The World Cup of 1986 was originally awarded to Columbia, but was changed to Mexico after Columbia announced that they could not afford to host the event.
Game 1: Played Saturday 31 May 1986 (12.00) Mexico City, Estadio Azteca 2000.[361]
(95,0000) Erik Fredriksson (SWE), Edgardo Codesal Mendez (MEX), Volker Roth (GER).
Result: ITALY 1 - BULGARIA 1 (1:0)
1:0 Altobelli 43, 1:1 Sirakov 85
ITA (1-3-4-2): [1] Giovanni Galli; - [6] Gaetano Scirea (c); - [2] Giuseppe Bergomi, [8] Pietro Vierchowod, [3] Antonio Cabrini; - [16] Bruno Conti (66 [17] Gianluca Vialli), - [13] Fernando de Napoli, [14] Antonio di Gennaro, [10] Salvatore Bagni; - [19] Giuseppe Galderisi, [18] Alessandro Altobelli.
BUL (4-4-2): [1] Borislav Mikhailov; - [12] Radoslav Zdravkov, [5] Georgi Dimitrov (c), [3] Nikolai Arabov, [13] Aleksandar Markov; - [2] Nasko Sirakov, [8] Anjo Sadkov, [11] Plamen Getov, [10] Zivko Gospodinov (74 [6] Andrej Zheliazkov); - [7] Bojidar Iskrenov (66 [20] Kostadin Kostadinov), [9] Stoicho Mladenov.
Booked: Bergomi 48, Cabrini 64 / A.Markov 5
NOTE: Match preceded by WC opening ceremony
Game 2: Played Monday 2 June 1986 (12.00) Mexico City, Estadio Olimpico ‘68.[364=]
(40,000) Victorian Sánchez Arminio (ESP), Gabriel González (PAR), Jesus Diaz Palacio (COL).
Result: ARGENTINA 3 - SOUTH KOREA 1 (2:0)
1:0 Valdano 6, 2:0 Ruggeri 18, 3:0 Valdano 46, 3:1 Park Chang-Sun 73
ARG (4-3-3): [18] Nery Alberto Pumpido; - [8] Néstor Rolando Clausen, [5] José Luis Brown, [19] Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri, [13] Oscar Alfredo Garré; - [14] Ricardo Omar Giusti, [2] Sergio Daniel Batista (75 [16] Julio Jorge Olarticoechea), [7] Jorge Luis Burruchaga; - [17] Pedro Pablo Pasculli (74 [20] Carlos Daniel Tápia), [10] Diego Armando Maradona (c), [11] Jorge Alberto Francisco Valdano.
KOR (4-4-2): [21] Oh Yung-Kyo; - [2] Park Kyung-Joon, [5] Yung Yong-Hwan, [14] Cho Min-Kook, [17] Huh Jung-Moo; - [12] Kim Pyung-Suk (23 [4] Cho Kwang-Rae), [20] Kim Yong-Se (h-t [19] Byun Byung-Joo) [10] Park Chang-Sun (c), [16] Kim Joo-Sung - [9] Choi Soon-Ho, [11] Cha Bum-Kun.
Booked: Huh Jung-Moo 44, Park Chang-Sun 50
NOTE: Official FIFA report and consequently many sources have Joo Byung-Ok on as sub for Kim Yong-Se at half-time. According to my notes of the time and Freddi, this is an error.
Game 3: Played Thursday 5 June 1986 (12.00) Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtemoc.[373=]
(32,000) Jan Keizer (HOL), Alan Snoddy (NIR), Antonio Márquez (MEX).
Result: ARGENTINA 1 - ITALY 1 (1:1)
0:1 Altobelli 6 pen, 1:1 Maradona 33
ARG (4-3-3): [18] Nery Pumpido; - [9] José Luis Cuciuffo, [5] José Luis Brown, [19] Oscar Ruggeri, [13] Oscar Garré; - [14] Ricardo Giusti, [2] Sergio Batista (50 [16] Julio Olarticoechea), [7] Jorge Burruchaga; - [4] Claudio Daniel Borghi (75 [12] Héctor Adolfo Enrique), [10] Diego Maradona (c), [11] Jorge Valdano.
ITA (1-3-4-2): [1] Giovanni Galli; - [6] Gaetano Scirea (c); - [2] Giuseppe Bergomi, [8] Pietro Vierchowod, [3] Antonio Cabrini; - [16] Bruno Conti (87 [17] Gianluca Vialli) [13] Fernando de Napoli (65 [11] Giuseppe Baresi), [14] Antonio di Gennaro, [10] Salvatore Bagni; - [19] Giuseppe Galderisi, [18] Alessandro Altobelli.
Booked: Giusti 58, Garré 65/ Bergomi 54
Game 4: Played Thursday 5 June 1986 (16.00) Mexico City, Estadio Olimpico ‘68.[375]
(45,000) Fallaj Khuzam Al-Shanar (SAU), Valeri Butenko (URS), Ioan Igna (ROM).
Result: BULGARIA 1 - SOUTH KOREA 1 (1:0)
1:0 Getov 11, 1:1 Kim Jong-boo 69
BUL (4-4-2): [1] Borislav Mikhailov; - [12] Radi Zdravkov, [5] Georgi Dimitrov (c), [3] Nikolai Arabov, [4] Petar Petrov; - [2] Nasko Sirakov, [8] Anjo Sadkov, [11] Plamen Getov (87 [6] Andrej Zheliazkov), [10] Zivko Gospodinov; - [7] Bojidar Iskrenov (h-t [20] Kostadin Kostadinov), [9] Stoicho Mladenov.
KOR (4-4-2): [21] Oh Yung-Kyo; - [2] Park Kyung-Joon, [5] Yung Yong-Hwan, [8] Cho Yung-Jeung, [17] Huh Jung-Moo; - [4] Cho Kwang-Rae (71 [14] Cho Min-Kook), [10] Park Chang-Sun (c), [13] Noh Soo-Jin (h-t [7] Kim Jong-Boo), [19] Byun Byung-Joo; - [16] Kim Joo-Sung, [11] Cha Bum-Kun.
Booked: Gospodinov 49/ Kim Joo-Sung 31,Cho Yung-Jeung 60
Game 5: Played Tuesday 10 June 1986 (12.00), Estadio Olimpico ‘68 Mexico City.[387=]
(45,000) Berny Ulloa Morera COS, José Luis Martinez Bazan (URU), Romualdo Arppi Filho (BRZ).
Result: ARGENTINA 2 - BULGARIA 0 (1:0)
1:0 Valdano 3, 2:0 Burruchaga 79
ARG (4-3-3): [18] Nery Pumpido; - [9] José Cuciuffo, [5] José Luis Brown, [19] Oscar Ruggeri, [13] Oscar Garré; - [14] Ricardo Giusti, [2] Sergio Batista (h-t [16] Julio Olarticoechea), [7] Jorge Burruchaga; - [4] Claudio Borghi (h-t [12] Héctor Enrique), [10] Diego Maradona (c), [11] Jorge Valdano.
BUL (4-4-2): [1] Borislav Mikhailov; - [4] Petar Petrov, [5] Georgi Dimitrov (c), [6] Andrej Zheliazkov, [13] Aleksandar Markov; - [2] Nasko Sirakov (72 [12] Radi Zdravkovkov), [8] Anjo Sadkov [11] Plamen Getov, [15] Georgi Yordanov; - [14] Plemen Markov, [9] Stoicho Mladenov (53 [18] Boycho Velitchkov).
Booked: Cuciuffo 25
NOTE: Although I have given Bulgaria a 4-4-2 formation they played every player behind the ball and showed little ambition during the game. Knowing a draw or low scoring defeat would see them through to the second round.
Game 6: Played Tuesday 10 June 1986 (12.00) Puebla, June 10th - Estadio Cuauhtemoc.[387=]
(20,000) David Socha (USA}, Urres (MEX), Jamal Al-Sharif (SYR).
Result: ITALY 3 - SOUTH KOREA 3 (1:0)
1:0 Altobelli 18, 1:1 Choi Soon-Ho 62, 2:1 Altobelli 73, 3:1 Choi Kwang-Rae 82 og, 3:2 Huh Jung-Moo 89 (26 Altobelli missed penalty)
ITA (1-3-4-2): [1] Giovanni Galli; - [6] Gaetano Scirea (c); - [4] Fulvio Collovati, [8] Pietro Vierchowod, [3] Antonio Cabrini; - [16] Bruno Conti [13] Fernando de Napoli, [14] Antonio di Gennaro, [10] Salvatore Bagni(67 [11] Giuseppe Baresi), - [19] Giuseppe Galderisi (88 [17] Gianluca Vialli), [18] Alessandro Altobelli.
KOR (4-4-2): [21] Oh Yung-Kyo; - [2] Park Kyung-Hoon, [5] Yung Yong-Hwan, [8] Cho Yung-Jeung, [17] Huh Jung-Moo; - [4] Cho Kwang-Rae, [16] Kim Joo-Sung (h-t [3] Chung Jong-Soo), [10]Park Chang-Sun (c), [19] Byun Byung-Joo (70 [7] Kim Jong-Boo); - [9] Choi Soon-Ho, [11] Cha Bum-Kun.
Booked: Scirea 65, Vierchowod 70 / Kim Joo-Sung 17, Park Kyung-Hoon 35.
| Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| South Korea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
Game 1: Played Tuesday 3 June 1986 (12.00) Mexico City, Estadio Azteca.[367=]
(110,000) Carlos Esposito (ARG), Carlos Alberto da Silva Valente POR, Romulo Méndez Molina (GUA).
Result: MEXICO 2 - BELGIUM 1 (2:1)
1:0 Quirarte 23, 2:0 Sánchez 39, 2:1 van den Bergh 46
MEX (4-3-3): [1] Pablo Larios-Iwasaki; - [2] Mario Alberto Trejo-Guzman, [14] Felix Cruz Barbosa-Rios, [3] Fernando Quirarte-Gutierrez, [17] Raul Servin-Monetti; - [16] Carlos Muńoz-Remolina, [13] Javier Aguirre-Onaindia, [22] Manuel Negrete-Arias; - [10] Tomas Boy-Espinoza (c - 69 [7] Miguel Espańa), [9] Hugo Sánchez-Márquez,1 [15] Luis Flóres (79 [5] Javier Francisco Cruz).
BEL (1-3-4-2): [1] Jean-Marie Pfaff; - [3] Franky Van der Elst; - [2] Eric Gerets, [19] Hugo Broos, [4] Michel De Wolf; - [8] Vincenzo ‘Enzo’ Scifo, [7] Rene Vandereycken, [6] Frankie Vercauteren, [11] Jan Ceulemans (c); - [9] Erwin Vandenbergh (66 [21] Stefan Demol), [10] Filip Desmet (60 [16] Nicolas Claesen).
Booked: Sánchez 23, Muńoz 83/ F.van der Elst 56
Note: Franky (1986-98) and his brother Leo (1986) Van der Elst were no relation to François Van der Elst of the 1982 finals.
Game 2: Played Wednesday 4 June 1986 (12.00) Toluca, Estadio Bombonera.[370=]
(24,000) Edwin Picon-Ackong (MAU), David Socha (USA}, Berny Ulloa Morera (COS).
Result: PARAGUAY 1 - IRAQ 0 (1:0)
1:0 Romero 35
PAR (4-4-2): [1] Robrto Fernandez; - [2] Juan Torales, [4] Wladimiro Scettina, [5] Rogelio Delgado (c) [3] Cesar Zabala; - [10] Adolfino Canete, [6] Jorge Nunez, [8] Julio Cesar Romero, [7] Buenaventura Ferreira; - [11] Alfredo Mendoza (88 [16] Jorge Guasch), [9] Roberto Cabańas González.
IRQ (4-4-2): [1] Raad Salman Hammoudi (c); - [3] Khalil Mohammed Allawi, [5] Samir Shakir Mahmoud, [4] Salim Shakir Nadhum, [22] Ghanim Araibi Al-Roubai; - [7] Haris Mohammed Hassan (68 [11] Abdulrahim Hamid Aufi), [15] Natiq Hashim Abidoun, [14] Basil Kourkis Hanna (82 [19] Basil Qasim Basim), [6] Ali Hussein Shihab; - [8] Ahmed Rhadi Amaiesh, [10] Said Mohammed Hussein.
Booked: Schettina 45/ Mahmoud 29
Note: Kourkis is spelled Gorgis in many sources.
Game 3: Played Saturday 7 June 1986 (12.00) Mexico City, Estadio Azteca.[379=]
(114,600) George Courtney (ENG), Ioan Igna (ROM), Erik Fredriksson (SWE).
Result: MEXICO 1 - PARAGUAY 1 (1:1)
1:0 Flóres 3, 1:1 Romero 85 (88 Fernandez saved a penalty by Sánchez)
MEX (4-3-3): [1] Pablo Larios; - [2] Mario Trejo, [14] Felix Cruz, [3] Fernando Quirarte, [17] Raul Servin; - [16] Carlos Muńoz, [13] Javier Aguirre, [22] Manuel Negrete; - [10] Tomas Boy (c - 89 [7] Miguel Espańa), [9] Hugo Sánchez [15] Luis Flóres, (76 [5] Francisco Cruz).
PAR (4-4-2): [1] Robrto Fernandez; - [2] Juan Torales (81 [20] Ramon Hicks), [4] Wladimiro Scettina, [5] Rogelio Delgado (c), [3] Cesar Zabala; - [6] Jorge Nunez, [7] Buenaventura Ferreira, [8] Julio Cesar Romero, [10] Adolfino Canete; - [9] Roberto Cabańas [11] Alfredo Mendoza (63 [16] Jorge Guasch).
Booked: Negrete 26, Sánchez 75 (suspended next game), Trejo 80 / Mendoza 5, Schettina 30
Game 4: Played Sunday 8 June 1986 (12.00) Toluca, Estadio Bombonera.[382=]
(10,000) Jesus Diaz Palacio (COL), Victorian Sánchez Arminio (ESP), Vojtech Christov (CZE).
Result: BELGIUM 2 - IRAQ 1 (2:0)
1:0 Scifo 16, 2:0 Claesen 19 pen, 2:1 Rhadi Amaiesh 59
BEL (1-3-4-2): [1] Jean-Marie Pfaff; - [3] Franky Van Der Elst; - [2] Eric Gerets, [21] Stefan Demol (69 [13] Georges Grun), [4] Michel De Wolf; - [8] Enzo Scifo (67 [14] Leo Clijsters), [7] Rene Vandereycken, [6] Frankie Vercauteren, [11] Jan Ceulemans (c); - [10] Filip Desmet, [16] Nico Claesen.
IRQ (4-4-2): [1] Raad Salman (c); - [3] Khalil Allawi, [5] Samir Mahmoud, [4] Salim Nadhum, [22] Ghanim Al-Roubai; - [7] Haris Hassan, [15] Natiq Abidoun, [14] Basil Kourkis Hanna, [6] Ali Shihab; - [8] Ahmed Rhadi Amaiesh, [9] Kerim Saddam Minshid (82 [11] Abdulrahim Aufi).
Booked: Salman 20, Salim 25, Hassan 42, Abidoun 65, Mahmoud (after match)/ Claesen 16
Sent off: Kourkis Hanna (52)
Game 5: Played Wednesday 11 June 1986 (12.00) Toluca, Estadio Bombonera.[389=]
(10,000) Bogdan Dochev (BUL), Hernan Silva Arce CHI, Ali Ben Nasser (TUN).
Result: BELGIUM 2 - PARAGUAY 2 (1:0)
1:0 Vercauteren 31, 1:1 Cabańas 50, 2:1 Veyt 59, 2:2 Cabańas 76
BEL (1-3-4-2): [1] Jean-Marie Pfaff; - [5] Michel Renquin; - [13] Georges Grun (89 [15] Leo Van der Elst), [19] Hugo Broos, [22] Patrick Vervoort; - [8] Enzo Scifo, [21] Stefan Demol, [6] Frankie Vercauteren, [11] Jan Ceulemans (c); - [18] Danny Veyt, [16] Nico Claesen.
PAR (4-4-2): [1] Robrto Fernandez; - [2] Juan Torales, [5] Rogelio Delgado (c), [6] Jorge Nunez; [3] Cesar Zabala, - [10] Adolfino Canete; [8] Julio Cesar Romero, [9] Roberto Cabańas, [7] Buenaventura Ferreira, - [11] Alfredo Mendoza (68 [20] Ramon Hicks), [16] Jorge Guasch.
Booked: Ceulemans 55, Romero 55
Sent off: 82 Ré, the Paraguay coach became the first to be sent off in finals history.
Game 6: Played Wednesday 11 June 1986 (12.00) Mexico City, Estadio Azteca.[389=]
(103,763) Zoran Petrovic (YUG), Luigi Agnolin (ITA), Lajos Nemeth (HUN).
Result: MEXICO 1 - IRAQ 0 (0:0)
1:0 Quirarte 54
MEX (4-4-2): [1] Pablo Larios; - [18] Rafael Amador-Flóres (63 [8] Alejandro Dominguez-Escoto), [14] Felix Cruz, [3] Fernando Quirarte, [17] Raul Servin; - [6] Carlos de los Cobos-Martinez (79 [5] Francisco Cruz), [7] Miguel Espańa, [22] Manuel Negrete; - [10] Tomas Boy, [13] Javier Aguirre, [15] Luis Flóres.
IRQ (4-4-2): [20] Abdulfattah Nussayef Jassim; - [2] Maad Ibrahim Majid, [3] Khalil Allawi (c), [4] Salim Nadhum, [22] Ghanim Al-Roubai; - [17] Ainid Tweresh (69 [16] Shaker Mahmoud Hamza), [15] Natiq Abidoun (61 [11] Abdul Aufi), [19] Qasim Basim, [6] Ali Shihab; - [8] Ahmed Amaiesh, [9] Kerim Minshid.
Booked: Minahid 30, Allawi 73
| Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Iraq | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Game 1: Played Sunday 1 June 1986 (16.00) Leon, Estadio Nou Camp.[363]
(35,748) Hernan Silva Arce (CHI), Berny Ulloa Morera (COS), Romulo Méndez Molina (GUA).
Result: FRANCE 1 - CANADA 0 (0:0)
1:0 Papin 79
FRA (1-3-4-2): [1] Joel Bats; - [4] Patrick Battiston; - [2] Manuel Marcel Amoros, [6] Maxime Bossis, [8] Thierry Tusseau; - [14] Jean Amadou Tigana, [12] Alain Giresse, [10] Michel Platini (c), [9] Luis Fernandez; - [17] Jean-Pierre Papin, [18] Dominique Rocheteau (69 [19] Yannick Stopyra)
CAN (4-4-2): Kenneth Paul Dolan; - [2] Robert Italo Lenarduzzi, [12] Randolph Fitzgerald Samuel, [6] Ian Christopher Bridge, [3] Bruce Alec Wilson (c); - [15] Paul John James (82 [9] Branko Segota), [17] David McDonald Norman, [4] Randy Lee Ragan, [11] Michael Sweeney (54 [18] James Matthew Lowery); - [10] Igor Vrablic, [7] Carl Howard Valentine.
Game 2: Played Monday 2 June 1986 (12.00) Irapuato, Estadio Revolución.[364=]
(16,500) Luigi Agnolin (ITA), George Courtney (ENG), Horst Brummeier (AUT).
Result: SOVIET UNION 6 - HUNGARY 0 (3:0)
1:0 Yakovenko 2, 2:0 Aleǐnikov 3, 3:0 Belanov 24 pen, 4:0 Yaremčuk 66, 5:0 Dajka og 75, 6:0 Rodionov 83 (77 Evtušenko missed penalty)
URS (1-3-4-2): [1] Rinat Faǐzrakhmanovič Dasaev; - [2] Vladimir Vasilevič Bessonov; - [15] Nikolaǐ Evgenevič Larionov, [10] Oleg Vladimirovič Kuznetsov, [5] Anatoliǐ Vasilevič Demyanenko (c); - [7] Ivan Ivanovič Yaremčuk, [20] Sergeǐ Evgenevič Aleǐnikov, [8] Pavel Aleksandrovič Yakovenko (72 [17] Vadim Anatolevič Evtušenko), [21] Laslo (Vasiliǐ) Karlovič Rats; - [19] Igor Ivanovič Belanov (70 [14] Sergeǐ Yurevič Rodionov), [9] Aleksandr Anatolevič Zavarov.
HUN (4--4-2): [1] Péter Disztl; - [2] Sándor Sallai, [6] Imre Garaba, [14] Zoltan Péter (63 [9] László Dajka), [5] József Kardos; - [19] György Bognár, [8] Antal Nagy (c), [10] Lajos Détári, [3] Antal Róth (13 [17] Gyözö Burcsa); - [7] József Kiprich, [11] Marton Esterházy.
Note: Dajka own goal sometimes given as Yaremčuk.
Game 3: Played Thursday 5 June 1986 (12.00) Leon, Estadio Nou Camp.[373=]
(36,540) Romualdo Arppi FIlho (BRZ), Shizuo Takada (JAP), Victorian Sánchez Arminio (ESP).
Result: FRANCE 1 - SOVIET UNION 1 (0:0)
0:1 Rats 54, 1:1 Fernandez 62
FRA (1-3-4-2): [1] Joel Bats; - [4] Patrick Battiston; - [3] William Ayache, [6] Maxime Bossis, [2] Manuel Amoros; - [14] Jean Tigana, [12] Alain Giresse (83 [15] Philippe Vercruysse), [10] Michel Platini (c), [9] Luis Fernandez; - [17] Jean-Pierre Papin (77 [16] Bruno Bellone), [19] Yannick Stopyra.
URS (1-2-4-2): [1] Rinat Dasaev; - [2] Vladimir Bessonov; - [15] Nikolaǐ Larionov, [10] Oleg Kuznetsov, [5] Anatoliǐ Demyanenko (c); - [7] Ivan Yaremčuk, [20] Sergeǐ Aleǐnikov, [8] Pavel Yakovenko (70 [14] Sergeǐ Rodionov), [21] Vasiliǐ Rats; - [19] Igor Belanov, [9] Alexandr Zavarov (80 [11] Oleg Vladimirovič Blokhin).
Booked: Fernandez 40, Amoros 43 / Rats 30, Belanov 33
Game 4: Played Friday 6 June 1986 (12.00) Irapuato, Estadio Revolución.[376=]
(13,800) Jamal Al-Sharif (SYR), Chris Bambridge (AUS), Zoran Petrovic (YUG).
Result: HUNGARY 2 - CANADA 0 (1:0)
1:0 Esterházy 2, 2:0 Détári 75
HUN (4-4-2): [18] József Szendrei; - [2] Sándor Sallai, [6] Imre Garaba, [4] József Varga, [5] József Kardos; - [19] György Bognár, [8] Antal Nagy (c 61 [9] László Dajka), [10] Lajos Détári, [17] Gyözö Burcsa (28 [3] Antal Róth); - [7] József Kiprich, [11] Marton Esterházy.
CAN (4-4-2): [1] Martire ‘Tino’ Lettieri; - [2] Bob Lenarduzzi, [12] Randy Samuel, [6] Ian Bridge, [3] Bruce Wilson (c - 41 [11] Mike Sweeney); - [15] Paul James (56 [9] Branko Segota), [8] Gerard Gray, [4] Randy Ragan, [17] David Norman; - [10] Igor Vrablic, [7] Carl Valentine.
Booked: Sweeney 52, Lenarduzzi 83
Sent off: Sweeney (85)
Game 5: Played Monday 9 June 1986 (12.00) Leon, Estadio Nou Camp.[385=]
(31,420) Carlos Alberto da Silva Valente (POR), Andre Daina (SUI), Alexis Ponnet (BEL).
Result: FRANCE 3 - HUNGARY 0 (1:0)
1:0 Stopyra 30, 2:0 Tigana 63, 3:0 Rocheteau 84
FRA (1-3-4-2): [1] Joel Bats; - [4] Patrick Battiston; - [3] William Ayache [6] Maxime Bossis, [2] Manuel Amoros; - [9] Luis Fernandez, [14] Jean Tigana, [10] Michel Platini (c), [12] Alain Giresse; - [17] Jean-Pierre Papin (62 [18] Dominique Rocheteau), [19] Yannick Stopyra (71 [11] Jean-Marc Ferreri).
HUN (4-4-2): [1] Péter Disztl; - [2] Sándor Sallai, [6] Imre Garaba (c), [4] József Varga, [5] József Kardos; - [3] Antal Róth, [10] Lajos Détári, [15] Péter Hannich (h-t [8] Antal Nagy), [9] László Dajka; - [20] Kálmán Kovacs (66 [19] György Bognár), [11] Marton Esterházy.
Booked: Ayache 41, Rocheteau 69
Game 6: Played Monday 9 June 1986 (12.00) Irapuato, Estadio Revolución.[385=]
(14,200) Idrissa Traoré (MLI), Gabriel González (PAR), Fallaj Khuzam Al-Shanar (SAU).
Result: SOVIET UNION 2 - CANADA 0 (0:0)
1:0 Blokhin 58, 2:0 Zavarov 75
URS (4-4-2): [16] Viktor Viktorovič Čanov; - [12] Andreǐ Mikhaǐlovič Bal, [10] Oleg Kuznetsov, [4] Gennadiǐ Vladimirovič Morozov, [6] Aleksandr Viktorovič Bubnov; - [20] Sergeǐ Aleǐnikov, [13] Gennadiǐ Vladimirovič Litovčenko, [14] Sergeǐ Rodionov, [17] Vadim Evtušenko; - [18] Oleg Valerevič Protasov (57 [19] Igor Belanov), [11] Oleg Blokhin (c - 61 [9] Aleksandr Zavarov).
CAN (4-4-2): [1] Tino Lettieri; - [2] Bob Lenarduzzi, [6] Ian Bridge, [12] Randy Samuel, [3] Bruce Wilson (c); - [15] Paul James (65 [9] Branko Segota), [8] Gerry Gray (69 [13] Georges Teddy Pakos), [4] Randy Ragan, [17] David Norman; - [14] Dale William Mitchell [7] Carl Valentine.
| Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Game 1: Played Sunday 1 June 1986 (12.00) Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco.[362]
(35,748) Chris Bambridge (AUS), David Socha (USA}, Jan Keizer (HOL).
Result: BRAZIL 1 - SPAIN 0 (0:0)
1:0 Socrates 61
BRZ (4-4-2): [1] Roberto CARLOS Gallo; - [2] EDSON Boaro, [4] Edino Nazareth Filho ‘EDINHO’ (c), [14] JÚLIO CÉSAR da Silva, [17] Cláudio Ibrahim Vaz Leal ‘BRANCO’; - [6] Leovegildo Lins Gama JÚNIOR (79 [5] Paulo Roberto FALCĂO), [18] SOCRATES Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Viera de Oliveira, [15] Ricardo Rogerio de Brito ‘ALEMĂO’, [19] ELZO Aloisio Coelho - [8] Walter CASAGRANDE Júnior (66 [7] Luis Antonio Corrča da Costa ‘MÜLLER’), [9] Antonio de Oliveira Filho ‘CARECA’.
ESP {4-4-2): [1] Andoni Zubizarreta-Urreta; - [2] Pedro Reńones-Crego “TOMÁS”, [4] Antonio Maceda-Francés (last cap), [8] Andoni Goicoechea-Alaskoaga, [3] José Antonio Camacho-Alfaro (c); - [21] Miguel González Mariadel-Campo “MICHEL”, [5] Victor Muńoz-Manrique, [17] Javier López Alfaro Francisco (83 [7] Juan Antonio Seńor-Gómez), [11] Julio Alberto Moreno-Casas; - [9] Emilio Butragueńo-Santos, [19] Julio Salinas Fernández.
Booked: Branco 82, / Julio Alberto 4
Note: After 52 Michel shot, hit the bar and as TV replays showed, the ball crossed the line by a good six inches, but the goal was not given. To rub it in Socrates was clearly offside when he headed the winner 9 minutes later.
Game 2: Played Tuesday 3 June 1986 (12.00) Guadalajara, Estadio Trez de Marzo.[367=]
(22,000) Valeri Butenko (URS), Zoran Petrovic (YUG), Andre Daina (SUI).
Result: ALGERIA 1 - NORTHERN IRELAND 1 (0:1)
0:1 Whiteside 6, 1:1 Zidane 59
ALG (4-4-2): [21] Larbi El-Hadi Fazwi; - [5] Abdallah Ligeon Medjadi, [4] Nouredine Kourichi Abdallah, [2] Mahmoud Guendouz (c), [16] Faouzi Mansouri; - [6] Mohamed Kaci Said, [7] Salah Assad, [18] Abdel Hamial Halim Ben Mabrouk, [14] Djamel Zidane (71 [10] Lakhdar Belloumi); - [8] Karim Maroc, [11] Rabah Mustapha Madjer (33 [13] Rachid Harkouk).
NIR (4-4-2): [1] Patrick Anthony Jennings; - [2] James Michael Nicholl, [4] John Patrick O’Neill, [5] Alan McDonald, [3] Malachy Martin Donaghy; - [7] Steven Penney (89 [11] Ian Stewart), [8] Samuel Baxter McIlroy (c), [6] David McCreery, [15] Nigel Worthington; - [19] William Robert Hamilton, [10] Norman John Whiteside (62 [17] Colin Clarke).
Booked: Mansouri 36 / Worthington 58, McIlroy 78, Whiteside 79
Game 3: Played Friday 6 June 1986 (12.00) Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco.[376=]
(47,000) Romulo Méndez Molina (GUA), Joël Quiniou (FRA), José Luis Martinez Bazan (URU).
Result: BRAZIL 1 - ALGERIA 0 (1:0)
1:0 Careca 66
BRZ (4-4-2): [1] Roberto CARLOS; - [2] EDSON Boaro (11 [5] FALCĂO), [4] ‘EDINHO’ (c), [14] JÚLIO CÉSAR, [17] ‘BRANCO’: - [6] JÚNIOR, [18] SOCRATES, [15] ‘ALEMĂO’, [19] ELZO; - [8] CASAGRANDE (60 [7] ‘MÜLLER’), [9] ‘CARECA’.
ALG (4-4-2): [1] Nasreddine Drid; - [5] Abdallah Medjadi, [20] Fodil Megharia, [2] Mahmoud Guendouz (c), [16] Faouzi Mansouri; - [6] Mohamed Kaci Said, [7] Salah Assad (68 [12] Tedj Bensaoula), [18] Halim Ben Mabrouk, [9] Djamel Menad; - [11] Rabah Madjer. [10] Lakhdar Belloumi (79 [14] Djamel Zidane).
Game 4: Played Saturday 7 June 1986 (12.00) Guadalajara, Estadio Trez de Marzo.[379=]
(28,000) Horst Brummeier (AUT), Lajos Nemeth (HUN), Luigi Agnolin (ITA).
Result: SPAIN 2 - NORTHERN IRELAND 1 (2:0)
1:0 Butragueńo 2 (63 sec), 2:0 Julio Salinas 18, 2:1 Clarke 47
ESP (1-3-4-2): [1] Andoni Zubizarreta; - [14] Ricardo Gallego-Redondo, - [2] TOMÁS, [8] Andoni Goicoechea, [3] José Camacho (c); - [21] MICHEL, [5] VICTOR, [17] Javier Francisco, [6] Rafeal Gordillo-Vasquez (stretchered off 54 with broken leg [18] Ramón Maria Calderé del Rey); - [9] Emilio Butragueno, [19] Julio Salinas (78 [7] Juan Antonio Seńor-Gómez).
NIR (4-4-2): [1] Pat Jennings; - [2] Jimmyl Nicholl, [4] John O’Neill, [5] Alan McDonald, [3] Mal Donaghy; - [7] Steven Penney (54 [11] Ian Stewart), [8] Sammy McIlroy (c), [6] David McCreery, [15] Nigel Worthington (71 [19] Billy Hamilton); - [10] Norman Whiteside, [17] Colin Clarke
Booked: Victor 50 / Hamilton 85
Note: Freddi - ‘FIFA’s Official Report says Hipólito Rincón came on as substitute for Julio Salinas, an error confirmed by the Spanish FA’ ... and my notes at the time confirm this error, so there.
Game 5: Played Thursday 12 June 1986 (12.00) Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco.[393=]
(46,500) Siegfried Kirschen (DDR), George Courtney (ENG), Idrissa Traoré (MLI).
Result: BRAZIL 3 - NORTHERN IRELAND 0 (2:0)
1:0 Careca 15, 2:0 Josimar 42, 3:0 Careca 87
BRZ (4-3-3): [1] Roberto CARLOS; - [17] ‘BRANCO’, [4] ‘EDINHO’ (c), [14] JÚLIO CÉSAR, [13] JOSIMAR Higino Pereira; - [6] JÚNIOR, [18] SOCRATES (68 [10] Arthur Antunes Coimbra ‘ZICO’), [15] ‘ALEMĂO’; - [19] ELZO, [7] ‘MÜLLER’ (28 [8] CASAGRANDE), [9] ‘CARECA’.
NIR (4-4-2): [1] Pat Jennings; - [2] Jimmyl Nicholl, [4] John O’Neill, [5] Alan McDonald, [3] Mal Donaghy; - [11] Ian Stewart, [8] Sammy McIlroy (c), [6] David McCreery, [21] David Campbell (71 [14] Gerald ‘Gerry’ Joseph Armstrong); - [10] Norman Whiteside (68 [19] Billy Hamilton), [17] Colin Clarke.
Booked: Donaghy 12
Note: Pat Jennings gained his 119th and last cap, on his 41st birthday. A UK record for caps at the time and still a Northern Irish record.
Game 6: Played Thursday 12 June 1986 (12.00) Monterrey, Estadio Tecnologico.[393=]
(23,980) Shizuo Takada (JAP), Carlos Esposito (ARG), Edwin Picon-Ackong (MAU).
Result: SPAIN 3 - ALGERIA 0 (1:0)
1:0 Calderé 16, 2:0 Calderé 68, 3:0 Eloy 71
ESP (1-3-4-2): [1] Andoni Zubizarreta; - [14] Ricardo Gallego; - [2] TOMÁS, [8] Andoni Goicoechea, [3] José Camacho; - [21] MICHEL (64 [7] Juan Seńor), [5] VICTOR, [17] Javier Francisco, [18] Ramón Calderé; - [9] Emilio Butragueno (h-t [20] José Olaya-Prendes “ELOY”), [19] Julio Salinas.
ALG (4-4-2): [1] Nasreddine Drid (20 [21] Larbi El Hadi); - [4] Nouredine Kourichi, [20] Fodil Megharia, [2] Mahmoud Guendouz (c), [16] Faouzi Mansouri; - [6] Mohamed Kaci Said, [14] Djamel Zidane (59 [9] Djamel Menad), [11] Rabah Madjer, [13] Rachid Harkouk; - [8] Karim Maroc, [10] Lakhdar Belloumi.
Booked: Goicoechea 89/ Madjer 33
Note: Calderé failed a dope test. However the Spanish officials explained that the drug taken was actually a necessary medicine for asthma. Therefore no personal sanctions were applied against the player, but the Spanish federation was fined 25,000SFR.
| Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Algeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Game 1: Played Wednesday 4 June 1986 (12.00) Queretaro, Estadio La Corregidora.[370=]
(30,500) Vojtech Christov (CZE), Hernan Silva Arce (CHI), Carlos Alberto da Silva Valente (POR).
Result: WEST GERMANY 1 - URUGUAY 1 (0:1)
0:1 Alzamendi 4, 1:1 K.Allofs 84
GER (1-3-4-2): [1] Harold Anton ‘Toni’ Schumacher (c), - [15] Klaus Augenthaler, - [14] Thomas Berthold, [4] Karlheinz Förster, [2] Hans-Peter Briegel - [8] Lothar Herbert Matthäus (70 [11] Karl-Heinz Rummenigge), [6] Norbert Eder, [10] Felix Wolfgang Magath, [3] Andreas Brehme (h-t [7] Pierre Littbarski), - [9] Rudiger Völler, [19] Klaus Allofs.
URU (4-4-2): [12] Fernando Harry Alvez-Mosquera; - [4] Victor Hugo Diogo-Silva, [3] Eduardo Mario Acevedo-Cardoso, [2] Nélson Daniel Gutiérrez-Luongo, [6] José Albeto Batista-González; - [8] Jorge Walter Barrios-Balestrasse (c - 56 [16] Mario Daniel Saralegui-Iriarte), [6] Miguel Angel Bossio-Bastianini, [10] Enzo Francescoli-Uriarte, [11] Sergio Rodolfo Santin-Spinelli; - [7] Antonio Alzamendi-Casas (82 [19] Venancio Ariel Ramos-Villanueva), [9] Jorge Orosman da Silva.
Booked: Diogo 28, Saralegui 62
Game 2: Played Wednesday 4 June 1986 (16.00) Nezahualcoyotl, Estadio Neza ‘86.[372]
(18,000) Lajos Nemeth (HUN), Fallaj Khuzam Al-Shanar (SAU), Siegfried Kirschen (DDR).
Result: DENMARK 1 - SCOTLAND 0 (0:0)
1:0 Eljkćr-Larsen 57
DEN (1-3-4-2): [1] Troels Rasmussen; - [3] Sřren Busk; - [4] Morten Olsen, [5] Ivan Nielsen, [9] Klaus Berggreen; - [8] Jesper Olsen (80 [7] Jan Mřlby), [12] Jens Jorn Bertelsen, [15] Frank Arnesen (76 [2] John Sivebćk) [6] Sřren Lerby (c); - [11] Michael Laudrup, [10] Preben Elkjćr-Larsen
SCO (4-4-2): [1] James ‘Jim’ Leighton; - [2] Charles Richard Gough, [5] Alexander McLeish, [6] William Fergus Miller [3] Maurice David Robert Malpas , - [7] Gordon David Strachan (75 [9] Eamon John Bannon), [4] Graeme James Souness (c), [8] Robert Sime ‘Roy’ Aitken, [13] Stephen Nicol, - [19] Charles ‘Charlie’ Nicholas [20] Paul Whitehead Sturrock (63 [16] Francis McAvennie).
Booked: Berggreen 84
Game 3: Played Sunday 8 June 1986 (12.00) Queretaro, Estadio La Corregidora.[382=]
(25,000) Ioan Igna (ROM), Bogdan Dochev (BUL), Alan Snoddy (NIR).
Result: WEST GERMANY 2 - SCOTLAND 1 (1:1)
0:1 Strachan 18, 1:1 Völler 22, 2:1 Allofs 50
GER (1-4-3-2): [1] Toni Schumacher (c); - [15] Klaus Augenthaler, - [14] Thomas Berthold, [6] Norbert Eder, [4] Karlheinz Förster, [2] Hans-Peter Briegel (64 [17] Ditmar Jakobs); - [7] Pierre Littbarski (76 [11] Karl-Heinz Rummenigge), [8] Lothar Matthäus, [10] Felix Magath, - [9] Rudi Völler, [19] Klaus Allofs.
SCO (4-5-1): [1] Jim Leighton; - [2] Richard Gough, [14] David Narey, [6] Willie Miller, [3] Maurice Malpas , - [7] Gordon Strachan [4] Graeme Souness (c), [8] Roy Aitken, [13] Steve Nicol, (61 [16] Frank McAvennie), [9] Eamon Bannon (75 [21] David Cooper); - [17] Steven Archibald.
Booked: Archibald 30, Bannon 44, Malpas 74
Game 4: Played Sunday 8 June 1986 (16.00) Nezahualcoyotl, Estadio Neza ‘86.[384]
(26,500) Antonio Márquez (MEX), Romualdo Arppi FIlho BRZ, Jan Keizer (HOL).
Result: DENMARK 6 - URUGUAY 1 (2:1)
1:0 Elkjćr-Larsen 11, 2:0 Lerby 41, 2:1 Francescoli 45+ pen, 3:1 Laudrup 51, 4:1 Elkjćr-Larsen 69, 5:1 Elkjćr-Larsen 79, 6:1 J.Olsen 88
DEN (1-3-4-2): [1] Troels Rasmussen; - [3] Sřren Busk; - [4] Morten Olsen, [5] Ivan Nielsen, [21] Henrik Andersen; - [12] Jens Jorn Bertelsen (57 [7] Jan Mřlby), [15] Frank Arnesen, [9] Klaus Berggreen,[6] Sřren Lerby (c); - [11] Michael Laudrup (81 [8] Jesper Olsen), [10] Preben Elkjćr-Larsen
URU (4-4-2): [12] Fernando Alvez; - [4] Victor Diogo, [3] Eduardo Acevedo (c), [2] Nélson Gutiérrez, [6] José Batista; - [5] Miguel Bossio, [16] Mario Saralegui, [10] Enzo Francescoli, [11] Sergio Santin (57 [17] José Luis Salazar-Rodriguez); - [7] Antonio Alzamendi (57 [19] Venancio Ramos), [9] Jorge da Silva.
Booked: I.Nielsen 7 / Bossio 13, da Silva 35
Sent off: Bossio 19
Game 5: Played Friday 13 June 1986 (12.00) Queretaro, Estadio La Corregidora.[395=]
(28,500) Alexis Ponnet (BEL), Erik Fredriksson (SWE), Chris Bambridge (AUS).
Result: DENMARK 2 - WEST GERMANY 0 (1:0)
1:0 J.Olsen 43 pen, 2:0 Eriksen 62
DEN (1-3-4-2): [22] Lars Hřgh; - [3] Sřren Busk; - [2] John Sivebćk, [4] Morten Olsen, [21] Henrik Andersen; - [7] Jan Mřlby, [15] Frank Arnesen, [8] Jesper Olsen (71 [14] Allan Simonsen), [6] Sřren Lerby (c); - [11] Michael Laudrup, [10] Preben Elkjćr-Larsen (h-t [19] John Eriksen).
GER (1-4-3-2): [1] Toni Schumacher (c); - [17] Ditmar Jakobs; - [14] Thomas Berthold, [6] Norbert Eder, [4] Karlheinz Förster (71 [11] Karl-Heinz Rummenigge), [3] Andreas Brehme; - [8] Lothar Matthäus, [21] Wolfgang Rolff (h-t [7] Pierre Littbarski), [5] Matthias Herget; - [9] Rudi Völler, [19] Klaus Allofs.
Booked: Arnesen 36 / Eder 48, Jakobs 51
Sent off: Arnesen 88
Game 6: Played Friday 13 June 1986 (12.00) Nezahualcoyotl, Estadio Neza ‘86.[395=]
(20,000) Joël Quiniou (FRA), Ali Ben Nasser (TUN), Jesus Diaz Palacio (COL).
Result: SCOTLAND 0 - URUGUAY 0
SCO (4-4-2): [1] Jim Leighton; - [2] Richard Gough, [14] David Narey, [6] Willie Miller, [15] Arthur Richard Albiston; (c) - [7] Gordon Strachan, [8] Roy Aitken, [11] Paul Michael Lyons McStay, [13] Steve Nicol (70 [21] Davie Cooper); - [18] Graeme Marshall Sharp, [20] Paul Sturrock (70 [19] Charlie Nicholas).
URU (4-4-2): [12] Fernando Alvez; - [4] Victor Diogo, [3] Eduardo Acevedo, [2] Nélson Gutiérrez, [14] Alfonso Dario Pereyra-Bueno; - [8] Jorge Barrios (c), [6] José Batista, [19] Venancio Ramos (71 [16] Mario Saralegui), [21] Wilmar Rubens Cabrera-Soppa; - [10] Enzo Francescoli (84 [7] Antonio Alzamendi), [11] Sergio Santin.
Booked: Narey 48, Nicol 62 / Cabrera 32, Diogo 72, Alvez 87
Sent off: Batista (53 sec fastest in WC finals history)
Note: The Uruguayan coach banned from taking his place on the bench for one match. Uruguay went through after not winning a match and losing 6-1. Scotland manager Alex Ferguson resigned 15 minutes after the game finished.
| Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 |
| West Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Scotland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Game 1: Played Monday 2 June 1986 (16.00) Monterrey, Estadio Universitario.[366]
(19,694) José Luis Martinez Bazan (URU), Joël Quiniou (FRA), Idrissa Traoré (MLI).
Result: MOROCCO 0 - POLAND 0
MAR (4-3-3): [1] Ezaki Badou ‘Zaki’ (c); - [2] Libid Khalifa, [4] Mustapha El Biaz, [5] Noureddine Bouyahyaoui, [3] Abdelmajid Lamriss; - [6] Abdelmajid Dolmy, [8] Abdelaziz Bouderbala El Idrissi, [10] Mohamed Timoumi (89 [17] Abderrazak Khairi); - [7] Mustapha El Haddaoui (87 Abdelaziz Souleimani), [9] Abdelkarim Merry ‘Krimau’, [11] Mustapha Merry.
POL (4-4-2): [1] Jozef Mlynarczyk; - [14] Jan Kubicki (h-t [2] Kazimierz Przybys), [5] Roman Miroslaw Wójcicki, [6] Stefan Majewski, [4] Marek Ostrowski; - [6] Waldemar Jozef Matysik, [15] Andrzej Berard Buncol, [13] Ryszard Komornicki, [20] Zbigniew Kazmierz Boniek (c); - [11] Wlodimierz Wojciech Smolarek, [21] Dariusz Pawel Dziekanowski (56 [8] Jan Urban).
Booked: Timoumi 33
Game 2: Played Tuesday 3 June 1986 (16.00) Monterrey, Estadio Tecnologico.[369]
(19,998) Volker Roth (GER), Bogdan Dochev (BUL), Jamal Al-Sharif (SYR).
Result: PORTUGAL 1 - ENGLAND 0 (0:0)
1:0 Carlos Manuel 75
POR (4-4-2): [1] Manuel Galrinho Bento (c) (last cap, he later broke his leg in training); - [5] Alvaro Monteiro de Magalhăes, [8] Frederico Nobre Rosa, [15] António Henriques Jesus de Oliveira, [20] Augusto Soares Inácio; - [21] Antônio dos Santos Ferreira André, [7] Jaime Moreira Pacheco, [6] Carlos Manuel Correia dos Santos, [3] Antonio Augusto Jesus de Sousa; - [17] Manuel Fernandes Miranda ‘DIAMANTINO’ (83 [16] José António Prudencio Conde Bargiela), [9] Fernando Mendes Soares Gomes (73 [10] Paulo Jorge dos Santos Futre). Unused Subs: [22] Vitor Damas (GK), [14] Jaime Magalhăes, [11] Fenando Bandeirinha.
ENG (4-4-2): [1] Peter Leslie Shilton; - [2] Michael Gary Stevens, [14] Terence William Fenwick, [6] Terence Ian Butcher, [3] Kenneth Graham Sansom; - [4] Glenn Hoddle, [8] Raymond Colin Wilkins, [7] Bryan Robson (c - 60 [18] Stephen Brian Hodge), [11] Christopher Roland Waddle (80 [20] Peter Andrew Beardsley); - [9] Mark Wayne Hateley, [10] Gary Winston Lineker.
Unused Subs: [13] Chris Woods (GK), [15] Gary Stevens, [19] John Barnes.
Booked: Pacheco 88 / Fenwick 17, Butcher 78
Game 3: Played Friday 6 June 1986 (16.00) Monterrey, Estadio Tecnologico.[378]
(20,200) Gabriel González (PAR), Siegfried Kirschen DDR, Carlos Esposito (ARG).
Result: ENGLAND 0 - MOROCCO 0
ENG (4-3-3): [1] Peter Shilton; - [2] Gary Stevens, [14] Terry Fenwick, [6] Terry Butcher, [3] Kenny Sansom; - [4] Glenn Hoddle, [7] Bryan Robson (c - 42 [18] Steve Hodge), [8] Ray Wilkins; - [11] Chris Waddle, [9] Mark Hateley (76 [15] Gary Andrew Stevens), [10] Gary Lineker.
Unused Subs: [13] Chris Woods, [20] Peter Beardsley, [19] John Barnes.
MAR (4-3-3): [1] ‘Zaki’ (c); - [2] Labid Khalifa, [4] Mustapha El Biaz, [5] Noureddine Bouyahyaoui, [3] Abdelmajid Lamriss (74 [14] Lahcen Ouadani ‘Hcina’); - [8] Abdelaziz Bouderbala, [6] Abdemajid Dolmy, [10] Mohamed Timoumi; - [17] Abderrazak Khairi [9] ‘Krimau’ [11] Mustapha Merry (87 [21] Abdelaziz Souleimani).
Booked: Wilkins 40, Hateley 68 / Khalifa 50, Khairi 76
Sent off: Wilkins 42 (two match ban)
Note: England had three captains within three minutes in this match. Bryan Robson’s shoulder finally gave way after a fall in the Moroccan penalty area. He had been playing with a harness to protect his healing dislocated right shoulder, an injury he had sustained playing an FA cup Fifth round tie for Manchester United at West Ham on 5 March. Robson left the tournament and gave his captain’s armband to Ray Wilkins, who then threw the ball at the referee over a line decision and was sent off. Peter Shilton then took over as skipper for the remainder of England’s games.
Game 4: Played Saturday 7 June 1986 (16.00) Monterrey, Estadio Universitario.[381]
(19,915) Ali Ben Nasser (TUN), Edwin Picon-Ackong (MAU), Shizuo Takada (JAP).
Result: POLAND 1 - PORTUGAL 0 (0:0)
1:0 Smolarek 68
POL (4-3-3): [1] Jozef Mlynarczyk; - [18] Krzysztof Marek Pawlak, [5] Roman Wójcicki, [10] Stefan Majewski, [4] Marek Ostrowski; - [6] Waldemar Matysik, [13] Ryszaed Komornicki (57 [9] Jan Karas), [20] Zbigniew Boniek (c); - [11] Wlodek Smolarek (75 [17] Andrzwj Zgutczynski), [21] Dariusz Dziekanowski, [8] Jan Urban.
POR (4-4-2): [22] Vitor Manuel Alfonso Damas de Oliveira; - [5] Alvaro, [8] Frederico, [15] António Oliveira, [20] Augusto Inácio; - [21] António André (73 [14] Jaime Fernandes Magalhăes), [6] Carlos Manuel,[7] Jaime Pacheco, [3] António Sousa; - [17] ‘DIAMANTINO’, [9] Fernando Gomes (c - h-t [10] Paulo Futre).
Booked: Wójcicki 46, Dziekanowski 88
Game 5: Played Wednesday 11 June 1986 (16.00) Monterrey, Estadio Universitario.[391=]
(22,600) Andre Daina (SUI), Vojtech Christov (CZE), Horst Brummeier (AUT).
Result: ENGLAND 3 - POLAND 0 (3:0)
1:0 Lineker 8, 2:0 Lineker 14, 3:0 Lineker 36
ENG (4-4-1-1): [1] Peter Shilton (c); - [2] Gary Stevens, [14] Terry Fenwick, [6] Terry Butcher, [3] Kenny Sansom; - [4] Glenn Hoddle, [17] Trevor McGregor Steven, [16] Peter Reid, [18] Steve Hodge; - [20] Peter Beardsley (76 [11] Chris Waddle); - [10] Gary Lineker (86 [21] Kerry Michael Dixon).
Unused subs: [13] Chris Woods (GK), [12] Viv Anderson, [15] Gary A. Stevens.
POL (4-4-2): [1] Jozef Mlynarczyk; - [18] Krzysztof Pawlak, [5] Roman Wójcicki, [10] Stefan Majewski, [4] Marek Ostrowski; - [6] Waldemar Matysik (h-t [15] Andrzej Buncol), [13] Ryszard Komornicki (24 [9] Jan Karas), [20] Zbigniew Boniek, [11] Wlodek Smolarek; - Dariusz Dziekanowski, [8] Jan Urban.
Unused subs: [12] Jacek Kazimierski (GK), [17] Andrzej Zgutczynski, [18] Krzysztof Pawlak.
Booked: Fenwick 52
Game 6: Played Wednesday 11 June 1986 (16.00) Guadalajara, Estadio Trez de Marzo.[391=]
(18,000) Alan Snoddy (NIR), Volker Roth (GER), Valeri Butenko (URS).
Result: MOROCCO 3 - PORTUGAL 1 (2:0)
1:0 Khairi 19, 2:0 Khairi 27, 3:0 Krimau 62, 3:1 Diamantino 79
MAR (4-3-3): [1] ‘Zaki’ (c); - [2] Labid Khalifa, [4] Mustapha El Biaz, [5] Noureddine Bouyahyaoui, [3] Abdelmajid Lamriss (69 [16] Azeddine Amanallah); - [6] Abdelmajid Dolmy, [7] Mustapha El Haddaoui (71 [21] Abdelaziz Souleimani), [10] Mohamed Timoumi; - [8] Abdelaziz Bouderbala, [9] ‘Krimau’, [17] Abderrazak Khairi.
POR (4-4-2): [22] Vitor Damas; - [5] Alvaro (55 [19] José Lopes ‘Rui’ Aguas), [8] Frederico, [15] António Oliveira, [20] Augusto Inácio; - [14] Jaime Magalhăes, [6] Carlos Manuel, [7] Jaime Pacheco, [3] António Sousa (69 [17] ‘DIAMANTINO’);- [9] Fernando Gomes (c), [10] Paulo Futre.
Booked: Gomes 64
| Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| Morocco | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Portugal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Pts | F | A | |
| Belgium | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Hungary | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Game 1: Played Sunday 15 June 1986 (12.00) Mexico City, Estadio Azteca.[397]
(114,580) Romualdo Arppi FIlho (BRZ), Ioan Igna (ROM), Romulo Méndez Molina (GUA).
Result: MEXICO 2 - BULGARIA 0 (1:0)
1:0 Negrete 34, 2:0 Sarvin 61
MEX (4-3-3): [1] Pablo Larios; - [18] Rafael Amador, [14] Felix Cruz, [3] Fernando Quirarte, [17] Raul Servin; - [16] Carlos Muńoz, [7] Miguel Espańa, [22] Manuel Negrete; - [10] Tomas Boy (c - 80 [6] Carlos de los Cobos,), [13] Javier Aguirre, [9] Hugo Sanchez.
BUL (4-4-2): [1] Borislav Mikhailov - [12] Radi Zdravkov, [5] Georgi Dimitrov (c) [3] Nikolai Arabov, [4] Petar Petrov; - [8] Anjo Sadkov, [15] Georgi Yordanov,[20] Kostadin Kostadinov, [10] Zivko Gospodinov; - [19] Atanas Pashev (80 [7] Bojidar Iskrenov), [11] Plamen Getov (71 [2] Nasko Sirakov).
Game 2: Played Sunday 15 June 1986 (16.00) Leon, Estadio Nou Camp.[398]
(32,277) Erik Fredriksson (SWE), David Socha (USA}, Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (ESP).
Result: BELGIUM 4 - SOVIET UNION 3 (0:1, 2:2, 3:2)
0:1 Belanov 27, 1:1 Scifo 54, 1:2 Belanov 69, 2:2 Ceulemans 77, 3:2 Demol 102, 4:2 Claesen 108, 4:3 Belanov 111 pen
BEL (1-3-4-2): [1] Jean-Marie Pfaff; - [5] Michel Renquin; - [2] Eric Gerets(101 [15] Leo Van der Elst), [13] Georges Grun (112 [14] Leo Clijsters), [22] Patrick Vervoort; - [8] Enzo Scifo, [21] Stefan Demol, [6] Frankie Vercauteren, [11] Jan Ceulemans (c); - [18] Danny Veyt, [16] Nico Claesen.
URS (1-3-4-2): [1] Rinat Dasaev; - [2] Vladimir Bessonov; - [12] Andreǐ Bal, [10] Oleg Kuznetsov, [5] Anatoliǐ Demianenko (c), - [7] Ivan Yaremčuk [20] Sergeǐ Aleǐnikov, [8] Pavel Yakovenko (80 [17] Vadim Evtušenko), [21] Vasiliǐ Rats; - [9] Aleksandr Zavarov (73 [14] Sergeǐ Rodionov), [19] Igor Belanov.
Booked: Renquin 65
The Soviets, not for the first time were knocked out of the WC by some dubious refereeing decisions. At least one of the Belgian goals should have ruled offside. The most entertaining game of the tournament.
Game 3: Played Monday 16 June 1986 (12.00) Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco.[399]
(45,000) Volker Roth (GER), Antonio Márquez (MEX), Alan Snoddy (NIR).
Result: BRAZIL 4 - POLAND 0 (1:0)
1:0 Socrates 29 pen, 2:0 Josimar 53, 3:0 [4] ‘EDINHO’ 77, 4:0 Careca 82 pen
BRZ (4-4-2): [1] Roberto CARLOS; - [13] JOSIMAR, [14] JÚLIO CÉSAR, [4] ‘EDINHO’ (c), [17] ‘BRANCO’; - [19] ELZO, [15] ‘ALEMĂO’, [18] SOCRATES (70 [10] ‘ZICO’), [6] JÚNIOR; - [9] ‘CARECA’, [7] ‘MÜLLER’ (74 [20] Paulo SILAS do Prado Pereira).
POL (4-4-2): [1] Jozef Mlynarczyk; - [2] Kazimierz Przybys (60 [22] Jan Furtok), [5] Roman Wójcicki, [10] Stefan Majewski, [4] Marek Ostrowski; - [9] Jan Karas, [8] Jan Urban (84 [3] Wladislaw Antoni Zmuda), [20] Zbigniew Boniek, [7] Ryszard Jerry Tarasiewicz; - [21] Dariusz Dziekanowski, [11] Wlodek Smolarek.
Booked: Careca 36, Edinho 83 / Dziekanowski 13, Boniek 30, Smolarek 32
Game 4: Played Monday 16 June 1986 (16.00) Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtemoc.[400]
(26,000) Luigi Agnolin (ITA), Carlos Alberto da Silva Valente (POR), George Courtney (ENG).
Result: ARGENTINA 1 - URUGUAY 0 (0:0)
1:0 Pasculli 42
ARG (4-3-3): [18] Nery Pumpido; - [9] José Cuciuffo, [19] Oscar Ruggeri, [5] José Luis Brown, [13] Oscar Garré; - [14] Ricardo Giusti, [2] Sergio Batista (87 [16] Julio Olarticoechea), [7] Jorge Burruchaga; - [17] Pedro Pasculli, [10] Diego Maradona (c), [11] Jorge Valdano.
URU (4-4-2): [12] Fernando Alvez; - [15] Elisio Rivero-Pérez, [3] Eduardo Acevedo (61 [18] Rubén Walter Paz-Marquez), [2] Nélson Gutiérrez, [14] Dario Pereyra; - [8] Jorge Barrios (c), [5] Miguel Bossio, [19] Venancio Ramos, [11] Sergio Santin; - [21] Wilmar Cabrera (h-t [9] Jorge da Silva), [10] Enzo Francescoli.
Booked: Garré 30, Brown 49, Pumpido 83 / Francescoli 35, Acevedo 58, Santin 68,da Silva 85
Note: The Uruguayan coach banned from the bench.
The 400th game of the World Cup
Game 5: Played Tuesday 17 June 1986 (12.00) Mexico City, Estadio Olimpico ‘68.[401]
(71,499) Carlos Esposito (ARG), Jesus Diaz Palacio (COL), José Luis Martinez Bazan (URU).
Result: FRANCE 2 - ITALY 0 (1:0)
1:0 Platini 15, 2:0 Stopyra 57
FRA: [1] Joel Bats; - [4] Patrick Battiston; - [3] William Ayache, [6] Maxime Bossis, [2] Manuel Amoros; - [14] Jean Tigana, [12] Alain Giresse, [10] Michel Platini (c - 86 [11] Jean-Marc Ferreri), [9] Luis Fernandez (75 [8] Thierry Tusseau); - [18] Dominique Rocheteau, [19] Yannick Stopyra.
ITA (1-3-3-3): [1] Giovanni Galli; - [6] Gaetano Scirea (c); - [2] Giuseppe Bergomi, [8] Pietro Vierchowod, [3] Antonio Cabrini; - [11] Giuseppe Baresi (h-t [14] Antonio di Gennaro), [13] Fernando de Napoli, [10] Salvatore Bagni; - [18] Alessandro Altobelli, [19] Giuseppe Galderisi (58 [17] Gianluca Vialli) [16] Bruno Conti.
Booked: Ayache 40 / de Napoli 16, di Gennaro 67
Game 6: Played Tuesday 17 June 1986 (16.00) Monterrey, Estadio Universitario.[402]
(19,800) Zoran Petrovic (YUG), Horst Brummeier (AUT), Lajos Nemeth (HUN).
Result: WEST GERMANY 1 - MOROCCO 0 (0:0)
1:0 Matthäus 88
GER (1-3-3-3): [1] Toni Schumacher; - [17] Ditmar Jakobs; - [14] Thomas Berthold, [4] Karlheinz Förster, [2] Hans-Peter Briegel; - [8] Lothar Matthäus, [10] Felix Magath, [6] Norbert Eder; - [11] Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (c) [9] Rudi Völler (h-t [7] Pierre Littbarski); [19] Klaus Allofs.
MAR (3-4-3): [1] ‘Zaki’ (c); - [2] Labid Khalifa, [4] Noureddine Bouyahyaoui [3] Abdelmajid Lamriss; - [7] Mustapha El Haddaoui, [8] Abdelmajid Dolmy, [8] Abdelaziz Bouderbala, [14] ‘Hcina’; - [10] Mohamed Timoumi [9] ‘Krimau’, [17] Abderrazak Khairi.
Booked: Lamriss 29, Khalifa 65
Game 7: Played Wednesday 18 June 1986 (12.00) Mexico City, Estadio Azteca.[403]
(98,728) Jamal Al-Sharif (SYR), Fallaj Khuzam Al-Shanar (SAU), Alexis Ponnet (BEL).
Result: ENGLAND 3 - PARAGUAY 0 (1:0)
1:0 Lineker 31, 2:0 Beardsley 56, 3:0 Lineker 72
ENG (4-4-2): [1] Peter Shilton (c); - [2] Gary Stevens, [5] Alvin Edward Martin, [6] Terry Butcher, [3] Kenny Sansom; - [17] Trevor Steven, [16] Peter Reid, (58 [15] Gary A. Stevens), [4] Glenn Hoddle, [18] Steve Hodge; - [10] Gary Lineker, [20] Peter Beardsley (82 [9] Mark Hateley).
PAR (4-4-2): [1] Roberto Fernandez; - [2] Juan Torales (85 [16] Jorge Guasch), [4] Wladimiro Scettina, [5] Rogelio Delgado (c), [3] Cesar Zabala; - [10] Adolfino Canete, [8] Julio Cesar Romero, [6] Jorge Nunez, [7] Buenaventura Ferreira; - [9] Roberto Cabańas, [11] Alfredo Mendoza.
Booked: Martin 37, Hodge 67 / Romero 59, Nunez 60
Note: The Paraguayan coach banned from taking place on the bench
Game 8: Played Wednesday 18 June 1986 (16.00) Queretaro, Estadio La Corregidora.[404]
(38,500) Jan Keizer (HOL), Bogdan Dochev (BUL), Ali Ben Nasser (TUN).
Result: SPAIN 5 - DENMARK 1 (1:1)
0:1 J.Olsen 32 pen, 1:1 Butragueno 43, 2:1 Butragueno 56, 3:1 Goicoechea 68 pen, 4:1 Butragueno 79, 5:1 Butragueno 88 pen
ESP (1-3-3-3): [1] Andoni Zubizarreta; - [14] Ricardo Gallego; - [2] TOMÁS, [8] Andoni Goicoechea, [3] José Camacho (c); - [11] Julio Alberto, [5] VICTOR, [21] Michel (84 [17] Javier Francisco); - [9] Emilio Butragueno, [18] Ramón Calderé, [19] Julio Salinas (h-t [20] ELOY).
DEN (1-3-4-2): [22] Lars Hřgh; - [3] Sřren Busk; - [4] Morten Olsen (c), [5] Ivan Nielsen, [21] Henrik Andersen (60 [19] John Eriksen); - [8] Jesper Olsen (71 [7] Jan Mřlby), [9] Klaus Berggreen, [12] Jens Jorn Bertelsen, [6] Sřren Lerby; - [11] Michael Laudrup, [10] Preben Elkjćr-Larsen.
Booked: Goichoecea 27, Camacho 32, Michel 59 / Andersen 26
Game 1: Played Saturday 21 June 1986 (12.00) Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco.[405]
(65,677) Ioan Igna (ROM), Vojtech Christov (CZE), Lajos Nemeth (HUN).
Result: FRANCE 1 - BRAZIL 1 (1:1, 1:1, 1:1). Penalties 4-3
0:1 Careca 17, 1:1 Platini 42 (75 Bats saved a penalty by Zico)
FRA (1-3-4-2): [1] Joel Bats; - [4] Patrick Battiston; - [2] Manuel Amoros, [6] Maxime Bossis, [8] Thierry Tusseau; - [14] Jean Tigana, [12] Alain Giresse (84 [11] Jean-Marc Ferreri), [10] Michel Platini (c), [9] Luis Fernandez; - [19] Yannick Stopyra, [18] Dominique Rocheteau (last cap 101 [16] Bruno Bellone).
BRZ (4-4-2): [1] Roberto CARLOS; - [13] JOSIMAR, [14] JÚLIO CÉSAR, [4] ‘EDINHO’ (c), [17] ‘BRANCO’; - [15] ‘ALEMĂO’, [18] SOCRATES (last cap), [6] JÚNIOR (91 [20] SILAS), [19] ELZO; - [7] ‘MÜLLER’ (72 [10] ‘ZICO’ last cap), [9] ‘CARECA’.
Booked: Edinho (during penalty shoot-out)
Penalties: (0:0) Socrates (save Bats), 1:0 Stopyra, 1:1 Alemăo, 2:1 Amoros, 2:2 Zico, 3:2 Bellone, 3:3 Branco, (3:3) Platini (missed), (3:3) Julio Cesar (hit post), 4:3 Fernandez
Game 2: Played Saturday 21 June 1986 (16.00), Estadio Universitario, Monterrey.[406]
(44,386) Jesus Diaz Palacio (COL), Chris Bambridge (AUS), Alan Snoddy (NIR).
Result: WEST GERMANY 0 - MEXICO 0 (0:0, 0:0. 0:0). Penalties 4-1
GER (1-4-3-2): [1] Toni Schumacher; - [17] Ditmar Jakobs; - [14] Thomas Berthold, [6] Norbert Eder (115 [7] Pierre Littbarski), [4] Karlheinz Förster, [2] Hans-Peter Briegel; - [8] Lothar Matthäus, [10] Felix Magath, [3] Andreas Brehme; - [11] Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (c - 59 [20] Dietmar ‘Dieter’ Hoeness), [19] Klaus Allofs.
MEX (4-3-3): [1] Pablo Larios; - [18] Rafael Amador (70 [5] Francisco Cruz), [14] Felix Cruz, [3] Fernando Quirarte, [17] Raul Servin; - [16] Carlos Muńoz, [7] Miguel Espańa, [22] Manuel Negrete; - [10] Tomas Boy (c - 32 [6] Carlos de los Cobos), [13] Javier Aguirre, [9] Hugo Sánchez.
Booked: Allofs 27, Förster 55, Matthäus 86 / Aguirre 20, Quirarte 27, de los Cobos 74, Servin 83, Sánchez 94
Sent off: Berthold 65 / Aguirre 99
Penalties: 1:0 Allofs, 1:1 Negrete, 2:1 Brehme, (2:1) Quirarte (save Schumacher), 3:1 Matthäus, (3:1) Servin (save Schumacher), 4:1 Littbarski
Game 3: Played Sunday 22 June 1986 (12.00) Mexico City, Estadio Azteca.[407]
(115,580) Ali Ben Nasser (TUN), Bogdan Dochev (BUL), Berny Ulloa Morera (COS).
Result: ARGENTINA 2 - ENGLAND 1 (0:0)
1:0 Maradona 51 ("Hand of God"), 2:0 Maradona 56, 2:1 Lineker 81
ARG (4-3-3): [18] Nery Pumpido; - [9] José Cuciuffo, [5] José Luis Brown, [19] Oscar Ruggeri, [16] Julio Olarticoechea; - [2] Sergio Batista, [14] Ricardo Giusti, [7] Jorge Burruchaga (76 [20] Carlos Tapia); - [12] Héctor Enrique, [10] Diego Maradona (c), [11] Jorge Valdano.
Unused subs: [15] Luis Islas (GK), [8] Néstor Clausen, [17] Pedro Pasculli, [21] Marcelo Trobbiani.
ENG (4-4-2): [1] Peter Shilton (c); - [2] Gary Stevens, [14] Terry Fenwick, [6] Terry Butcher, [3] Kenny Sansom; - [4] Glenn Hoddle, [17] Trevor Steven (76 [19] John Charles Bryan Barnes), [16] Peter Reid (66 [11] Chris Waddle), [18] Steve Hodge; - [10] Gary Lineker, [20] Peter Beardsley.
Unused subs; [13] Chris Woods (GK), [15] Gary A Stevens, [8] Ray Wilkins.
Booked: Batista 60 / Fenwick 9 (holds the dubious record of 3 bookings in 4 games)
It has been said that Maradona won the 1986 World Cup for Argentina single-handedly; well he did it against England in this game and scored a brilliant solo goal - the best goal of this, or arguably, any WC. His earlier goal is probably the most controvertial of any WC (after Geoff Hurst’s second in the 1966 final).
Game 4: Played Sunday 22 June 1986 (16.00) Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtemoc.[408]
(45,000) Siegfried Kirschen (DDR), Horst Brummeier (AUT), Edgardo Codesal Mendez (MEX).
Result: BELGIUM 1 - SPAIN 1 (1:0, 1:1, 1:1). Penalties 5-4
Ceulemans 34, 1:1 Seńor 84
BEL (1-4-3-2): [1] Jean-Marie Pfaff; - [5] Michel Renquin; - [2] Eric Gerets, [13] Georges Grun, [21] Stefan Demol, [22] Patrick Vervoort; - [8] Enzo Scifo, [6] Frankie Vercauteren (106 [15] Leo Van der Elst), [11] Jan Ceulemans (c); - [16] Nico Claesen, [18] Danny Veyt (83 [19] Hugo Broos).
ESP (4-3-3): [1] Andoni Zubizarreta; - [2] TOMÁS (Half-time [7] Juan Seńor), [14] Ricardo Gallego, [15] Miguel Porlan Noguera “CHENDO”, [3] José Camacho (c); - [11] Julio Alberto, [5] VICTOR, [21] MICHEL; - [9] Emilio Butragueno, [18] Ramón Calderé, [19] Julio Salinas (63 [20] ELOY).
Booked: Demol 19, Grun 115, / Tomás 39, Calderé 44
Penalties: 0:1 Seńor, 1:1 Claesen, (1:1) Eloy (save Pfaff), 2:1 Scifo, 2:2 Chendo, 3:2 Broos, 3:3 Butragueno, 4:3 Vervoort, 4:4 Victor, 5:4 L.van der Elst
Game 1: Played Wednesday 25 June 1986 (12.00) Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco.[409]
(47,500) Luigi Agnolin (ITA), Lajos Nemeth (HUN), Zoran Petrovic (YUG).
Result: WEST GERMANY 2 - FRANCE 0 (1:0)
1:0 Brehme 9, 2:0 Völler 89
GER (1-4-3-2): [1] Toni Schumacher; - [17] Ditmar Jakobs; - [3] Andreas Brehme, [6] Norbert Eder, [4] Karlheinz Förster, [2] Hans-Peter Briegel; - [8] Lothar Matthäus, [21] Wolfgang Rolff, [10] Felix Magath; - [11] Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (c - 58 [9] Rudi Völler) [19] Klaus Allofs.
Unused subs: [22] Eike Immel (GK), [5] Matthias Herget, [7] Pierre Littbarski, [20] Dieter Hoeness.
FRA (1-3-4-2): [1] Joel Bats; - [4] Patrick Battiston; - [3] William Ayache, [6] Maxime Bossis, [2] Manuel Amoros; - [14] Jean Tigana, [12] Alain Giresse (72 [15] Philippe Vercruysse), [10] Michel Platini (c), [9] Luis Fernandez; - [19] Yannick Stopyra, [16] Bruno Bellone (66 [20] Daniel Xuereb).Unused subs: [22] Albert Rust (GK), [7] Yvon Le Roux, [13] Bernard Ghenhini.
Booked: Magath 59, / Fernandez 89
Game 2: Played Wednesday 25 June 1986 (16.00) Mexico City, Estadio Azteca.[410]
(110,420) Antonio Márquez (MEX), Carlos Alberto da Silva Valente (POR), Romulo Méndez Molina (GUA).
Result: ARGENTINA 2 - BELGIUM 0 (0:0)
1:0 Maradona 51, 2:0 Maradona 63
ARG (4-3-3): [18] Nery Pumpido; - [9] José Cuciuffo, [19] Oscar Ruggeri, [5] José Luis Brown, [16] Julio Olarticoechea; - [14] Ricardo Giusti, [2] Sergio Batista, [7] Jorge Burruchaga (86 [3] Ricardo Enrique Bochini); - [12] Héctor Enrique, [10] Diego Maradona (c), [11] Jorge Valdano.
Unused subs: [15] Luis Islas (GK), [13] Oscar Garré, [17] Pedro Pasculli, [21] Marcelo Trobbiani.
BEL (1-4-3-2}: [1] Jean-Marie Pfaff; - [5] Michel Renquin (54 [10] Filip Desmet); - [2] Eric Gerets, [21] Stefan Demol, [13] Georges Grun, [22] Patrick Vervoort; - [8] Enzo Scifo, [6] Frankie Vercauteren, [11] Jan Ceulemans (c); - [18] Danny Veyt, [16] Nico Claesen.
Unused subs: [12] Jacques Munaron (GK), [3] Franky Van Der Elst, [14] Leo Clijsters, [15] Leo Van Der Elst.
Booked: Valdano 33 / Veyt 27
Game Played Saturday 28 June 1986 (12.00) Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtemoc.[411]
(21,500) George Courtney (ENG), Hernan Silva Arce (CHI), Jamal Al-Sharif (SYR).
Result: FRANCE 4 - BELGIUM 2 (2:1, 2:2, 3:2)
0:1 Ceulemans 11, 1:1 Ferreri 27, 2:1 Papin 43, 2:2 Claesen 73, 3:2 Genghini 104, 4:2 Amoros 111 pen
FRA (1-3-4-2): [22] Albert Rust (only cap); - [4] Patrick Battiston (c); - [7] Yvon Le Roux (56 [6] Maxime Bossis), [5] Michel Bibard, [2] Manuel Amoros; - [14] Jean Tigana (84 [8] Thierry Tusseau), [13] Bernard Genghini, [15] Philippe Vercruysse, [11] Jean-Marc Ferreri; - [16] Bruno Bellone, [17] Jean-Pierre Papin.
BEL (1-4-3-2): [1] Jean-Marie Pfaff; - [5] Michel Renquin (64 Franky Van der Elst); - [2] Eric Gerets, [13] Georges Grun, [21] Stefan Demol, [22] Patrick Vervoort; - [8] Enzo Scifo (h-t [15] Leo Van der Elst), [17] Raymond Mommens, [11] Jan Ceulemans (c); - [18] Danny Veyt, [16] Nico Claesen.
Booked: Pfaff 63
Game Played Sunday 29 June 1986 (12.00) Estadio Azteca ‘2000, Ciudad de Mexico.[412]
(114,580) Romualdo Arppi Filho (BRZ), Erik Fredriksson (SWE), Berny Ulloa Morera (COS).
Result: ARGENTINA 3 - WEST GERMANY 2 (1:0)
1:0 Brown 23, 2:0 Valdano 56, 2:1 Rummenige 74, 2:2 Völler 82, 3:2 Burruchaga 85
ARG (3-5-2): [18] Nery Pumpido; - [9] José Cuciuffo, [5] José Luis Brown, [19] Oscar Ruggeri; - [12] Héctor Enrique [14] Ricardo Giusti, [2] Sergio Batista, [7] Jorge Burruchaga (89 [21] Marcelo Antonio Trobbiani-Ughetto), [16] Julio Olarticoechea; - [11] Jorge Valdano, [10] Diego Maradona (c).
GER (1-3-4-2): [1] Toni Schumacher; - [17] Ditmar Jakobs (last cap); - [3] Andreas Brehme, [4] Karlheinz Förster (last cap), [2] Hans-Peter Briegel (last cap); - [14] Thomas Berthold, [8] Lothar Matthäus, [6] Norbrt Eder (last cap), [10] Felix Magath (last cap 63 [20] Dieter.Hoeness (last cap); - [11] Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (c last cap), [19] Klaus Allofs (h-t [9] Rudi Völler).
Booked: Maradona 17, Olarticoechea 77, Enrique 81, Pumpido 85, / Matthäus 21, Briegel 61
Note: Marco Trobbiani holds the shortest finals career, one minute of play. Rummenigge became the only player to captain in two losing finals.
| Goals | Player(s) |
| 6 | Lineker (ENG) |
| 5 | Maradona (ARG), Careca (BRZ), Butragueńo (ESP) |
| 4 | Valdano (ARG), Elkjćr-Larsen (DEN), Altobelli (ITA), Belanov (URS) |
| 3 | Ceulemans, Claesen (BEL), J.Olsen (DEN), Völler (GER) |
| 2 | Burruchaga (ARG), Scifo (BEL), Josimar, Socrates (BRZ), Calderé (ESP), Papin, Platini, Stopyra (FRA), K. Allofs (GER), Khairi (MAR), Quirate (MEX). Cabańas, Romero (PAR). |
ALG: Rabah Saadane | [3] Fathi Chebel, [15] Abdel Hamid Sadmi, [17] Fazwi Benkhalid, [19] Mohamed Chaib, [22] Mourad Amara (GK).
ARG: Carlos Salvador Bilardo, (Assist) Carlos Oscar Pachamé, (Trainer) Ricardo Héctor Echevarria | [1] Sergio Omar Almirón, [6] Daniel Alberto Passarella, [15] Luis Alberto Islas (GK), [22] Héctor Miguel Zelada (GK).
BEL: Guy Thys | [12] Jacques Munaron (GK), [20] Gilbert Bodart (GK).
BRZ: Carlos ‘Tele’ Santana da Silva | [3] José OSCAR Bernardi, [11] EDIVALDO Martins de Fonseca, [12] PAULO VICTUR Barbosa de Carvalho (GK), MAURO Geraldo GALVĂO, [21] VALDO Candido Filho, [22] Emerson Leăo (GK).
BUL: Ivan Vutzov | [16] Vasil Dragolov (GK), [17] Hristo Kolev, [21] Vasil Diakov, [22] Ilia Valov (GK).
CAN: Anthony ‘Tony’ Keith Waiters (ENG) | [5] Terry Moore, [16] Gregory Ion, [19] Paquale de Luca, [20] Colin ‘Spikey’ Miller, [21] Sven Habermann (GK).
DEN: Josef E. “Sepp” Piontek (GER) | [13] Per Frimann, [16] Ole Qvist (GK), [17] Kent Nielsen, [18] Flemming Christensen, [20] Jan Bartram.
ENG: Robert ‘Bobby’ William Robson, (Assist) Don Howe | [12] Vivian Alexander Anderson, [13] Christopher Charles Eric Woods (GK), [22] Gary Richard Bailey (GK).
ESP: Miguel Muńoz, | [10] Francisco José Carrasco, [12] Enrique Setien Soler ‘Quique’, [13] Francisco Javier González Urruticoechea (GK), [16] Hipolito Rincón Povedano, [22] Juan Carlos Ablanedo-Iglesias (GK).
FRA: Henri Michel | [21] Philippe Bergeroo (GK).
GER: Franz Beckenbauer, | [12] Ulrich Stein (GK), [13] Karl Allgöwer, [16] Olaf Thon, [18] Uwe Rahn, [22] Eike Immel (GK).
HUN: Gyorgy Mezey | [12] Jozsef Csuhay, [13] Laszlo Disztl, [16] Jozsef Nagy, [21] Gyula Hajszán, [22] Jozsef Andrusch (GK).
IRQ: Evaristo de Macedo Filho (BRZ)| [13] Karim Allawe, [16] Shaker Mahmoud Hamza, [18] Ismail Sharif, [21] Ahmed Mohammed (GK).
ITA: Enzo Bearzot | [5] Sebastiano Nella, [7] Roberto Tricella, [9] Carlo Ancelotti, [12] Franco Tancredi (GK), [15] Marco Tardelli, [20] Paolo Rossi, [21] Aldo Serena, [22] Walter Zenga (GK).
KOR: Kim Jung-Nam | [1] Cho Byung-Duk (GK), [6] Lee Tae-Ho, [15] Yoo Byung-Ok, [18] Kim Sam-Soo, [22] Kang Duk-Soo (GK).
MAR: José Faria (BRZ)| [12] Salahdine Hmied (GK), [13] Abdelfettah Rhiati, [15] Mohammed Moncef El Haddaoui, [18] Mohamed Sahil, [19] Fadel Jilal, [20] Abdellah Bidar, [22] Abdelfettah Mouddani (GK).
MEX: Bora Milutinovic (YUG) | [4] Armando Manzo-Ponce, [11] Carlos Hermosillo-Coytortúa, [12] Ignacio Rodriguez-Bahena (GK), [19] Javier Hernández-Gutiérrez, [20] Olaf Heredia-Orosco (GK), [21] Cristobal Ortega-Martinez.
NIR: William Laurence Bingham | [9] James Quinn, [12] James Archibald Platt (GK), [13] Philip Hughes (GK), [16] Paul Ramsey, [18] John McClelland, [20] Bernard McNally, [22] Paul Caughey.
PAR: Cayetano Ré | [12] Jorge Antonio Bataglia (GK), [13] Virginio Cáceres-Villalba, [14] Luis Caballero, [15] Eufemio Cabral, [17] Francico Alcaraz, [18] Evaristo Isasi, [19] Rolando Chilavert, [21] Faustino Alonso, [22] Julian Coronel (GK).
POL: Antoni Piechniczek | [12] Jacek Kazimierski (GK), [16] Andrzej Ferdynand Palasz, [19] Jozef Wandzik (GK).
POR: José A. Torres | [2] Joăo Domingo Pinto Silva, [4] José Joaquin Pimentel-Ribeiro, [11] Fernando Barbosa ‘BANDEIRINHA’, [12] JORGE Martins da Silva (GK), [13] Antonio Farinha Henriques Morato, [18] Luis Peisoto Gonsalves Sobrinho.
SCO: Alexander Ferguson | [10] James ‘Jim’ Bett, [12] Andrew Lewis Goram (GK), [22] Alan Roderick Rough (GK).
URS: Valeriǐ Vasilevič Lobanovskiǐ | [3] Aleksandr Gabriэlovič (Gavrilovič) Čivadze, [22] Sergeǐ Viktorovič Krakovskiǐ (GK).
URU: Omar Borrás | [1] Rodolf Sergio Rodriguez (GK), [13] Javier Cesar Vega, [20] Carlos Alberto Aguilera-Nova, [22] Celso Otero (GK).
| Youngest | Oldest | |||
| Player | Francisco Cruz (MEX) | 20y 10d | Jennings (NIR) | 41y 0d |
| Goalkeeper | Dolan (CAN) | 20y 46d | Jennings (NIR) | 41y 0d |
| Scorer | Demol (BEL) | 20y 96d | Blokhin (URS) | 32y 216d |
| Champion | Borghi (ARG) | 21y 274d | Bochini (ARG) | 32y 115d |
| Finalist | Berthold (GER) | 21y 229d | Hoeness (GER) | 33y 173d |
| Captain | Barrios (URU) | 25y 131d | Bento (POR) | 37y 343d |
| Coach | Michel (FRA) | 38y 216d | Munoz (ESP) | 64y 154d |
| Referee | Snoddy (NIR) | 31y 74d | Márquez (MEX) | 50y 34d |