UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying Group 4

Standings and results for Group 4 of the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying tournament.

Group 4 consisted of Bulgaria, Norway, Wales and Yugoslavia. Group winners were Yugoslavia, who finished a point clear of second-placed Wales.

Final table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	6	3	2	1	12	11	+1	8
Wales	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	7
Bulgaria	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	5
Norway	6	1	2	3	7	8	−1	4


Bulgaria	–	2–2	1–0	0–1
Norway	1–2	–	0–0	3–1
Wales	1–0	1–0	–	1–1
Yugoslavia	3–2	2–1	4–4	–

Results

22 September 1982

Wales	1 – 0	Norway
Rush 30'	(Details)

Vetch Field, Swansea

Attendance: 4,340

Referee: Joël Quiniou (FRA)

13 October 1982

Norway	3 – 1	Yugoslavia
Tom Lund 5' Larsen Økland 67' Hareide 88'	(Details)	Savić 74'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 12,264

Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (POL)

27 October 1982

Bulgaria	2 – 2	Norway
Velichkov 13' Nikolov 68'	(Details)	Thoresen 17' (pen) Larsen Økland 66'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 22,300

Referee: Antonios Vassaras (GRE)

17 November 1982

Bulgaria	0 – 1	Yugoslavia
	(Details)	Stojković 36'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Paolo Casarin (ITA)

15 December 1982

Yugoslavia	4 – 4	Wales
Cvetković 14' Živković 17' Kranjčar 37' Ješić 66'	(Details)	Flynn 6' Rush 38' Jones 70' R.James 80'

Gradski Stadion, Titograd

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Alexis Ponnet (BEL)

27 April 1983

Wales	1 – 0	Bulgaria
Charles 72'	(Details)

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 9,006

Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (GDR)

7 September 1983

Norway	1 – 2	Bulgaria
Hareide 4'	(Details)	Mladenov 11' Sirakov 51'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 15,515

Referee: Heinz Fahnler (AUT)

21 September 1983

Norway	0 – 0	Wales
	(Details)

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 17,575

Referee: Vojtech Christov (TCH)

12 October 1983

Yugoslavia	2 – 1	Norway
Vujović 21' Sušić 40'	(Details)	Thoresen 89'

Stadion JNA, Belgrade

Attendance: 9,169

Referee: Adolf Prokop (GDR)

16 November 1983

Bulgaria	1 – 0	Wales
Gochev 54'	(Details)

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Dieter Pauly (FRG)

14 December 1983

Wales	1 – 1	Yugoslavia
R.James 54'	(Details)	Baždarević 81'

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Erik Fredriksson (SWE)

21 December 1983

Yugoslavia	3 – 2	Bulgaria
Sušić 31', 53' Radanović 90+1'	(Details)	Iskrenov 28' Dimitrov 60'

Gradski stadion u Poljudu, Split

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (ESP)

Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Safet Sušić	Yugoslavia	3
2	Arne Larsen Økland	Norway	2
	Åge Hareide	Norway
	Hallvar Thoresen	Norway
	Robbie James	Wales
	Ian Rush	Wales

1 goal

Squads

The following players made at least one appearance for their respective team in the qualifying campaign.

Bulgaria

Coach - Ivan Vutzov

Name	Position	Birth Date/Age at start of campaign	Games in campaign	Club
Georgi Velinov	GK	5 October 1957 (age 24)	3	CSKA Sofia
Borislav Mikhailov	GK	12 February 1963 (age 19)	3	Levski Sofia
Plamen Nikolov	DF	24 June 1957 (age 25)	3	Levski Sofia
Radoslav Zdravkov	DF	30 July 1956 (age 26)	6	CSKA Sofia
Nikolai Arabov	DF	14 November 1953 (age 28)	4	PFC Sliven
Atanas Marinov	DF	15 October 1958 (age 23)	1	Trakia Plovdiv
Vasil Tinchev	DF	21 September 1958 (age 23)	1	CSKA Sofia
Petar Petrov	DF	20 February 1961 (age 21)	4	Levski Sofia
Ruzin Kerimov	DF	15 July 1956 (age 28)	1 (as a sub)	CSKA Sofia
Angel Rangelov	DF	15 August 1952 (age 30)	1	Iraklis
Nikolai Grancharov	DF	20 April 1953 (age 29)	1	Levski Sofia
Georgi Dimitrov	DF	14 January 1959 (age 23)	3	CSKA Sofia
Georgi Iliev	DF	15 September 1956 (age 25)	2	CSKA Sofia
Sasho Borisov	MF	22 July 1955 (age 27)	3 (2 as sub)	Spartak Varna
Tsvetan Yonchev	MF	15 February 1956 (age 26)	3	CSKA Sofia
Ayan Sadakov	MF	26 September 1961 (age 20)	5 (1 as sub)	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Bozhidar Iskrenov	MF	1 August 1962 (age 20)	4 (2 as sub)	Vitosha Sofia
Rusi Gochev	MF	9 March 1958 (age 24)	3 (1 as sub)	Vitosha Sofia
Andrei Jeliazkov	MF	9 July 1952 (age 30)	1	Feyenoord
Georgi Yordanov	MF	21 July 1963 (age 20)	1	PFC Sliven
Antim Pehlivanov	MF	7 July 1959 (age 23)	1	Trakia Plovdiv
Tzvetan Danov	MF	27 June 1959 (age 23)	1	Botev Vratsa
Plamen Markov	MF	11 September 1957 (age 24)	1	CSKA Sofia
Stefan Naydenov	MF	16 August 1957 (age 25)	1 (as a sub)	Spartak Varna
Zhivko Gospodinov	MF	6 September 1957 (age 24)	3	Spartak Varna
Nasko Sirakov	ST	26 April 1962 (age 20)	3	Vitosha Sofia
Asen Mihailov	ST	20 November 1961 (age 20)	1	Spartak Varna
Georgi Slavkov	ST	11 September 1958 (age 23)	3 (2 as sub)	CSKA Sofia
Spas Dzhevizov	ST	27 September 1955 (age 26)	2 (1 as sub)	CSKA Sofia
Boycho Velichkov	ST	13 August 1958 (age 24)	2	Lokomotiv Sofia
Stoycho Mladenov	ST	12 April 1957 (age 25)	5	CSKA Sofia
Emil Spasov	ST	1 February 1956 (age 26)	1 (as a sub)	Levski Sofia

Norway

Coach - Tor Røste Fossen

Name	Position	Birth Date/Age at start of campaign	Games in campaign	Club
Per-Egil Nygård	GK	17 June 1954 (age 28)	3	Bryne FK
Tom R. Jacobsen	GK	20 February 1953 (age 29)	2	Vålerenga
Erik Thorstvedt	GK	28 October 1962 (age 20)	1	Eik-Tønsberg
Bjarne Berntsen	DF	21 December 1956 (age 25)	3	Viking
Terje Kojedal	DF	16 August 1957 (age 25)	6	HamKam
Åge Hareide	DF	23 September 1953 (age 28)	6	Norwich City
Anders Giske	DF	22 November 1959 (age 22)	1	Lillestrøm SK SK Brann
Svein Grøndalen	DF	8 February 1955 (age 27)	6	Moss FK
Erik Solér	MF	6 August 1960 (age 22)	6	Lillestrøm SK
Svein Fjælberg	MF	12 January 1959 (age 23)	2	Viking
Vidar Davidsen	MF	4 January 1958 (age 24)	5 (2 as sub)	Vålerenga
Roger Albertsen	MF	15 March 1957 (age 25)	3	Olympiacos
Kai Erik Herlovsen	MF	25 September 1959 (age 22)	3	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Arne Erlandsen	MF	20 December 1959 (age 22)	2 (1 as sub)	Djurgårdens IF Lillestrøm SK
Sverre Brandhaug	MF	22 June 1959 (age 23)	1 (as sub)	Rosenborg BK
Svein Mathisen	MF	30 September 1952 (age 29)	1	IK Start
Tom Sundby	MF	15 December 1960 (age 21)	1 (as sub)	Lyn Oslo Lillestrøm SK
Hallvar Thoresen	MF	12 April 1957 (age 25)	6	PSV Eindhoven
Stein Kollshaugen	ST	16 February 1956 (age 26)	2 (1 as sub)	Moss FK
Tom Lund	ST	10 September 1950 (age 31)	2	Lillestrøm SK
Arne Dokken	ST	27 August 1955 (age 26)	5	Panathinaikos Apollon Smyrnis
Isak Arne Refvik	ST	25 December 1956 (age 25)	2 (both as sub)	Viking
Arne Larsen Økland	ST	31 May 1954 (age 28)	3	Bayer Leverkusen RC Paris

Wales

Coach - Mike England

Name	Position	Birth Date/Age at start of campaign	Games in campaign	Club
Neville Southall	GK	16 September 1958 (age 23)	5	Everton
Dai Davies	GK	1 April 1948 (age 34)	1	Swansea City Tranmere Rovers
Joey Jones	DF	4 March 1955 (age 27)	6	Chelsea
Jeff Hopkins	DF	14 April 1964 (age 18)	3	Fulham
Kevin Ratcliffe	DF	12 November 1960 (age 21)	5	Everton
Nigel Stevenson	DF	2 November 1958 (age 23)	1	Swansea City
Paul Price	DF	23 March 1954 (age 28)	6	Tottenham Hotspur
Chris Marustik	MF	10 August 1961 (age 21)	1	Swansea City
Kenny Jackett	MF	5 January 1962 (age 20)	3	Watford
Peter Nicholas	MF	10 November 1959 (age 22)	4	Arsenal Crystal Palace
Nigel Vaughan	MF	20 May 1959 (age 23)	4 (1 as sub)	Newport County Cardiff City
Robbie James	MF	23 March 1957 (age 25)	6	Swansea City Stoke City
Brian Flynn	MF	12 October 1955 (age 26)	6	Burnley
Mickey Thomas	MF	7 July 1954 (age 28)	5	Stoke City
John Mahoney	MF	20 September 1946 (age 35)	1	Swansea City
Jeremy Charles	ST	26 September 1959 (age 22)	5 (all as sub)	Swansea City
Alan Curtis	ST	16 April 1954 (age 28)	1	Swansea City Southampton
Ian Rush	ST	20 October 1961 (age 20)	6	Liverpool
Gordon Davies	ST	3 August 1955 (age 27)	1	Fulham

Yugoslavia

Coach - Todor Veselinović

Name	Position	Birth Date/Age at start of campaign	Games in campaign	Club
Zoran Simović	GK	2 November 1954 (age 27)	3	Hajduk Split
Ratko Svilar	GK	6 May 1950 (age 32)	3	Royal Antwerp
Luka Peruzović	DF	26 February 1952 (age 30)	3	RSC Anderlecht
Nenad Stojković	DF	26 May 1956 (age 26)	4	FK Partizan
Slavoljub Nikolić	DF	31 January 1960 (age 22)	2	FK Radnički Niš
Zvjezdan Cvetković	DF	18 April 1960 (age 22)	3 (2 as sub)	Dinamo Zagreb
Zlatko Krmpotić	DF	7 August 1958 (age 24)	1	Red Star Belgrade
Miodrag Ješić	DF	30 November 1958 (age 23)	3 (1 as sub)	FK Partizan
Branislav Drobnjak	DF	16 March 1961 (age 21)	1	Budućnost Titograd
Mirza Kapetanović	DF	30 June 1959 (age 23)	1 (as sub)	FK Sarajevo
Milan Jovin	DF	13 December 1955 (age 26)	1	Red Star Belgrade
Nikica Klinčarski	DF	5 January 1957 (age 25)	1 (as sub)	FK Partizan
Srečko Katanec	DF	16 July 1963 (age 19)	2	NK Olimpija Ljubljana
Zoran Bojović	DF	26 November 1956 (age 25)	1	FK Radnički Niš
Ive Jerolimov	DF	30 August 1958 (age 23)	1	Hajduk Split
Ismet Hadžić	DF	7 July 1954 (age 28)	1	Dinamo Zagreb
Zoran Vujović	DF	26 August 1958 (age 23)	3	Hajduk Split
Nijaz Ferhatović	DF	12 March 1955 (age 27)	2	FK Sarajevo
Ljubomir Radanović	DF	21 July 1960 (age 22)	3	FK Partizan
Faruk Hadžibegić	DF	7 October 1957 (age 24)	3	FK Sarajevo
Aleksandar Trifunović	MF	13 May 1954 (age 28)	2	FK Partizan Ascoli
Mehmed Baždarević	MF	28 September 1960 (age 21)	2	Željezničar Sarajevo
Boško Ǵurovski	MF	28 December 1961 (age 20)	1 (as sub)	Red Star Belgrade
Vladimir Petrović	MF	1 July 1955 (age 27)	1	Arsenal Royal Antwerp
Safet Sušić	MF	13 April 1955 (age 27)	4	Paris Saint-Germain
Blaž Slišković	MF	30 May 1959 (age 23)	1	Hajduk Split
Dušan Pešić	MF	26 April 1955 (age 27)	1 (as a sub)	Hajduk Split
Mitar Mrkela	MF	10 July 1965 (age 17)	1 (as sub)	OFK Beograd Red Star Belgrade
Predrag Pašić	MF	18 October 1958 (age 23)	1 (as sub)	FK Sarajevo
Ivan Gudelj	MF	21 September 1960 (age 21)	6	Hajduk Split
Marko Mlinarić	MF	1 September 1960 (age 21)	2	Dinamo Zagreb
Zlatko Vujović	ST	26 August 1958 (age 23)	3	Hajduk Split
Stjepan Deverić	ST	20 August 1961 (age 21)	3	Dinamo Zagreb
Zvonko Živković	ST	31 October 1959 (age 22)	2	FK Partizan
Zlatko Kranjčar	ST	15 November 1956 (age 25)	1	Dinamo Zagreb
Dušan Savić	ST	1 June 1955 (age 27)	1	Sporting de Gijón Lille OSC
Sulejman Halilović	ST	14 November 1955 (age 26)	3 (2 as sub)	Dinamo Vinkovci

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