1985 Azteca 2000 Tournament

1985 Azteca 2000 Tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	9 – 15 June 1985
Teams	3 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico
Runners-up	England
Third place	West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	6 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kerry Dixon; (2 goals)
	← 1985 Ciudad de México Cup Tournament

The Azteca 2000 Tournament was a minor international football competition, which took place in the summer of 1985 in Mexico City.

Host nation Mexico, England and West Germany participated in the tournament, and matches took place at the Estadio Azteca. The three-nation mini-tournament was arranged as a preparatory exercise for Mexico, who would host the 1986 FIFA World Cup final tournament the following year.

The first game of this tournament (England vs Mexico) was also the final game of the Mexico City Cup Tournament.

Background[edit]

The Azteca 200 was the second on an overlapping tournament following on from Ciudad de México Cup.^[1] England having qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup after winning their group were invited to participate in the tournament. England manager Bobby Robson considered this a good chance to climatise his squad before the world cup.^[2] The team he brought with him included Gary Lineker, Trevor Francis, Glenn Hoddle, Bryan Robson, John Barnes and Peter Shilton.^[3]

Results[edit]

Mexico vs England[edit]

Note: This match also counted as the last match of the 1985 Ciudad de México Cup Tournament.

9 June 1985

Mexico	1–0	England
Flores 19'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 15, 000

Referee: Volker Roth (West Germany)

Mexico

England



GK	1	Pablo Larios
DF	2	Mario Trejo
DF	14	Félix Cruz
DF	3	Fernando Quirarte
DF	18	Rafael Amador
MF	16	Carlos Muñoz
MF	7	Miguel España	85'
MF	22	Manuel Negrete
MF	10	Tomás Boy (c)	60'
MF	13	Javier Aguirre
FW	15	Luis Flores	58'
Substitutions:
MF	19	Carlos Hermosillo	58'
FW	8	Alejandro Domínguez	60'
FW	6	Carlos de los Cobos	85'
Manager:
Bora Milutinović


GK	1	Gary Bailey
DF	2	Viv Anderson
DF	3	Kenny Sansom
DF	5	Terry Fenwick
DF	6	David Watson
MF	4	Glenn Hoddle	80'
MF	7	Bryan Robson (c)
MF	8	Ray Wilkins	70'
FW	15	John Barnes	70'
FW	10	Trevor Francis
FW	9	Mark Hateley
Substitutions:
MF	18	Chris Waddle	70'
MF	16	Peter Reid	70'
FW	19	Kerry Dixon	80'
Manager:
Bobby Robson

England vs West Germany[edit]

12 June 1985

England	3–0	West Germany
Robson 35' Dixon 54', 67'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 10, 000

Referee: Jorge Leanza Sansone (Mexico)

England

West Germany



GK	1	Peter Shilton
DF	6	Terry Butcher
DF	3	Kenny Sansom
DF	2	Gary Stevens
DF	5	Mark Wright
MF	4	Glenn Hoddle (c)
MF	8	Peter Reid
MF	7	Bryan Robson	72'
MF	11	Chris Waddle
FW	9	Kerry Dixon
FW	10	Gary Lineker	60'
Substitutions:
FW	15	John Barnes	60'
MF	17	Paul Bracewell	72'
Manager:
Bobby Robson


GK	1	Harald Schumacher (c)
DF	6	Klaus Augenthaler
DF	2	Thomas Berthold
DF	3	Andreas Brehme
DF	5	Matthias Herget
DF	4	Dietmar Jakobs
MF	7	Pierre Littbarski	73'
MF	10	Felix Magath	60'
MF	8	Lothar Matthäus
FW	9	Frank Mill
FW	11	Uwe Rahn
Substitutions:
MF	14	Olaf Thon	60'
FW	15	Herbert Waas	73'
Manager:
Franz Beckenbauer

Mexico vs West Germany[edit]

15 June 1985

Mexico	2–0	West Germany
Negrete 6' Flores 46'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 25, 000

Referee: Keith Hackett (England)

Mexico

West Germany



GK	20	Olaf Heredia
DF	18	Rafael Amador
DF	14	Félix Cruz
DF	3	Fernando Quirarte
DF	2	Mario Trejo
MF	13	Javier Aguirre
MF	10	Tomás Boy (c)	78'
MF	6	Carlos de los Cobos
MF	7	Miguel España
MF	22	Manuel Negrete	70'
FW	15	Luis Flores
Substitutions:
MF	8	Alejandro Domínguez	70'
FW	19	Carlos Hermosillo	78'
Manager:
Bora Milutinović


GK	1	Ulrich Stein
DF	6	Klaus Augenthaler	65'
DF	3	Andreas Brehme
DF	5	Matthias Herget
DF	4	Dietmar Jakobs
MF	10	Felix Magath (c)
MF	2	Lothar Matthäus
MF	7	Ludwig Kögl
FW	11	Frank Mill
FW	8	Uwe Rahn
FW	9	Rudi Völler
Substitutions:
DF	14	Michael Frontzeck	65'
Manager:
Franz Beckenbauer

Table[edit]

	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mexico	2	2	0	3	0	+3	4
2	England	2	1	1	3	1	+2	2
3	West Germany	2	0	2	0	5	−5	0

References[edit]

^ "Azteca 2000, 1985". schwarzundweiss.co.uk. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
^ "Ciudad de México Cup & Azteca 2000 United States". englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
^ "Azteca 2000 Tournament". englandstats.com. Retrieved 5 September 2023.

Other sources[edit]

Heatley, Michael & Ian Welch, England Football, p. 33 (Dial House, Shepperton, Surrey, England, 1996)
Hockings, Ron & Keir Radnedge, Nations of Europe, vol. 1, pp. 198, 307, vol. 2, pp. 27-28 (Articulate, Ernsworth, Hampshire, U.K., 1993)
Leatherdale, Clive, England: The Quest for the World Cup—A Complete Record, pp. 232-33 (Two Heads Publishing/Desert Island Books, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, U.K., 1994)
Payne, Mike, England: The Complete Post-War Record, pp. 262-64 (Breedon Books Publishing Company, Derby, U.K., 1993)

External links[edit]

Azteca 2000 Tournament results & table

[1] "Azteca 2000, 1985". schwarzundweiss.co.uk. Retrieved 5 September 2023.

[2] "Ciudad de México Cup & Azteca 2000 United States". englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 5 September 2023.

[3] "Azteca 2000 Tournament". englandstats.com. Retrieved 5 September 2023.

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