1982 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

Group 4 consisted of five of the 34 teams entered into the European zone:^[1] England, Hungary, Norway, Romania, and Switzerland. These five teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 14 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming those spots. England beat already-qualified Hungary in the final game to leapfrog Romania for the second qualifying place.

Standings

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Hungary	10	8	4	2	2	13	8	+5
2	England	9	8	4	1	3	13	8	+5
3	Romania	8	8	2	4	2	5	5	0
4	Switzerland	7	8	2	3	3	9	12	−3
5	Norway	6	8	2	2	4	8	15	−7

Results

10 September 1980

England	4 – 0	Norway
McDermott 37', 78' (pen.) Woodcock 69' Mariner 85'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 48,246

Referee: Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium)

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24 September 1980

Norway	1 – 1	Romania
Hareide 23'	Report	Iordănescu 10'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 22,350

Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)

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15 October 1980

Romania	2 – 1	England
Răducanu 35' Iordănescu 75' (pen.)	Report	Woodcock 64'

Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

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29 October 1980

Switzerland	1 – 2	Norway
Barberis 49'	Report	Hareide 5' Mathisen 79'

Wankdorf, Bern

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Dušan Krchňák (Czechoslovakia)

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19 November 1980

England	2 – 1	Switzerland
Tanner 23' (o.g.) Mariner 31'	Report	Pfister 76'

Wembley, London

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)

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28 April 1981

Switzerland	2 – 2	Hungary
Sulser 32', 47'	Report	Bálint 45' S. Müller 65' (pen.)

Stadion Allmend, Lucerne

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)

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29 April 1981

England	0 – 0	Romania
	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 62,500

Referee: Heinz Aldinger (West Germany)

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13 May 1981

Hungary	1 – 0	Romania
Fazekas 18'	Report

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 68,000

Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

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20 May 1981

Norway	1 – 2	Hungary
Thoresen 57'	Report	L. Kiss 78', 79'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Malcom Moffatt (Northern Ireland)

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30 May 1981

Switzerland	2 – 1	England
Scheiwiler 29' Sulser 31'	Report	McDermott 55'

St. Jakob Stadion, Basel

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)

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3 June 1981

Romania	1 – 0	Norway
Ţicleanu 67'	Report

Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Erkan Göksel (Turkey)

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6 June 1981

Hungary	1 – 3	England
Garaba 44'	Report	Brooking 19', 60' Keegan 73' (pen.)

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 62,000

Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

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17 June 1981

Norway	1 – 1	Switzerland
Davidsen 88'	Report	Barberis 62'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 18,022

Referee: Eduard Shklovsky (Soviet Union)

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9 September 1981

Norway	2 – 1	England
Lund 35' Thoresen 41'	Report	Robson 15'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 23,500

Referee: Jerzy Kacprzak (Poland)

Lowly Norway's win was a major shock and prompted a rapturous English-language encomium from Norwegian radio commentator Bjørge Lillelien which became famous in Britain and Scandinavia.^[2]

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23 September 1981

Romania	0 – 0	Hungary
	Report

Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)

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10 October 1981

Romania	1 – 2	Switzerland
Balaci 56'	Report	Zappa 68' Lüthi 75'

Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Enzo Barbaresco (Italy)

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14 October 1981

Hungary	3 – 0	Switzerland
Nyilasi 23', 50' Fazekas 59'	Report

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 62,000

Referee: Talat Tokat (Turkey)

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31 October 1981

Hungary	4 – 1	Norway
Bálint 12' L. Kiss 60', 85' Fazekas 79'	Report	Lund 35'

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 68,000

Referee: Egon Šoštarić (Yugoslavia)

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11 November 1981

Switzerland	0 – 0	Romania
	Report

Wankdorf, Bern

Attendance: 27,112

Referee: César Correia (Portugal)

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18 November 1981

England	1 – 0	Hungary
Mariner 16'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 82,000

Referee: Georges Konrath (France)