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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 |
| 2 |  |
7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 |
| 3 |  |
5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 |
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2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14 | −13 |
| 29 March 1972 | Portugal | 4 – 0 | | Lisbon, Portugal |
Humberto Coelho  Nené Artur Jorge Rui Jordão |
Report | Referee: Loraux (Belgium) |
| 18 October 1972 | Bulgaria | 3 – 0 | | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Bonev Kolev |
Report | Referee: Schulenburg (West Germany) |
| 19 November 1972 | Cyprus | 0 – 4 | | Limassol, Cyprus |
| Report | Mihaylov Denev Bonev |
Referee: Lo Bello (Italy) |
| 14 February 1973 | Cyprus | 1 – 0 | | Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Antoniou |
Report | Referee: Bentu (Romania) |
| 28 March 1973 | Northern Ireland | 1 – 1 | | Coventry, England[2] |
| O'Neill |
Report | Eusébio |
Referee: Schiller (Austria) |
| 2 May 1973 | Bulgaria | 2 – 1 | | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Denev Bonev |
Report | Nené |
Referee: Gugulović (Yugoslavia) |
| 8 May 1973 | Northern Ireland | 3 – 0 | | London, England[2] |
| Morgan Anderson |
Report | Referee: Jones (Wales) |
| 26 September 1973 | Northern Ireland | 0 – 0 | | Sheffield, England[2] |
| Report | Referee: Nyhus (Norway) |
| 13 October 1973 | Portugal | 2 – 2 | | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Quaresma Simões |
Report | Bonev |
Referee: Taylor (England) |
| 14 November 1973 | Portugal | 1 – 1 | | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Rui Jordão |
Report | O'Kane |
Referee: Ibanez (Spain) |
Notes
- Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
- All home matches of Northern Ireland were played in England instead.
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