1985 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship was the fifth edition FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in the Soviet Union (USSR) from 24 August to 7 September 1985. The tournament took place in ten venues within eight host cities — Baku, Yerevan, Leningrad, Minsk (2 stadiums), Moscow, Hoktemberyan, Tbilisi (2 stadiums) and Sumqayit — where a total of 32 matches were played. U20 Brazil successfully defended its title, defeating Spain, 1–0, in the final match at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.

Venues
10 different stadiums hosted the tournament in 8 host cities, divided among 5 Soviet republics: Armenian SSR (2 venues in 2 host cities), Azerbaijan SSR (2 venues in 2 host cities), Byelorussian SSR (2 venues in 1 host city), Georgian SSR (2 venues in 1 host city), and Russian SFSR (2 venues in 2 host cities).

Qualification

 * 1.Teams that made their debut.

Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship squads

Goalscorers
Sebastián Losada of Spain won the Golden Shoe award for scoring three goals. In total, 80 goals were scored by 55 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.


 * 3 goals


 * 🇧🇷 Balalo
 * 🇧🇷 Gérson da Silva
 * 🇧🇷 Müller
 * 🇲🇽 Alberto García Aspe
 * 🇳🇬 Odiaka Monday
 * 🇪🇸 Fernando Gómez Colomer
 * 🇪🇸 Sebastián Losada


 * 2 goals


 * 🇧🇷 Dida
 * 🇧🇬 Emil Kostadinov
 * 🇨🇳 Gao Hongbo
 * 🇨🇳 Gong Lei
 * 🇨🇴 John Jairo Tréllez
 * 🇭🇺 Attila Pintér
 * 🇭🇺 Pál Fischer
 * 🇳🇬 Mark Anunobi
 * Oleg Kuzhlev
 * Sergei Khudozhilov
 * Valdas Ivanauskas


 * 1 goal


 * 🇦🇺 Cris Kalantzis
 * 🇦🇺 John Panagis
 * 🇧🇷 Henrique Arlindo Etges
 * 🇧🇷 Luciano
 * 🇧🇷 Paulo Silas
 * 🇧🇬 Lyuboslav Penev
 * 🇧🇬 Petar Mihtarski
 * 🇧🇬 Radko Kalaydjiev
 * 🇨🇳 Song Lianyong
 * 🇨🇴 Felipe Pérez
 * 🇨🇴 John Castaño
 * 🇨🇴 Wilson Rodríguez
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Philip Priest
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robert Wakenshaw
 * 🇭🇺 János Zsinka
 * 🇮🇪 Brian Mooney
 * 🇮🇪 Pat Kelch
 * 🇮🇪 Marcus Tuite
 * 🇲🇽 Francisco Javier Cruz
 * 🇲🇽 Héctor Becerra
 * 🇲🇽 Ignacio Ambríz
 * 🇲🇽 Víctor Medina
 * 🇳🇬 Augustine Igbinabaro
 * 🇳🇬 Niyi Adeleye
 * 🇳🇬 Samson Siasia
 * Jorge Cartaman
 * Luis Jara
 * Trigo Mereles
 * Mohaisen Al-Jam'an
 * Igor Sklyarov
 * Gela Ketashvili
 * Soso Chedia
 * Vladimir Tatarchuk
 * 🇪🇸 Ion Andoni Goikoetxea
 * 🇪🇸 Marcelino
 * 🇹🇳 Mohamed Abdelhak
 * 🇹🇳 Sami Touati