1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

August 2011 1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 8 March – 31 May 1 24 21 YUG 1 21 GDR 62 199 YUG Vahid Halilhodžić (6 goals) YUG Vahid Halilhodžićhttp://www.uefa.com/under21/season=1978/golden-player/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130621020444/http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=1978/golden-player/index.html dead June 21, 2013 1978: Vahid Halilhodžić UEFA 1 June 1978 29 June 2015 1976 (Under-23) 1980 The 1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1976–78) had 24 entrants. Yugoslavia U-21s won the competition.Official finals report https://www.uefa.com/under21/history/seasons/1978/?referrer=%2funder21%2fhistory%2fseason%3d1978%2findex UEFA 19 December 2011 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.December 2011 Qualifying stage Draw The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations: Group 1 did not include Portugal (moved to Group 2) and Cyprus, but included Sweden (moved from Group 6) Group 2 did not include England and Finland (both moved to Group 5), but included Portugal (moved from Group 1) Group 3 did not include Malta Group 4 did not include Netherlands, Northern Ireland and Iceland, but included France and Bulgaria (both moved from Group 5) Group 5 composed of England and Finland (both moved from Group 2) and Norway (moved from Group 6) Group 6 (based on World Cup qualifying Group 7) did not include Wales, but included Switzerland (moved from World Cup Group 6) Groups 7 and 8 included the same teams as World Cup qualifying Groups 8 and 9 respectively Legend Group winners qualified for the knockout stage Group 1 PWDLFAPts121 DEN42111055221 POL 192842027104321 SWE4112683 Match resultsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue28 October 1976 21 DEN2–0 21 SWECopenhagen30 April 1977 21 DEN6–2 21 POL 1928Slagelse18 May 1977 21 SWE2–0 21 POL 1928Kalmar16 June 1977 21 SWE2–2 21 DENHelsingborg20 September 1977 21 POL 19281–0 21 DENNowy Sącz27 October 1977 21 POL 19284–2 21 SWEOpole Group 2 PWDLFAPts121 ITA43011336221 POR4301756321 LUX40042140 Match resultsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue28 November 1976 21 LUX1–2 21 POREsch-sur-Alzette23 December 1976 21 POR1–0 21 ITAFunchal9 February 1977 21 ITA4–0 21 LUXComo12 October 1977 21 ITA4–1 21 PORVicenza29 October 1977 21 POR3–0 21 LUXLisbon12 November 1977 21 LUX1–5 21 ITAEsch-sur-Alzette Group 3 Qualifying Group 3PWDLFAPts121 GDR43101337221 TUR4121584321 AUT40135121 Match resultsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue16 November 1976 21 TUR1–1 21 GDRBursa17 April 1977 21 AUT2–2 21 TURVienna24 September 1977 21 AUT1–6 21 GDRVienna11 October 1977 21 GDR2–1 21 AUTErfurt29 October 1977 21 TUR2–1 21 AUTManisa15 November 1977 21 GDR4–0 21 TURMagdeburg Group 4 PWDLFAPts121 BUL 19714400518221 BEL4112343321 FRA 19744013361 Match resultsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue3 September 1976 21 FRA 19741–1 21 BELAmiens10 October 1976 21 FRA 19740–1 21 BUL 1971Le Havre29 March 1977 21 BEL2–1 21 FRA 1974Courtrai1 June 1977 21 BEL0–1 21 BUL 1971Brussels26 October 1977 21 BUL 19711–0 21 BELBurgas15 November 1977 21 BUL 19712–1 21 FRA 1974Stara Zagora Group 5 PWDLFAPts121 ENG44001728221 NOR4202694321 FIN40042140 Match resultsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue27 October 1976 21 FIN1–4 21 NORHelsinki26 May 1977 21 FIN0–1 21 ENGHelsinki1 June 1977 21 NOR1–2 21 ENGBergen17 August 1977 21 NOR1–0 21 FINGrue6 September 1977 21 ENG6–0 21 NORBrighton12 October 1977 21 ENG8–1 21 FINHull Group 6 PWDLFAPts121 TCH4211725221 SCO4211545321 SUI4103392 Match resultsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue12 October 1976 21 TCH0–0 21 SCOPlzeň30 March 1977 21 SWI2–0 21 SCOBern24 May 1977 21 TCH4–0 21 SWIČeské Budějovice7 September 1977 21 SCO3–1 21 SWIGlasgow20 September 1977 21 SCO2–1 21 TCHEdinburgh5 October 1977 21 SWI0–2 21 TCHZürich Group 7 PWDLFAPts121 YUG4301936221 ESP 19774202584321 ROU 19654103582 Match resultsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue9 October 1976 21 YUG4–1 21 ESP 1977Zagreb17 April 1977 21 ESP 19773–0 21 ROM 1965Madrid8 May 1977 21 ROM 19651–3 21 YUGCraiova26 October 1977 21 ROM 19654–0 21 ESP 1977Bucharest12 November 1977 21 YUG2–0 21 ROM 1965Osijek30 November 1977 21 ESP 19771–0 21 YUGElche Group 8 PWDLFAPts121 HUN4220916221 URS4211515321 GRE40131131 Match resultsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue9 October 1976 21 HUN7–0 21 GREKecskemét24 April 1977 21 GRE0–2 21 URSAthens29 April 1977 21 URS0–0 21 HUNMoscow9 May 1977 21 URS3–0 21 GREMoscow17 May 1977 21 HUN1–0 21 URSBékéscsaba28 May 1977 21 GRE1–1 21 HUNSerres Qualified teams Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament 21 DEN Group 1 winner 0 (Debut) 21 ITA Group 2 winner 0 (Debut) 21 GDR Group 3 winner 0 (Debut) 21 BUL Group 4 winner 0 (Debut) 21 ENG Group 5 winner 0 (Debut) 21 TCH Group 6 winner 0 (Debut) 21 YUG Group 7 winner 0 (Debut) 21 HUN Group 8 winner 0 (Debut) Squads 1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads Knockout stage Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals no 2 yes high 21 ENG 2 0 2 21 ITA 1 0 1 21 YUG 0 2 2 21 HUN 1 0 1 21 TCH 3 2 5 21 GDR 1 5 6 21 DEN 4 0 4 21 BUL (a) 1 3 4 21 ENG 1 1 2 21 YUG 2 1 3 21 GDR 1 3 4 21 BUL 2 1 3 21 YUG 1 4 5 21 GDR 0 4 4 Final GDR-YUG 0:1http://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/pvpages/pvpages/viewPage/?pv_page_id=601389 Article Slobodna Dalmacija 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 4:4http://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/pvpages/pvpages/viewPage/?pv_page_id=601556 Article Slobodna Dalmacija 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. References External links RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com 1978 Under-21 Championship Under-21 Championship Under-21 Championship Category:March 1978 sports events in Europe Category:April 1978 sports events in Europe Category:May 1978 sports events in Europe