1984 European Under-21 Football Championship

At the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in 1984 to 30 teams participating.

The qualifying games in the eight qualifying groups started on May 1, 1982 and ended on December 21, 1983. The quarter-finals took place from February 28 to April 11, 1984 and the semi-finals were held from April 18 to May 2, 1984. The finals for the title took place on May 17 and 24, 1984, with England defeating Spain with an aggregate score of 2-1 and successfully defending its 1982 European title, the second overall.

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

mode

The 30 national teams were drawn in eight groups - six groups of four and two groups of three 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
Belgium	Finland	Denmark	Bulgaria
GDR	Poland	England	Norway
Scotland	Portugal	Greece	Wales
Switzerland	Soviet Union	Hungary	Yugoslavia

 

Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8
Italy	Albania	Iceland	France
Romania	BR Germany	Netherlands	Luxembourg
Czechoslovakia	Austria	Spain	Sweden
Cyprus	Turkey

Performance of the German-speaking teams

Germany and Austria

In group 6, Germany and Austria met Albania and Turkey. Austria had to admit defeat in the first game in Mürzzuschlag against Albania with 1: 2 and did not get beyond a 1: 1 against Turkey in Hollabrunn . Germany started a little better, drawing 1-1 in Albania and winning 1-0 in Turkey. In the direct duels there was a 1-1 draw in St. Pölten and a 2-1 home win for Germany in Arnsberg . The Austrians followed in Albania with 0: 3 and in Turkey with 0: 5. With a 7-0 victory in Berlin over Turkey, Germany remained in the race for group victory . However, this would have required a victory in the last game in Trier . Germany did not get beyond a 1-1 draw and sensationally had to let Albania win the group.

GDR and Switzerland

The GDR and Switzerland met Belgium and Scotland in Group 1. A 0-0 start in Belgium was the only point the Swiss won in this group, which put them in last place. Things went better for the GDR, which not only won both games against Switzerland - 6: 5 in Biel and 2: 1 in Brandenburg (Havel) - but also beat Belgium 2: 1 in Weißenfels . Due to a 2-0 defeat in Edinburgh and a 1-1 draw in the second leg in Jena , the GDR ultimately had to be content with the group place behind Scotland.

qualification

Group 1

date	Home team	Result	Away team
5th October 1982	Belgium	0-0	Switzerland
October 12, 1982	Scotland	2-0	GDR
November 16, 1982	Switzerland	3: 4	Scotland
December 14, 1982	Belgium	1: 2	Scotland
March 29, 1983	GDR	2: 1	Belgium
March 29, 1983	Scotland	2: 1	Switzerland
April 26, 1983	Belgium	4: 2	GDR
May 13, 1983	Switzerland	5: 6	GDR
October 11, 1983	GDR	2: 1	Switzerland
October 11, 1983	Scotland	0-0	Belgium
November 8, 1983	Switzerland	0: 2	Belgium
November 15, 1983	GDR	1: 1	Scotland

 

Final result group 1
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Scotland	6th	4th	2	0	11: 06	+5	10
2.	GDR	6th	3	1	2	13:14	−1	7th
3.	Belgium	6th	2	2	2	08: 06	+2	6th
4th	Switzerland	6th	0	1	5	10:16	−6	1

Group 2

date	Home team	Result	Away team
5th September 1982	Soviet Union	1: 1	Poland
September 8, 1982	Finland	0-0	Poland
September 21, 1982	Finland	1: 1	Portugal
October 9, 1982	Portugal	1-0	Poland
October 12, 1982	Soviet Union	2: 2	Finland
October 27, 1982	Poland	4-0	Finland
April 26, 1983	Soviet Union	1: 1	Portugal
May 21, 1983	Poland	2: 1	Soviet Union
May 31, 1983	Finland	0: 1	Soviet Union
20th September 1983	Portugal	0: 2	Finland
October 27, 1983	Poland	2-0	Portugal
November 12, 1983	Portugal	0: 2	Soviet Union

 

Final result group 2
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Poland	6th	3	2	1	09: 03	+6	8th
2.	Soviet Union	6th	2	3	1	08: 06	+2	7th
3.	Finland	6th	1	3	2	05: 08	−3	5
4th	Portugal	6th	1	2	3	03: 08	−5	4th

Group 3

date	Home team	Result	Away team
September 21, 1982	Denmark	1: 4	England
November 16, 1982	Greece	1-0	England
March 29, 1983	England	2: 1	Greece
April 26, 1983	Denmark	1: 1	Greece
April 26, 1983	England	1-0	Hungary
May 14, 1983	Hungary	1: 1	Greece
May 31, 1983	Denmark	2: 1	Hungary
20th September 1983	England	4: 1	Denmark
October 11, 1983	Hungary	0: 2	England
October 25, 1983	Hungary	5: 1	Denmark
November 15, 1983	Greece	1-0	Denmark
2nd December 1983	Greece	1-0	Hungary

 

Final result group 3
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	England	6th	5	0	1	13: 04	+9	10
2.	Greece	6th	3	2	1	06: 04	+2	8th
3.	Hungary	6th	1	1	4th	07: 08	−1	3
4th	Denmark	6th	1	1	4th	06:16	−10	3

Group 4

date	Home team	Result	Away team
September 21, 1982	Wales	0-0	Norway
October 12, 1982	Norway	2: 2	Yugoslavia
October 26, 1982	Bulgaria	2-0	Norway
November 16, 1982	Bulgaria	0: 2	Yugoslavia
December 14, 1982	Yugoslavia	2-0	Wales
April 26, 1983	Wales	0: 1	Bulgaria
September 6, 1983	Norway	0: 2	Bulgaria
20th September 1983	Norway	2: 3	Wales
October 11, 1983	Yugoslavia	6: 2	Norway
November 15, 1983	Bulgaria	1: 1	Wales
December 13, 1983	Wales	1-0	Yugoslavia
December 20, 1983	Yugoslavia	0-0	Bulgaria

 

Final result group 4
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Yugoslavia	6th	3	2	1	12: 05	+7	8th
2.	Bulgaria	6th	3	2	1	06: 03	+3	8th
3.	Wales	6th	2	2	2	05: 06	−1	6th
4th	Norway	6th	0	2	4th	06:15	−11	2

Group 5

date	Home team	Result	Away team
May 1, 1982	Cyprus	1: 2	Romania
October 27, 1982	Italy	2-0	Romania
November 11, 1982	Czechoslovakia	2: 1	Italy
1st December 1982	Cyprus	0: 1	Italy
March 27, 1983	Czechoslovakia	2-0	Cyprus
April 16, 1983	Cyprus	1: 4	Czechoslovakia
April 27, 1983	Italy	2: 1	Czechoslovakia
May 14, 1983	Romania	1: 4	Czechoslovakia
October 12, 1983	Romania	0: 1	Italy
November 12, 1983	Romania	3: 2	Cyprus
November 29, 1983	Czechoslovakia	2: 2	Romania
December 21, 1983	Italy	2-0	Cyprus

 

Final result group 5
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Italy	6th	5	0	1	09: 03	+6	10
2.	Czechoslovakia	6th	4th	1	1	15: 07	+8	9
3.	Romania	6th	2	1	3	08:12	−4	5
4th	Cyprus	6th	0	0	6th	04:14	−10	0

Group 6

date	Home team	Result	Away team
29th September 1982	Austria	1: 2	Albania
October 26, 1982	Turkey	0: 1	Albania
November 16, 1982	Austria	1: 1	Turkey
March 29, 1983	Albania	1: 1	BR Germany
April 22, 1983	Turkey	0: 1	BR Germany
April 26, 1983	Austria	1: 1	BR Germany
May 10, 1983	Albania	1-0	Turkey
June 7, 1983	Albania	3-0	Austria
4th October 1983	BR Germany	2: 1	Austria
October 25, 1983	BR Germany	7-0	Turkey
November 15, 1983	Turkey	5-0	Austria
November 19, 1983	BR Germany	1: 1	Albania

 

Final result group 6
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Albania	6th	4th	2	0	09: 03	+6	10
2.	BR Germany	6th	3	3	0	13: 04	+9	9
3.	Turkey	6th	1	1	4th	06:11	−5	3
4th	Austria	6th	0	2	4th	04:14	−10	2

Group 7

date	Home team	Result	Away team
August 31, 1982	Iceland	1: 1	Netherlands
October 27, 1982	Spain	1-0	Iceland
February 16, 1983	Netherlands	5-0	Spain
May 28, 1983	Iceland	0-0	Spain
September 6, 1983	Netherlands	1: 1	Iceland
November 15, 1983	Spain	1-0	Netherlands

 

Final result group 7
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Spain	4th	2	1	1	02: 05	−3	5
2.	Netherlands	4th	1	2	1	07: 03	+4	4th
3.	Iceland	4th	0	3	1	02: 03	−1	3

Group 8

date	Home team	Result	Away team
October 27, 1982	Luxembourg	0: 4	Sweden
November 11, 1982	France	1-0	Sweden
March 23, 1983	Luxembourg	0: 5	France
May 12, 1983	Sweden	4: 1	Luxembourg
September 7, 1983	Sweden	2: 2	France
5th October 1983	France	2-0	Luxembourg

 

Final result group 8
Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	France	4th	3	1	0	10: 02	+8	7th
2.	Sweden	4th	2	1	1	10: 04	+6	5
3.	Luxembourg	4th	0	0	4th	01:15	−14	0

Quarter finals

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

Fixtures
date	Home team	Result	Away team
February 28, 1984	England	6: 1	France
Sheffield	Gates: ?
March 28, 1984	France	0: 1	England
Rouen	Gates: ?
Newcomers: England with an overall result of 7-1
March 14, 1984	Scotland	2: 1	Yugoslavia
Aberdeen	Gates: ?
April 4th 1984	Yugoslavia	3: 1	Scotland
Belgrade	Gates: ?
Newcomers: Yugoslavia with an overall result of 4: 3
March 14, 1984	Albania	0: 1	Italy
Tirana	Gates: ?
April 4th 1984	Italy	1-0	Albania
Brescia	Gates: ?
Newcomers: Italy with an overall result of 2-0
March 21, 1984	Poland	2: 2	Spain
Opole	Gates: ?
April 11, 1984	Spain	4: 1	Poland
Zaragoza	Gates: ?
Newcomers: Spain with an overall result of 6: 3

Semifinals

Fixtures
date	Home team	Result	Away team
April 18, 1984	England	3: 1	Italy
Manchester	Gates: ?
May 2, 1984	Italy	1-0	England
Florence	Gates: ?
Newcomers: England with an overall result of 3-2
April 25, 1984	Yugoslavia	0: 1	Spain
Belgrade	Gates: ?
May 2, 1984	Spain	2-0	Yugoslavia
Málaga	Gates: ?
Newcomers: Spain with an aggregate result of 3-0

final

Fixtures
date	Home team	Result	Away team
17th May 1984	Spain	0: 1	England
Seville	Gates: Sterland
May 24, 1984	England	2-0	Spain
Sheffield	Goals: Hateley, Gayle
European champions England with an overall result of 3-0

Best goal scorers

space	player	Gates
1	Mark Hateley	6th
2	Mel Sterland	3
	Roberto Fernández Bonillo	3

Web links

• U21 EURO 1984 on uefa.com
• Details about the 1984 tournament on rsssf.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UEFA.com: 1984 Under-21 European Championship, qualifying group 1 (accessed 5 January 2009)
2. ↑ UEFA.com: 1984 Under-21 European Championship, qualifying group 2 (accessed 5 January 2009)
3. ↑ UEFA.com: 1984 Under-21 European Championship, qualifying group 3 (accessed 5 January 2009)
4. ↑ UEFA.com: 1984 Under-21 European Championship, qualifying group 4 (accessed 5 January 2009)
5. ↑ UEFA.com: 1984 Under-21 European Championship, qualifying group 5 (accessed 5 January 2009)
6. ↑ UEFA.com: 1984 Under-21 European Championship, qualifying group 6 (accessed 5 January 2009)
7. ↑ UEFA.com: 1984 Under-21 European Championship, qualifying group 7 (accessed 5 January 2009)
8. ↑ UEFA.com: 1984 Under-21 European Championship, Qualifying Group 8 (accessed 5 January 2009)
9. ↑ UEFA.com: 1984 Under-21 Championship - quarter-finals (accessed 5 January 2009)
10. ↑ UEFA.com: 1984 Under-21 Championship - Semi-finals (accessed 5 January 2009)
11. ↑ UEFA.com: 1984 Under-21 Championship Final (accessed January 5, 2009)