1969 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

1969 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	East Germany
Dates	18–26 May
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Bulgaria (2nd title)
Runners-up	East Germany
Third place	Soviet Union
Fourth place	Scotland

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1969 Final Tournament was held in East Germany.

Qualification

Single Match

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Scotland	8–1	Norway

Two-legged Matches

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Soviet Union	8–1	Finland	3–1	5–0
Portugal	(c) 2–2	Italy	1–1	1–1
England	3–0	Belgium	1–0	2–0
Bulgaria	DSQ	Albania
Sweden	2–4	West Germany	1–2	1–2
Hungary	3–3 (a)	Yugoslavia	3–1	0–2

Group

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	4	4	0	0	13	1	+12	8
Netherlands	4	1	0	3	7	7	0	2
Switzerland	4	1	0	3	2	14	–12	2

24 November (1968)	Switzerland	1–0	Netherlands
7 December (1968)	France	6–0	Switzerland
26 February	Netherlands	0–2	France
8 March	France	3–1	Netherlands
23 March	Switzerland	0–2	France
5 April	Netherlands	6–1	Switzerland

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament. Eight teams qualified (Q) and eight teams entered without playing qualification matches.

•  Austria
•  Bulgaria (Q)
•  Czechoslovakia
•  East Germany (host)
•  England (Q)
•  France (Q)
•  West Germany (Q)
•  Malta
•  Poland
•  Portugal (Q)
•  Romania
•  Scotland (Q)
•  Soviet Union (Q)
•  Spain
•  Turkey
•  Yugoslavia (Q)

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	6
Romania	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	4
Portugal	3	1	0	2	2	4	–2	2
Turkey	3	0	0	3	1	6	–5	0

18 May	Romania	2–1	Turkey
	Soviet Union	2–1	Portugal
20 May	Soviet Union	3–0	Turkey
	Romania	2–0	Portugal
22 May	Portugal	1–0	Turkey
	Soviet Union	1–0	Romania

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Germany	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	6
England	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	4
Czechoslovakia	3	1	0	2	8	4	+4	2
Malta	3	0	0	3	0	23	–23	0

18 May	England	6–0	Malta
	East Germany	1–0	Czechoslovakia
20 May	England	3–1	Czechoslovakia
	East Germany	10–0	Malta
22 May	East Germany	4–0	England
	Czechoslovakia	7–0	Malta

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bulgaria	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	6
West Germany	3	1	0	2	2	3	–1	2
Spain	3	1	0	2	3	5	–2	2
France	3	1	0	2	2	4	–2	2

18 May	Bulgaria	1–0	West Germany
	Spain	1–0	France
20 May	France	1–0	West Germany
	Bulgaria	3–1	Spain
22 May	West Germany	2–1	Spain
	Bulgaria	3–1	France

Group D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Scotland	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	5
Yugoslavia	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	4
Austria	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	2
Poland	3	0	1	2	0	4	–4	1

18 May	Yugoslavia	2–0	Austria
	Scotland	1–0	Poland
20 May	Scotland	2–1	Austria
	Yugoslavia	0–0	Poland
22 May	Austria	3–0	Poland
	Yugoslavia	1–1	Scotland

Semifinals

24 May 1969 (1969-05-24)

Bulgaria	3 – 0	Soviet Union

Dresden

24 May 1969 (1969-05-24)

East Germany	2 – 1	Scotland

Karl-Marx-Stadt

Third place match

26 May 1969 (1969-05-26)

Soviet Union	1 – 0	Scotland

Halle

Final

26 May 1969 (1969-05-26)

Bulgaria	(c) 1 – 1 (aet)	East Germany

Leipzig

1969 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Bulgaria Second title

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