Below are the squads for the
1986 FIFA World Cup
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-tea ...
final tournament in Mexico.
Group A
Argentina
Head coach:
Carlos Bilardo
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:
Ivan Vutsov
Italy
Head coach:
Enzo Bearzot
Enzo Bearzot (; 26 September 1927 – 21 December 2010) was an Italian professional football player and manager. A defender and midfielder in his playing career, he also coached the Italy national team to victory in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
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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:
Kim Jung-nam
Group B
Belgium
Head coach:
Guy Thys
Iraq
Head coach:
Evaristo de Macedo
Mexico
Head coach:
Bora Milutinović
Paraguay
Head coach:
Cayetano Ré
Cayetano Ré Ramírez (7 February 1938 – 26 November 2013) was a Paraguayan professional football player and manager.
Career Club
A forward, Ré began his career in Asunción, playing for Cerro Porteño before signing for Spanish side El ...
Group C
Canada
Head coach:
Tony Waiters
France
Head coach:
Henri Michel
Henri Louis Michel (28 October 1947 – 24 April 2018) was a French football player and coach. He played as a midfielder for Nantes and the France national team, and later went on to coach various clubs and national teams all over the world ...
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:
György Mezey
Soviet Union
Head coach:
Valeriy Lobanovskyi
Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi (, ; 6 January 1939 – 13 May 2002) was а Soviet and Ukrainian football player and manager. He was Master of Sports of the USSR, Distinguished Coach of the USSR, and a laureate of the UEFA Order of Merit in Rub ...
Group D
Algeria
Head coach:
Rabah Saâdane
Brazil
Head coach:
Telê Santana
Northern Ireland
Head coach:
Billy Bingham
Spain
Head coach:
Miguel Muñoz
Group E
Denmark
Head coach:
Sepp Piontek
Scotland
Head coach:
Alex Ferguson
Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson (born 31 December 1941) is a Scottish former professional football manager and player, best known for managing Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. He is widely regarded as the greatest manager of all time and ...
Uruguay
Head coach:
Omar Borrás
Omar Bienvenido Borrás Branda (15 June 1929 – 19 October 2022) was a Uruguayan association football, football manager.
Career
Borrás was assistant manager to Ondino Viera while Uruguay national football team, Uruguay national team played th ...
West Germany
Head coach:
Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Anton Beckenbauer (; 11 September 1945 – 7 January 2024) was a German professional football player, manager, and official. Nicknamed ("the Emperor"), he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, and is one of nine p ...
Group F
England
Head coach:
Bobby Robson
Sir Robert William Robson (18 February 1933 – 31 July 2009) was an English football player and coach. His career included periods playing for and later managing the England national team and being a UEFA Cup-winning manager at Ipswich Town. ...
Morocco
Head coach:
José Faria
Poland
Head coach:
Antoni Piechniczek
Portugal
Head coach:
José Torres
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.
Coaches representation by country
External links
1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico TeamsFIFA
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website
Planet World Cup website* weltfussball.d
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