Group 5 was one of six groups of national teams competing in the group stage of the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Play began on 16 June and ended on 25 June 1982. The group consisted of four teams: Seeded team and host nation Spain, World Cup debutants Honduras, Yugoslavia and Northern Ireland.
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This was the fourth time that Yugoslavia lost to the host nation of tournament, after Uruguay in 1930, Chile in 1962 and West Germany in 1974.