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1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Tournament details
Dates	12 February – 21 May
Teams	25 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (1st title)
Runners-up	East Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	67
Goals scored	154 (2.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ramaz Shengelia (3 goals)
Best player(s)	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 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 tournament
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)

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※

External links※

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