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1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
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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.

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 Soviet Union and Denmark though there were still security issues with England due to their fan issues in the form of hooliganism which was a factor with all 3 of their away games in the 1990 qualifying campaign being televised live by the BBC

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 runners up from groups of five qualified directly for 1990 FIFA World Cup. The two best runners-up from groups of four also qualified directly   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

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA 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 Denmark Greece Romania
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

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA 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 England Poland Sweden
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

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA 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 East Germany Iceland Soviet Union Turkey
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

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA 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 Netherlands Wales West Germany
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

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA 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 France Norway Scotland Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA 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 Malta Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Spain
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

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA 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 Czechoslovakia Luxembourg Portugal Switzerland
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 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
1 goal
1 own goal

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