1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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.

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

The 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

The 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.

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D	Pot E
West Germany  Poland  France  England  Soviet Union  Austria  Spain	Northern Ireland  Belgium  Hungary  Scotland  Yugoslavia  Czechoslovakia  Denmark	Republic of Ireland  Wales  Netherlands  Romania  Sweden  East Germany  Greece	Bulgaria  Portugal   Switzerland  Iceland  Albania  Turkey  Cyprus	Norway  Finland  Malta  Luxembourg

Summary

  Group winners and four best runners-up qualified directly for 1986 FIFA World Cup

  The remaining runners-up advanced to the play-offs

  Other teams were eliminated

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7
Poland	West Germany	England	France	Hungary	Denmark	Spain
Belgium	Portugal	Northern Ireland	Bulgaria	Netherlands	Soviet Union	Scotland
Albania Greece	Sweden Czechoslovakia Malta	Romania Finland Turkey	East Germany Yugoslavia Luxembourg	Austria Cyprus	Switzerland Republic of Ireland Norway	Wales Iceland

Key to colours in group tables
	Team qualifies for the World Cup
	Team advances to the play-off
	Team advances to the intercontinental play-off

Group 1

Main article: 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Poland 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 8  Belgium 6 3 2 1 7 3 +4 8  Albania 6 1 2 3 6 9 −3 4  Greece 6 1 2 3 5 10 −5 4

Albania – 2–0 1–1 0–1 Belgium 3–1 – 2–0 2–0 Greece 2–0 0–0 - 1–4 Poland 2–2 0–0 3–1 -

Group 2

Main article: 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  West Germany 8 5 2 1 22 9 +13 12  Portugal 8 5 0 3 12 10 +2 10  Sweden 8 4 1 3 14 9 +5 9  Czechoslovakia 8 3 2 3 11 12 −1 8  Malta 8 0 1 7 6 25 −19 1

Czechoslovakia – 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–5 Malta 0–0 – 1–3 1–2 2–3 Portugal 2–1 3–2 - 1–3 1–2 Sweden 2–0 4–0 0–1 - 2–2 West Germany 2–2 6–0 0–1 2–0 -

Group 3

Main article: 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  England 8 4 4 0 21 2 +19 12  Northern Ireland 8 4 2 2 8 5 +3 10  Romania 8 3 3 2 12 7 +5 9  Finland 8 3 2 3 7 12 −5 8  Turkey 8 0 1 7 2 24 −22 1

England – 5–0 0–0 1–1 5–0 Finland 1–1 – 1–0 1–1 1–0 Northern Ireland 0–1 2–1 - 3–2 2–0 Romania 0–0 2–0 0–1 - 3–0 Turkey 0–8 1–2 0–0 1–3 -

Group 4

Main article: 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  France 8 5 1 2 15 4 +11 11  Bulgaria 8 5 1 2 13 5 +8 11  East Germany 8 5 0 3 16 9 +7 10  Yugoslavia 8 3 2 3 7 8 −1 8  Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 2 27 −25 0

Bulgaria – 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 East Germany 2–1 – 2–0 3–1 2–3 France 1–0 2–0 - 6–0 2–0 Luxembourg 1–3 0–5 0–4 - 0–1 Yugoslavia 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 -

Group 5

Main article: 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Hungary 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 10  Netherlands 6 3 1 2 11 5 +6 7  Austria 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 7  Cyprus 6 0 0 6 3 18 −15 0

Austria – 4–0 0–3 1–0 Cyprus 1–2 – 1–2 0–1 Hungary 3–1 2–0 - 0–1 Netherlands 1–1 7–1 1–2 -

Group 6

Main article: 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Denmark 8 5 1 2 17 6 +11 11  Soviet Union 8 4 2 2 13 8 +5 10   Switzerland 8 2 4 2 5 10 −5 8  Republic of Ireland 8 2 2 4 5 10 −5 6  Norway 8 1 3 4 4 10 −6 5

Denmark – 1–0 3–0 4–2 0–0 Norway 1–5 – 1–0 1–1 0–1 Republic of Ireland 1–4 0–0 - 1–0 3–0 Soviet Union 1–0 1–0 2–0 - 4–0 Switzerland 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 -

Group 7

Main article: 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Spain 6 4 0 2 9 8 +1 8  Scotland 6 3 1 2 8 4 +4 7  Wales 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 7  Iceland 6 1 0 5 4 10 −6 2

Iceland – 0–1 1–2 1–0 Scotland 3–0 – 3–1 0–1 Spain 2–1 1–0 - 3–0 Wales 2–1 1–1 3–0 -

UEFA play-off

Belgium  v  Netherlands

16 October 1985	Belgium	1–0	Netherlands	Brussels, Belgium
	Vercauteren  20'	Report		Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 30,764 Referee: Pietro D'Elia (Italy)

Netherlands  v  Belgium

20 November 1985	Netherlands	2–1 (2–2 agg.)	Belgium	Rotterdam, Netherlands
	Houtman  60' de Wit  72'	Report	Grün  85'	Stadium: de Kuip Attendance: 54,000 Referee: George Courtney (England)

The aggregate score was tied at 2–2, therefore Belgium qualified on away goals.

Inter-confederation play-offs

Main article: 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–OFC play-off)

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Scotland	2–0	Australia	2–0	0–0

Goalscorers

8 goals

Preben Elkjær Larsen

6 goals

Rainer Ernst

5 goals

Bryan Robson

Fernando Gomes

Oleh Protasov

4 goals

Michael Laudrup Ralf Minge Mark Hateley

Michel Platini Wim Kieft Gheorghe Hagi

Robert Prytz Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

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 Cǎmǎtaru 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 Coraş Ion Geolgǎu Gino Iorgulescu Ștefan Iovan

Dorin Mateuţ 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)

External links

• FIFA.com Reports
• RSSSF Page
• Results and scorers
• UEFA Qualifier results with full game box scores at Scoreshelf.com