FIFA World Cup Italy 1990 (2)

Group A

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup Group A

Hosts Italy won Group A with a 100 per cent record. They beat Austria 1–0 thanks to substitute Salvatore 'Toto' Schillaci, who had played only one international before but would become a star during the tournament. A second 1–0 victory followed against a United States teamalready thumped 5–1 by Czechoslovakia. The Czechoslovaks ended runners-up in the group, while the USA's first appearance in a World Cup Finals since 1950 ended with three consecutive defeats.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	6
Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	4
Austria	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	2
United States	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

9 June 1990
Italy	1 – 0	Austria	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
10 June 1990
United States	1 – 5	Czechoslovakia	Stadio Comunale, Florence
14 June 1990
Italy	1 – 0	United States	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
15 June 1990
Austria	0 – 1	Czechoslovakia	Stadio Comunale, Florence
19 June 1990
Austria	2 – 1	United States	Stadio Comunale, Florence
Italy	2 – 0	Czechoslovakia	Stadio Olimpico, Rome

[edit]Group B

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup Group B

Cameroon defeated reigning champions Argentina. Despite ending the match with only nine men, the African team held on for a shock 1–0 win, with contrasting fortunes for the brothers Biyik: François Omam scoring the winning goal, shortly after seeing Andre Kana sent off for a serious foul. In their second game the introduction of Roger Milla was the catalyst for a 2–1 win over Romania, Milla scoring twice from the bench (making him the oldest goalscorer in the tournament). With progression assured, Cameroon slumped to a 4–0 defeat in their final group game to a Soviet Union side striving to stay in the tournament on goal difference after successive 2-0 defeats. A 1–1 draw between Romania and Argentina sent both through, the latter as one of the best third-placed teams.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	3	2	0	1	3	5	−2	4
Romania	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	3
Argentina	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	3
Soviet Union	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	2

8 June 1990
Argentina	0 – 1	Cameroon	San Siro, Milan
9 June 1990
Soviet Union	0 – 2	Romania	Stadio San Nicola, Bari
13 June 1990
Argentina	2 – 0	Soviet Union	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
14 June 1990
Cameroon	2 – 1	Romania	Stadio San Nicola, Bari
18 June 1990
Argentina	1 – 1	Romania	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Cameroon	0 – 4	Soviet Union	Stadio San Nicola, Bari

[edit]Group C

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup Group C

Costa Rica beat Scotland 1–0 in their first match, lost 1-0 to Brazil in their second, then saw off Sweden 2–1 to claim a place in the second round. Brazil took maximum points from the group. They began with a 2–1 win over Sweden, then beat both Costa Rica and Scotland 1–0. Scotland's 2–1 win over Sweden was not enough to save them from an early return home as one of the two lowest-ranked third-placed teams.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	6
Costa Rica	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	4
Scotland	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	2
Sweden	3	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0

10 June 1990
Brazil	2 – 1	Sweden	Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin
11 June 1990
Costa Rica	1 – 0	Scotland	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
16 June 1990
Brazil	1 – 0	Costa Rica	Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin
Sweden	1 – 2	Scotland	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
20 June 1990
Brazil	1 – 0	Scotland	Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin
Sweden	1 – 2	Costa Rica	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa

[edit]Group D

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup Group D

Group D featured the most goals of all the groups, due in part to the defensive inadequacies of a United Arab Emirates team that lost 2–0 toColombia, 5–1 to West Germany and 4–1 to Yugoslavia. All three of the UAE's first round opponents reached the last 16, with West Germany topping the group after a 4–1 opening victory over group runners-up Yugoslavia.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
West Germany	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7	5
Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	4
Colombia	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	3
United Arab Emirates	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0

9 June 1990
United Arab Emirates	0 – 2	Colombia	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna
10 June 1990
West Germany	4 – 1	Yugoslavia	San Siro, Milan
14 June 1990
Yugoslavia	1 – 0	Colombia	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna
15 June 1990
West Germany	5 – 1	United Arab Emirates	San Siro, Milan
19 June 1990
West Germany	1 – 1	Colombia	San Siro, Milan
Yugoslavia	4 – 1	United Arab Emirates	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna

[edit]Group E

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup Group E

The winners of Group E were Spain, for whom Michel hit a hat-trick as they beat South Korea 3–1 in an unbeaten group campaign. Belgiumwon their first two games against South Korea and Uruguay to ensure their progress; Uruguay's advance to the second round came with an injury time winner against South Korea to edge them through as the weakest of the third-placed sides to remain in the tournament.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5
Belgium	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	4
Uruguay	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	3
South Korea	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

12 June 1990
Belgium	2 – 0	South Korea	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona
13 June 1990
Uruguay	0 – 0	Spain	Stadio Friuli, Udine
17 June 1990
Belgium	3 – 1	Uruguay	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona
South Korea	1 – 3	Spain	Stadio Friuli, Udine
21 June 1990
Belgium	1 – 2	Spain	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona
South Korea	0 – 1	Uruguay	Stadio Friuli, Udine

[edit]Group F

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup Group F

Group F was one of the tightest groups in World Cup history. In its six games, featuring European champions the Netherlands, England, theRepublic of Ireland and Egypt, no team managed to score more than once in a match, and only one match failed to end a draw. England's bright start against Ireland - including an early goal from Lineker - faded rapidly, and their lead was cancelled out 20 minutes from time by Kevin Sheedy's strike. The Netherlands, highly rated following their European Championship victory in 1988, conceded a late penalty to allow an Egyptian equalizer. England largely dominated their match against the Netherlands - despite, for the second World Cup in succession, losing their captain Bryan Robson to an injury which would keep him out of the rest of the tournament - but the closest they came was aStuart Pearce free-kick which went directly into the net, but was disallowed because the referee had in fact awarded an indirect free kick. (Goalkeeper Van Breukelen was also apparently unaware the freekick was supposed to be indirect, and came very close to touching the ball in attempting to save it, which would have made it a goal if he had touched it but failed to keep it out.) Ireland and Egypt failed to have a single shot on target between them in the 90 minutes of their 0-0 draw. The decisive result was England's 1–0 victory over Egypt, thanks to a headed goal by Mark Wright, which won them the group and eliminated the Africans: meanwhile the Netherlands, for the second time, conceded a late equalizer, this time to Niall Quinn. For the first time in World Cup Finals history, the drawing of lots was required to divide two teams, as Ireland and the Netherlands ended with identical results.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4
Republic of Ireland	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
Netherlands	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
Egypt	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

The Republic of Ireland and the Netherlands finished with identical records. With both teams assured of progressing, they were split by the drawing of lots to determine second and third place.

11 June 1990
England	1 – 1	Republic of Ireland	Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari
12 June 1990
Netherlands	1 – 1	Egypt	Stadio La Favorita, Palermo
16 June 1990
England	0 – 0	Netherlands	Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari
17 June 1990
Republic of Ireland	0 – 0	Egypt	Stadio La Favorita, Palermo
21 June 1990
England	1 – 0	Egypt	Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari
Republic of Ireland	1 – 1	Netherlands	Stadio La Favorita, Palermo

[edit]Ranking of third-placed teams

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
B	Argentina	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	3
D	Colombia	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	3
F	Netherlands	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
E	Uruguay	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	3
A	Austria	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	2
C	Scotland	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	2

[edit]Knockout stage

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage involved the sixteen teams that qualified from the group stage of the tournament. There were four rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds were: round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, final. There was also a play-off to decide third/fourth place. For each game in the knockout stage, any draw at 90 minutes was followed by thirty minutes of extra time; if scores were still level there would be a penalty shootout (at least five penalties each, and more if necessary) to determine who progressed to the next round. Scores after extra time are indicated by (a.e.t.), and penalty shoot outs are indicated by (pen.).

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

24 June – Turin

Brazil

0

30 June – Florence

Argentina

1

Argentina (pen.)

0 (3)

26 June – Verona

Yugoslavia

0 (2)

Spain

1

3 July – Naples

Yugoslavia (a.e.t.)

2

Argentina (pen.)

1 (4)

25 June – Genoa

Italy

1 (3)

Republic of Ireland(pen.)

0 (5)

30 June – Rome

Romania (pen.)

0 (4)

Republic of Ireland

0

25 June – Rome

Italy

1

Italy

2

8 July – Rome

Uruguay

0

Argentina

0

23 June – Bari

West Germany

1

Czechoslovakia

4

1 July – Milan

Costa Rica

1

Czechoslovakia

0

24 June – Milan

West Germany

1

West Germany

2

4 July – Turin

Netherlands

1

West Germany(pen.)

1 (4)

23 June – Naples

England

1 (3)

Third place

Cameroon (a.e.t.)

2

1 July – Naples

7 July – Bari

Colombia

1

Cameroon

2

Italy

2

26 June – Bologna

England(a.e.t.)

3

England

1

England (a.e.t.)

1

Belgium

0

[edit]Round of 16

Two of the ties – Argentina vs Brazil and Italy vs Uruguay – pitted former champion countries against each other, and West Germany met the Netherlands in a rematch of the 1974 World Cup Final.

The all-South American game was won for Argentina by a goal from Claudio Caniggia with ten minutes remaining after a run through the Brazilian defence by Diego Maradona - who later claimed that water offered to Brazilian midfielder Branco by a member of the Argentinian staff during this game contained a tranquilizer^[17] - and an outstanding performance from their goalkeeper Sergio Goycochea. A strong second half showing from Italy saw them beat Uruguay 2–0, thanks to another goal from Schillaci and one from Aldo Serena.

The West Germany–Netherlands clash was held in Milan, and both sides featured several notable players from the two Milanese clubs. After 22 minutes Rudi Völler and Frank Rijkaard were dismissed after a spitting incident. Early in the second half, Jürgen Klinsmann put the West Germans ahead and Andreas Brehme added a second with eight minutes left. A Ronald Koeman penalty for the Netherlands in the 89th minute narrowed the score to 2–1 but the Germans saw the game out to gain some revenge for their exit to the Dutch in the previous European Championship.

Meanwhile, the heroics of Cameroon and Roger Milla continued in their game with Colombia. Milla was introduced as a second half substitute with the game goalless, eventually breaking the deadlock midway in extra time. Three minutes later he netted a second after Colombian goalkeeper, René Higuita was dispossessed by Milla while well out of his goal, leaving the striker free to slot the ball into the empty net. Though the deficit was soon reduced to 2-1, Cameroon held on to become the first African team ever to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. Costa Rica were comfortably beaten 4–1 by Czechoslovakia, for whom Tomáš Skuhravý scored the tournament's second and final hat-trick.

The Republic of Ireland's match with Romania remained goalless after extra time, and the Irish side won 5–4 on penalties. David O'Learyconverted the penalty that clinched Ireland's place in the quarter-finals. Ireland thus became the only team in history to reach the last eight in a World Cup finals tournament without winning a match outright. Yugoslavia beat Spain 2–1 after extra time, with Dragan Stojković scoring both the Yugoslavs' goals. England were the final qualifier against a largely dominating Belgium, but with midfielder David Platt's swivelling volley breaking the stalemate with the game moments away from a shootout.

23 June 1990 17:00	Cameroon	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Colombia	Stadio San Paolo, Naples Attendance: 50,026 Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)
	Milla  106', 109'	Report	Redín  115'

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23 June 1990 21:00	Czechoslovakia	4 – 1	Costa Rica	Stadio San Nicola, Bari Attendance: 47,673 Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)
	Skuhravý  12', 63', 82' Kubík  75'	Report	González  54'

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24 June 1990 17:00	Brazil	0 – 1	Argentina	Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin Attendance: 61,381 Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
		Report	Caniggia  80'

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24 June 1990 21:00	West Germany	2 – 1	Netherlands	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 74,559 Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau(Argentina)
	Klinsmann  51' Brehme  82'	Report	R. Koeman  89' (pen.)

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25 June 1990 17:00	Republic of Ireland	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Romania	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa Attendance: 31,818 Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)
		Report
		Penalties
	Sheedy  Houghton  Townsend  Cascarino  O'Leary	5 – 4	Hagi  Lupu  Rotariu  Lupescu  Timofte

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25 June 1990 21:00	Italy	2 – 0	Uruguay	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 73,303 Referee: George Courtney (England)
	Schillaci  65' Serena  85'	Report

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26 June 1990 17:00	Spain	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Yugoslavia	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona Attendance: 35,500 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)
	Salinas  83'	Report	Stojković  78', 92'

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26 June 1990 21:00	England	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Belgium	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna Attendance: 34,520 Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
	Platt  119'	Report

[edit]Quarter-finals

The first game of the last 8 saw Argentina and a Yugoslav side, reduced to 10 men after only half an hour, play out a goalless stalemate. The holders reached the semi-finals after winning the penalty shoot-out 3–2, despite Maradona having his penalty saved. A second Argentine miss (by Pedro Troglio) looked to have eliminated them until goalkeeper Sergio Goycochea – playing because first choice Nery Pumpidobroke his leg during the group stage – rescued his side by stopping the Yugoslavs' final two spotkicks.

The Republic of Ireland's World Cup run was brought to an end by a single goal from Schillaci in the first half of their quarter-final with hosts Italy. West Germany beat Czechoslovakia with a 25th minute Lothar Matthäus penalty.

In the last quarter-final Cameroon came to within seven minutes of reaching the semi-finals. After Platt headed England ahead in the 25th minute of their quarter-final fixture, the half time introduction of Roger Milla turned the game in the space of five second half minutes. First, Cameroon were awarded a penalty, from which Emmanuel Kundé equalised, before Eugène Ekéké put them ahead, then they conceded a penalty, which Gary Lineker converted to equalise. Midway through extra time, England were awarded another penalty that Lineker again converted to send them through to the semi-finals.

30 June 1990 17:00	Yugoslavia	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Argentina	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Attendance: 38,971 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger(Switzerland)
		Report
		Penalties
	Stojković  Prosinečki  Savićević  Brnović  Hadžibegić	2 – 3	Serrizuela  Burruchaga  Maradona  Troglio  Dezotti

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30 June 1990 21:00	Italy	1 – 0	Republic of Ireland	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 73,303 Referee: Carlos Silva Valente (Portugal)
	Schillaci  38'	Report

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1 July 1990 17:00	West Germany	1 – 0	Czechoslovakia	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 73,347 Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)
	Matthäus  25' (pen.)	Report

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1 July 1990 21:00	England	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Cameroon	Stadio San Paolo, Naples Attendance: 55,205 Referee: Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)
	Platt  25' Lineker  83' (pen.), 105' (pen.)	Report	Kundé  61' (pen.) Ekéké  65'

[edit]Semi-finals

The first semi-final pitted the host nation, Italy, against the world champion, Argentina. 'Toto' Schillaci scored to put Italy ahead in the 17th minute, but Claudio Caniggia equalised midway through the second half, the first player to breach the Italian defence in a World Cup record517 minutes' play. There were no further goals, but a series of serious fouls saw five yellow cards and a red issued, largely to Argentina: the game went to a shootout which Argentina won 4–3, after Roberto Donadoni and Aldo Serena both had their kicks saved by Sergio Goycochea. Argentina's decisive penalty had been converted by Diego Maradona, who playing in his club "home city" of Naples had urged locals to support him rather than their homeland, creating a more muted atmosphere than Italy's previous games in Rome.^[12] Argentina reached the final having scored only five goals in the tournament, an all-time record low.

The second semi-final was between West Germany and England. Neither side was able to fashion a clear-cut chance in the first half. The deadlock was broken on the hour mark when a free kick from Andreas Brehme was heavily deflected by the on-rushing Paul Parker, sending the ball into the net. With 10 minutes left, Gary Lineker equalised for England, forcing extra-time. In the 99th minute, England's Paul Gascoigne received his second yellow card of the competition and the English player openly wept at the realisation that he would not be allowed to play in the final were England to advance. Extra-time ended without any further scoring, although both sides hit the post, and England had another Platt goal ruled out for off-side, the game went to penalty kicks, where West Germany won their third straight World Cup shoot-out, 4–3, to take them to a third consecutive final.

3 July 1990 20:00	Italy	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Argentina	Stadio San Paolo, Naples Attendance: 59,978 Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
	Schillaci  17'	Report	Caniggia  67'
		Penalties
	Baresi  Baggio  De Agostini  Donadoni  Serena	3 – 4	Serrizuela  Burruchaga  Olarticoechea  Maradona

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4 July 1990 20:00	West Germany	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	England	Stadio delle Alpi, Turin Attendance: 62,628 Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)
	Brehme  60'	Report	Lineker  80'
		Penalties
	Brehme  Matthäus  Riedle  Thon	4 – 3	Lineker  Beardsley  Platt  Pearce  Waddle

[edit]Third place match

The game saw three goals in a fifteen minute spell. Roberto Baggio opened the scoring after a rare mistake by England's goalkeeper Peter Shilton, in his final game before international retirement, presented a simple opportunity. A header by David Platt levelled the game 10 minutes later but Schillaci was fouled in the penalty area five minutes later, leading to a penalty. Schillaci himself got up to convert the kick to win him the tournament's Golden Shoe for his six goal tally and give the hosts third place. England had the consolation prize of the Fair Play award, having received no red cards and the lowest average number of yellows per match.

7 July 1990 20:00	Italy	2 – 1	England	Stadio San Nicola, Bari Attendance: 51,426 Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
	Baggio  71' Schillaci  86' (pen.)	Report	Platt  81'

[edit]Final

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup Final

The final between West Germany and Argentina has been cited as the most cynical and lowest quality of all World Cup Finals.^{[1][2][18][19][20]}In the 65th minute, Argentina's Pedro Monzon was sent off for a foul on Jürgen Klinsmann, the first player ever to be sent off in a World Cup Final.

Argentina, weakened by suspension and injury, offered little attacking threat throughout a contest dominated by the West Germans, who struggled to create many clear goalscoring opportunities. The only goal of the contest arrived in the 85th minute when Mexican refereeEdgardo Codesal awarded a penalty to West Germany, after a foul on Rudi Völler by Roberto Sensini. Andreas Brehme, who later said there was no foul, converted the spot kick to settle the contest. In the closing moments, Argentina were reduced to nine after Gustavo Dezottireceived the second red card of the game when he hauled Jürgen Kohler to the ground during a stoppage in play. The 1–0 scoreline provided another first: Argentina were the first team to fail to score in a World Cup Final.

With its third title (and three second place finishes) West Germany – in its final tournament before national reunification – became the most successful World Cup nation, until Brazil won their fourth title in 1994. West German manager Franz Beckenbauer became the only man to both captain (in 1974) and manage a World Cup winning team, and only the second man (after Mário Zagallo of Brazil) to win the World Cup as a player and as team manager. It was also the first time a team from UEFA won the final against a non-European team.

8 July 1990 20:00	West Germany	1 – 0	Argentina	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 73,603 Referee: Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)
	Brehme  85' (pen.)	Report

[edit]Awards

Golden Boot Winner	Golden Ball Winner	FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Salvatore Schillaci	Salvatore Schillaci	England

[edit]All-star team

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Sergio Goycochea	Andreas Brehme  Paolo Maldini  Franco Baresi	Diego Maradona  Lothar Matthäus  Paul Gascoigne  Roberto Donadoni	Salvatore Schillaci  Roger Milla  Jurgen Klinsmann  Claudio Caniggia

[edit]Goalscorers

Salvatore Schillaci received the Golden Shoe award for scoring six goals in the World Cup. This made him the second Italian footballer to have this honour, after Paolo Rossi won the award in 1982. In total, 115 goals were scored by 75 different players (none credited as own goals).

6 goals  Salvatore Schillaci 5 goals  Tomáš Skuhravý 4 goals  Roger Milla  Gary Lineker  Lothar Matthäus  Míchel 3 goals  David Platt  Andreas Brehme  Jürgen Klinsmann  Rudi Völler 2 goals  Claudio Caniggia  Careca  Müller  Bernardo Redín  Michal Bílek  Roberto Baggio  Gavril Balint  Marius Lăcătuş  Davor Jozić  Darko Pančev  Dragan Stojković

1 goal  Andreas Ogris  Gerhard Rodax  Jorge Burruchaga  Pedro Monzón  Pedro Troglio  Jan Ceulemans  Lei Clijsters  Michel De Wolf  Marc Degryse  Enzo Scifo  Patrick Vervoort  Eugène Ekéké  Emmanuel Kundé  François Omam-Biyik  Freddy Rincón  Carlos Valderrama  Juan Cayasso  Róger Flores  Rónald González  Hernán Medford  Ivan Hašek  Luboš Kubík  Milan Luhový  Magdi Abdelghani  Mark Wright  Uwe Bein  Pierre Littbarski

Niall Quinn  Kevin Sheedy  Giuseppe Giannini  Aldo Serena  Ruud Gullit  Wim Kieft  Ronald Koeman  Mo Johnston  Stuart McCall  Hwangbo Kwan  Igor Dobrovolski  Oleh Protasov  Oleksandr Zavarov  Andrei Zygmantovich  Alberto Górriz  Julio Salinas  Tomas Brolin  Johnny Ekström  Glenn Strömberg  Khalid Ismaïl  Ali Thani  Paul Caligiuri  Bruce Murray  Pablo Bengoechea  Daniel Fonseca  Robert Prosinečki  Safet Sušić

• There were no own goals scored in the tournament.

[edit]FIFA Final Ranking

After the tournament, FIFA published a ranking of all teams that competed in the 1990 World Cup finals based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.^[21]

Final

1.  West Germany
2.  Argentina

3rd and 4th place

3.  Italy
4.  England

Eliminated in the quarter-finals

5.  Czechoslovakia
6.  Yugoslavia
7.  Cameroon
8.  Republic of Ireland

Eliminated in the round of 16

9.  Netherlands
10.  Brazil
11.  Belgium
12.  Spain
13.  Romania
14.  Colombia
15.  Uruguay
16.  Costa Rica

Eliminated at the group stage

17.  Egypt
18.  Austria
19.  Scotland
20.  Soviet Union
21.  Sweden
22.  South Korea
23.  United States
24.  United Arab Emirates

[edit]Statistics

• Most wins: Italy (6)
• Most defeats: Korea Republic, Sweden, UAE, United States (3)
• First goal: François Omam Biyik (for Cameroon vs Argentina; Group B, 8 June)
• Fastest goal in a match: 3 minutes 59 seconds – Safet Sušić (for Yugoslavia vs UAE; Group D, 19 June)
• Latest goal scored in a match (apart from penalty shoot-outs): 119 minutes – David Platt (for England vs Belgium; Round of 16, 16 June)
• Biggest win: 5–1 – by Czechoslovakia vs United States, and by West Germany vs UAE
• Most goals in the tournament (team): West Germany (15)
• Most goals in the tournament (player): Salvatore Schillaci (Italy) (6)
• Least goals in the tournament (team): Egypt and Korea Republic (1)
• Most goals in a game: 6 (United States 1 Czechoslovakia 5; West Germany 5 UAE 1)
• Most goals in a game (player): 3, by Míchel (for Spain vs Korea Republic) and Tomáš Skuhravý (for Czechoslovakia vs Costa Rica)
• Least goals conceded: Brazil, Egypt and Italy (2)
• Total goals scored: 115 (average 2.21 goals per game, a record low in World Cup history)
• Most clean sheets: Italy (5)
• Number of penalties awarded: 18 (13 scored, 5 missed)^[22]
• Most yellow cards in a game: 9 – Austria vs United States (Group A, 19 June)
• Most yellow cards in the tournament: Argentina (22)
• Total yellow cards: 162^[23]
• Most red cards in the tournament: Argentina (3)
• Total red cards: 16 (a record high for a 24 team World Cup)
• Highest attendance: 74,765 – West Germany vs Yugoslavia (Group D, 10 June)
• Lowest attendance: 27,833 – Yugoslavia vs UAE (Group D, 19 June)
• Average attendance: 48,391 (5th highest in World Cup history)
• Oldest player: Peter Shilton (England) (40 years 292 days)
• Youngest player: Rónald González Brenes (Costa Rica) (19 years 307 days)

• Italy's performance of 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses is the highest ever winning percentage for a team that did not win the World Cup.
• The Republic of Ireland became the second team in World Cup history to reach the last eight without winning a match (Sweden progressed to the last eight by default in 1938 when Austria withdrew).