Football World Cup 1982 / England

This article covers the English national team at the 1982 World Cup in Spain .

qualification

England met Hungary , Romania , Switzerland and Norway in qualifying group four . After a good start, the English lost the games against Switzerland and Norway, so that qualification was in jeopardy. Only when they beat the already qualified Hungarians on the last day of the game, they could also qualify for the finals, as the Romanians only achieved a 1-1 draw against Switzerland. For the English, it was the first World Cup participation since 1970 .

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Hungary	13: 8	10: 6
2	England	13: 8	9: 7
3	Romania	5: 5	8: 8
4th	Switzerland	9:12	7: 9
5	Norway	8:15	6:10

England	-	Norway	4: 0 (1: 0)
Romania	-	England	2: 1 (1: 0)
England	-	Switzerland	2: 1 (2: 0)
England	-	Romania	0-0
Switzerland	-	England	2: 1 (2: 0)
Hungary	-	England	1: 3 (1: 1)
Norway	-	England	2: 1 (2: 1)
England	-	Hungary	1: 0 (0: 0)

English contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Ray Clemence	Tottenham Hotspur	08/05/1948	0	0	0	0
13	Joe Corrigan	Manchester City	11/18/1948	0	0	0	0
22nd	Peter Shilton	Nottingham Forest	September 18, 1949	5	0	0	0
Defender
2	Viv Anderson	Nottingham Forest	07/29/1956	0	0	0	0
4th	Terry Butcher	Ipswich Town	12/28/1958	4th	0	1	0
6th	Steve Foster	Brighton & Hove Albion	09/24/1957	1	0	0	0
12	Mick Mills	Ipswich Town	04/01/1949	5	0	0	0
14th	Phil Neal	Liverpool FC	02/20/1951	2	0	0	0
17th	Kenny Sansom	Arsenal FC	09/26/1958	4th	0	0	0
18th	Phil Thompson	Liverpool FC	01/21/1954	5	0	0	0
midfield player
3	Trevor Brooking	West Ham United	10/02/1948	1	0	0	0
5	Steve Coppell	Manchester United	07/09/1955	4th	0	0	0
9	Glenn Hoddle	Tottenham Hotspur	October 27, 1957	2	0	0	0
10	Terry McDermott	Liverpool FC	December 8, 1951	0	0	0	0
15th	Graham Rix	Arsenal FC	23.10.1957	5	0	0	0
16	Bryan Robson	Manchester United	01/11/1957	4th	2	0	0
19th	Ray Wilkins	Manchester United	09/14/1956	5	0	1	0
striker
7th	Kevin Keegan	Southampton FC	02/14/1951	1	0	0	0
8th	Trevor Francis	Manchester City	04/19/1954	5	2	0	0
11	Paul Mariner	Ipswich Town	05/22/1953	5	1	1	0
20th	Peter Withe	Aston Villa	08/30/1951	0	0	0	0
21st	Tony Woodcock	1. FC Cologne	December 06, 1955	2	0	0	0
Trainer
	Ron Greenwood		11/11/1921

English games

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, the English faced France , Czechoslovakia and Kuwait . In the first game against the French, the English took the lead after just 27 seconds when Bryan Robson scored after an assist from Terry Butcher. The game ended in a 3-1 win for England. The second game against the CSSR was won 2-0 by goals from Trevor Francis and an own goal by Jozef Barmos , so that England qualified early for the second round. In the final game against Kuwait, England's "B-team" won 1-0, making England the only team besides Brazil to win all of their group games.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	3	3	0	0	006: 100	+5	06-00
2.	France	3	1	1	1	006: 500	+1	03: 30
3.	Czechoslovakia	3	0	2	1	002: 400	−2	02: 40
4th	Kuwait	3	0	1	2	002: 600	−4	01: 50

England	-	France	3: 1 (1: 1)
England	-	ČSSR	2: 0 (0: 0)
England	-	Kuwait	1: 0 (1: 0)

Intermediate round

Opponents in the second round were hosts Spain and Germany . The first game against the German team ended in a goalless draw. Since the Germans had won 2-1 against Spain three days earlier, England had to win by at least two goals in order to reach the semi-finals. Despite a clear superiority and several goalscoring, the English did not get beyond a 0-0 and were eliminated as second in the group without defeat and with only one goal.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	BR Germany	2	1	1	0	002: 100	+1	03: 10
2.	England	2	0	2	0	000-000	± 0	02: 20
3.	Spain	2	0	1	1	001: 200	−1	01: 30

England	-	Germany	0-0
England	-	Spain	0-0