1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5

Football tournament qualification stage July 2025 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) The 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 5 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Cyprus, France, Norway, Scotland and Yugoslavia. The group was won by Yugoslavia, who qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Scotland also qualified as runners-up. Standings main WDL Q YUG YUG SCO SCO FRA FRA 1974 NOR NOR CYP CYP 1960 6 2 0 16 6 4 2 2 12 12 3 3 2 10 7 2 2 4 10 9 0 1 7 6 20 WC WC green1 Qualification to 1990 FIFA World Cup y flag 3-1 3–2 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 1-1 2-1 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–3 1–1 0–3 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 Norway v Scotland 14 September 1988 NOR 1 – 2 (Report) SCO Fjørtoft 44 McStay 14Johnston 62 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo 22,769 Luigi Agnolin (Italy) France v Norway 28 September 1988 FRA 1974 1 – 0 (Report) NOR Papin 84 pen. Parc des Princes, Paris 22,000 Günther Habermann (East Germany) Scotland v Yugoslavia 19 October 1988 SCO 1 – 1 (Report) YUG Johnston 19 Katanec 37 Hampden Park, Glasgow 42,771 Karl-Heinz Tritschler (West Germany) Cyprus v France 22 October 1988 CYP 1960 1 – 1 (Report) FRA 1974 Pittas 78 pen. Xuereb 44 Makario Stadium, Nicosia 2,700 Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain) Cyprus v Norway 2 November 1988 CYP 1960 0 – 3 (Report) NOR Sørloth 57 78Osvold 90 Tsirion Stadium, Limassol 7,767 Edgar Azzopardi (Malta) Yugoslavia v France 19 November 1988 YUG 3 – 2 (Report) FRA 1974 Spasić 11Sušić 76Stojković 82 Perez 3Sauzée 68 JNA Stadium, Belgrade 7,489 Erik Fredriksson (Sweden) Yugoslavia v Cyprus 11 December 1988 YUG 4 – 0 (Report) CYP 1960 Savićević 13 33 82Hadžibegić 44 pen. Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade 15,246 Todor Kolev (Bulgaria) Cyprus v Scotland 8 February 1989 CYP 1960 2 – 3 (Report) SCO Kolliandris 13Ioannou 47 Johnston 9Gough 54 90 Tsirion Stadium, Limassol 25,000 Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany) Scotland v France 8 March 1989 SCO 2 – 0 (Report) FRA 1974 Johnston 28 52 Hampden Park, Glasgow 65,204 Jiri Stiegler (Czechoslovakia) Scotland v Cyprus 26 April 1989 SCO 2 – 1 (Report) CYP 1960 Johnston 26McCoist 63 Nicolaou 62 Hampden Park, Glasgow 50,081 Gudmundur Haraldsson (Iceland) France v Yugoslavia 29 April 1989 FRA 1974 0 – 0 (Report) YUG Parc des Princes, Paris 34,287 Tulio Lanese (Italy) Norway v Cyprus 21 May 1989 NOR 3 – 1 (Report) CYP 1960 Osvold 16Sørloth 34Bratseth 35 Kolliandris 44 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo 10,271 Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark) Norway v Yugoslavia 14 June 1989 NOR 1 – 2 (Report) YUG Fjørtoft 89 Stojković 21Vujović 86 Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo 22,740 Vadim Zhuk (Soviet Union) Norway v France 5 September 1989 NOR 1 – 1 (Report) FRA 1974 Bratseth 84 Papin 40 pen. Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo 8,564 Todor Kolev (Bulgaria) Yugoslavia v Scotland 6 September 1989 YUG 3 – 1 (Report) SCO Katanec 52Nicol 58 o.g.Vujović 59 Durie 37 Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb 42,500 Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium) Yugoslavia v Norway 11 October 1989 YUG 1 – 0 (Report) NOR Hadžibegić 44 pen. Olympic Stadium, Sarajevo 32,000 Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey) France v Scotland 11 October 1989 FRA 1974 3 – 0 (Report) SCO Deschamps 26Cantona 63Durand 89 Parc des Princes, Paris 25,000 Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland) Cyprus v Yugoslavia 28 October 1989 CYP 1960 1 – 2 (Report) YUG Pittas 38 pen. Stanojković 5Pančev 49 Olympic Stadium, AthensThis match was played on neutral ground in Greece instead of in Cyprus because Cyprus was penalised for rioting during the Cyprus vs Scotland match. 1,046 Ioan Igna (Romania) Scotland v Norway 15 November 1989 SCO 1 – 1 (Report) NOR McCoist 44 Johnsen 89 Hampden Park, Glasgow 63,987 Michał Listkiewicz (Poland) France v Cyprus 18 November 1989 FRA 1974 2 – 0 (Report) CYP 1960 Deschamps 25Blanc 75 Stadium Municipal, Toulouse 34,687 Valeri Butenko (Soviet Union) Goalscorers There were 54 goals scored during the 20 games, an average of 2.7 goals per game. 6 goals 20em yes SCO Mo Johnston 3 goals 20em yes NOR Gøran Sørloth YUG Dejan Savićević 2 goals 20em yes CYP 1960 Christos Kolliandris CYP 1960 Pambos Pittas FRA 1974 Didier Deschamps FRA 1974 Jean-Pierre Papin NOR Rune Bratseth NOR Jan Åge Fjørtoft NOR Kjetil Osvold SCO Ally McCoist SCO Richard Gough YUG Faruk Hadžibegić YUG Srečko Katanec YUG Dragan Stojković YUG Zlatko Vujović 1 goal 20em yes CYP 1960 Yiannos Ioannou CYP 1960 Floros Nicolaou 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 NOR Erland Johnsen SCO Gordon Durie SCO Paul McStay YUG Darko Pančev YUG Predrag Spasić YUG Vujadin Stanojković YUG Safet Sušić 1 own goal 20em yes SCO Gary Gillespie (playing against Yugoslavia) Notes References 5 Category:1988–89 in Scottish football Category:1988–89 in Yugoslav football qual Category:1988–89 in French men's football Qual Category:1988–89 in Cypriot football Category:1989–90 in Cypriot football Category:1989 in Norwegian football Category:1990 in Norwegian football Qualifying group