Soccer World Cup 1986 / Soviet Union

This article covers the Soviet national soccer team at the 1986 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Denmark	17: 6	11
2	Soviet Union	13: 8	10
3	Switzerland	5:10	8th
4th	Ireland	5:10	6th
5	Norway	4:10	5

Ireland	-	Soviet Union	1-0
Norway	-	Soviet Union	1: 1
Switzerland	-	Soviet Union	2: 2
Soviet Union	-	Switzerland	4-0
Denmark	-	Soviet Union	4: 2
Soviet Union	-	Denmark	1-0
Soviet Union	-	Ireland	2-0
Soviet Union	-	Norway	1-0

Soviet contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Rinat Dassayev	Spartak Moscow	07/13/1957	3	0	0	0
16	Viktor Chanov	Dynamo Kiev	07/21/1959	1	0	0	0
22nd	Sergei Krakowski	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	08/11/1960	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Volodymyr Bessonov	Dynamo Kiev	05.03.1958	3	0	0	0
3	Aleksandre Tschivadze	Dynamo Tbilisi	04/08/1955	0	0	0	0
4th	Gennady Morozov	Spartak Moscow	12/30/1962	1	0	0	0
5	Anatoly Demyanenko	Dynamo Kiev	02/19/1959	3	0	0	0
6th	Alexander Bubnow	Spartak Moscow	10/10/1955	1	0	0	0
10	Oleh Kuznetsov	Dynamo Kiev	March 22, 1963	4th	0	0	0
15th	Nikolai Larionov	Zenith Leningrad	01/19/1957	2	0	0	0
21st	Vasily Raz	Dynamo Kiev	03/25/1961	3	1	0	0
midfield player
7th	Ivan Yaremchuk	Dynamo Kiev	March 19, 1962	3	2	0	0
8th	Pavlo Yakovenko	Dynamo Kiev	December 19, 1964	3	1	0	0
9	Oleksandr Savarov	Dynamo Kiev	04/20/1961	4th	1	0	0
12	Andrij Bal	Dynamo Kiev	January 16, 1958	2	0	0	0
13	Hennadij Lytovchenko	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	09/11/1963	1	0	0	0
17th	Vadym Yevtushenko	Dynamo Kiev	01/01/1958	3	0	0	0
20th	Syarhej Alejnikau	Dynamo Minsk	11/07/1961	4th	1	0	0
striker
11	Oleh Blochin	Dynamo Kiev	05/11/1952	2	1	0	0
14th	Sergei Rodionov	Spartak Moscow	09/03/1962	4th	1	0	0
18th	Oleg Protasov	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	02/04/1964	1	0	0	0
19th	Igor Belanov	Dynamo Kiev	09/25/1960	4th	4th	0	0
Trainer
	Valery Lobanovsky		01/06/1939

Soviet team games

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Soviet Union	9: 1	5
2	France	5: 1	5
3	Hungary	2: 9	2
4th	Canada	0: 5	0

• Soviet Union - Hungary 6: 0 (3: 0)

Stadium: Estadio Sergio León Chávez ( Irapuato )

Spectators: 16,500

Referee: Agnolin ( Italy )

Goals: 1: 0 Jakowenko (2nd), 2: 0 Alejnikau (4th), 3: 0 Belanow (24th) 11m , 4: 0 Yaremchuk (66th), 5: 0 Yaremchuk (75th), 6: 0 Rodionow (80th)

• France - Soviet Union 1: 1 (0: 0)

Stadium: Estadio Nou Camp ( León )

Spectators: 36,500

Referee: Arppi Filho ( Brazil )

Goals: 0: 1 Raz (53.), 1: 1 Fernández (60.)

• Canada - Soviet Union 0: 2 (0: 0)

Stadium: Estadio Sergio León Chávez ( Irapuato )

Spectators: 14,200

Referee: Traoré ( Mali )

Goals: 0: 1 Blochin (58.), 0: 2 Zavarov (75.)

The USSR team played strong in Group C and came first ahead of the French. A furious start against the disappointing Hungarians (6: 0) was followed by a cautious 1: 1 against France and with a reserve eleven a 2: 0 against the debutants Canada. Hungary defeated Canada 2-0, but had no chance against France at 3-0 and was allowed to travel home together with Canada after the preliminary round.

Round of 16

32,300

Estadio Nou Camp ( León )

Soviet Union

Belgium

Fredriksson ( Sweden )

3: 4 a.d. (2: 2, 1: 0)

1: 0 Belanow (27th) 1: 1 Scifo (56th) 2: 1 Belanow (70th) 2: 2 Ceulemans (77th) 2: 3 Demol (102nd) 2: 4 Claesen (110th) 3: 4 Belanov (111.)

The USSR lost to underdog Belgium in one of the best games of the tournament after extra time.