1986 FIFA World Cup Group A#Bulgaria vs Italy
{{Short description|Football tournament group stage}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=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. 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
|teamwidth=180
|update=complete
|winpoints=2
|source=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/mexico1986/groups/index.html FIFA]
|team1=ARG |team2=ITA |team3=BUL |team4=KOR
|result1=KO |result2=KO |result3=KO
|win_ARG=2 |draw_ARG=1 |loss_ARG=0 |gf_ARG=6 |ga_ARG=2
|win_ITA=1 |draw_ITA=2 |loss_ITA=0 |gf_ITA=5 |ga_ITA=4
|win_BUL=0 |draw_BUL=2 |loss_BUL=1 |gf_BUL=2 |ga_BUL=4
|win_KOR=0 |draw_KOR=1 |loss_KOR=2 |gf_KOR=4 |ga_KOR=7
|name_ARG={{fb|ARG|1861}}
|name_KOR={{fb|KOR|1984}}
|name_BUL={{fb|BUL|1971}}
|name_ITA={{fb|ITA|1946}}
|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to knockout stage
}}
Matches
=Bulgaria vs Italy=
{{footballbox
|date = 31 May 1986
|time = 12:00 CST
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL|1971}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/mexico1986/matches/match/459 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ITA|1946}}
|goals1 = Sirakov {{goal|85}}
|goals2 = Altobelli {{goal|44}}
|stadium = Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
|attendance = 96,000
|referee = Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
}}
width=92% |
{{Football kit
|pattern_la= _shoulder_stripes_red_stripes |pattern_b= _aaaj85a |pattern_ra= _shoulder_stripes_red_stripes |pattern_sh=_adidaswhite |pattern_so=_3_stripes_red |leftarm= |body= |rightarm= |shorts=076F24 |socks=FFFFFF | title = Bulgaria }} |{{Football kit | pattern_la = _italy1982-90 | pattern_b = _ita90 | pattern_ra = _italy1982-90 | pattern_sh = | pattern_so = _italia_cm1994 | leftarm = | body = | rightarm = | shorts = ffffff | socks = 3120CC | title = Italy }} |
width="100%"
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width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
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GK | 1 | Borislav Mihaylov | ||
DF | 3 | Nikolay Arabov | ||
DF | 5 | Georgi Dimitrov (c) | ||
DF | 13 | Aleksandar Markov | {{yel|51}} | |
MF | 11 | Plamen Getov | ||
MF | 10 | Zhivko Gospodinov | {{suboff|74}} | |
MF | 8 | Ayan Sadakov | ||
MF | 12 | Radoslav Zdravkov | ||
MF | 2 | Nasko Sirakov | ||
FW | 7 | Bozhidar Iskrenov | {{suboff|65}} | |
FW | 9 | Stoycho Mladenov | ||
colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
GK | 22 | Iliya Valov | ||
DF | 4 | Petar Petrov | ||
MF | 15 | Georgi Yordanov | ||
FW | 20 | Kostadin Kostadinov | {{subon|65}} | |
MF | 6 | Andrey Zhelyazkov | {{subon|74}} | |
colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
colspan=3|{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Ivan Vutsov |
|valign="top" width="50%"|
style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" | ||||
width=25| | width=25| | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
GK | 1 | Giovanni Galli | ||
DF | 2 | Giuseppe Bergomi | {{yel|48}} | |
DF | 3 | Antonio Cabrini | {{yel|64}} | |
DF | 6 | Gaetano Scirea (c) | ||
DF | 8 | Pietro Vierchowod | ||
MF | 14 | Antonio Di Gennaro | ||
MF | 10 | Salvatore Bagni | ||
MF | 13 | Fernando De Napoli | ||
MF | 16 | Bruno Conti | {{suboff|65}} | |
FW | 19 | Giuseppe Galderisi | ||
FW | 18 | Alessandro Altobelli | ||
colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
GK | 12 | Franco Tancredi | ||
DF | 4 | Fulvio Collovati | ||
MF | 11 | Giuseppe Baresi | ||
MF | 15 | Marco Tardelli | ||
FW | 17 | Gianluca Vialli | {{subon|65}} | |
colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
colspan=4|{{flagicon|ITA|1946}} Enzo Bearzot |
|}
Assistant referees:
=Argentina vs South Korea=
{{footballbox
|date = 2 June 1986
|time = 12:00 CST
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG|1861}}
|score = 3–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/mexico1986/matches/match/395 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KOR|1984}}
|goals1 = Valdano {{goal|6||46}}
Ruggeri {{goal|18}}
|goals2 = Park Chang-Sun {{goal|73}}
|stadium = Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
|attendance = 60,000
|referee = Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (Spain)
}}
width=92% |
{{Football kit
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width="100%"
|valign="top" width="50%"| {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" | ||||
width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
GK | 18 | Nery Pumpido | ||
DF | 5 | José Luis Brown | ||
DF | 13 | Oscar Garré | ||
DF | 8 | Néstor Clausen | ||
DF | 19 | Oscar Ruggeri | ||
MF | 2 | Sergio Batista | {{suboff|75}} | |
MF | 14 | Ricardo Giusti | ||
MF | 7 | Jorge Burruchaga | ||
MF | 10 | Diego Maradona (c) | ||
FW | 17 | Pedro Pasculli | {{suboff|74}} | |
FW | 11 | Jorge Valdano | ||
colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
MF | 20 | Carlos Daniel Tapia | {{subon|74}} | |
MF | 16 | Julio Olarticoechea | {{subon|75}} | |
colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
colspan=3|{{Flagicon|ARG|1861}} Carlos Bilardo |
|valign="top" width="50%"|
style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" | ||||
width=25| | width=25| | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
GK | 21 | Oh Yun-Kyo | ||
DF | 2 | Park Kyung-Hoon | ||
DF | 5 | Chung Yong-Hwan | ||
DF | 12 | Kim Pyung-Seok | {{suboff|23}} | |
DF | 14 | Cho Min-Kook | ||
DF | 20 | Kim Yong-Se | {{suboff|46}} | |
MF | 17 | Huh Jung-Moo | {{yel|44}} | |
MF | 16 | Kim Joo-Sung | ||
MF | 10 | Park Chang-Sun (c) | {{yel|50}} | |
FW | 9 | Choi Soon-Ho | ||
FW | 11 | Cha Bum-Kun | ||
colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
MF | 4 | Cho Kwang-Rae | {{subon|23}} | |
FW | 19 | Byun Byung-Joo | {{subon|46}} | |
colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
colspan=4|{{Flagicon|KOR|1984}} Kim Jung-Nam |
|}
Assistant referees:
=Italy vs Argentina=
{{footballbox
|date = 5 June 1986
|time = 12:00 CST
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ITA|1946}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/mexico1986/matches/match/394 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ARG|1861}}
|goals1 = Altobelli {{goal|6|pen.}}
|goals2 = Maradona {{goal|34}}
|stadium = Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
|attendance = 32,000
|referee = Jan Keizer (Netherlands)
}}
width=92% |
{{Football kit
| pattern_la = _italy1982-90 | pattern_b = _ita90 | pattern_ra = _italy1982-90 | pattern_sh = | pattern_so = _italia_cm1994 | leftarm = | body = | rightarm = | shorts = ffffff | socks = 3120CC | title = Italy }} |{{Football kit | pattern_la = _argentina1986 | pattern_b = _argentina1986 | pattern_ra = _argentina1986 | pattern_sh = _argentina1986 | pattern_so = _argentina1986 | leftarm = | body = 42A0FF | rightarm = | shorts = 0000000 | socks = ffffff | title = Argentina }} |
width="100%"
|valign="top" width="50%"| {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" | ||||
width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
GK | 1 | Giovanni Galli | ||
DF | 2 | Giuseppe Bergomi | {{yel|54}} | |
DF | 3 | Antonio Cabrini | ||
DF | 6 | Gaetano Scirea (c) | ||
DF | 8 | Pietro Vierchowod | ||
MF | 14 | Antonio Di Gennaro | ||
MF | 10 | Salvatore Bagni | ||
MF | 13 | Fernando De Napoli | {{suboff|87}} | |
MF | 16 | Bruno Conti | {{suboff|65}} | |
FW | 19 | Giuseppe Galderisi | ||
FW | 18 | Alessandro Altobelli | ||
colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
FW | 17 | Gianluca Vialli | {{subon|65}} | |
MF | 11 | Giuseppe Baresi | {{subon|87}} | |
colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
colspan=4|{{flagicon|ITA|1946}} Enzo Bearzot |
|valign="top" width="50%"|
style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" | ||||
width=25| | width=25| | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
GK | 18 | Nery Pumpido | ||
DF | 5 | José Luis Brown | ||
DF | 13 | Oscar Garré | {{yel|65}} | |
DF | 9 | José Luis Cuciuffo | ||
DF | 19 | Oscar Ruggeri | ||
MF | 2 | Sergio Batista | {{suboff|59}} | |
MF | 14 | Ricardo Giusti | {{yel|58}} | |
MF | 7 | Jorge Burruchaga | ||
MF | 10 | Diego Maradona (c) | ||
FW | 4 | Claudio Borghi | {{suboff|74}} | |
FW | 11 | Jorge Valdano | ||
colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
MF | 16 | Julio Olarticoechea | {{subon|59}} | |
MF | 12 | Héctor Enrique | {{subon|74}} | |
colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
colspan=3|{{flagicon|ARG|1861}} Carlos Bilardo |
|}
Assistant referees:
=South Korea vs Bulgaria=
{{footballbox
|date = 5 June 1986
|time = 16:00 CST
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1984}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/mexico1986/matches/match/460 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BUL|1971}}
|goals1 = Kim Jong-Boo {{goal|70}}
|goals2 = Getov {{goal|11}}
|stadium = Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
|attendance = 45,000
|referee = Fallaj Al Shanar (Saudi Arabia)
}}
width=92% |
{{Football kit
| pattern_la = _whiteborder | pattern_b = _korea86 | pattern_ra = _whiteborder | pattern_sh = | pattern_so = | leftarm = FF0000 | body = FF0000 | rightarm = FF0000 | shorts = FF0000 | socks = FF0000 | title = South Korea }} |{{Football kit |pattern_la= _shoulder_stripes_red_stripes |pattern_b= _aaaj85a |pattern_ra= _shoulder_stripes_red_stripes |pattern_sh=_adidaswhite |pattern_so=_3_stripes_red |leftarm= |body= |rightarm= |shorts=076F24 |socks=FFFFFF | title = Bulgaria }} |
width="100%"
|valign="top" width="50%"| {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" | ||||
width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
GK | 21 | Oh Yun-Kyo | ||
DF | 2 | Park Kyung-Hoon | ||
DF | 5 | Chung Yong-Hwan | ||
DF | 8 | Cho Young-Jeung | {{yel|60}} | |
MF | 13 | Noh Soo-Jin | {{suboff|46}} | |
MF | 4 | Cho Kwang-Rae | {{suboff|72}} | |
MF | 17 | Huh Jung-Moo | ||
MF | 16 | Kim Joo-Sung | {{yel|31}} | |
MF | 10 | Park Chang-Sun (c) | ||
FW | 19 | Byun Byung-Joo | ||
FW | 11 | Cha Bum-Kun | ||
colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
FW | 7 | Kim Jong-Boo | {{subon|46}} | |
DF | 14 | Cho Min-Kook | {{subon|72}} | |
colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
colspan=4|{{flagicon|KOR|1984}} Kim Jung-Nam |
|valign="top" width="50%"|
style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" | ||||
width=25| | width=25| | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
GK | 1 | Borislav Mihaylov | ||
DF | 3 | Nikolay Arabov | ||
DF | 5 | Georgi Dimitrov (c) | ||
DF | 4 | Petar Petrov | ||
MF | 11 | Plamen Getov | {{suboff|58}} | |
MF | 10 | Zhivko Gospodinov | {{yel|49}} | |
MF | 8 | Ayan Sadakov | ||
MF | 12 | Radoslav Zdravkov | ||
MF | 2 | Nasko Sirakov | ||
FW | 7 | Bozhidar Iskrenov | {{suboff|46}} | |
FW | 9 | Stoycho Mladenov | ||
colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
FW | 20 | Kostadin Kostadinov | {{subon|46}} | |
MF | 6 | Andrey Zhelyazkov | {{subon|58}} | |
colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
colspan=3|{{Flagicon|BUL|1971}} Ivan Vutsov |
|}
Assistant referees:
=South Korea vs Italy=
{{footballbox
|date = 10 June 1986
|time = 12:00 CST
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1984}}
|score = 2–3
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/mexico1986/matches/match/643 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ITA|1946}}
|goals2 = Altobelli {{goal|17||73}}
Cho Kwang-Rae {{goal|82|o.g.}}
|goals1 = Choi Soon-Ho {{goal|62}}
Huh Jung-Moo {{goal|89}}
|stadium = Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = David Socha (United States)
}}
width=92% |
{{Football kit
| pattern_la = _whiteborder | pattern_b = _korea86 | pattern_ra = _whiteborder | pattern_sh = | pattern_so = | leftarm = FF0000 | body = FF0000 | rightarm = FF0000 | shorts = FF0000 | socks = FF0000 | title = South Korea }} |{{Football kit | pattern_la = _ita82a | pattern_b = _ita90a | pattern_ra = _ita82a | pattern_sh = | pattern_so = _italia_cm1994 | leftarm = FFFFFF | body = FFFFFF | rightarm = FFFFFF | shorts = FFFFFF | socks = 3120CC | title = Italy }} |
width="100%"
|valign="top" width="50%"| {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" | ||||
width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
GK | 21 | Oh Yun-Kyo | ||
DF | 2 | Park Kyung-Hoon | {{yel|35}} | |
DF | 5 | Chung Yong-Hwan | ||
DF | 8 | Cho Young-Jeung | ||
MF | 4 | Cho Kwang-Rae | ||
MF | 17 | Huh Jung-Moo | ||
MF | 16 | Kim Joo-Sung | {{yel|17}} | {{suboff|46}} |
MF | 10 | Park Chang-Sun (c) | ||
FW | 9 | Choi Soon-Ho | ||
FW | 19 | Byun Byung-Joo | {{suboff|70}} | |
FW | 11 | Cha Bum-Kun | ||
colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
GK
|1 | | | ||||
DF | 3 | Chung Jong-Soo | {{yel|72}} | {{subon|46}} |
FW
|6 | | | ||||
FW
|20 | | | ||||
FW | 7 | Kim Jong-Boo | {{subon|70}} | |
colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
colspan=4|{{flagicon|KOR|1984}} Kim Jung-Nam |
|valign="top" width="50%"|
style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" | ||||
width=25| | width=25| | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
GK | 1 | Giovanni Galli | ||
DF | 3 | Antonio Cabrini | ||
DF | 4 | Fulvio Collovati | ||
DF | 6 | Gaetano Scirea (c) | {{yel|65}} | |
DF | 8 | Pietro Vierchowod | {{yel|70}} | |
MF | 14 | Antonio Di Gennaro | ||
MF | 10 | Salvatore Bagni | {{yel|31}} | {{suboff|67}} |
MF | 13 | Fernando De Napoli | ||
MF | 16 | Bruno Conti | ||
FW | 19 | Giuseppe Galderisi | {{suboff|88}} | |
FW | 18 | Alessandro Altobelli | ||
colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
GK
|12 | | | ||||
DF
|5 | | | ||||
MF | 11 | Giuseppe Baresi | {{subon|67}} | |
FW
|21 | | | ||||
FW | 17 | Gianluca Vialli | {{subon|88}} | |
colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
colspan=4|{{flagicon|ITA|1946}} Enzo Bearzot |
|}
=Argentina vs Bulgaria=
{{footballbox
|date = 10 June 1986
|time = 12:00 CST
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG|1861}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/mexico1986/matches/match/389 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BUL|1971}}
|goals1 = Valdano {{goal|4}}
Burruchaga {{goal|77}}
|stadium = Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
|attendance = 65,000
|referee = Berny Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)
}}
width=92% |
{{Football kit
| pattern_la = _argentina1986 | pattern_b = _argentina1986 | pattern_ra = _argentina1986 | pattern_sh = _argentina1986 | pattern_so = _argentina1986 | leftarm = | body = 42A0FF | rightarm = | shorts = 0000000 | socks = ffffff | title = Argentina }} |{{Football kit | pattern_la = _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes | pattern_b = _aaaj9092h | pattern_ra = _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes | pattern_sh = _adidaswhite | pattern_so = _3_stripes_white | leftarm = FF0000 | body = FF0000 | rightarm = FF0000 | shorts = 076F24 | socks = FF0000 | title = Bulgaria }} |
width="100%"
|valign="top" width="50%"| {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" | ||||
width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
GK | 18 | Nery Pumpido | ||
DF | 5 | José Luis Brown | ||
DF | 13 | Oscar Garré | ||
DF | 9 | José Luis Cuciuffo | {{yel|25}} | |
DF | 19 | Oscar Ruggeri | ||
MF | 2 | Sergio Batista | {{suboff|46}} | |
MF | 14 | Ricardo Giusti | ||
MF | 7 | Jorge Burruchaga | ||
MF | 10 | Diego Maradona (c) | ||
FW | 4 | Claudio Borghi | {{suboff|46}} | |
FW | 11 | Jorge Valdano | ||
colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
MF | 16 | Julio Olarticoechea | {{subon|46}} | |
MF | 12 | Héctor Enrique | {{subon|46}} | |
colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
colspan=3|{{flagicon|ARG|1861}} Carlos Bilardo |
|valign="top" width="50%"|
style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" | ||||
width=25| | width=25| | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
GK | 1 | Borislav Mihaylov | ||
DF | 4 | Petar Petrov | ||
DF | 5 | Georgi Dimitrov (c) | ||
MF | 11 | Plamen Getov | ||
MF | 15 | Georgi Yordanov | ||
MF | 6 | Andrey Zhelyazkov | ||
MF | 8 | Ayan Sadakov | ||
MF | 13 | Aleksandar Markov | ||
MF | 2 | Nasko Sirakov | {{suboff|71}} | |
FW | 14 | Plamen Markov | ||
FW | 9 | Stoycho Mladenov | {{suboff|52}} | |
colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
FW | 18 | Boycho Velichkov | {{subon|52}} | |
MF | 12 | Radoslav Zdravkov | {{subon|71}} | |
colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
colspan=3|{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Ivan Vutsov |
|}