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'''Group A''' was one of four groups of national teams competing in the second stage of the [[1982 FIFA World Cup]]. The group's three matches were staged at the [[Nou Camp]] in [[Barcelona]]. The group consisted of three teams advancing from the first group stage: Group 1 winners [[Poland national football team|Poland]], Group 3 winners [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] and Group 6 runners-up the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]].

Poland topped the group and advanced to the semi-finals, where they were defeated by eventual champions [[Italy national football team|Italy]].

==Qualified teams==
The winners of Group 1 and 3 and the runner-up of Group 6 qualified for Group A of the second round.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Group
! width="150" | Winners
|-
! [[1982 FIFA World Cup Group 1|1]]
| {{fb|POL}}
|-
! [[1982 FIFA World Cup Group 3|3]]
| {{fb|BEL}}
|-
! Group
! width="150" | Runners-up
|-
! [[1982 FIFA World Cup Group 6|6]]
| {{fb|URS}}
|}

==Standings==
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL|section=standings
|teamwidth=180

|update=complete
|winpoints=2
|source=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/spain1982/groups/index.html FIFA]

|team1=POL |team2=URS |team3=BEL
|result1=KO

|win_POL=1 |draw_POL=1 |loss_POL=0 |gf_POL=3 |ga_POL=0
|win_URS=1 |draw_URS=1 |loss_URS=0 |gf_URS=1 |ga_URS=0
|win_BEL=0 |draw_BEL=0 |loss_BEL=2 |gf_BEL=0 |ga_BEL=4

|name_BEL={{fb|BEL}}
|name_URS={{fb|URS}}
|name_POL={{fb|POL}}
|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to [[1982 FIFA World Cup#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
}}</onlyinclude>

==Matches==

===Poland vs Belgium===
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|date=28 June 1982
|time=21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|POL}}
|score=3–0
|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/spain1982/matches/match/782 Report]
|team2={{fb|BEL}}
|goals1=[[Zbigniew Boniek|Boniek]] {{goal|4||26||53}}
|stadium=[[Camp Nou]], [[Barcelona]]
|attendance=30,000
|referee=[[Luis Paulino Siles]] ([[Federación Costarricense de Fútbol|Costa&nbsp;Rica]]) }}

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{| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Józef Młynarczyk]]
|-
|DF ||'''2''' ||[[Marek Dziuba]]
|-
|DF ||'''5''' ||[[Paweł Janas]]
|-
|DF ||'''9''' ||[[Władysław Żmuda]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|DF ||'''10'''||[[Stefan Majewski]]
|-
|MF ||'''3''' ||[[Janusz Kupcewicz]] || || {{suboff|82}}
|-
|MF ||'''8''' ||[[Waldemar Matysik]]
|-
|MF ||'''13'''||[[Andrzej Buncol]]
|-
|MF ||'''20'''||[[Zbigniew Boniek]]
|-
|FW ||'''16'''||[[Grzegorz Lato]]
|-
|FW ||'''11'''||[[Włodzimierz Smolarek]] || {{yel|48}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|DF ||'''4''' ||[[Tadeusz Dolny]]
|-
|MF ||'''14'''||[[Andrzej Pałasz]]
|-
|MF ||'''15'''||[[Włodzimierz Ciołek]] || || {{subon|82}}
|-
|FW ||'''17'''||[[Andrzej Szarmach]]
|-
|GK ||'''21'''||[[Jacek Kazimierski]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|[[Antoni Piechniczek]]
|}
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''12'''||[[Theo Custers]]
|-
|DF ||'''4''' ||[[Walter Meeuws]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|DF ||'''5''' ||[[Michel Renquin]]
|-
|DF ||'''3''' ||[[Luc Millecamps]]
|-
|DF ||'''16'''||[[Gerard Plessers]] || || {{suboff|87}}
|-
|MF ||'''8''' ||[[Wilfried Van Moer]] || || {{suboff|46}}
|-
|MF ||'''6''' ||[[Franky Vercauteren]]
|-
|MF ||'''10'''||[[Ludo Coeck]]
|-
|MF ||'''11'''||[[Jan Ceulemans]]
|-
|FW ||'''9''' ||[[Erwin Vandenbergh]]
|-
|FW ||'''21'''||[[Alexandre Czerniatynski]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|FW ||'''13'''||[[François Van der Elst]] || || {{subon|46}}
|-
|DF ||'''14'''||[[Marc Baecke]] || || {{subon|87}}
|-
|MF ||'''17'''||[[René Verheyen]]
|-
|MF ||'''18'''||[[Raymond Mommens]]
|-
|GK ||'''22'''||[[Jacky Munaron]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=4|[[Guy Thys]]
|}
|}
{| width=50% style="font-size: 90%"
|
'''Assistant referees:'''
<br />[[Enrique Labo Revoredo]] ([[Peruvian Football Federation|Peru]])
<br />[[Gastón Castro]] ([[Football Federation of Chile|Chile]])
|}

===Belgium vs Soviet Union===
{{football box
|date=1 July 1982
|time=21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BEL}}
|score= 0–1
|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/spain1982/matches/match/783 Report]
|team2={{fb|URS}}
|goals2=[[Khoren Oganesian|Oganesian]] {{goal|48}}
|stadium=[[Camp Nou]], [[Barcelona]]
|attendance=45,000
|referee=[[Michel Vautrot]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])
}}

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 | title      = Belgium
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|}

{| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''22'''||[[Jacky Munaron]]
|-
|DF ||'''4''' ||[[Walter Meeuws]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|DF ||'''5''' ||[[Michel Renquin]]
|-
|DF ||'''3''' ||[[Luc Millecamps]]
|-
|DF ||'''15'''||[[Maurits De Schrijver]] || || {{suboff|65}}
|-
|MF ||'''10'''||[[Ludo Coeck]]
|-
|MF ||'''20'''||[[Guy Vandersmissen]] || || {{suboff|67}}
|-
|MF ||'''6'''||[[Franky Vercauteren]]
|-
|MF ||'''11'''||[[Jan Ceulemans]]
|-
|FW ||'''9''' ||[[Erwin Vandenbergh]]
|-
|FW ||'''17'''||[[René Verheyen]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|MF ||'''7'''||[[Jos Daerden]]
|-
|GK ||'''12'''||[[Theo Custers]]
|-
|MF ||'''18'''||[[Raymond Mommens]]
|-
|FW ||'''19'''||[[Marc Millecamps]] || || {{subon|65}}
|-
|FW ||'''21'''||[[Alexandre Czerniatynski]] || || {{subon|67}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=4|[[Guy Thys]]
|}
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Rinat Dasayev]]
|-
|SW ||'''3''' ||[[Aleksandre Chivadze]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|DF ||'''6''' ||[[Anatoliy Demyanenko]]
|-
|DF ||'''5''' ||[[Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha|Sergei Baltacha]]
|-
|DF ||'''14'''||[[Sergei Borovsky]]
|-
|MF ||'''8''' ||[[Volodymyr Bezsonov]] || {{yel|77}}
|-
|MF ||'''10'''||[[Khoren Oganesian]]
|-
|MF ||'''12'''||[[Andriy Bal]] || || {{suboff|87}}
|-
|FW ||'''7'''||[[Ramaz Shengelia]] || || {{suboff|90}}
|-
|FW ||'''9''' ||[[Yuri Gavrilov]]
|-
|FW ||'''11'''||[[Oleh Blokhin]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|DF ||'''2''' ||[[Tengiz Sulakvelidze]]
|-
|MF ||'''13'''||[[Vitaly Daraselia]] || || {{subon|87}}
|-
|FW ||'''15'''||[[Sergey Andreyev]]
|-
|FW ||'''16'''||[[Sergey Rodionov]] || || {{subon|90}}
|-
|GK ||'''22'''||[[Vyacheslav Chanov]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=4|[[Konstantin Beskov]]
|}
|}
{| width=50% style="font-size: 90%"
|
'''Assistant referees:'''
<br />[[Charles Corver]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
<br />[[António Garrido (referee)|António Garrido]] ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]])
|}

===Soviet Union vs Poland===
{{footballbox
|date=4 July 1982
|time=21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|team1={{fb-rt|URS}}
|score=0–0
|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/spain1982/matches/match/1058 Report]
|team2={{fb|POL}}
|stadium=[[Camp Nou]], [[Barcelona]]
|attendance=65,000
|referee=[[Bob Valentine (referee)|Bob Valentine]] ([[Scottish Football Association|Scotland]])
}}

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|-
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 | title      = Soviet Union
}}
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|}

{| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Rinat Dasayev]]
|-
|DF ||'''2''' ||[[Tengiz Sulakvelidze]]
|-
|DF ||'''3''' ||[[Aleksandre Chivadze]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])  || {{yel|38}}
|-
|DF ||'''5''' ||[[Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha|Sergei Baltacha]]  || {{yel|90}}
|-
|DF ||'''6''' ||[[Anatoliy Demyanenko]]
|-
|MF ||'''8''' ||[[Volodymyr Bezsonov]]
|-
|MF ||'''14'''||[[Sergei Borovsky]] || {{yel|87}}
|-
|MF ||'''9''' ||[[Yuri Gavrilov]] || || {{suboff|78}}
|-
|MF ||'''10'''||[[Khoren Oganesian]]
|-
|FW ||'''7'''||[[Ramaz Shengelia]] || || {{suboff|56}}
|-
|FW ||'''11'''||[[Oleh Blokhin]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|MF ||'''12'''||[[Andriy Bal]]
|-
|MF ||'''13'''||[[Vitaly Daraselia]] || || {{subon|78}}
|-
|FW ||'''15'''||[[Sergey Andreyev]]  || || {{subon|56}}
|-
|FW ||'''16'''||[[Sergey Rodionov]]
|-
|GK ||'''22'''||[[Vyacheslav Chanov]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=4|[[Konstantin Beskov]]
|}
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Józef Młynarczyk]]
|-
|SW ||'''10'''||[[Stefan Majewski]]
|-
|CB ||'''2''' ||[[Marek Dziuba]]
|-
|CB ||'''5''' ||[[Paweł Janas]]
|-
|CB ||'''9''' ||[[Władysław Żmuda]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CM ||'''8''' ||[[Waldemar Matysik]]
|-
|RW ||'''13'''||[[Andrzej Buncol]] || {{yel|65}}
|-
|AM ||'''3''' ||[[Janusz Kupcewicz]] || || {{suboff|51}}
|-
|LW ||'''20'''||[[Zbigniew Boniek]]  || {{yel|88}}
|-
|SS ||'''16'''||[[Grzegorz Lato]]
|-
|CF ||'''11'''||[[Włodzimierz Smolarek]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|DF ||'''4''' ||[[Tadeusz Dolny]]
|-
|DF ||'''12'''||[[Roman Wójcicki]]
|-
|MF ||'''15'''||[[Włodzimierz Ciołek]] || || {{subon|51}}
|-
|FW ||'''17'''||[[Andrzej Szarmach]]
|-
|GK ||'''21'''||[[Jacek Kazimierski]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|[[Antoni Piechniczek]]
|}
|}
{| width=50% style="font-size: 90%"
|
'''Assistant referees:'''
<br />[[Henning Lund-Sørensen]] ([[Danish Football Association|Denmark]])
<br />[[Clive White]] ([[The Football Association|England]])
|}

==See also==
*[[Belgium at the FIFA World Cup]]
*[[Poland at the FIFA World Cup]]
*[[Soviet Union at the FIFA World Cup]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/1982spain 1982 FIFA World Cup archive]
* [https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/2602c368daaad887/original/bn1ocpuvccw3txzmiut3-pdf.pdf Spain 1982 FIFA Technical Report: Statistical Details of the Matches pp. 134-136]

{{1982 FIFA World Cup}}

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