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1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

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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  Bulgaria 10 6 4 2 0 13 3 +10
2  Portugal 7 6 2 3 1 10 6 +4
3  Northern Ireland 5 6 1 3 2 5 6 −1
4  Cyprus 2 6 1 0 5 1 14 −13
29 March 1972 Portugal  4 – 0  Cyprus Lisbon, Portugal
Humberto Coelho 7'
Nené 17'
Artur Jorge 46'
Rui Jordão 81'		 Report Referee: Loraux (Belgium)
10 May 1972 Cyprus  0 – 1  Portugal Nicosia, Cyprus
Report Chico Faria 36' Referee: Chevorc (Romania)
18 October 1972 Bulgaria  3 – 0  Northern Ireland Sofia, Bulgaria
Bonev 18' (pen.), 85' (pen.)
Kolev 53'		 Report Referee: Schulenburg (West Germany)
19 November 1972 Cyprus  0 – 4  Bulgaria Limassol, Cyprus
Report Mihaylov 2'
Denev 15'
Bonev 17', 80'		 Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)
14 February 1973 Cyprus  1 – 0  Northern Ireland Nicosia, Cyprus
Antoniou 88' Report Referee: Bentu (Romania)
28 March 1973 Northern Ireland  1 – 1  Portugal Coventry, England[2]
O'Neill 18' Report Eusébio 84' (pen.) Referee: Schiller (Austria)
2 May 1973 Bulgaria  2 – 1  Portugal Sofia, Bulgaria
Denev 38'
Bonev 60'		 Report Nené 74' Referee: Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
8 May 1973 Northern Ireland  3 – 0  Cyprus London, England[2]
Morgan 4'
Anderson 32', 44'		 Report Referee: Jones (Wales)
26 September 1973 Northern Ireland  0 – 0  Bulgaria Sheffield, England[2]
Report Referee: Nyhus (Norway)
13 October 1973 Portugal  2 – 2  Bulgaria Lisbon, Portugal
Quaresma 48'
Simões 89'		 Report Bonev 56', 65' Referee: Taylor (England)
14 November 1973 Portugal  1 – 1  Northern Ireland Lisbon, Portugal
Rui Jordão 34' Report O'Kane 68' Referee: Ibanez (Spain)
18 November 1973 Bulgaria  2 – 0  Cyprus Sofia, Bulgaria
Kolev 2'
Denev 65'		 Report Referee: Placek (Czechoslovakia)

Notes

  1. ^ Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
  2. ^ a b c All home matches of Northern Ireland were played in England instead.
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