1977 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
# 1977 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

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 |
| Czechoslovakia | 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 |
| East Germany | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 5 |
| Finland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | –7 | 1 |
| Finland | 2–2 | East Germany |
| Finland | 2–3 | Sweden |
| Sweden | 3–2 | East Germany |
| East Germany | 3–1 | Finland |
| Sweden | 4–0 | Finland |
| East Germany | 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 |

## Final

* 1977 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
* Belgium First title
