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 one of the 9.5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming the place in the finals.

Standings

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bulgaria	6	4	2	0	13	3	+10	10
2	Portugal	6	2	3	1	10	6	+4	7
3	Northern Ireland	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	5
4	Cyprus	6	1	0	5	1	14	−13	2

Matches

29 March 1972

Portugal	4–0	Cyprus
Humberto Coelho 7' Nené 17' Artur Jorge 46' Rui Jordão 81'	Report

Referee: Loraux (Belgium)

10 May 1972

Cyprus	0–1	Portugal
	Report	Chico Faria 36'

Referee: Chevorc (Romania)

18 October 1972

Bulgaria	3–0	Northern Ireland
Bonev 18' (pen.), 85' (pen.) Kolev 53'	Report

Referee: Schulenburg (West Germany)

19 November 1972

Cyprus	0–4	Bulgaria
	Report	Mihaylov 2' Denev 15' Bonev 17', 80'

Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)

14 February 1973

Cyprus	1–0	Northern Ireland
Antoniou 88'	Report

Referee: Bentu (Romania)

28 March 1973

Northern Ireland	1–1	Portugal
O'Neill 18'	Report	Eusébio 84' (pen.)

Referee: Schiller (Austria)

2 May 1973

Bulgaria	2–1	Portugal
Denev 38' Bonev 60'	Report	Nené 74'

Referee: Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

8 May 1973

Northern Ireland	3–0	Cyprus
Morgan 4' Anderson 32', 44'	Report

Referee: Jones (Wales)

26 September 1973

Northern Ireland	0–0	Bulgaria
	Report

Referee: Nyhus (Norway)

13 October 1973

Portugal	2–2	Bulgaria
Quaresma 48' Simões 89'	Report	Bonev 56', 65'

Referee: Taylor (England)

14 November 1973

Portugal	1–1	Northern Ireland
Rui Jordão 34'	Report	O'Kane 68'

Referee: Ibanez (Spain)

18 November 1973

Bulgaria	2–0	Cyprus
Kolev 2' Denev 65'	Report

Referee: Placek (Czechoslovakia)

Notes

External links

• Group 6 Detailed Results at RSSSF