1986 FIFA World Cup Group A

Football tournament group stage June 2018 Group A of the 1986 FIFA World Cup was one of six groups of national teams competing at the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The group's first round of matches began on 31 May and its last matches were played on 10 June.https://www.rsssf.org/tables/86full.html World Cup 1986 RSSSF 30 April 2026 Most matches were played at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Mexico City or at the Estadio Cuauhtémoc in Puebla. Eventual champions Argentina topped the group, joined in the second round by 1982 champions Italy as well as Bulgaria. South Korea were making their first appearance in the tournament since 1954. Standings main WDL standings 180 complete 2 FIFA ARG ITA BUL KOR KO KO KO 2 1 0 6 2 1 2 0 5 4 0 2 1 2 4 0 1 2 4 7 ARG 1861 KOR 1984 BUL 1971 ITA 1946 Q green1 Advance to knockout stage Matches Bulgaria vs Italy main A1 1986 5 31 y 12:00 CST BUL 1971 1986 FIFA World Cup Group A#Bulgaria vs Italy 1–1 ITA 1946 Sirakov 85 Altobelli 44 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City 96,000 Erik Fredriksson (Sweden) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/68/308/459 Bulgaria vs Italy Group Matches 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=308/match=459/index.html 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico – Matches – Bulgaria v Italy FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171228210741/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=308/match=459/index.html 28 December 2017 _bul86h _bul86h _bul86h _bul86h _3_stripes_red 076F24 FFFFFF Bulgaria _italy1982-90 _ita90 _italy1982-90 _italia_cm1994 ffffff 3120CC Italy GK 1 Borislav MihaylovDF 3 Nikolay ArabovDF 5 Georgi Dimitrov (c)DF 13Aleksandar Markov 51MF 11Plamen GetovMF 10Zhivko Gospodinov 74MF 8 Ayan SadakovMF 12Radoslav ZdravkovMF 2 Nasko SirakovFW 7 Bozhidar Iskrenov 65FW 9 Stoycho MladenovSubstitutions:GK 22Iliya ValovDF 4 Petar PetrovMF 6 Andrey Zhelyazkov 74MF 15Georgi YordanovFW 20Kostadin Kostadinov 65Manager:BUL 1971 Ivan Vutsov GK 1 Giovanni GalliRB 2 Giuseppe Bergomi 48CB 6 Gaetano Scirea (c)CB 8 Pietro VierchowodLB 3 Antonio Cabrini 64MF 14Antonio Di GennaroMF 10Salvatore BagniMF 13Fernando De NapoliMF 16Bruno Conti 65FW 19Giuseppe GalderisiFW 18Alessandro AltobelliSubstitutions:GK 12Franco TancrediDF 4 Fulvio CollovatiMF 11Giuseppe BaresiMF 15Marco TardelliFW 17Gianluca Vialli 65Manager:ITA 1946 Enzo Bearzot Assistant referees: Chris Bambridge (Australia) Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany) Argentina vs South Korea main A2 1986 6 2 y 12:00 CST ARG 1861 1986 FIFA World Cup Group A#Argentina vs South Korea 3–1 KOR 1984 Valdano 6 46 Ruggeri 18 Park Chang-Sun 73 Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City 60,000 Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (Spain) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/68/308/395 Argentina vs Korea Republic Group Matches 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=308/match=395/index.html 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico – Matches – Argentina v Korea Republic FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171213024046/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=308/match=395/index.html 13 December 2017 _argentina1986 _argentina1986 _argentina1986 _argentina1986 _argentina1986 42A0FF 000000 ffffff Argentina _whiteborder _korea86 _whiteborder FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 South Korea GK 18Nery PumpidoSW 5 José Luis BrownCB 8 Néstor ClausenCB 19Oscar RuggeriDM 14Ricardo GiustiDM 2 Sergio Batista 75AM 7 Jorge BurruchagaLWB 13Oscar GarréSS 10Diego Maradona (c)CF 17Pedro Pasculli 74CF 11Jorge ValdanoSubstitutions:MF 20Carlos Daniel Tapia 74MF 16Julio Olarticoechea 75Manager:ARG 1861 Carlos Bilardo GK 21Oh Yun-KyoDF 2 Park Kyung-HoonDF 5 Chung Yong-HwanDF 12Kim Pyung-Seok 23DF 14Cho Min-KookDF 20Kim Yong-Se 46MF 17Huh Jung-Moo 44MF 16Kim Joo-SungMF 10Park Chang-Sun (c) 50FW 9 Choi Soon-HoFW 11Cha Bum-KunSubstitutions:MF 4 Cho Kwang-Rae 23FW 19Byun Byung-Joo 46Manager:KOR 1984 Kim Jung-Nam Assistant referees: Jesús Díaz (Colombia) Gabriel González (Paraguay) Italy vs Argentina main A3 1986 6 5 y 12:00 CST ITA 1946 1986 FIFA World Cup Group A#Italy vs Argentina 1–1 ARG 1861 Altobelli 6 pen. Maradona 34 Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla 32,000 Jan Keizer (Netherlands) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/68/308/394 Italy vs Argentina Group Matches 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=308/match=394/index.html 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico – Matches – Italy v Argentina FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171219085422/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=308/match=394/index.html 19 December 2017 _italy1982-90 _ita90 _italy1982-90 _italia_cm1994 ffffff 3120CC Italy _argentina1986 _argentina1986 _argentina1986 _argentina1986 _argentina1986 42A0FF 0000000 ffffff Argentina GK 1 Giovanni GalliRB 2 Giuseppe Bergomi 54CB 6 Gaetano Scirea (c)CB 8 Pietro VierchowodLB 3 Antonio CabriniMF 14Antonio Di GennaroMF 10Salvatore BagniMF 13Fernando De Napoli 87MF 16Bruno Conti 65FW 19Giuseppe GalderisiFW 18Alessandro AltobelliSubstitutions:FW 17Gianluca Vialli 65MF 11Giuseppe Baresi 87Manager:ITA 1946 Enzo Bearzot GK 18Nery PumpidoSW 5 José Luis BrownCB 19Oscar RuggeriCB 9 José Luis CuciuffoDM 14Ricardo Giusti 58DM 2 Sergio Batista 59AM 7 Jorge BurruchagaLWB 13Oscar Garré 65SS 10Diego Maradona (c)CF 4 Claudio Borghi 74CF 11Jorge ValdanoSubstitutions:MF 16Julio Olarticoechea 59MF 12Héctor Enrique 74Manager:ARG 1861 Carlos Bilardo Assistant referees: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland) Antonio Marquez Ramirez (Mexico) South Korea vs Bulgaria main A4 1986 6 5 y 16:00 CST KOR 1984 1986 FIFA World Cup Group A#South Korea vs Bulgaria 1–1 BUL 1971 Kim Jong-Boo 70 Getov 11 Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City 45,000 Fallaj Al Shanar (Saudi Arabia) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/68/308/460 Korea Republic vs Bulgaria Group Matches 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=308/match=460/index.html 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico – Matches – Korea Republic v Bulgaria FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171228223110/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=308/match=460/index.html 28 December 2017 _whiteborder _korea86 _whiteborder FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 South Korea _bul86h _bul86h _bul86h _bul86h _3_stripes_red 076F24 FFFFFF Bulgaria GK 21Oh Yun-KyoDF 2 Park Kyung-HoonDF 5 Chung Yong-HwanDF 8 Cho Young-Jeung 60MF 13Noh Soo-Jin 46MF 4 Cho Kwang-Rae 72MF 17Huh Jung-MooMF 16Kim Joo-Sung 31MF 10Park Chang-Sun (c)FW 19Byun Byung-JooFW 11Cha Bum-KunSubstitutions:FW 7 Kim Jong-Boo 46DF 14Cho Min-Kook 72Manager:KOR 1984 Kim Jung-Nam GK 1 Borislav MihaylovDF 3 Nikolay ArabovDF 5 Georgi Dimitrov (c)DF 4 Petar PetrovMF 11Plamen Getov 58MF 10Zhivko Gospodinov 49MF 8 Ayan SadakovMF 12Radoslav ZdravkovMF 2 Nasko SirakovFW 7 Bozhidar Iskrenov 46FW 9 Stoycho MladenovSubstitutions:FW 20Kostadin Kostadinov 46MF 6 Andrey Zhelyazkov 58Manager:BUL 1971 Ivan Vutsov Assistant referees: Valeri Butenko (Soviet Union) Ioan Igna (Romania) South Korea vs Italy main A5 1986 6 10 y 12:00 CST KOR 1984 1986 FIFA World Cup Group A#South Korea vs Italy 2–3 ITA 1946 Choi Soon-Ho 62 Huh Jung-Moo 89 Altobelli 17 73 Cho Kwang-Rae 82 o.g. Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla 20,000 David Socha (United States) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/68/308/643 Korea Republic vs Italy Group Matches 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=308/match=643/index.html 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico – Matches – Korea Republic v Italy FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171228214833/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=308/match=643/index.html 28 December 2017 _whiteborder _korea86 _whiteborder FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 South Korea _ita82a _ita90a _ita82a _italia_cm1994 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 3120CC Italy GK 21Oh Yun-KyoDF 2 Park Kyung-Hoon 35DF 5 Chung Yong-HwanDF 8 Cho Young-JeungMF 4 Cho Kwang-RaeMF 17Huh Jung-MooMF 16Kim Joo-Sung 17 46MF 10Park Chang-Sun (c)FW 9 Choi Soon-HoFW 19Byun Byung-Joo 70FW 11Cha Bum-KunSubstitutions:GK1Cho Byung-deukDF 3 Chung Jong-Soo 72 46FW6Lee Tae-hoFW 7 Kim Jong-Boo 70FW20Kim Yong-seManager:KOR 1984 Kim Jung-Nam GK 1 Giovanni GalliRB 4 Fulvio CollovatiCB 6 Gaetano Scirea (c) 65CB 8 Pietro Vierchowod 70LB 3 Antonio CabriniMF 14Antonio Di GennaroMF 10Salvatore Bagni 31 67MF 13Fernando De NapoliMF 16Bruno ContiFW 19Giuseppe Galderisi 88FW 18Alessandro AltobelliSubstitutions:GK12Franco TancrediDF5Sebastiano NelaMF 11Giuseppe Baresi 67FW 17Gianluca Vialli 88FW21Aldo SerenaManager:ITA 1946 Enzo Bearzot Argentina vs Bulgaria main A6 1986 6 10 y 12:00 CST ARG 1861 1986 FIFA World Cup Group A#Argentina vs Bulgaria 2–0 BUL 1971 Valdano 4 Burruchaga 77 Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City 65,000 Berny Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/68/308/389 Argentina vs Bulgaria Group Matches 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=308/match=389/index.html 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico – Matches – Argentina v Bulgaria FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171212024139/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=308/match=389/index.html 12 December 2017 _argentina1986 _argentina1986 _argentina1986 _argentina1986 _argentina1986 42A0FF 0000000 ffffff Argentina _bul86a _bul86a _bul86a _bul86h _3_stripes_white FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 076F24 FF0000 Bulgaria GK 18Nery PumpidoSW 5 José Luis BrownCB 19Oscar RuggeriCB 9 José Luis Cuciuffo 25DM 14Ricardo GiustiDM 2 Sergio Batista 46AM 7 Jorge BurruchagaLWB 13Oscar GarréSS 10Diego Maradona (c)CF 4 Claudio Borghi 46CF 11Jorge ValdanoSubstitutions:MF 16Julio Olarticoechea 46MF 12Héctor Enrique 46Manager:ARG 1861 Carlos Bilardo GK 1 Borislav MihaylovDF 4 Petar PetrovDF 5 Georgi Dimitrov (c)MF 11Plamen GetovMF 15Georgi YordanovMF 6 Andrey ZhelyazkovMF 8 Ayan SadakovMF 13Aleksandar MarkovMF 2 Nasko Sirakov 71FW 14Plamen MarkovFW 9 Stoycho Mladenov 52Substitutions:FW 18Boycho Velichkov 52MF 12Radoslav Zdravkov 71Manager:BUL 1971 Ivan Vutsov See also Argentina at the FIFA World Cup Bulgaria at the FIFA World Cup Italy at the FIFA World Cup South Korea at the FIFA World Cup References Match reports Report A A Category:Bulgaria at the 1986 FIFA World Cup Group Category:South Korea at the 1986 FIFA World Cup Category:Sport in Puebla (city) Category:Football in Puebla Category:History of Puebla Category:Football competitions in Mexico City Category:1980s in Mexico City