Brazil at the 1986 FIFA World Cup

The Brazil national football team participated in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, and in doing so maintained their record of being the only team to enter every World Cup Finals. The team was managed for the second consecutive time by Telê Santana and the captain was Edinho.

Brazil played until the quarter-finals, when they were defeated by France on penalties.

Qualifying

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL Group 3)

June 2, 1985, Santa Cruz, Bolivia -  Bolivia 0 - 2  Brazil

June 16, 1985, Asunción, Paraguay -  Paraguay 0 - 2  Brazil

June 23, 1985, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -  Brazil 1 - 1  Paraguay

June 30, 1985, São Paulo, Brazil -  Brazil 1 - 1  Bolivia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4	6
Paraguay	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	4
Bolivia	4	0	2	2	2	7	−5	2

Brazil qualified.

The Cup

Group stage

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	6
Spain	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	4
Northern Ireland	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1
Algeria	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

1 June 1986

12:00 CST

Spain	0 – 1	Brazil
	Report	Sócrates 62'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 35,748

Referee: Chris Bambridge (Australia)

6 June 1986

12:00 CST

Brazil	1 – 0	Algeria
Careca 66'	Report

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Rómulo Méndez (Guatemala)

12 June 1986

12:00 CST

Northern Ireland	0 – 3	Brazil
	Report	Careca 15', 87' Josimar 42'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 51,000

Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)

Knockout stage

Last 16

16 June 1986

12:00 CST

Brazil	4 – 0	Poland
Sócrates 30' (pen.) Josimar 55' Edinho 79' Careca 83' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Volker Roth (West Germany)

Quarter-final

21 June 1986

12:00 CST

Brazil	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	France
Careca 17'	Report	Platini 40'
Penalties
Sócrates Alemão Zico Branco Júlio César	3 – 4	Stopyra Amoros Bellone Platini Fernández

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

Roster

Head coach: Telê Santana

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Carlos	(1956-03-04)4 March 1956 (aged 30)	16	Corinthians
2	2DF	Édson	(1959-07-03)3 July 1959 (aged 26)	17	Corinthians
3	2DF	Oscar	(1954-06-20)20 June 1954 (aged 31)	59	São Paulo
4	2DF	Edinho (Captain)	(1955-06-05)5 June 1955 (aged 30)	40	Udinese
5	3MF	Falcão	(1953-10-16)16 October 1953 (aged 32)	26	São Paulo
6	3MF	Júnior	(1954-06-29)29 June 1954 (aged 31)	56	Torino
7	4FW	Müller	(1966-01-31)31 January 1966 (aged 20)	7	São Paulo
8	4FW	Casagrande	(1963-04-15)15 April 1963 (aged 23)	16	Corinthians
9	4FW	Careca	(1960-10-05)5 October 1960 (aged 25)	28	São Paulo
10	3MF	Zico	(1953-03-03)3 March 1953 (aged 33)	68	Flamengo
11	4FW	Edivaldo	(1962-04-13)13 April 1962 (aged 24)	2	Atlético Mineiro
12	1GK	Paulo Vítor	(1957-06-07)7 June 1957 (aged 28)	8	Fluminense
13	2DF	Josimar	(1961-09-19)19 September 1961 (aged 24)	0	Botafogo
14	2DF	Júlio César	(1963-03-08)8 March 1963 (aged 23)	1	Guarani
15	3MF	Alemão	(1961-11-22)22 November 1961 (aged 24)	14	Botafogo
16	2DF	Mauro Galvão	(1961-12-19)19 December 1961 (aged 24)	1	Internacional
17	2DF	Branco	(1964-04-04)4 April 1964 (aged 22)	9	Fluminense
18	3MF	Sócrates	(1954-02-19)19 February 1954 (aged 32)	55	Flamengo
19	3MF	Elzo	(1961-01-22)22 January 1961 (aged 25)	6	Atlético Mineiro
20	3MF	Silas	(1965-08-27)27 August 1965 (aged 20)	3	São Paulo
21	3MF	Valdo	(1964-01-12)12 January 1964 (aged 22)	0	Grêmio
22	1GK	Leão	(1949-07-11)11 July 1949 (aged 36)	80	Palmeiras

Starting 11

No. Pos. Nat. Name MS Notes 1 GK Carlos 5 13 RB Josimar 3 Édson had two starts 3 CB Edinho 5 14 CB J. César 5 17 LB Branco 5 18 RM Sócrates 5 19 CM Elzo 5 15 CM Alemão 5 6 LM Júnior 5 7 CF Müller 3 Casagrande had two starts 9 CF Careca 5

Carlos Edinho J. César Josimar Branco Alemão Elzo Sócrates Júnior Careca Müller

Scorers

5 goals

• Careca

2 goals

• Josimar
• Sócrates

1 goal

• Edinho

External links

• 1986 FIFA World Cup on FIFA.com
• Details at RSSSF
• History of the World Cup-1986
• Planet World Cup - Mexico 1986