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.

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Tournament details
Teams	32 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Preben Elkjær (8 goals)
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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

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.
  (Originally the runners-up of Groups 1, 5 and 7 would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of this play-off group would qualify, while the runner-up would advance to the UEFA / OFC Intercontinental Play-off.^[1] At request of among others the Dutch FA and Belgian FA this format was simplified. ^[2])

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 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	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

Group 1

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	8	Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup		—	0–0	2–2	3–1
2	Belgium	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4	8	Advance to UEFA play-off		2–0	—	3–1	2–0
3	Albania	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	4			0–1	2–0	—	1–1
4	Greece	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	4			1–4	0–0	2–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	8	5	2	1	22	9	+13	12	Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup		—	0–1	2–0	2–2	6–0
2	Portugal	8	5	0	3	12	10	+2	10			1–2	—	1–3	2–1	3–2
3	Sweden	8	4	1	3	14	9	+5	9			2–2	0–1	—	2–0	4–0
4	Czechoslovakia	8	3	2	3	11	12	−1	8			1–5	1–0	2–1	—	4–0
5	Malta	8	0	1	7	6	25	−19	1			2–3	1–3	1–2	0–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 3

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	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	8	4	2	2	8	5	+3	10			0–1	—	3–2	2–1	2–0
3	Romania	8	3	3	2	12	7	+5	9			0–0	0–1	—	2–0	3–0
4	Finland	8	3	2	3	7	12	−5	8			1–1	1–0	1–1	—	1–0
5	Turkey	8	0	1	7	2	24	−22	1			0–8	0–0	1–3	1–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 4

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

Pos	Team v t e	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]}

Group 5

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8	10	Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup		—	0–1	3–1	2–0
2	Netherlands	6	3	1	2	11	5	+6	7	Advance to UEFA play-off		1–2	—	1–1	7–1
3	Austria	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	7			0–3	1–0	—	4–0
4	Cyprus	6	0	0	6	3	18	−15	0			1–2	0–1	1–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 6

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	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	8	4	2	2	13	8	+5	10			1–0	—	4–0	2–0	1–0
3	Switzerland	8	2	4	2	5	10	−5	8			1–0	2–2	—	0–0	1–1
4	Republic of Ireland	8	2	2	4	5	10	−5	6			1–4	1–0	3–0	—	0–0
5	Norway	8	1	3	4	4	10	−6	5			1–5	1–1	0–1	1–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 7

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	6	4	0	2	9	8	+1	8	Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup		—	1–0	3–0	2–1
2	Scotland	6	3	1	2	8	4	+4	7	Advance to UEFA–OFC play-off		3–1	—	0–1	3–0
3	Wales	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	7			3–0	1–1	—	2–1
4	Iceland	6	1	0	5	4	10	−6	2			1–2	0–1	1–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

UEFA play-off

16 October 1985

Belgium	1–0	Netherlands
Vercauteren 20'	Report

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, Belgium

Attendance: 30,764

Referee: Pietro D'Elia (Italy)

20 November 1985

Netherlands	2–1	Belgium
Houtman 60' De Wit 72'	Report	Grün 85'

De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Attendance: 48,962^[3]

Referee: George Courtney (England)

2–2 on aggregate; Belgium won on away goals.

Inter-confederation play-offs

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

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

Goalscorers

8 goals

• Preben Elkjær

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 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
• Georgios 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)