Soccer World Cup 1986 / Belgium

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This article covers the Belgian national team at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico .

qualification

Belgium met Poland , Albania and Greece in qualifying group one . Although the Red Devils won 2-0 at home against Poland with goals from van den Bergh and Vercauteren and reached a goalless draw away, they were second in the group due to the worse goal difference and had to play two play-off games against the Netherlands. Decisive for the group victory of Poland was the 0-2 defeat of the Belgians in Albania.

rank country Gates Points
1 Poland 1980Poland Poland 10: 6 8: 4
2 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 7: 3 8: 4
3 Albania 1946People's Socialist Republic of Albania Albania 6: 9 4: 8
4th GreeceGreece Greece 5:10 4: 8
Belgium - Albania 3: 1 (0: 0)
Greece - Belgium 0-0
Albania - Belgium 2: 0 (0: 0)
Belgium - Greece 2: 0 (0: 0)
Belgium - Poland 2: 0 (1: 0)
Poland - Belgium 0-0

After not being among the best runners-up in the group, the Belgians had to play two play-offs against the Netherlands . The first leg took place on October 16, 1985 in Brussels in front of over 36,000 spectators. The Dutch were reduced to ten men immediately after four minutes, as Wim Kieft was sent off for a gross foul, the hosts used their nominal superiority and scored the opening goal in the 20th minute, which they defended until the end of the game. The goal scorer was Frank Vercauteren.

The second leg was played in Rotterdam on November 20, 1985 , the Dutch took the lead after an hour through Peter Houtman , before Rob de Wit increased to 2-0 for the Oranje. With this stand the Belgian traraoke Guy Thys changed in the 75th minute Daniel Veyt , who crossed to Georges Grün ten minutes later after brilliant preparatory work , Green then scored the connecting goal for Belgium five minutes before the end, which is due to the away goals rule for the World Cup in Mexico qualified.

Belgium - Netherlands 1: 0 (1: 0)
Netherlands - Belgium 2: 1 (0: 0)

Belgian contingent

No. Surname Club before the start of the World Cup birthday Games Gates Yellow card Red card
goalkeeper
1 Jean-Marie Pfaff Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany FC Bayern Munich December 04, 1953 7th 0 1 0
12 Jacky Munaron BelgiumBelgium RSC Anderlecht 09/08/1956 0 0 0 0
20th Gilbert Bodart BelgiumBelgium Standard Liege 09/02/1962 0 0 0 0
Defender
2 Eric Gerets NetherlandsNetherlands PSV Eindhoven 05/18/1954 6th 0 0 0
4th Michel De Wolf BelgiumBelgium KAA Gent 01/19/1958 2 0 1 0
5 Michel Renquin BelgiumBelgium Standard Liege 03/11/1955 5 0 1 0
13 Georges Green BelgiumBelgium RSC Anderlecht 01/25/1962 6th 1 1 0
14th Leo Clijsters BelgiumBelgium Thor Waterschei 11/06/1956 2 0 0 0
15th Leo Van Der Elst BelgiumBelgium Club Bruges 07/01/1962 4th 0 0 0
21st Stéphane Demol BelgiumBelgium RSC Anderlecht 03/11/1966 7th 1 1 0
midfield player
3 Franky Van Der Elst BelgiumBelgium Club Bruges 04/30/1961 3 0 1 0
6th Franky Vercauteren BelgiumBelgium RSC Anderlecht 10/28/1956 6th 1 0 0
7th René Vandereycken BelgiumBelgium RSC Anderlecht 07/22/1953 2 0 1 0
8th Enzo Scifo BelgiumBelgium RSC Anderlecht 02/19/1966 7th 2 0 0
10 Philippe Desmet FranceFrance Lille OSC 11/29/1958 3 0 0 0
17th Raymond Mommens BelgiumBelgium Sporting Lokeren December 27, 1958 1 0 0 0
19th Hugo Broos BelgiumBelgium Club Bruges 04/10/1952 3 0 0 0
22nd Patrick Vervoort BelgiumBelgium Germinal beerschot January 17, 1965 5 0 0 0
striker
9 Erwin Vandenbergh BelgiumBelgium RSC Anderlecht 01/26/1959 1 1 0 0
11 Jan Ceulemans (C)Captain of the crew BelgiumBelgium Club Bruges 02/28/1957 7th 3 0 0
16 Nico Claesen BelgiumBelgium Standard Liege 10/01/1962 7th 3 0 0
18th Daniel Veyt BelgiumBelgium KSV Waregem December 09, 1956 5 1 1 0
Trainer
BelgiumBelgium Guy Thys December 06, 1922

Belgian games at the 1986 World Cup

Preliminary round (group B)

  • Belgium 1-2 Mexico - Goals: 0-1 Quirarte (23rd min.), 0-2 Hugo Sánchez (38th min.), 1-2 Vandenbergh (44th min.)
  • Belgium - Iraq 2-1 - Goals: 1-0 Scifo (15th min.), 2-0 Claesen (20th minute from a penalty kick), 2-1 Radhi (58th minute)
  • Belgium 2-2 Paraguay - Goals: 1-0 Vercauteren (31st min.), 1: 1 Cabañas (50th min.), 2: 1 Veyt (60th min.), 2-2 Cabañas (76th min.) .)

Belgium qualified for the round of 16 as one of the best third-placed finishers in the preliminary round groups.

Round of 16

  • Belgium 4-3 Soviet Union after extra time - goals: 0-1 Belanow (27th min.), 1: 1 Scifo (54th min.), 1-2 Belanow (70th min.), 2-2 Ceulemans (75th min.) . Min.), 3: 2 Demol (102. Min.), 4: 2 Claesen (108. Min.), 4: 3 Belanow (111. Min. - by penalty kick)

The second round match between Belgium and the Soviet Union was hard to beat in terms of drama and was one of the best games of the tournament.

Quarter finals

Semifinals

  • Belgium 0-2 Argentina - Goals: 0-1 Maradona (51st min.), 0-2 Maradona (61st min.)

Third place game

  • Belgium 2-4 France after extra time - goals: 1-0 Ceulemans (10th min.), 1: 1 Ferreri (26th min.), 1-2 Papin (42nd min.), 2-2 Claesen (72nd min.) . Min.), 2: 3 Genghini (103. Min.), 2: 4 Amoros (108. Min. - by penalty kick)

Fourth place in this tournament was Belgium's best placement in the history of the World Cup .