Qualifying Groups 

France qualified as hosts.
Group winners qualify for finals


Group 1

Year

Date    

Home

Away

Score

1982

6 Oct

Belgium

Switzerland

3-0

1982

13 Oct

Scotland

East Germany

2-0

1982

17 Nov

Switzerland

Scotland

2-0

1982

15 Dec

Belgium

Scotland

3-2

1983

30 Mar

East Germany

Belgium

1-2

1983

30 Mar

Scotland

Switzerland

2-2

1983

27 Apr

Belgium

East Germany

2-1

1983

14 May

Switzerland

East Germany

0-0

1983

12 Oct

East Germany

Switzerland

3-0

1983

12 Oct

Scotland

Belgium

1-1

1983

9 Nov

Switzerland

Belgium

3-1

1983

16 Nov

East Germany

Scotland

2-1

Team

Plyd 

W

D

L

GF

GA

Pts

Belgium

6

4

1

1

12

8

9

Switzerland

6

2

2

2

7

9

6

East Germany

6

2

1

3

7

7

5

Scotland

6

1

2

3

8

10

4


Group 2


Year

Date    

Home

Away

Score

1982

8 Sept

Finland

Poland

2-3

1982

22 Sept

Finland

Portugal

0-2

1982

10 Oct

Portugal

Poland

2-1

1982

13 Oct

USSR

Finland

2-0

1983

17 Apr

Poland

Finland

1-1

1983

27 Apr

USSR

Portugal

5-0

1983

22 May

Poland

USSR

1-1

1983

1 June

Finland

USSR

0-1

1983

21 Sept

Portugal

Finland

5-0

1983

9 Oct

USSR

Poland

2-0

1983

28 Oct

Poland

Portugal

0-1

1983

13 Nov

Portugal

USSR

1-0

Team

Plyd 

W

D

L

GF

GA

Pts

Portugal

6

5

0

1

11

6

10

USSR

6

4

1

1

11

2

9

Poland

6

1

2

3

6

9

4

Finland

6

0

1

5

3

14

1


Group 3


Year

Date    

Home

Away

Score

1982

22 Sept

Denmark

England

2-2

1982

9 Oct

Luxembourg

Greece

0-2

1982

10 Nov

Luxembourg

Denmark

1-2

1982

17 Nov

Greece

England

0-3

1982

15 Dec

England

Luxembourg

9-0

1983

27 Mar

Luxembourg

Hungary

2-6

1983

30 Mar

England

Greece

0-0

1983

17 Apr

Hungary

Luxembourg

6-2

1983

27 Apr

Denmark

Greece

1-0

1983

27 Apr

England

Hungary

2-0

1983

15 May

Hungary

Greece

2-3

1983

1 June

Denmark

Hungary

3-1

1983

21 Sept

England

Denmark

0-1

1983

12 Oct

Denmark

Luxembourg

6-0

1983

12 Oct

Hungary

England

0-3

1983

26 Oct

Hungary

Denmark

1-0

1983

16 Nov

Greece

Denmark

0-2

1983

16 Nov

Luxembourg

England

0-4

1983

3 Dec

Greece

Hungary

2-2

1983

14 Dec

Greece

Luxembourg

1-0

Team

Plyd 

W

D

L

GF

GA

Pts

Denmark

8

6

1

1

17

5

13

England

8

5

2

1

23

3

12

Greece

8

3

2

3

8

10

8

Hungary

8

3

1

4

18

17

7

Luxembourg

8

0

0

8

5

36

0


Group 4


Year

Date    

Home

Away

Score

1982

22 Sept

Wales

Norway

1-0

1982

13 Oct

Norway

Yugoslavia

3-1

1982

27 Oct

Bulgaria

Norway

2-2

1982

17 Nov

Bulgaria

Yugoslavia

0-1

1982

15 Dec

Yugoslavia

Wales

4-4

1983

27 Apr

Wales

Bulgaria

1-0

1983

7 Sept

Norway

Bulgaria

1-2

1983

21 Sept

Norway

Wales

0-0

1983

12 Oct

Yugoslavia

Norway

2-1

1983

16 Nov

Bulgaria

Wales

1-0

1983

14 Dec

Wales

Yugoslavia

1-1

1983

21 Dec

Yugoslavia

Bulgaria

3-2

Team

Plyd 

W

D

L

GF

GA

Pts

Yugoslavia

6

3

2

1

12

11

8

Wales

6

2

3

1

7

6

7

Bulgaria

6

2

1

3

7

8

5

Norway

6

1

2

3

7

8

4


Group 5


Year

Date    

Home

Away

Score

1982

1 May

Romania

Cyprus

3-1

1982

8 Sept

Romania

Sweden

2-0

1982

6 Oct

Czechoslovakia

Sweden

2-2

1982

13 Nov

Cyprus

Sweden

0-1

1982

13 Nov

Italy

Czechoslovakia

2-2

1982

4 Dec

Italy

Romania

0-0

1983

12 Feb

Cyprus

Italy

1-1

1983

27 Mar

Cyprus

Czechoslovakia

1-1

1983

16 Apr

Czechoslovakia

Cyprus

6-0

1983

16 Apr

Romania

Italy

1-0

1983

15 May

Romania

Czechoslovakia

0-1

1983

15 May

Sweden

Cyprus

5-0

1983

29 May

Sweden

Italy

2-0

1983

9 Sept

Sweden

Romania

0-1

1983

21 Sept

Sweden

Czechoslovakia

1-0

1983

15 Oct

Italy

Sweden

0-3

1983

12 Nov

Cyprus

Romania

0-1

1983

16 Nov

Czechoslovakia

Italy

2-0

1983

30 Nov

Czechoslovakia

Romania

1-1

1983

22 Dec

Italy

Cyprus

3-1

Team

Plyd 

W

D

L

GF

GA

Pts

Romania

8

5

2

1

9

3

12

Sweden

8

5

1

2

14

5

11

Czechoslovakia

8

3

4

1

15

7

10

Italy

8

1

3

4

6

12

5

Cyprus

8

0

2

6

4

21

2


Group 6


Year

Date    

Home

Away

Score

1982

22 Sept

Austria

Albania

5-0

1982

13 Oct

Austria

Northern Ireland

2-0

1982

27 Oct

Turkey

Albania

1-0

1982

17 Nov

Austria

Turkey

4-0

1982

17 Nov

Northern Ireland

West Germany

1-0

1982

15 Dec

Albania

Northern Ireland

0-0

1983

30 Mar

Albania

West Germany

1-2

1983

30 Mar

Northern Ireland

Turkey

2-1

1983

23 Apr

Turkey

West Germany

0-3

1983

27 Apr

Austria

West Germany

0-0

1983

27 Apr

Northern Ireland

Albania

1-0

1983

11 May

Albania

Turkey

1-1

1983

8 June

Albania

Austria

1-2

1983

21 Sept

Northern Ireland

Austria

3-1

1983

5 Oct

West Germany

Austria

3-0

1983

12 Oct

Turkey

Northern Ireland

1-0

1983

26 Oct

West Germany

Turkey

5-1

1983

16 Nov

Turkey

Austria

3-1

1983

16 Nov

West Germany

Northern Ireland

0-1

1983

20 Nov

West Germany

Albania

2-1

Team

Plyd 

W

D

L

GF

GA

Pts

West Germany

8

5

1

2

15

5

11

Northern Ireland

8

5

1

2

8

5

11

Austria

8

4

1

3

15

10

9

Turkey

8

3

1

4

8

16

7

Albania

8

0

2

6

4

14

2


Group 7


Year

Date    

Home

Away

Score

1982

5 June

Malta

Iceland

2-1

1982

1 Sept

Iceland

Holland

1-1

1982

22 Sept

Holland

Rep of Ireland

2-1

1982

13 Oct

Rep of Ireland

Iceland

2-0

1982

27 Oct

Spain

Iceland

1-0

1982

17 Nov

Rep of Ireland

Spain

3-3

1982

19 Dec

Malta

Holland

0-6

1983

16 Feb

Spain

Holland

1-0

1983

30 Mar

Malta

Rep of Ireland

0-1

1983

27 Apr

Spain

Rep of Ireland

2-0

1983

15 May

Malta

Spain

2-3

1983

29 May

Iceland

Spain

0-1

1983

5 June

Iceland

Malta

1-0

1983

7 Sept

Holland

Iceland

3-0

1983

21 Sept

Iceland

Rep of Ireland

0-3

1983

12 Oct

Rep of Ireland

Holland

2-3

1983

16 Nov

Holland

Spain

2-1

1983

16 Nov

Rep of Ireland

Malta

8-0

1983

17 Dec

Holland

Malta

5-0

1983

21 Dec

Spain

Malta

12-1

Team

Plyd 

W

D

L

GF

GA

Pts

Spain

8

6

1

1

24

8

13

Holland

8

6

1

1

22

6

13

Rep of Ireland

8

4

1

3

20

10

9

Iceland

8

1

1

6

3

13

3

Malta

8

1

0

7

5

37

2