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  Bulgaria 106420133+10
2  Portugal 76231106+4
3  Northern Ireland 5613256−1
4  Cyprus 26105114−13
29 March 1972 Portugal 4 – 0 CyprusLisbon, Portugal
Humberto Coelho  7'
Nené  17'
Artur Jorge  46'
Rui Jordão  81'		 Report Referee: Loraux (Belgium)
10 May 1972 Cyprus 0 – 1 PortugalNicosia, Cyprus
Report Chico Faria  36' Referee: Chevorc (Romania)
18 October 1972 Bulgaria 3 – 0 Northern IrelandSofia, Bulgaria
Bonev  18' (pen.), 85' (pen.)
Kolev  53'		 Report Referee: Schulenburg (West Germany)
19 November 1972 Cyprus 0 – 4 BulgariaLimassol, Cyprus
Report Mihaylov  2'
Denev  15'
Bonev  17', 80'		 Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)
14 February 1973 Cyprus 1 – 0 Northern IrelandNicosia, Cyprus
Antoniou  88' Report Referee: Bentu (Romania)
28 March 1973 Northern Ireland 1 – 1 PortugalCoventry, England[2]
O'Neill  18' Report Eusébio  84' (pen.) Referee: Schiller (Austria)
2 May 1973 Bulgaria 2 – 1 PortugalSofia, Bulgaria
Denev  38'
Bonev  60'		 Report Nené  74' Referee: Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
8 May 1973 Northern Ireland 3 – 0 CyprusLondon, England[2]
Morgan  4'
Anderson  32', 44'		 Report Referee: Jones (Wales)
26 September 1973 Northern Ireland 0 – 0 BulgariaSheffield, England[2]
Report Referee: Nyhus (Norway)
13 October 1973 Portugal 2 – 2 BulgariaLisbon, Portugal
Quaresma  48'
Simões  89'		 Report Bonev  56', 65' Referee: Taylor (England)
14 November 1973 Portugal 1 – 1 Northern IrelandLisbon, Portugal
Rui Jordão  34' Report O'Kane  68' Referee: Ibanez (Spain)
18 November 1973 Bulgaria 2 – 0 CyprusSofia, Bulgaria
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. All home matches of Northern Ireland were played in England instead.
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