1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 32 UEFA teams entered the qualifying competition. Moreover, Israel were also assigned to the European zone despite not being a UEFA member. The European zone was allocated 14 places (out of 24) in the final tournament. Spain, the hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 13 spots open for competition between 33 teams.

The 33 teams were divided into 7 groups. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The number of teams and spots for each group were as follows:
 * Groups 1 to 6 had 5 teams each. The group winners and runners-up would qualify.
 * Group 7 had 3 teams. The group winner would qualify.

Draw
The draw for the qualifying groups took place in the Zürichhorn Casino in Zürich, Switzerland on 14 October 1979. During the draw procedure, the 33 entrants were drawn into the 7 qualifying groups from the five pots of seeds, which had been announced ten days prior. As Group 7 only featured 3 teams (one team from Pot A, one team from Pot C and one team from Pot E), only the group winner of this group would qualify.

Summary
{{legend|#ccffcc|The 7 group winners and the 6 runners-up from groups 1–6 qualified directly for the 1982 FIFA World Cup}} {{legend|#ffcccc|All other teams were eliminated}}

Group 1
West Germany and Austria qualified.

Group 2
Belgium and France qualified.

Group 3
Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia qualified.

Group 4
Hungary and England qualified.

Group 5
Yugoslavia and Italy qualified.

Group 6
Scotland and Northern Ireland qualified.

Group 7
Poland qualified.

Goalscorers

 * 9 goals


 * Karl-Heinz Rummenigge


 * 7 goals


 * Klaus Fischer
 * Zlatko Vujović


 * 6 goals


 * Frank Arnesen


 * 5 goals


 * Erwin Vandenbergh
 * Michel Platini
 * Dinos Kouis
 * Włodzimierz Smolarek
 * Oleg Blokhin
 * Manfred Kaltz


 * 4 goals


 * Kurt Welzl
 * Jan Ceulemans
 * Georgi Slavkov
 * Preben Elkjær
 * László Kiss
 * Ramaz Shengelia


 * 3 goals


 * Hans Krankl
 * Walter Schachner
 * Ján Kozák
 * Zdeněk Nehoda
 * Joachim Streich
 * Paul Mariner
 * Terry McDermott
 * Bernard Lacombe
 * Didier Six
 * László Fazekas
 * Gerry Daly
 * Michael Robinson
 * Frank Stapleton
 * Benny Tabak
 * Francesco Graziani
 * Rui Jordão
 * John Robertson
 * Sergey Andreyev
 * Claudio Sulser
 * Ian Walsh
 * Paul Breitner
 * Pierre Littbarski
 * Vahid Halilhodžić


 * 2 goals


 * Kurt Jara
 * Herbert Prohaska
 * Kostadin Kostadinov
 * Petr Janečka
 * Ladislav Vízek
 * Rüdiger Schnuphase
 * Trevor Brooking
 * Tony Woodcock
 * Jean-François Larios
 * Gerard Soler
 * Jacques Zimako
 * Georgios Kostikos
 * Thomas Mavros
 * László Bálint
 * Tibor Nyilasi
 * Ásgeir Sigurvinsson
 * Tony Grealish
 * Mark Lawrenson
 * Paul McGee
 * Gidi Damti
 * Roberto Bettega
 * Fulvio Collovati
 * Bruno Conti
 * Arnold Mühren
 * Kees Van Kooten
 * Gerry Armstrong
 * Åge Hareide
 * Tom Lund
 * Hallvar Thoresen
 * Humberto Coelho
 * Manuel Fernandes
 * Anghel Iordănescu
 * Yuri Gavrilov
 * Khoren Oganesian
 * Umberto Barberis
 * Brian Flynn
 * David Giles
 * Leighton James
 * Bernd Schuster
 * Dragan Pantelić
 * Vladimir Petrović
 * Ivica Šurjak


 * 1 goal


 * Millan Baçi
 * Sefedin Braho
 * Ilir Përnaska
 * Muhedin Targaj
 * Gernot Jurtin
 * Bruno Pezzey
 * Albert Cluytens
 * Alexandre Czerniatynski
 * Gerard Plessers
 * Plamen Markov
 * Stoycho Mladenov
 * Chavdar Tsvetkov
 * Tsvetan Yonchev
 * Andrey Zhelyazkov
 * Sotiris Kaiafas
 * Stefanos Lysandrou
 * Nikos Pantziaras
 * Fivos Vrachimis
 * Verner Lička
 * Antonín Panenka
 * Rostislav Vojáček
 * Lars Bastrup
 * Søren Lerby
 * Per Røntved
 * Allan Simonsen
 * Reinhard Häfner
 * Jürgen Heun
 * Andreas Krause
 * Kevin Keegan
 * Bryan Robson
 * Leo Houtsonen
 * Keijo Kousa
 * Hannu Turunen
 * Ari Valvee
 * Bruno Bellone
 * Bernard Genghini
 * Dominique Rocheteau
 * Nikos Anastopoulos
 * Imre Garaba
 * Sándor Müller
 * Magnús Bergs
 * Atli Eðvaldsson
 * Janus Guðlaugsson
 * Albert Guðmundsson
 * Lárus Guðmundsson
 * Pétur Ormslev
 * Árni Sveinsson
 * Teitur Þórðarson
 * Chris Hughton
 * Moshe Sinai
 * Giancarlo Antognoni
 * Antonio Cabrini
 * Gaetano Scirea
 * Alain Nurenberg
 * Emanuel Fabri
 * Ernest Spiteri-Gonzi
 * Ruud Geels
 * Hugo Hovenkamp
 * John Metgod
 * Dick Nanninga
 * Cees Schapendonk
 * Simon Tahamata
 * Frans Thijssen
 * Noel Brotherston
 * Billy Hamilton
 * Sammy McIlroy
 * Jimmy Nicholl
 * Vidar Davidsen
 * Svein Mathisen
 * Zbigniew Boniek
 * Andrzej Buncol
 * Dariusz Dziekanowski
 * Andrzej Iwan
 * Leszek Lipka
 * Stefan Majewski
 * Andrzej Szarmach
 * Minervino Pietra
 * Ilie Balaci
 * Marcel Răducanu
 * Aurel Ţicleanu
 * Kenny Dalglish
 * Joe Jordan
 * David Provan
 * Gordon Strachan
 * Paul Sturrock
 * John Wark
 * Volodymyr Bezsonov
 * Aleksandr Chivadze
 * Vitaly Daraselia
 * Anatoliy Demianenko
 * Hasse Borg
 * Bo Börjesson
 * Thomas Larsson
 * Tony Persson
 * Sten-Ove Ramberg
 * Jan Svensson
 * Robert Lüthi
 * Hans-Jörg Pfister
 * Alfred Scheiwilder
 * Gian Pietro Zappa
 * Fatih Terim
 * Alan Curtis
 * Carl Harris
 * Robbie James
 * Hans-Peter Briegel
 * Wolfgang Dremmler
 * Felix Magath
 * Ivan Buljan
 * Jurica Jerković
 * Predrag Pašić
 * Edhem Šljivo
 * Safet Sušić
 * Zoran Vujović


 * 1 own goal


 * Bernd Krauss (playing against West Germany)
 * Philippe Mahut (playing against Ireland)
 * Þorsteinn Bjarnason (playing against Czechoslovakia)
 * John Holland (playing against East Germany)
 * Gabriel Mendes (playing against Sweden)
 * Markus Tanner (playing against England)
 * Dai Davies (playing against Czechoslovakia)