1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 12 February – 21 May 1 25 21 USSR 1 21 GDR 67 154 USSR Ramaz Shengelia (3 goals) USSR Anatoliy Demyanenkohttp://www.uefa.com/under21/season=1980/golden-player/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130612034410/http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=1980/golden-player/index.html dead June 12, 2013 1980: Anatoliy Demyanenko UEFA Union of European Football Associations 1 June 1980 29 June 2015 1978 1982 The 1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1978–80) had 25 entrants. Cyprus and the Netherlands competed in the competition for the first time. 1978 entrants Austria did not enter. Due to 'irregularities', Turkey's first two matches were awarded (3–0) to their opponents. USSR U-21s won the competition. The 25 national teams were divided into eight groups (seven groups of 3 + one group of 4). 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. Qualifying stage Draw The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations: Group 1 did not include Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland Group 2 did not include Austria Group 3 did not include Romania (moved to Group 7) Group 4 did not include Switzerland (moved to Group 8) and Iceland Group 5 did not include Luxembourg (moved to Group 8) Group 6 did not include Hungary (moved to Group 7) Group 7 did not include West Germany, Wales and Malta, but included Romania (moved from Group 3) and Hungary (moved from Group 6) Group 8 composed of Switzerland (moved from Group 4), Luxembourg (moved from Group 5) and Italy (who did not participate in senior Euro qualification) Qualifying Group 1PWDLFAPts121 ENG44001128221 DEN4103342321 BUL 197141032102 Denmark 1–2 England Denmark 2–0 Bulgaria Bulgaria 1–3 England England 1–0 Denmark Bulgaria 1–0 Denmark England 5–0 Bulgaria Qualifying Group 2PWDLFAPts121 SCO53201358221 BEL6231847321 NOR61325125421 POR5023272 Belgium 4–0 Norway Portugal 0–0 Belgium Scotland 5–1 Norway Portugal 0–3 Scotland Norway 0–0 Portugal Norway 2–2 Scotland  Norway 0–0 Belgium Belgium 2–1 Portugal Portugal 1–2 Norway Belgium 0–1 Scotland Scotland 2–2 Belgium Scotland – Portugal(Not played) Qualifying Group 3PWDLFAPts121 YUG4220426221 ESP 19774121424321 CYP4022152 Spain 0–1 Yugoslavia Cyprus 0–0 Spain Yugoslavia 1–0 Cyprus Yugoslavia 1–1 Spain Cyprus 1–1 Yugoslavia Spain 3–0 Cyprus Qualifying Group 4PWDLFAPts121 GDR4220836221 POL 19284211785321 NED4013481 E. Germany 2–0 Nether. Poland 1–1 E. Germany Netherlands 2–3 Poland E. Germany 4–1 Poland Poland 2–1 Netherlands Nether. 1–1 E. Germany Qualifying Group 5PWDLFAPts121 TCH4301316221 FRA 19744211325321 SWE4013141 France 2–1 Sweden Sweden 0–1 Czechoslo. Czechoslo. 1–0 France Sweden 0–0 France Czechoslo. 1–0 Sweden France 1–0 Czechoslo. Qualifying Group 6PWDLFAPts121 URS4310827221 GRE4202564321 FIN4013271 Finland 0–1 Greece Greece 0–3 USSR Greece 3–1 Finland Finland 0–2 USSR USSR 2–1 Greece USSR 1–1 Finland Qualifying Group 7PWDLFAPts121 HUN4301946221 ROU 19654202734321 TUR41032110 Turkey 2–3* Hungary Hungary 1–0 Romania Romania 2–1* Turkey Turkey 2–0 Romania Hungary 5–0 Turkey Romania 4–0 Hungary (* Both matches awarded 3–0 against Turkey) Qualifying Group 8PWDLFAPts121 ITA4310507221 SUI4211825321 LUX40041120 Luxem. 0–3 Switzerland Switzerland 0–0 Italy Switzerland 5–1 Luxem. Italy 1–0 Switzerland Luxembourg 0–3 Italy Italy 1–0 Luxembourg Qualified teams Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1 21 ENG Group 1 winner 1 (1978) 21 SCO Group 2 winner 0 (Debut) 21 YUG Group 3 winner 1 (1978) 21 GDR Group 4 winner 1 (1978) 21 TCH Group 5 winner 1 (1978) 21 USSR Group 6 winner 0 (Debut) 21 HUN Group 7 winner 1 (1978) 21 ITA Group 8 winner 1 (1978) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year Squads See 1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads Knockout stages Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals no 2 yes high 21 USSR 3 0 3 21 ITA 1 0 1 21 TCH 1 1 2 21 YUG 1 2 3 21 HUN 2 0 2 21 GDR 0 3 3 21 ENG 2 0 2 21 SCO 1 0 1 21 USSR 3 1 4 21 YUG 0 0 0 21 GDR 2 1 3 21 ENG 1 0 1 21 USSR 0 1 1 21 GDR 0 0 0 References External links Results Archive at uefa.com RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com 1980 Under-21 Championship Under-21 Championship Under-21 Championship Category:March 1980 sports events in Europe Category:April 1980 sports events in Europe Category:May 1980 sports events in Europe