1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6
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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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) |
| 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) |
Notes
- Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
- All home matches of Northern Ireland were played in England instead.
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