1986_FIFA_World_Cup_squads

1986 FIFA World Cup squads

1986 FIFA World Cup squads

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Below are the squads for the 1986 FIFA World Cup final tournament in Mexico.

Group A

Argentina

Head coach: Argentina Carlos Bilardo

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Note that this squad is numbered alphabetically by surname, unlike traditional numbering systems where the goalkeeper has shirt number 1 and so forth. Exceptions were Daniel Passarella, Diego Maradona and Jorge Valdano, who were given their favoured #6, #10 and #11 shirts.

Bulgaria

Head coach: Bulgaria Ivan Vutsov

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Italy

Head coach:Italy Enzo Bearzot

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Note: with the exception of the goalkeepers, who were assigned the traditional shirt numbers for the role (1, 12 and 22) the Italian team was numbered alphabetically within their respective positions – Defenders (from 2 to 8), Midfielders (from 9 to 15), Wingers (16 and 17) and Forwards (from 18 to 21).

South Korea

Head coach:South Korea Kim Jung-nam

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Group B

Belgium

Head coach:Belgium Guy Thys

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Iraq

Head coach: Brazil Evaristo de Macedo

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Mexico

Head coach: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Milutinović

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Paraguay

Head coach:Paraguay Cayetano Ré

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Group C

Canada

Head coach: England Tony Waiters

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France

Head coach:France Henri Michel

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Note that this squad is numbered alphabetically by surname within each positional group, and the goalkeepers are assigned the traditional French goalkeepers' shirts 1, 21 and 22 alphabetically. Exceptions are Platini and Giresse who are given their favoured 10 and 12 shirts.

Hungary

Head coach:Hungary György Mezey

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Soviet Union

Head coach:Soviet Union Valeriy Lobanovskyi

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Group D

Algeria

Head coach:Algeria Rabah Saâdane

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Brazil

Head coach:Brazil Telê Santana

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Northern Ireland

Head coach:Northern Ireland Billy Bingham

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Spain

Head coach:Spain Miguel Muñoz

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Group E

Denmark

Head coach: West Germany Sepp Piontek

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Scotland

Head coach:Scotland Alex Ferguson

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Uruguay

Head coach:Uruguay Omar Borrás

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West Germany

Head coach:Germany Franz Beckenbauer

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Group F

England

Head coach: England Bobby Robson

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Morocco

Head coach: Brazil José Faria

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Poland

Head coach: Poland Antoni Piechniczek

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Portugal

Head coach:Portugal José Torres

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Notes

Each national team had to submit a squad of 22 players. All the teams included 3 goalkeepers, except Bulgaria and South Korea who only called two.


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