1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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

Summary

Results

Group 1

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

Group 2

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

Group 3

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

Group 4

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

Group 5

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5

Group 6

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

Group 7

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7

Ranking of second-placed teams from groups of four

Goalscorers

;7 goals

• BEL Marc Van Der Linden

;6 goals

• SCO Mo Johnston

;5 goals

• AUT Toni Polster
• DEN Flemming Povlsen
• ESP Manolo
• ESP Míchel
• SUI Kubilay Türkyilmaz
• TUR Tanju Çolak

;4 goals

• TCH Michal Bílek
• TCH Tomáš Skuhravý
• GDR Andreas Thom
• POR Rui Águas
• FRG Rudi Völler

;3 goals

• 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

• ALB Sokol Kushta
• AUT Andreas Herzog
• BEL Patrick Vervoort
• CYP Christos Kolliandris
• CYP Pambos Pittas
• DEN Kent Nielsen
• GDR Matthias Sammer
• ENG John Barnes
• ENG Peter Beardsley
• ENG Gary Lineker
• FIN Mika Lipponen
• FRA Didier Deschamps
• FRA 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 Gavril Balint
• ROU Rodion Cămătaru
• ROU Dorin Mateuţ
• ROU 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

• ALB Ylli Shehu
• AUT Heimo Pfeifenberger
• AUT Manfred Zsak
• BEL Jan Ceulemans
• BEL Bruno Versavel
• BUL Kalin Bankov
• BUL Bozhidar Iskrenov
• BUL Trifon Ivanov
• BUL Hristo Kolev
• BUL Anyo Sadkov
• BUL Hristo Stoichkov
• CYP Yiannos Ioannou
• CYP 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 Laurent Blanc
• FRA Eric Cantona
• FRA Jean-Philippe Durand
• FRA Christian Perez
• FRA Franck Sauzée
• FRA 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 Gheorghe Hagi
• ROU 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

• 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