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

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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

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Republic of Ireland  1–0  Soviet Union
Walsh   64' Report
Attendance: 27,070
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

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

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

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