1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

The 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 6 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Denmark, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Soviet Union and Switzerland.

The group was won by Denmark with the Soviet Union as the runners up. Both teams qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 8 5 1 2 17 6 +11 11 Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup 4–2 0–0 3–0 1–0
2  Soviet Union 8 4 2 2 13 8 +5 10 1–0 4–0 2–0 1–0
3   Switzerland 8 2 4 2 5 10 −5 8 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–1
4  Republic of Ireland 8 2 2 4 5 10 −5 6 1–4 1–0 3–0 0–0
5  Norway 8 1 3 4 4 10 −6 5 1–5 1–1 0–1 1–0
Source: [citation needed]


Results

Republic of Ireland 1–0 Soviet Union
Walsh 64' Report
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 27,070
Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)
Norway 0–1  Switzerland
Report Egli 3' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,139
Referee: Egon Sostarić (Yugoslavia)

Denmark 1–0 Norway
Elkjær 56' Report
Attendance: 45,400
Referee: Ronald Bridges (Wales)

Norway 1–1 Soviet Union
Thoresen 54' (pen.) Report Lytovchenko 74'
Attendance: 13,789

Norway 1–0 Republic of Ireland
Jacobsen 42' Report
Attendance: 15,379
Referee: Klaus Scheurell (East Germany)
Switzerland 1–0 Denmark
Barberis 42' Report
Attendance: 32,169
Referee: Neil Midgley (England)

Denmark 3–0 Republic of Ireland
Elkjær 26', 46'
Lerby 55'
Report
Attendance: 45,300
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Switzerland 2–2 Soviet Union
Bregy 43' (pen.)
Egli 90'
Report Gavrilov 36'
Demyanenko 80'
Attendance: 42,432
Referee: Bob Valentine (Scotland)

Republic of Ireland 0–0 Norway
Report
Attendance: 20,049
Referee: Lajos Nemeth (Hungary)

Soviet Union 4–0  Switzerland
Protasov 18', 39'
Kondratiev 44', 45'
Report
Attendance: 94,843
Referee: Roger Schoeters (Belgium)

Republic of Ireland 3–0  Switzerland
Stapleton 7'
Grealish 33'
Sheedy 57'
Report
Attendance: 16,918
Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)

Denmark 4–2 Soviet Union
Elkjær 16', 20'
M. Laudrup 61', 64'
Report Protasov 25'
Gotsmanov 68'
Attendance: 45,700

Switzerland 0–0 Republic of Ireland
Report
Attendance: 20,489

Soviet Union 1–0 Denmark
Protasov 50' Report
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Antonis Vassaras (Greece)

Denmark 0–0  Switzerland
Report
Attendance: 45,600
Referee: Joel Quiniou (France)

Soviet Union 2–0 Republic of Ireland
Cherenkov 61'
Protasov 90'
Report
Attendance: 99,643
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)
Norway 1–5 Denmark
Sundby 44' Report M. Laudrup 56'
Lerby 63' (pen.)
Elkjær 65'
Berggreen 75', 78'
Attendance: 18,326
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

Soviet Union 1–0 Norway
Kondratiev 58' Report

Republic of Ireland 1–4 Denmark
Stapleton 6' Report Elkjær 7', 76'
M. Laudrup 49'
Sivebæk 57'
Attendance: 14,933
Switzerland 1–1 Norway
Matthey 54' Report Sundby 40'
Attendance: 2,635
Referee: Ovadia Ben-Itzhak (Israel)

Goalscorers

8 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

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