1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

The European (UEFA) zone of qualification for the 1990 FIFA World Cup saw 32 teams competing for 13 places at the finals. UEFA members Italy qualified automatically as hosts of the finals. The qualification process started on 21 May 1988 and ended on 18 November 1989.

Format

Teams were drawn into seven groups, four groups of five teams and three of four teams. All seven group-winners qualified automatically, with the runners-up in the four groups containing five teams (Groups 3, 5, 6 and 7) also qualifying. The two best second-placed teams in the three groups containing only four teams also qualified (Groups 1, 2 and 4). One second-placed team was therefore eliminated.

Draw

The draw for the qualifying groups took place in Zürich, Switzerland on 12 December 1987. During the draw teams were drawn from the 5 pots into the 7 groups. The seedings below were announced ten days before the draw. Teams qualified to the final tournament are in bold.

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D	Pot E
West Germany England Spain Soviet Union Denmark Belgium France	Bulgaria Netherlands Poland East Germany Portugal Scotland Hungary	Romania Sweden Wales Northern Ireland Austria Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia	Republic of Ireland Greece Switzerland Finland Iceland Norway Albania	Turkey Malta Luxembourg Cyprus

Summary

Group winners and six best runners-up qualified directly for 1990 FIFA World Cup

Other teams were eliminated

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7
Romania	Sweden	Soviet Union	Netherlands	Yugoslavia	Spain	Belgium
Denmark	England	Austria	West Germany	Scotland	Republic of Ireland	Czechoslovakia
Greece Bulgaria	Poland Albania	Turkey East Germany Iceland	Finland Wales	France Norway Cyprus	Hungary Northern Ireland Malta	Portugal Switzerland Luxembourg

Results

Group 1

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Romania	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	9
Denmark	6	3	2	1	15	6	+9	8
Greece	6	1	2	3	3	15	−12	4
Bulgaria	6	1	1	4	6	8	−2	3


Bulgaria	–	0 – 2	4 – 0	1 – 3
Denmark	1 – 1	–	7 – 1	3 – 0
Greece	1 – 0	1 – 1	–	0 – 0
Romania	1 – 0	3 – 1	3 – 0	–

Group 2

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	6	4	2	0	9	3	+6	10
England	6	3	3	0	10	0	+10	9
Poland	6	2	1	3	4	8	−4	5
Albania	6	0	0	6	3	15	−12	0


Albania	–	0 – 2	1 – 2	1 – 2
England	5 – 0	–	3 – 0	0 – 0
Poland	1 – 0	0 – 0	–	0 – 2
Sweden	3 – 1	0 – 0	2 – 1	–

Group 3

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	8	4	3	1	11	4	+7	11
Austria	8	3	3	2	9	9	0	9
Turkey	8	3	1	4	12	10	+2	7
East Germany	8	3	1	4	9	13	−4	7
Iceland	8	1	4	3	6	11	−5	6


Austria	–	3 – 0	2 – 1	0 – 0	3 – 2
East Germany	1 – 1	–	2 – 0	2 – 1	0 – 2
Iceland	0 – 0	0 – 3	–	1 – 1	2 – 1
Soviet Union	2 – 0	3 – 0	1 – 1	–	2 – 0
Turkey	3 – 0	3 – 1	1 – 1	0 – 1	–

Group 4

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	6	4	2	0	8	2	+6	10
West Germany	6	3	3	0	13	3	+10	9
Finland	6	1	1	4	4	16	−12	3
Wales	6	0	2	4	4	8	−4	2


Finland	–	0 – 1	1 – 0	0 – 4
Netherlands	3 – 0	–	1 – 0	1 – 1
Wales	2 – 2	1 – 2	–	0 – 0
West Germany	6 – 1	0 – 0	2 – 1	–

Group 5

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	8	6	2	0	16	6	+10	14
Scotland	8	4	2	2	12	12	0	10
France	8	3	3	2	10	7	+3	9
Norway	8	2	2	4	10	9	+1	6
Cyprus	8	0	1	7	6	20	−14	1


Cyprus	–	1 – 1	0 – 3	2 – 3	1 – 2
France	2 – 0	–	1 – 0	3 – 0	0 – 0
Norway	3 – 1	1 – 1	–	1 – 2	1 – 2
Scotland	2 – 1	2 – 0	1 – 1	–	1 – 1
Yugoslavia	4 – 0	3 – 2	1 – 0	3 – 1	–

Group 6

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	8	6	1	1	20	3	+17	13
Republic of Ireland	8	5	2	1	10	2	+8	12
Hungary	8	2	4	2	8	12	−4	8
Northern Ireland	8	2	1	5	6	12	−6	5
Malta	8	0	2	6	3	18	−15	2


Hungary	–	1 – 1	1 – 0	0 – 0	2 – 2
Malta	2 – 2	–	0 – 2	0 – 2	0 – 2
Northern Ireland	1 – 2	3 – 0	–	0 – 0	0 – 2
Republic of Ireland	2 – 0	2 – 0	3 – 0	–	1 – 0
Spain	4 – 0	4 – 0	4 – 0	2 – 0	–

Group 7

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belgium	8	4	4	0	15	5	+10	12
Czechoslovakia	8	5	2	1	13	3	+10	12
Portugal	8	4	2	2	11	8	+3	10
Switzerland	8	2	1	5	10	14	−4	5
Luxembourg	8	0	1	7	3	22	−19	1


Belgium	–	2 – 1	1 – 1	3 – 0	1 – 0
Czechoslovakia	0 – 0	–	4 – 0	2 – 1	3 – 0
Luxembourg	0 – 5	0 – 2	–	0 – 3	1 – 4
Portugal	1 – 1	0 – 0	1 – 0	–	3 – 1
Switzerland	2 – 2	0 – 1	2 – 1	1 – 2	–

Ranking of runners-up

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
West Germany	6	3	3	0	13	3	+10	9
England	6	3	3	0	10	0	+10	9
Denmark	6	3	2	1	15	6	+9	8

Goalscorers

7 goals

Marc Van Der Linden

6 goals

Mo Johnston

5 goals

4 goals

Rudi Völler

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Alan McDonald (playing against Spain)
Anton Rogan (playing against Spain)

Gary Gillespie (playing against Yugoslavia)
Míchel (playing against Ireland)

Alain Geiger (playing against Belgium)

External links

European Zone at FIFA.com
UEFA Qualifier results with full game box scores at Scoreshelf.com

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