1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Tournament details
Dates	12 February – 21 May
Teams	25 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (2nd title)
Runners-up	East Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	67
Goals scored	154 (2.3 per match)
Top scorer	Ramaz Shengelia (3 goals)
Best player	Anatoliy Demyanenko
	← 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 1		P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	England	4	4	0	11	2	8
2	Denmark	4	1	3	3	4	2
3	Bulgaria	4	1	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	L	F	A	Pts
1	Hungary	4	3	1	9	4	6
2	Romania	4	2	2	7	3	4
3	Turkey	4	1	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	0	1
England	2	0	2

Scotland	1	0	1

References

↑ "1980: Anatoliy Demyanenko". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 1 June 1980. Archived from the original on June 12, 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

External links

Results Archive at uefa.com
RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com

[1] "1980: Anatoliy Demyanenko". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 1 June 1980. Archived from the original on June 12, 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

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