1986 FIFA World Cup Group A

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Italy 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 4
3  Bulgaria 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
4  South Korea 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1
Source: FIFA

Matches

Bulgaria vs Italy
Bulgaria 1–1 Italy
Sirakov  85' Report Altobelli  44'
Attendance: 96,000
Bulgaria
Italy
GK1Borislav Mikhailov
DF3Nikolay Arabov
DF5Georgi Dimitrov (c)
DF13Aleksandar Markov 51'
MF11Plamen Getov
MF10Zhivko Gospodinov 74'
MF8Ayan Sadakov
MF12Radoslav Zdravkov
MF2Nasko Sirakov
FW7Bozhidar Iskrenov 65'
FW9Stoycho Mladenov
Substitutions:
GK 22 Iliya Valov
DF 4 Petar Petrov
MF 15 Georgi Yordanov
FW20Kostadin Kostadinov 65'
MF6Andrey Zhelyazkov 74'
Manager:
Ivan Vutsov
GK1Giovanni Galli
DF2Giuseppe Bergomi 48'
DF3Antonio Cabrini 64'
DF6Gaetano Scirea (c)
DF8Pietro Vierchowod
MF14Antonio Di Gennaro
MF10Salvatore Bagni
MF13Fernando De Napoli
MF16Bruno Conti 65'
FW19Giuseppe Galderisi
FW18Alessandro Altobelli
Substitutions:
GK 12 Franco Tancredi
DF 4 Fulvio Collovati
MF 11 Giuseppe Baresi
MF 15 Marco Tardelli
FW17Gianluca Vialli 65'
Manager:
Enzo Bearzot

Argentina vs South Korea
Argentina 3–1 South Korea
Valdano  6', 46'
Ruggeri  18'		 Report Park Chang-Sun  73'
Attendance: 60,000
Argentina
South Korea
GK18Nery Pumpido
DF5José Luis Brown
DF13Oscar Garré
DF8Néstor Clausen
DF19Oscar Ruggeri
MF2Sergio Batista 75'
MF14Ricardo Giusti
MF7Jorge Burruchaga
MF10Diego Maradona (c)
FW17Pedro Pasculli 74'
FW11Jorge Valdano
Substitutions:
MF20Carlos Daniel Tapia 74'
MF16Julio Olarticoechea 75'
Manager:
Carlos Bilardo
GK21Oh Yun-Kyo
DF2Park Kyung-Hoon
DF5Chung Yong-Hwan
DF12Kim Pyung-Seok 23'
DF14Cho Min-Kook
DF20Kim Yong-Se 46'
MF17Huh Jung-Moo 44'
MF16Kim Joo-Sung
MF10Park Chang-Sun (c) 50'
FW9Choi Soon-Ho
FW11Cha Bum-Kun
Substitutions:
MF4Cho Kwang-Rae 23'
FW19Byun Byung-Joo 46'
Manager:
Kim Jung-Nam

Italy vs Argentina
Italy 1–1 Argentina
Altobelli  6' (pen.) Report Maradona  34'
Attendance: 32,000
Italy
Argentina
GK1Giovanni Galli
DF2Giuseppe Bergomi 54'
DF3Antonio Cabrini
DF6Gaetano Scirea (c)
DF8Pietro Vierchowod
MF14Antonio Di Gennaro
MF10Salvatore Bagni
MF13Fernando De Napoli 87'
MF16Bruno Conti 65'
FW19Giuseppe Galderisi
FW18Alessandro Altobelli
Substitutions:
FW17Gianluca Vialli 65'
MF11Giuseppe Baresi 87'
Manager:
Enzo Bearzot
GK18Nery Pumpido
DF5José Luis Brown
DF13Oscar Garré 65'
DF9José Luis Cuciuffo
DF19Oscar Ruggeri
MF2Sergio Batista 59'
MF14Ricardo Giusti 58'
MF7Jorge Burruchaga
MF10Diego Maradona (c)
FW4Claudio Borghi 74'
FW11Jorge Valdano
Substitutions:
MF16Julio Olarticoechea 59'
MF12Héctor Enrique 74'
Manager:
Carlos Bilardo

South Korea vs Bulgaria
South Korea 1–1 Bulgaria
Kim Jong-Boo  70' Report Getov  11'
Attendance: 45,000
South Korea
Bulgaria
GK21Oh Yun-Kyo
DF2Park Kyung-Hoon
DF5Chung Yong-Hwan
DF8Cho Young-Jeung 60'
MF13Noh Soo-Jin 46'
MF4Cho Kwang-Rae 72'
MF17Huh Jung-Moo
MF16Kim Joo-Sung 31'
MF10Park Chang-Sun (c)
FW19Byun Byung-Joo
FW11Cha Bum-Kun
Substitutions:
FW7Kim Jong-Boo 46'
DF20Kim Yong-Se 72'
Manager:
Kim Jung-Nam
GK1Borislav Mikhailov
DF3Nikolay Arabov
DF5Georgi Dimitrov (c)
DF4Petar Petrov
MF11Plamen Getov 58'
MF10Zhivko Gospodinov 49'
MF8Ayan Sadakov
MF12Radoslav Zdravkov
MF2Nasko Sirakov
FW7Bozhidar Iskrenov 46'
FW9Stoycho Mladenov
Substitutions:
FW20Kostadin Kostadinov 46'
MF6Andrey Zhelyazkov 58'
Manager:
Ivan Vutsov

South Korea vs Italy
South Korea 2–3 Italy
Choi Soon-Ho  62'
Huh Jung-Moo  83'		 Report Altobelli  17', 73'
Cho Kwang-Rae  82' (o.g.)
Attendance: 20,000
South Korea
Italy
GK21Oh Yun-Kyo
DF2Park Kyung-Hoon 35'
DF5Chung Yong-Hwan
DF8Cho Young-Jeung 71'
MF4Cho Kwang-Rae
MF17Huh Jung-Moo
MF16Kim Joo-Sung 17' 46'
MF10Park Chang-Sun (c)
FW9Choi Soon-Ho
FW19Byun Byung-Joo 70'
FW11Cha Bum-Kun
Substitutions:
GK 1 Cho Byung-deuk
DF3Chung Jong-Soo 46'
FW 6 Lee Tae-ho
FW 20 Kim Yong-se
FW7Kim Jong-Boo 70'
Manager:
Kim Jung-Nam
GK1Giovanni Galli
DF3Antonio Cabrini
DF4Fulvio Collovati
DF6Gaetano Scirea (c) 65'
DF8Pietro Vierchowod 70'
MF14Antonio Di Gennaro
MF10Salvatore Bagni 31' 67'
MF13Fernando De Napoli
MF16Bruno Conti
FW19Giuseppe Galderisi 88'
FW18Alessandro Altobelli
Substitutions:
GK 12 Franco Tancredi
DF 5 Sebastiano Nela
MF11Giuseppe Baresi 67'
FW 21 Aldo Serena
FW17Gianluca Vialli 88'
Manager:
Enzo Bearzot

Argentina vs Bulgaria
Argentina 2–0 Bulgaria
Valdano  4'
Burruchaga  77'		 Report
Attendance: 65,000
Argentina
Bulgaria
GK18Nery Pumpido
DF5José Luis Brown
DF13Oscar Garré
DF9José Luis Cuciuffo 25'
DF19Oscar Ruggeri
MF2Sergio Batista 46'
MF14Ricardo Giusti
MF7Jorge Burruchaga
MF10Diego Maradona (c)
FW4Claudio Borghi 46'
FW11Jorge Valdano
Substitutions:
MF16Julio Olarticoechea 46'
MF12Héctor Enrique 46'
Manager:
Carlos Bilardo
GK1Borislav Mikhailov
DF4Petar Petrov
DF5Georgi Dimitrov (c)
MF11Plamen Getov
MF15Georgi Yordanov
MF6Andrey Zhelyazkov
MF8Ayan Sadakov
MF13Aleksandar Markov
MF2Nasko Sirakov 71'
FW14Plamen Markov
FW9Stoycho Mladenov 52'
Substitutions:
FW18Boycho Velichkov 52'
MF12Radoslav Zdravkov 71'
Manager:
Ivan Vutsov
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