1982 FIFA World Cup Group A

Group A was one of four groups of national teams competing in the second stage of the 1982 FIFA World Cup. The group's three matches were staged at the Nou Camp in Barcelona. The group consisted of three teams advancing from the first group stage: Group 1 winners Poland, Group 3 winners Belgium and Group 6 runners-up the Soviet Union.

Poland topped the group and advanced to the semi-finals, where they were defeated by eventual champions Italy.

Qualified teams

The winners of Group 1 and 3 and the runner-up of Group 6 qualified for Group A of the second round.

Group Winners
1  Poland
3  Belgium
Group Runners-up
6  Soviet Union

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Poland 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 3 Advance to knockout stage
2  Soviet Union 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 3
3  Belgium 2 0 0 2 0 4 4 0
Source: FIFA

Matches

Poland vs Belgium

Poland 3–0 Belgium
Boniek  4', 26', 53' Report
Attendance: 65,000
Poland
Belgium
GK1Józef Młynarczyk
SW9Władysław Żmuda (c)
DF2Marek Dziuba
DF5Paweł Janas
DF10Stefan Majewski
MF3Janusz Kupcewicz 82'
MF8Waldemar Matysik
MF13Andrzej Buncol
MF16Grzegorz Lato
FW20Zbigniew Boniek
FW11Włodzimierz Smolarek 48'
Substitutes:
DF4Tadeusz Dolny
MF14Andrzej Pałasz
MF15Włodzimierz Ciołek 82'
FW17Andrzej Szarmach
GK21Jacek Kazimierski
Manager:
Antoni Piechniczek
GK12Theo Custers
DF4Walter Meeuws (c)
DF5Michel Renquin
DF3Luc Millecamps
DF16Gerard Plessers 87'
MF8Wilfried Van Moer 46'
MF6Franky Vercauteren
MF10Ludo Coeck
MF11Jan Ceulemans
FW9Erwin Vandenbergh
FW21Alexandre Czerniatynski
Substitutes:
FW13François Van der Elst 46'
DF14Marc Baecke 87'
MF17René Verheyen
MF18Raymond Mommens
GK22Jacky Munaron
Manager:
Guy Thys

Assistant referees:
Enrique Labo Revoredo (Peru)
Gastón Castro (Chile)

Belgium vs Soviet Union

Belgium 0–1 Soviet Union
Report Hovhannisyan  48'
Attendance: 45,000
Belgium
Soviet Union
GK22Jacky Munaron
DF4Walter Meeuws (c)
DF5Michel Renquin
DF3Luc Millecamps
DF15Maurits De Schrijver 65'
MF10Ludo Coeck
MF20Guy Vandersmissen 67'
MF6Franky Vercauteren
MF11Jan Ceulemans
FW9Erwin Vandenbergh
FW17René Verheyen
Substitutes:
MF7Jos Daerden
GK12Theo Custers
MF18Raymond Mommens
FW19Marc Millecamps 65'
FW21Alexandre Czerniatynski 67'
Manager:
Guy Thys
GK1Rinat Dasayev
SW3Aleksandre Chivadze (c)
DF6Anatoliy Demyanenko
DF5Sergei Baltacha
DF14Sergei Borovsky
MF8Volodymyr Bezsonov 77'
MF10Khoren Hovhannisyan
MF12Andriy Bal 87'
FW7Ramaz Shengelia 90'
FW9Yuri Gavrilov
FW11Oleh Blokhin
Substitutes:
DF2Tengiz Sulakvelidze
MF13Vitaly Daraselia 87'
FW15Sergey Andreyev
FW16Sergey Rodionov 90'
GK22Vyacheslav Chanov
Manager:
Konstantin Beskov

Assistant referees:
Charles Corver (Netherlands)
António Garrido (Portugal)

Soviet Union vs Poland

Soviet Union 0–0 Poland
Report
Attendance: 65,000
Soviet Union
Poland
GK1Rinat Dasayev
DF2Tengiz Sulakvelidze
DF3Aleksandre Chivadze (c) 38'
DF5Sergei Baltacha 90'
DF6Anatoliy Demyanenko
MF8Volodymyr Bezsonov
MF14Sergei Borovsky 87'
MF9Yuri Gavrilov 78'
MF10Khoren Oganesian
FW7Ramaz Shengelia 56'
FW11Oleh Blokhin
Substitutes:
MF12Andriy Bal
MF13Vitaly Daraselia 78'
FW15Sergey Andreyev 56'
FW16Sergey Rodionov
GK22Vyacheslav Chanov
Manager:
Konstantin Beskov
GK1Józef Młynarczyk
SW10Stefan Majewski
DF9Władysław Żmuda (c)
DF5Paweł Janas
DF2Marek Dziuba
MF8Waldemar Matysik
MF13Andrzej Buncol 65'
MF3Janusz Kupcewicz 51'
FW16Grzegorz Lato
FW20Zbigniew Boniek 88'
FW11Włodzimierz Smolarek
Substitutes:
DF4Tadeusz Dolny
DF12Roman Wójcicki
MF15Włodzimierz Ciołek 51'
FW17Andrzej Szarmach
GK21Jacek Kazimierski
Manager:
Antoni Piechniczek

Assistant referees:
Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)
Clive White (England)

References

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