Soccer World Cup 1986 / France

The French national football team at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico :

qualification

France went into group 4 as the newly crowned European champion and initially lived up to its role as favorites. After defeats against Bulgaria and the GDR , however, the qualification was still in jeopardy. Only the 2-0 win in the last game against Yugoslavia brought the final qualification.

Entrance ticket GDR against France

Europe - Group 4

	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	France	8th	5	1	2	15: 4	11: 5
2.	Bulgaria	8th	5	1	2	13: 5	11: 5
3.	GDR	8th	5	-	3	16: 9	10: 6
4th	Yugoslavia	8th	3	2	3	7: 8	8: 8
5.	Luxembourg	8th	-	-	8th	2:27	0:16

Luxembourg	-	France	0: 4 (0: 4)
France	-	Bulgaria	1: 0 (0: 0)
France	-	GDR	2: 0 (1: 0)
Yugoslavia	-	France	0-0
Bulgaria	-	France	2: 0 (1: 0)
GDR	-	France	2: 0 (0: 0)
France	-	Luxembourg	6: 0 (4: 0)
France	-	Yugoslavia	2: 0 (1: 0)

Squad

No.	player	former club	Date of birth	World Cup 1986 games / goals
goalkeeper
1	Joël Bats	Paris Saint-Germain	4th January 1957	6th	-	-	-
21st	Philippe Bergeroo	Toulouse FC	January 13, 1954	-	-	-	-
22nd	Albert Rust	FC Sochaux	October 10, 1953	1	-	-	-
Defense
2	Manuel Amoros	AS Monaco	February 1, 1962	7th	1	1	-
3	William Ayache	FC Nantes	January 10, 1961	4th	-	2	-
4th	Patrick Battiston	Girondins Bordeaux	March 12, 1957	7th	-	-	-
5	Michel Bibard	Paris Saint-Germain	November 30, 1958	1	-	-	-
6th	Maxime Bossis	Racing Club Paris	June 25, 1955	7th	-	-	-
7th	Yvon Le Roux	FC Nantes	April 19, 1960	1	-	-	-
midfield
8th	Thierry Tusseau	Girondins Bordeaux	January 19, 1958	4th	-	-	-
9	Luis Fernández	Paris Saint-Germain	October 2, 1959	6th	1	2	-
10	Michel Platini	Juventus Turin (ITA)	June 21, 1955	6th	2	-	-
11	Jean-Marc Ferreri	AJ Auxerre	December 26, 1962	4th	1	-	-
12	Alain Giresse	Girondins Bordeaux	2nd August 1952	6th	-	-	-
13	Bernard Genghini	AS Monaco	January 18, 1958	1	1	-	-
14th	Jean Tigana	Girondins Bordeaux	June 23, 1955	7th	1	-	-
15th	Philippe Vercruysse	Racing Club Lens	January 28, 1962	3	-	-	-
attack
16	Bruno Bellone	AS Monaco	March 14, 1962	4th	-	-	-
17th	Jean-Pierre Papin	Club Bruges (BEL)	5th November 1963	4th	2	-	-
18th	Dominique Rocheteau	Paris Saint-Germain	January 14, 1955	4th	1	1	-
19th	Yannick Stopyra	Toulouse FC	January 9, 1961	6th	2	-	-
20th	Daniel Xuereb	Racing Club Lens	June 22, 1959	1	-	-	-
Trainer
	Henri Michel		October 28, 1947

French games at the 1986 World Cup

Preliminary round ( Group C )

• France 1-0 Canada - Goal: 1-0 Papin (78th min.)
• France 1-1 Soviet Union - Goals: 0-1 Raz (53rd min.), 1-1 Fernandez (61st min.)
• France 3-0 Hungary - Goals: 1-0 Stopyra (41st min.), 2-0 Tigana (62nd min.), 3-0 Rocheteau (84th min.)

France qualified as second in the group behind the Soviet Union for the round of 16.

Round of 16

• France 2-0 Italy goals: 1-0 Platini (14th min.), 2-0 Stopyra (57th min.)

Quarter finals

• France 1-1 Brazil after extra time - 5-4 on penalties - Goals: 0-1 Careca (18th min.), 1-1 Platini (41st min.)

Brazil was the top favorite for the World Cup and had to admit defeat to the European champions in a penalty shoot-out. Brazilian captain Sócrates missed the first penalty , Stopyra scored the 2-1 for France, then Alemão and Amoros scored. Zico , Bellone and Branco were the next successful shooters. Then France's best man and captain Platini stepped up and missed the chance. However, the next Brazilian also forgave Júlio César . Luis Fernandez finally shot France into the semi-finals.

Semifinals

• France - Germany 0-2 - goals: 0-1 Brehme (9th min.). 0: 2 Völler (90th min.)

3rd place match

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

swell

• Hardy Greens : Football World Cup Encyclopedia. 1930-2006. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2002, ISBN 3-89784-205-X .
• FUWO: Born 1986, Sportverlag Berlin, ISSN  0323-8407
• Soccer World Cup Mexico 1986, Sportverlag Berlin, ISBN 3-328-00099-2