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| count = 121|Soviet Union}}| matches = 63| goals = 162| attendance = | top_scorer = | player = | prevseason = 1974 UEFA European Under-23 Championship>1974}}The 1972 UEFA European Under-23 Championship, which spanned two years (1970–72) had 23 entrants. Czechoslovakia U-23s won the competition.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}The 23 national teams were divided into eight groups. The group winners played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis until the winner was decided. There was no finals tournament or 3rd-place playoff.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}

Qualifying stage

Draw

The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying tournament with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:

• Group 2 and 8 had the same competing nations
• Group 1 did not include Wales
• Group 3 did not include England and Malta
• Group 4 did not include Northern Ireland and Cyprus
• Group 5 did not include Belgium and Scotland
• Group 6 did not include Republic of Ireland
• Group 7 did not include Luxembourg

Group 1{| class“wikitable”

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• Finland 1–1 Czechoslovakia
• Finland 0–1 Romania
• Romania 1–1 Czechoslovakia

• Czechoslovakia 5–2 Finland
• Romania 3–1 Finland
• Czechoslovakia 1–0 Romania

{{fbu|21|TCH}} qualify as group winners“>

Group 2{| class“wikitable”

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• Norway 1–0 Hungary
• France 0–0 Norway
• Bulgaria 5–0 Norway
• France 1–1 Hungary
• Bulgaria 1–0 Hungary
• Norway 1–1 Bulgaria

• Norway 4–4 France
• Hungary 2–0 Bulgaria
• Hungary 3–0 France
• Hungary 3–0 Norway
• Bulgaria 1–0 France
• France 0–1 Bulgaria

{{fbu|21|BUL|1971}} qualify as group winners“>

Group 3{| class“wikitable”

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• Greece 1–0 Switzerland

• Switzerland 0–2 Greece

{{fbu|21|GRE|1970}} qualify as group winners“>

Group 4{| class“wikitable”

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• Sergio {{goal|12}}|goals2 =
• Onyshchenko {{goal|7}}
• Gershkovich {{goal|60}}|location = Malaga

La Rosaleda Stadium>La Rosaleda|attendance = 30,000René Vigliani (French Football Federation>France)|report =russia-matches.ucoz.ru/publ/molodjozhnaja_sbornaja/1971_molodjozhnaja/ispanija_molodjozhnaja_sssr_molodjozhnaja_1_2/470-1-0-2272}}{{Football box|id = URS v SPA21|URS}}|score = 1–1SPA}}|goals1 =

• Dolbonosov {{penmiss|goalkeeper}} {{small|8’}}
• Piskaryov {{goal|48}}|goals2 =
• Aguilar {{goal|12}}|location = Donetsk

Shakhtar Stadium (Donetsk)>Shakhtar|attendance = 40,000Mario Clematide (Swiss Football Association>Switzerland)|report =russia-matches.ucoz.ru/publ/molodjozhnaja_sbornaja/1971_molodjozhnaja/sssr_molodjozhnaja_ispanija_molodjozhnaja_1_1/470-1-0-2276}}

Group 5{| class“wikitable”

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• Portugal 1–1 Denmark

• Denmark 2–1 Portugal

{{fbu|21|DEN}} qualify as group winners“>

Group 6{| class“wikitable”

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• Italy 3–1 Austria
• Sweden 2–0 Austria
• Italy 1–0 Sweden

• Austria 0–2 Sweden
• Sweden 4–1 Italy
• Austria 2–1 Italy

{{fbu|21|SWE}} qualify as group winners“>

Group 7{| class“wikitable”

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• Netherlands 5–2 Yugoslavia
• East Germany 3–1 Netherlands
• Yugoslavia 1–1 Netherlands

• East Germany 0–1 Yugoslavia
• Netherlands 2–1 East Germany
• Yugoslavia 3–1 East Germany

{{fbu|21|NED}} qualify as group winners“>

Group 8{| class“wikitable”

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• Albania 1–1 Poland
• Turkey 0–2 West Germany
• Turkey 0–0 Albania
• Albania 0–2 West Germany
• West Germany 3–0 Turkey
• Poland 2–1 Albania

• West Germany 2–0 Albania
• Turkey 0–0 Poland
• Poland 1–1 West Germany
• Albania 0–0 Turkey
• West Germany 1–0 Poland
• Poland 3–0 Turkey

{{fbu|21|FRG}} qualify as group winners

Knockout stage

{{8TeamBracket| RD1= Quarter-finals| RD2= Semi-finals| RD3= Finals| seeds = no| legs = 2| aggregate = yes| boldwinner = high21|BUL}}| RD1-score1-1=2| RD1-score1-2=0| RD1-score1-agg=2 (2)21|NED}}| RD1-score2-1=2| RD1-score2-2=0| RD1-score2-agg=2 (0)21|DEN}}| RD1-score3-1=2| RD1-score3-2=0| RD1-score3-agg=221|GRE}}| RD1-score4-1=0| RD1-score4-2=5| RD1-score4-agg=521|URS}}| RD1-score5-1=3| RD1-score5-2=0| RD1-score5-agg=321|FRG}}| RD1-score6-1=1| RD1-score6-2=0| RD1-score6-agg=121|SWE}}| RD1-score7-1=1| RD1-score7-2=1| RD1-score7-agg=221|TCH}}| RD1-score8-1=0| RD1-score8-2=3| RD1-score8-agg=321|TCH}}| RD2-score1-1=2| RD2-score1-2=1| RD2-score1-agg=321|GRE}} | RD2-score2-1=0| RD2-score2-2=2| RD2-score2-agg=221|URS}}| RD2-score3-1=4| RD2-score3-2=3| RD2-score3-agg=721|BUL}}| RD2-score4-1=0| RD2-score4-2=3| RD2-score4-agg=321|URS}}| RD3-score1-1=2| RD3-score1-2=1| RD3-score1-agg=321|TCH}}| RD3-score2-1=2| RD3-score2-2=3| RD3-score2-agg=5}}

Matches

{{Football box|id = URS v GER21|URS}}|score = 3–121|GER}}|goals1 =

• Gutsaev {{goal|52}}
• Yakubik {{goal|58}}
• Blokhin {{goal|72}}|goals2 =
• Wunder {{goal|79}}|location = Yerevan

Hrazdan Stadium>Hrazdan|attendance = 25,000Egil Bergstad (Norwegian Football Federation>Norway)|report =russia-matches.ucoz.ru/publ/molodjozhnaja_sbornaja/1972_molodjozhnaja/sssr_molodjozhnaja_frg_molodjozhnaja_3_1/469-1-0-2216}}{{Football box|id = GER v URS21|GER}}|score = 0–021|URS}}|goals1 =|goals2 =|location = Duisburg|stadium = Bezirkssportanlage Westender Straße|attendance = 24,000ФРГ (молодежная) - СССР (молодежная) - 0:0. www.rusteam.permian.ruPaul Bonett (Malta Football Association>Malta)|report =russia-matches.ucoz.ru/publ/molodjozhnaja_sbornaja/1972_molodjozhnaja/sssr_molodjozhnaja_frg_molodjozhnaja_3_1/469-1-0-2216}}{{Football box|id = URS v BUL21|URS}}|score = 4–021|BUL}}|goals1 =

• Aleksandrov {{goal|5}}
• Nodia {{goal|19}}
• Blokhin {{goal|21}}
• Yakubik {{goal|76|pen.}}
• Zhukov {{sent off|0|}}|goals2 =
• Denev {{sent off|0|}}
• Panov {{sent off|0|}}|location = Leningrad

Kirov Stadium>Stadion imeni Kirova|attendance = 25,000Stanisław Eksztajn (Polish Football Association>Poland)|report =russia-matches.ucoz.ru/publ/molodjozhnaja_sbornaja/1972_molodjozhnaja/sssr_molodjozhnaja_bolgarija_molodjozhnaja_4_0/469-1-0-2264}}{{Football box|id = BUL v URS21|BUL}}|score = 3–321|URS}}|goals1 =

• Mihaylov {{goal|19||39||60|pen.}}|goals2 =
• Gutsaev {{goal|31}}
• Zvyahintsev {{goal|44}}
• Mirikov {{goal|85}}|location = Sofia

Vasil Levski National Stadium>Vasil Levski|attendance = 25,000Heinz Einbeck (Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR>East Germany)|report =russia-matches.ucoz.ru/publ/molodjozhnaja_sbornaja/1972_molodjozhnaja/bolgarija_molodjozhnaja_sssr_molodjozhnaja_3_3/469-1-0-2265}}{{Football box|id = URS v TCH21|URS}}|score = 2–221|TCH}}|goals1 =

• Blokhin {{goal|51}}
• Gutsaev {{goal|69}}|goals2 =
• Albrecht {{goal|66}}
• Melichar {{goal|87}}|location = Moscow

Luzhniki Stadium>Tsentralnyi stadion imeni Lenina|attendance = 25,000Hans-Joachim Weyland (German Football Association>West Germany)|report =russia-matches.ucoz.ru/publ/molodjozhnaja_sbornaja/1972_molodjozhnaja/sssr_molodjozhnaja_chekhoslovakija_molodjozhnaja_2_2/469-1-0-2266}}{{Football box|id = TCH v URS21|TCH}}|score = 3–121|URS}}|goals1 =

• Gajdůšek {{goal|10}}
• Herda {{goal|11}}
• Albrecht {{goal|60}}|goals2 =
• Blokhin {{goal|67}}|location = Ostrava|stadium = Bazaly|attendance = 15,000

Sergio Gonella (Italian Football Federation>Italy)|report =russia-matches.ucoz.ru/publ/molodjozhnaja_sbornaja/1972_molodjozhnaja/chekhoslovakija_molodjozhnaja_sssr_molodjozhnaja_3_1/469-1-0-2267}}

See also

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

• RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com

{{UEFA under-21 teams}}{{UEFA European Under-21 Championship}}