1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6
Group 6 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Bulgaria, Cyprus, Northern Ireland, and Portugal. These four teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 9,5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming those spots.
Standings
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 |
2 | ![]() |
7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 |
3 | ![]() |
5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 |
4 | ![]() |
2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14 | −13 |
29 March 1972 | Portugal ![]() |
4 – 0 | ![]() |
Lisbon, Portugal |
---|---|---|---|---|
Humberto Coelho ![]() Nené ![]() Artur Jorge ![]() Rui Jordão ![]() |
Report | Referee: Loraux (Belgium) |
18 October 1972 | Bulgaria ![]() |
3 – 0 | ![]() |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bonev ![]() Kolev ![]() |
Report | Referee: Schulenburg (West Germany) |
19 November 1972 | Cyprus ![]() |
0 – 4 | ![]() |
Limassol, Cyprus |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report | Mihaylov ![]() Denev ![]() Bonev ![]() |
Referee: Lo Bello (Italy) |
14 February 1973 | Cyprus ![]() |
1 – 0 | ![]() |
Nicosia, Cyprus |
---|---|---|---|---|
Antoniou ![]() |
Report | Referee: Bentu (Romania) |
28 March 1973 | Northern Ireland ![]() |
1 – 1 | ![]() |
Coventry, England[2] |
---|---|---|---|---|
O'Neill ![]() |
Report | Eusébio ![]() |
Referee: Schiller (Austria) |
2 May 1973 | Bulgaria ![]() |
2 – 1 | ![]() |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
---|---|---|---|---|
Denev ![]() Bonev ![]() |
Report | Nené ![]() |
Referee: Gugulović (Yugoslavia) |
8 May 1973 | Northern Ireland ![]() |
3 – 0 | ![]() |
London, England[2] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Morgan ![]() Anderson ![]() |
Report | Referee: Jones (Wales) |
26 September 1973 | Northern Ireland ![]() |
0 – 0 | ![]() |
Sheffield, England[2] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report | Referee: Nyhus (Norway) |
13 October 1973 | Portugal ![]() |
2 – 2 | ![]() |
Lisbon, Portugal |
---|---|---|---|---|
Quaresma ![]() Simões ![]() |
Report | Bonev ![]() |
Referee: Taylor (England) |
14 November 1973 | Portugal ![]() |
1 – 1 | ![]() |
Lisbon, Portugal |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rui Jordão ![]() |
Report | O'Kane ![]() |
Referee: Ibanez (Spain) |
18 November 1973 | Bulgaria ![]() |
2 – 0 | ![]() |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kolev ![]() Denev ![]() |
Report | Referee: Placek (Czechoslovakia) |
Notes
- ↑ Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
- 1 2 3 All home matches of Northern Ireland were played in England instead.
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