title: 1986 in association football
text: 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 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
  Hideaki Ikematsu, Japanese footballer
  Kenneth Vermeer, Dutch footballer
   January 17 – Mahamed Habib N'Diaye, Malian footballer
   January 22 – David Martin, English footballer
   January 23 – Vusi Ncogo, South African 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 19 – Marta, Brazilian footballer
   February 25 – Mikhail Malykhin, former Russian professional footballer
  
  March 
  
   March 4
   Arturo Carbonaro, Italian footballer
   Eldar Getokov, former Russian professional footballer
   Fasal Shahid, English cricketer
   March 16 — Boaz Solossa, Indonesian footballer 
   March 27 — Manuel Neuer, German international footballer
   March 28 — Choi Ki-suk, South Korea footballer
   March 12 —  František Rajtoral, Czech international footballer (died 2017)
   March 31 — Tony McMahon, English footballer
  
  April 
  
   April 2 — Sébastien Van Aerschot, Belgian footballer
   April 7 — Elton Jose Xavier Gomes, Brazilian footballer
   April 25 — Anton Burenkov, former Russian footballer
  
  May 
  
   May 10 – Emilio Izaguirre, Honduran footballer
   May 20 – Dexter Blackstock, Antiguan-English footballer
   May 27 – Mario Mandžukić, Croatian footballer
   May 30 – Sergei Nyukhalov, former Russian professional footballer
  
  June 
  
   June 7 – Olivier Uwingabire, Rwandan footballer
   June 14 – Nikita Lushin, former Russian professional footballer
   June 23 – Mariano, Brazilian footballer
   June 24 – Jean, Brazilian footballer
   June 27 – Mohammed Sannie,  Ghanaian footballer
  
  July 
  
   July 11 – Raúl García, Spanish footballer
   July 18 – Carlos Villa, Guatemalan professional footballer
  
  August 
  
   August 19 – Kamil Karcz, Polish footballer
   August 24 – Gabriel Noah, Cameroonian professional footballer
   August 29 – Nicolás López, Uruguayan footballer
  
  September 
  
   September 21 — Roger Tchouassi, Rwandan footballer
   September 28 —
   Andrés Guardado, Mexican footballer
   Mahmoud Rashdan, Qatari footballer
  
  October 
  
   October 7 — Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer
   October 13 — Bawa Mumuni, Ghanaian footballer
   October 21 — Edemir Rodríguez, Bolivian footballer
  
  November 
  
   November 7 — Flavia Schwarz, Swiss former footballer
   November 9 — Roger Mathis, Swiss professional 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 10 — Matthew Bates, English footballer, manager and coach
   December 19 — Ryan Babel, Dutch footballer
  
  Deaths
  
  January
  
  March
  
  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
  
  September
  
  References
  
  External links
    Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
    VoetbalStats
  
   
  Association football by year