1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 32 1 BEL Marc Van Der Linden (7 goals) 1986 1994 FIFA 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 the Soviet Union and Denmark. Pot APot BPot CPot DPot EFRG ENG ESP URS DEN BEL FRA 1974BUL 1971 NED POL GDR POR SCO HUNROU 1965 SWE WAL NIR AUT CSK YUGIRL GRE SUI FIN ISL NOR ALB 1946TUR MLT LUX CYP 1960 Summary #ccffcc 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 #ffcccc Other teams were eliminated Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7ROU 1965SWEURSNEDYUGESPBELDEN ENG AUT FRG SCO IRL TCH GREBUL 1971 POLALB 1946 TURGDRISL FINWAL FRA 1974NORCYP 1960 HUNNIRMLT PORSUILUX Results Group 1 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1 Group 2 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2 Group 3 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3 Group 4 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4 Group 5 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 Group 6 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 Group 7 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7 Ranking of second-placed teams from groups of four TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFRG6330133+109ENG6330100+109DEN6321156+98 Goalscorers 7 goals 20em yes BEL Marc Van Der Linden 6 goals 20em yes SCO Mo Johnston 5 goals 20em yes AUT Toni Polster DEN Flemming Povlsen ESP Manolo ESP Míchel SUI Kubilay Türkyilmaz TUR Tanju Çolak 4 goals 20em yes TCH Michal Bílek TCH Tomáš Skuhravý GDR Andreas Thom POR Rui Águas FRG Rudi Völler 3 goals 20em yes BEL Marc Degryse DEN Brian Laudrup MLT Carmel Busuttil NOR Gøran Sørloth URS Hennadiy Lytovchenko URS Oleh Protasov ESP Emilio Butragueño TUR Rıdvan Dilmen TUR Feyyaz Uçar YUG Dejan Savićević 2 goals 20em yes ALB 1946 Sokol Kushta AUT Andreas Herzog BEL Patrick Vervoort CYP 1960 Christos Kolliandris CYP 1960 Pambos Pittas DEN Kent Nielsen GDR Matthias Sammer ENG John Barnes ENG Peter Beardsley ENG Gary Lineker FIN Mika Lipponen FRA 1974 Didier Deschamps FRA 1974 Jean-Pierre Papin HUN Attila Pintér HUN István Vincze ISL Pétur Pétursson IRL John Aldridge IRL Tony Cascarino IRL Ray Houghton NED John Bosman NIR Colin Clarke NOR Rune Bratseth NOR Jan Åge Fjørtoft NOR Kjetil Osvold POL Ryszard Tarasiewicz POR Vítor Paneira ROU 1965 Gavril Balint ROU 1965 Rodion Cămătaru ROU 1965 Dorin Mateuţ ROU 1965 Ioan Sabău SCO Ally McCoist SCO Richard Gough URS Igor Dobrovolski URS Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko SWE Johnny Ekström FRG Lothar Matthäus FRG Andreas Möller FRG Karl-Heinz Riedle YUG Faruk Hadžibegić YUG Srečko Katanec YUG Dragan Stojković YUG Zlatko Vujović 1 goal 20em yes ALB 1946 Ylli Shehu AUT Heimo Pfeifenberger AUT Manfred Zsak BEL Jan Ceulemans BEL Bruno Versavel BUL 1971 Kalin Bankov BUL 1971 Bozhidar Iskrenov BUL 1971 Trifon Ivanov BUL 1971 Hristo Kolev BUL 1971 Anyo Sadkov BUL 1971 Hristo Stoichkov CYP 1960 Yiannos Ioannou CYP 1960 Floros Nicolaou TCH Jozef Chovanec TCH Stanislav Griga TCH Ivan Hašek TCH Milan Luhový TCH Ľubomír Moravčík DEN Henrik Andersen DEN Jan Bartram DEN Lars Elstrup DEN Michael Laudrup DEN Kim Vilfort GDR Thomas Doll GDR Rainer Ernst GDR Ulf Kirsten ENG Paul Gascoigne ENG Bryan Robson ENG Chris Waddle ENG Neil Webb FIN Mixu Paatelainen FIN Kari Ukkonen FRA 1974 Laurent Blanc FRA 1974 Eric Cantona FRA 1974 Jean-Philippe Durand FRA 1974 Christian Perez FRA 1974 Franck Sauzée FRA 1974 Daniel Xuereb GRE Kostas Mavridis GRE Tasos Mitropoulos GRE Nikos Nioplias HUN Imre Boda HUN György Bognár HUN József Kiprich HUN Kálmán Kovács ISL Atli Eðvaldsson ISL Sigurður Grétarsson ISL Ragnar Margeirsson ISL Guðmundur Torfason IRL Paul McGrath IRL Kevin Moran IRL Ronnie Whelan LUX Guy Hellers LUX Robby Langers LUX Théo Malget NED Ruud Gullit NED Wim Kieft NED Erwin Koeman NED Ronald Koeman NED Graeme Rutjes NED Marco van Basten NIR Michael O'Neill NIR Steve Penney NIR Jimmy Quinn NIR Norman Whiteside NOR Erland Johnsen POL Krzysztof Warzycha POL Jacek Ziober POR Rui Barros POR Paulo Futre POR Fernando Gomes POR João Pinto POR Frederico Rosa ROU 1965 Gheorghe Hagi ROU 1965 Gheorghe Popescu SCO Gordon Durie SCO Paul McStay URS Oleksandr Zavarov ESP Genar Andrinúa ESP Txiki Begiristain ESP Fernando ESP Juanito ESP Julio Salinas SWE Leif Engqvist SWE Hans Holmqvist SWE Klas Ingesson SWE Niclas Larsson SWE Peter Larsson SWE Roger Ljung SWE Mats Magnusson SUI Christophe Bonvin SUI Adrian Knup SUI Alain Sutter SUI Beat Sutter SUI Dario Zuffi TUR Oğuz Çetin WAL Malcolm Allen WAL Mark Bowen WAL Dean Saunders FRG Thomas Häßler FRG Jürgen Klinsmann FRG Pierre Littbarski YUG Darko Pančev YUG Predrag Spasić YUG Vujadin Stanojković YUG Safet Sušić 1 own goal 20em yes NIR Alan McDonald (playing against Spain) NIR Anton Rogan (playing against Spain) SCO Gary Gillespie (playing against Yugoslavia) ESP Míchel (playing against Ireland) SUI Alain Geiger (playing against Belgium) References External links European Zone at FIFA.com UEFA Qualifier results with full game box scores at Scoreshelf.com UEFA 1990 Category:1988 in European men's international football Category:1989 in European men's international football