1979 UEFA European Under-18 Championship squads

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Players in bold have later been capped at full international level.

Group A[]

 Belgium[]

Head coach:

 France[]

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Marc Lévy	(1961-08-07)7 August 1961 (aged 17)			Olympique de Marseille
	1GK		(1961-03-10)10 March 1961 (aged 18)			FC Metz
	2DF	José Anigo	(1961-04-15)15 April 1961 (aged 18)			Olympique de Marseille
	2DF		(1961-05-13)13 May 1961 (aged 18)			Angers SCO
	2DF	Christian Zajaczkowski	(1961-02-16)16 February 1961 (aged 18)			LB Châteauroux
	2DF	Jacky Bonnevay	(1961-06-01)1 June 1961 (aged 17)			FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
	2DF	Jacques Lopez	(1961-04-24)24 April 1961 (aged 18)			Olympique de Marseille
	2DF	William Ayache	(1961-01-10)10 January 1961 (aged 18)			FC Nantes
	3MF		(1961-06-23)23 June 1961 (aged 17)			SC Bastia
	3MF	Jean-Claude Lemoult	(1960-08-28)28 August 1960 (aged 18)			Paris Saint-Germain F.C.
	3MF	Dominique Bijotat	(1961-01-03)3 January 1961 (aged 18)			AS Monaco
	3MF	José Touré	(1961-04-24)24 April 1961 (aged 18)			FC Nantes
	3MF		(1961-01-06)6 January 1961 (aged 18)			Lille OSC
	4FW	Yannick Stopyra	(1961-01-09)9 January 1961 (aged 18)			FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
	4FW	Gérard Buscher	(1960-11-05)5 November 1960 (aged 18)			OGC Nice
	4FW	Laurent Paganelli	(1962-10-22)22 October 1962 (aged 16)			AS Saint-Étienne

 Netherlands[]

Head coach:

  Switzerland[]

Head coach:

Group B[]

 []

Head coach:

 England[]

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	John Lukic	(1960-12-11)11 December 1960 (aged 18)			Leeds United F.C.
	1GK	Alan Knight	(1961-06-03)3 June 1961 (aged 17)			Portsmouth F.C.
	2DF	Steve Bruce	(1960-12-31)31 December 1960 (aged 18)			Gillingham F.C.
	2DF	Brendan Ormsby	(1960-10-01)1 October 1960 (aged 18)			Aston Villa F.C.
	2DF	Neil Banfield	(1962-01-20)20 January 1962 (aged 17)			Crystal Palace F.C.
	2DF	Mark Dennis	(1961-05-02)2 May 1961 (aged 18)			Birmingham City F.C.
	3MF	Paul Allen	(1962-08-28)28 August 1962 (aged 16)			West Ham United F.C.
	3MF	Steve MacKenzie	(1961-11-23)23 November 1961 (aged 17)			Crystal Palace F.C.
	3MF	Mark Proctor	(1961-01-30)30 January 1961 (aged 18)			Middlesbrough F.C.
	3MF	Brian McDermott	(1961-04-08)8 April 1961 (aged 18)			Arsenal F.C.
	3MF	Steven Burke	(1960-09-29)29 September 1960 (aged 18)			Nottingham Forest F.C.
	4FW	David Buchanan	(1962-06-23)23 June 1962 (aged 16)			Leicester City F.C.
	4FW	Gary Shaw	(1961-01-21)21 January 1961 (aged 18)			Aston Villa F.C.
	4FW	Clive Allen	(1961-05-20)20 May 1961 (aged 18)			Queens Park Rangers F.C.

 West Germany[]

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK
	2DF		(1960-08-23)23 August 1960 (aged 18)			FC Schalke 04
	2DF	Michael Geiger	(1960-09-27)27 September 1960 (aged 18)			Eintracht Braunschweig
	2DF	Jonny Otten	(1962-01-20)20 January 1962 (aged 17)			SV Werder Bremen
	2DF		(1961-11-04)4 November 1961 (aged 17)			FC Schalke 04
	2DF	Norbert Schlegel	(1961-03-09)9 March 1961 (aged 18)			1. FC Nürnberg
	3MF		(1961-03-11)11 March 1961 (aged 18)			Borussia Mönchengladbach
	3MF	Joachim Müller	(1961-03-25)25 March 1961 (aged 18)			Stuttgarter Kickers
	3MF	Theo Schneider	(1960-08-23)23 August 1960 (aged 18)			Borussia Dortmund
	3MF	Stephan Engels	(1960-09-06)6 September 1960 (aged 18)			1. FC Köln
	3MF	Thomas Brunner	(1962-08-10)10 August 1962 (aged 16)			1. FC Nürnberg
	3MF	Lothar Matthäus	(1961-03-21)21 March 1961 (aged 18)			1. FC Herzogenaurach
	4FW	Dieter Wohlfarth
	4FW	Fred Schaub	(1960-08-28)28 August 1960 (aged 18)			Eintracht Frankfurt

 Malta[]

Head coach:

Group C[]

 Austria[]

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK		(1961-09-29)29 September 1961 (aged 17)			Austria Wien
	1GK		(1961-03-04)4 March 1961 (aged 18)			Alpine Donawitz
	2DF		(1960-11-24)24 November 1960 (aged 18)
	2DF		(1961-08-06)6 August 1961 (aged 17)			VOEST Linz
	2DF	Gerald Messlender	(1961-10-01)1 October 1961 (aged 17)			Admira Wacker Wien
	2DF		(1960-08-21)21 August 1960 (aged 18)			First Vienna FC
	2DF	Leo Lainer	(1960-09-10)10 September 1960 (aged 18)			Admira Wacker Wien
	3MF		(1961-10-30)30 October 1961 (aged 17)			SC Eisenstadt
	3MF	Georg Zellhofer	(1960-08-25)25 August 1960 (aged 18)			SV Austria Salzburg
	3MF		(1960-12-18)18 December 1960 (aged 18)			Grazer AK
	3MF		(1961-05-21)21 May 1961 (aged 18)			Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz
	3MF		(1960-11-05)5 November 1960 (aged 18)			Austria Wien
	3MF		(1960-09-01)1 September 1960 (aged 18)			SV Sankt Veit
	4FW	Christian Keglevits	(1961-01-29)29 January 1961 (aged 18)			SC Eisenstadt
	4FW		(1960-12-08)8 December 1960 (aged 18)			First Vienna FC
	4FW		(1961-03-08)8 March 1961 (aged 18)			SC Eisenstadt

 Hungary[]

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK		(1961-06-30)30 June 1961 (aged 17)			Ferencvárosi TC
	2DF
	2DF	Antal Róth	(1960-09-14)14 September 1960 (aged 18)			Pécsi MFC
	2DF		(1960-10-01)1 October 1960 (aged 18)			Újpest Dózsa
	2DF		(1962-03-29)29 March 1962 (aged 17)			Ferencvárosi TC
	2DF	József Nagy	(1960-10-21)21 October 1960 (aged 18)			Szombathelyi Haladás
	3MF		(1960-08-29)29 August 1960 (aged 18)			Banyasz Tatabánya
	3MF		(1960-08-10)10 August 1960 (aged 18)			Budapest Honvéd FC
	3MF		(1960-12-29)29 December 1960 (aged 18)
	3MF		(1961-05-02)2 May 1961 (aged 18)
	4FW		(1961-12-19)19 December 1961 (aged 17)			Ferencvárosi TC
	4FW	Gábor Pölöskei	(1961-11-10)10 November 1961 (aged 17)			Raba ETO Győr
	4FW		(1961-03-22)22 March 1961 (aged 18)			Kaposvári Rákóczi

 Norway[]

Head coach:

 Yugoslavia[]

Head coach:

Group D[]

 Bulgaria[]

Head coach:

 Denmark[]

Head coach:

 Poland[]

Head coach: Henryk Apostel

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK		(1961-07-20)20 July 1961 (aged 17)			Chemik Bydgoszcz
	1GK		(1961-09-23)23 September 1961 (aged 17)			Motor Lublin
	1GK		(1962-04-11)11 April 1962 (aged 17)			Polonia Bytom
	2DF	Antoni Kot	(1960-08-10)10 August 1960 (aged 18)			Hutnik Kraków
	2DF	Piotr Skrobowski	(1961-10-16)16 October 1961 (aged 17)			Wisła Kraków
	2DF		(1960-11-16)16 November 1960 (aged 18)			Stal Mielec
	2DF		(1961-03-07)7 March 1961 (aged 18)			Ruch Chorzów
	2DF		(1961-02-26)26 February 1961 (aged 18)			Szombierki Bytom
	2DF		(1960-10-18)18 October 1960 (aged 18)			Siarka Tarnobrzeg
	3MF	Mirosław Pękala	(1961-10-15)15 October 1961 (aged 17)			Śląsk Wrocław
	3MF		(1961-01-11)11 January 1961 (aged 18)			ŁKS Łódź
	3MF	Jarosław Biernat	(1960-09-06)6 September 1960 (aged 18)			Pogoń Szczecin
	3MF		(1961-04-23)23 April 1961 (aged 18)			Pogoń Szczecin
	4FW	Janusz Turowski	(1961-02-07)7 February 1961 (aged 18)			Pogoń Szczecin
	4FW		(1961-03-11)11 March 1961 (aged 18)			Lechia Gdańsk
	4FW	Jarosław Nowicki	(1961-01-11)11 January 1961 (aged 18)			Zawisza Bydgoszcz
	4FW		(1961-03-14)14 March 1961 (aged 18)			Górnik Zabrze

 Scotland[]

Head coach: