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

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

Israel	0 – 0	Northern Ireland
	Repoet

26 March 1980

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 34,000

Referee: Stjepan Glavina (Yugoslavia)

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

18 June 1980

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 24,711

Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)

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Sweden	0 – 1	Scotland
	Report	Strachan 72'

10 September 1980

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 39,831

Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)

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Northern Ireland	3 – 0	Sweden
Brotherston 24' McIlroy 28' J. Nicholl 37'	Report

15 October 1980

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

Scotland	0 – 0	Portugal
	Report

15 October 1980

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 60,765

Referee: Jan Redelfs (West Germany)

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Israel	0 – 0	Sweden
	Report

12 November 1980

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 37,654

Referee: George Courtney (England)

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Portugal	1 – 0	Northern Ireland
Jordão 60'	Report

19 November 1980

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Georges Konrath (France)

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Portugal	3 – 0	Israel
Coelho 33', 72' Jordão 36'	Report

17 December 1980

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 38,926

Referee: Enzo Barbaresco (Italy)

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Israel	0 – 1	Scotland
	Report	Dalglish 54'

25 February 1981

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Anderco (Romania)

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Scotland	1 – 1	Northern Ireland
Wark 75'	Report	Hamilton 70'

25 March 1981

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 78,444

Referee: Klaus Scheurell (East Germany)

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Scotland	3 – 1	Israel
Robertson 21' (pen.), 30' (pen.) Provan 54'	Report	Sinai 56'

28 April 1981

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 61,489

Referee: Gudmundur Haraldsson (Iceland)

Northern Ireland	1 – 0	Portugal
Armstrong 74'	Report

29 April 1981

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Svein-Inge Thime (Norway)

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Sweden	1 – 0	Northern Ireland
Borg 50' (pen.)	Report

3 June 1981

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 21,431

Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)

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

24 June 1981

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 34,531

Referee: Anatoly Milchenko (Soviet Union)

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Scotland	2 – 0	Sweden
Jordan 20' Robertson 80' (pen.)	Report

9 September 1981

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 81,511

Referee: André Daina (Switzerland)

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Northern Ireland	0 – 0	Scotland
	Report

14 October 1981

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 22,248

Referee: Valeri Butenko (Soviet Union)

Portugal	1 – 2	Sweden
Pietra 65'	Report	Larsson 38' Persson 89'

14 October 1981

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Ronald Bridges (Wales)

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Israel	4 – 1	Portugal
Tabak 6', 18', 30' Damti 14'	Report	Jordão 8'

28 October 1981

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 16,192

Referee: Afxentiou (Cyprus)

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Northern Ireland	1 – 0	Israel
Armstrong 27'	Report

18 November 1981

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Emilio Guruceta Muro (Spain)

Portugal	2 – 1	Scotland
M. Fernandes 33', 56'	Report	Sturrock 9'

18 November 1981

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)

Goalscorers

3 goals

• Benny Tabak
• Rui Jordão
• John Robertson

2 goals

• Gidi Damti
• Gerry Armstrong
• Humberto Coelho
• Manuel Fernandes

1 goal

• Moshe Sinai
• Noel Brotherston
• Billy Hamilton
• Sammy McIlroy
• Jimmy Nicholl
• Minervino Pietra
• Kenny Dalglish
• Joe Jordan
• David Provan
• Gordon Strachan
• Paul Sturrock
• John Wark
• Hasse Borg
• Bo Börjesson
• Thomas Larsson
• Tony Persson
• Sten-Ove Ramberg
• Jan Svensson

1 own goal

• Gabriel Mendes (playing against Sweden)

Notes

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

External links

• Group 6 Detailed Results at RSSSF