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) 

UEFA Cup topscorers in the 1980s

1979/80

7: Dieter Hoeneß (Bayern), Harald Nickel (2 PK, Mönchengladbach)

6: Atanas Mihaylov (1, Lokomotiv Sofia)

5: Harald Karger (Eintr. Frankfurt), Michel Platini (2), Johnny Rep (2, Saint-Étienne), 

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern)

1980/81

14: John Wark (5, Ipswich, photo)

9: Kees Kist (1, AZ '67 Alkmaar)

8: Dieter Müller (FC Köln)

7: Horst Hrubesch (Hamburger SV)

6: Bernard Genghini (Sochaux), Paul Mariner (Ipswich Town), Pier Tol (AZ '67 Alkmaar)

1981/82

9: Torbjörn Nilsson (IFK Göteborg)

5: Horst Hrubesch, Thomas von Heesen (Hamburger SV), Stig Fredriksson (4, IFK Göteborg),

 Friedhelm Funkel (Kaiserslautern), Dinos Kouis (2, Aris Saloniki), Ronny Martens (Beveren)

1982/83

8: Zoran Filipović (Benfica)

7: Erwin Vandenbergh (2, Anderlecht)

6: Alain Giresse (1, Bordeaux)

5: Hans-Peter Briegel (1, Kaiserslautern), Lozano (1), Kenneth Brylle (Anderlecht), 

Michel Decastel (Servette), Rudi Völler, Norbert Meier (Werder Bremen), Husref Musemić 

(FK Sarajevo), Nené (2, Benfica), Miroslav Příložný (1, Bohemians Prague)

 

1983/84

9: Tibor Nyilasi (Austria Vienna)

6: Kenneth Brylle (3, Anderlecht), Mark Falco (Tottenham), 

Yuriy Gavrilov (3, Spartak Moscow)

5: Steve Archibald (Tottenham), Marián Tomčák (1), Karol Březík (Inter Bratislava), 

Herbert Prohaska (3, Austria Vienna), Hans Richter (Lok Leipzig)

  

1984/85

7: Edin Bahtić (Željezničar), József Szabó (1, Videoton)

6: Gary Bannister (QPR)

5: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Inter), Santillana (Real Madrid), Marco van Basten (Ajax)

1985/86

9: Klaus Allofs (3, Köln)

8: Zlatko Vujović (2, Hajduk Split)

7: Jorge Valdano (Real Madrid)

6: Alessandro Altobelli (Inter), Danny Veyt (Waregem), Pietro Virdis (1, Milan)

 

1986/87

5: Peter Houtman (Groningen), Wim Kieft (1, Torino), Paulinho Cascavel 

(1, Vitória Guimarães), Jari Rantanen (IFK Göteborg)

4: Rob McDonald, Raphael Meade (Sporting CP), Miloš Bursać (Hajduk Split), 

John Clark (Dundee United), Antonio Comi (1, Torino), David Fairclough (Beveren), 

Uwe Rahn (1, Mönchengladbach)

1987/88

6: Kenneth Brylle (Club Brugge), Kálmán Kovács (Budapest Honvéd), 

Dimitris Saravakos (Panathinaikos)

5: Jan Ceulemans (Club Brugge), Preben Elkjær (2, Verona)

1988/89

6: Careca (Napoli), Torsten Gütschow (2, Dynamo Dresden)

5: Olaf Thon (1), Jürgen Wegmann (Bayern), Mike Galloway (Hearts), 

Ulf Kirsten (Dynamo Dresden)

Memory Lane: topscorers 1980-81 World Cup qualifiers Europe.

9: Kh. Rummenigge (West Germany)
7: Fischer (West Germany), Zlatko Vujović (Yugoslavia) 
6: Arnesen (Denmark)
5: Kaltz (West Germany), Platini (France), Vandenbergh (Belgium), Blokhin (Soviet Union), Smolarek (Poland), Kouis (Greece)
4: Slavkov (Bulgaria), Welzl (Austria), Ceulemans (Belgium), Shengelia (Soviet Union)
3: Schachner & Krankl (Austria), Littbarski (West Germany), Daley, Robinson & Stapleton (Ireland), Lacombe & Six (France), Andreyev (Soviet Union), Walsh (Wales), Nehoda & Kozák (Czechoslovakia), McDermott & Mariner (England), Fazekas & L. Kiss (Hungary), Sulser (Switzerland), J. Robertson (Scotland), Jordão (Portugal), Tabak (Israel), Streich (GDR), Halilhodžić (Yugoslavia), Elkjær (Denmark), Graziani (Italy)
2: Kostadinov (Bulgaria), Jara & Prohaska (Austria), Schuster & Breitner (West Germany), Lawrenson & Grealish (Ireland), A. Mühren & Van Kooten (Holland), Larios, Zimako & Soler (France), Sigurvinsson (Iceland), Gavrilov & Oganesian (Soviet Union), Giles, Flynn & L. James (Wales), Janecka & Vízek (Czechoslovakia), Woodcock & Brooking (England), Iordanescu (Romania), Hareide & Thoresen (Norway), Nyilasi & Balint (Hungary), Barberis (Switzerland), Humberto Coelho & Manuel Fernandes (Portugal), G. Armstrong (Northern Ireland), Damti (Israel), Schnuphase (GDR), Petrovic, Pantelic & Šurjak (Yugoslavia), Collovati, Bettega & Conti (Italy), Kostikos & Mavros (Greece)

In bold text: players scoring at least three goals in the 1982 World Cup.