1977 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

1977 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Belgium
Dates	19–28 May
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Belgium (1st title)
Runners-up	Bulgaria
Third place	Soviet Union
Fourth place	West Germany
← 1976 1978 →

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1977 Final Tournament was held in Belgium. The team from Belgium defeated the team from Bulgaria in the Championship match to win the Championship.

Qualification[]

Groups 1-12[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
England	2–1	Wales	1–0	1–1
Iceland	2–1	Norway	1–0	1–1
Republic of Ireland	w.o.	Scotland
Denmark	1–2	Northern Ireland	1–0	0–2
France	4–2	Luxembourg	1–1	3–1
West Germany	15–1	Liechtenstein	10–0	5–1
Portugal	1–1 (3–4p)	Austria	0–1	1–0
	1–2	Italy	0–2	1–0
Poland	0–1	Bulgaria	0–0	0–1
Romania	4–4(a)	Yugoslavia	4–2	0–2
Soviet Union	(a)2–2	Turkey	1–0	1–2
Hungary	1–4	Greece	1–0	0–4

Group 13[]

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	4	3	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Spain	4	1	2	1	5	3	+2	4
Switzerland	4	0	1	3	2	8	–6	1

	Netherlands	1–0	Switzerland
	Switzerland	0–0	Spain
	Spain	1–2	Netherlands
	Netherlands	0–0	Spain
	Spain	4–1	Switzerland
	Switzerland	1–3	Netherlands

Group 14[]

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	4	3	0	1	10	6	+4	6
	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3	5
Finland	4	0	0	2	5	12	–7	1

	Finland	2–2
	Finland	2–3	Sweden
	Sweden	3–2
		3–1	Finland
	Sweden	4–0	Finland
		2–0	Sweden

Teams[]

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

•  Austria
•  Belgium (host)
•  Bulgaria
•  England
•  France
•  West Germany
•  Greece
•  Iceland
•  Italy
•  Malta (did not have to qualify)
•  Netherlands
•  Northern Ireland
•  Republic of Ireland
•  Soviet Union
•  Sweden
•  Yugoslavia

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belgium	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	4
England	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	4
Iceland	3	0	2	1	1	3	–2	2
Greece	3	0	2	1	2	8	–6	2

19 May	England	1–0	Belgium
	Iceland	1–1	Greece
21 May	England	0–0	Iceland
	Belgium	7–1	Greece
23 May	England	0–0	Greece
	Belgium	2–0	Iceland

Group B[]

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
West Germany	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
France	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	3
Republic of Ireland	3	1	1	1	2	4	–2	3
Yugoslavia	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	2

19 May	Republic of Ireland	1–0	France
	West Germany	2–1	Yugoslavia
21 May	Yugoslavia	3–0	Republic of Ireland
	France	0–0	West Germany
23 May	Republic of Ireland	1–1	West Germany
	France	1–0	Yugoslavia

Group C[]

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	6
Northern Ireland	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	4
Austria	3	0	1	2	0	5	–5	1
Malta	3	0	1	2	0	8	–8	1

19 May	Austria	0–0	Malta
	Soviet Union	1–0	Northern Ireland
21 May	Soviet Union	4–0	Austria
	Northern Ireland	2–0	Malta
23 May	Northern Ireland	1–0	Austria
	Soviet Union	6–0	Malta

Group D[]

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bulgaria	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	4
Sweden	3	2	0	1	4	5	–1	4
Italy	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
Netherlands	3	0	1	2	1	3	–2	1

19 May	Sweden	2–1	Netherlands
	Italy	2–1	Bulgaria
21 May	Netherlands	0–0	Italy
	Bulgaria	4–1	Sweden
23 May	Bulgaria	1–0	Netherlands
	Sweden	1–0	Italy

Semifinals[]

Third place match[]

Final[]

1977 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Belgium First title

External links[]

• Results by RSSSF