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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8 March – 31 May |
| Teams | 24 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 62 |
| Goals scored | 199 (3.21 per match) |
| Top scorer | |
| Best player | |
←1976 (Under-23) 1980 → | |
The1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1976–78) had 24 entrants.Yugoslavia U-21s won the competition.[2]
The 24 national teams were divided into eight groups. The group winners played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis until the winner was decided. There was no finals tournament or 3rd-place playoff.[citation needed]
The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of1978 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:
| Legend |
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| Group winners qualified for theknockout stage |
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | |
| Match results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Home | Score | Away | Venue | |
| 28 October 1976 | Denmark | 2–0 | Copenhagen | ||
| 30 April 1977 | Denmark | 6–2 | Slagelse | ||
| 18 May 1977 | Sweden | 2–0 | Kalmar | ||
| 16 June 1977 | Sweden | 2–2 | Helsingborg | ||
| 20 September 1977 | Poland | 1–0 | Nowy Sącz | ||
| 27 October 1977 | Poland | 4–2 | Opole | ||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 0 | |
| Match results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Home | Score | Away | Venue | |
| 28 November 1976 | Luxembourg | 1–2 | Esch-sur-Alzette | ||
| 23 December 1976 | Portugal | 1–0 | Funchal | ||
| 9 February 1977 | Italy | 4–0 | Como | ||
| 12 October 1977 | Italy | 4–1 | Vicenza | ||
| 29 October 1977 | Portugal | 3–0 | Lisbon | ||
| 12 November 1977 | Luxembourg | 1–5 | Esch-sur-Alzette | ||
| Qualifying Group 3 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 1 | |
| Match results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Home | Score | Away | Venue | |
| 16 November 1976 | Turkey | 1–1 | Bursa | ||
| 17 April 1977 | Austria | 2–2 | Vienna | ||
| 24 September 1977 | Austria | 1–6 | Vienna | ||
| 11 October 1977 | East Germany | 2–1 | Erfurt | ||
| 29 October 1977 | Turkey | 2–1 | Manisa | ||
| 15 November 1977 | East Germany | 4–0 | Magdeburg | ||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |
| Match results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Home | Score | Away | Venue | |
| 3 September 1976 | France | 1–1 | Amiens | ||
| 10 October 1976 | France | 0–1 | Le Havre | ||
| 29 March 1977 | Belgium | 2–1 | Courtrai | ||
| 1 June 1977 | Belgium | 0–1 | Brussels | ||
| 26 October 1977 | Bulgaria | 1–0 | Burgas | ||
| 15 November 1977 | Bulgaria | 2–1 | Stara Zagora | ||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 0 | |
| Match results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Home | Score | Away | Venue | |
| 27 October 1976 | Finland | 1–4 | Helsinki | ||
| 26 May 1977 | Finland | 0–1 | Helsinki | ||
| 1 June 1977 | Norway | 1–2 | Bergen | ||
| 17 August 1977 | Norway | 1–0 | Grue | ||
| 6 September 1977 | England | 6–0 | Brighton | ||
| 12 October 1977 | England | 8–1 | Hull | ||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | |
| Match results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Home | Score | Away | Venue | |
| 12 October 1976 | Czechoslovakia | 0–0 | Plzeň | ||
| 30 March 1977 | Switzerland | 2–0 | Bern | ||
| 24 May 1977 | Czechoslovakia | 4–0 | České Budějovice | ||
| 7 September 1977 | Scotland | 3–1 | Glasgow | ||
| 20 September 1977 | Scotland | 2–1 | Edinburgh | ||
| 5 October 1977 | Switzerland | 0–2 | Zürich | ||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | |
| Match results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Home | Score | Away | Venue | |
| 9 October 1976 | Yugoslavia | 4–1 | Zagreb | ||
| 17 April 1977 | Spain | 3–0 | Madrid | ||
| 8 May 1977 | Romania | 1–3 | Craiova | ||
| 26 October 1977 | Romania | 4–0 | Bucharest | ||
| 12 November 1977 | Yugoslavia | 2–0 | Osijek | ||
| 30 November 1977 | Spain | 1–0 | Elche | ||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | |
| Match results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Home | Score | Away | Venue | |
| 9 October 1976 | Hungary | 7–0 | Kecskemét | ||
| 24 April 1977 | Greece | 0–2 | Athens | ||
| 29 April 1977 | Soviet Union | 0–0 | Moscow | ||
| 9 May 1977 | Soviet Union | 3–0 | Moscow | ||
| 17 May 1977 | Hungary | 1–0 | Békéscsaba | ||
| 28 May 1977 | Greece | 1–1 | Serres | ||
| Country | Qualified as | Previous appearances in tournament |
|---|---|---|
| Group 1 winner | 0 (Debut) | |
| Group 2 winner | 0 (Debut) | |
| Group 3 winner | 0 (Debut) | |
| Group 4 winner | 0 (Debut) | |
| Group 5 winner | 0 (Debut) | |
| Group 6 winner | 0 (Debut) | |
| Group 7 winner | 0 (Debut) | |
| Group 8 winner | 0 (Debut) |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||||||
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GDR-YUG 0:1[3]
Halle, 17.5.1978., Scorer: Halilhodžić ('53).
GDR: Heyne, Brauer, Hause (Vingel), Uhlig, Roth, Weber, Terletzki, Eigendorf (Mischinger), Kuhn, Kotte, Riediger.
YUG: Stojanović, Vujkov, Hrstić, Zajec, Stojković, Bogdan, Krmpotić, Klinčarski, Halilhodžić, Bošnjak (R.Savić), Desnica (Slišković).
YUG-GDR 4:4[4]
Mostar, 31.5.1978., Scorers: Halilhodžić ('9, '37), Desnica ('16), Bogdan ('50) - Kotte ('2), Kuhn ('11, '31), Riediger ('15).
YUG: Stojanović, Krmpotić, M.Obradović, Zajec, Stojković, Bogdan, Bošnjak (Starčević), Savić, Halilhodžić, Klinčarski (Verlašević), Desnica.
GDR: Heyne, Hause, Brauer (Vingel), Uhlig, Roth, Schnuphase, Weber, Eigendorf, Riediger, Kotte, Kuhn.