1978_UEFA_European_Under-18_Championship_squads
Main article: 1978 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Players in bold have later been capped at full international level.
West Germany
Head coach:Herbert Widmayer
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| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GK | Uwe Greiner | (1959-08-08)8 August 1959 (aged 18) |  VfB Stuttgart | |||
| 2DF | Manfred Bergfeld | (1961-03-13)13 March 1961 (aged 17) | Borussia Mönchengladbach | |||
| 2DF | Bernd Gorski | (1959-10-04)4 October 1959 (aged 18) | FC St. Pauli | |||
| 2DF | Thomas Kruse | (1959-09-07)7 September 1959 (aged 18) | FC Schalke 04 | |||
| 2DF | Bernd Schuster | (1959-12-22)22 December 1959 (aged 18) | FC Augsburg | |||
| 2DF | Thomas Sievert | (1961-04-11)11 April 1961 (aged 17) | FC Schalke 04 | |||
| 3MF | Thomas Allofs | (1959-11-17)17 November 1959 (aged 18) | Fortuna Düsseldorf | |||
| 3MF | Michael Geiger | (1960-09-27)27 September 1960 (aged 17) | Union Böckingen | |||
| 3MF | Helmut Gorka | (1960-04-13)13 April 1960 (aged 18) | FC Schalke 04 | |||
| 3MF | Thomas Kroth | (1959-08-26)26 August 1959 (aged 18) | Kickers Offenbach | |||
| 4FW | Dieter Allig | (1959-08-06)6 August 1959 (aged 18) | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | |||
| 4FW | Ralf Augustin | (1960-09-27)27 September 1960 (aged 17) | Borussia Dortmund | |||
| 4FW | Karl-Heinz Bührer | (1959-10-20)20 October 1959 (aged 18) | Freiburger FC | |||
| 4FW | Thomas Remark | (1959-10-05)5 October 1959 (aged 18) | Röchling Völklingen |
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Italy
Head coach:
Portugal
Head coach: Peres Bandeira
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| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GK | Zé Beto | (1960-02-21)21 February 1960 (aged 18) |  FC Porto | |||
| 1GK | Fernando Justino | (1960-10-14)14 October 1960 (aged 17) | Sporting | |||
| 2DF | Teixeiriinha | (1960-08-02)2 August 1960 (aged 17) | Benfica | |||
| 2DF | Carlos Parente | (1961-04-08)8 April 1961 (aged 17) | Benfica | |||
| 2DF | Joaquim Simões | (1959-11-01)1 November 1959 (aged 18) | Benfica | |||
| 2DF | Alberto Bastos Lopes | (1959-10-22)22 October 1959 (aged 18) | Benfica | |||
| 2DF | Santana | (1960-03-21)21 March 1960 (aged 18) | Benfica | |||
| 3MF | Diamantino Miranda | (1959-08-03)3 August 1959 (aged 18) | Benfica | |||
| 3MF | Quinito | (1961-09-08)8 September 1961 (aged 16) | FC Porto | |||
| 3MF | Tomás Fernandes | (1960-01-14)14 January 1960 (aged 18) | Sporting | |||
| 3MF | Nogueira | (1960-01-13)13 January 1960 (aged 18) | FC Porto | |||
| 3MF | Almeidinha | (1960-01-21)21 January 1960 (aged 18) | Boavista | |||
| 3MF | Artur | (1959-08-08)8 August 1959 (aged 18) | Sporting | |||
| 4FW | João Grilo | (1959-08-01)1 August 1959 (aged 18) | Sporting | |||
| 4FW | Manuel Galhofas | (1960-06-26)26 June 1960 (aged 17) | Benfica | |||
| 4FW | João dos Santos | (1959-10-18)18 October 1959 (aged 18) | Benfica |
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Scotland
Head coach:
Greece
Head coach:
Netherlands
Head coach:
Norway
Head coach:
Soviet Union
Head coach:
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| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GK | Viktor Chanov | (1959-07-21)21 July 1959 (aged 18) |  Shakhtyor Donetsk | |||
| 2DF | Viktor Yanushevsky | (1960-01-23)23 January 1960 (aged 18) | Dinamo Minsk | |||
| 2DF | Aleksandr Golovnya | (1959-11-20)20 November 1959 (aged 18) | Gomselmash Gomel | |||
| 2DF | Ashot Khachatryan[2] | (1959-08-03)3 August 1959 (aged 18) | Ararat Erevan | |||
| 2DF | Sergey Ovchinnikov | (1960-10-25)25 October 1960 (aged 17) | SKA Kiev | |||
| 2DF | Gennady Salov | (1960-02-02)2 February 1960 (aged 18) | Torpedo Moscow | |||
| 3MF | Igor Ponomaryov | (1960-02-24)24 February 1960 (aged 18) | Neftchi Baku | |||
| 3MF | Yaroslav Dumansky | (1959-08-04)4 August 1959 (aged 18) | Karpaty Lvov | |||
| 3MF | Mikhail Olefirenko | (1960-06-06)6 June 1960 (aged 17) | Dinamo Kiev | |||
| 3MF | Valery Zubenko | (1959-08-27)27 August 1959 (aged 18) | Zorya Voroshilovgrad | |||
| 4FW | Oleg Taran | (1960-01-11)11 January 1960 (aged 18) | Dinamo Kiev | |||
| 4FW | Igor Gurinovich[3] | (1960-03-05)5 March 1960 (aged 18) | Dinamo Minsk | |||
| 4FW | Sergey Stukashov | (1959-11-12)12 November 1959 (aged 18) | Kairat Alma-Ata |
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Belgium
Head coach:
Hungary
Head coach:
Iceland
Head coach:
Yugoslavia
Head coach:
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| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GK | Tomislav Ivković | (1960-08-11)11 August 1960 (aged 17) |  Dinamo Zagreb | |||
| 1GK | Igor Mrkun | Olimpija Ljubljana | ||||
| 2DF | Robert Juričko | (1959-08-27)27 August 1959 (aged 18) | Hajduk Split | |||
| 2DF | Ante Rumora | (1960-06-04)4 June 1960 (aged 17) | NK Zagreb | |||
| 2DF | Marko Elsner[4] | (1960-04-11)11 April 1960 (aged 18) | Olimpija Ljubljana | |||
| 2DF | Mirza Kapetanović | (1960-06-30)30 June 1960 (aged 17) | FK Sarajevo | |||
| 2DF | Predrag Milovanović | |||||
| 3MF | Nikola Duvnjak | |||||
| 3MF | Milan Ičin | (1960-08-08)8 August 1960 (aged 17) | RFK Novi Sad | |||
| 3MF | Milan Janković | (1959-12-31)31 December 1959 (aged 18) | NK Maribor | |||
| 3MF | Mehmed Baždarević[5] | (1960-09-28)28 September 1960 (aged 17) | Željezničar Sarajevo | |||
| 3MF | Ivan Gudelj | (1960-09-21)21 September 1960 (aged 17) | Hajduk Split | |||
| 3MF | Marko Mlinarić[6] | (1960-09-01)1 September 1960 (aged 17) | Dinamo Zagreb | |||
| 4FW | Haris Smajić | (1960-03-08)8 March 1960 (aged 18) | FK Sarajevo | |||
| 4FW | Željko Stanić | Proleter Zrenjanin |
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England
Head coach:
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| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | 1GK | Iain Hesford | (1960-03-04)4 March 1960 (aged 18) |  Blackpool | ||
| 2 | 2DF | Ray Ranson | (1960-06-12)12 June 1960 (aged 17) | Manchester City | ||
| 3 | 2DF | Alan Weir | (1959-09-01)1 September 1959 (aged 18) | Sunderland | ||
| 4 | 2DF | Bryan Klug | (1960-10-08)8 October 1960 (aged 17) | Ipswich Town | ||
| 5 | 2DF | Danis Salman | (1960-03-12)12 March 1960 (aged 18) | Brentford | ||
| 6 | 3MF | Tony Gale | (1959-11-19)19 November 1959 (aged 18) | Fulham | ||
| 7 | 3MF | Vince Hilaire | (1959-10-10)10 October 1959 (aged 18) | Crystal Palace F.C. | ||
| 8 | 3MF | Terry Fenwick | (1959-11-17)17 November 1959 (aged 18) | Crystal Palace F.C. | ||
| 9 | 4FW | Andy Ritchie | (1960-11-28)28 November 1960 (aged 17) | Manchester United | ||
| 10 | 4FW | Jason Seacole | (1960-04-11)11 April 1960 (aged 18) | Oxford United | ||
| 11 | 3MF | Steve Burke | (1960-09-29)29 September 1960 (aged 17) | Nottingham Forest |
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Poland
Head coach: 
Edmund Zientara
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| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1GK | Jacek Kazimierski | (1959-08-17)17 August 1959 (aged 18) | Legia Warszawa | |||
| 1GK | Janusz Stawarz | (1959-12-01)1 December 1959 (aged 18) | Stal Mielec | |||
| 2DF | Krzysztof Jarosz | (1959-08-19)19 August 1959 (aged 18) | Śląsk Wrocław | |||
| 2DF | Antoni Kot | (1960-08-10)10 August 1960 (aged 17) | Hutnik Kraków | |||
| 2DF | Marek Glanowski | (1960-01-01)1 January 1960 (aged 18) | Hutnik Kraków | |||
| 2DF | Bogusław Skiba | (1960-11-16)16 November 1960 (aged 17) | Stal Rzeszów | |||
| 2DF | Marek Chojnacki | (1959-12-06)6 December 1959 (aged 18) | ŁKS Łódź | |||
| 2DF | Ryszard Szewczyk | (1960-04-03)3 April 1960 (aged 18) | Arka Gdynia | |||
| 3MF | Kazimierz Buda | (1960-05-03)3 May 1960 (aged 18) | Stal Mielec | |||
| 3MF | Andrzej Buncol | (1959-09-21)21 September 1959 (aged 18) | Piast Gliwice | |||
| 3MF | Jan Janiec | (1959-08-31)31 August 1959 (aged 18) | Zagłębie Wałbrzych | |||
| 3MF | Krzysztof Kajrys | (1959-09-20)20 September 1959 (aged 18) | Ruch Chorzów | |||
| 3MF | Zbigniew Kruszyński | (1959-10-14)14 October 1959 (aged 18) | Lechia Gdańsk | |||
| 4FW | Krzysztof Baran | (1960-07-26)26 July 1960 (aged 17) | Gwardia Warszawa | |||
| 4FW | Joachim Hutka | (1960-03-22)22 March 1960 (aged 18) | Górnik Zabrze | |||
| 4FW | Andrzej Iwan | (1959-11-10)10 November 1959 (aged 18) | Wisła Kraków |
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Spain
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| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1GK | Agustín Rodríguez | (1959-09-10)10 September 1959 (aged 18) |  Castilla | |||
| 2DF | Arseni Comas | (1961-06-28)28 June 1961 (aged 16) | Girona | |||
| 2DF | Manolo Martínez | (1960-10-29)29 October 1960 (aged 18) | Barcelona B | |||
| 2DF | Francis García | (1960-02-09)9 February 1960 (aged 18) | Granada | |||
| 2DF | Miguel Tendillo | (1961-02-01)1 February 1961 (aged 17) | Mestalla | |||
| 3MF | Marcelino | (1960-04-10)10 April 1960 (aged 18) | Barcelona B | |||
| 3MF | Javier Zubillaga | (1959-08-12)12 August 1959 (aged 18) | Real Sociedad | |||
| 3MF | Manuel Zúñiga | (1960-07-19)19 July 1960 (aged 17) | Calvo Sotelo | |||
| 3MF | Biri | (1959-09-14)14 September 1959 (aged 18) | Algeciras | |||
| 4FW | Luis Enrique Marián | (1959-12-19)19 December 1959 (aged 18) | Rayo Vallecano | |||
| 4FW | Modesto Pérez | (1959-11-07)7 November 1959 (aged 18) | Getafe |
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Turkey
Head coach:
- "Seleção Sub 18 - T.I. JUNIORES UEFA, POLONIA 1978". Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- capped for Soviet Union and Belarus
- capped for Yugoslavia and Slovenia
- capped for Yugoslavia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
- capped for Yugoslavia and Croatia