1979 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1979 Final Tournament was held in Austria.

1979 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Austria
Dates	24 May - 2 June
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Bulgaria
Third place	England
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Senad Merdanović (4 goals)

Qualification

Group 2

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belgium	4	2	1	1	2	1	+1	5
Republic of Ireland	4	2	0	2	6	5	+1	4
Northern Ireland	4	1	1	2	4	6	–2	3


	Republic of Ireland	0–1	Belgium
	Northern Ireland	1–2	Republic of Ireland
	Belgium	0–0	Northern Ireland
	Belgium	1–0	Republic of Ireland
	Republic of Ireland	4–2	Northern Ireland
	Northern Ireland	1–0	Belgium

Group 12

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	4	2	1	1	5	5	0	5
Soviet Union	4	1	2	1	6	4	+2	4
Romania	4	1	1	2	5	7	–2	3


	Hungary	0–0	Soviet Union
	Romania	0–3	Hungary
	Soviet Union	4–0	Hungary
	Hungary	2–1	Romania
	Romania	3–1	Soviet Union
	Soviet Union	1–1	Romania

Other groups

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Norway	4–1	Wales	2–1	2–0
Iceland	0–2	Netherlands	0–1	0–1
Finland	0–5	Scotland	0–3	0–2
Sweden	1–4	Denmark	0–0	1–4
Spain	3–4	France	3–1	0–3
Malta	6–0	Liechtenstein	3–0	3–0
Italy	0–3	England	0–1	0–2
Luxembourg	2–8	West Germany	1–4	1–4
Portugal	3–3(a)	Switzerland	2–2	1–1
Cyprus	0–4	Yugoslavia	0–3	0–1
Poland	5–1	Turkey	5–0	0–1
Greece	1–3	Czechoslovakia	1–0	0–3
East Germany	2–2 (5–6p)	Bulgaria	1–1	1–1

Teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Austria (host)
Belgium
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
England
France
West Germany
Hungary
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Scotland
Switzerland
Yugoslavia

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	5
Belgium	3	2	0	1	7	7	0	4
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	4	5	–1	2
Switzerland	3	0	1	2	3	7	–4	1


24 May	France	5–1	Belgium
	Netherlands	2–1	Switzerland
26 May	France	1–1	Switzerland
	Belgium	2–1	Netherlands
28 May	France	2–1	Netherlands
	Belgium	4–1	Switzerland

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	6
Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	4
West Germany	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	2
Malta	3	0	0	3	0	14	–14	0


24 May	West Germany	5–0	Malta
	England	3–0	Czechoslovakia
26 May	England	3–0	Malta
	Czechoslovakia	2–0	West Germany
28 May	England	2–0	West Germany
	Czechoslovakia	6–0	Malta

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	6
Hungary	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	4
Austria	3	1	0	2	3	5	–2	2
Norway	3	0	0	3	2	7	–5	0


24 May	Austria	2–0	Norway
	Yugoslavia	2–0	Hungary
26 May	Yugoslavia	2–1	Austria
	Hungary	2–1	Norway
28 May	Yugoslavia	3–1	Norway
	Hungary	3–0	Austria

Group D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bulgaria	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	6
Scotland	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	4
Denmark	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1	2
Poland	3	0	0	3	4	9	–5	0


24 May	Scotland	3–2	Poland
	Bulgaria	1–0	Denmark
26 May	Denmark	2–1	Poland
	Bulgaria	2–0	Scotland
28 May	Bulgaria	4–1	Poland
	Scotland	2–1	Denmark

Semifinals

31 May 1979

Bulgaria	1 – 0	England

31 May 1979

Yugoslavia	3 – 0	France

Third place match

2 June 1979

England	0 – 0	France

Penalties
	4 – 3

Final

2 June 1979

Yugoslavia	1 – 0	Bulgaria

1979 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Yugoslavia Second title

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External links

Results by RSSSF

UEFA European U-18 and U-19 Championship

Under-18 era, 1948–2001
FIFA Youth Tournament	England 1948 Netherlands 1949 Austria 1950 France 1951 Spain 1952 Belgium 1953 West Germany 1954
UEFA Youth Tournament	Italy 1955 Hungary 1956 Spain 1957 Luxembourg 1958 Bulgaria 1959 Austria 1960 Portugal 1961 Romania 1962 England 1963 Netherlands 1964 West Germany 1965 Yugoslavia 1966 Turkey 1967 France 1968 East Germany 1969 Scotland 1970 Czechoslovakia 1971 Spain 1972 Italy 1973 Sweden 1974 Switzerland 1975 Hungary 1976 Belgium 1977 Poland 1978 Austria 1979 East Germany 1980
UEFA U-18 Championships	West Germany 1981 Finland 1982 England 1983 Soviet Union 1984 Yugoslavia 1986 Czechoslovakia 1988 Hungary 1990 Germany 1992 England 1993 Spain 1994 Greece 1995 France 1996 Iceland 1997 Cyprus 1998 Sweden 1999 Germany 2000 Finland 2001
Qualification	1986 1988 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Squads	1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Under-19 era, 2002–present
UEFA U-19 Championships	Norway 2002 Liechtenstein 2003 Switzerland 2004 Northern Ireland 2005 Poland 2006 Austria 2007 Czech Republic 2008 Ukraine 2009 France 2010 Romania 2011 Estonia 2012 Lithuania 2013 Hungary 2014 Greece 2015 Germany 2016 Georgia 2017 Finland 2018 Armenia 2019 Northern Ireland 2020 Romania 2021 Slovakia 2022
Qualification	2002 2003 (First, Second) 2004 (First, Second) 2005 (First, Elite) 2006 (First, Elite) 2007 (First, Elite) 2008 (First, Elite) 2009 (First, Elite) 2010 (First, Elite) 2011 (First, Elite) 2012 (First, Elite) 2013 (First, Elite) 2014 (First, Elite) 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Squads	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

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