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 one of the 9 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming the place in the finals.

Standings

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Bulgaria 6 4 2 0 13 3 +10 10
2  Portugal 6 2 3 1 10 6 +4 7
3  Northern Ireland 6 1 3 2 5 6 −1 5
4  Cyprus 6 1 0 5 1 14 −13 2

Matches

Portugal 4–0 Cyprus
Humberto Coelho 7'
Nené 17'
Artur Jorge 46'
Rui Jordão 81'		 Report
Referee: Loraux (Belgium)
Cyprus 0–1 Portugal
Report Chico Faria 36'
Referee: Chevorc (Romania)
Bulgaria 3–0 Northern Ireland
Bonev 18' (pen.), 85' (pen.)
Kolev 53'		 Report
Referee: Schulenburg (West Germany)
Cyprus 0–4 Bulgaria
Report Mihaylov 2'
Denev 15'
Bonev 17', 80'
Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)
Cyprus 1–0 Northern Ireland
Antoniou 88' Report
Referee: Bentu (Romania)
Northern Ireland 1–1 Portugal
O'Neill 18' Report Eusébio 84' (pen.)
Referee: Schiller (Austria)
Bulgaria 2–1 Portugal
Denev 38'
Bonev 60'		 Report Nené 74'
Referee: Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
Northern Ireland 3–0 Cyprus
Morgan 4'
Anderson 32', 44'		 Report
Referee: Jones (Wales)
Northern Ireland 0–0 Bulgaria
Report
Referee: Nyhus (Norway)
Portugal 2–2 Bulgaria
Quaresma 48'
Simões 89'		 Report Bonev 56', 65'
Referee: Taylor (England)
Portugal 1–1 Northern Ireland
Rui Jordão 34' Report O'Kane 68'
Referee: Ibanez (Spain)
Bulgaria 2–0 Cyprus
Kolev 2'
Denev 65'		 Report
Referee: Placek (Czechoslovakia)

Notes

  1. ^ Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
  2. ^ a b c All home matches of Northern Ireland were played in England due to The Troubles.