1978 UEFA European Under-18 Championship squads
Players in bold have later been capped at full international level.
Group A
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| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| GK | Zé Beto | 21 February 1960 (aged 18) |  FC Porto
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| GK | Fernando Justino | 14 October 1960 (aged 17) | Sporting
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| DF | Teixeiriinha | 2 August 1960 (aged 17) | Benfica
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| DF | Carlos Parente | 8 April 1961 (aged 17) | Benfica
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| DF | Joaquim Simões | 1 November 1959 (aged 18) | Benfica
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| DF | Alberto Bastos Lopes | 22 October 1959 (aged 18) | Benfica
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| DF | Santana | 21 March 1960 (aged 18) | Benfica
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| MF | Diamantino Miranda | 3 August 1959 (aged 18) | Benfica
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| MF | Quinito | 8 September 1961 (aged 16) | FC Porto
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| MF | Tomás Fernandes | 14 January 1960 (aged 18) | Sporting
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| MF | Nogueira | 13 January 1960 (aged 18) | FC Porto
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| MF | Almeidinha | 21 January 1960 (aged 18) | Boavista
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| MF | Artur | 8 August 1959 (aged 18) | Sporting
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| FW | João Grilo | 1 August 1959 (aged 18) | Sporting
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| FW | Manuel Galhofas | 26 June 1960 (aged 17) | Benfica
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| FW | João dos Santos | 18 October 1959 (aged 18) | Benfica
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Group B
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| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| GK | Viktor Chanov | 21 July 1959 (aged 18) |  Shakhtyor Donetsk
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| DF | Viktor Yanushevsky | 23 January 1960 (aged 18) | Dinamo Minsk
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| DF | Aleksandr Golovnya | 20 November 1959 (aged 18) | Gomselmash Gomel
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| DF | Ashot Khachatryan[2] | 3 August 1959 (aged 18) | Ararat Erevan
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| DF | Sergey Ovchinnikov | 25 October 1960 (aged 17) | SKA Kiev
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| DF | Gennady Salov | 2 February 1960 (aged 18) | Torpedo Moscow
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| MF | Igor Ponomaryov | 24 February 1960 (aged 18) | Neftchi Baku
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| MF | Yaroslav Dumansky | 4 August 1959 (aged 18) | Karpaty Lvov
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| MF | Mikhail Olefirenko | 6 June 1960 (aged 17) | Dinamo Kiev
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| MF | Valery Zubenko | 27 August 1959 (aged 18) | Zorya Voroshilovgrad
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| FW | Oleg Taran | 11 January 1960 (aged 18) | Dinamo Kiev
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| FW | Igor Gurinovich[3] | 5 March 1960 (aged 18) | Dinamo Minsk
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| FW | Sergey Stukashov | 12 November 1959 (aged 18) | Kairat Alma-Ata
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Group C
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| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| GK | Tomislav Ivković | 11 August 1960 (aged 17) |  Dinamo Zagreb
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| GK | Igor Mrkun | Olimpija Ljubljana
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| DF | Robert Juričko | 27 August 1959 (aged 18) | Hajduk Split
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| DF | Ante Rumora | 4 June 1960 (aged 17) | NK Zagreb
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| DF | Marko Elsner[4] | 11 April 1960 (aged 18) | Olimpija Ljubljana
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| DF | Mirza Kapetanović | 30 June 1960 (aged 17) | FK Sarajevo
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| DF | Predrag Milovanović | |||||
| MF | Nikola Duvnjak | |||||
| MF | Milan Ičin | 8 August 1960 (aged 17) | RFK Novi Sad
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| MF | Milan Janković | 31 December 1959 (aged 18) | NK Maribor
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| MF | Mehmed Baždarević[5] | 28 September 1960 (aged 17) | Željezničar Sarajevo
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| MF | Ivan Gudelj | 21 September 1960 (aged 17) | Hajduk Split
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| MF | Marko Mlinarić[6] | 1 September 1960 (aged 17) | Dinamo Zagreb
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| FW | Haris Smajić | 8 March 1960 (aged 18) | FK Sarajevo
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| FW | Željko Stanić | Proleter Zrenjanin
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Group D
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Edmund Zientara
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| GK | Jacek Kazimierski | 17 August 1959 (aged 18) | Legia Warszawa
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| GK | Janusz Stawarz | 1 December 1959 (aged 18) | Stal Mielec
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| DF | Krzysztof Jarosz | 19 August 1959 (aged 18) | Śląsk Wrocław
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| DF | Antoni Kot | 10 August 1960 (aged 17) | Hutnik Kraków
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| DF | Marek Glanowski | 1 January 1960 (aged 18) | Hutnik Kraków
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| DF | Bogusław Skiba | 16 November 1960 (aged 17) | Stal Rzeszów
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| DF | Marek Chojnacki | 6 December 1959 (aged 18) | ŁKS Łódź
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| DF | Ryszard Szewczyk | 3 April 1960 (aged 18) | Arka Gdynia
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| MF | Kazimierz Buda | 3 May 1960 (aged 18) | Stal Mielec
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| MF | Andrzej Buncol | 21 September 1959 (aged 18) | Piast Gliwice
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| MF | Jan Janiec | 31 August 1959 (aged 18) | Zagłębie Wałbrzych
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| MF | Krzysztof Kajrys | 20 September 1959 (aged 18) | Ruch Chorzów
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| MF | Zbigniew Kruszyński | 14 October 1959 (aged 18) | Lechia Gdańsk
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| FW | Krzysztof Baran | 26 July 1960 (aged 17) | Gwardia Warszawa
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| FW | Joachim Hutka | 22 March 1960 (aged 18) | Górnik Zabrze
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| FW | Andrzej Iwan | 10 November 1959 (aged 18) | Wisła Kraków
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| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| GK | Agustín Rodríguez | 10 September 1959 (aged 18) |  Castilla
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| DF | Arseni Comas | 28 June 1961 (aged 16) | Girona
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| DF | Manolo Martínez | 29 October 1960 (aged 18) | Barcelona B
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| DF | Francis García | 9 February 1960 (aged 18) | Granada
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| DF | Miguel Tendillo | 1 February 1961 (aged 17) | Mestalla
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| MF | Marcelino | 10 April 1960 (aged 18) | Barcelona B
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| MF | Javier Zubillaga | 12 August 1959 (aged 18) | Real Sociedad
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| MF | Manuel Zúñiga | 19 July 1960 (aged 17) | Calvo Sotelo
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| MF | Biri | 14 September 1959 (aged 18) | Algeciras
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| FW | Luis Enrique Marián | 19 December 1959 (aged 18) | Rayo Vallecano
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| FW | Modesto Pérez | 7 November 1959 (aged 18) | Getafe
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References
- ^ "Seleção Sub 18 - T.I. JUNIORES UEFA, POLONIA 1978". Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ^ capped for Armenia
- ^ capped for Soviet Union and Belarus
- ^ capped for Yugoslavia and Slovenia
- ^ capped for Yugoslavia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
- ^ capped for Yugoslavia and Croatia