1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Tournament details
Dates12 February – 21 May
Teams25 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (2nd title)
Runners-up East Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played67
Goals scored154 (2.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)Soviet Union Ramaz Shengelia (3 goals)
Best player(s)Soviet Union Anatoliy Demyanenko[1]
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.

  1. ^ "1980: Anatoliy Demyanenko". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 June 1980. Retrieved 29 June 2015.