1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

Main article: 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

The 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 4 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Bulgaria, East Germany, France, Luxembourg and Yugoslavia.

The group was won on goal difference by France with Bulgaria as the runners-up. Both teams qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	8	5	1	2	15	4	+11	11	Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup		—	1–0	2–0	2–0	6–0
2	Bulgaria	8	5	1	2	13	5	+8	11			2–0	—	1–0	2–1	4–0
3	East Germany	8	5	0	3	16	9	+7	10			2–0	2–1	—	2–3	3–1
4	Yugoslavia	8	3	2	3	7	8	−1	8			0–0	0–0	1–2	—	1–0
5	Luxembourg	8	0	0	8	2	27	−25	0			0–4	1–3	0–5	0–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

29 September 1984

Yugoslavia	0 – 0	Bulgaria
	Report

JNA Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 9,588

Referee: Laszlo Padar (Hungary)

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13 October 1984

Luxembourg	0 – 4	France
	Report	Battiston 2' Platini 13' Stopyra 24', 33'

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City

Attendance: 7,982

Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)

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20 October 1984

East Germany	2 – 3	Yugoslavia
Glowatzky 11' Ernst 50'	Report	Baždarević 30' Vokrri 48' Šestić 80'

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 55,045

Referee: Horst Brummeier (Austria)

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17 November 1984

Luxembourg	0 – 5	East Germany
	Report	Ernst 60', 76', 81' Minge 63', 78'

Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette

Attendance: 1,179

Referee: Thomas Donnelly (Northern Ireland)

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21 November 1984

France	1 – 0	Bulgaria
Platini 62' (pen.)	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 42,084

Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler (West Germany)

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5 December 1984

Bulgaria	4 – 0	Luxembourg
Sirakov 8' Velichkov 31' Mladenov 65' Dimitrov 70'	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 12,189

Referee: Antonis Vassaras (Greece)

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8 December 1984

France	2 – 0	East Germany
Stopyra 32' Anziani 89'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 46,024

Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

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27 March 1985

Yugoslavia	1 – 0	Luxembourg
Gudelj 27'	Report

Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica

Attendance: 24,505

Referee: Alexandr Mushkovets (Soviet Union)

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3 April 1985

Yugoslavia	0 – 0	France
	Report

Koševo Stadium,^[1] Sarajevo

Attendance: 50,040

Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

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6 April 1985

Bulgaria	1 – 0	East Germany
Mladenov 87'	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 47,396

Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)

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1 May 1985

Luxembourg	0 – 1	Yugoslavia
	Report	Vokrri 89'

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City

Attendance: 6,853

Referee: Gudmund Haraldsson (Iceland)

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2 May 1985

Bulgaria	2 – 0	France
Dimitrov 11' Sirakov 61'	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 57,000

Referee: Brian McGinlay (Scotland)

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18 May 1985

East Germany	3 – 1	Luxembourg
Minge 19', 38' Ernst 45' (pen.)	Report	Langers 76'

Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion, Potsdam

Attendance: 7,848

Referee: Charles Scerri (Malta)

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1 June 1985

Bulgaria	2 – 1	Yugoslavia
Getov 27', 58'	Report	Djurovski 29'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 59,587

Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)

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11 September 1985

East Germany	2 – 0	France
Ernst 53' Kreer 81'	Report

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 70,152

Referee: Pietro D'Elia (Italy)

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25 September 1985

Luxembourg	1 – 3	Bulgaria
Langers 65' (pen.)	Report	Hellers 2' (o.g.)[2] Kostadinov 26' Dimitrov 33'

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City

Attendance: 1,062

Referee: David Syme (Scotland)

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28 September 1985

Yugoslavia	1 – 2	East Germany
Škoro 83'	Report	Thom 47', 59'

JNA Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 28,800

Referee: Velodi Miminoshvili (Soviet Union)

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30 October 1985

France	6 – 0	Luxembourg
Rocheteau 4', 29', 48' Touré 24' Giresse 36' Fernandez 47' (pen.)	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 28,597

Referee: Michal Listkiewicz (Poland)

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16 November 1985

France	2 – 0	Yugoslavia
Platini 2', 71'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 45,670

Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

16 November 1985

East Germany	2 – 1	Bulgaria
Zötzsche 4' (pen.) Liebers 40'	Report	Gochev 39'

Ernst-Thälmann-Stadion, Karl-Marx-Stadt

Attendance: 25,879

Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Rainer Ernst

4 goals

• Ralf Minge
• Michel Platini

3 goals

• Georgi Dimitrov
• Dominique Rocheteau
• Yannick Stopyra

2 goals

• Plamen Getov
• Stoycho Mladenov
• Nasko Sirakov
• Andreas Thom
• Robby Langers
• Fadil Vokrri

1 goal

• Rusi Gochev
• Kostadin Kostadinov
• Boycho Velichkov
• Michael Glowatzky
• Ronald Kreer
• Matthias Liebers
• Uwe Zötzsche
• Philippe Anziani
• Patrick Battiston
• Luis Fernández
• Alain Giresse
• José Touré
• Mehmed Baždarević
• Milko Djurovski
• Ivan Gudelj
• Miloš Šestić
• Haris Škoro

1 own goal

• Guy Hellers (playing against Bulgaria)