This article lists squads for the 1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final eight tournament played between 8 March and 28 May 1978. Players in bold have later been capped at full international level for their country. Cap data only takes into account appearances in the tournament proper, i.e. the knockout stage which was played as two-legged home and away ties.
Only six players played in the maximum of six matches, four for East Germany (Lutz Eigendorf, Lothar Hause, Burkhard Pingel, Andreas Roth) and two for Yugoslavia (Srećko Bogdan and Nenad Stojković).
Age listed is of 8 March 1978 and England–Italy, the first game played of the knockout tournament.
Bulgaria edit
Head coach: Hristo Andonov
Czechoslovakia edit
Head coach: [[ ]]
Denmark edit
Head coach: Tommy Troelsen
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
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| FW | Preben Elkjær | 11 September 1957 (aged 20) | |||
| DF | Ivan Nielsen | 9 October 1956 (aged 21) | |||
| GK | Alex Nielsen | 26 March 1958 (aged 19) | |||
| MF | Knud Herbert Sørensen | 12 December 1952 (aged 25) | |||
| DF | Ole Madsen | ||||
| DF | Per Jørgensen | ||||
| DF | Henrik Eigenbrod | 19 May 1956 (aged 21) | |||
| MF | Peter Poulsen | ||||
| MF | Niels Poulsen | ||||
| MF | Allan Hansen | ||||
| FW | Gert Jørgensen | 16 February 1957 (aged 21) |  B1901 Nyköbing
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| DF | Tom Jensen | ||||
| FW | Steen Thychosen | 22 September 1958 (aged 19) | |||
| GK | Per Wind |
East Germany edit
Head coach: Rudolf Krause
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
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| DF | Gert Brauer | 7 September 1955 | 4 |  Carl Zeiss Jena
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| MF | Lutz Eigendorf | 16 July 1956 | 6 | BFC Dynamo
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| DF | Lothar Hause | 22 October 1955 | 6 | 1. FC Frankfurt
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| GK | Dirk Heyne | 10 October 1957 | 5 | 1. FC Magdeburg
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| FW | Rainer Jarohs | 8 August 1957 | 1 | Hansa Rostock
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| FW | Peter Kotte | 8 December 1954 | 5 | Dynamo Dresden
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| FW | Dieter Kühn | 4 July 1956 | 5 | Lokomotive Leipzig
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| MF | Michael Mischinger | 12 February 1956 | 4 | Hansa Rostock
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| DF | Michael Noack | 7 February 1955 | 2 | BFC Dynamo
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| FW | Werner Peter | 25 March 1950 | 1 | Hallescher FC
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| MF | Burkhard Pingel | 4 January 1957 | 6 | Hallescher FC
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| MF | Jürgen Raab | 20 December 1958 | 3 | Carl Zeiss Jena
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| FW | Hans-Jürgen Riediger | 20 December 1955 | 3 | BFC Dynamo
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| MF | Andreas Roth † | 11 April 1956 | 6 | Lokomotive Leipzig
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| GK | Bodo Rudwaleit | 3 August 1957 | 1 | BFC Dynamo
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| MF | Rüdiger Schnuphase | 23 January 1954 | 1 | Carl Zeiss Jena
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| MF | Frank Terletzki | 5 August 1950 | 5 | BFC Dynamo
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| MF | Thomas Töpfer | 27 May 1958 | 4 | Carl Zeiss Jena
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| DF | Norbert Trieloff | 24 August 1957 | 1 | BFC Dynamo
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| DF | Frank Uhlig | 8 December 1955 | 5 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt
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| MF | Gerd Weber | 31 May 1956 | 2 | Dynamo Dresden
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England edit
Head coach: Dave Sexton
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
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| Joe Corrigan | |||||
| Viv Anderson | |||||
| David Peach | |||||
| Glenn Hoddle | |||||
| Steve Sims | |||||
| Paul Futcher | |||||
| Laurie Cunningham | |||||
| Tony Woodcock | |||||
| John Deehan | |||||
| Gary Owen | |||||
| Peter Barnes | |||||
| Steve Williams | |||||
| Tommy Langley | |||||
| Peter Daniel | |||||
| Peter Reid | |||||
| Kevin Reeves | |||||
| GK | Paul Bradshaw | ||||
| MF | Andy King | ||||
| FW | Keith Bertschin | ||||
| MF | Graham Rix | ||||
| FW | Chris Jones |
Hungary edit
Head coach: Béla Kárpáti
Italy edit
Head coach: Azeglio Vicini
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
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| GK | Giovanni Galli |  Fiorentina
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| GK | Claudio Tarocco | ||||
| DF | Antonio Cabrini | Juventus
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| DF | Nazzareno Canuti | Internazionale
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| DF | Fulvio Collovati | Milan
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| DF | Roberto Galbiati | ||||
| DF | Moreno Ferrario | Napoli
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| DF | Giuseppe Baresi | Internazionale
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| DF | Franco Ogliari | Genoa
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| MF | Andrea Agostinelli | Lazio
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| MF | Lionello Manfredonia | Lazio
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| MF | Agostino Di Bartolomei | Roma
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| MF | Patrizio Sala | Torino
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| MF | Roberto Tavola | Atalanta
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| MF | Salvatore Bagni | Perugia
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| FW | Stefano Chiodi | ||||
| FW | Pietro Fanna | Juventus
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| FW | Bruno Giordano | Lazio
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| FW | Paolo Rossi | Vicenza
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Yugoslavia edit
Head coach: Ivan Toplak
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
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| DF | Srećko Bogdan | 5 January 1957 (aged 21) | 6 |  Dinamo Zagreb
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| MF | Dragan Bošnjak | 19 October 1956 (aged 21) | 5 | Vojvodina
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| FW | Damir Desnica | 20 December 1956 (aged 21) | 5 | NK Rijeka
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| FW | Vahid Halilhodžić | 15 May 1952 (aged 25) | 5 | Velež
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| DF | Miloš Hrstić | 20 November 1955 (aged 22) | 4 | NK Rijeka
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| DF | Nikica Klinčarski | 5 January 1957 (aged 21) | 4 | Partizan
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| FW | Zlatko Kranjčar | 15 November 1956 (aged 21) | 1 | Dinamo Zagreb
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| DF | Zlatko Krmpotić | 7 August 1958 (aged 19) | 5 | Red Star
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| DF | Milovan Obradović | 4 May 1956 (aged 21) | 2 | Radnički Niš
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| MF | Slobodan Pavković | 24 October 1955 (aged 22) | 3 | Vojvodina
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| MF | Vladimir Petrović | 1 July 1955 (aged 22) | 2 | Red Star
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| FW | Radomir Savić | 15 February 1956 (aged 22) | 5 | FK Sarajevo
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| MF | Blaž Slišković | 30 May 1959 (aged 18) | 2 | Velež
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| MF | Vladeta Starčević | 22 February 1956 (aged 22) | 2 | OFK Beograd
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| GK | Aleksandar Stojanović | 19 June 1954 (aged 23) | 4 | Red Star
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| DF | Nenad Stojković | 26 May 1956 (aged 21) | 6 | Partizan
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| FW | Miloš Šestić | 8 August 1956 (aged 21) | 1 | Red Star
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| DF | Nedžad Verlašević | 8 October 1955 (aged 22) | 4 | Sloboda Tuzla
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| DF | Đorđe Vujkov | 19 August 1955 (aged 22) | 4 | Vojvodina
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| MF | Velimir Zajec | 12 February 1956 (aged 22) | 5 | Dinamo Zagreb
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| GK | Rade Zalad | 26 October 1956 (aged 21) | 2 | Partizan
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| DF | Marijan Zovko | 21 August 1959 (aged 18) | 1 | Hajduk Split
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References edit
- ^ "Spain v Greece, 09 March 1994". 11v11.com. 26 June 2012.
- ^ "Greece v Spain, 23 March 1994". 11v11.com. 26 June 2012.
- ^ "Portugal v Spain, 15 April 1994". 11v11.com. 26 June 2012.
- ^ "France v Spain, 20 April 1994". 11v11.com. 26 June 2012.