1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

July 2023 November 2025 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 33 (from 1 confederation, and 1 unaffiliated team) DEU Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (9 goals) 1978 1986 FIFA Listed below are the dates and results for the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification. A total of 32 UEFA teams entered the qualifying competition. Moreover, Israel were also assigned to the European zone despite not being a UEFA member. The European zone was allocated 14 places (out of 24) in the final tournament. Spain, the hosts,FIFA World Cup™ 1982 - Oceania Qualifiers https://www.oceaniafootball.com/fifa-world-cup-1982-oceania-qualifiers/ 2025-11-04 Oceania Football Confederation en-US qualified automatically, leaving 13 spots open for competition between 33 teams. The 33 teams were divided into 7 groups. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The number of teams and spots for each group were as follows: Groups 1 to 6 had 5 teams each. The group winners and runners-up would qualify. Group 7 had 3 teams. The group winner would qualify. Draw The draw for the qualifying groups took place in the Zürichhorn Casino in Zürich, Switzerland on 14 October 1979. During the draw procedure, the 33 entrants were drawn into the 7 qualifying groups from the five pots of seeds, which had been announced ten days prior. As Group 7 only featured 3 teams (one team from Pot A, one team from Pot C and one team from Pot E), only the group winner of this group would qualify. Pot APot BPot CPot DPot EENG SCO CSK POL ITA NED FRGYUG FRA 1974 AUT HUN URS 1955 SWEGDR BEL WAL POR SUI GRE BUL 1971ROU 1965 NIR TUR DEN FIN IRLMLT ALB 1946 CYP 1960 LUX ISL NOR ISR* Israel added to Group 6 after the draw for political reasons Summary #ccffcc The 7 group winners and the 6 runners-up from groups 1–6 qualified directly for the 1982 FIFA World Cup #ffcccc All other teams were eliminated Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7FRGBELURSHUNYUGSCOPOL AUT FRA 1974 TCH ENG ITA NIR GDR BUL 1971ALB 1946FIN IRLNEDCYP 1960 WALISLTUR ROU 1965SUINOR DENGRELUX SWEPORISR MLT Groups Group 1 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1 RankTeamPts PointsPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal difference1FRG168800333+302AUT118512166+103BUL 1971984131110+14ALB 194628107422−185FIN28107427−23 West Germany and Austria qualified. Group 2 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2 RankTeamPts PointsPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal difference1BEL118512129+32FRA 1974108503208+123IRL1084221711+64NED98413117+45CYP 196008008429−25 Belgium and France qualified. Group 3 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3 RankTeamPts PointsPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal difference1URS148620202+182TCH108422156+93WAL108422127+54ISL682241021−115TUR08008122−21 Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia qualified. Group 4 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4 RankTeamPts PointsPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal difference1HUN108422138+52ENG98413138+53ROU 1965882425504SUI78233912−35NOR68224815−7 Hungary and England qualified. Group 5 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 RankTeamPts PointsPld Matches PlayedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal difference1YUG138611227+152ITA128521125+73DEN884041411+34GRE783141013−35LUX08008123−22 Yugoslavia and Italy qualified. Group 6 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 RankTeamPts PointsPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal difference1SCO11843194+52NIR9833263+33SWE8832378−14POR78314811−35ISR58134610−4 Scotland and Northern Ireland qualified. Group 7 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7 RankTeamPts PointsPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal difference1POL84400122+102GDR4420296+33MLT04004215−13 Poland qualified. Goalscorers 9 goals 20em yes FRG Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 7 goals 20em yes FRG Klaus Fischer YUG Zlatko Vujović 6 goals 20em yes DEN Frank Arnesen 5 goals 20em yes BEL Erwin Vandenbergh FRA 1974 Michel Platini GRE Dinos Kouis POL Włodzimierz Smolarek URS Oleg Blokhin FRG Manfred Kaltz 4 goals 20em yes AUT Kurt Welzl BEL Jan Ceulemans BUL 1971 Georgi Slavkov DEN Preben Elkjær HUN László Kiss URS Ramaz Shengelia 3 goals 20em yes AUT Hans Krankl AUT Walter Schachner TCH Ján Kozák TCH Zdeněk Nehoda GDR Joachim Streich ENG Paul Mariner ENG Terry McDermott FRA 1974 Bernard Lacombe FRA 1974 Didier Six HUN László Fazekas IRL Gerry Daly IRL Michael Robinson IRL Frank Stapleton ISR Benny Tabak ITA Francesco Graziani POR Rui Jordão SCO John Robertson URS Sergey Andreyev SUI Claudio Sulser WAL Ian Walsh FRG Paul Breitner FRG Pierre Littbarski YUG Vahid Halilhodžić 2 goals 20em yes AUT Kurt Jara AUT Herbert Prohaska BUL 1971 Kostadin Kostadinov TCH Petr Janečka TCH Ladislav Vízek GDR Rüdiger Schnuphase ENG Trevor Brooking ENG Tony Woodcock FRA 1974 Jean-François Larios FRA 1974 Gerard Soler FRA 1974 Jacques Zimako GRE Georgios Kostikos GRE Thomas Mavros HUN László Bálint HUN Tibor Nyilasi ISL Ásgeir Sigurvinsson IRL Tony Grealish IRL Mark Lawrenson IRL Paul McGee ISR Gidi Damti ITA Roberto Bettega ITA Fulvio Collovati ITA Bruno Conti NED Arnold Mühren NED Cees van Kooten NIR Gerry Armstrong NOR Åge Hareide NOR Tom Lund NOR Hallvar Thoresen POR Humberto Coelho POR Manuel Fernandes ROU 1965 Anghel Iordănescu URS Yuri Gavrilov URS Khoren Oganesian SUI Umberto Barberis WAL Brian Flynn WAL David Giles WAL Leighton James FRG Bernd Schuster YUG Dragan Pantelić YUG Vladimir Petrović YUG Ivica Šurjak 1 goal 20em yes ALB 1946 Millan Baçi ALB 1946 Sefedin Braho ALB 1946 Ilir Përnaska ALB 1946 Muhedin Targaj AUT Gernot Jurtin AUT Bruno Pezzey BEL Albert Cluytens BEL Alexandre Czerniatynski BEL Gerard Plessers BUL 1971 Plamen Markov BUL 1971 Stoycho Mladenov BUL 1971 Chavdar Tsvetkov BUL 1971 Tsvetan Yonchev BUL 1971 Andrey Zhelyazkov CYP Sotiris Kaiafas CYP Stefanos Lysandrou CYP Nikos Pantziaras CYP Fivos Vrachimis TCH Verner Lička TCH Antonín Panenka TCH Rostislav Vojáček DEN Lars Bastrup DEN Søren Lerby DEN Per Røntved DEN Allan Simonsen GDR Reinhard Häfner GDR Jürgen Heun GDR Andreas Krause ENG Kevin Keegan ENG Bryan Robson FIN Leo Houtsonen FIN Keijo Kousa FIN Hannu Turunen FIN Ari Valvee FRA 1974 Bruno Bellone FRA 1974 Bernard Genghini FRA 1974 Dominique Rocheteau GRE Nikos Anastopoulos HUN Imre Garaba HUN Sándor Müller ISL Magnús Bergs ISL Atli Eðvaldsson ISL Janus Guðlaugsson ISL Albert Guðmundsson ISL Lárus Guðmundsson ISL Pétur Ormslev ISL Árni Sveinsson ISL Teitur Þórðarson IRL Chris Hughton ISR Moshe Sinai ITA Giancarlo Antognoni ITA Antonio Cabrini ITA Gaetano Scirea LUX Alain Nurenberg MLT Emanuel Fabri MLT Ernest Spiteri-Gonzi NED Ruud Geels NED Hugo Hovenkamp NED John Metgod NED Dick Nanninga NED Cees Schapendonk NED Simon Tahamata NED Frans Thijssen NIR Noel Brotherston NIR Billy Hamilton NIR Sammy McIlroy NIR Jimmy Nicholl NOR Vidar Davidsen NOR Svein Mathisen POL Zbigniew Boniek POL Andrzej Buncol POL Dariusz Dziekanowski POL Andrzej Iwan POL Leszek Lipka POL Stefan Majewski POL Andrzej Szarmach POR Minervino Pietra ROU 1965 Ilie Balaci ROU 1965 Marcel Răducanu ROU 1965 Aurel Ţicleanu SCO Kenny Dalglish SCO Joe Jordan SCO David Provan SCO Gordon Strachan SCO Paul Sturrock SCO John Wark URS Volodymyr Bezsonov URS Aleksandr Chivadze URS Vitaly Daraselia URS Anatoliy Demianenko SWE Hasse Borg SWE Bo Börjesson SWE Thomas Larsson SWE Tony Persson SWE Sten-Ove Ramberg SWE Jan Svensson SUI Robert Lüthi SUI Hans-Jörg Pfister SUI Alfred Scheiwilder SUI Gian Pietro Zappa TUR Fatih Terim WAL Alan Curtis WAL Carl Harris WAL Robbie James FRG Hans-Peter Briegel FRG Wolfgang Dremmler FRG Felix Magath YUG Ivan Buljan YUG Jurica Jerković YUG Predrag Pašić YUG Edhem Šljivo YUG Safet Sušić YUG Zoran Vujović 1 own goal 20em yes AUT Bernd Krauss (playing against West Germany) FRA 1974 Philippe Mahut (playing against Ireland) ISL Þorsteinn Bjarnason (playing against Czechoslovakia) MLT John Holland (playing against East Germany) POR Gabriel Mendes (playing against Sweden) SUI Markus Tanner (playing against England) WAL Dai Davies (playing against Czechoslovakia) See also 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC) References UEFA 1982 Category:1980 in European men's international football Category:1981 in European men's international football