1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
International football competition
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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.
Marc Van Der Linden (7 goals)| Tournament details | |
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| Teams | 32 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Top scorer | Marc Van Der Linden (7 goals) |
← 1986 1994 → | |
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), and the second-placed team with the worst record was 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. The seeded teams were the 5 European sides who reached the 1986 Quarter Finals plus the Soviet Union and Denmark.
Summary
Results
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Soviet Union |
8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 11 | Qualification to 1990 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |
| 2 | Austria |
8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0–0 | — | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Turkey |
8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 7 | 0–1 | 3–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | East Germany |
8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 7 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 5 | Iceland |
8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 6 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | — |
Group 4
Group 5
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Yugoslavia |
8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 14 | Qualification to 1990 FIFA World Cup | — | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | Scotland |
8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | France |
8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 9 | 0–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Norway |
8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 6 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | ||
| 5 | Cyprus |
8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — |
Group 6
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Spain |
8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 13 | Qualification to 1990 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | Republic of Ireland |
8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 12 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Hungary |
8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 8 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | Northern Ireland |
8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 5 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 3–0 | ||
| 5 | Malta |
8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | — |
Group 7
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |
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| 1 | Belgium |
8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 12 | Qualification to 1990 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia |
8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 12 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | Portugal |
8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 10 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Switzerland |
8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 5 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 5 | Luxembourg |
8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 22 | −19 | 1 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | — |
Ranking of second-placed teams from groups of four
| 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
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
Sokol Kushta
Andreas Herzog
Patrick Vervoort
Christos Kolliandris- Pambos Pittas
Kent Nielsen
Matthias Sammer
John Barnes- Peter Beardsley
- Gary Lineker
Mika Lipponen
Didier Deschamps- Jean-Pierre Papin
Attila Pintér- István Vincze
Pétur Pétursson
John Aldridge- Tony Cascarino
- Ray Houghton
John Bosman
Colin Clarke
Rune Bratseth- Jan Åge Fjørtoft
- Kjetil Osvold
Ryszard Tarasiewicz
Vítor Paneira
Gavril Balint- Rodion Cămătaru
- Dorin Mateuţ
- Ioan Sabău
Ally McCoist- Richard Gough
Igor Dobrovolski- Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko
Johnny Ekström
Lothar Matthäus- Andreas Möller
- Karl-Heinz Riedle
Faruk Hadžibegić- Srečko Katanec
- Dragan Stojković
- Zlatko Vujović
- 1 goal
- Ylli Shehu
- Heimo Pfeifenberger
- Manfred Zsak
- Jan Ceulemans
- Bruno Versavel
Kalin Bankov- Bozhidar Iskrenov
- Trifon Ivanov
- Hristo Kolev
- Anyo Sadkov
- Hristo Stoichkov
- Yiannos Ioannou
- Floros Nicolaou
Jozef Chovanec- Stanislav Griga
- Ivan Hašek
- Milan Luhový
- Ľubomír Moravčík
- Henrik Andersen
- Jan Bartram
- Lars Elstrup
- Michael Laudrup
- Kim Vilfort
- Thomas Doll
- Rainer Ernst
- Ulf Kirsten
- Paul Gascoigne
- Bryan Robson
- Chris Waddle
- Neil Webb
- Mixu Paatelainen
- Kari Ukkonen
- Laurent Blanc
- Eric Cantona
- Jean-Philippe Durand
- Christian Perez
- Franck Sauzée
- Daniel Xuereb
Kostas Mavridis- Tasos Mitropoulos
- Nikos Nioplias
- Imre Boda
- György Bognár
- József Kiprich
- Kálmán Kovács
- Atli Eðvaldsson
- Sigurður Grétarsson
- Ragnar Margeirsson
- Guðmundur Torfason
- Paul McGrath
- Kevin Moran
- Ronnie Whelan
Guy Hellers- Robby Langers
- Théo Malget
- Ruud Gullit
- Wim Kieft
- Erwin Koeman
- Ronald Koeman
- Graeme Rutjes
- Marco van Basten
- Michael O'Neill
- Steve Penney
- Jimmy Quinn
- Norman Whiteside
- Erland Johnsen
- Krzysztof Warzycha
- Jacek Ziober
- Rui Barros
- Paulo Futre
- Fernando Gomes
- João Pinto
- Frederico Rosa
- Gheorghe Hagi
- Gheorghe Popescu
- Gordon Durie
- Paul McStay
- Oleksandr Zavarov
Genar Andrinúa- Txiki Begiristain
- Fernando
- Juanito
- Julio Salinas
- Leif Engqvist
- Hans Holmqvist
- Klas Ingesson
- Niclas Larsson
- Peter Larsson
- Roger Ljung
- Mats Magnusson
Christophe Bonvin- Adrian Knup
- Alain Sutter
- Beat Sutter
- Dario Zuffi
Oğuz Çetin
Malcolm Allen- Mark Bowen
- Dean Saunders
- Thomas Häßler
- Jürgen Klinsmann
- Pierre Littbarski
- Darko Pančev
- Predrag Spasić
- Vujadin Stanojković
- Safet Sušić
- 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)