1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

Football tournament qualification stage 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) The 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 6 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The group consisted of Hungary, Malta, Northern Ireland, Spain and the Republic of Ireland. The group was won by Spain, who qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The Republic of Ireland also qualified as runners-up for their first ever World Cup Finals.1990 Qualification – UEFA Group 6, Italia1990.com Standings main WDL Q ESP ESP IRL IRL HUN HUN NIR NIR MLT MLT 6 1 1 20 3 5 2 1 10 2 2 4 2 8 12 2 1 5 6 12 0 2 6 3 18 WC WC green1 Qualification to 1990 FIFA World Cup y flag 2-0 4–0 4–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 3-0 2-0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 3–0 0–2 0–2 2–2 0–2 2 1 0 complete Stokkermans Karel Henrique Jarreta Sergio World Cup 1990 Qualifying https://www.rsssf.org/tables/90q.html RSSSF 14 March 2024 20 June 2025 Results Northern Ireland v Malta 21 May 1988 NIR 3 – 0 (Report) MLT Quinn 14Penney 23Clarke25 Windsor Park, Belfast 9,000 Carlos da Silva Valente (Portugal) Northern Ireland v Republic of Ireland 14 September 1988 NIR 0 – 0 (Report) IRL Windsor Park, Belfast 19,873 Michel Vautrot (France) Hungary v Northern Ireland 19 October 1988 HUN 1 – 0 (Report) NIR Vincze 84 Népstadion, Budapest 18,000 Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland) Spain v Republic of Ireland 16 November 1988 ESP 2 – 0 (Report) IRL Manolo 52Butragueño 66 Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville 50,000 Yuri Savchenko (Soviet Union) Malta v Hungary 11 December 1988 MLT 2 – 2 (Report)February 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes HUN Busuttil 46 90 Vincze 5Kiprich 56 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard 9,964 Georgios Koukoulakis (Greece) Spain v Northern Ireland 21 December 1988 ESP 4 – 0 (Report) NIR Rogan 30 o.g.Butragueño 55Míchel 60 pen.McDonald 64 o.g. Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville 70,000 Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium) Malta v Spain 22 January 1989 MLT 0 – 2 (Report) ESP Míchel 15 pen.Beguiristain 49 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard 15,797 David Syme (Scotland) Northern Ireland v Spain 8 February 1989 NIR 0 – 2 (Report) ESP Andrinúa 3Manolo 84 Windsor Park, Belfast 15,000 Dieter Pauly (West Germany) Hungary v Republic of Ireland 8 March 1989 HUN 0 – 0 (Report) IRL Népstadion, Budapest 33,966 Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia) Spain v Malta 23 March 1989 ESP 4 – 0 (Report) MLT Míchel 38 68 pen.Manolo 71 80 Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville 41,500 Georges Sandoz (Switzerland) Hungary v Malta 12 April 1989 HUN 1 – 1 (Report) MLT Boda 49 pen. Busuttil 7 Népstadion, Budapest 25,000 Arie Frost (Israel) Malta v Northern Ireland 26 April 1989 MLT 0 – 2 (Report) NIR Clarke 55O'Neill 73 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard 15,150 Stefan Dan Petrescu (Romania) Republic of Ireland v Spain 26 April 1989 IRL 1 – 0 (Report) ESP Míchel 15 o.g. Lansdowne Road, Dublin 49,600 Horst Brummeier (Austria) Republic of Ireland v Malta 28 May 1989 IRL 2 – 0 (Report) MLT Houghton 32Moran 55 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 48,928 José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal) Republic of Ireland v Hungary 4 June 1989 IRL 2 – 0 (Report) HUN McGrath 33Cascarino 80 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 48,600 Egil Nervik (Norway) Northern Ireland v Hungary 6 September 1989 NIR 1 – 2 (Report) HUN Whiteside 89 Kovács 13Bognár 44 Windsor Park, Belfast 8,000 Erik Fredriksson (Sweden) Republic of Ireland v Northern Ireland 11 October 1989 IRL 3 – 0 (Report) NIR Whelan 42Cascarino 48Houghton 57 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 46,800 Pietro D'Elia (Italy) Hungary v Spain 11 October 1989 HUN 2 – 2 (Report) ESP Pintér 38 82 Salinas 30Míchel 35 Népstadion, Budapest 30,000 George Courtney (England) Spain v Hungary 15 November 1989 ESP 4 – 0 (Report) HUN Manolo 7Butragueño 24Juanito 40Fernando 63 Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville 20,000 Gérard Biguet (France) Malta v Republic of Ireland 15 November 1989 MLT 0 – 2 (Report) IRL Aldridge 31 68 pen. Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard 21,942 Jaap Uilenberg (Netherlands) Goalscorers There were 47 goals scored during the 20 games, an average of 2.35 goals per game. 5 goals 20em yes ESP Manolo ESP Míchel 3 goals 20em yes MLT Carmel Busuttil ESP Emilio Butragueño 2 goals 20em yes HUN Attila Pintér HUN István Vincze IRL John Aldridge IRL Tony Cascarino IRL Ray Houghton NIR Colin Clarke 1 goal 20em yes HUN Imre Boda HUN György Bognár HUN József Kiprich HUN Kálmán Kovács IRL Paul McGrath IRL Kevin Moran IRL Ronnie Whelan NIR Michael O'Neill NIR Steve Penney NIR Jimmy Quinn NIR Norman Whiteside ESP Genar Andrinúa ESP Txiki Begiristain ESP Fernando ESP Juanito ESP Julio Salinas 1 own goal 20em yes NIR Alan McDonald (playing against Spain) NIR Anton Rogan (playing against Spain) ESP Míchel (playing against Ireland) References 6 Category:1988–89 in Republic of Ireland association football Qual Category:1988–89 in Spanish football Qual Category:1988–89 in Northern Ireland association football Category:1989–90 in Northern Ireland association football Category:1988–89 in Hungarian football Category:1989–90 in Hungarian football Category:1988–89 in Maltese football Category:1989–90 in Maltese football Category:1987–88 in Maltese football Category:1987–88 in Northern Ireland association football