Listed below are the dates and results for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification.
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UEFA was allocated thirteen qualifying berths for the 1986 FIFA World Cup, and one place in a play-off, however Italy were the defending champions and qualified automatically, leaving 12.5 spots open for competition between 32 teams.
Europe's automatic qualifying berths were taken by Poland, West Germany, Portugal, England, Northern Ireland, France, Bulgaria, Hungary, Denmark, Soviet Union and Spain. Belgium and Scotland qualified through the UEFA play-off and UEFA–OFC intercontinental play-off respectively.
Format
editThe 32 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 2, 3, 4 and 6 had 5 teams each. The group winners and runners-up would qualify.
- Groups 1, 5 and 7 had 4 teams each. The group winners would qualify. The runners-up of Groups 1 and 5 would advance to the UEFA Play-offs, while the runner-up of Group 7 would advance to the UEFA / OFC Intercontinental Play-off. In the play-offs, the 2 teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the winner qualifying.
Group play
editThe draw for the qualifying groups took place in Zürich, Switzerland on 7 December 1983. During the draw teams were drawn from the 5 pots into the 7 groups. The seedings below were announced ten days before the draw.
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Summary
edit Group winners and the runners-up from the five-team groups qualified directly for the 1986 FIFA World Cup
Runners-up advanced to the play-offs
Runner-up advanced to the intercontinental play-off
Other teams were eliminated
Group 1
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Poland
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 8 | Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | Belgium
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 8 | Advance to UEFA play-off | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
| 3 | Albania
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | Greece
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — |
Source: [citation needed]
Group 2
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | West Germany
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8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 12 | Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 6–0 | |
| 2 | Portugal
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8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 10 | 1–2 | — | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | ||
| 3 | Sweden
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8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 9 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 4 | Czechoslovakia
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8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 8 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 4–0 | ||
| 5 | Malta
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8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 25 | −19 | 1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — |
Source: [citation needed]
Group 3
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | England
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8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | +19 | 12 | Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | |
| 2 | Northern Ireland
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8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 10 | 0–1 | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Romania
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8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 9 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 4 | Finland
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8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 8 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 5 | Turkey
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8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 24 | −22 | 1 | 0–8 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | — |
Source: [citation needed]
Group 4
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | France
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8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 11 | Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | |
| 2 | Bulgaria
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8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 11 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | East Germany
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8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 10 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–3 | 3–1 | ||
| 4 | Yugoslavia
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8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 5 | Luxembourg
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8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 27 | −25 | 0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 0–1 | — |
Source: [citation needed]
Group 5
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Hungary
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 | Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Netherlands
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 7 | Advance to UEFA play-off | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 7–1 | |
| 3 | Austria
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 7 | 0–3 | 1–0 | — | 4–0 | ||
| 4 | Cyprus
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — |
Source: [citation needed]
Group 6
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Denmark
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8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 11 | Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup | — | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Soviet Union
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8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 10 | 1–0 | — | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Switzerland
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8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 8 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | Republic of Ireland
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8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 6 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | ||
| 5 | Norway
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8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 5 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — |
Source: [citation needed]
Group 7
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Spain
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Scotland
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | Advance to UEFA–OFC play-off | 3–1 | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | |
| 3 | Wales
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | Iceland
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — |
Source: [citation needed]
UEFA play-off
edit| Belgium | 1–0 | Netherlands |
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2–2 on aggregate; Belgium won on away goals.
Inter-confederation play-offs
edit| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Scotland
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2–0 |  Australia
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2–0 | 0–0 |
Goalscorers
edit- 8 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
Bedri Omuri
Walter Schachner
Franky Vercauteren
Georgi Dimitrov
Petr Janečka
Gary Lineker- Tony Woodcock
Mika Lipponen
Dominique Rocheteau- Yannick Stopyra
Norman Whiteside
Dariusz Dziekanowski- Włodzimierz Smolarek
Carlos Manuel
Rodion Cămătaru
Georgi Kondratiev
Dan Corneliusson
Mark Hughes- Ian Rush
Klaus Allofs- Pierre Littbarski
- Uwe Rahn
- 2 goals
- Enzo Scifo
- Plamen Getov
- Stoycho Mladenov
- Nasko Sirakov
Klaus Berggreen- Søren Lerby
Andreas Thom- John Barnes
- Jari Rantanen
Lajos Détári- Márton Esterházy
- József Kiprich
- Tibor Nyilasi
Frank Stapleton
Robby Langers
Leonard Farrugia
Peter Houtman- Dick Schoenaker
- Rob de Wit
Tom Sundby- Zbigniew Boniek
- Diamantino Miranda
Davie Cooper- Mo Johnston
- Paul McStay
Hipólito Rincón- Thomas Sunesson
André Egli- Matthias Herget
- Rudi Völler
Fadil Vokrri
- 1 goal
- Mirel Josa
- Agustin Kola
- Arben Minga
- Martin Gisinger
- Peter Hrstic
- Toni Polster
- Herbert Prohaska
- Gerald Willfurth
- Nico Claesen
- Georges Grün
- Erwin Vandenbergh
- Eddy Voordeckers
- Rusi Gochev
- Kostadin Kostadinov
- Boycho Velitchkov
Paschalis Christophorou- Kostas Foti
- Panayiotis Marangos
- Jan Berger
- Stanislav Griga
- Vladimír Hruška
- Karel Jarolím
- Vladislav Lauda
- Josef Novák
- Ladislav Vízek
- John Sivebæk
- Michael Glowatzky
- Ronald Kreer
- Matthias Liebers
- Uwe Zötzsche
- Viv Anderson
- Glenn Hoddle
- Kenny Sansom
- Chris Waddle
- Ari Hjelm
- Ari Valvee
- Philippe Anziani
- Patrick Battiston
- Luis Fernández
- Alain Giresse
- José Touré
Nikos Anastopoulos- Kostas Antoniou
- Tasos Mitropoulos
- Dimitris Saravakos
- Giorgos Skartados
- József Kardos
- Antal Nagy
- Antal Róth
- László Szokolai
Magnús Bergs- Pétur Pétursson
- Guðmundur Þorbjörnsson
- Teitur Þórðarson
- Tony Grealish
- Kevin Sheedy
- Mickey Walsh
- Carmel Busuttil
- Michael Degiorgio
- Raymond Xuereb
- Erwin Koeman
- Marco van Basten
- Gerry Armstrong
- John O'Neill
- Martin O'Neill
- Jimmy Quinn
- Pål Jacobsen
- Hallvar Thoresen
- Marek Ostrowski
- Andrzej Pałasz
- Rui Jordão
- José Rafael
- Marcel Coraș
- Ion Geolgău
- Gino Iorgulescu
- Ștefan Iovan
- Dorin Mateuț
- Jim Bett
- Kenny Dalglish
- Frank McAvennie
- Charlie Nicholas
- Fyodor Cherenkov
- Anatoliy Demyanenko
- Yuri Gavrilov
- Sergey Gotsmanov
- Hennadiy Lytovchenko
- Emilio Butragueño
- Francisco José Carrasco
- Paco Clos
- Andoni Goicoechea
- Rafael Gordillo
- Marcos Alonso Peña
- Manuel Sarabia
- Ingemar Erlandsson
- Lars Larsson
- Mats Magnusson
- Torbjörn Nilsson
- Glenn Strömberg
- Umberto Barberis
- Jean-Paul Brigger
- Christian Matthey
Metin Tekin- İlyas Tüfekçi
- Mickey Thomas
- Thomas Berthold
- Andreas Brehme
- Karlheinz Förster
- Felix Magath
- Lothar Matthäus
- Mehmed Baždarević
- Milko Djurovski
- Ivan Gudelj
- Miloš Šestić
- Haris Škoro
- 1 own goal
- Nikos Pantziaras (playing against the Netherlands)
- Guy Hellers (playing against Bulgaria)
- Michel Valke (playing against Austria)
- Frederico Rosa (playing against Malta)
- Gino Iorgulescu (playing against Northern Ireland)
- Andreas Ravelli (playing against Czechoslovakia)
References
edit- ^ "Netherlands vs. Belgium" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 June 2022.