1978 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

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The UEFA U-21 Championship 1978, which spanned two years (1976-78) had 24 entrants. Yugoslavia U-21s won the competition.

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.

1 Qualifying Stage
2 Knockout Stages
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Qualifying Stage

[edit] Group 1

		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Denmark	4	2	1	1	10	5	5
2	Poland	4	2	0	2	7	10	4
3	Sweden	4	1	1	2	6	8	3

Denmark 2-0 Sweden Denmark 6-2 Poland Sweden 2-0 Poland	Sweden 2-2 Denmark Poland 1-0 Denmark Poland 4-2 Sweden
Denmark qualify as group winners

[edit] Group 2

		P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Italy	4	3	1	13	3	6
2	Portugal	4	3	1	7	5	6
3	Luxembourg	4	0	4	2	14	0

Luxembourg 1-2 Portugal Portugal 1-0 Italy Italy 4-0 Luxembourg	Italy 4-1 Portugal Portugal 3-0 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-5 Italy
Italy qualify as group winners

[edit] Group 3

Qualifying Group 3		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	East Germany	4	3	1	0	13	3	7
2	Turkey	4	1	2	1	5	8	4
3	Austria	4	0	1	3	5	12	1

Turkey 1-1 East Germany Austria 2-2 Turkey Austria 1-6 East Germany	East Germany 2-1 Austria Turkey 2-1 Austria East Germany 4-0 Turkey
East Germany qualify as group winners

[edit] Group 4

		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Bulgaria	4	3	1	0	5	2	7
2	Belgium	4	1	1	2	3	4	3
3	France	4	0	2	2	4	6	2

France 1-1 Belgium France 1-1 Bulgaria Belgium 2-1 France	Belgium 0-1 Bulgaria Bulgaria 1-0 Belgium Bulgaria 2-1 France
Bulgaria qualify as group winners

[edit] Group 5

		P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	England	4	4	0	17	2	8
2	Norway	4	2	2	6	9	4
3	Finland	4	0	4	2	14	0

Finland 0-1 England Norway 1-2 England England 6-0 Norway	England 8-1 Finland Norway 1-2 England England 6-0 Norway
England qualify as group winners

[edit] Group 6

		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Czechoslovakia	4	2	1	1	7	2	5
2	Scotland	4	2	1	1	5	4	5
3	Switzerland	4	1	0	3	3	9	2

Czechosl. 0-0 Scotland Switzerland 2-0 Scotland Czechosl. 4-0 Switzerland	Scotland 3-1 Switzerland Scotland 2-1 Czechoslovakia Switzer. 0-2 Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia qualify as group winners

[edit] Group 7

		P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Yugoslavia	4	3	1	9	3	6
2	Spain	4	2	2	5	8	4
3	Romania	4	1	3	5	8	2

Yugoslavia 4-1 Spain Spain 3-0 Romania Romania 1-3 Yugoslavia	Romania 4-0 Spain Yugoslavia 2-0 Romania Spain 1-0 Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia qualify as group winners