1982 FIFA World Cup Group A explained

Group A was one of four groups of national teams competing in the second stage of the 1982 FIFA World Cup. The group's three matches were staged at the Nou Camp in Barcelona. The group consisted of three teams advancing from the first group stage: Group 1 winners Poland, Group 3 winners Belgium and Group 6 runners-up the Soviet Union.

Poland topped the group and advanced to the semi-finals, where they were defeated by eventual champions Italy.

Qualified teams

The winners of Group 1 and 3 and the runner-up of Group 6 qualified for Group A of the second round.

Standings

Matches

Poland vs Belgium


GK	1	Józef Młynarczyk
DF	2	Marek Dziuba
DF	5	Paweł Janas
DF	9	Władysław Żmuda (c)
DF	10	Stefan Majewski
MF	3
MF	8	Waldemar Matysik
MF	13	Andrzej Buncol
MF	20	Zbigniew Boniek
FW	16	Grzegorz Lato
FW	11
Substitutes:
DF	4	Tadeusz Dolny
MF	14	Andrzej Pałasz
MF	15
FW	17	Andrzej Szarmach
GK	21	Jacek Kazimierski
Manager:
Antoni Piechniczek

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GK	12	Theo Custers
DF	4	Walter Meeuws (c)
DF	5	Michel Renquin
DF	3	Luc Millecamps
DF	16
MF	8
MF	6	Franky Vercauteren
MF	10	Ludo Coeck
MF	11	Jan Ceulemans
FW	9	Erwin Vandenbergh
FW	21	Alexandre Czerniatynski
Substitutes:
FW	13
DF	14
MF	17	René Verheyen
MF	18	Raymond Mommens
GK	22	Jacky Munaron
Manager:
Guy Thys

Assistant referees:
Enrique Labo Revoredo (Peru)
Gastón Castro (Chile)

Belgium vs Soviet Union


GK	22	Jacky Munaron
DF	4	Walter Meeuws (c)
DF	5	Michel Renquin
DF	3	Luc Millecamps
DF	15
MF	10	Ludo Coeck
MF	20
MF	6	Franky Vercauteren
MF	11	Jan Ceulemans
FW	9	Erwin Vandenbergh
FW	17	René Verheyen
Substitutes:
MF	7	Jos Daerden
GK	12	Theo Custers
MF	18	Raymond Mommens
FW	19
FW	21
Manager:
Guy Thys

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GK	1	Rinat Dasayev
SW	3	Aleksandre Chivadze (c)
DF	6	Anatoliy Demyanenko
DF	5	Sergei Baltacha
DF	14	Sergei Borovsky
MF	8
MF	10	Khoren Oganesian
MF	12
FW	7
FW	9	Yuri Gavrilov
FW	11	Oleh Blokhin
Substitutes:
DF	2	Tengiz Sulakvelidze
MF	13
FW	15	Sergey Andreyev
FW	16
GK	22	Vyacheslav Chanov
Manager:
Konstantin Beskov

Assistant referees:
Charles Corver (Netherlands)
António Garrido (Portugal)

Soviet Union vs Poland


GK	1	Rinat Dasayev
DF	2	Tengiz Sulakvelidze
DF	3	Aleksandre Chivadze (c)
DF	5
DF	6	Anatoliy Demyanenko
MF	8	Volodymyr Bezsonov
MF	14
MF	9
MF	10	Khoren Oganesian
FW	7
FW	11	Oleh Blokhin
Substitutes:
MF	12	Andriy Bal
MF	13
FW	15
FW	16	Sergey Rodionov
GK	22	Vyacheslav Chanov
Manager:
Konstantin Beskov

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GK	1	Józef Młynarczyk
SW	10	Stefan Majewski
CB	2	Marek Dziuba
CB	5	Paweł Janas
CB	9	Władysław Żmuda (c)
CM	8	Waldemar Matysik
RW	13
AM	3
LW	20
SS	16	Grzegorz Lato
CF	11	Włodzimierz Smolarek
Substitutes:
DF	4	Tadeusz Dolny
DF	12	Roman Wójcicki
MF	15
FW	17	Andrzej Szarmach
GK	21	Jacek Kazimierski
Manager:
Antoni Piechniczek

Assistant referees:
Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)
Clive White (England)