1982 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

1982 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 6 consisted of five of the 34 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Scotland, Sweden, Portugal, Northern Ireland and Israel. These five teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 14 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming that spot.

Standings

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Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Scotland 11 8 4 3 1 9 4 +5
2  Northern Ireland 9 8 3 3 2 6 3 +3
3  Sweden 8 8 3 2 3 7 8 −1
4  Portugal 7 8 3 1 4 8 11 −3
5  Israel 5 8 1 3 4 6 10 −4

Results

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Israel 0 – 0 Northern Ireland
Repoet

Sweden 1 – 1 Israel
Ramberg 35' Report Damti 80'

Sweden 0 – 1 Scotland
Report Strachan 72'
Attendance: 39,831

Northern Ireland 3 – 0 Sweden
Brotherston 24'
McIlroy 28'
J. Nicholl 37'
Report
Attendance: 18,000
Scotland 0 – 0 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 60,765

Israel 0 – 0 Sweden
Report
Attendance: 37,654

Portugal 1 – 0 Northern Ireland
Jordão 60' Report
Attendance: 60,000

Portugal 3 – 0 Israel
Coelho 33', 72'
Jordão 36'
Report
Attendance: 38,926

Israel 0 – 1 Scotland
Report Dalglish 54'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Anderco (Romania)

Scotland 1 – 1 Northern Ireland
Wark 75' Report Hamilton 70'
Attendance: 78,444

Scotland 3 – 1 Israel
Robertson 21' (pen.), 30' (pen.)
Provan 54'
Report Sinai 56'
Attendance: 61,489
Northern Ireland 1 – 0 Portugal
Armstrong 74' Report
Attendance: 18,000

Sweden 1 – 0 Northern Ireland
Borg 50' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 21,431
Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)

Sweden 3 – 0 Portugal
Börjesson 39'
G. Mendes 55' (o.g.)
J. Svensson 67'
Report

Scotland 2 – 0 Sweden
Jordan 20'
Robertson 80' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 81,511

Northern Ireland 0 – 0 Scotland
Report
Attendance: 22,248
Portugal 1 – 2 Sweden
Pietra 65' Report Larsson 38'
Persson 89'
Attendance: 75,000

Israel 4 – 1 Portugal
Tabak 6', 18', 30'
Damti 14'
Report Jordão 8'
Attendance: 16,192
Referee: Afxentiou (Cyprus)

Northern Ireland 1 – 0 Israel
Armstrong 27' Report
Attendance: 38,000
Portugal 2 – 1 Scotland
M. Fernandes 33', 56' Report Sturrock 9'
Attendance: 25,000

Goalscorers

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3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Notes

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  1. ^ Only 33 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: Spain qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
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