The following are the association football events of the year 1986 throughout the world.
Events March 11 – Germany's Sigfried Held makes his debut as the manager of Iceland, losing (1–2) against Bahrain. March 21 – Egypt wins the Africa Nations Cup in Cairo after defeating Cameroon on penalties (5–4) after a 0–0 draw after extra-time. June 22 – Diego Maradona scores a goal with his hand, calling it the "Hand of God goal". June 29 – In the final of the 1986 FIFA World Cup, played for the second time in Mexico City, Azteca Stadium, Argentina defeats West Germany 3–2 to win their second World Cup title. European Cup: Steaua București 0–0 Barcelona; Steaua București won 2–0 on penalties UEFA Cup: Two legs; 1st leg Real Madrid 5–1 1. FC Köln; 2nd leg 1.FC Köln 2–0 Real Madrid CF. Real Madrid CF won 5–3 on aggregate UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: Dinamo Kyiv 3–0 Atlético Madrid UEFA Super Cup: Steaua București 1–0 Dinamo Kyiv Copa Libertadores de América: Two legs; 1st leg América de Cali 1–2 River Plate; 2nd leg River Plate 1–0 América. River Plate won 3–1 on aggregate England – FA Cup: Liverpool won 3–1 over Everton England – Milk Cup (League Cup): Oxford United won 3–0 over Queens Park Rangers November 6 – Alex Ferguson is appointed manager of Manchester United December 14 – Argentina's River Plate wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo by defeating Romania's Steaua București 1–0. The only goal is scored by Antonio Alzamendi in the 28th minute.
Winners Club National Championship
Asia - Qatar – Al-Rayyan
Europe - Austria – Austria Wien - England – Liverpool - FC Kuusysi - France – Paris Saint-Germain - Hungary – Budapest Honvéd - Ireland - Shamrock Rovers - Italy – Juventus - Netherlands - PSV Eindhoven - Portugal – Porto - Romania – Steaua București - Scotland – Celtic - Spain – Real Madrid - Turkey – Beşiktaş - West Germany – Bayern Munich
North America – Toronto Blizzard (NSL) – Rayados de Monterrey – Hollywood Kickers (WSA)
South America - Argentina – River Plate - Bolivia – The Strongest - Brazil – São Paulo - Colombia – América de Cali - Paraguay – Sol de América
International Tournaments African Cup of Nations in Egypt (March 7 – 21 1986)
FIFA World Cup in Mexico (May 31 – June 29, 1986)
Births
January
January 2 Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu, Turkish-Bosnian footballer (d. 2012) Nicolás Bertolo, Argentinian footballer January 4 Younès Kaboul, French footballer James Milner, English footballer January 7 — Grant Leadbitter, English footballer January 8 Jorge Claros, Honduran international footballer David Silva, Spanish international footballer January 9 Jéferson Gomes, Brazilian footballer Uwe Hünemeier, German footballer January 10 – Kenneth Vermeer, Dutch footballer January 17 – Mahamed Habib N'Diaye, Malian footballer January 18 – Maksim Berdnik, former Russian professional footballer January 19 – Yann Schneider, French footballer January 21 – Roman Stepanov, Ukrainian former footballer January 22 – David Martin, English footballer January 23 – Vusi Mthimkhulu, South African footballer January 24 – Oscar Centurión, Paraguayan footballer
February
February 3 David Edwards, Welsh footballer Gregory van der Wiel, Dutch footballer February 6 – Ismael Barragán, Spanish footballer February 10 – Roberto Jiménez, Spanish footballer February 15 – Aron Liechti, Swiss footballer February 19 – Marta, Brazilian footballer February 23 – Milena Vuković, Serbian footballer February 25 – Mikhail Malykhin, former Russian professional footballerMikhail Malykhin at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
March
March 4 Arturo Carbonaro, Italian footballer Eldar Getokov, former Russian professional footballerEldar Getokov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian) March 16 — Boaz Solossa, Indonesian footballer March 19 — José Babak, Paraguayan footballer March 27 — Manuel Neuer, German international footballer March 12 — František Rajtoral, Czech international footballer (died 2017) March 31 — Tony McMahon, English footballer
April
April 7 – Elton Jose Xavier Gomes, Brazilian footballer April 20 — Marcel Klefenz, German former footballer
May
May 3 – Robin Hofman, Dutch former professional footballer May 4 – Sakatar Singh, Indian footballer May 10 – Emilio Izaguirre, Honduran footballer May 20 – Dexter Blackstock, Antiguan-English footballer May 27 Mario Mandžukić, Croatian footballer Kristina Stolpovskaya, Kazakhstani former footballer May 30 – Sergei Nyukhalov, former Russian professional footballerSergei Nyukhalov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
June
June 7 – Olivier Uwingabire, Rwandan footballer June 14 – Nikita Lushin, former Russian professional footballerNikita Lushin at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian) June 19 – Mahamoud Mroivili, Comorian international footballer June 23 – Mariano, Brazilian footballer June 24 – Jean, Brazilian footballer June 27 – Mohammed Sannie, Ghanaian footballerAgyemang may return to Hearts on www.kickoff.com
July
July 11 – Raúl García, Spanish footballer July 18 – Carlos Villa, Guatemalan professional footballer July 22 – Szymon Pawlak, Polish footballer July 22 – Ahmed Rahmatullah, Qatari footballer
August
August 11 – Saad Al-Yami, Saudi Arabian footballer August 13 – Erald Hysi, Albanian footballer August 19 – Kamil Karcz, Polish footballer August 24 – Gabriel Noah, Cameroonian professional footballer August 26 – Ndidi Kanu, Nigerian footballer August 27 – Elina Johansson, Swedish footballer August 29 – Nicolás López, Uruguayan footballer
September
September 7 — Scott Mulholland, English professional footballer September 21 — Roger Tchouassi, Rwandan footballer September 28 — Andrés Guardado, Mexican footballer
October
October 7 — Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer October 13 — Bawa Mumuni, Ghanaian footballer October 21 — Edemir Rodríguez, Bolivian footballer
November
November 5 — Ulbosin Zholchiyeva, Kazakhstani footballer November 7 — Flavia Schwarz, Swiss former footballer November 16 — Nacho Neira, Spanish footballer November 22 — Jakub Rondzik, Slovak footballer November 25 — Craig Gardner, English youth international and coach
December
December 2 — Claudiu Keșerü, Romanian footballer Adam Le Fondre, English footballer Piauí, Brazilian footballer (died 2014) December 4 — Kévin Gohiri, French professional footballer December 6 — Marijan Tomašić, Croatian footballer December 10 — Matthew Bates, English footballer, manager and coach December 19 — Ryan Babel, Dutch footballer December 28 — Igor Sani, Guinea-Bissauan international footballer
Deaths April 6 April – Raimundo Orsi, Argentine/Italian striker, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (84) July August 1 August – José María Vidal, Spanish footballer References
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