1982 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7

Football tournament qualification stage 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 7 consisted of three 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. East Germany, Malta, and Poland. These three teams competed on a home-and-away basis for one of the 14 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming that spot. Standings RankTeamPts PointsPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal difference1POL84400122+102GDR4420296+33MLT04004215−13 Results "Malta v Poland" 7 December 1980 MLT Report 0 – 2(77')The match was interrupted in 77th minute due to stones thrown at the pitch; FIFA later gave this result to Poland. POL Smolarek 55Lipka 75 Empire Stadium, Gżira 5,565 Dušan Maksimović (Yugoslavia) "Malta v East Germany" 4 April 1981 MLT Report 1 – 2 GDR Fabri 11 Schnuphase 20 pen.Häfner 44 Empire Stadium, Gżira 3,873 Peter Reeves (England) "Poland v East Germany" 2 May 1981 POL Report 1 – 0 GDR Buncol 55 Silesian Stadium, Chorzów 73,600 Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia) "East Germany v Poland" 10 October 1981 GDR Report 2 – 3 POL Schnuphase 53 pen.Streich 66 Szarmach 2Smolarek 5 61 Zentralstadion, Leipzig 65,000 Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain) "East Germany v Malta" 11 November 1981 GDR Report 5 – 1 MLT Krause 11Streich 35 75Heun 71Holland 90 o.g. Spitteri-Gonzi 41 Ernst Abbe Sportfeld, Jena 1,908 Frederic McKnight (Northern Ireland) "Poland v Malta" 15 November 1981 POL Report 6 – 0 MLT Iwan 6Smolarek 46 64Majewski 48Dziekanowski 80Boniek 85 Olympic Stadium, Wrocław 25,618 Bo Helen (Sweden) Goalscorers 5 goals 20em yes POL Włodzimierz Smolarek 3 goals 20em yes GDR Joachim Streich 2 goals 20em yes GDR Rüdiger Schnuphase 1 goal 20em yes GDR Reinhard Häfner GDR Jürgen Heun GDR Andreas Krause MLT Emanuel Fabri MLT Ernest Spiteri-Gonzi POL Zbigniew Boniek POL Andrzej Buncol POL Dariusz Dziekanowski POL Andrzej Iwan POL Leszek Lipka POL Stefan Majewski POL Andrzej Szarmach 1 own goal 20em yes MLT John Holland (playing against East Germany) Notes External links Group 7 Detailed Results at RSSSF 7 Category:1980–81 in East German football Category:1981–82 in East German football Category:1980–81 in Maltese football Category:1981–82 in Maltese football Category:1980–81 in Polish football Category:Poland at the 1982 FIFA World Cup