , Rudi Völler Trainer: Berti Vogts

Return leg

pairing	Federal Republic of Germany - England
Result	3: 2 (0: 0)
date	October 12, 1982
Stadion	Weserstadion , Bremen 7,000 spectators
referee	Casarin (Italy)
Gates	0: 1 Duxbury (50th) 1: 1 Littbarski (52nd) 1: 2 Goddard (76th) 2: 2 Littbarski (79th, penalty kick) 3: 2 Littbarski (84th)
BR Germany	Eike Immel ; Karl-Heinz Geils , Alois Reinhardt , Jonny Otten , Michael Geiger (67th Uwe Dittus ); Benno Möhlmann , Stephan Engels , Thomas Kroth (46th Thomas von Heesen ); Peter Reichert , Thomas Allofs , Pierre Littbarski Trainer: Berti Vogts
England	Iain Hesford ; Danny Thomas , Lee Duxbury , Tommy Caton , Terry Fenwick ; Steve McCall , Gary Owen , Sammy Lee , Paul Goddard ; Adrian Heath (58th David Hodgson ), Gary Shaw (76th Ray Ranson ) Coach: Dave Sexton

Best goal scorers

space	player	Gates
1	Pierre Littbarski	6th
2	Rudi Völler	4th

Web links

• U21 Euro 1982 on uefa.com
• Details about the 1982 tournament on rsssf.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UEFA.com: 1982 Under-21 European Championship, Qualifying Group 1 (accessed January 5, 2009)
2. ↑ UEFA.com: 1982 Under-21 Championship, Qualifying Group 2 (accessed January 5, 2009)
3. ↑ UEFA.com: 1982 Under-21 European Championship, Qualifying Group 3 (accessed January 5, 2009)
4. ↑ UEFA.com: 1982 Under-21 Championship, Qualifying Group 4 (accessed January 5, 2009)
5. ↑ UEFA.com: 1982 Under-21 Championship, Qualifying Group 5 (accessed January 5, 2009)
6. ↑ UEFA.com: 1982 Under-21 Championship, Qualifying Group 6 (accessed January 5, 2009)
7. ↑ UEFA.com: 1982 Under-21 Championship, Qualifying Group 7 (accessed January 5, 2009)
8. ↑ UEFA.com: 1982 Under-21 Championship, Qualifying Group 8 (accessed January 5, 2009)
9. ↑ UEFA.com: 1982 Under-21 Championship - quarter-finals (accessed 5 January 2009)
10. ↑ UEFA.com: 1982 Under-21 Championship - Semifinals (accessed January 5, 2009)