1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Tournament details
Dates 12 February – 21 May
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions  Soviet Union (1st title)
Runners-up  East Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played 14
Goals scored 26 (1.86 per match)
Best player Soviet Union Anatoliy Demyanenko[1]

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

Qualifying Group 1 P W D L F A Pts
1  England 4 4 0 0 11 2 8
2  Denmark 4 1 0 3 3 4 2
3  Bulgaria 4 1 0 3 2 10 2
  • 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 2 P W D L F A Pts
1  Scotland 5 3 2 0 13 5 8
2  Belgium 6 2 3 1 8 4 7
3  Norway 6 1 3 2 5 12 5
4  Portugal 5 0 2 3 2 7 2
  • 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 3 P W D L F A Pts
1  Yugoslavia 4 2 2 0 4 2 6
2  Spain 4 1 2 1 4 2 4
3  Cyprus 4 0 2 2 1 5 2
  • 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 4 P W D L F A Pts
1  East Germany 4 2 2 0 8 3 6
2  Poland 4 2 1 1 7 8 5
3  Netherlands 4 0 1 3 4 8 1
  • 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 5 P W D L F A Pts
1  Czechoslovakia 4 3 0 1 3 1 6
2  France 4 2 1 1 3 2 5
3  Sweden 4 0 1 3 1 4 1
  • 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 6 P W D L F A Pts
1  Soviet Union 4 3 1 0 8 2 7
2  Greece 4 2 0 2 5 6 4
3  Finland 4 0 1 3 2 7 1
  • 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 7 P W D L F A Pts
1  Hungary 4 3 0 1 9 4 6
2  Romania 4 2 0 2 7 3 4
3  Turkey 4 1 0 3 2 11 0
  • 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 8 P W D L F A Pts
1  Italy 4 3 1 0 5 0 7
2   Switzerland 4 2 1 1 8 2 5
3  Luxembourg 4 0 0 4 1 12 0
  • 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
 England Group 1 winner 1 (1978)
 Scotland Group 2 winner 0 (Debut)
 Yugoslavia Group 3 winner 1 (1978)
 East Germany Group 4 winner 1 (1978)
 Czechoslovakia Group 5 winner 1 (1978)
 Soviet Union Group 6 winner 0 (Debut)
 Hungary Group 7 winner 1 (1978)
 Italy 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
                                     
  Soviet Union 3 0 3  
  Italy 1 0 1  
    Soviet Union 3 1 4  
    Yugoslavia 0 0 0  
  Czechoslovakia 1 1 2
  Yugoslavia 1 2 3  
    Soviet Union 0 1 1
    East Germany 0 0 0
  Hungary 2 0 2  
  East Germany 0 3 3  
    East Germany 2 1 3
    England 1 2 2
  England 2 0 2
  Scotland 1 0 1

References

  1. ↑ "1980: Anatoliy Demyanenko". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 June 1980. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

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