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{{Short description|Association football tournament in Mexico}}
{{redirect|1986 World Cup}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = FIFA World Cup
| year = 1986
| other_titles = {{native name|es|Copa Mundial de Fútbol<br/>México '86}}
| image = 1986 FIFA World Cup.svg
| size = 240px
| caption = 1986 FIFA World Cup official logo, designed by Rubén Santiago Hernández
| country = Mexico
| dates = 31 May – 29 June
| confederations = 5
| num_teams = 24
| venues = 12
| cities = 11
| champion = Argentina 
| count = 2
| second = West Germany
| third = France
| third-flagvar = 1974
| fourth = Belgium
| matches = 52
| goals = 132
| attendance = 2394031
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gary Lineker]] (6 goals)
| player = {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego Maradona]]
| young_player = {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Enzo Scifo]]
| fair_play = {{fb|BRA|1968}}
| prevseason = [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]
| nextseason = [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]
}}
[[File:Maradona-Mundial 86 con la copa.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Diego Maradona]] celebrating with the [[FIFA World Cup trophy|Trophy]]. [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] won the tournament unbeaten]]
The '''1986 FIFA World Cup''' was the 13th [[FIFA World Cup]], a quadrennial [[Association football|football]] tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in [[Mexico]] from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by [[FIFA]] but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so, and resigned in 1982. Mexico was selected as the new host in May 1983, and became the first country to host the World Cup more than once, after previously [[1970 FIFA World Cup|hosting in 1970]].

The World Cup was won by [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] (their second title, after winning in [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]). Argentina was captained by the 25-year-old [[Diego Maradona]], who played a large part in his team's success by scoring his "[[The hand of God|Hand of God]]" goal, as well as another voted the "[[Argentina v England (1986 FIFA World Cup)#The Goal of the Century|Goal of the Century]]", in the [[Argentina v England (1986 FIFA World Cup quarter-final)|same quarter-final]] against England. These were two of the five goals that Maradona scored during the tournament, and he also created another five for his teammates.<ref name=Over>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=502188/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709171155/http://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=502188/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 July 2014 |title=1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico – Overview |work=FIFA.com |publisher=[[FIFA|Fédération Internationale de Football Association]] |access-date=11 March 2013}}</ref> Argentina beat [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] 3–2 in the [[1986 FIFA World Cup Final|final]] at [[Mexico City]]'s [[Estadio Azteca]]. Total attendance was 2,394,031, an average per match of 46,039.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/worldcup/mexico1986/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220184547/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/worldcup/mexico1986/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 December 2013 |title=1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico |work=FIFA.com |publisher=[[FIFA|Fédération Internationale de Football Association]] |access-date=15 June 2014}}</ref> [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]], [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] and [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] made their first appearances at the final stage.

The format of the competition changed from [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]. The final pair of matches in each group started at the same time<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.algeria.com/blog/the-game-that-changed-the-world-cup-algeria|title=The Game that Changed the World Cup&nbsp;— Algeria|work=algeria.com|access-date=15 September 2009}}</ref> and the second round was played on a knock-out basis rather than groups. The 24 teams qualified were divided into six groups of four (A to F). The top two teams and the four best third-place finishers from the six groups advanced to the knockout round of 16 teams.
[[Italy national football team|Italy]] were the defending champions, but were eliminated by [[France national football team|France]] in the Round of 16.

The tournament saw the appearance of the [[Mexican wave]], a spectator phenomenon which was popularised worldwide after featuring during the tournament.<ref>{{cite news |title=Who invented the Mexican Wave? |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8742454.stm |access-date=12 September 2018 |agency=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/168505,fan-crazes.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110173626/http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/168505%2Cfan-crazes.aspx |archive-date=10 November 2013 |title=...Fan Crazes |first=Andy |last=Jackson |date=11 June 2010 |publisher=[[FourFourTwo (Australia)]] |access-date=25 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-100-greatest-world-cup-moments-1915569.html?action=Gallery&ino=94 |title=The 100 greatest World Cup moments. # 94. The Mexican Wave |first=Simon |last=Rice |newspaper=The Independent |date=10 June 2010 |access-date=25 August 2011}}</ref>

==Host selection==
{{Main|FIFA World Cup hosts}}
{{See also|Colombian withdrawal from the 1986 FIFA World Cup}}
[[Colombia]] was originally chosen as [[FIFA World Cup hosts#1986 FIFA World Cup|hosts]] by [[FIFA]] in June 1974, with [[Bogotá]], [[Medellín]], [[Cali]], [[Pereira, Colombia|Pereira]] and [[Bucaramanga]] intended as the host cities, plus potentially [[Barranquilla]].<ref name=WS>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[World Soccer (magazine)|World Soccer]]|title=1986 - World Cup without a home?|last=Maier|first=Hanns J|pages=24–25|date=June 1979}}</ref> Colombia agreed to host a 16-team competition, however, FIFA later allowed an expansion to 24 teams for the [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982 World Cup]] in [[Spain]], which was more challenging for Colombia to host, although FIFA President [[João Havelange]] initially gave assurances that they could revert to a 16-team tournament.<ref name=WS/> Colombian president [[Julio César Turbay Ayala]] was initially against holding the tournament in his country, but reluctantly granted permission in October 1980.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/98518653|title=for the record SOCCER|date=23 October 1980|website=Detroit Free Press}}</ref> Eventually, the Colombians declared on 5 November 1982 that they could not afford to host the World Cup under the terms that FIFA demanded.<ref>{{cite book|last=Pougatch|first=Mark|title=Three Lions Versus the World: England's World Cup Stories from the Men Who Were There|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jcLeQJan_skC&pg=PT175|date=11 January 2011|publisher=Mainstream Publishing|isbn=978-1-907195-59-4|page=175}}</ref>

Although [[Mexico]], [[United States]] and [[Canada]] submitted bids on 11 March 1983 to be the replacement host, the five-person special FIFA committee responsible for recommending the bids to the [[FIFA Executive Committee|Executive Committee]] (Exco) announced on 31 March that it would only consider Mexico's bid, saying the United States and Canada had "deviated" from FIFA's criteria<ref name="NYT 0508">{{cite news|title=A place for soccer's World Cup |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/08/sports/a-place-for-soccer-s-world-cup.html |date=8 May 1983 |first=Lawrie |last=Mifflin |newspaper=New York Times |access-date=8 October 2020 }}</ref> and Exco members refused to visit Canadian and American stadium sites.<ref name="NYT 0521">{{cite news|title=Mexico Is Chosen As World Cup Host |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/21/sports/mexico-is-chosen-as-world-cup-host.html |date=21 May 1983 |publisher=UPI |access-date=8 October 2020}}</ref> On 20 May, the committee announced Mexico as the replacement hosts despite Havelange stating that the United States and Canada had made better presentations.<ref name="NYT 0521"/> Mexico became the first nation to host two World Cups, as it had hosted the [[1970 FIFA World Cup]].

The Canadian representatives criticised the committee's decision to not consider Canada, saying they had submitted a more complete bid than Mexico, and that they had been misled by the number of stadiums required for bidding.<ref name="NYT 0521"/> The United States' bid contained more than the required number of stadiums with the required capacity to host World Cup matches (at least 40,000 capacity, 60,000 for second-round matches and 80,000 for the tournament final). Mexico submitted a bid with 14 stadiums, only six of which seated over 40,000 at the time of the bid, and three over 60,000.<ref name="NYT 0521"/> Havelange in turn criticised the United States' handling of stadium selection for the [[Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics|football tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles]]. The Americans also pointed out that Mexico had the influence of two seats on the 22-person executive committee, a FIFA vice president and an executive at [[Televisa]], a Mexican television network with ties to Havelange.<ref name="NYT 0508"/> Also working in Mexico's favour was Havelange secretly promising the broadcast rights to Televisa ahead of the vote.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/07/sports/soccer/07iht-soccer07.html |newspaper=New York Times |title=One of FIFA's Own Speaks Out |first=Rob |last=Hughes |date=7 September 2011 |access-date=8 October 2020 }}</ref> Following the bidding process, [[Henry Kissinger]], the former [[United States Secretary of State]] who led the United States bid committee, remarked, "The politics of soccer make me nostalgic for the politics of the Middle East," while the leader of the Canadian committee called Mexico's 10-page bid document "a joke."<ref name="NYT 0521"/>

A [[1985 Mexico City earthquake|severe earthquake]] in September 1985, eight months before the tournament, cast doubt<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-12-15-sp-628-story.html|title=World Cup : Draw Comes as Mexico Tries to Pick Up Pieces|date=15 December 1985|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> over Mexico's ability to organise the event, but the stadiums were not affected and it was decided to go ahead with the preparations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-09-23-mn-19523-story.html|title=EARTHQUAKES IN MEXICO : World Cup Still On, Officials Say|date=23 September 1985|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> As 1986 had been declared the International Year of Peace by the [[United Nations]], the advertising boards of all the stadia displayed the [[FIFA]] and [[United Nations]] logos along with the legend "Football for Peace – Peace Year".{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

For the design of the logo an unofficial motto was adopted: "El Mundo Unido por Un Balón" ("The World United by a Ball").<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-03 |title=Creador del mejor logo de los mundiales: "Nadie me ha felicitado" |url=https://www.espn.com.ar/futbol/mundial/nota/_/id/6026941/creador-del-mejor-logo-de-los-mundiales-nadie-me-ha-felicitado |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=ESPN.com.ar |language=es}}</ref>

The official match ball was the [[Adidas Azteca]].<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |title=Adidas Azteca is official match ball of World Cup 1986 |website=Football Balls Database |date=2022 |url=http://football-balls.com/ball-details/azteca-official-match-ball-of-world-cup-1986-in-mexico |accessdate=2022-11-22}}</ref>

==Mascot==
[[File:1986 FIFA World Cup official Mascot.png|thumb|Pique, the official mascot of the 1986 FIFA World Cup]]
The [[FIFA World Cup mascots|official mascot]] of the 1986 World Cup was ''Pique'', a [[jalapeño]] pepper, characteristic of [[Mexican cuisine]], with a moustache, a Colimote [[sombrero]], and Mexican football team colours. Its name comes from ''picante'', Spanish for spicy peppers and sauces.

The character caused a degree of controversy within Mexico for its ethnic stereotypes.<ref>{{cite book|last=Snyder|first=John|title=Soccer's Most Wanted™: The Top 10 Book of Clumsy Keepers, Clever Crosses, and Outlandish Oddities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_fvyc3QC0TYC&pg=PA247|date=1 September 2001|publisher=Potomac Books, Inc.|isbn=978-1-57488-365-7|page=247}}</ref>

==Qualification==
{{Main article|1986 FIFA World Cup qualification}}
[[File:1986 world cup qualification.png|thumb|305px|{{legend|#000cff|Countries qualified for World Cup}} {{legend|#ffb400|Country failed to qualify}} {{legend|black|Countries that did not enter World Cup}} {{legend|#ababab|Country not a FIFA member}}]]
Three teams qualified for the World Cup for the first time: [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]], [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] and [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]]. Canada clinched its spot after winning the final match against [[Honduras national football team|Honduras]] 2–1 in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's, Newfoundland]]. [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] played all their home matches on neutral ground because of the [[Iran–Iraq War]].  South Korea qualified for the first time since 1954, Paraguay for the first time since 1958, and Portugal for the first time since 1966. {{As of|2016}}, this was the last time that [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]], Canada, Iraq and [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] qualified for the finals.

==Venues==
Eleven cities hosted the tournament. Seeded teams are in '''bold'''. The Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, the largest stadium used for the tournament, hosted 9 matches (including the final), more than any other stadium used. Mexico City hosted 13 total matches; the Olimpico Universitario Stadium hosted 4 matches. The Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara hosted 7 matches, and the Cuauhtémoc Stadium in Puebla hosted 5 matches.

All of these venues except Monterrey were located in central Mexico, as this tournament was organized with the then-standard way of keeping teams playing in locations in close proximity to each other. Group A only played at the Olimpico and in Puebla (except for the Bulgaria-Italy opening tournament match, which was played in the Azteca), Group B only played at the Azteca and in Toluca (hosts Mexico were part of this group; they played all their group stage matches at the Azteca), Group C played in León and Irapuato, Group D only played in Guadalajara (including the Guadalajara area town of Zapopan; the last match of this group was played in Monterrey), Group E exclusively played in Querétaro and Nezahualcóyotl, and Group F played in the northern city of Monterrey (including the Monterrey area town of San Nicolas de los Garza; the last match of this group was played in Guadalajara). All of the venues listed hosted knockout round matches except the ones in Nezahualcoyotl, Irapuato, Zapopan, Toluca and the Estadio Tecnologico in Monterrey.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=2| [[Mexico City]]
! [[Guadalajara, Jalisco|Guadalajara]]
! [[Puebla, Puebla|Puebla]]
|-
| [[Estadio Azteca]]
| [[Estadio Olímpico Universitario]]
| [[Estadio Jalisco]]
| [[Estadio Cuauhtémoc]]
|-
| Capacity: 114,600
| Capacity: 72,000
| Capacity: 66,000
| Capacity: 46,000
|-
| [[File:Azteca entrance.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Estadio Olímpico Universitario 2.jpeg|200px]]
| [[File:Estadio jalisco.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla.jpg|200px]]
|-
! [[San Nicolás de los Garza]]
|colspan="2" rowspan="8"|
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! [[Santiago de Querétaro|Querétaro]]
|-
| [[Estadio Universitario]]
| [[Estadio La Corregidora]]
|-
| Capacity: 44,000
| Capacity: 40,785
|-
|
| [[File:Estadio la Corregidora.JPG|200px]]
|-
! [[Monterrey]]
! [[León, Guanajuato|León]]
|-
| [[Estadio Tecnológico]]
| [[Estadio Nou Camp]]
|-
| Capacity: 38,000
| Capacity: 35,000
|-
| [[File:ITESM Estadio Tecnologico.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:EstadioLeon.jpg|200px]]
|-
! [[Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl|Nezahualcoyotl]]
! [[Irapuato]]
! [[Zapopan, Jalisco|Zapopan]]
! [[Toluca]]
|-
| [[Estadio Neza 86]]
| [[Estadio Sergio León Chávez]]
| [[Estadio Tres de Marzo]]
| [[Estadio Nemesio Díez]]
|-
| Capacity: 35,000
| Capacity: 32,000
| Capacity: 30,000
| Capacity: 30,000
|-
| 
| [[File:Estadio SLC Irapuato.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Tecos stadium.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:B4GameTolChivas.JPG|200px]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|!align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" width=20%|'''Stadium'''
|!align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" width=25%|'''Matches'''
|!align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" width=30%|'''Teams hosted in the first round'''
|-
|[[Estadio Azteca]]||Opening match, Group B, R2,<br>QF, SF, Final||'''{{fb|MEX}}'''
|-
|[[Estadio Olímpico Universitario]]||Group A, R2||{{fb|ARG}}, {{fb|BUL|1971}}, {{fb|KOR|1949}}
|-
|[[Estadio Jalisco]]||Group D, R2, QF, SF||'''{{fb|BRA|1968}}'''
|-
|[[Estadio Cuauhtémoc]]||Group A, R2, QF,<br>Third-place match||'''{{fb|ITA}}'''
|-
|[[Estadio Universitario]]||Group F, R2, QF||'''{{fb|POL}}'''
|-
|[[Estadio La Corregidora]]||Group E, R2||'''{{fb|FRG}}'''
|-
|[[Estadio Tecnológico]]||Group F||{{fb|ENG}}, {{fb|POR}}*, {{fb|MAR}}*
|-
|[[Estadio Nou Camp]]||Group C, R2||'''{{fb|FRA}}'''
|-
|[[Estadio Neza 86]]||Group E||{{fb|URU}}, {{fb|DEN}}, {{fb|SCO}}
|-
|[[Estadio Sergio León Chávez]]||Group C||{{fb|URS}}, {{fb|HUN}}, {{fb|CAN}}
|-
|[[Estadio Tres de Marzo]]||Group D||{{fb|ESP}}*, {{fb|NIR}}, {{fb|ALG}}*
|-
|[[Estadio Nemesio Díez]]||Group B||{{fb|BEL}}, {{fb|PAR|1954}}, {{fb|IRQ|1963}}
|}
*''Morocco and Portugal played in Guadalajara while Spain and Algeria played in Monterrey.''

==Match officials==
{{col-begin-small}}
{{col-2}}
;Africa
*{{flagicon|TUN|1959}} [[Ali Bin Nasser]]
*{{flagicon|MRI}} [[Edwin Picon-Ackong]]
*{{flagicon|MLI}} [[Idrissa Traoré (referee)|Idrissa Traoré]]

;Asia
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Fallaj Al-Shanar]]
*{{flagicon|SYR}} [[Jamal Al Sharif]]
*{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Shizuo Takada]]

;Europe
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Luigi Agnolin]]
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Horst Brummeier]]
*{{flagicon|URS}} [[Valeri Butenko]]
*{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Vojtech Christov]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[George Courtney]]
*{{flagicon|SUI}} [[André Daina]]
*{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} [[Bogdan Dotchev]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Erik Fredriksson]]
*{{flagicon|ROU|1965}} [[Ioan Igna]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Jan Keizer (referee)|Jan Keizer]]
*{{flagicon|GDR}} [[Siegfried Kirschen]]
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Lajos Németh]]
*{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Zoran Petrović (referee)|Zoran Petrović]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Alexis Ponnet]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Joël Quiniou]]
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Volker Roth]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Victoriano Sánchez Arminio]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Carlos Silva Valente]]
*{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Alan Snoddy]]
{{col-2}}
;North and Central America
*{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Rómulo Méndez]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Antonio Márquez Ramírez]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[David Socha]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Berny Ulloa Morera]]

;Oceania
*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Chris Bambridge]]

;South America
*{{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Romualdo Arppi Filho]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Jesús Díaz (football referee)|Jesús Díaz]]
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Carlos Espósito]]
*{{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Gabriel González (referee)|Gabriel González Roa]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[José Luis Martínez Bazán]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Hernán Silva]]
{{col-end}}

==Squads==
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see ''[[1986 FIFA World Cup squads]]''.

==Seeding==

{| class="wikitable" width=98%
|-
!width=25%| Pot 1 
!width=25%| Pot 2 
!width=25%| Pot 3 
!width=25%| Pot 4 
|- 
| valign="top"|
*{{fb|MEX}} (hosts)
*{{fb|ITA}} (1982 winners)
*{{fb|FRG}} (1982 runners-up)
*{{fb|POL}} (1982 third place)
*{{fb|FRA}} (1982 fourth place)
*{{fb|BRA|1968}}
| valign="top"|
*{{fb|ENG}}
*{{fb|URS}}
*{{fb|ARG}}
*{{fb|ESP}}
*{{fb|PAR|1954}}
*{{fb|URU}}
| valign="top"|
*{{fb|ALG}}
*{{fb|CAN}}
*{{fb|DEN}}
*{{fb|IRQ|1963}}
*{{fb|MAR}}
*{{fb|KOR|1949}}
| valign="top"|
*{{fb|BEL}}
*{{fb|BUL|1971}}
*{{fb|HUN}}
*{{fb|NIR}}
*{{fb|POR}}
*{{fb|SCO}}
|}

==Summary==

===First round===
The first round of the finals began in Group A, where [[Italy national football team|Italy]] were held 1–1 by [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]]. Meanwhile, [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] beat [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] 3–1, with [[Diego Maradona]] playing a major part. [[Italy national football team|Italy]] and [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] drew 1–1, Maradona and [[Alessandro Altobelli]] scoring. South Korea and Bulgaria also drew 1–1 in a downpour. The final set of matches saw Argentina beating Bulgaria 2–0, and Italy narrowly defeating South Korea 3–2.

In Group B [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] beat [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] 2–1, and despite being held 1–1 by [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]], they won the group after a further win over [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]], 1–0. Paraguay and Belgium also progressed after both beating Iraq and drawing with each other.

Group C pitted a strong [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]] side against the reigning European champions [[France national football team|France]]. They drew with each other 1–1, with a goal scored by [[Vasyl Rats]]. France beat [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]] 1–0 and finished in 2nd place in the group after beating [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]], 3–0. Hungary had earlier lost 6–0 against the Soviet Union, which won the group due to goal difference.

Group D saw [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] start against [[Spain national football team|Spain]], winning 1–0 after the referee failed to validate a legal goal scored by [[Míchel (footballer)|Míchel]]. [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] began their campaign with a draw against [[Algeria national football team|Algeria]]. Northern Ireland were then narrowly beaten by Spain before losing to Brazil 3–0 in their final match. This match saw a goal from [[Josimar]] on his debut and was also the final time [[Pat Jennings]] played for [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]]. Spain qualified along with Brazil after defeating Algeria 3–0.

[[Denmark national football team|Denmark]], stormed through Group E, dubbed the [[group of death]] with a 100 per cent record. They beat [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] 1–0 in their first game, then hammered [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] 6–1, with [[Preben Elkjær Larsen]] hitting a hat-trick. Denmark beat one of the favourites to win the tournament, [[Germany national football team|West Germany]], 2–0 thanks to a [[Jesper Olsen]] penalty and a goal from [[John Eriksen]]. After losing to Denmark, Scotland took the lead against West Germany thanks to a [[Gordon Strachan]] goal, but the West Germans fought back to win 2–1. After a violent 0–0 draw against Uruguay, the Scots were eliminated from the tournament. During that game [[José Batista]] of Uruguay was [[misconduct (football)|sent off]] after less than one minute of play for a foul on Strachan, a [[FIFA World Cup records|World Cup record]] that still stands. West Germany went through to the second round despite a loss against Denmark.

[[Morocco national football team|Morocco]] topped Group F after holding both [[Poland national football team|Poland]] and [[England national football team|England]] to goalless draws, and beating [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] 3–1. By doing so, they became the first African team, and only the second nation from outside Europe and the Americas (after North Korea in 1966), to reach the second round. England lost 1–0 to Portugal, followed by a 0–0 draw against Morocco in which they lost captain [[Bryan Robson]] to injury (for the remainder of the tournament) and vice-captain [[Ray Wilkins]] to a red card (he was never to be selected for England again, even after having served his obligatory one-match ban). In their last first-round game, with the captaincy taken over by [[Peter Shilton]] in goal, a first-half [[Gary Lineker]] hat-trick helped the reshaped side beat Poland 3–0 – although losing yet another player to a ban for the next round, Terry Fenwick receiving his second booking of the tournament. Poland had previously beaten Portugal, and in the end the Portuguese were the only team from Group F to be eliminated in the first round. Portugal, making their first appearance in 20 years, went on strike (in the [[Saltillo Affair]]) during the competition. Players refused to train between their first and second games (against England and Poland) and were eliminated after a loss to [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]] in the final group match.

===Second round and quarter-finals===
Belgium beat the Soviet Union 4–3, despite a hat-trick by the Soviets' [[Igor Belanov]]. The game was level at 2–2 after 90 minutes, and in extra time [[Stephane Demol]] and [[Nico Claesen]] put Belgium 4–2 up. Belanov scored from the penalty spot with nine minutes remaining, but neither he nor any of his team-mates could find a fourth goal for the Soviet Union. At the [[Estadio Olimpico Universitario|Olympic University Stadium]] in Mexico City, the European champions France ended Italy's reign as world champions with a 2–0 victory thanks to goals from [[Michel Platini]] and [[Yannick Stopyra]]. In the rematch of the [[1930 FIFA World Cup Final]], Argentina just edged out South American champions Uruguay in Puebla thanks to a 42nd-minute strike from [[Pedro Pasculli]]. The all-South American affair had a Diego Maradona's goal disallowed.

In Querétaro, Denmark were eliminated as they went from a 1–0 lead to a 5–1 battering against Spain; key player [[Frank Arnesen]] was suspended for the game after being sent off against West Germany in their last group match, for taking a swipe at German playmaker [[Lothar Matthäus]]. The Danes scored first, with a Jesper Olsen penalty, but they were then taken apart by a devastating performance from [[Emilio Butragueño|Butragueño]] of Spain, who scored four of his team's five goals. At the [[Estadio Azteca|Azteca Stadium]] in Mexico City, England progressed to the quarter-finals comfortably when they saw off Paraguay 3–0, while Brazil brushed aside Poland 4–0. West Germany had a much harder time getting past Morocco, for whom goalkeeper [[Badou Zaki]] had an outstanding game. Morocco held out until the 87th minute, when Lothar Matthäus scored the only goal of the match. Mexico won 2–0 against Bulgaria with an outstanding scissor-kick goal by [[Manuel Negrete Arias|Manuel Negrete]] which is honored by a remembrance plaque at [[Estadio Azteca|the Azteca]].

In the quarter-finals, France faced three-time world champion Brazil in Guadalajara. Brazil were well on top in the early stages, and Careca put them one up after 18 minutes. Five minutes before half-time, France drew level when Michel Platini scored his 41st goal after converting a cross from [[Dominique Rocheteau]]. Brazil had a chance to regain the lead in the second half when Branco was fouled by French keeper [[Joël Bats]] in the penalty area. [[Zico]] got up to take the kick, but Bats saved Zico's penalty.

The match went to extra time, and France finished slightly the stronger of the two sides. No more goals were scored, and so it was time for a penalty shoot-out. Socrates, who had earlier missed an open goal and headed an easy chance straight into the French keeper's arms, failed with the first kick for Brazil. The next six penalties were all converted, and then Platini fired over the bar. Brazil were back on level terms – but not for long. [[Júlio César da Silva|Julio Cesar]] struck the post with his penalty, and [[Luis Fernández]] then scored to put France through 4–3 on penalties.

Two other quarter-finals were also decided on penalties. [[Jan Ceulemans]] put Belgium ahead against Spain in the 35th minute, but Spanish substitute Señor equalised with five minutes to go. No more goals were scored in extra time, and Belgium won the shoot-out 5–4. West Germany and Mexico drew 0–0 after extra time, and the West Germans eliminated the hosts 4–1 on penalties. As a curiosity, the German goalkeeper [[Harald Schumacher]] jumped to the right in the three Mexican penalties (stopping two of them).

The quarter-final between Argentina and England at the Azteca featured two very different goals by Diego Maradona: the first was scored illegally, as he punched the ball into the goal past England goalkeeper [[Peter Shilton]]. The referee did not see the handball and the goal was given as valid. After the game, Maradona claimed the goal was scored "A bit with the head of Maradona and another bit with the hand of God"; it became known as the "[[Argentina v England (1986 FIFA World Cup quarter-final)|Hand of God]]" goal. For his second goal, voted "[[Goal of the Century]]" in 2002 on the FIFA website, Maradona dribbled half the length of the field past five English players before scoring. With 20 minutes to go, the introduction of John Barnes as a substitute changed the tide of play in England's favour, as he pinged cross after cross into the Argentine penalty area: with 9 minutes to go, Lineker got on the end of one and scored, then almost repeated the dose six minutes later but was just unable to reach the ball thanks to a timely block by Olarticoechea: 2–1 to Argentina was the final score. In Argentina, the game was seen as revenge for the [[Falklands War]].<ref>El Diego – Diego Maradona, Page 127, ISBN 0-224-07190-4</ref>

===Semi-finals, third-place match, and final===
In the first semi-final match, [[Andreas Brehme]] put West Germany 1–0 ahead against France in the ninth minute in Guadalajara, but the outcome remained in doubt until two minutes from time when [[Rudi Völler]] made it 2–0, and West Germany were in the final for the second World Cup in succession. In the second semi-final match, Maradona struck twice in the second half as Argentina beat Belgium 2–0 at the Azteca. France went on to defeat Belgium in the third-place match, 4–2.

So it was to be the South American Argentina vs the European West Germany at the final at the Azteca, the second time this massive stadium would host a World Cup Final ([[1970 FIFA World Cup Final|the first]] in 1970). [[José Luis Brown|Jose Brown]] put Argentina one up midway through the first half of the final, and when [[Jorge Valdano]] scored a second for the South Americans in the 55th minute, Argentina looked to be strolling to victory. West Germany then staged a spirited comeback. [[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]] pulled one back in the 74th minute, and six minutes later Rudi Völler hit the equaliser. With seven minutes remaining, a pass from Maradona gave [[Jorge Burruchaga]] the chance to score the winner for Argentina. Eight years on from their [[1978 FIFA World Cup|home triumph]], Argentina regained the world title and 30 million people in Argentina celebrated in the streets after the final victory. Maradona was the Golden Ball winner as the best player of the tournament, while Gary Lineker of England won the Golden Boot as the leading scorer of the World Cup with six goals.

==Results==
[[File:1986 world cup.png|thumb|300px|{{legend|#2b42a3|Champion}} {{legend|#34c0be|Runner-up}} {{legend|#269c5a|Third place}} {{legend|#81c846|Fourth place}} {{legend|#e4e454|Quarter-finals}} {{legend|#f4d4ac|Round of 16}} {{legend|#b94954|Group stage}}]]

===Group stage===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=2|Key to colours in group tables
|-
|bgcolor=#ccffcc style="width: 20px;"|
|align=left|Group winners, runners-up, and [[#Ranking of third-placed teams|best four third-placed teams]] advance to the [[#Round of 16|Round of 16]]
|}

====Group A====
{{Main article|1986 FIFA World Cup Group A}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=150|Team
!width=20|{{abbr|Pld|Matches played}}
!width=20|{{abbr|W|Matches won}}
!width=20|{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}}
!width=20|{{abbr|L|Matches lost}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|ARG}}
|3||2||1||0||6||2||+4||'''5'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|ITA}}
|3||1||2||0||5||4||+1||'''4'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|BUL|1971}}
|3||0||2||1||2||4||−2||'''2'''
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|KOR|1949}}
|3||0||1||2||4||7||−3||'''1'''
|}
South Korea made their first appearance since 1954. They managed to score their first goal (against Argentina) and their first draw (against Bulgaria).
{| style="width:100%;" cellspacing="1"
|-
!width=25%|
!width=10%|
!
|-
|31 May 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|BUL|1971}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group A#Bulgaria vs Italy|1–1]]||{{fb|ITA}}||[[Estadio Azteca]], [[Mexico City]]
|-
|2 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|ARG}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group A#Argentina vs South Korea|3–1]]||{{fb|KOR|1949}}||[[Estadio Olímpico Universitario]], [[Mexico City]]
|-
|5 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|ITA}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group A#Italy vs Argentina|1–1]]||{{fb|ARG}}||[[Estadio Cuauhtémoc]], [[Puebla, Puebla|Puebla]]
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|KOR|1949}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group A#South Korea vs Bulgaria|1–1]]||{{fb|BUL|1971}}||[[Estadio Olímpico Universitario]], [[Mexico City]]
|-
|10 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|KOR|1949}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group A#South Korea vs Italy|2–3]]||{{fb|ITA}}||[[Estadio Cuauhtémoc]], [[Puebla, Puebla|Puebla]]
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|ARG}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group A#Argentina vs Bulgaria|2–0]]||{{fb|BUL|1971}}||[[Estadio Olímpico Universitario]], [[Mexico City]]
|}

====Group B====
{{Main article|1986 FIFA World Cup Group B}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=150|Team
!width=20|{{abbr|Pld|Matches played}}
!width=20|{{abbr|W|Matches won}}
!width=20|{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}}
!width=20|{{abbr|L|Matches lost}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|MEX}} '''(H)'''
|3||2||1||0||4||2||+2||'''5'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|PAR|1954}}
|3||1||2||0||4||3||+1||'''4'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|BEL}}
|3||1||1||1||5||5||0||'''3'''
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|IRQ|1963}}
|3||0||0||3||1||4||−3||'''0'''
|}

{| style="width:100%;" cellspacing="1"
|-
!width=25%|
!width=10%|
!
|-
|3 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|BEL}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group B#Belgium vs Mexico|1–2]]||{{fb|MEX}}||[[Estadio Azteca]], [[Mexico City]]
|-
|4 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|PAR|1954}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group B#Paraguay vs Iraq|1–0]]||{{fb|IRQ|1963}}||[[Estadio Nemesio Díez]], [[Toluca]]
|-
|7 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|MEX}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group B#Mexico vs Paraguay|1–1]]||{{fb|PAR|1954}}||[[Estadio Azteca]], [[Mexico City]]
|-
|8 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|IRQ|1963}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group B#Iraq vs Belgium|1–2]]||{{fb|BEL}}||[[Estadio Nemesio Díez]], [[Toluca]]
|-
|11 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|PAR|1954}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group B#Paraguay vs Belgium|2–2]]||{{fb|BEL}}||[[Estadio Nemesio Díez]], [[Toluca]]
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|IRQ|1963}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group B#Iraq vs Mexico|0–1]]||{{fb|MEX}}||[[Estadio Azteca]], [[Mexico City]]
|}

====Group C====
{{Main article|1986 FIFA World Cup Group C}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=150|Team
!width=20|{{abbr|Pld|Matches played}}
!width=20|{{abbr|W|Matches won}}
!width=20|{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}}
!width=20|{{abbr|L|Matches lost}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|URS}}
|3||2||1||0||9||1||+8||'''5'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|FRA}}
|3||2||1||0||5||1||+4||'''5'''
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|HUN}}
|3||1||0||2||2||9||−7||'''2'''
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|CAN}}
|3||0||0||3||0||5||−5||'''0'''
|}

{| style="width:100%;" cellspacing="1"
|-
!width=25%|
!width=10%|
!
|-
|1 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|CAN}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group C#Canada vs France|0–1]]||{{fb|FRA}}||[[Estadio Nou Camp]], [[León, Guanajuato|León]]
|-
|2 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|URS}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group C#Soviet Union vs Hungary|6–0]]||{{fb|HUN}}||[[Estadio Sergio León Chavez]], [[Irapuato]]
|-
|5 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|FRA}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group C#France vs Soviet Union|1–1]]||{{fb|URS}}||[[Estadio Nou Camp]], [[León, Guanajuato|León]]
|-
|6 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|HUN}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group C#Hungary vs Canada|2–0]]||{{fb|CAN}}||[[Estadio Sergio León Chavez]], [[Irapuato]]
|-
|9 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|HUN}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group C#Hungary vs France|0–3]]||{{fb|FRA}}||[[Estadio Nou Camp]], [[León, Guanajuato|León]]
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|URS}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group C#Soviet Union vs Canada|2–0]]||{{fb|CAN}}||[[Estadio Sergio León Chavez]], [[Irapuato]]
|}

====Group D====
{{Main article|1986 FIFA World Cup Group D}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=150|Team
!width=20|{{abbr|Pld|Matches played}}
!width=20|{{abbr|W|Matches won}}
!width=20|{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}}
!width=20|{{abbr|L|Matches lost}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|BRA|1968}}
|3||3||0||0||5||0||+5||'''6'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|ESP}}
|3||2||0||1||5||2||+3||'''4'''
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|NIR}}
|3||0||1||2||2||6||−4||'''1'''
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|ALG}}
|3||0||1||2||1||5||−4||'''1'''
|}

{| style="width:100%;" cellspacing="1"
|-
!width=25%|
!width=10%|
!
|-
|1 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|ESP}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group D#Spain vs Brazil|0–1]]||{{fb|BRA|1968}}||[[Estadio Jalisco]], [[Guadalajara, Jalisco|Guadalajara]]
|-
|3 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|ALG}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group D#Algeria vs Northern Ireland|1–1]]||{{fb|NIR}}||[[Estadio Tres de Marzo]], [[Zapopan, Jalisco|Zapopan]]
|-
|6 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|BRA|1968}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group D#Brazil vs Algeria|1–0]]||{{fb|ALG}}||[[Estadio Jalisco]], [[Guadalajara, Jalisco|Guadalajara]]
|-
|7 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|NIR}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group D#Northern Ireland vs Spain|1–2]]||{{fb|ESP}}||[[Estadio Tres de Marzo]], [[Zapopan, Jalisco|Zapopan]]
|-
|12 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|NIR}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group D#Northern Ireland vs Brazil|0–3]]||{{fb|BRA|1968}}||[[Estadio Jalisco]], [[Guadalajara, Jalisco|Guadalajara]]
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|ALG}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group D#Algeria vs Spain|0–3]]||{{fb|ESP}}||[[Estadio Tecnológico]], [[Monterrey]]
|}

====Group E====
{{Main article|1986 FIFA World Cup Group E}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=150|Team
!width=20|{{abbr|Pld|Matches played}}
!width=20|{{abbr|W|Matches won}}
!width=20|{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}}
!width=20|{{abbr|L|Matches lost}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{abbr|Pts|Goals for}}
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|DEN}}
|3||3||0||0||9||1||+8||'''6'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|FRG}}
|3||1||1||1||3||4||−1||'''3'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|URU}}
|3||0||2||1||2||7||−5||'''2'''
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|SCO}}
|3||0||1||2||1||3||−2||'''1'''
|}

{| style="width:100%;" cellspacing="1"
|-
!width=25%|
!width=10%|
!
|-
|4 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|URU}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group E#Uruguay vs West Germany|1–1]]||{{fb|FRG}}||[[Estadio La Corregidora]], [[Santiago de Querétaro|Querétaro]]
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|SCO}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group E#Scotland vs Denmark|0–1]]||{{fb|DEN}}||[[Estadio Neza 86]], [[Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl|Nezahualcóyotl]]
|-
|8 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|FRG}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group E#West Germany vs Scotland|2–1]]||{{fb|SCO}}||[[Estadio La Corregidora]], [[Santiago de Querétaro|Querétaro]]
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|DEN}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group E#Denmark vs Uruguay|6–1]]||{{fb|URU}}||[[Estadio Neza 86]], [[Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl|Nezahualcóyotl]]
|-
|13 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|DEN}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group E#Denmark vs West Germany|2–0]]||{{fb|FRG}}||[[Estadio La Corregidora]], [[Santiago de Querétaro|Querétaro]]
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|SCO}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group E#Scotland vs Uruguay|0–0]]||{{fb|URU}}||[[Estadio Neza 86]], [[Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl|Nezahualcóyotl]]
|}

====Group F====
{{Main article|1986 FIFA World Cup Group F}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=150|Team
!width=20|{{abbr|Pld|Matches played}}
!width=20|{{abbr|W|Matches won}}
!width=20|{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}}
!width=20|{{abbr|L|Matches lost}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GA|GOals against}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|MAR}}
|3||1||2||0||3||1||+2||'''4'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|ENG}}
|3||1||1||1||3||1||+2||'''3'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|POL}}
|3||1||1||1||1||3||−2||'''3'''
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|POR}}
|3||1||0||2||2||4||−2||'''2'''
|}

{| style="width:100%;" cellspacing="1"
|-
!width=25%|
!width=10%|
!
|-
|2 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|MAR}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group F#Morocco vs Poland|0–0]]||{{fb|POL}}||[[Estadio Universitario]], [[San Nicolás de los Garza]]
|-
|3 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|POR}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group F#Portugal vs England|1–0]]||{{fb|ENG}}||[[Estadio Tecnológico]], [[Monterrey]]
|-
|6 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|ENG}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group F#England vs Morocco|0–0]]||{{fb|MAR}}||[[Estadio Tecnológico]], [[Monterrey]]
|-
|7 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|POL}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group F#Poland vs Portugal|1–0]]||{{fb|POR}}||[[Estadio Universitario]], [[San Nicolás de los Garza]]
|-
|11 June 1986
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|ENG}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group F#England vs Poland|3–0]]||{{fb|POL}}||[[Estadio Tecnológico]], [[Monterrey]]
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{fb-rt|POR}}||align=center|[[1986 FIFA World Cup Group F#Portugal vs Morocco|1–3]]||{{fb|MAR}}||
[[Estadio Tres de Marzo]], [[Guadalajara]]
|}

====Ranking of third-placed teams====

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=20|Group
!width=150|Team
!width=20|{{abbr|Pld|Matches played}}
!width=20|{{abbr|W|Matches won}}
!width=20|{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}}
!width=20|{{abbr|L|Matches lost}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|B||align="left"|{{fb|BEL}}
|3||1||1||1||5||5||0||'''3'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|F||align="left"|{{fb|POL}}
|3||1||1||1||1||3||−2||'''3'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|A||align="left"|{{fb|BUL|1971}}
|3||0||2||1||2||4||−2||'''2'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|E||align="left"|{{fb|URU}}
|3||0||2||1||2||7||−5||'''2'''
|-
|C||align="left"|{{fb|HUN}}
|3||1||0||2||2||9||−7||'''2'''
|-
|D||align="left"|{{fb|NIR}}
|3||0||1||2||2||6||−4||'''1'''
|}

===Knockout stage===
Belgium made their record place in world cup, 4th place. Argentina beat West Germany for their first time and won their second world cup.
{{Main article|1986 FIFA World Cup knockout stage}}
{{Round16|widescore=yes
<!-- Date-Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 -->
<!-- round of 16 -->
|16 June – Puebla|'''{{fb|ARG}}'''|'''1'''|{{fb|URU}}|0
|18 June – Mexico City (Azteca)|'''{{fb|ENG}}'''|'''3'''|{{fb|PAR|1954}}|0
|18 June – Querétaro|{{fb|DEN}}|1|'''{{fb|ESP}}'''|'''5'''
|15 June – León|{{fb|URS}}|3|'''{{fb|BEL}}''' ([[Overtime (sports)#Association football|aet]])|'''4'''
|16 June – Guadalajara|'''{{fb|BRA|1968}}'''|'''4'''|{{fb|POL}}|0
|17 June – Mexico City (Olímpico)|{{fb|ITA}}|0|'''{{fb|FRA}}'''|'''2'''
|17 June – San Nicolás de los Garza|{{fb|MAR}}|0|'''{{fb|FRG}}'''|'''1'''
|15 June – Mexico City (Azteca)|'''{{fb|MEX}}'''|'''2'''|{{fb|BUL|1971}}|0
<!-- quarter-finals -->
|22 June – Mexico City (Azteca)|'''{{fb|ARG}}'''|'''2'''|{{fb|ENG}}|1
|22 June – Puebla|{{fb|ESP}}|1 (4)|'''{{fb|BEL}}''' ([[Penalty shootout (association football)|pen.]])|'''1 (5)'''
|21 June – Guadalajara|{{fb|BRA|1968}}|1 (3)|'''{{fb|FRA}}''' ([[Penalty shootout (association football)|pen.]])|'''1 (4)'''
|21 June – San Nicolás de los Garza|'''{{fb|FRG}}''' ([[Penalty shootout (association football)|pen.]])|'''0 (4)'''|{{fb|MEX}}|0 (1)
<!-- semi-finals -->
|25 June – Mexico City (Azteca)|'''{{fb|ARG}}'''|'''2'''|{{fb|BEL}}|0
|25 June – Guadalajara|{{fb|FRA}}|0|'''{{fb|FRG}}'''|'''2'''
<!-- final -->
|29 June – Mexico City (Azteca)|'''{{fb|ARG}}'''|'''3'''|{{fb|FRG}}|2
<!-- third place -->
|28 June – Puebla|{{fb|BEL}}|2|'''{{fb|FRA}}''' ([[Overtime (sports)#Association football|aet]])|'''4'''
}}

====Round of 16====
{{football box
|date = 15 June 1986
|time = 12:00 [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
|score = [[1986 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Mexico vs Bulgaria|2–0]]
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=309/match=463/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BUL|1971}}
|goals1 = [[Manuel Negrete Arias|Negrete]] {{goal|34}}<br />[[Raúl Servín|Servín]] {{goal|61}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Azteca]], [[Mexico City]]
|attendance = 114,580
|referee = [[Romualdo Arppi Filho]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 15 June 1986
|time = 16:00 [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|URS}}
|score = [[1986 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Soviet Union vs Belgium|3–4]] ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=309/match=432/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BEL}}
|goals1 = [[Igor Belanov|Belanov]] {{goal|27||70||111|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Enzo Scifo|Scifo]] {{goal|56}}<br />[[Jan Ceulemans|Ceulemans]] {{goal|77}}<br />[[Stéphane Demol|Demol]] {{goal|102}}<br />[[Nico Claesen|Claesen]] {{goal|110}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Nou Camp]], [[León, Guanajuato|León]]
|attendance = 32,277
|referee = [[Erik Fredriksson]] ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 16 June 1986
|time = 12:00 [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA|1968}}
|score = [[1986 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Brazil vs Poland|4–0]]
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=309/match=444/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|POL}}
|goals1 = [[Sócrates]] {{goal|30|pen.}}<br />[[Josimar]] {{goal|55}}<br />[[Edino Nazareth Filho|Edinho]] {{goal|79}}<br />[[Careca]] {{goal|83|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Jalisco]], [[Guadalajara, Jalisco|Guadalajara]]
|attendance = 45,000
|referee = [[Volker Roth]] ([[German Football Association|West Germany]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 16 June 1986
|time = 16:00 [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}
|score = [[1986 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Argentina vs Uruguay|1–0]]
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=309/match=398/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|URU}}
|goals1 = [[Pedro Pasculli|Pasculli]] {{goal|42}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Cuauhtémoc]], [[Puebla, Puebla|Puebla]]
|attendance = 26,000
|referee = [[Luigi Agnolin]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 17 June 1986
|time = 12:00 [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ITA}}
|score = [[1986 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Italy vs France|0–2]]
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=309/match=568/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|FRA}}
|goals2 = [[Michel Platini|Platini]] {{goal|15}}<br />[[Yannick Stopyra|Stopyra]] {{goal|57}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Olímpico Universitario]], [[Mexico City]]
|attendance = 70,000
|referee = [[Carlos Espósito]] ([[Asociación del Fútbol Argentino|Argentina]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 17 June 1986
|time = 16:00 [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MAR}}
|score = [[1986 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Morocco vs West Germany|0–1]]
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=309/match=574/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|FRG}}
|goals2 = [[Lothar Matthäus|Matthäus]] {{goal|87}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Universitario]], [[San Nicolás de los Garza]]
|attendance = 19,800
|referee = [[Zoran Petrović (referee)|Zoran Petrović]] ([[Football Association of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 18 June 1986
|time = 12:00 [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ENG}}
|score = [[1986 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#England vs Paraguay|3–0]]
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=309/match=536/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PAR|1954}}
|goals1 = [[Gary Lineker|Lineker]] {{goal|31||73}}<br />[[Peter Beardsley|Beardsley]] {{goal|56}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Azteca]], [[Mexico City]]
|attendance = 98,728
|referee = [[Jamal Al Sharif]] ([[Syrian Arab Federation for Football|Syria]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 18 June 1986
|time = 16:00 [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|DEN}}
|score = [[1986 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Denmark vs Spain|1–5]]
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=309/match=511/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ESP}}
|goals1 = [[Jesper Olsen|J. Olsen]] {{goal|33|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Emilio Butragueño|Butragueño]] {{goal|43||56||80||88|pen.}}<br />[[Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga|Goikoetxea]] {{goal|68|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Estadio La Corregidora]], [[Santiago de Querétaro|Querétaro]]
|attendance = 38,500
|referee = [[Jan Keizer (referee)|Jan Keizer]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
}}

====Quarter-finals====
{{football box
|date = 21 June 1986
|time = 12:00 [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA|1968}}
|score = [[1986 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Brazil vs France|1–1]] ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=714/match=440/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|FRA}}
|goals1 = [[Careca]] {{goal|17}}
|goals2 = [[Michel Platini|Platini]] {{goal|40}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Jalisco]], [[Guadalajara, Jalisco|Guadalajara]]
|attendance = 65,000
|referee = [[Ioan Igna]] ([[Romanian Football Federation|Romania]])
|penalties1 = [[Sócrates]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Ricardo Rogério de Brito (Alemão)|Alemão]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Zico]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Cláudio Ibrahim Vaz Leal|Branco]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Júlio César da Silva|Júlio César]] {{penmiss}}
|penaltyscore = 3–4
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Yannick Stopyra|Stopyra]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Manuel Amoros|Amoros]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Bruno Bellone|Bellone]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Michel Platini|Platini]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Luis Fernández|Fernández]]
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 21 June 1986
|time = 16:00 [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|FRG}}
|score = [[1986 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#West Germany vs Mexico|0–0]] ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=714/match=575/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|MEX}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Universitario]], [[San Nicolás de los Garza]]
|attendance = 41,700
|referee = [[Jesús Díaz (football referee)|Jesús Díaz]] ([[Federación Colombiana de Fútbol|Colombia]])
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Manuel Negrete Arias|Negrete]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Fernando Quirarte|Quirarte]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Raúl Servín|Servín]]
|penaltyscore = 4–1
|penalties1 = [[Klaus Allofs|Allofs]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Andreas Brehme|Brehme]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Lothar Matthäus|Matthäus]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Pierre Littbarski|Littbarski]] {{pengoal}}
}}
----
{{Main article|Argentina v England (1986 FIFA World Cup)}}
{{football box
|date = 22 June 1986
|time = 12:00 [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}
|score = [[1986 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Argentina vs England|2–1]]
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=714/match=392/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ENG}}
|goals1 = [[Diego Maradona|Maradona]] {{goal|51||55}}
|goals2 = [[Gary Lineker|Lineker]] {{goal|81}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Azteca]], [[Mexico City]]
|attendance = 114,580
|referee = [[Ali Bin Nasser]] ([[Fédération Tunisienne de Football|Tunisia]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 22 June 1986
|time = 16:00 [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ESP}}
|score = [[1986 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Spain vs Belgium|1–1]] ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=714/match=421/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BEL}}
|goals2 = [[Jan Ceulemans|Ceulemans]] {{goal|35}}
|goals1 = [[Juan Antonio Señor|Señor]] {{goal|85}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Cuauhtémoc]], [[Puebla, Puebla|Puebla]]
|attendance = 45,000
|referee = [[Siegfried Kirschen]] ([[German Football Association of the GDR|East Germany]])
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Nico Claesen|Claesen]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Enzo Scifo|Scifo]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Hugo Broos|Broos]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Patrick Vervoort|Vervoort]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Leo Van Der Elst|L. Van Der Elst]]
|penaltyscore = 4–5
|penalties1 = [[Juan Antonio Señor|Señor]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Eloy Olaya|Eloy]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Chendo]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Emilio Butragueño|Butragueño]] {{pengoal}} <br />[[Víctor Muñoz|Víctor]] {{pengoal}}
}}

====Semi-finals====
{{football box
|date = 25 June 1986
|time = 12:00 [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|FRA}}
|score = [[1986 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#France vs West Germany|0–2]]
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=3469/match=564/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|FRG}}
|goals2 = [[Andreas Brehme|Brehme]] {{goal|9}}<br />[[Rudi Völler|Völler]] {{goal|89}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Jalisco]], [[Guadalajara, Jalisco|Guadalajara]]
|attendance = 45,000
|referee = [[Luigi Agnolin]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 25 June 1986
|time = 16:00 [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}
|score = [[1986 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Argentina vs Belgium|2–0]]
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=3469/match=388/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BEL}}
|goals1 = [[Diego Maradona|Maradona]] {{goal|51||63}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Azteca]], [[Mexico City]]
|attendance = 114,500
|referee = [[Antonio Márquez Ramírez]] ([[Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación|Mexico]])
}}

====Third place match====
{{football box
|date = 28 June 1986
|time = 12:00 [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BEL}}
|score = [[1986 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Third place match|2–4]] ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=3468/match=422/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|FRA}}
|goals1 = [[Jan Ceulemans|Ceulemans]] {{goal|11}}<br />[[Nico Claesen|Claesen]] {{goal|73}}
|goals2 = [[Jean-Marc Ferreri|Ferreri]] {{goal|27}}<br />[[Jean-Pierre Papin|Papin]] {{goal|43}}<br />[[Bernard Genghini|Genghini]] {{goal|104}}<br />[[Manuel Amoros|Amoros]] {{goal|111|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Cuauhtémoc]], [[Puebla, Puebla|Puebla]]
|attendance = 21,000
|referee = [[George Courtney]] ([[The Football Association|England]])
}}

====Final====
{{Main article|1986 FIFA World Cup Final}}
{{football box
|date = 29 June 1986
|time = 12:00 [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}
|score = [[1986 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Final|3–2]]
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=3467/match=393/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|FRG}}
|goals1 = [[José Luis Brown|Brown]] {{goal|23}}<br />[[Jorge Valdano|Valdano]] {{goal|55}}<br />[[Jorge Burruchaga|Burruchaga]] {{goal|83}}
|goals2 = [[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge|Rummenigge]] {{goal|74}}<br />[[Rudi Völler|Völler]] {{goal|80}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Azteca]], [[Mexico City]]
|attendance = 114,600
|referee = [[Romualdo Arppi Filho]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
}}

==Awards==
<small>Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=68/awards/index.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210112952/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=68/awards/index.html |archivedate=10 December 2013 |title=1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico – Awards |work=FIFA.com |publisher=[[FIFA|Fédération Internationale de Football Association]] |accessdate=11 March 2013}}</ref></small>
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto;"
|-
![[FIFA World Cup awards#Golden Boot|Golden Boot]]
![[FIFA World Cup awards#Golden Ball|Golden Ball]]
![[FIFA World Cup awards#FIFA Fair Play Trophy|FIFA Fair Play Trophy]]
|-
|align=center|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gary Lineker]]
|align=center|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego Maradona]]
|align=center|{{fb|BRA|1968}}
|}

==Goalscorers==

Gary Lineker received the [[FIFA World Cup awards#Golden Boot|Golden Boot]] for scoring six goals. In total, 132 goals were scored by 82 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.

;6 goals<ref name=report>[http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/00/fwc_mexico_1986_en_part4_279.pdf FIFA World Cup – Mexico '86: Official Report], p. 228</ref>
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gary Lineker]]
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
;5 goals
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego Maradona]]
*{{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Careca]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Emilio Butragueño]]
{{col-3}}
;4 goals
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Jorge Valdano]]
*{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Preben Elkjær Larsen]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alessandro Altobelli]]
*{{flagicon|URS}} [[Igor Belanov]]
{{col-3}}
;3 goals
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jan Ceulemans]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Nico Claesen]]
*{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jesper Olsen]]
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Rudi Völler]]
{{col-end}}
;2 goals
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Jorge Burruchaga]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Enzo Scifo]]
*{{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Josimar]]
*{{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Sócrates]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Pierre Papin]]
{{col-3}}
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Michel Platini]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Yannick Stopyra]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Fernando Quirarte]]
*{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Abderrazak Khairi]]
*{{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Roberto Cabañas]]
{{col-3}}
*{{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Julio César Romero]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Ramón Calderé]]
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Klaus Allofs]]
{{col-end}}

;1 goal
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
*{{flagicon|ALG}} [[Djamel Zidane]]
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[José Luis Brown]]
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Pedro Pasculli]]
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Oscar Ruggeri]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Stéphane Demol]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Erwin Vandenbergh]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Franky Vercauteren]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Daniel Veyt]]
*{{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Edino Nazareth Filho|Edinho]]
*{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} [[Plamen Getov]]
*{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} [[Nasko Sirakov]]
*{{flagicon|DEN}} [[John Eriksen]]
*{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Michael Laudrup]]
*{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Søren Lerby]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Beardsley]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Manuel Amoros]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Luis Fernández]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Marc Ferreri]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Bernard Genghini]]
{{col-3}}
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Dominique Rocheteau]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean Tigana]]
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Lajos Détári]]
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Márton Esterházy]]
*{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} [[Ahmed Radhi]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Luis Flores (footballer)|Luis Flores]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Manuel Negrete Arias|Manuel Negrete]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Hugo Sánchez]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Raúl Servín]]
*{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Abdelkrim Merry]]
*{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Colin Clarke (footballer born 1962)|Colin Clarke]]
*{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Norman Whiteside]]
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Włodzimierz Smolarek]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Carlos Manuel]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Diamantino Miranda|Diamantino]]
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Gordon Strachan]]
*{{flagicon|KOR|1949}} [[Choi Soon-ho]]
*{{flagicon|KOR|1949}} [[Huh Jung-moo]]
*{{flagicon|KOR|1949}} [[Kim Jong-boo]]
{{col-3}}
*{{flagicon|KOR|1949}} [[Park Chang-sun]]
*{{flagicon|URS}} [[Sergei Aleinikov]]
*{{flagicon|URS}} [[Oleh Blokhin]]
*{{flagicon|URS}} [[Vasyl Rats]]
*{{flagicon|URS}} [[Sergey Rodionov]]
*{{flagicon|URS}} [[Pavlo Yakovenko]]
*{{flagicon|URS}} [[Ivan Yaremchuk]]
*{{flagicon|URS}} [[Oleksandr Zavarov]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Eloy Olaya|Eloy]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga|Andoni Goikoetxea]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Julio Salinas]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Juan Antonio Señor]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Antonio Alzamendi]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Enzo Francescoli]]
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Andreas Brehme]]
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Lothar Matthäus]]
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]]
{{col-end}}

;Own goals
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[László Dajka]] (against the Soviet Union)
*{{flagicon|KOR|1949}} [[Cho Kwang-rae]] (against Italy)

== Players who were red-carded during the tournament ==

*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Mike Sweeney (soccer)|Mike Sweeney]]<ref name="PWC HUN CAN">{{cite web|title=HUNGARY – CANADA|url=http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1986/groupc_hun_v_can.html|work=Planet World Cup|accessdate=19 December 2011}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Frank Arnesen]]<ref>{{cite web|title=DENMARK – WEST GERMANY|url=http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1986/groupe_den_v_ger.html|work=Planet World Cup|accessdate=15 June 2014}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ray Wilkins]]<ref>{{cite web|title=ENGLAND – MOROCCO|url=http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1986/groupf_eng_v_mor.html|work=Planet World Cup|accessdate=15 June 2014}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Thomas Berthold]]<ref name="PWC FRG MEX">{{cite web|title=WEST GERMANY – MEXICO|url=http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1986/qf_ger_v_mex.html|work=Planet World Cup|accessdate=15 June 2014}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} [[Basil Gorgis]]<ref>{{cite web|title=IRAQ – BELGIUM|url=http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1986/groupb_irq_v_bel.html|work=Planet World Cup|accessdate=15 June 2014}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Javier Aguirre]]<ref name="PWC FRG MEX" />
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[José Batista]]<ref>{{cite web|title=SCOTLAND – URUGUAY|url=http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1986/groupe_sco_v_uru.html|work=Planet World Cup|accessdate=15 June 2014}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Miguel Bossio]]<ref>{{cite web|title=DENMARK – URUGUAY|url=http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1986/groupe_den_v_uru.html|work=Planet World Cup|accessdate=15 June 2014}}</ref>

==FIFA retrospective ranking==
In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.<ref>[http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/00/fwc_mexico_1986_en_part4_279.pdf Argentina's Road to the World Title] FIFA.com. page 45</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/55/171012-statisticalkit-fifaworldcup-milestonesfactsfigures-statusafterfwc2010.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521092116/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/55/171012-statisticalkit-fifaworldcup-milestonesfactsfigures-statusafterfwc2010.pdf |archivedate=21 May 2013 |publisher=[[FIFA]] |title=FIFA World Cup: Milestones, facts & figures. Statistical Kit 7 |date=26 March 2013}}</ref> The rankings for the 1986 tournament were as follows:

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;"
|-
!width=25| {{abbr|R|Final Ranking}}
!width=165| Team
!width=25| {{abbr|G|Group}}
!width=25| {{abbr|P|Played}}
!width=25| {{abbr|W|Win}}
!width=25| {{abbr|D|Draw}}
!width=25| {{abbr|L|Lose}}
!width=25| {{abbr|GF|Goals For}}
!width=25| {{abbr|GA|Goals against}}
!width=25| {{abbr|GD|Goal Difference}}
!width=25| {{abbr|Pts.|Points}}
|-
|- style="background:gold;"
| 1 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ARG}} || [[1986 FIFA World Cup Group A|A]] || 7 || 6 || 1 || 0 || 14 || 5 || +9 || 13
|- style="background:silver;"
| 2 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|FRG}} || [[1986 FIFA World Cup Group E|E]] || 7 || 3 || 2 || 2 || 8 || 7 || +1 || 8
|- style="background:#c96;"
| 3 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|FRA}} || [[1986 FIFA World Cup Group C|C]] || 7 || 4 || 2 || 1 || 12 || 6 || +6 || 10
|- style="background:beige;"
| 4 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|BEL}} || [[1986 FIFA World Cup Group B|B]] || 7 || 2 || 2 || 3 || 12 || 15 || −3 || 6
|-
| colspan="11"| '''Eliminated in the quarter-finals'''
|-
| 5 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|BRA|1968}} || [[1986 FIFA World Cup Group D|D]] || 5 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 10 || 1 || +9 || 9
|-
| 6 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|MEX}} || [[1986 FIFA World Cup Group B|B]] || 5 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 6 || 2 || +4 || 8
|-
| 7 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ESP}} || [[1986 FIFA World Cup Group D|D]] || 5 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 11 || 4 || +7 || 7
|-
| 8 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ENG}} || [[1986 FIFA World Cup Group F|F]] || 5 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 7 || 3 || +4 || 5
|-
| colspan="11"| '''Eliminated in the round of 16'''
|-
| 9 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|DEN}} || [[1986 FIFA World Cup Group E|E]] || 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 10 || 6 || +4 || 6
|-
| 10 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|URS}} || [[1986 FIFA World Cup Group C|C]] || 4 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 12 || 5 || +7 || 5
|-
| 11 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|MAR}} || [[1986 FIFA World Cup Group F|F]] || 4 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 2 || +1 || 4
|-
| 12 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ITA}} || [[1986 FIFA World Cup Group A|A]] || 4 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 5 || 6 || −1 || 4
|-
| 13 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|PAR|1954}} || [[1986 FIFA World Cup Group B|B]] || 4 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 4 || 6 || −2 || 4
|-
| 14 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|POL}} || [[1986 FIFA World Cup Group F|F]] || 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 7 || −6 || 3
|-
| 15 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|BUL|1971}} || [[1986 FIFA World Cup Group A|A]] || 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 6 || −4 || 2
|-
| 16 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|URU}} 
|| [[1986 FIFA World Cup Group E|E]] || 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 8 || −6 || 2
|-
| colspan="11"| '''Eliminated in the group stage'''
|-
| 17 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|POR}} || [[1986 FIFA World Cup Group F|F]] || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 4 || −2 || 2
|-
| 18 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|HUN}} || [[1986 FIFA World Cup Group C|C]] || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 9 || −7 || 2
|-
| 19 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SCO}} || [[1986 FIFA World Cup Group E|E]] || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 3 || −2 || 1
|-
| 20 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|KOR|1949}} || [[1986 FIFA World Cup Group A|A]] || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 4 || 7 || −3 || 1
|-
| 21 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|NIR}} || [[1986 FIFA World Cup Group D|D]] || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 6 || −4 || 1
|-
| 22 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ALG}} || [[1986 FIFA World Cup Group D|D]] || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 5 || −4 || 1
|-
| 23 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|IRQ|1963}} || [[1986 FIFA World Cup Group B|B]] || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 4 || −3 || 0
|-
| 24 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|CAN}} || [[1986 FIFA World Cup Group C|C]] || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 5 || −5 || 0
|}

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|FIFA World Cup 1986}}
*[http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/mexico1986/index.html 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico ™], FIFA.com
*[http://www.rsssf.com/tables/86full.html 1986 World Cup Details RSSSF]
*[http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/08/fwc_mexico_1986_en_part1_283.pdf FIFA Technical Report (Part 1)], [http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/06/fwc_mexico_1986_en_part2_281.pdf (Part 2)], [http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/03/fwc_mexico_1986_en_part3_280.pdf (Part 3)] and [http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/00/fwc_mexico_1986_en_part4_279.pdf (Part 4)]

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