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)
← 1978 1980 →

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

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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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 (1979-05-31)

Bulgaria	1 – 0	England

Vienna

31 May 1979 (1979-05-31)

Yugoslavia	3 – 0	France

Vienna

Third place match

2 June 1979 (1979-06-02)

England	0 – 0	France
Penalties
	4 – 3

Vienna

Final

2 June 1979 (1979-06-02)

Yugoslavia	1 – 0	Bulgaria

Vienna

1979 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Yugoslavia Second title