Soccer World Cup 1986 / Portugal

This article covers the Portuguese national team at the 1986 World Cup .

qualification

In qualifying, Portugal played in the group with Sweden , Germany , Czechoslovakia and Malta . Participation in the final phase in Mexico was only secured by the away win on October 16, 1985 against Germany. Portugal won 1-0 in Stuttgart with a goal from Carlos Manuel .

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Germany	22: 9	12: 4
2	Portugal	12:10	10: 6
3	Sweden	14: 9	9: 7
4th	Czechoslovakia	11:12	8: 8
5	Malta	6:25	1:15

Sep 12 1984	Sweden	-	Portugal	0: 1	Fernando Gomes 78 '
Oct 14, 1984	Portugal	-	Czechoslovakia	2: 1	Diamantino 14 ', Carlos Manuel 50', Janečka 39 '
Nov 14, 1984	Portugal	-	Sweden	1: 3	Jordão 11 ', Prytz 29' (penalty), 35 ', Nilsson 38'
Feb 10, 1985	Malta	-	Portugal	1: 3	Farrugia 59 ', Carlos Manuel 6', Fernando Gomes 13 ', 74'
Feb. 24, 1985	Portugal	-	Germany	1: 2	Diamantino 57 ', Littbarski 28', Völler 37 '
25 Sep 1985	Czechoslovakia	-	Portugal	1-0	Vladimír Hruška 21 '
Oct 12, 1985	Portugal	-	Malta	3: 2	Fernando Gomes 37 ', 79', Rafael 50 ', Frederico 46' (own goal), Degiorgio 78 '
Oct 16, 1985	Germany	-	Portugal	0: 1	Carlos Manuel 55 '

Portuguese contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Manuel Bento	Benfica Lisbon	06/25/1948	1	0	0	0
12	Jorge Martins	Belenenses Lisbon	08/12/1954	0	0	0	0
22nd	Vítor Damas	Sporting Lisbon	10/08/1947	2	0	0	0
Defender
2	João Pinto	FC Porto	11/21/1961	0	0	0	0
5	Álvaro Magalhães	Benfica Lisbon	01/03/1961	3	0	0	0
8th	Frederico Rosa	Boavista Porto	04/06/1957	3	0	0	0
11	Fernando Bandeirinha	Académica de Coimbra	11/26/1962	0	0	0	0
13	Antonio Morato	Sporting Lisbon	11/06/1964	0	0	0	0
15th	Antonio Oliveira	Benfica Lisbon	06/08/1958	3	0	0	0
16	José Antonio	Belenenses Lisbon	October 29, 1957	1	0	0	0
18th	Luís Sobrinho	Belenenses Lisbon	05/05/1961	0	0	0	0
20th	Augusto Inácio	FC Porto	02/01/1955	3	0	0	0
midfield player
3	Antonio Sousa	Sporting Lisbon	04/28/1957	3	0	0	0
4th	José Ribeiro	Boavista Porto	11/02/1957	0	0	0	0
6th	Carlos Manuel	Benfica Lisbon	January 15, 1958	3	1	0	0
7th	Jaime Pacheco	Sporting Lisbon	07/22/1958	3	0	1	0
14th	Jaime Magalhães	FC Porto	07/10/1962	2	0	0	0
17th	Diamantino Miranda	Benfica Lisbon	05/03/1959	3	1	0	0
21st	Antonio André	FC Porto	December 24, 1957	2	0	0	0
striker
9	Fernando Gomes	FC Porto	11/22/1956	3	0	1	0
10	Paulo Futre	FC Porto	02/28/1966	3	0	0	0
19th	Rui Águas	Benfica Lisbon	04/28/1960	1	0	0	0
Trainer
	José Augusto Torres		09/08/1938

Play in the preliminary round in Mexico

Group F.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Morocco	3: 1	4: 2
2	England	3: 1	3: 3
3	Poland	1: 3	3: 3
4th	Portugal	2: 4	2: 4

Portugal	-	England	1: 0 (0: 0)
Portugal	-	Poland	0: 1 (0: 0)
Morocco	-	Portugal	3: 1 (2: 0)

Portugal were eliminated by Morocco after a weak tournament that was more marked by disputes between the association and the national players . A draw in the last group game would have ensured progress, but the footballers from Africa took a 2-0 lead early on and determined the game from a closed defense. The Portuguese only scored a consolation goal and lost 3-1 in the end.