# 1986 FIFA World Cup Group B

Group B of the 1986 FIFA World Cup was one of the groups of nations competing at the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The group's first round of matches began on 3 June and its last matches were played on 11 June. Matches were played at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City and at the Estadio Nemesio Díez in Toluca. Host Mexico topped the group, joined in the second round by Belgium and by Paraguay, who were making their first appearance in the finals since 1958. Iraq, making their debut in the World Cup, lost all three of their matches and scored just one goal.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Iraq | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | |

## Matches
### Belgium vs Mexico

| Belgium | Mexico |
| GK | 1 | Jean-Marie Pfaff |
| DF | 19 | Hugo Broos |
| DF | 2 | Eric Gerets |
| DF | 3 | Franky Van Der Elst | 56' |
| DF | 4 | Michel De Wolf |
| MF | 6 | Franky Vercauteren |
| MF | 7 | René Vandereycken |
| MF | 10 | Philippe Desmet | | 60' |
| MF | 8 | Enzo Scifo |
| MF | 11 | Jan Ceulemans (c) |
| FW | 9 | Erwin Vandenbergh | | 66' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 12 | Jacky Munaron | | |
| DF | 13 | Georges Grün | | |
| DF | 5 | Michel Renquin | | |
| FW | 16 | Nico Claesen | | 60' |
| MF | 21 | Stéphane Demol | | 66' |
| Manager: ||
| Guy Thys ||
| GK | 1 | Pablo Larios |
| DF | 2 | Mario Trejo |
| DF | 3 | Fernando Quirarte |
| DF | 14 | Félix Cruz |
| DF | 17 | Raúl Servín |
| MF | 16 | Carlos Muñoz | 83' |
| MF | 10 | Tomás Boy (c) | | 69' |
| MF | 13 | Javier Aguirre |
| FW | 22 | Manuel Negrete |
| FW | 15 | Luis Flores | | 79' |
| FW | 9 | Hugo Sánchez | 23' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 20 | Olaf Heredia | | |
| MF | 8 | Alejandro Domínguez | | |
| MF | 7 | Miguel España | | 69' |
| FW | 5 | Francisco Javier Cruz | | 79' |
| FW | 11 | Carlos Hermosillo | | |
| Manager: ||
| Bora Milutinović ||

### Paraguay vs Iraq

| Paraguay | Iraq |
| GK | 1 | Roberto Fernández |
| DF | 2 | Juan Torales |
| DF | 3 | César Zabala |
| DF | 4 | Vladimiro Schettina | 45' |
| DF | 5 | Rogelio Delgado (c) |
| MF | 6 | Jorge Amado Nunes |
| MF | 10 | Adolfino Cañete |
| MF | 8 | Julio César Romero |
| FW | 7 | Buenaventura Ferreira |
| FW | 11 | Alfredo Mendoza | | 88' |
| FW | 9 | Roberto Cabañas |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 16 | Jorge Guasch | | 88' |
| Manager: ||
| Cayetano Ré ||
| GK | 1 | Raad Hammoudi (c) |
| DF | 3 | Khalil Allawi |
| DF | 4 | Nadhim Shaker |
| DF | 5 | Samir Shaker | 29' |
| DF | 15 | Natiq Hashim |
| DF | 22 | Ghanim Oraibi |
| MF | 6 | Ali Hussein Shihab |
| MF | 7 | Haris Mohammed | | 67' |
| MF | 14 | Basil Gorgis | | 81' |
| FW | 10 | Hussein Saeed |
| FW | 8 | Ahmed Radhi |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Rahim Hameed | | 67' |
| MF | 19 | Basim Qasim | | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Evaristo de Macedo ||

### Mexico vs Paraguay

| Mexico | Paraguay |
| GK | 1 | Pablo Larios |
| DF | 2 | Mario Trejo | 80' |
| DF | 3 | Fernando Quirarte |
| DF | 14 | Félix Cruz |
| DF | 17 | Raúl Servín |
| MF | 16 | Carlos Muñoz |
| MF | 10 | Tomás Boy (c) | | 58' |
| MF | 13 | Javier Aguirre |
| FW | 22 | Manuel Negrete | 26' |
| FW | 15 | Luis Flores | | 77' |
| FW | 9 | Hugo Sánchez | 75' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 7 | Miguel España | | 58' |
| FW | 5 | Francisco Javier Cruz | | 77' |
| Manager: ||
| Bora Milutinović ||
| GK | 1 | Roberto Fernández |
| DF | 2 | Juan Torales | | 80' |
| DF | 3 | César Zabala |
| DF | 4 | Vladimiro Schettina | 30' |
| DF | 5 | Rogelio Delgado (c) |
| MF | 6 | Jorge Amado Nunes |
| MF | 10 | Adolfino Cañete |
| MF | 8 | Julio César Romero |
| FW | 7 | Buenaventura Ferreira |
| FW | 11 | Alfredo Mendoza | 5' | 62' |
| FW | 9 | Roberto Cabañas |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 16 | Jorge Guasch | | 62' |
| FW | 20 | Ramón Hicks | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Cayetano Ré ||

### Iraq vs Belgium

| Iraq | Belgium |
| GK | 1 | Raad Hammoudi (c) | 20' |
| DF | 3 | Khalil Allawi |
| DF | 4 | Nadhim Shaker | 29' |
| DF | 5 | Samir Shaker | 48' |
| DF | 15 | Natiq Hashim | 65' |
| DF | 22 | Ghanim Oraibi |
| MF | 6 | Ali Hussein Shihab |
| MF | 7 | Haris Mohammed | 42' |
| MF | 14 | Basil Gorgis | 52' 52' |
| FW | 9 | Karim Saddam | | 81' |
| FW | 8 | Ahmed Radhi |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Rahim Hameed | | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Evaristo de Macedo ||
| GK | 1 | Jean-Marie Pfaff |
| DF | 2 | Eric Gerets |
| DF | 3 | Franky Van Der Elst |
| DF | 4 | Michel De Wolf |
| MF | 21 | Stéphane Demol | | 69' |
| MF | 6 | Franky Vercauteren |
| MF | 7 | René Vandereycken |
| MF | 10 | Philippe Desmet |
| MF | 8 | Enzo Scifo | | 67' |
| MF | 11 | Jan Ceulemans (c) |
| FW | 16 | Nico Claesen | 16' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 14 | Lei Clijsters | | 67' |
| DF | 13 | Georges Grün | | 69' |
| Manager: ||
| Guy Thys ||

### Paraguay vs Belgium

| Paraguay | Belgium |
| GK | 1 | Roberto Fernández |
| DF | 2 | Juan Torales |
| DF | 3 | César Zabala |
| DF | 5 | Rogelio Delgado (c) |
| MF | 16 | Jorge Guasch |
| MF | 6 | Jorge Amado Nunes |
| MF | 10 | Adolfino Cañete |
| MF | 8 | Julio César Romero | 55' |
| FW | 7 | Buenaventura Ferreira |
| FW | 11 | Alfredo Mendoza | | 68' |
| FW | 9 | Roberto Cabañas |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 12 | Jorge Battaglia | | |
| DF | 13 | Virginio Cáceres | | |
| DF | 14 | Luis Caballero | | |
| FW | 18 | Evaristo Isasi | | |
| FW | 20 | Ramón Hicks | | 68' |
| Manager: ||
| Cayetano Ré ||
| GK | 1 | Jean-Marie Pfaff |
| DF | 5 | Michel Renquin |
| DF | 19 | Hugo Broos |
| DF | 13 | Georges Grün | | 89' |
| MF | 21 | Stéphane Demol |
| MF | 6 | Franky Vercauteren |
| MF | 22 | Patrick Vervoort |
| MF | 8 | Enzo Scifo |
| MF | 11 | Jan Ceulemans (c) | 55' |
| FW | 16 | Nico Claesen |
| FW | 18 | Daniel Veyt |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 12 | Jacky Munaron | | |
| DF | 3 | Franky Van Der Elst |
| DF | 14 | Leo Clijsters | | |
| MF | 15 | Leo Van Der Elst | | 89' |
| DF | 4 | Michel de Wolf | | |
| Manager: ||
| Guy Thys ||

### Iraq vs Mexico

| Iraq | Mexico |
| GK | 20 | Fatah Nsaief (c) |
| DF | 2 | Maad Ibrahim |
| DF | 3 | Khalil Allawi | 73' |
| DF | 4 | Nadhim Shaker |
| DF | 15 | Natiq Hashim | | 60' |
| DF | 22 | Ghanim Oraibi |
| MF | 6 | Ali Hussein Shihab |
| MF | 17 | Anad Abid | | 70' |
| MF | 19 | Basim Qasim |
| FW | 9 | Karim Saddam | 30' |
| FW | 8 | Ahmed Radhi |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 21 | Ahmad Jassim | | |
| MF | 12 | Jamal Ali | | |
| MF | 18 | Ismail Mohammed | | |
| FW | 11 | Rahim Hameed | | 60' |
| MF | 16 | Shaker Mahmoud | | 70' |
| Manager: ||
| Evaristo de Macedo ||
| GK | 1 | Pablo Larios |
| DF | 18 | Rafael Amador | 62' |
| DF | 3 | Fernando Quirarte |
| DF | 14 | Félix Cruz |
| DF | 17 | Raúl Servín |
| MF | 6 | Carlos de los Cobos | 79' |
| MF | 7 | Miguel España |
| MF | 10 | Tomás Boy (c) |
| MF | 13 | Javier Aguirre |
| FW | 22 | Manuel Negrete |
| FW | 15 | Luis Flores |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 20 | Olaf Heredia | |
| DF | 4 | Armando Manzo | |
| MF | 8 | Alejandro Domínguez | 62' |
| FW | 11 | Carlos Hermosillo | |
| FW | 5 | Francisco Javier Cruz | 79' |
| Manager: ||
| Bora Milutinović ||