The arguably best WC qualifying group in history

1982 World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

             w d l goals pt      att

Belgium      5 1 2 12-9  11   41.703

France       5 0 3 20-8  10   45.195

Ireland      4 2 2 17-11 10   34.914

Netherlands  4 1 3 11-7   9   43.243

Cyprus       0 0 8  4-29  0    7.450

5 goals:

Erwin Vandenbergh (Bel), Michel Platini (Fra) 

4 goals:

Jan Ceulemans (Bel)

3 goals:

Gerry Daly, Michael Robinson, Frank Stapleton (Irl), Bernard Lacombe, Didier Six (Fra) 

2 goals:

Jean-François Larios, Gerard Soler, Jacques Zimako (Fra), Tony Grealish, Mark Lawrenson, Paul McGee (Irl), Arnold Mühren, Kees van Kooten (Ned) 

Top rated First Division players 1980/81

7,16 Frans Thijssen (Ipswich, left)
7,09 Osvaldo Ardiles (Tottenham)
7,08 Alan Evans (Aston Villa)
7,05 Arnold Mühren (Ipswich, right)
7,04 Jimmy Rimmer, Dennis Mortimer (Aston Villa), Mick Channon (Southampton)
7,03 Mark Wallington (Leicester), Tommy Hutchison (Man City), Graeme Souness (Liverpool)
7,01 Gerald Gow (Man City)
7,00 Jeffrey Wealands (Birmingham), Russel Osman, Alan Brazil (Ipswich), Steve Hunt (Coventry), Brian Horton (Brighton)

Roma ratings 1981/82

 

6,46 Bruno Conti
6,39 Falcão
6,37 Sebino Nela
6,30 Franco Tancredi
6,22 Luciano Marangon
6,21 Dario Bonetti
6,20 Agostino Di Bartolomei
6,14 Odoacre Chierico
6,13 Maurizio Turone
6,00 Maggiora, Ubaldo Righetti
5,97 Luciano Spinosi
5,88 Roberto Pruzzo
5,83 Paolo Giovannelli
5,72 Roberto Scarnecchia

Carlo Ancelotti was rated only four times (average 6,38).

Average ratings Liverpool 1980/81

6,66 Kenny Dalglish

6,51 Graeme Souness

6,48 Alan Kennedy

6,47 Ray Kennedy

6,37 Ray Clemence

6,36 Phil Thompson

6,35 Terry McDermott

6,29 Alan Hansen, Sammy Lee

6,27 Phil Neal

6,14 Avi Cohen

6,02 Richard Money

5,96 David Johnson

5,95 Jimmy Case, Steve Heighway

5,93 Colin Irwin

5,72 Ian Rush

 

Ticket prices in 1980/81

Fiorentina ratings 1981/82

 Ratings: Guerin Sportivo - La Stampa.

6,36 Daniele Massaro
6,35 Eraldo Pecci
6,34 Giovanni Galli
6,30 Roberto Galbiati
6,29 Pietro Vierchowod
6,28 Giancarlo Antognoni, Luciano Miani
6,26 Renzo Contratto
6,23 Francesco Casagrande
6,12 Paolo Monelli
6,10 Daniel Bertoni
6,08 Armando Ferroni
6,04 Luigi Sacchetti
5,92  Francesco Graziani
5,91 Antonello Cuccureddu

Brasileirão 1981 ranking by 'Placar'

 

Roma ratings 1981/82

 

6,46 Bruno Conti
6,39 Falcão
6,37 Sebino Nela
6,30 Franco Tancredi
6,22 Luciano Marangon
6,21 Dario Bonetti
6,20 Agostino Di Bartolomei
6,14 Odoacre Chierico
6,13 Maurizio Turone
6,00 Maggiora, Ubaldo Righetti
5,97 Luciano Spinosi
5,88 Roberto Pruzzo
5,83 Paolo Giovannelli
5,72 Roberto Scarnecchia

Carlo Ancelotti was rated only four times (average 6,38).

Barcelona ratings 1981/82

Ratings: El Mundo Deportivo.

4,14 Bernd Schuster
3,95 Allan Simonsen
3,62 Alexanco
3,53 Víctor
3,51 Sánchez
3,43 Manolo, Urruti, Moratalla
3,40 Olmo
3,30 Carrasco
3,28 Artola
3,20 Estella
3,18 Ramos
3,13 Zuviría
3,10 Quini
3,08 Geraldo
2,96 Esteban
2,93 Morán

Hamburger SV ratings 1981/82

 

Bundesliga matches only.

7,75 Felix Magath
7,69 Manfred Kaltz
7,68 Holger Hieronymus
7,50 Uli Stein
7,41 Lars Bastrup
7,33 Ditmar Jakobs
7,18 Thomas von Heesen
7,10 Jürgen Milewski    
7,06 Jimmy Hartwig
7,05 Caspar Memering
7,03 Jürgen Groh
6,97 Bernd Wehmeyer
6,87 Horst Hrubesch

Serie A: top rated players 1980/81

 

6,92 Ruud Krol (Napoli), Salvatore Di Somma (Avellino)
6,81 Falcão (Roma)
6,74 Franco Colomba (Bologna)
6,67 Herbert Neumann (Udinese), Agostino Di Bartolomei (Roma)
6,65 Luciano Castellini (Napoli)
6,63 Antonio Cabrini (Juventus)
6,58 Marco Tardelli (Juventus)
6,57 Gaetano Scirea (Juventus) 

Ratings: Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport-Stadio, Guerin Sportivo & Tuttosport.

Ipswich Town ratings 1980/81

League and UEFA Cup. Ratings: Match Weekly.

7,29 Frans Thijssen
7,24 Russell Osman
7,20 Terry Butcher
7,13 Arnold Mühren
7,07 Alan Brazil
7,06 John Wark
7,00 Paul Cooper
6,93 Paul Mariner
6,87 Mick Mills
6,82 Eric Gates
6,80 George Burley
6,62 Steve McCall
6,00 Kevin O'Callaghan     

Ranking Don Balón 1981/82

Ratings: Don Balón.

2,17 Tendillo (Valencia)
2,14 Arconada (Real Sociedad)
2,14 Stielike (Real Madrid)
2,11 Solsona (Valencia)
2,09 Canito (Español)
2,00 Camacho (Real Madrid)
2,00 Basauri (Osasuna)
1,96 López Ufarte (Real Sociedad)
1,91 Claudio (Sporting Gijón)
1,90 Lumbreras (Osasuna)
1,90 Alonso (Real Sociedad)


Ideal XI:
Arconada (R. Sociedad) - Camacho (R. Madrid), Liceranzu (Athletic), Tendillo (Valencia), Urquiaga (Athletic) - Solsona (Valencia), Stielike (R. Madrid), Alonso (R. Sociedad) - López Ufarte (R. Sociedad), Uralde (R. Sociedad), Rojo (Athletic).

Oggi 39 anni fa: settima giornata di Serie A con ranking dei giocatori

                risultato  spett   marcatori
Ascoli-Como           1-1  12961   35' Mandorlini (AS), 84' Tempestilli
Bologna-Cesena        0-0  26308
Catanzaro-Milan       3-0  22894   3' Bivi, 10' Borghi, 75' Mauro
Fiorentina-Torino     2-1  43135   33' Casagrande, 69' Bertoni, 90' Pulici
Inter-Genoa           0-0  42717   
Juventus-Roma         0-1  35278   49' Falcão
Napoli-Avellino       0-0  59364
Udinese-Cagliari      1-0  27136   63' Gerolin

Classifica : Juventus 12; Roma 11; Fiorentina e Inter 10; Catanzaro e
             Napoli 8; Bologna 7; Ascoli e Genoa 6; Avellino, Cagliari,
             Cesena, Milan, Torino e Udinese 5; Como 4.

Media-voto più alto:

7,08 Falcão (Roma)
6,92 Bonini (Juventus)
6,86 Zoff (Juventus)
6,79 Chierico (Roma)
6,75 Tardelli (Juventus)
6,71 Scirea (Juventus)

Ranking Primera División de Argentina 1981

Metropolitano y Nacional combinados. Calificaciones otorgadas por El Gráfico.

7,00 Enzo Trossero (Independiente)
6,75 Diego Maradona (Boca Juniors)
6,66 Jorge Olguín (Independiente)
6,65 Ubaldo Fillol (River Plate)
6,56 Roberto Mouzo (Boca Juniors)
6,51 Beto Alonso (River Plate)
6,50 Daniel Carnevali (Rosario Central)
6,49 Juan Domingo Rocchia (Ferro Carril Oeste)
6,45 Luis Galván (Talleres Córdoba), Daniel Passarella (River Plate)
6,36 Alberto Tarantini (River Plate), Carlos Goyén (Independiente)
6,30 Juan Carlos Bujedo (Vélez Sarsfield)
6,25 Carlos Babington (Huracán)
6,23 Ricardo Bochini (Independiente)

Ideal XI:
Fillol (River Plate) - F. Clausen (Independiente), Olguín (Independiente), Trossero Independiente), Tarantini (River Plate) -  C. A. Arregui (Ferro Carril Oeste), Marangoni (Huracán), Beto Alonso (River Plate), R. C. Rodríguez (Instituto Córdoba), Maradona (Boca Juniors), Julio César (Talleres Córdoba).

Brasileirão 1981 ranking by 'Placar'

 

Ranking Serie A 1981/82

 

6,89 Causio (Udinese)
6,87 Castellini (Napoli)
6,77 Krol (Napoli)
6,65 Falcão (Roma)
6,64 Martina (Genoa), Genzano (Cesena)
6,56 Conti (Roma)
6,55 Vierchowod, Pecci & Massaro (Fiorentina)
6,54 Furino (Juventus)
6,53 Di Somma (Avellino)
6,50 Gentile (Juventus), Braglia (Catanzaro)
6,48 Tardelli (Juventus)
6,47 Vandereycken (Genoa)
6,46 Cabrini (Juventus)
6,45 Nela (Roma), Schachner (Cesena)
6,41 Bruscolotti (Napoli), Gasparini (Ascoli)

Referees
6,88 Agnolin
6,85 D'Elia
6,84 Casarin
6,77 Mattei, Menegali

Ratings: Guerin Sportivo.

El ranking de El Gráfico Campeonato Metropolitano y Nacional 1981

 

7,00 Enzo Héctor Trossero (Independiente)
6,75 Diego Armando Maradona (foto, Boca Juniors)
6,66 Jorge Olguín (Independiente)
6,65 Ubaldo "Pato" Fillol (River Plate)
6,56 Roberto Mouzo (Boca Juniors)
6,51 Norberto "Beto" Alonso (River Plate)
6,50 Daniel Alberto Carnevali (Rosario Central)
6,49 Juan Domingo Rocchia (Ferro Carril Oeste)
6,45 Américo Rubén Galván (Talleres Córdoba)
6,45 Daniel Alberto Passarella (foto, River Plate)
6,36 Alberto Tarantini (River Plate)
6,36 Carlos Goyén (Independiente)
6,30 Juan Carlos Bujedo (Vélez Sarsfield)
6,25 Carlos Alberto Babington (Huracán)
6,23 Ricardo Enrique Bochini (Independiente)

Memory Lane: 1981 summer transfers.

K. Allofs : from Düsseldorf to Köln
Arnesen : Ajax-Valencia
Bagni : Perugia-Inter
Bajevic : AEK Athens-Velez Mostar
Bastrup : AGF Århus-Hamburger SV
Bonev : Lok. Plovdiv-AEK Athens
Bonini : Cesena-Juventus
Brehme : Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern
Causio : Udinese-Juventus
Clemence : Liverpool-Tottenham
Dossena : Bologna-Torino
Edström : Standard-Monaco
Fashanu : Norwich-Nottingham Forest
Filipovic : Club Brugge-Benfica
Geels : Sparta-PSV Eindhoven
Gerardo : Betis-Barcelona
Graziani : Torino-Fiorentina
Grobbelaar : Vancouver-Liverpool
Haan : Anderlecht - Standard
Jara : Schalke-Grasshoppers
H. Jensen : Ajax-AGF Århus
Jordan : Man United-Milan
Krankl : Barcelona-Rapid Vienna
Latchford : Everton-Swansea
Lienen : M'Gladbach-Bielefeld
Meeuws : Club Brugge-Standard
Mill : Essen-M'Gladbach
D. Müller : Köln-Stuttgart
Nela : Genoa-Roma
Nickel : M'Gladbach-FC Basel
B. Nielsen : Anderlecht-St-Étienne
C. Nielsen : M'Gladbach-Strasbourg
Okudera : Hertha BSC-Werder Bremen
J. Olsen : Næstved-Ajax
Pécout : FC Nantes-Monaco
Pétursson : Feyenoord-Anderlecht
Renquin : Standard-Anderlecht
Rensenbrink : Portland-Toulouse
Rincón : Real Madrid-Betis
P. Rossi : Vicenza-Juventus
H. Sánchez : Guadalajara-Atlético
Schachner : Austria Vienna-Cesena
Sigurvinsson : Standard-Bayern Munich
T. Thórdarsson : Öster Växjö-Lens
Thoresen : Twente-PSV Eindhoven
Tigana : Lyon-Bordeaux
Tychosen : M'Gladbach-Molenbeek
Vandereycken : Club Brugge-Genoa
Welzl : AZ'67-Valencia

Memory Lane: Serie A 1981/82.

6,89 Causio (Udinese)
6,87 Castellini (Napoli)
6,77 Krol (Napoli)
6,65 Falcão (Roma)
6,64 Martina (Genoa), Genzano (Cesena)
6,56 Conti (Roma)
6,55 Vierchowod, Pecci & Massaro (Fiorentina)
6,54 Furino (Juventus)
6,53 Di Somma (Avellino)
6,50 Gentile (Juventus), Braglia (Catanzaro)
6,48 Tardelli (Juventus)
6,47 Vandereycken (Genoa)
6,46 Cabrini (Juventus)
6,45 Nela (Roma), Schachner (Cesena)
6,41 Bruscolotti (Napoli), Gasparini (Ascoli)

Referees
6,88 Agnolin
6,85 D'Elia
6,84 Casarin
6,77 Mattei, Menegali

Ratings: Guerin Sportivo.