Sunday, May 31, 2015

International Season- 1981/82-Part 1

July
The focus of the end of summer and Fall was the final phases of World Cup qualification for Spain in 1982.
Peru started its World Cup qualification by earning a tie in Colombia.
Poland toured West Germany and played many matches vs. local clubs.

Date: July 15, 1981
Competition: Copa Juan Pinto Durán 
Venue: Montevideo, Estadio Centenario
Uruguay 0-Chile 0

Date: July 22, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Helibronn
VfB Stuttgart (West Germany) 1-Poland 4  (Ilyas Tufekci 21 / Piotr Skrobowski 20, 33, Woldzimierz Smolarek 81, Andrzej Iwan 88)

Date: July 24, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Essen, West Germany
Trabzonspor (Turkey) 0-Poland 0  (pen 2-5)


Date: July 26, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: National Stadium, Suva
Fiji 1-Australia 4  (Vuilanassa 83 / Gary Cole 4, 31, Murray Barnes 10,  Peter Sharne 28)

Date: July 26, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Darmstadt
Darmstadt (West Germany) 1-Poland 3  (  )

Date: July 26, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: National Stadium, Suva
Colombia 1-Peru 1   (Hernan Dario Herrera 65 / Guillermo La Rosa 85)

Date: July 29, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Lohne
Lohne (West Germany) 2-Poland 7  (  )

Date: July 29, 1981
Competition: Nordic Cup
Venue: Halmstad-Örjans Vall 
Sweden 1-Finland 0  (Karl Gunnar Björklund 16)

Photo from: Onze, Hors Serie 12
(Wlodzimierz Smolarek, July 22, 1981, VfB Stuttgart 1-Poland 4)

August

The Asian Zone continued its qualifiers with Australia in action.
New Zealand set a new goalscoring record in World Cup qualifiers by defeating Fiji 13-0. The previous record belonged to West Germany who scored 12 goals vs. Cyprus in 1969.
The Uruguay Federation ordered Penarol back from tour to have its players at the disposal of the national team. Uruguay Manager Roque Maspoli had threatened to resign with his entire staff if Penarol did not provide the called up  players.
Peru gained ground in its qualification group by defeating Colombia at home and Specially Uruguay away.
This home defeat would cost Uruguay dearly, who felt they were favored in the group after having triumphed in the Mundialito Tournament in januey.
Romania played a friendly vs. Borussia Dortmund, after which Romania’s Marcel Radacanu defected and stayed at Dortmund until 1988.
France played a club side, West Germany’s VfB Stuttgart, as its traditional curtain raiser for the season, this match is remembered for France’s Captain Michel Platini being constantly jeered and heckled by the home crowd to the point that Michel Hidalgo had no choice but to substitute him.
Defending World Cup Champions Argentina toured by playing vs. club sides.



Date: August 1, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Moscow
USSR 4-Atletico Madrid (Spain) 2  (Oleg Blokhin 46, 49, 57, Sergei Baltacha 86 / Pedro Pablo 43, Cabrera 54)

Date: August 1, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Dormund
Borussia Dortmund (West Germany) 2-Romania 2  (Rudiger Ambramczik 81, Bernd Klotz 84 / Anghel Iordanescu 25, Rodion Camataru 51)


Date: August 4, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Taipei  
Taiwan 0-Fiji 0  


Date: August 5, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Lima- Estadio Nacional
Peru 1-Chile 2   (Jorge Olachea 4 / Carlos Caszely 3, 19)

Date: August 6, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Lisbon
SL e Benfica (Portugal) 0-Hungary 3   (   )

Date: August 8, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Lisbon
Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) 1-Hungary 1   (   )

Date: August 8, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Valencia-Estadio Luis casanova
Valencia CF (Spain) 3-Honduras 0   ( Enrique Saura 33, 61, Pablo 39 pen  )

Date: August 9, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Montevideo- Estadio Centenario 
Uruguay 3-Colombia 2   (Ruben Paz 20, Julio Cesar Morales 79, 87 / Pedro Sarmiento 41, Hernan Dario Herrera 58)


Date: August 10, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Djakarta
Indonesia 3-Fiji 3   (Choy (own goal), Budi, Ridianto / Williams, Tewny, Vuilabasa)

Date: August 12, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Brussels, Belgium
SV Hamburg (West Germany) 0-Czechoslovakia 0   (pen 5-2


Date: August 12, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Uddevalla- Rimnersvallen Stadion
Sweden 1-Bulgaria 0   (Thomas Sjöberg 74)

Date: August 12, 1981
Competition: Nordic Cup
Venue: Tammela, Tammerfors
Finland 1-Denmark 2   (Ari Valvee 17 / John Lauridsen 27, Henrik Eigenbrod 84)

Date: August 12, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Oslo- Ullevaal Stadion
Norway 2-Nigeria 2   (Paal Jacobsen 18, Tom Lund 77 / Owalabi, Ogunlana)

Date: August 13, 1981
Competition: Trofeo Principe Felipe
Venue: Santander-Estadio Sardinero
Real Valladolid (Spain) 2-Honduras 0 (Suarez 84, Jorge 89)

Date: August 14, 1981
Competition: Trofeo Principe Felipe
Venue: Santander-Estadio Sardinero
Slovan Bratislava (Czechoslovakia) 1-Honduras 1 (Hlavati 76 pen / David Buezo 3, pen 3-1)

Date: August 14, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Olympic Park, Melbourne
Australia 10-Fiji 0   (David Mitchell 28, 43, 80, Gary Cole 37, 43, 54, 63, 70, 71, 76)

Date: August 14, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Brussels
RWD Molenbeek (Belgium) 2-Czechoslovakia 2 (pen 4-5)

Date: August 14, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Reykjavik -Laugardalsvöllur  
Iceland 0-Manchester City FC (England) 2 (Kevin Reeves 34, Dennis Tueart 75)

Date: August 16, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Lima- Estadio Nacional
Peru 2-Colombia 0  (Geranimo Barbadillo 5, Julio Cesar Uribe 70 pen)

Date: August 16, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Auckland
New Zealand 13-Fiji 0  (Steve Sumner (6), Grant Turner (2), Brian Turner (2), Duncan Cole, Steve Wooddin, Keith Mackay)

Date: August 18, 1981
Competition: 80th Anniversary of Czechoslovakia Federation
Venue: Prague (Strahov)
Czechoslovakia 4-Europe XI 0   (Jan Kozak 35, 80, Zdenek Nehoda 68, 72)


Date: August 18, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Paris- Parc des Princes
France 1-VfB Stuttgart (West Germany) 3   (Alain Giresse 68 /  Marius Tresor (own goal) 26, Bernd Martin 32, Walter Kelsch 63)

Date: August 19, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Vigo, Estadio Municipal de Balaidos
Celta Vigo (Spain) 0-Honduras 1 (Francuisco Javier Toledo 50)

Date: August 22, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Barcelona
RCD Espanol (Spain) 2-Honduras 1   (Carlos 22, 30 / Urquia 37)

Date: August 22, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Brussels
Belgium 5-Independiente (Argentina) 1   (Wilfried van Moer 2, Rene vandereycken 27, Barberon (own goal) 52, Jan Ceulemans 63, Alex Czerniatinski 71 / Antonio Alzamanedi 66)

Date: August 22, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Valencia-Estadio Luis Casanova


Date: August 22, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Reykjavik -Laugardalsvöllur  
Iceland 3-Nigeria 0   (Arni Sveinsson 5, Larus Guðmundsson 65, Marteinn Geirsson 70)

Date: August 23, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Montevideo- Estadio Centenario
Uruguay 1-Peru 2  (Waldemar Victorino 65 / Guillermo La Rosa 40, Julio Cesar Uribe 47)


Date: August 25, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Alicante
Hercules CF (Spain) 0-Argentina 2   (Ramon Diaz 33, 48)

Date: August 25, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Barcelona
Gremio (Brazil) 2-Honduras 0   (Tarciso 17, Flavio 49)

Date: August 26, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Madrid
Atletico Madrid (Spain) 1-Honduras 1   (Ruiz 63 / Hector Zelaya 69, pen 2-3)


Date: August 26, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Santiago -Estadio Nacional

Date: August 26, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Copenhagen -Idrætsparken  
Denmark 3-Iceland 0   (Lars Lundkvist 12, Allan Simonsen 35, 39pen)

Date: August 28, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Madrid
Independiente (Argentina) 2 -Honduras 0   (Francisco Javier Toledo (own goal) 14, Alejandro Barberon 39)

Date: August 29, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Firenze (Florence)-Stadio Artemio Franchi
AC Fiorentina (Italy) 3-Argentina 5    (Francesco Casagrande 26, Daniele Massaro 29, Daniel Bertoni 52 / Daniel Passarella 48, 57 pen-Juan Barbas 66, Diego Maradona 68 ,70)


Date: August 30, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Suribaya, Indonesia
Indonesia 1-Australia 0 (Risdianto 88)


Photo From: Onze, Hors Serie 12, 1982
(William Hartwig and Zdenek Nehoda, August 12, 1981, SV Hamburg 0-Czechoslovakia 0)

Photo From: Foot Magazine, Issue 11, March 1982
(Johann Boskamp, August 14, 1981, RWD Molenbeek 2-Czechoslovakia 2)


Photo From : Mondial, new series, issue 18, September 1981
(Gunther Schafer and Didier Six, August 18, 1981, France 1-VfB Stuttgart 3)

Photo From :  Foot Magazine, Issue 9, January 198
(Frankie Vercauteren, August 22, 1981, Belgium 5-Independiente 1)


Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 20, November 1981
(August 23, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, Uruguay 1-Peru 2)

September
The final phase of Qualification from the European zone started this month. Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard made their debuts for the Dutch national team in a friendly vs. Switzerland (Gullit replaced Rijkaard for the second half).
In the days leading up to the match, Ajax Amsterdam officials complained that Frank Rijkaard, Wim Kieft and Keje Molenaar were too young to be selected for the national team.
The Bernd Schuster rift with the German National team continued, when in a newspaper  interview, he accused Breitner and Rummenigge of running the team and maninpulating Juup Derwall.
Derwall tried in vain to get in contact with Schuster for an explanation but could not.
He indefinitely suspended Schuster from the team.
Bernd Dietz also questioned the inclusion of Breitner, claiming that he would bring disharmony within the squad.
Derwall dropped Dietz from the Poland match (that the Germans won) as well, effectively ending his international career.
Poland was able to lineup the reprieved suspended players from the previous season: Zbigniew Boniek, Jozef Mlynarczyk and Wladyslaw Zmuda.
Peru tied Uruguay at home to still maintain the upper hand in qualification.
Czechoslovakia defeated Wales in a key matchup. This was wales’ first defeat in the qualifiers. Czechoslovakia’s Zdenek Nehoda earned his record 78th cap in this match.
USSR for its part defeated Turkey at home in only its third match of the qualifications. Wales lead the group, though they had played more matches than USSR and Czechoslovakia.
Belgium became the first nation to qualify from Europe by defeating France at home, in a match where Michel Platini’s deployment as a striker was criticized.
While in the same group, Holland lost ground by only tying Republic of Ireland at home.
Yugoslavia continued its march towards the Finals by defeating Denmark away.
Norway inflicted on England one of its most humiliating defeats at Oslo that could have cost England qualification.
England still lead the group but only had one match remaining, while Romania and Hungary had 3 and 4 more matches respectively.
At the end of the month, West Germany maintained its one hundred percent record by defeating Finland 7 to 1, with Rummenigge scoring a hat trick and the returning Paul Breitner chipped in with two.
Scotland got closer with a key win vs. Sweden and led the group by 4 points over Northern Ireland with two matches remianing.
The final phase of Asian qualification began with a scoreless tie between China and New Zealand.


Date: September 1, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Barcelona-Estadio Nou Camp       
FC Barcelona (Spain) 1-Argentina 0   (Allan Simonsen)


Date: September 1, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Zurich - Hardturm Stadium
Switzerland 2-Holland 1   (Lucien Favre 60, Angelo  Elia 70 / Johnny Metgod 77)

Date: September 2, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Hong Kong
Caroline Hill (Hong Kong) 0-Australia 6   (Dennis Colusso, Peter Raskopoulos, David Mitchell 2, Mark Koussas, John Little)

Date: September 2, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Kotka- Sport Centre
Finland 2-Albania 1  (Leo Houtsonen 61 , Keijo Kousa 85 / Targaj Muhedin 47pen)


Date: September 2, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Chorzów, Silesian Stadium
Poland 0-West Germany 2   (Klaus Fischer 60, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 71)


Date: September 6, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Taipei, Taiwan
Taiwan 0-Australia 0 

Date: September 6, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Lima- Estadio Nacional

Date: September 9, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Prague (Strahov)
Czechoslovakia 2-Wales 0  (William Stevenson (own goal) 26, Werner Licka 68)

Date: September 9, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Bucuresti -Stadionul 23 August        
Romania 1-Bulgaria 2   (Ilie Balaci 43pen / Tzevetan Yoncev 57, Kostadin Kostadinov 73)


Date: September 9, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Brussels- Heizelstadion
Belgium 2-France 0  (Alex Czerniatynski 24, Erwin Vandenbergh 83)

Date: September 9, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Copenhagen -Idrætsparken  
Denmark 1-Yugoslavia 2 (Preben Elkjaer 71 / Zlatko Vujovic 48, Vladimir Petrovic 62)

Date: September 9, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Oslo- Ullevaal Stadion
Norway 2-England 1 (Roger Albertsen 35, Hallvar Thoresen 41 / Bryan Robson 15)


Date: September 9, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Rotterdam-De Kuip
Holland 2-Republic of Ireland 2   (Frans Thijssen 11, Arnold  Muhren 65pen / Michael Robinson 40, Frank Stapleton 71)

Date: September 9, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Reykjavik -Laugardalsvöllur
Iceland 2-Turkey 0  (Larus Guðmundsson 20, Atli Eðvaldsson 66)


Date: September 9, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Glasgow- Hampden Park
Scotland 2-Sweden 0   (Joe Jordan 21, John Robertson 80pen)

Date: September 13, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Bogotá- El Campín
Colombia 1-Uruguay 1  (Hernan Dario Herrera 12pen- Waldemar Victorino 42)

Date: September 20, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue:
Venezuela 1-Cuba 0   (Castillo)

Date: September 22, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Luxembourg
Luxembourg 0-West Germany ‘B’ 1   (Ronald Worm 7)

Date: September 23, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Vienna-Praterstadion
Austria 0-Spain 0   

Date: September 23, 1981
Competition: Unofficial Friendly
Venue: Maceió - Estádio Rei Pelé (Trapichão)  
Brazil 6-Republic of Ireland XI 0    (Éder 5, Roberto Dinamite 20 , Zico 70, 71 pen, 77,  83)


Date: September 23, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Bologna-Stadio Comunale  
Italy 3-Bulgaria 2   (Francesco Graziani 39, 58, Giuseppe Dossena 75 / Stoicho Mladenov 84, Giuseppe Dossena (own goal) 89)

Date: September 23, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Bogotá- El Campín
Iceland 1-Czechoslovakia 1   (Petur Ormslev 6 / Jan Kozak 72)

Date: September 23, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Copenhagen -Idrætsparken  
Denmark 2-Norway 1   (Preben Elkjær 19, Frank Arnesen 67 pen /   Terje Køjedal 62)

Date: September 23, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Bochum- RuhrStadion
West Germany 7-Finland 1 (Klaus Fischer 11, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 42, 60, 72, Paul Breitner 54, 67, Wolfgang Dremmler 83 / Hannu Turunen 41)

Date: September 23, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Thessaloniki-Charilaou (Aris)
Greece 2-Sweden 1   (Nikos Anastopoulos 16, Constantinos Kouis 72 / Thomas Larsson 78)

Date: September 23, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Bucuresti -Stadionul 23 August

Date: September 23, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Lisbon -Estadio Jose de Alvalade (Sporting)
Portugal 2-Poland 0   (Nené 48, Shéu Han 53)


Date: September 23, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Moscow-The Central V.I.Lenin's Stadium
USSR 4-Turkey 0  (Aleksandr Chivadze 4, Anatoli Demianenko 20, Oleg Blokhin 26, Ramaz Chengelia 49)


Date: September 24, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Beijing


Photo From : Mondial, new series, issue 23, February 1982
(Diego Maradona , September 1, 1981, Barcelona 1-Argentina 0)

Photo From: Onze, Hors Serie 13, 1982
(French goalkeeper Pierrick Hiard, Alex Czerniatinksi, Phillipe Mahut and Erwin vandenbergh , September 9, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, Belgium 2-France 0)

Photo From: Start 1981 №39
(September 9, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, Czechoslovakia 2-Wales 0)


Photo From: France Football, Issue 1849, September 15, 1981
(Liam Brady , September 9, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, Holland 2-Republic of Ireland 2)

Photo From : World Soccer , October 1981
(Tom Lund and Bryan Robson, September 9, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, Norway 2-England 1)


Photo From : Mondial, new series, issue 23, February 1982
(Hans-Peter Briegel and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge , September 23, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, West Germany 7-Finland 1)


Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 20, November 1981
(Anghel Iordanescu, Rdion Camataru, Laszlo Sallai and Imre Garaba , September 23, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, Romania 0-Hungary 0)


Photo From: Футбол - Футбол-Хоккей, Issue 39, September 27, 1981
(Aleksandr Chivadze , September 23, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, USSR 4-Turkey 0)

October
The final phase of Asian qualification continued with New Zealand getting a key win vs. China, but losing to Kuwait.
Poland qualified for its third straight World Cup by defeating rivals East Germany away.
Algeria qualified for its first ever World Cup by eliminating Nigeria in the final round playoff for the African zone.
Koln’s young star Pierre Littbarski celebrated his international debut by scoring twice vs. Austria in Vienna as West Germany maintained its perfect qualification record and qualified for the finals.
Republic of Ireland defeated France in Dublin to maintain some hope. Young AS Monaco winger Bruno Bellone celebrated his debut with a goal.
France were missing Dominique Rocheteau and Jean Tigana through injuries.
In the same group, Holland defeated already neighbors Belgium (3-0) to also maintain some hope. Holland had recalled Johann Neeskesns from NY Cosmos after three years away.
Belgium and Republic of Ireland completed all their qualification matches, Holland was left with one match and France with two.
These two results made it imperative for France to defeat Holland the next month to have any chance of qualifying and step ahead of the current group runner-up Ireland.
Hungary defeated Switzerland and Norway at the end of the month to lead the group with matches remainig. The battle for the second spot was now between England and Romania.
Romania was defeated at home by Switzerland and dented its qualification hopes. After the match, Romania’s coaching triumvirate led by Valentin Stanescu  was dismissed.
Mircea Lucescu was appointed as the new coach of Romania.
Wales lost an important point by tying Iceland at home, with one match remaining in their schedule they still lead, however, the stronger teams of USSR and Czechoslovakia appeared the likely qualifiers from the group with more matches still in their schedule.
USSR defeated Czechsolovakia at the end of the month in a key match.
Italy gained a key point at Yugoslavia with Roberto Bettega netting his last goal for Italy. Italy goalkeeper and Captain Dino Zoff earned his record equaling 94th cap for Italy.
Portugal were surprisingly beaten by Sweden at home and were eliminated. Israel compounded on their misery by defeating them heavily (1-4).
At this stage Sweden was the runner-up behind Scotland in the group, however, they had completed their matches and Northern Ireland had a chance with one match remaining.
World Cup hosts Spain played Luxembourg for the first time ever in a friendly.
Argentina lost at home for the first time in three years in a friendly to Poland, though the focus was on the absence of Diego Maradona.
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Date: October 3, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Auckland
New Zealand 1-China 0   (Ricki Herbert 45 )

Date: October 5, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Balzers
Liechtenstein 1-Malyasia 0   (L. Sklarski)


Date: October 6, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Tel Aviv- Ramat Gan
Israel 0-Eintracht Frankfurt (West Germany) 3   (   )

Date: October 6, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue:

Date: October 7, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: İzmır -Kemal Atatürk Stadyumu
Turkey 0-USSR 3   (Ramaz Chengelia 17, Oleg Blokhin 33, 54)

Date: October 6, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Zurich
Swizterland 2-Switzerland U-21 3   (Andy Egli 35, Georges Bregy 37 / Kundert 8, Koller 18, Luthi 32 )

Date: October 10, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Vienna
Austria 6-VfB Modling (Austria) 1   (Max Hagmayr 3 goals, Hans Krankl, Kurt Jara, Bernd Krauss / ??)

Date: October 10, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Leipzig, Zentralstadion
East Germany 2-Poland 3    (Rudiger Schnuphase 57 pen, Joachim Streich 67 / Andrzej Szarmach 2, Wlodzimierz Smolarek 5, 61)

Date: October 10, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Auckland
New Zealand 1-Kuwait 2   (Steve Wooddin 23 / Al Dakheel 47 pen, J.Yacoub 82)


Date: October 10, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Bucuresti -Stadionul 23 August
Romania 1-Switzerland 2   (Ilie Balaci 56 / Giampietro Zappa 68, Robert Lüthi 75)

Date: October 10, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Lagos
Nigeria 0-Algeria 2   (Djamel Zidane 44 Lakhdar Belloumi 34)

Date: October 14, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Rotterdam-De Kuip
Holland 3-Belgium 0 (Johnny Metgod 5, Kees Van Kooten 26, Ruud Geels 54)

Date: October 14, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Tirana- Qemal Stafa
Albania 0-Bulgaria 2    (Georgi Slavkov 50,  Stoicho Mladenov 83)

Date: October 14, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Vienna-Praterstadion
Austria 1-West Germany 3  (Walter Schachner 15 / Pierre Littbarski 17, 78, Felix Magath 20)

Date: October 14, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Thessaloniki- Kaftantzoglio (Iraklis)
Greece 2-Denmark 3  (Nikos Anastopoulos 57,  Constantinos Kouis 85 / Soren Lerby 6, Frank Arnesen 28, Preben Elkjaer 62)

Date: October 14, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Dublin- Lansdowne Road
Republic of Ireland 3-France 2   (Phillipe Mahut (own goal) 3, Frank Stapleton 23, Michael Robinson 40 / Bruno Bellone 9, Michel Platini 83)

Date: October 14, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Budapest- Nepstaditon
Hungary 3-Switzerland 0  (Tibor Nyilasi 23, 50, Laszlo Fazekas 59)

Date: October 14, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Swansea, Vetch Field
Wales 2-Iceland 2    (Robert James 24, Alan Curtis 54 / Asgeir Sigurvinsson 41, 61)


Date: October 14, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Valencia -Estadio Luis Casanova
Spain 3-Luxembourg 0   (Luis Lopez Ufarte 68,82, Enrique Saura 75)


Date: October 14, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Belfast -Windsor Park
Northern Ireland 0-Scotland 0    

Date: October 14, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Lisbon- Estadio da Luz
Portugal 1-Sweden 2  (Minervino Pietra 65 / Thomas Larsson 38,  Tony Persson 90)

Date: October 17, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Belgrade, Stadion Crvene Zvezde (Red Star)
Yugoslavia 1-Italy 1 (Zlatko Vujovic 9 / Roberto Bettega 33)

Date: October 18, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Beijing
China 3-Kuwait 0  (Rong Zhihang 24, Gu Guanming 28, Shen Xiangfu 59)


Date: October 24, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Tunis -Zouiten
Tunisia 0-Malta 1   (Simon Tortell 62)

Date: October 28, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Tbilisi –Dinamo Stadion
USSR 2-Czechoslovakia 0   (Ramaz Shengelia 28, 46)


Date: October 28, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Buenos Aires -Antonio Vespuci Alberti (El Monumental)
Argentina 1-Poland 2  (Daniel Passarella 42 / Andrzej Buncol 55, Zbigniew Boniek 70)  

Date: October 28, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Porto Alegre - Estádio Olímpico Monumental 
Brazil 3-Bulgaria 0   (Roberto Dinamite 29, Zico 55 pen,  Leandro 72)

Date: October 28, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Tel Aviv- Ramat Gan
Israel 4-Portugal 1   (Beni Tabak 6, 18, 30, Gidi Damti 14 / Rui Jordao 8)

Date: October 28, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Riyadh
Saudi Arabia 1-Sweden 2   (??? / Thomas Larsson 23, 83)    

Date: October 30, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Constantine
Algeria 2-Nigeria 1   (Lakhdar Belloumi 9, Rabah Madjer 85 / Owolou 40)


Date: October 31, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Budapest- Nepstaditon
Hungary 4-Norway 1   (Laszlo Balint 12, Laszlo Kiss 60, 85, Laszlo Fazekas 79 / Tom Lund 35)


Photo From:  Mondial, New series, issue 21, December 1981
(October 3, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, New Zealand 1-China 0)


Photo : from Onze, Hors Serie 12, 1982
(Duncan Cole, October 10, 1981, World cup Qualifier, New Zealand 1-Kuwait 2)

Photo From : Onze, Issue 71, November 1981
(Frank Baum and Wlodzimierz Smolarek, October 10, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, East Germany 2-Poland 3)


Photo From : Onze, Issue 71, November 1981
(Rene Botteron, October 10, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, Romania 1-Switzerland 2)

Photo From : Mondial, new series, issue 23, February 1982
(Karl-Heinz Rummenigge , October 14, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, Austria 1-West Germany 3)


Photo From:  Onze, Issue 73, January 1982
(Maxime Bossis and Liam Brady, October 14, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 3-France 2)

Photo From:  Mondial, New series, issue 21, December 1981
(Gordon Strachan and Sammy McIllroy, October 14, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, Northern Ireland 0-Scotland 0)

Photo From: de Internationals, de Historie van Oranje, Authors Matty Verkamman, Henri van der Steen, John Volkers
(Ruud Geels, October 14, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, Holland 3-Belgium 0)

Photo From : Onze, Hors Serie 12, 1982
(Marco Tardelli and Edhem Sljivo, October 17, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, Yugopslavia 1-Italy 1)

Photo From : Onze, Issue 72, December 1981
(Waldemar Matysik and Alberto Tarantini, October 28, 1981, Argentian 1-Poland 2)


Photo From : Onze, Hors Serie 12, 1982
(October 30, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, Algeria 2-Nigeria 1)

November
The final phase of the CONCACAF zone were played in Honduras within the month. At the end Mexico were surprisingly eliminated in a group that saw the hosts Honduras and El Salvador qualify. The format of having the final phase in one nation was later criticized by many.
Cameroon qualified as the second African representative by eliminating Morocco.
In Asia/Oceania, Kuwait gained the upper hand by defeating Saudi Arabia and China.
Austria got the point it needed in Bulgaria to qualify, though its Manager Karl Stotz was sacked .
Neighbors West Germany won all eight of their qualifying matches  by destroying Albania (8-0) and Bulgaria (4-0). Karl-Heinz Rummenigge scored a hat trick vs. Albania and few days later scored twice vs. Bulgaria. These Performances surely helped him to be elected France Football’s Ballon d’Or for the second consecutive year.
Italy tied Greece at home and acquired the point it needed to qualify. Italy were missing Roberto Bettega through a serious injury that would sideline for the rest of the season including the World Cup.
Italy goalkeeper and Captain Dino Zofff earned his record breaking 95th appearance.
On November 22nd, Genoa Goalkeeper Silvano Martina struck Fiorentina’s Giancarlo Antognoni right on the head. It left Giancarlo with a double fracture of the skull. The collision caused internal bleeding and also caused Antognoni’s heart to stop beating for almost half a minute. He would miss much of thes eason because of this injury.
Greece Manager Alketas Panagoulias quit his post at the end of the qualification matches.
Poland rounded out its qualifiers and once hundred percent record by defeating Malta (6-0) at home.
Georg Buschner managed East Germany for the last time in its qualifier vs. Malta.
England qualified for its first World Cup since 1970 by defeating Hungary at Wembley.
A week prior, Switzerland and Romania had played in a scoreless tie that had helped England’s cause.
France defeated Holland at Paris, with Platini scoring the first with one of his most famous free kicks. They virtually qualified as all they had to do now was to defeat Cyprus the following month. This was the end of the great Holland squad that had reached two World Cup Finals in 1974 and 1978.
Northern Ireland defeated Israel and qualified with British neighbors Scotland.
England and Northern Ireland qualified with the worst record of any of the qualifiers, total of 9 points each.
The already qualified Scotland experimented in its final qualifier vs. Portugal in an inconsequential losing effort. This was Scotland’s first loss in the qualifiers.
USSR defeated Wales at home to qualify along with Czechoslovakia.
Yugoslavia rounded out its qualifiers by defeating Luxembourg and Greece away. They only dropped points vs. Italy in their qualifying campaign.
Poland goalkeeper Jan Tomaszewski played his last match for his nation in the friendly vs. Spain.

Date: November 1, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Tegucigalpa, Tiburcio Carías, Honduras
Mexico 4-Cuba 0  (Ricardo Castro 18, Hugo Sánchez 42, 51, Manuel Manzo 53)

Date: November 2, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Tegucigalpa, Tiburcio Carías, Honduras
Canada 1-El Salvador 0  (Stojanovic 90)

Date: November 3, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Tegucigalpa, Tiburcio Carías
Honduras 4-Haiti 0  (David Buezo 35, Jorge Urquia 40, Tony Laing 64, Roberto Figueroa 75)

Date: November 4, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Riyadh
Saudi Arabia 0-Kuwait 1  (Al-Anbari)

Date: November 6, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Tegucigalpa, Tiburcio Carías, Honduras
Haiti 1-Canada 1  (Romulus 34  / Stojanović 50)

Date: November 6, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Tegucigalpa, Tiburcio Carías, Honduras
Mexico 0-El Salvador 1  (Francisco Ever Hernández 80)

Date: November 8, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Tegucigalpa, Tiburcio Carías
Honduras 2-Cuba 0 (David Buezo 36, Anthony Costly 69)

Date: November 11, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Tegucigalpa, Tiburcio Carías, Honduras
El Salvador 0-Cuba 0

Date: November 11, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Tegucigalpa, Tiburcio Carías, Honduras
Mexico 1-Haiti 1 (Hugo Sánchez 87 / Goebels Cadet 47)

Date: November 11, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Buenos Aires -Antonio Vespuci Alberti (El Monumental)
Argentina 1-Czechoslovakia 1  (Americo Gallego 71 / Zdenek Valek 14)


Date: November 11, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Sofia- Vassil Levski Stadion
Bulgaria 0-Austria 0

Date: November 11, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Jena, Ernst-Abbe-Sportsground
East Germany 5-Malta 1 (Andreas Krause 11, Joachim Streich 35, 75, Jurgen Heun 71, John Holland (own goal) 90 / Ernest Spitteri-Gonzi 41)

Date: November 11, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Berne- Wankdorf Stadion            

Date: November 12, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Tegucigalpa, Tiburcio Carías
Honduras 2-Canada 1 (Carlos Orlando Caballero 12, Roberto Figueroa 40 / Bridge 19)

Date: November 12, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Kuala Lumpur  
China 4-Saudi Arabia 2 (Zuo Shisheng 62, Chen Jingiang 63, Gu Guanming 76, Chi Shang 88 / Al-Nefayyia 10, Majed Abdullah 11)

Date: November 14, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Torino -Stadio Comunale
Italy 1-Greece 1  (Bruno Conti 61 / Constantinos Kouis 87)

Date: November 15, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Kenitra
Morocco 0-Cameroon 2 (Roger Milla 15 pen, Jean-Pierre Tokoto 40)

Date: November 15, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Tegucigalpa, Tiburcio Carías, Honduras
Haiti 0-Cuba 2 (Mathieu (own goal) 55, Nuñez 90)

Date: November 15, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Tegucigalpa, Tiburcio Carías, Honduras
Mexico 1-Canada 1 (Ricardo Castro 29 / Ian Bridge 57)


Date: November 15, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Wrocław, Stadion Olimpijski
Poland 6-Malta 0 (Andrzej Buncol 6, Wlodzimierz Smolarek 47, 64, Stefan Majewski 48, Dariusz Dziekanowski 80, Zbigniew Boniek 88)

Date: November 16, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Tegucigalpa, Tiburcio Carías
Honduras 0-El Salvadaor 0


Date: November 18, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Dortmund- Westfalen Stadion
West Germany 8-Albania 0 (Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 5,19,43, Klaus Fischer 32,72, Manfred Kaltz 36, Pierre Littbarski 52, Paul Breitner 67 pen)

Date: November 18, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: London - Wembley
England 1-Hungary 0 (Paul Mariner 14)

Date: November 18, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Paris- Parc des Princes
France 2-Holland 0 (Michel Platini 52, Didier Six 82)

Date: November 18, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Belfast -Windsor Park
Northern Ireland 1-Israel 0  (Gerry Armstrong 27)

Date: November 18, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Łódź, stadion ŁKS
Poland 2-Spain 3 (Andrzej Pałasz 56, Zbigniew Boniek 74 / Luis López Ufarte 10 , Jose Ramon Alesanco 80, Pericho Alonso 88)

Date: November 18, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Lisbon- Estadio da Luz
Portugal 2-Scotland 1 (Manuel Fernandes 33, 56 / Paul Sturrock  9)

Date: November 18, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Tbilisi –Dinamo Stadion
USSR 3-Wales 0 (Vitali Daraselia 13, Oleg Blokhin 18, Yuri Gavrilov 64)

Date: November 19, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Tegucigalpa, Tiburcio Carías
Haiti 0-El Salvador 1  (Norberto Huezo )

Date: November 19, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Kuala Lumpur  
China 2-Saudi Arabia 0  (Huang Xiangdong 24, Cai Jubiao 27)


Date: November 21, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Tegucigalpa, Tiburcio Carías, Honduras    
Cuba 2-Canada 2  (Rodriguez, Nuñez / McLeod 48, Larusci 84  )

Date: November 21, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Novi Sad, Stadion Vojvodine
Yugoslavia 5-Luxembourg 0 (Vahid Halilhodzic 1, 45' , Ivica Surjak 68, Pedrag Pasic 72, Zlatko Vujovic 76)

Date: November 22, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Düsseldorf- Rhein Stadion       
West Germany 4-Bulgaria 0  (Klaus Fischer 4, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 49, 82, Manfred Kaltz 63 pen)

Date: November 22, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Tegucigalpa, Tiburcio Carías
Honduras 0-Mexico 0

Date: November 25, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Cadiz         
Cadiz CF (Spain) 0-USSR 4 (Oleg Blokhin 2 goals, Ramaz Shengelia, ????)

Date: November 28, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Auckland     
New Zealand 2-Saudi Arabia 2  (Billy McClure, Ricki Herbert / Majed Abdullah (2))

Date: November 29, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Bratislava -Tehelne Pole Stadion       
Czechoslovakia 1-USSR 1 (Rotislav Vojacek 34  / Oleg Blokhin 14)


Date: November 29, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Pireaus- Georgios Karaiskaki Stadion (Olympiakos)       
Greece 1-Yugoslavia 2  (Thomas Mavros 6 / Ivica Surjak 23, Jure Jerkovic 39)

Date: November 29, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Yaounde     
Cameroon 2-Morocco 1 (Ibrahim Aoudou pen, Roger Milla 47 / Yagha)

Date: November 30, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Kuwait
Kuwait 1-China 0 (Abdulaziz Al-Anberi 7)

Photo From: Onze, Hors Serie 12, 1982
(Orlando Caballero, November 8, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, Honduras 2-Cuba 0)


Photo From: Onze, Hors Serie 12, 1982
(Mauricio Alfaro, November 11, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, El Salvador 0-Cuba 0)


Photo From: FUWO, Issue 46, November 17, 1981
(Andreas Krause and Raymond Xuereb, November 11, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, East Germany 5-Malta 1)

Photo From: El Grafico, Issue 3241, 1981
(November 11, 1981, Argentina 1-Czechoslovakia 1)


Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983
(Francesco Graziani, November 14, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 1-Greece 1)

Photo From: Onze, Hors Serie 12, 1982
(Gregoire M’Bida, November 15, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, Morocco 0-Cameroon 2)



Photo From:  Onze, Issue 73, January 1982
(November 15, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, Haiti 0-Cuba 2)

Photo From:  Onze, Issue 73, January 1982
(November 15, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, Mexico 1-Canada 1)


Photo From:  Mondial, New series, issue 21, December 1981
(Bernard Lacombe watching Platini’s free kick go in, November 18, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, France 2-Holland 0)

Photo From:  World Soccer , January 1982
(Kevin Keegan, November 18, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, England 1-Hungary 0)


Photo From: Chronik des deutschen fussballs, 2005
(Manfred Kaltz, November 18, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, West Germany 8-Albania 0)

Photo From: Футбол - Футбол-Хоккей, Issue 47, November 22, 1981
(Oleg Blokhin , November 18, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, USSR 3-Wales  0)

Photo From: Fussball Magazin, March april 1982
(Horst Hrubesch, November 22, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, West Germany 4-Bulgaria 0)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 72, December 1981
(November 29, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, Cameroon 2-Morocco 1)

Photo From : Mondial, New Series, Hors Serie 13, 1982
(Ramaz Shengelia, November 29, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, Czechoslovakia 1-USSR 1)


Photo From:  Onze, Issue 73, January 1982
(November 30, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, Kuwait 1-China 0)

December
France booked its place by defeating Cyprus as expected at Paris.  The match was interrupted for more than 10 minutes in first half due to floodlight failure.
Italy were roundly criticized in their slim home win vs. minnows Luxembourg. The press were fiercely critical of Enzo Bearzot, who brushed aside the result and explained the poor display due to injuries and lack of motivation, since they had already qualified. Italy were missing long term injury victim Roberto Bettega and Giancarlo Antognoni.
Kuwait qualified from Asia/Oceania, while New Zealand was left to fight for another day as they had to contend with a playoff vs. China in the new year.
For Spain’s friendly vs. Belgium the new World Cup ball Tango-Espana made its debut.


Date: December 5, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Paris- Parc des Princes  
France 4-Cyprus 0 (Dominique Rocheteau 25, Bernard Lacombe 29, 82, Bernard Genghini 86)

Date: December 5, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Napoli -Stadio San Paolo  
Italy 1-Luxembourg 0  (Fulvio Collovati 6)

Date: December 7, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Kuwait
Kuwait 2-Saudi Arabia 0 (Al-Dakheel 36, 56)

Date: December 14, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Kuwait
Kuwait 2-New Zealand 2  (Kameel, Al-Hashash / Grant Turner, Wynton Rufer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNPYx_wt3jk

Date: December 16, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Dimitar  Kanev ,  Haskovo 
Bulgaria 5-Portugal 2 (Tzetevan Yonchev 23, 48, Radoslav Zdravkov 16 pen, 74, Manuel Bento (own goal) 21 / Antonio Oliveira 71,88)

Date: December 16, 1981
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Valencia -Estadio Luis Casanova
Spain 2-Belgium 0 (Jesus Satrustegui 7, 87)


Date: December 19, 1981
Competition: World Cup Qualifier
Venue: Riyadh
Saudi Arabia 0-New Zealand 5  (Wynton Rufer (2), Brian Turner (2), Steev Woodin)



Photo From:  Onze, Hors Serie 13, 1982
(Bernard Lacombe and Didier Six, December 5, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, France 4-Cyprus 0)

Photo from: Federation Luxembourgeoise de Football , 75 and de football au Grand-Duche de Luxembourg  1908-1983
(December 5, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 1-Luxembourg 0)


Photo From : Onze, Hors Serie 12, 1982
(Pericho Alonso and Rene vandereycken, December 16, 1981, Spain 2-Belgium 0)

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