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1990 FIFA World Cup squads

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This article lists the national football team squads for the 1990 FIFA World Cup final tournament held in Italy, between 8 June and 8 July 1990. Each country's final squad consisted of 22 players and had to be confirmed by 29 May.

Replacement of injured players was permitted during the tournament at the discretion of FIFA. Two goalkeepers (for Argentina and England) were allowed to replace their injured counterparts under this ruling. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps counts until the start of the World Cup, including all pre-tournament friendlies. A player's age is also at the start of the tournament.

Group A

Austria

Head coach: Josef Hickersberger

Czechoslovakia

Head coach: Jozef Vengloš

Italy

Head coach: Azeglio Vicini Note: with the exception of the goalkeepers, who were assigned the traditional shirt numbers for the role (1, 12 and 22) the Italian team was numbered alphabetically within their respective positions: Defenders (from 2 to 8), Midfielders (from 9 to 14) and Forwards (from 15 to 21).

United States

Head coach: Bob Gansler

Group B

Argentina

Head coach: Carlos Bilardo

: *Following a rupture of goalkeeper Pumpido's tibia and fibula, the Argentine team was authorized to replace him with Comizzo, who joined the team as third goalkeeper.

Cameroon

Head coach: Soviet Union Valery Nepomnyashchy

Romania

Head coach: Emerich Jenei

Soviet Union

Head coach: Valeriy Lobanovskyi

Group C

Brazil

Head coach: Sebastião Lazaroni

Costa Rica

Head coach: SFR Yugoslavia Bora Milutinović

Scotland

Head coach: Andy Roxburgh The Scotland squad was numbered according to the number of caps that each player had won at the time. The exception to this was Goalkeeper Jim Leighton who was given the traditional number 1 jersey.

Sweden

Head coach: Olle Nordin

Group D

Colombia

Head coach: Francisco Maturana

United Arab Emirates

Head coach: Brazil Carlos Alberto Parreira

West Germany

Head coach: Franz Beckenbauer

Yugoslavia

Head coach: Ivica Osim

Group E

Belgium

Head coach: Guy Thys

South Korea

Head coach: KOR Lee Hoe-taik

Spain

Head coach: Luis Suárez

Uruguay

Head coach: Óscar Tabárez

Group F

Egypt

Head coach: Mahmoud Al-Gohari

England

Head coach: Bobby Robson

: * David Seaman was originally selected, but after the first game in Italy, he had to pull out of the squad due to a thumb injury and was replaced by Dave Beasant.

Netherlands

Head coach: Leo Beenhakker

Republic of Ireland

Head coach: England Jack Charlton

Notes

Each national team had to submit a squad of 22 players. All the teams included 3 goalkeepers, except Colombia and Republic of Ireland who only called two.

Coaches representation by country

Nº	Country	Coaches
2	Brazil Brazil	Sebastião Lazaroni, Carlos Alberto Parreira (United Arab Emirates)
	England England	Jack Charlton (Republic of Ireland), Bobby Robson
	Soviet Union Soviet Union	Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Valery Nepomnyashchy (Cameroon)
	Yugoslavia Yugoslavia	Bora Milutinović (Costa Rica), Ivica Osim
1	Argentina Argentina	Carlos Bilardo
	Austria Austria	Josef Hickersberger
	Belgium Belgium	Guy Thys
	Colombia Colombia	Francisco Maturana
	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia	Jozef Vengloš
	Egypt Egypt	Mahmoud Al-Gohari
	Italy Italy	Azeglio Vicini
	Netherlands Netherlands	Leo Beenhakker
	Romania Romania	Emerich Jenei
	Scotland Scotland	Andy Roxburgh
	South Korea South Korea	Lee Hoe-taik
	Spain Spain	Luis Suárez
	Sweden Sweden	Olle Nordin
	United States United States	Bob Gansler
	Uruguay Uruguay	Óscar Tabárez
	West Germany West Germany	Franz Beckenbauer

References

Planet World Cup website
WM 1990 in Italien at WorldFootball

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