1966 UEFA European Under-18 Championship

The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1966 Final Tournament was held in Yugoslavia. The Soviet Union and Italy drew their final match and shared the title.

1966 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country22x20px Yugoslavia
Dates21–29 May
Teams16
Final positions
Champions22x20px USSR (1st title)
22x20px Italy (2nd title)
Third place22x20px Yugoslavia
Fourth place22x20px Spain
1965
1967

Qualification

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Hungary 22x20px 2–0 22x20px Austria 1–0 1–0
Netherlands 22x20px 5–3 22x20px Belgium 4–2 1–1
USSR 22x20px (c) 1–1 [[File:{{{flag alias-1965}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Romania 1–0 0–1
Czechoslovakia 22x20px 2–1 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 1–0 1–1

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament. Four teams qualified for the tournament (Q) and the other teams entered without playing qualification matches.

Group stage

Group A

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
22x20px Spain 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 4
File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 3 1 0 2 3 5 –2 2
22x20px Netherlands 3 0 1 2 4 6 –2 1


21 May Spain 22x20px 1–1 File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
Netherlands 22x20px 1–2 File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
23 May Spain 22x20px 2–1 22x20px Netherlands
Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg 1–0 File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
25 May Spain 22x20px 3–1 File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg 2–2 22x20px Netherlands

Group B

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
22x20px Yugoslavia 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 6
[[File:{{{flag alias-1946}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Bulgaria 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
22x20px Portugal 3 1 0 2 3 4 –1 2
22x20px East Germany 3 0 1 2 2 5 –3 1


21 May East Germany 22x20px 1–1 [[File:{{{flag alias-1946}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Bulgaria
Yugoslavia 22x20px 2–1 22x20px Portugal
23 May Bulgaria [[File:{{{flag alias-1946}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] 2–0 22x20px Portugal
Yugoslavia 22x20px 2–1 22x20px East Germany
25 May Portugal 22x20px 2–0 22x20px East Germany
Yugoslavia 22x20px 2–0 [[File:{{{flag alias-1946}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Bulgaria

Group C

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
22x20px Italy 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 4
22x20px Czechoslovakia 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 4
22x20px France 3 1 1 1 4 5 –1 3
22x20px England 3 0 1 2 4 6 –2 1


21 May Czechoslovakia 22x20px 3–2 22x20px England
France 22x20px 1–1 22x20px Italy
23 May France 22x20px 2–1 22x20px England
Italy 22x20px 3–1 22x20px Czechoslovakia
25 May Czechoslovakia 22x20px 3–1 22x20px France
Italy 22x20px 1–1 22x20px England

Group D

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
22x20px USSR 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 5
22x20px Hungary 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 4
22x20px Turkey 3 0 2 1 3 5 –2 2
22x20px Switzerland 3 0 1 2 2 6 –4 1


21 May Hungary 22x20px 3–1 22x20px Switzerland
USSR 22x20px 3–1 22x20px Turkey
23 May Hungary 22x20px 2–2 22x20px Turkey
USSR 22x20px 3–1 22x20px Switzerland
25 May Hungary 22x20px 0–0 22x20px USSR
Turkey 22x20px 0–0 22x20px Switzerland

Semifinals

27 May 1966 (1966-05-27)
USSR 22x20px 1 – 0 22x20px Yugoslavia Beograd
27 May 1966 (1966-05-27)
Italy 22x20px 1 – 0 22x20px Spain Beograd

Third place match

29 May 1966 (1966-05-29)
Yugoslavia 22x20px 2 – 0 22x20px Spain Beograd

Final

29 May 1966 (1966-05-29)
USSR 22x20px 0 – 0
Title Shared
22x20px Italy Beograd
Attendance: 2500
Referee: 23x15px Lacoste
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Italy title

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Soviet Union title

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