1982 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

International football contest Group 4 consisted of five of the 34 teams entered into the European zone:Only 33 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: Spain qualified for the World Cup automatically as host. England, Hungary, Norway, Romania, and Switzerland. 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 those spots. England beat already-qualified Hungary in the final game to leapfrog Romania for the second qualifying place. Standings RankTeamPts PointsPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal difference1HUN108422138+52ENG98413138+53ROU 1965882425504SUI78233912−35NOR68224815−7 Results "England v Norway" 10 September 1980 ENG Report 4 – 0 NOR McDermott 37 78 pen.Woodcock 69Mariner 85 Wembley Stadium, London 48,246 Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium) "Norway v Romania" 24 September 1980 NOR Report 1 – 1 ROU 1965 Hareide 23 Iordănescu 10 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo 22,350 Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany) "Romania v England" 15 October 1980 ROU 1965 Report 2 – 1 ENG Răducanu 35Iordănescu 75 pen. Woodcock 64 Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest 75,000 Ulf Eriksson (Sweden) "Switzerland v Norway" 29 October 1980 SUI Report 1 – 2 NOR Barberis 49 Hareide 5Mathisen 79 Wankdorf, Bern 14,000 Dušan Krchňák (Czechoslovakia) "England v Switzerland" 19 November 1980 ENG Report 2 – 1 SUI Tanner 23 o.g. Mariner 31 Pfister 76 Wembley, London 70,000 Jan Keizer (Netherlands) "Switzerland v Hungary" 28 April 1981 SUI Report 2 – 2 HUN Sulser 32 47 Bálint 45S. Müller 65 pen. 17,000 Stadion Allmend, Lucerne Ian Foote (Scotland) "England v Romania" 29 April 1981 ENG Report 0 – 0 ROU 1965 62,500 Wembley Stadium, London Heinz Aldinger (West Germany) "Hungary v Romania" 13 May 1981 HUN Report 1 – 0 ROU 1965 Fazekas 18 Budapest Népstadion 68,000 Alexis Ponnet (Belgium) "Norway v Hungary" 20 May 1981 NOR Report 1 – 2 HUN Thoresen 57 L. Kiss 78 79 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo 23,000 Malcom Moffatt (Northern Ireland) "Switzerland v England" 30 May 1981 SUI Report 2 – 1 ENG Scheiwiler 29Sulser 31 McDermott 55 St. Jakob Stadion, Basel 38,000 Adolf Prokop (East Germany) "Romania v Norway" 3 June 1981 ROU 1965 Report 1 – 0 NOR Ţicleanu 67 Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest 55,000 Erkan Göksel (Turkey) "Hungary v England" 6 June 1981 HUN Report 1 – 3 ENG Garaba 44 Brooking 19 60Keegan 73 pen. Népstadion, Budapest 62,000 Paolo Casarin (Italy) "Norway v Hungary" 17 June 1981 NOR Report 1 – 1 SUI Davidsen 88 Barberis 62 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo 18,022 Eduard Shklovsky (Soviet Union) "Norway v England" 9 September 1981 NOR Report 2 – 1 ENG Lund 35Thoresen 41 Robson 15 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo 23,500 Jerzy Kacprzak (Poland) Lowly Norway's win was a major shock and prompted a rapturous English-language encomium from Norwegian radio commentator Bjørge Lillelien which became famous in Britain and Scandinavia.Barker Philip The radio man who gave England's boys a hell of a beating https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/sports-broadcasting/the-radio-man-who-gave-englands-boys-a-hell-of-a-beating/ Sports Journalists' Association 31 July 2025 8 September 2011 "Romania v Hungary" 23 September 1981 ROU 1965 Report 0 – 0 HUN Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest 70,000 Erich Linemayr (Austria) "Romania v Switzerland" 10 October 1981 ROU 1965 Report 1 – 2 SUI Balaci 56 Zappa 68Lüthi 75 Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest 55,000 Enzo Barbaresco (Italy) "Hungary v Switzerland" 14 October 1981 HUN Report 3 – 0 SUI Nyilasi 23 50Fazekas 59 Népstadion, Budapest 62,000 Talat Tokat (Turkey) "Hungary v Norway" 31 October 1981 HUN Report 4 – 1 NOR Bálint 12L. Kiss 60 85Fazekas 79 Lund 35 Népstadion, Budapest 68,000 Egon Šoštarić (Yugoslavia) "Switzerland v Romania" 11 November 1981 SUI Report 0 – 0 ROU 1965 Wankdorf, Bern 27,112 César Correia (Portugal) "England v Hungary" 18 November 1981 ENG Report 1 – 0 HUN Mariner 16 Wembley Stadium, London 82,000 Georges Konrath (France) Notes External links Group 4 Detailed Results at RSSSF 4 Category:1980–81 in English men's football Category:England at the 1982 FIFA World Cup Category:1980–81 in Hungarian football Category:Hungary at the 1982 FIFA World Cup Category:1980 in Norwegian football Category:1981 in Norwegian football Category:1980–81 in Romanian football Category:1981–82 in Romanian football Category:1980–81 in Swiss football Category:1981–82 in Swiss football