1986 FIFA World Cup

1986 FIFA World Cup


1986 FIFA World Cup - Mexico
Mexico 86

Teams 24 (from 121 entrants)

Host Mexico

Champions Argentina (2nd title)

Matches played 52
Goals scored 132 (average 2.538 per match)
Attendance 2,407,431 (average 46,297 per match)
Top scorer(s) Gary Lineker
6 goals



Qualifying countries
The 1986 FIFA World Cup was held in Mexico from May 31 to June 29. It was won by Argentina, who beat West Germany 3-2 in the final at Mexico City's Estadio Azteca.
The 1986 tournament was originally scheduled to be hosted by Colombia, but after the Colombian authorities declared in late 1982 that they could not afford to host the World Cup under the terms that FIFA demanded, Mexico was selected in May 20th,1983 in Stockholm, beating the bids of Canada, and the United States (who eventually hosted the 1994 Tournament) as replacement host and became the first nation to host two World Cups. This second World Cup in Mexico came only 16 years after the first one in 1970. A severe earthquake in September 1985, eight months before the tournament, cast doubt over Mexico's ability to organize the event; however, the stadiums were not affected and it was decided to go ahead with the preparations.
The format of the competition changed from 1982: again 24 teams qualified and were divided into six groups of four, but the second round groups were replaced by a knockout competition, for which 16 teams qualified as follows: six group winners, six second place finishers, and four best third place finishers. Also, in response to a controversial 1982 match in which West Germany and Austria produced exactly the result which both teams knew beforehand would advance them to the next phase at the expense of Algeria, FIFA decreed that the final two matches in all groups kick off simultaneously. This system has been used at all subsequent FIFA competitions except for the 2003 Women's World Cup; see the article for that event for a fuller explanation of this exception.
Event
Diego Maradona was at the peak of his form and led the Argentinean team to the title. His most memorable performance came during the quarter final against England, where he scored both goals in the 2-1 victory. Maradona's first was scored illegally, as he fisted the ball into the goal past England goalkeeper Peter Shilton. The referee did not saction the foul and the goal was given as valid. After the game, Maradona unashamedly claimed the goal was scored "A bit with the head of Maradona and another bit with the hand of God"; forever after, it was known as the "The Hand of God" goal. For his second goal, voted the greatest goal ever scored at a World Cup Finals, Maradona dribbled half the length of the field past five English players before scoring.
France were one of the best teams of the tournament. They beat Italy, the world champions, in their second round game, 2-0, before overcoming Brazil in Guadalajara in what is considered one of the greatest matches of all time. Tele Santana's Brazilians hit the woodwork twice and frequently overran Michel Platini and his French side, who eventually won largely due to the performance of their goalkeeper Joël Bats. Among other feats, he managed to save a Zico penalty 12 minutes from the end of regulation. After winning a dramatic penalty shoot-out (1-1 at full time, then 4-3 on penalties), the French reached semifinals, but just as in Spain four years earlier, their dreams of World Cup glory were ended by a fresher German team.
The Germans, playing in their fifth final, once again stumbled at the last step. Beaten by Italy and Paolo Rossi in 1982, this time they were pipped at the post (3-2) by Argentina, led by Maradona, who had won 2-0 over Belgium in semifinals. Argentina's victory was as deserved as it was unexpected. The team was solid but uninspired, and it was a masterful Maradona that virtually won the FIFA World Cup for his country single-handedly. His brilliance and goal-scoring prowess (five goals) made him the Player of the Tournament. In Argentina, 30 million people celebrated in the streets after the final victory.
Gary Lineker of England won the Golden Boot as the leading scorer of the World Cup, with six goals.
The Portuguese team went on strike during the competition. Players refused to train between their first and the second games (against England and Poland) and were eliminated by Morocco. Canada, Denmark and Iraq made their first World Cup appearances in this tournament; Iraq and Canada were both dismissed at the group stage after three losses, while Denmark finished on top of their group with three wins.
During the Group E game between Uruguay and Scotland, José Batista of Uruguay was sent off after less than one minute of play, a World Cup record that still stands.

Mascot


Pique
Pique was the mascot of this World Cup. Pique, an anthropomorphic chili pepper wearing the Mexican football team colours, appeared on many merchandising items. Pique was also quite controversial due to some seeing him as supporting a negative stereotype of mexicans.

Squads
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1986 FIFA World Cup squads

First round
All times local (UTC-6)

Group A
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Argentina
5 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4
Italy
4 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1
Bulgaria
2 3 0 2 1 2 4 -2
Korea Republic
1 3 0 1 2 4 7 -3
May 31, 1986
12:00
Italy
1–1 Bulgaria
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Fredriksson (Sweden)
Attendance: 95,000
Altobelli 44'
Sirakov 85'

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June 2, 1986
12:00
Argentina
3–1 Korea Republic
Mexico City, Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Ref: Sanchez (Spain)
Attendance: 60,000
Valdano 8', 47'
Ruggeri 19'
Park 72'

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June 5, 1986
12:00
Italy
1–1 Argentina
Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Ref: Keizer (Netherlands)
Attendance: 32,000
Altobelli 7' pen
Maradona 34'

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June 5, 1986
16:00
Bulgaria
1–1 Korea Republic
Mexico City, Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Ref: Al Shanar (Saudi Arabia)
Attendance: 45,000
Getov 12'
Kim 70'

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June 10, 1986
12:00
Italy
3–2 Korea Republic
Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Ref: Socha (United States of America)
Attendance: 20,000
Altobelli 18', 73'
Cho 82' (og)
Choi 62'
Huh 89'

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June 10, 1986
12:00
Bulgaria
0–2 Argentina
Mexico City, Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Ref: Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)
Attendance: 65,000
Valdano 3'
Burruchaga 77'

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Group B
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Mexico
5 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2
Paraguay
4 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1
Belgium
3 3 1 1 1 5 5 0
Iraq
0 3 0 0 3 1 4 -3
June 3, 1986
12:00
Mexico
2–1 Belgium
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Esposito (Argentina)
Attendance: 110,000
Quirarte 23'
Sánchez 39'
Vandenbergh 45'

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June 4, 1986
12:00
Paraguay
1–0 Iraq
Toluca, Estadio Nemesio Díez
Ref: Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)
Attendance: 24,000
Romero 36'

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June 7, 1986
12:00
Mexico
1–1 Paraguay
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Courtney (England)
Attendance: 114,000
Flores 3'
Romero 85'

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June 8, 1986
12:00
Belgium
2–1 Iraq
Toluca, Estadio Nemesio Díez
Ref: Diaz (Colombia)
Attendance: 20,000
Scifo 16'
Claesen 22' pen
Radhi 57'

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June 11, 1986
12:00
Paraguay
2–2 Belgium
Toluca, Estadio Nemesio Díez
Ref: Dotchev (Bulgaria)
Attendance: 16,000
Cabañas 50', 76'
Vercauteren 32'
Veyt 60'

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June 11, 1986
12:00
Mexico
1–0 Iraq
Mexico City, Mexico City
Ref: Petrovic (Yugoslavia)
Attendance: 103,000
Quirarte 53'


Group C
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
USSR
5 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8
France
5 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4
Hungary
2 3 1 0 2 2 9 -7
Canada
0 3 0 0 3 0 5 -5
June 1, 1986
16:00
France
1–0 Canada
León, Estadio Nou Camp
Ref: Silva (Chile)
Attendance: 36,000
Papin 79'

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June 2, 1986
12:00
USSR
6–0 Hungary
Irapuato, Estadio Sergio León Chavez
Ref: Agnolin (Italy)
Attendance: 16,500
Yakovenko 2'
Aleinikov 4'
Belanov 25' pen
Yaremchuk 65', 73'
Rodionov 80'

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June 5, 1986
12:00
France
1–1 USSR
León, Estadio Nou Camp
Ref: Filho (Brazil)
Attendance: 36,500
Fernandez 62'
Rats 54'

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June 6, 1986
12:00
Hungary
2–0 Canada
Irapuato, Estadio Sergio León Chavez
Ref: Al-Sharif (Syria)
Attendance: 14,000
Esterhazy 2'
Detari 76'

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June 9, 1986
12:00
France
3–0 Hungary
León, Estadio Nou Camp
Ref: Valente (Portugal)
Attendance: 31,000
Stopyra 30'
Tigana 64'
Rocheteau 85'

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June 9, 1986
12:00
USSR
2–0 Canada
Irapuato, Estadio Sergio León Chavez
Ref: Traore (Mali)
Attendance: 14,200
Blokhin 59'
Zavarov 75'

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Group D
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Brazil
6 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5
Spain
4 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3
Northern Ireland
1 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4
Algeria
1 3 0 1 2 1 5 -4
June 1, 1986
12:00
Brazil
1–0 Spain
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
Ref: Bambridge (Australia)
Attendance: 65,000
Sócrates 63'

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June 3, 1986
12:00
Algeria
1–1 Northern Ireland
Guadalajara, Estadio Tres de Marzo
Ref: Butenko (USSR)
Attendance: 22,000
Zidane 59'
Whiteside 6'

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June 6, 1986
12:00
Brazil
1–0 Algeria
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
Ref: Mendez (Guatemala)
Attendance: 48,000
Careca 67'

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June 7, 1986
12:00
Spain
2–1 Northern Ireland
Guadalajara, Estadio Tres de Marzo
Ref: Brummeier (Austria)
Attendance: 28,000
Butragueño 2'
Salinas 18'
Clarke 48'

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June 12, 1986
12:00
Brazil
3–0 Northern Ireland
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
Ref: Kirschen (East Germany)
Attendance: 51,000
Careca 18', 88'
Josimar 42'

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June 12, 1986
12:00
Spain
3–0 Algeria
Monterrey, Estadio Tecnológico
Ref: Takada (Japan)
Attendance: 20,000
Calderé 17', 68'
Eloy 71'


Group E
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Denmark
6 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8
West Germany
3 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1
Uruguay
2 3 0 2 1 2 7 -5
Scotland
1 3 0 1 2 1 3 -2
June 4, 1986
12:00
West Germany
1–1 Uruguay
Santiago de Querétaro, Estadio La Corregidora
Ref: Christov (Czechoslovakia)
Attendance: 30,000
Allofs 85'
Alzamendi 4'

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June 4, 1986
16:00
Scotland
0–1 Denmark
Nezahualcóyotl, Estadio Neza
Ref: Nemeth (Hungary)
Attendance: 18,000
Elkjær-Larsen 58'

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June 8, 1986
12:00
West Germany
2–1 Scotland
Santiago de Querétaro, Estadio La Corregidora
Ref: Igna (Romania)
Attendance: 30,000
Völler 22'
Allofs 50'
Strachan 18'

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June 8, 1986
16:00
Uruguay
1–6 Denmark
Nezahualcóyotl, Estadio Neza
Ref: Márquez (Mexico)
Attendance: 26,000
Francescoli 45' pen
Elkjær-Larsen 11', 69', 79'
Lerby 41'
Laudrup 52'
J. Olsen 88'

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June 13, 1986
12:00
West Germany
0–2 Denmark
Santiago de Querétaro, Estadio La Corregidora
Ref: Ponnet (Belgium)
Attendance: 36,000
J. Olsen 44' pen
Eriksen 83'

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June 13, 1986
12:00
Uruguay
0–0 Scotland
Nezahualcóyotl, Estadio Neza
Ref: Quiniou (France)
Attendance: 20,000

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Group F
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Morocco
4 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2
England
3 3 1 1 1 3 1 +2
Poland
3 3 1 1 1 1 3 -2
Portugal
2 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2
June 2, 1986
16:00
Poland
0–0 Morocco
Monterrey, Estadio Universitario
Ref: Martinez (Uruguay)
Attendance: 19,000

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June 3, 1986
16:00
Portugal
1–0 England
Monterrey, Estadio Tecnológico
Ref: Roth (West Germany)
Attendance: 23,000
Carlos Manuel 75'

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June 6, 1986
16:00
Morocco
0–0 England
Monterrey, Estadio Tecnológico
Ref: González (Paraguay)
Attendance: 20,000

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June 7, 1986
16:00
Poland
1–0 Portugal
Monterrey, Estadio Universitario
Ref: Ben Naceur (Tunisia)
Attendance: 20,000
Smolarek 64'

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June 11, 1986
16:00
Poland
0–3 England
Monterrey, Estadio Tecnológico
Ref: Daina (Switzerland)
Attendance: 23,000
Lineker 8', 14', 36'

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June 11, 1986
16:00
Morocco
3–1 Portugal
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
Ref: Snoddy (Northern Ireland)
Attendance: 24,000
Khairi 19', 28'
Krimau 62'
Diamantino 90'


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Knockout stages
Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final

June 16 - Puebla


Argentina
1
June 22 - Mexico City

Uruguay
0
Argentina
2
June 18 - Mexico City

England
1
England
3
June 25 - Mexico City

Paraguay
0
Argentina
2
June 15 - Leon

Belgium
0
Belgium (aet) 4
June 22 - Puebla

USSR
3
Belgium (pen) 1 (5)
June 18 - Queretaro

Spain
1 (4)
Spain
5
June 29 - Mexico City

Denmark
1
Argentina
3
June 17 - Mexico City

West Germany
2
France
2
June 21 - Guadalajara

Italy
0
France (pen)
1 (4)
June 16 - Guadalajara

Brazil
1 (3)
Brazil
4
June 25 - Guadalajara

Poland
0
France
0
June 15 - Mexico City

West Germany
2 Third place
Mexico
2
June 21 - Monterrey
June 28 - Puebla

Bulgaria
0
Mexico
0 (1) France
4
June 17 - Monterrey

West Germany (pen)
0 (4) Belgium
2
West Germany
1

Morocco
0


Round of 16
June 15, 1986
12:00
Mexico
2–0 Bulgaria
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Filho (Brazil)
Attendance: 114,000
Negrete 35'
Servin 61'

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June 15, 1986
16:00
USSR
3–4 (AET)
Belgium
León, Nou Camp
Ref: Fredriksson (Sweden)
Attendance: 32,300
Belanov 28, 70, 111' pen
Scifo 56'
Ceulemans 78'
Demol 102'
Claesen 109'

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June 16, 1986
12:00
Brazil
4–0 Poland
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
Ref: Roth (West Germany)
Attendance: 45,000
Sócrates 30' pen
Josimar 55'
Edinho 79'
Careca 83' pen

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June 16, 1986
16:00
Argentina
1–0 Uruguay
Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Ref: Agnolin (Italy)
Attendance: 26,000
Pasculli 42'

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June 17, 1986
12:00
France
2–0 Italy
Mexico City, Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Ref: Esposito (Argentina)
Attendance: 70,000
Platini 15'
Stopyra 57'

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June 17, 1986
16:00
Morocco
0–1 West Germany
Monterrey, Estadio Universitario
Ref: Petrovic (Yugoslavia)
Attendance: 19,000
Matthäus 87'

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June 18, 1986
12:00
England
3–0 Paraguay
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Al-Sharif (Syria)
Attendance: 99,000
Lineker 32', 72'
Beardsley 56'

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June 18, 1986
16:00
Denmark
1–5 Spain
Santiago de Querétaro, Estadio La Corregidora
Ref: Keizer (Netherlands)
Attendance: 38,500
J. Olsen 33' pen
Butragueño 43', 56', 80', 90' pen
Goikoetxea 69' pen


Quarter-finals
June 21, 1986
12:00
Brazil
1–1 (AET)
(3–4 PSO)
France
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
Ref: Igna (Romania)
Attendance: 65,000
Platini 40'
Careca 18'

Penalties
Sócrates : Bats saved
Alemão : scored
Zico : scored
Branco : scored
Júlio César : missed
3–4 Stopyra : scored
Amoros : scored
Bellone : scored
Platini : missed
Fernandez : scored

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June 21, 1986
16:00
Mexico
0–0 (AET)
(1–4 PSO)
West Germany
Monterrey, Estadio Universitario
Ref: Diaz (Colombia)
Attendance: 44,000

Penalties
Negrete : scored
Quirarte : Schumacher saved
Servin : Schumacher saved
1–4 Allofs : scored
Brehme : scored
Matthäus : scored
Littbarski : scored

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June 22, 1986
12:00
Argentina
2–1 England
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Ben Naceur (Tunisia)
Attendance: 115,000
Maradona 51', 56'
Lineker 81'

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June 22, 1986
16:00
Belgium
1–1 (AET)
(5–4 PSO)
Spain
Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Ref: Kirschen (East Germany)
Attendance: 45,000
Ceulemans 35'
Señor 85'

Penalties
Claesen : scored
Scifo : scored
Broos : scored
Vervoort : scored
Van Der Elst : scored
5–4 Señor : scored
Eloy : Pfaff saved
Chendo : scored
Butragueño : scored
Muñoz : scored


Semi-finals
June 25, 1986
12:00
West Germany
2–0 France
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
Ref: Agnolin (Italy)
Attendance: 50,000
Brehme 9'
Völler 89'

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June 25, 1986
16:00
Argentina
2–0 Belgium
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Márquez (Mexico)
Attendance: 110,000
Maradona 51', 63'


Third place match
June 28, 1986
12:00
France
4–2 (AET)
Belgium
Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Ref: Courtney (England)
Attendance: 21,000
Ferreri 27'
Papin 43'
Genghini 104'
Amoros 111' pen
Ceulemans 11'
Claesen 73'


Final
June 29, 1986
12:00
Argentina
3–2 West Germany
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Filho (Brazil)
Attendance: 114,600
Brown 23'
Valdano 55'
Burruchaga 83'
Rummenigge 74'
Völler 80'


Awards
1986 World Cup Winners

ARGENTINA
Second title

Golden Shoe winner:
Golden Ball winner:
FIFA Fair Play Trophy:

Gary Lineker
Diego Maradona
Brazil


Scorers
6 goals
• Gary Lineker
5 goals
• Diego Maradona
• Careca
• Emilio Butragueño
4 goals
• Jorge Valdano
• Preben Elkjær-Larsen
• Alessandro Altobelli
• Igor Belanov
3 goals
• Jan Ceulemans
• Nico Claesen
• Jesper Olsen
• Rudi Völler
2 goals
• Jorge Burruchaga
• Enzo Scifo
• Josimar
• Sócrates
• Jean-Pierre Papin
• Michel Platini
• Yannick Stopyra
• Klaus Allofs
• Fernardo Quirarte
• Abderrazak Khairi
• Roberto Cabañas
• Julio César Romero
• Ramon Calderé
• Ivan Yaremchuk
1 goal
• José Luis Brown
• Pedro Pasculli
• Oscar Ruggeri
• Djamel Zidane
• Stéphane Demol
• Erwin Vandenbergh
• Frank Vercauteren
• Daniel Veyt
• Edinho
• Plamen Getov
• Nasko Sirakov
• John Eriksen
• Michael Laudrup
• Søren Lerby
• Peter Beardsley
• Manuel Amoros
• Bernard Genghini
• Luis Fernandez
• Jean-Marc Ferreri
• Dominique Rocheteau
• Andreas Brehme
• Lothar Matthäus
• Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
• Lajos Détári
• Márton Esterházy
• Ahmed Radhi
• Luis Flores
• Manuel Negrete
• Hugo Sánchez
• Raul Servin
• Abdelkarim Krimau
• Colin Clarke
• Norman Whiteside
• Włodzimierz Smolarek
• Carlos Manuel
• Diamantino Miranda
• Gordon Strachan
• Park Chang-Seon
• Kim Jung-boo
• Huh Jung-Moo
• Choi Soon-Ho
• Sergei Aleinikov
• Oleg Blokhin
• Vasili Rats
• Serge Rodionov
• Pavel Yakovenko
• Aleksandr Zavarov
• Eloy
• Andoni Goikoetxea
• Julio Salinas
• Señor
• Antonio Alzamendi
• Enzo Francescoli
Own goals
• Cho Kwang-Rae (for Italy)

Trivia
• As 1986 had been declared the International Year of Peace by the United Nations, the advertising boards of all the stadia displayed the emblems of FIFA and the United Nations along with the legend "Football for Peace - Peace Year"
• This was Canada's first and (to date) only appearance at a World Cup, after a qualifying win over Honduras 2-1 in St. John's, Newfoundland, with the Hondurans wearing tuques and gloves on the field due to the weather.
• Bulgaria became the first nation to qualify for the knockout stages without winning a game (Netherlands and Ireland would repeat the feat in 1990 and Chile followed suit in 1998) However in 1982 Italy advanced from the initial to the second group phase on the strength of just three draws. They went on to win the tournament.


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