1979 UEFA European Under-18 Championship squads
Players in bold have later been capped at full international level.
Group A
Belgium
Head coach:
France
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| GK | Marc Lévy | 7 August 1961 (aged 17) |  Olympique de Marseille
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| GK | Stéphane d'Angelo | 10 March 1961 (aged 18) | FC Metz
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| DF | José Anigo | 15 April 1961 (aged 18) | Olympique de Marseille
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| DF | Didier Heyman | 13 May 1961 (aged 18) | Angers SCO
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| DF | Christian Zajaczkowski | 16 February 1961 (aged 18) | LB Châteauroux
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| DF | Jacky Bonnevay | 1 June 1961 (aged 17) | FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
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| DF | Jacques Lopez | 24 April 1961 (aged 18) | Olympique de Marseille
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| DF | William Ayache | 10 January 1961 (aged 18) | FC Nantes
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| MF | Louis Marcialis | 23 June 1961 (aged 17) | SC Bastia
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| MF | Jean-Claude Lemoult | 28 August 1960 (aged 18) | Paris Saint-Germain F.C.
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| MF | Dominique Bijotat | 3 January 1961 (aged 18) | AS Monaco
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| MF | José Touré | 24 April 1961 (aged 18) | FC Nantes
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| MF | Stéphane Plancque | 6 January 1961 (aged 18) | Lille OSC
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| FW | Yannick Stopyra | 9 January 1961 (aged 18) | FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
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| FW | Gérard Buscher | 5 November 1960 (aged 18) | OGC Nice
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| FW | Laurent Paganelli | 22 October 1962 (aged 16) | AS Saint-Étienne
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Netherlands
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Switzerland
Head coach:
Group B
Czechoslovakia
Head coach:
England
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| GK | John Lukic | 11 December 1960 (aged 18) |  Leeds United F.C.
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| GK | Alan Knight | 3 June 1961 (aged 17) | Portsmouth F.C.
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| DF | Steve Bruce | 31 December 1960 (aged 18) | Gillingham F.C.
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| DF | Brendan Ormsby | 1 October 1960 (aged 18) | Aston Villa F.C.
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| DF | Neil Banfield | 20 January 1962 (aged 17) | Crystal Palace F.C.
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| DF | Mark Dennis | 2 May 1961 (aged 18) | Birmingham City F.C.
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| MF | Paul Allen | 28 August 1962 (aged 16) | West Ham United F.C.
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| MF | Steve MacKenzie | 23 November 1961 (aged 17) | Crystal Palace F.C.
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| MF | Mark Proctor | 30 January 1961 (aged 18) | Middlesbrough F.C.
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| MF | Brian McDermott | 8 April 1961 (aged 18) | Arsenal F.C.
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| MF | Steven Burke | 29 September 1960 (aged 18) | Nottingham Forest F.C.
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| FW | David Buchanan | 23 June 1962 (aged 16) | Leicester City F.C.
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| FW | Gary Shaw | 21 January 1961 (aged 18) | Aston Villa F.C.
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| FW | Clive Allen | 20 May 1961 (aged 18) | Queens Park Rangers F.C.
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Germany
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| GK | Peter Wienen | |||||
| DF | Winfried Geier | 23 August 1960 (aged 18) |  FC Schalke 04
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| DF | Michael Geiger | 27 September 1960 (aged 18) | Eintracht Braunschweig
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| DF | Jonny Otten | 20 January 1962 (aged 17) | SV Werder Bremen
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| DF | Thomas Siewert | 4 November 1961 (aged 17) | FC Schalke 04
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| DF | Norbert Schlegel | 9 March 1961 (aged 18) | 1. FC Nürnberg
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| MF | Markus Mohren | 11 March 1961 (aged 18) | Borussia Mönchengladbach
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| MF | Joachim Müller | 25 March 1961 (aged 18) | Stuttgarter Kickers
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| MF | Theo Schneider | 23 August 1960 (aged 18) | Borussia Dortmund
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| MF | Stephan Engels | 6 September 1960 (aged 18) | 1. FC Köln
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| MF | Thomas Brunner | 10 August 1962 (aged 16) | 1. FC Nürnberg
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| MF | Lothar Matthäus | 21 March 1961 (aged 18) | 1. FC Herzogenaurach
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| FW | Dieter Wohlfarth | |||||
| FW | Fred Schaub | 28 August 1960 (aged 18) | Eintracht Frankfurt
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Malta
Head coach:
Group C
Austria
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| GK | Kurt Machhammer | 29 September 1961 (aged 17) |  Austria Wien
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| GK | Gottfried Angerer | 4 March 1961 (aged 18) | Alpine Donawitz
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| DF | Hans-Peter Buchleitner | 24 November 1960 (aged 18) | ATSV Wolfsberg
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| DF | Peter Schneider | 6 August 1961 (aged 17) | VOEST Linz
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| DF | Gerald Messlender | 1 October 1961 (aged 17) | Admira Wacker Wien
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| DF | Kurt Wolfsbauer | 21 August 1960 (aged 18) | First Vienna FC
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| DF | Leo Lainer | 10 September 1960 (aged 18) | Admira Wacker Wien
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| MF | Leopold Mayerhofer | 30 October 1961 (aged 17) | SC Eisenstadt
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| MF | Georg Zellhofer | 25 August 1960 (aged 18) | SV Austria Salzburg
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| MF | Klaus Spirk | 18 December 1960 (aged 18) | Grazer AK
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| MF | Peter Sallmayer | 21 May 1961 (aged 18) | Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz
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| MF | Thomas Pfeiler | 5 November 1960 (aged 18) | Austria Wien
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| MF | Ewald Markoutz | 1 September 1960 (aged 18) | SV Sankt Veit
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| FW | Christian Keglevits | 29 January 1961 (aged 18) | SC Eisenstadt
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| FW | Wilhelm Bohusek | 8 December 1960 (aged 18) | First Vienna FC
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| FW | Anton Schlögl | 8 March 1961 (aged 18) | SC Eisenstadt
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Hungary
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| GK | Miklós Józsa | 30 June 1961 (aged 17) |  Ferencvárosi TC
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| DF | Dávid Babcsán | |||||
| DF | Antal Róth | 14 September 1960 (aged 18) | Pécsi MFC
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| DF | Mátyás Jurácsik | 1 October 1960 (aged 18) | Újpest Dózsa
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| DF | Róbert Horváth | 29 March 1962 (aged 17) | Ferencvárosi TC
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| DF | József Nagy | 21 October 1960 (aged 18) | Szombathelyi Haladás
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| MF | Gábor Sikesdi | 29 August 1960 (aged 18) | Banyasz Tatabánya
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| MF | István Pandúr | 10 August 1960 (aged 18) | Budapest Honvéd FC
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| MF | György Szeibert | 29 December 1960 (aged 18) | VSC Budapesti
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| MF | Miklós Kökény | 2 May 1961 (aged 18) | ||||
| FW | Róbert Koch | 19 December 1961 (aged 17) | Ferencvárosi TC
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| FW | Gábor Pölöskei | 10 November 1961 (aged 17) | Raba ETO Győr
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| FW | Sándor Murai | 22 March 1961 (aged 18) | Kaposvári Rákóczi
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Norway
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Yugoslavia
Head coach:
Group D
Bulgaria
Head coach:
Denmark
Head coach:
Poland
Head coach: 
Henryk Apostel
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| GK | Ryszard Ługowski | 20 July 1961 (aged 17) | Chemik Bydgoszcz
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| GK | Dariusz Opolski | 23 September 1961 (aged 17) | Motor Lublin
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| GK | Janusz Przybyłka | 11 April 1962 (aged 17) | Polonia Bytom
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| DF | Antoni Kot | 10 August 1960 (aged 18) | Hutnik Kraków
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| DF | Piotr Skrobowski | 16 October 1961 (aged 17) | Wisła Kraków
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| DF | Bogusław Skiba | 16 November 1960 (aged 18) | Stal Mielec
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| DF | Marian Tomczyk | 7 March 1961 (aged 18) | Ruch Chorzów
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| DF | Andrzej Gruszka | 26 February 1961 (aged 18) | Szombierki Bytom
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| DF | Edward Tyburski | 18 October 1960 (aged 18) | Siarka Tarnobrzeg
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| MF | Mirosław Pękala | 15 October 1961 (aged 17) | Śląsk Wrocław
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| MF | Jacek Ratajczyk | 11 January 1961 (aged 18) | ŁKS Łódź
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| MF | Jarosław Biernat | 6 September 1960 (aged 18) | Pogoń Szczecin
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| MF | Dariusz Krupa | 23 April 1961 (aged 18) | Pogoń Szczecin
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| FW | Janusz Turowski | 7 February 1961 (aged 18) | Pogoń Szczecin
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| FW | Waldemar Majcher | 11 March 1961 (aged 18) | Lechia Gdańsk
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| FW | Jarosław Nowicki | 11 January 1961 (aged 18) | Zawisza Bydgoszcz
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| FW | Zbigniew Żurek | 14 March 1961 (aged 18) | Górnik Zabrze
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Scotland
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