Football World Cup 1982 / Scotland

This article covers the Scottish national football team at the 1982 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Scotland	9: 4	11
2	Northern Ireland	6: 3	9
3	Sweden	7: 8	8th
4th	Portugal	8:11	7th
5	Israel	6:10	5

Sweden	-	Scotland	0: 1
Scotland	-	Portugal	0-0
Israel	-	Scotland	0: 1
Scotland	-	Northern Ireland	1: 1
Scotland	-	Israel	3: 1
Scotland	-	Sweden	2-0
Northern Ireland	-	Scotland	0-0
Portugal	-	Scotland	2: 1

Scottish contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Alan Rough	Partick Thistle	11/25/1951	3	0	0	0
12	George Wood	Arsenal FC	09/26/1952	0	0	0	0
22nd	Jim Leighton	Aberdeen FC	07/24/1958	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Danny McGrain	Celtic Glasgow	05/01/1950	2	0	0	0
3	Frank Gray	Leeds United	10/27/1954	3	0	0	0
5	Alan Hansen	Liverpool FC	06/13/1955	3	0	0	0
6th	Willie Miller	Aberdeen FC	05/02/1955	2	0	0	0
13	Alex McLeish	Aberdeen FC	01/21/1959	1	0	0	0
14th	David Narey	Dundee United	06/12/1956	3	1	0	0
17th	Allan Evans	Aston Villa	October 12, 1956	1	0	0	0
21st	George Burley	Ipswich Town	06/03/1956	0	0	0	0
midfield player
4th	Graeme Souness	Liverpool FC	05/06/1953	3	1	1	0
7th	Gordon Strachan	Aberdeen FC	02/09/1957	3	0	0	0
10	John Wark	Ipswich Town	08/04/1957	3	2	0	0
11	John Robertson	Nottingham Forest	01/20/1953	3	1	0	0
16	Asa Hartford	Manchester City	October 24, 1950	1	0	0	0
20th	Davie Provan	Celtic Glasgow	05/08/1956	0	0	0	0
striker
8th	Kenny Dalglish	Liverpool FC	03/04/1951	2	1	0	0
9	Alan Brazil	Ipswich Town	06/15/1959	2	0	0	0
15th	Joe Jordan	AC Milan	December 15, 1951	1	1	0	0
18th	Steve Archibald	Tottenham Hotspur	09/27/1956	3	1	0	0
19th	Paul Sturrock	Dundee United	10/10/1956	2	0	0	0
Trainer
	Jock stone		05/10/1922

Scottish team games

First round

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	3	0	0	010: 200	+8	06-00
2.	Soviet Union	3	1	1	1	006: 400	+2	03: 30
3.	Scotland	3	1	1	1	008: 800	± 0	03: 30
4th	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	002:120	−10	00: 60

• Scotland - New Zealand 5: 2 (3: 0)

Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda ( Málaga )

Spectators: 36,000

Referee: Socha ( USA )

Goals: 1-0 Dalglish (18th), 2-0 Wark (29th), 3-0 Wark (32nd), 3: 1 Sumner (54th), 3: 2 Wooddin (64th), 4: 2 Robertson (73.), 5: 2 Archibald (79.)

• Brazil - Scotland 4: 1 (1: 1)

Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarín ( Sevilla )

Spectators: 47,379

Referee: Siles ( Costa Rica )

Goals: 0: 1 Narey (18th), 1: 1 Zico (33rd), 2: 1 Oscar (48th), 3: 1 Éder (63rd), 4: 1 Falcão (87th)

• Soviet Union - Scotland 2: 2 (0: 1)

Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda ( Málaga )

Spectators: 45,000

Referee: Rainea ( Romania )

Goals: 0: 1 Jordan (15th), 1: 1 Tschivadze (59th), 2: 1 Schengelia (84th), 2: 2 Souness (86th)

Brazil claimed three wins in Group 6. Against the USSR (2: 1) in the first game, the winning goal fell a minute before the final whistle, but Scotland (4: 1) and New Zealand (4: 0) could not oppose the Brazilians around Zico. The decision for second place had to be decided by goal difference, because the Soviets and Scots parted 2-2. Thus the narrower defeat of the USSR against the Brazilians hit through and the men around star striker Oleg Blochin were on, while the Scots around Kenny Dalglish had to leave.