1986 in association football

Events

• March 11 – Germany's Sigfried Held makes his debut as the manager of Iceland, losing against Bahrain.
• March 21 – Egypt wins the Africa Nations Cup in Cairo after defeating Cameroon on penalties 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 : 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
• - 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
• – Rayados de Monterrey
• – Hollywood Kickers

  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
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• FIFA World Cup in Mexico
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  Births

• January 2
• *Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu, Turkish-Bosnian footballer
• *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
• January 9
• *Jéferson Gomes, Brazilian footballer
• *Uwe Hünemeier, German footballer
• January 22 – David Martin, English footballer
• February 3
• *David Edwards, Welsh footballer
• *Gregory van der Wiel, Dutch footballer
• February 10 – Roberto Jiménez, Spanish footballer
• March 27 — Manuel Neuer, German international footballer
• March 12 — František Rajtoral, Czech international footballer
• March 31 — Tony McMahon, English footballer
• April 7 — Elton Jose Xavier Gomes, Brazilian footballer
• May 10 – Emilio Izaguirre, Honduran footballer
• May 27 – Mario Mandžukić, Croatian footballer
• June 23 – Mariano, Brazilian footballer
• June 24 – Jean, Brazilian footballer
• July 11 – Raúl García, Spanish footballer
• September 28 — Andrés Guardado, Mexican footballer
• October 7 – Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer
• October 21 — Edemir Rodríguez, Bolivian footballer
• December 19 — Ryan Babel, Dutch footballer

  Deaths

January

March

April

• April 6 – Raimundo Orsi, Argentine/Italian striker, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup.

  July

September