Soccer World Cup 1986 / Scotland
This article covers the Scottish national football team at the 1986 World Cup .
qualification
Group stage
rank | country | Gates | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Spain | 9: 8 | 8: 4 |
2 | Scotland | 8: 4 | 7: 5 |
3 | Wales | 7: 6 | 7: 5 |
4th | Iceland | 4:10 | 2:10 |
Scotland | - | Iceland | 3-0 |
Scotland | - | Spain | 3: 1 |
Spain | - | Scotland | 1-0 |
Scotland | - | Wales | 0: 1 |
Iceland | - | Scotland | 0: 1 |
Wales | - | Scotland | 1: 1 |
UEFA OFC intercontinental playoff
Scotland | - | Australia | 2-0 |
Australia | - | Scotland | 0-0 |
After the team under the Scottish coach Jock Stein started the qualification with two wins, the defeats against Spain and Wales dampened hopes a little. So there was a three-way battle on the last day of qualification. While Spain, as expected, won their game against Iceland , a 1-1 draw was enough for Scotland to finish second. However, Jock Stein suffered a heart attack during the game and died shortly afterwards. Alex Ferguson was signed as the new coach . This led the team to the World Cup through the success against Australia .
Scottish contingent
No. | Surname | Club before the start of the World Cup | birthday | Games | Gates | ||
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goalkeeper | |||||||
1 | Jim Leighton | Aberdeen FC | 07/24/1958 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Andy Goram | Oldham Athletic | 04/13/1964 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22nd | Bryan Gunn | Hibernian Edinburgh | 12/22/1963 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defender | |||||||
2 | Richard Gough | Dundee United | 04/05/1962 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Maurice Malpas | Dundee United | 08/03/1962 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
5 | Alex McLeish | Aberdeen FC | 01/21/1959 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6th | Willie Miller | Aberdeen FC | 05/02/1955 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Steve Nicol | Liverpool FC | December 11, 1961 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
14th | David Narey | Dundee United | 06/12/1956 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
15th | Arthur Albiston | Manchester United | 07/14/1957 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
midfield player | |||||||
4th | Graeme Souness | Sampdoria Genoa | 05/06/1953 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7th | Gordon Strachan | Manchester United | 02/09/1957 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
8th | Roy Aitken | Celtic Glasgow | 11/24/1958 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Eamonn Bannon | Dundee United | 04/18/1958 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
10 | Jim bed | Aberdeen FC | 11/25/1959 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Paul McStay | Celtic Glasgow | 10/22/1964 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Frank McAvennie | West Ham United | 11/22/1959 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
striker | |||||||
17th | Steve Archibald | FC Barcelona | 09/27/1956 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
18th | Graeme Sharp | Everton FC | 10/16/1960 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19th | Charlie Nicholas | Arsenal FC | 12/30/1961 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20th | Paul Sturrock | Dundee United | 10/10/1956 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21st | Davie Cooper | Glasgow Rangers | 02/25/1956 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trainer | |||||||
Alex Ferguson | December 31, 1941 |
Scottish team games
Preliminary round
rank | country | Gates | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Denmark | 9: 1 | 6th |
2 | Germany | 3: 4 | 3 |
3 | Uruguay | 2: 7 | 2 |
4th | Scotland | 1: 3 | 1 |
Stadium: Estadio Neza 86 ( Nezahualcóyotl )
Spectators: 18,000
Referee: Lajos Nemeth ( Hungary )
Goals: 0-1 Elkjær Larsen (57.)
Stadium: Estadio La Corregidora ( Santiago de Querétaro )
Spectators: 30,000
Referee: Ioan Igna ( Romania )
Goals: 0: 1 Strachan (18th), 1: 1 Völler (23rd), 2: 1 Allofs (49th)
Stadium: Estadio Neza 86 ( Nezahualcóyotl )
Spectators: 20,000
Referee: Joel Quiniou ( France )
Goals: none
After narrowly losing to both Denmark and Germany, the Scots still had a chance of reaching the round of 16 in the game against Uruguay . Although the Scottish team were in the majority for almost the entire game after being sent off against Uruguayan José Batista after just one minute, they only reached a 0-0 draw. Scotland were eliminated, Uruguay, however, continued without a win.
Coach Alex Ferguson resigned after the World Cup and went to Manchester United . He was succeeded by Andy Roxburgh , who looked after Scotland until 1993.