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

26 March 1980

Israel	0 – 0	Northern Ireland
	Repoet

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 34,000

Referee: Stjepan Glavina ( Yugoslavia)

18 June 1980

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

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 24,711

Referee: Martti Hirviniemi ( Finland)

10 September 1980

Sweden	0 – 1	Scotland
	Report	Strachan 72'

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 39,831

Referee: Franz Wöhrer ( Austria)

15 October 1980

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

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Alexis Ponnet ( Belgium)

15 October 1980

Scotland	0 – 0	Portugal
	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 60,765

Referee: Jan Redelfs ( West Germany)

12 November 1980

Israel	0 – 0	Sweden
	Report

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 37,654

Referee: George Courtney ( England)

19 November 1980

Portugal	1 – 0	Northern Ireland
Jordão 60'	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Georges Konrath ( France)

17 December 1980

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

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 38,926

Referee: Enzo Barbaresco ( Italy)

25 February 1981

Israel	0 – 1	Scotland
	Report	Dalglish 54'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Anderco ( Romania)

25 March 1981

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

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 78,444

Referee: Klaus Scheurell ( East Germany)

28 April 1981

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

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 61,489

Referee: Gudmundur Haraldsson ( Iceland)

29 April 1981

Northern Ireland	1 – 0	Portugal
Armstrong 74'	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Svein-Inge Thime ( Norway)

3 June 1981

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

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 21,431

Referee: Paolo Bergamo ( Italy)

24 June 1981

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

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 34,531

Referee: Anatoly Milchenko ( Soviet Union)

9 September 1981

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

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 81,511

Referee: André Daina ( Switzerland)

14 October 1981

Northern Ireland	0 – 0	Scotland
	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 22,248

Referee: Valeri Butenko ( Soviet Union)

14 October 1981

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

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Ronald Bridges ( Wales)

28 October 1981

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

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 16,192

Referee: Afxentiou ( Cyprus)

18 November 1981

Northern Ireland	1 – 0	Israel
Armstrong 27'	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Emilio Guruceta Muro ( Spain)

18 November 1981

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

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Charles Corver ( Netherlands)

Goalscorers

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

External links

• Group 6 Detailed Results at RSSSF