1979 UEFA European Under-18 Championship squads

Main article: 1979 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

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

Group A

Belgium

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
	1GK	Gilbert Bodart	(1960-09-02)2 September 1960 (aged 18)		Standard Liège
	1GK	Peter Kerremans	(1961-02-28)28 February 1961 (aged 18)		K Boom FC
	2DF	Danny Bonne	(1960-08-18)18 August 1960 (aged 18)		Royal Antwerp FC
	2DF	Christ Goossens
	2DF	Francis Goris	(1960-11-01)1 November 1960 (aged 18)		Royal Antwerp FC
	2DF	Ludo Keytsma	(1962-03-18)18 March 1962 (aged 17)		KSK Tongres
	2DF	Michael Lambert
	2DF	Filip Meesens	(1960-11-17)17 November 1960 (aged 18)		Cercle Brugge
	2DF	Leo van der Elst	(1962-01-07)7 January 1962 (aged 17)		Royal Antwerp FC
	3MF	Geert Broeckaert	(1960-11-15)15 November 1960 (aged 18)		Cercle Brugge
	3MF	Dirk Fluyt	(1961-08-08)8 August 1961 (aged 17)		RSC Anderlecht
	3MF	Bernard Habrant	(1960-09-23)23 September 1960 (aged 18)		RFC de Liège
	3MF	Gunter van Eyck	(1960-12-19)19 December 1960 (aged 18)		Royal Antwerp FC
	4FW	Peter Crève	(1961-08-17)17 August 1961 (aged 17)		AS Oostende
	4FW	Didier Electeur	(1960-09-07)7 September 1960 (aged 18)		RSC Anderlecht
	4FW	Benny van Rijkel	(1961-04-19)19 April 1961 (aged 18)		VV St. Truiden

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	Stéphane d'Angelo	(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	Didier Heyman	(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	Louis Marcialis	(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	Stéphane Plancque	(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: Ger Block

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
	1GK	Jos Strijkers	(1961-04-01)1 April 1961 (aged 18)		VV Urmondia
	1GK	Peter van der Zwan	(1961-01-28)28 January 1961 (aged 18)		UVS
	2DF	Aad Bergenhenegouwen	(1961-04-11)11 April 1961 (aged 18)		ADO Den Haag
	2DF	Marco de Vroedt	(1961-10-18)18 October 1961 (aged 17)		ADO Den Haag
	2DF	Jan van den Akker	(1960-08-10)10 August 1960 (aged 18)		FC Utrecht
	2DF	Richard van Meer	(1960-09-19)19 September 1960 (aged 18)		AZ '67
	2DF	Robert Verbeeck	(1961-07-26)26 July 1961 (aged 17)		Sparta Rotterdam
	3MF	Aad Andriesen	(1960-12-13)13 December 1960 (aged 18)		Sparta Rotterdam
	3MF	Ruud Gullit	(1962-09-01)1 September 1962 (aged 16)		HFC Haarlem
	3MF	Marcel van den Blom	(1961-03-12)12 March 1961 (aged 18)		UVS
	3MF	Paul van den Blom	(1961-03-12)12 March 1961 (aged 18)		UVS
	3MF	Rene van Delft	(1960-09-01)1 September 1960 (aged 18)		ADO Den Haag
	4FW	John Holshuijsen	(1961-10-28)28 October 1961 (aged 17)		Ajax
	4FW	Roger Raeven	(1960-12-10)10 December 1960 (aged 18)		Roda RJ
	4FW	Rick Talan	(1960-11-03)3 November 1960 (aged 18)		AZ '67
	4FW	Johnny Vonk	(1961-07-17)17 July 1961 (aged 17)		Fortuna Sittard

Switzerland

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
	1GK	Beat Grossglauser			Young Boys
	1GK	Beat Siegenthaler	(1961-02-26)26 February 1961 (aged 18)		Young Boys
	2DF	Jean-Daniel Balet	(1961-01-01)1 January 1961 (aged 18)		FC Sion
	2DF	Stéphane Forestier	(1960-10-17)17 October 1960 (aged 18)		FC Vevey
	2DF	Roland Klein			FC Winterthur
	2DF	Ivo Müller			Grasshopper
	2DF	René Zingg	(1961-11-26)26 November 1961 (aged 17)		FC Birsfelden
	3MF	Gilbert Castella	(1961-11-06)6 November 1961 (aged 17)		CS Chênois
	3MF	Alain Geiger	(1960-11-05)5 November 1960 (aged 18)		FC Sion
	3MF	Marcel Koller	(1960-11-11)11 November 1960 (aged 18)		Grasshopper
	3MF	Philippe Perret	(1961-10-17)17 October 1961 (aged 17)		Neuchâtel Xamax
	4FW	Rino Capaldo	(1961-12-06)6 December 1961 (aged 17)		FC Frauenfeld
	4FW	Christian Matthey	(1961-09-30)30 September 1961 (aged 17)		FC Vevey
	4FW	Christophe Saunier	(1960-10-12)12 October 1960 (aged 18)		Aurore Biel
	4FW	Lorenzo Taddei	(1961-09-10)10 September 1961 (aged 17)		SC Derendingen
	4FW	André Villoz	(1961-08-05)5 August 1961 (aged 17)		FC Bulle

Group B

Czechoslovakia

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:Dietrich Weise

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Thomas Henrichs	(1963-03-15)15 March 1963 (aged 16)			FSV Moselkern
	1GK	Peter Wienen	(1960-12-13)13 December 1960 (aged 18)			Borussia Mönchengladbach
	2DF	Winfried Geier	(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	Thomas Siewert	(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	Markus Mohren	(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	(1961-01-04)4 January 1961 (aged 18)			VfB Stuttgart
	4FW	Fred Schaub	(1960-08-28)28 August 1960 (aged 18)			Eintracht Frankfurt
	4FW	Torsten Schlumberger	(1960-10-29)29 October 1960 (aged 18)			Hamburger SV

Malta

Head coach:

Group C

Austria

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Kurt Machhammer	(1961-09-29)29 September 1961 (aged 17)			Austria Wien
	1GK	Gottfried Angerer	(1961-03-04)4 March 1961 (aged 18)			Alpine Donawitz
	2DF	Hans-Peter Buchleitner	(1960-11-24)24 November 1960 (aged 18)			ATSV Wolfsberg
	2DF	Peter Schneider	(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	Kurt Wolfsbauer	(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	Leopold Mayerhofer	(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	Klaus Spirk	(1960-12-18)18 December 1960 (aged 18)			Grazer AK
	3MF	Peter Sallmayer	(1961-05-21)21 May 1961 (aged 18)			Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz
	3MF	Thomas Pfeiler	(1960-11-05)5 November 1960 (aged 18)			Austria Wien
	3MF	Ewald Markoutz	(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	Wilhelm Bohusek	(1960-12-08)8 December 1960 (aged 18)			First Vienna FC
	4FW	Anton Schlögl	(1961-03-08)8 March 1961 (aged 18)			SC Eisenstadt

Hungary

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Miklós Józsa	(1961-06-30)30 June 1961 (aged 17)			Ferencvárosi TC
	2DF	Dávid Babcsán
	2DF	Antal Róth	(1960-09-14)14 September 1960 (aged 18)			Pécsi MFC
	2DF	Mátyás Jurácsik	(1960-10-01)1 October 1960 (aged 18)			Újpest Dózsa
	2DF	Róbert Horváth	(1962-03-29)29 March 1962 (aged 17)			Ferencvárosi TC
	2DF	József Nagy	(1960-10-21)21 October 1960 (aged 18)			Szombathelyi Haladás
	3MF	Gábor Sikesdi	(1960-08-29)29 August 1960 (aged 18)			Banyasz Tatabánya
	3MF	István Pandúr	(1960-08-10)10 August 1960 (aged 18)			Budapest Honvéd FC
	3MF	György Szeibert	(1960-12-29)29 December 1960 (aged 18)			VSC Budapesti
	3MF	Miklós Kökény	(1961-05-02)2 May 1961 (aged 18)
	4FW	Róbert Koch	(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	Sándor Murai	(1961-03-22)22 March 1961 (aged 18)			Kaposvári Rákóczi

Norway

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
	1GK	Ola By Rise	(1960-11-14)14 November 1960 (aged 18)		Rosenborg
	1GK	Hans Petter Olsen
	2DF	Jo Kristoffer Bergsvand	(1960-10-25)25 October 1960 (aged 18)		Vålerenga IF
	2DF	Knut Thorbjorn Eggen	(1960-11-01)1 November 1960 (aged 18)		Rosenborg
	2DF	Rune Robert Hagen
	2DF	Bjørn Anders Johnsen
	2DF	Knut Røssevold
	3MF	Tor Arne Granerud	(1961-09-02)2 September 1961 (aged 17)		Moss
	3MF	Rolf Vegard Haugenes
	3MF	Øivind Husby	(1960-08-03)3 August 1960 (aged 18)		Rosenborg
	3MF	Geir Morten Ramsøy
	3MF	Harald Røed
	4FW	Pal Fjeldstad	(1962-02-11)11 February 1962 (aged 17)		Brann
	4FW	Nils Ove Hellvik	(1962-07-25)25 July 1962 (aged 16)		Bryne
	4FW	Kjetil Osvold	(1961-06-05)5 June 1961 (aged 17)		Start
	4FW	Tor Bjørn Sletten	(1961-01-05)5 January 1961 (aged 18)

Yugoslavia

Head coach: Stevan Vilotic

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
	1GK	Ivan Pudar	(1961-08-16)16 August 1961 (aged 17)		Hajduk Split
	2DF	Vlado Čapljić	(1962-03-22)22 March 1962 (aged 17)		Željezničar
	2DF	Boško Đurovski	(1961-12-28)28 December 1961 (aged 17)		Red Star Belgrade
	2DF	Adnan Dzanic
	2DF	Luca Lazic
	3MF	Mehmed Baždarević	(1960-09-28)28 September 1960 (aged 18)		Željezničar
	3MF	Mladen Bogdanovic	(1960-10-03)3 October 1960 (aged 18)		Hajduk Split
	3MF	Ivan Gudelj	(1960-09-21)21 September 1960 (aged 18)		Hajduk Split
	3MF	Radomir Radulović	(1960-08-14)14 August 1960 (aged 18)		Partizan
	4FW	Zdravko Čakalić	(1960-08-16)16 August 1960 (aged 18)		Red Star Belgrade
	4FW	Malinkovic
	4FW	Senat Merdanovic	(1961-08-07)7 August 1961 (aged 17)		FK Sarajevo
	4FW	Stojance Zlatanovski	(1960-11-29)29 November 1960 (aged 18)		FK Vardar Skopje

Group D

Bulgaria

Head coach: Petkow

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
	1GK	G Tenew			Trakia Plovdiv
	2DF	Blagoi Blangev	(1960-11-04)4 November 1960 (aged 18)		Trakia Plovdiv
	2DF	V Davidkov			Pirin Blagoevgrad
	2DF	Georgi Georgiev	(1963-01-10)10 January 1963 (aged 16)		Maritsa Plovdiv
	2DF	Valery Grekov	(1961-10-13)13 October 1961 (aged 17)		Levski Sofia
	3MF	Krasimir Bezinski	(1961-06-29)29 June 1961 (aged 17)		Pirin Blagoevgrad
	3MF	K Kostov			Trakia Plovdiv
	3MF	I Naidenov			Maritsa Plovdiv
	3MF	Anio Sadakov	(1961-09-29)29 September 1961 (aged 17)		Lokomotiv Plovdiv
	4FW	Vasil Dragolov	(1962-08-17)17 August 1962 (aged 16)		Hebar Pazardzhik
	4FW	Eduard Eranosyan	(1961-02-08)8 February 1961 (aged 18)		Lokomotiv Plovdiv
	4FW	I Ivanov
	4FW	Petar Kurdov	(1961-03-13)13 March 1961 (aged 18)		Trakia Plovdiv

Denmark

Head coach:

Poland

Head coach: Henryk Apostel

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Ryszard Ługowski	(1961-07-20)20 July 1961 (aged 17)			Chemik Bydgoszcz
	1GK	Dariusz Opolski	(1961-09-23)23 September 1961 (aged 17)			Motor Lublin
	1GK	Janusz Przybyłka	(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	Bogusław Skiba	(1960-11-16)16 November 1960 (aged 18)			Stal Mielec
	2DF	Marian Tomczyk	(1961-03-07)7 March 1961 (aged 18)			Ruch Chorzów
	2DF	Andrzej Gruszka	(1961-02-26)26 February 1961 (aged 18)			Szombierki Bytom
	2DF	Edward Tyburski	(1960-10-18)18 October 1960 (aged 18)			Siarka Tarnobrzeg
	3MF	Mirosław Pękala	(1961-10-15)15 October 1961 (aged 17)			Śląsk Wrocław
	3MF	Jacek Ratajczyk	(1961-01-11)11 January 1961 (aged 18)			ŁKS Łódź
	3MF	Jarosław Biernat	(1960-09-06)6 September 1960 (aged 18)			Pogoń Szczecin
	3MF	Dariusz Krupa	(1961-04-23)23 April 1961 (aged 18)			Pogoń Szczecin
	4FW	Janusz Turowski	(1961-02-07)7 February 1961 (aged 18)			Pogoń Szczecin
	4FW	Waldemar Majcher	(1961-03-11)11 March 1961 (aged 18)			Lechia Gdańsk
	4FW	Jarosław Nowicki	(1961-01-11)11 January 1961 (aged 18)			Zawisza Bydgoszcz
	4FW	Zbigniew Żurek	(1961-03-14)14 March 1961 (aged 18)			Górnik Zabrze

Scotland

Head coach: