1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

The 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 4 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Bulgaria, East Germany, France, Luxembourg and Yugoslavia.

The group was won on goal difference by France with Bulgaria as the runners-up. Both teams qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	8	5	1	2	15	4	+11	11	Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup	—	1–0	2–0	2–0	6–0
2	Bulgaria	8	5	1	2	13	5	+8	11	Qualification to 1986 FIFA World Cup	2–0	—	1–0	2–1	4–0
3	East Germany	8	5	0	3	16	9	+7	10		2–0	2–1	—	2–3	3–1
4	Yugoslavia	8	3	2	3	7	8	−1	8		0–0	0–0	1–2	—	1–0
5	Luxembourg	8	0	0	8	2	27	−25	0		0–4	1–3	0–5	0–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

29 September 1984

Yugoslavia	0 – 0	Bulgaria
	Report

JNA Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 9,588

Referee: Laszlo Padar (Hungary)

13 October 1984

Luxembourg	0 – 4	France
	Report	Battiston 2' Platini 13' Stopyra 24', 33'

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg

Attendance: 7,982

Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)

20 October 1984

East Germany	2 – 3	Yugoslavia
Glowatzky 11' Ernst 50'	Report	Baždarević 30' Vokrri 48' Šestić 80'

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 55,045

Referee: Horst Brummeier (Austria)

17 November 1984

Luxembourg	0 – 5	East Germany
	Report	Ernst 60', 76', 81' Minge 63', 78'

Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette

Attendance: 1,179

Referee: Thomas Donnelly (Northern Ireland)

21 November 1984

France	1 – 0	Bulgaria
Platini 62' (pen.)	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 42,084

Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler (West Germany)

5 December 1984

Bulgaria	4 – 0	Luxembourg
Sirakov 8' Velichkov 31' Mladenov 65' Dimitrov 70'	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 12,189

Referee: Antonis Vassaras (Greece)

8 December 1984

France	2 – 0	East Germany
Stopyra 32' Anziani 89'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 46,024

Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

27 March 1985

Yugoslavia	1 – 0	Luxembourg
Gudelj 27'	Report

Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica

Attendance: 24,505

Referee: Alexandr Mushkovets (Soviet Union)

3 April 1985

Yugoslavia	0 – 0	France
	Report

Koševo Stadium, Sarajevo

Attendance: 50,040

Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

The match was interrupted in the 10th minute due to a power failure at Koševo Stadium. Power was restored after 15 minutes and the contest resumed from the minute it got interrupted.

6 April 1985