1990 FIFA World Cup - Italy Italia '90
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Teams	24  (from 116 entrants)
Host	Italy
Champions	West Germany (3rd title)
Matches played	52
Goals scored	115  (average 2.212 per match)
Attendance	2,516,348  (average 48,391 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Salvatore Schillaci 6 goals

The 1990 FIFA World Cup, the 14th staging of the World Cup, was held in Italy from June 8 to July 8. Italy was chosen as hosts by FIFA on May 19, 1984, making it the second country to host the event twice. USSR was the rival of Italy's candidacy to host the event. It was won by West Germany, who beat Argentina 1-0 in a controversial final to win the World Cup for the third time. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... FIFA World Cup qualification is the process a national football (soccer) team goes through to qualify for the FIFA World Cup Finals, or, more commonly known as the FIFA World Cup. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Salvatore Totò Schillaci (born December 1, 1964 in Palermo) is a former Italian football player. ... is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The International Federation of Football Association (French: ), commonly known by its acronym, FIFA, is the international governing body of association football. ... is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

Qualification

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification

Qualifying countries

Three teams qualified for the first time: Costa Rica, the Republic of Ireland and the United Arab Emirates. The United States also made it back to the World Cup after a 40-year absence. Mexico were disqualified from the 1990 qualifiers as the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación fielded an overage player in a prior youth tournament. Chile were also punished after their goalkeeper Roberto Rojas faked an injury due to a firework thrown from the stands in a match against Brazil, causing the match to be abandoned. A total of 116 teams entered the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 24 spots in the final tournament. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1357x628, 47 KB) FIFA World Cup 1990, made from free licenced world map, countries qualified (red), showing: 1st (dark blue) 2nd (light blue) 3rd (dark green) 4th (light green) Yellow square is host nation. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1357x628, 47 KB) FIFA World Cup 1990, made from free licenced world map, countries qualified (red), showing: 1st (dark blue) 2nd (light blue) 3rd (dark green) 4th (light green) Yellow square is host nation. ... The Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. (FEMEXFUT) is the official governing body of the sport of soccer in Mexico. ... Roberto Rojas is a former Chilean goalkeeper. ...

Summary

The ball Etrusco Unico used in the tournament

The 1990 World Cup finals got off to a sensational start. In the first match, Cameroon soaked up pressure from Argentina for most of the first half. After a quarter of an hour's play in the second half, Cameroon's Andre Kana was sent off, and it seemed certain that the world champions would now take control. But six minutes later, the ten men took the lead. François Omam Bayik scored when he placed a perfect downward header past Argentine goalkeeper Nery Pumpido. Argentina pressed hard for an equaliser, and Cameroon were reduced to nine men when Benjamin Massing got the red card in the 89th minute - but the African team still held out for a shock 1-0 win. Then, when Cameroon faced Romania in their second game, Roger Milla took centre stage. His inclusion in Cameroon's squad had been controversial. He'd been a favourite in the Cameroon team for years, but he was now 38 years old. He was only in Italy because of political intervention: Paul Biya, Cameroon's President, had insisted that Milla be included in the squad. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2448 × 3264 pixel, file size: 670 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): 1990 FIFA World... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2448 × 3264 pixel, file size: 670 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): 1990 FIFA World... Nery Alberto Pumpido (born July 30, 1957 in Argentina) is a football goalkeeper and coach. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... President Paul Biya of Cameroon with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, New York, 16 September 2002 Paul Biya (born 13 February 1933) has been the President of Cameroon since 1982. ...

Against Argentina, Milla only appeared for the last ten minutes. But in the match with Romania, Cameroon coach Valeri Nepomniachi sent him on in the 58th minute, with the score still 0-0. It proved to be an inspired move. Milla scored with 15 minutes left, then added another with five minutes remaining, thus getting two opportunities to demonstrate his trademark hip-shaking goal celebration dance. Gavrila Balint scored for Romania, but it was too little too late. Cameroon held on to win 2-1. Surprisingly, they were beaten 4-0 in their last group game by a Soviet Union side desperately, and unsuccessfully, striving to stay in the tournament on goal difference. Despite the heavy defeat, Cameroon were through to the second round as group winners. Romania came second in Group B, and Argentina just scraped into the second round as one of the best third-placed teams. Valeri Nepomniachi (born 7 August 1943) is a Russian football (soccer) manager. ...

Another surprise team emerged from Group C. Costa Rica beat Scotland 1-0 in their first match, held Brazil to another 1-0 scoreline in their second, then saw off Sweden 2-1 to claim a place in the second round. Brazil bore little resemblence to the free-flowing, free scoring Brazilian sides of earlier years, but they still 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 wasn't enough to save them from an early return home. It has been suggested that History of the Scotland national football team be merged into this article or section. ...

Group F, featuring the Netherlands, England, the Republic of Ireland and Egypt, perfectly encapsulated what was wrong with the 1990 World Cup finals. In the six group games, no team managed to score more than once in a match. England beat Egypt 1-0, thanks to a 64th minute goal from Mark Wright - and that was enough to win the group, since the other five games in Group F were all drawn. First international  Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Biggest win  Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) Biggest defeat  Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First in... Mark Wright is a British writer of audio plays, best known for his collaborations with Cavan Scott. ...

There were more goals in Group D, but a lot of them were due to the defensive inadequacies of a United Arab Emirates team that lost 2-0 to Colombia, 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 an impressive 4-1 win over group runners-up Yugoslavia. First international  Czechoslovakia 7 - 0 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, Macedonians and Slovenes (Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920) Last International  Netherlands 2 - 0 Yugoslavia (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 25 March 1992) Biggest win Yugoslavia 10 - 1 India  (Helsinki, Finland; 15 July 1952) Yugoslavia 9 - 0 Zaire  (Gelsenkirchen, Germany; 18 June 1974) Biggest defeat...

Italy won Group A with a 100 per cent record achieved via cautious football. They beat Austria and the United States 1-0, and Czechoslovakia 2-0. Salvatore 'Toto' Schillaci, who'd played only one international before the World Cup finals, came on as substitute in the 74th minute against Austria and scored Italy's winner four minutes later. Czechoslovakia thrashed the USA 5-1 and claimed the runner-up spot in the group, while the USA's first appearance in a World Cup Finals since 1950 ended abruptly after three consecutive defeats. The winners of Group E were Spain, for who Michel hit a hat-trick as they beat South Korea 3-1. Belgium and Uruguay also reached the last 16 from the same group. Salvatore Totò Schillaci (born December 1, 1964 in Palermo) is a former Italian football player. ... Qualifying countries The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the only one not decided by a knockout final. ...

The official 1990 FIFA World Cup poster.

The second round featured some intriguing fixtures. 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 re-run of the 1974 World Cup final. The all-South American game turned out to be a tight, edgy affair, won for Argentina by a goal from Claudio Caniggia with ten minutes remaining from a magical run of Diego Maradona through the Brazilian defense 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 produced a repeat of the scoreline in the 1974 final. Juergen Klinsmann put the West Germans ahead early in the second half, and Andreas Brehme added a second with eight minutes left. Ronald Koeman converted a penalty for the Netherlands in the 89th minute, but West Germany held on for a 2-1 win. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 394 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (400 × 608 pixel, file size: 97 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)1990 Football World Cup poster This image is of a poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher or the... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 394 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (400 × 608 pixel, file size: 97 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)1990 Football World Cup poster This image is of a poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher or the... Claudio Paul Caniggia (born January 9, 1967 in Henderson, Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine football forward, who played for the Argentine national team in two World Cups, and was a member of both rival clubs River Plate and Boca Juniors. ... Diego Armando Maradona (born October 30, 1960) is an Argentine former football superstar. ... Sergio Javier Goycochea (born October 17, 1963 in Lima, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a famous retired Argentinian football goalkeeper. ... Aldo Serena (born in Montebelluna on 25 June 1960) is a former Italian footballer. ... Jürgen Klinsmann (born July 30, 1964 in Göppingen) is a German football manager and former football player, who played for several prominent clubs in Europe and for the West German national team that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup. ... Andreas Brehme (born November 9, 1960 in Hamburg) is a German football coach and former football defender. ... Ronald Koeman (born March 21, 1963 in Zaandam) is a former Dutch football defender and current manager of PSV Eindhoven. ...

Meanwhile, the heroics of Cameroon and Roger Milla continued. In Cameroon's game with Colombia, Milla was introduced in the 49th minute with the score 0-0. The scoreline stayed that way after 90 minutes, and after the first period of extra time. And then, as those around him tired, the veteran shone. Milla scored twice in four minutes in the second period of extra time. Bernardo Redin reduced the deficit for Colombia with five minutes left, but the 'Indomitable Lions' held out to win 2-1. For the first time ever, an African team was in the quarter-finals of the World Cup. Bernardo Redín (born 26 February 1963 in Cali) is a former Colombian footballer. ... A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout or sudden death tournament, is a type of tournament where the loser of each match is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event. ...

The other first-round giant-killers fared less well. Costa Rica were comfortably beaten 4-1 by Czechoslovakia, for whom Tomas Skuhravy scored a hat-trick. Yugoslavia beat Spain 2-1 after extra time, with Dragan Stojkovic scoring both the Yugoslavs' goals. The Republic of Ireland's match with Romania remained goalless after extra time, and the Irish side won through 5-4 on penalties. David O'Leary converted the penalty that clinched Ireland's place in the quarter-finals. The Republic of Ireland thus achieved the remarkable feat of reaching the last eight in a World Cup finals tournament without actually winning a match, other than on penalties. Tomáš Skuhravý (born September 7, 1965), is a Czech football player. ... In sports, a hat-trick (more often rendered in North America as hat trick, without the hyphen) is associated with achieving something in a group of three. ... Dragan Stojković. Dragan Pixy Stojković (born March 3, 1965 in Nis, Yugoslavia) is a former Serbian star footballer. ... David Anthony OLeary is an Irish football manager and former player. ...

The most intriging and controversial match of the quarter-finals was between England and Cameroon. Apart from anything else, it was the only quarter-final to produce more than one goal. Despite Cameroon's heroics earlier in the tournament, David Platt put England ahead in the 25th minute. But at half-time, Milla was brought on, and the game was turned on its head in five second half minutes. First Cameroon were awarded a penalty, from which Emmanuel Kunde scored the equaliser. Then, in the 65th minute, Eugene Ekeke put Cameroon ahead. The African team came within eight minutes of reaching the semi-finals - and then they conceded a controversial penalty, which Gary Lineker gratefully converted. Midway through extra time, England were awarded another controversial penalty, and Lineker again scored from the spot. England were through to the semi-finals, after major calls on their behalf by Edgardo Codesal. David Andrew Platt (born June 10, 1966 in Chadderton, near Oldham, in Lancashire) is a former English footballer, who played in midfield. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Edgardo Codesal Méndez is an Uruguayan-Mexican football (soccer) referee, best known for supervising the final match of the 1990 World Cup held in Italy. ...

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 Italy. Another dull match came in West Germany, who beat Czecholslovakia with a 25th-minute Lothar Matthaeus penalty. Argentina and Yugoslavia played out a stalemate that stayed at 0-0 after extra time, despite the fact that Yugoslavia were reduced to ten men after half an hour when Refik Sabanadzovic, assigned with the task of marking Maradona, was sent off. Argentina reached the semi-finals after winning the penalty shoot-out 3-2.Tomislav Ivković becoming famous for saving Maradona's kick and restoring parity. After Pedro Troglio hit the crossbar, the World Champions looked to be on their way out until Sergio Goycochea appeared to stop 2 penaly kicks. Refik Å abanadžović (born August 2, 1965 in Podgorica, Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Montenegrin Bosniak footballer. ... Tomislav Ivković (born August 11, 1960) is a retired Croatian football goalkeeper who also played in 38 international matches for the national team of former Yugoslavia between 1983 and 1991. ... Pedro Troglio is an former Argentine football player and the current manager of Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata. ...

The first semi-final feautured the host nation, Italy, vs the world champion, Argentina. 'Toto' Schillaci scored yet again to put Italy ahead in the 17th minute, but Claudio Cannigia equalised midway through the second half. There were no more goals in the 90 minutes or in extra time despite Maradona showing glimpses of magic, but there was a sending-off: Ricardo Giusti of Argentina was shown the red card in the 13th minute of extra time. Argentina went through on penalties, winning the shoot-out 4-3 after more heroics of Goycochea. The semi-final between West Germany and England was goalless at half-time. Then, in the 60th minute, a shot from Andreas Brehme was deflected by a defender in which resulted in goal. But then, with 10 minutes left, Gary Lineker equalised for England. The game ended 1-1, and West Germany won the penalty shoot-out 4-3. Ricardo Giusti is a former football (soccer) midfielder from Argentina. ...

The controversial final between West Germany and Argentina produced a couple of football firsts. In the 65th minute, Argentina's Pedro Monzon was harshly sent-of on a foul on Klinsmann and became the first player ever to be sent off in a World Cup final. With four minutes left, his team-mate Gustavo Dezotti received the second red card of the game. Shortly before Dezotti's departure, referee Edgardo Codesal Mendez of Mexico awarded a hotly-disputed penalty to West Germany, from which Andreas Brehme scored the only goal of the game. The 1-0 scoreline provided another first: Argentina were the first team ever to take part in a World Cup final without scoring. Pedro Damián Monzón (born February 23, 1962) is an Argentine football coach and former footballer, best known for being the first player to be sent off in a form a World Cup final, during the Italy 1990 competition. ... Gustavo Abel Dezotti is a former football (soccer) striker from Argentina. ...

With its third title (and three second place finishes) West Germany became the most successful World Cup nation for four years, until Brazil won their fourth title in 1994. West German team manager Franz Beckenbauer became the second footballer, after Mário Zagallo of Brazil, to win the World Cup as a player (in 1974) and as team manager. In doing so, Beckenbauer also became the first captain of a winning team to later manage a winning squad. Italy's Salvatore Schillaci won both the Golden Boot as the tournament's top goalscorer, with six goals, and the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player. Qualifying countries The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. ... Franz Anton Beckenbauer (born September 11, 1945) is a German football coach, manager, and former player, nicknamed der Kaiser (the emperor) because of his elegant style, his leadership qualities, his first name Franz (reminiscent of the Austrian emperors), and his dominance on the football pitch. ... Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo (born August 9, 1931 in Maceió) is a Brazilian football coach and former player, of Lebanese origin. ... Qualifying countries The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany from June 13 to July 7. ... Salvatore Totò Schillaci (born December 1, 1964 in Palermo) is a former Italian football player. ... At the end of each FIFA World Cup final tournament, several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished from the rest, in different aspects of the game. ... At the end of each FIFA World Cup final tournament, several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished from the rest, in different aspects of the game. ...

The 1990 World Cup is widely regarded as one of the poorest World Cups ever [1]. It generated a record-low goals-per-game average and (at the time) record 16 red cards. Most teams relied heavily on defensive play and hard tackling, as well as aggressive intimidation of the referee. In the knockout stage, many teams would "play it safe" for 120 minutes and try their luck in the penalty shootout, rather than risk going forward. Three of the 4 quaterfinal matches, both semifinals, the 3rd place play-off, and the final were decided on a penalty shoot-out or a match-winning penalty kick. Runners-up Argentina were the prime example of this trend, scoring only five goals in seven games (they had, however, lost half their team to injury or suspension by the final). Eventual champions West Germany were one of the few teams to initially choose an attacking style of play, although they too became more defensive as the tournament progressed.

Mascot

Ciao.

The official mascot of this World Cup was Ciao, a stick figure player with a football head and an Italian tricolore body. Its name is an Italian greeting. This World Cup saw The Three Tenors begin their tradition of performing on the eve of the final. Image File history File linksMetadata 1990_ciao. ... Image File history File linksMetadata 1990_ciao. ... Tip and Tap figurine Each Football World Cup usually has its own mascot. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... National flag and state ensign. ... album cover of the 1990 concert in Rome left-right Domingo,Carreras, Mehta, Pavarotti The Three Tenors is a name given to collabarative concerts of the three operatic tenors Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti. ...

Venues

Twelve cities hosted the tournament. Seeded teams are in bold.

Nickname: Motto: SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Government  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area  - City 1,285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban 5... Stadio Olimpico is the major stadium of Rome, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Florence (Italian: ) is the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy. ... Stadio Carlo Castellani is a football stadium in Florence, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Czechoslovakia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... For other uses see, Naples (disambiguation) and Napoli (disambiguation) Location of the city of Naples (red dot) within Italy. ... Stadio San Paolo is a multi-use stadium in Naples, Italy and is one of the largest stadiums anywhere in the world. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... Location within Italy Bari is the capital of the province of Bari and of the Apulia (or Puglia) region, on the Adriatic sea, in Italy. ... Stadio San Nicola is a multi-use stadium in Bari, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cameroon. ... “Torino” redirects here. ... The Stadio Delle Alpi is a football and athletics stadium in the Italian city of Turin. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Genoa (Genova [] in Italian - Zena [] in Genoese) is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. ... Stadio Luigi Ferraris is a multi-use stadium in Genoa, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Scotland. ... It has been suggested that History of the Scotland national football team be merged into this article or section. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Costa_Rica. ... For other uses, see Milan (disambiguation). ... The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, also known as the San Siro, is a football stadium in Milan, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Bologna (IPA , from Latin Bononia, BulÃ¥ggna in Emiliano-Romagnolo dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, in the Pianura Padana, between the Po River and the Apennines, exactly between the Reno River and the Sàvena River. ... Stadio Renato DallAra is a multi-use stadium in Bologna, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_SFR_Yugoslavia. ... First international  Czechoslovakia 7 - 0 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, Macedonians and Slovenes (Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920) Last International  Netherlands 2 - 0 Yugoslavia (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 25 March 1992) Biggest win Yugoslavia 10 - 1 India  (Helsinki, Finland; 15 July 1952) Yugoslavia 9 - 0 Zaire  (Gelsenkirchen, Germany; 18 June 1974) Biggest defeat... Image File history File links Flag_of_Colombia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates. ... Verona is a city and provincial capital in Veneto, Northern Italy. ... Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi is a stadium in Verona, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Udine (Friulian Udin, Slovene Videm) is a city in northeastern Italy, capital of the historical region of Friuli, in the middle of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic sea and the Alps (Alpi Carniche), less than 40 km from the Slovenian border. ... Stadio Friuli is a multi-use stadium in Udine, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Uruguay. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Korea. ... Cagliari City Hall Cagliari (Greek: ; Latin: Carales and Caralis[1]; Catalan: Càller; Sardinian: Casteddu) is the capital of the island of Sardinia, a region of Italy. ... Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Luca is a football stadium in Cagliari, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... First international  Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Biggest win  Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) Biggest defeat  Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First in... For other uses, see Palermo (disambiguation). ... Stadio Renzo Barbera (previously and still commonly known as Stadio La Favorita) is a multi-use stadium in Palermo, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Egypt. ...

Match officials

Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... Neji Jouini (Arabic: ‎) (born August 12, 1949). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Syria. ... Jamal Al Sharif (born December 8, 1954). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... Shizuo Takada (born August 5, 1947). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Luigi Agnolin (born March 21, 1943). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Emilio Soriano Aladren (born October 29, 1945). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... George Courtney (born June 4, 1941). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Erik Fredriksson (born February 13, 1943) is a former Swedish football referee. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_East_Germany. ... Siegfried Kirschen (born October 13, 1943). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Helmut Kohl (born February 8, 1943-September 26, 1991). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Tullio Lanese (born January 10, 1947). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Peter Mikkelsen (born May 1, 1960). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_SFR_Yugoslavia. ... Zoran Petrović (born April 10, 1952). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Joël Quiniou (born July 11, 1950). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Kurt Röthlisberger (born May 21, 1951). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Aron Schmidhuber (born February 28, 1947). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... Carlos Silva Valente (born July 25, 1948). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Scotland. ... George Smith (born October 14, 1943). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Northern_Ireland. ... Alan Snoddy (born March 29, 1955) is a retired English football referee, known for having refereed two matches in the FIFA World Cup: one in 1986 and one in 1990. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Alexey Spirin (born January 4, 1952). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Michel Vautrot (born October 23, 1945). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Edgardo Codesal Méndez is an Uruguayan-Mexican football (soccer) referee, best known for supervising the final match of the 1990 World Cup held in Italy. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Vincent Mauro (born October 23, 1943). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Uruguay. ... Juan Daniel Cardellino (born March 4, 1942) is a retired football (soccer) referee from Uruguay, who officiated at two FIFA World Cups: 1982 (two matches) and 1990 (one match). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... Elias Jácome Guerrero (born November 2, 1945) is a retired football (soccer) referee from Ecuador, best known for supervising the Spain versus South Korea match (3-1) during the 1990 World Cup held in Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... Juan Carlos Loustau (born July 13, 1947). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Paraguay. ... Carlos Maciel (born November 14, 1946). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Chile. ... Hernán Silva Arce (born November 5, 1948). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... José Roberto Wright (born September 7, 1944). ...

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1990 FIFA World Cup squads. Below are the rosters for the 1990 FIFA World Cup tournament in Italy. ...

Results

First round

All kick-off times local (CET)
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Group A

Salvatore Totò Schillaci (born December 1, 1964 in Palermo) is a former Italian football player. ... Roberto Baggio (born 18 February 1967 in Caldogno, Veneto) is an Italian retired footballer, among the most technically gifted and popular players in the world throughout the 1990s. ...

Group B

Oleg Protasov (Russian: ) (born February 4, 1964 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) is a former football striker. ... Andrei Zygmantovich (born 2 December 1962, Minsk) is a former football player from Belarus. ... Aleksandr Zavarov in Ukrainian; born April 20, 1961 in Luhansk, Soviet Union) is a former football midfielder, who was noted for his tireless game, amazing dribbling and electric speed. ... Igor Ivanovich Dobrovolski (Russian: ) (born August 27, 1967 in village Markovo, Rozdilnianskyi Raion, Odessa Oblast) is a Russian (and former Soviet) football (soccer) player in striker role. ...

Group C

Johnny Ekström (born March 5, 1965) is a former Swedish footballer. ... A former Costa Rican soccer player, Roger Flores was Costa Ricas national team captain during 1990 World Cup held in Italy. ... Hernán Evaristo Medford Bryan (born May 23, 1968) is a Costa Rican soccer player and coach. ...

Group D

Safet Sušić Safet Sušić (born April 13, 1955 in Zavidovići) is a famous football coach and former football player from Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Darko Pančev (Macedonian: ) (born September 7, 1965 in Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former footballer. ... Robert Prosinečki [] (born January 12, 1969 in Villingen-Schwenningen, West Germany) is a Croatian former football midfielder. ... Ali Thani, full name Ali Thani Jumaa (born 1968-08-18), is a footballer from UAE who played as an offensive midfielder for Sharjah Club in Sharjah, and the UAE national football team. ...

Group E

Daniel Fonseca (born 13 September 1969) is an Uruguayan former footballer, now a football player agent[1]. As a forward, he played at two of Italys best clubs in A.S. Roma and Juventus. ...

Group F

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Third place qualifiers for round of 16

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Knockout stage

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Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

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Final

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Awards

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All-star team

Scorers

• There were no own goals scored in the tournament.

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Trivia

• The 1990 tournament had the lowest goals-per-match average of all World Cups. There were 115 goals, an average of 2.21 goals per match, and, taking account of extra time matches, 4920 minutes of play - which means 1 goal every 42.7 minutes, or only 2.1 goals for every 90 minutes.
• The 1990 tournament was the second to feature an all-champion final four.
• The Republic of Ireland reached the quarter-finals despite scoring only 2 goals. They also did not win a single match outright - they drew their three group matches, then advanced over Romania on penalty kicks after a goalless draw in the round of 16, and then lost to Italy in the quarter-finals.
• For the second World Cup in succession Uruguay squeezed through to the knockout stage as fourth-best third-placed team, thanks to an injury-time goal in their final group game against South Korea.
• World Cup Italia '90 was the official licensed videogame product.
• Diego Maradona seemed to confirm in 2005 a rumour that the water a member of the Argentinian staff offered to Brazilian midfielder Branco in the round of 16 Brazil vs Argentina match contained a tranquilizer.
• The official theme song, Un'estate italiana (Notti magiche), was produced by Giorgio Moroder and performed by Edoardo Bennato and Gianna Nannini.
• The World Cup is featured in the film Good Bye Lenin!

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Firsts

• For the first time, both World Cup semi-finals were decided by penalty shootouts.
• For the first time, a drawing of lots was used to decide group positions, as the Republic of Ireland and Netherlands finished with identical records in Group F. Ireland won the draw and finished second, while the Netherlands finished third. Both teams made it to the next round as the Netherlands were one of the four best third-placed teams.
• This was the first World Cup in which two European teams were defeated by a Central American squad: Costa Rica, who beat Scotland 1-0, and Sweden 2-1.
• The final alone had several firsts:
  • For the first time a team reached three World Cup finals in a row: West Germany had already lost the finals in 1982 and 1986. This feat was later repeated by Brazil in 1994, 1998 and 2002 with better results.
  • It was the first rematch of a preceding final: The two countries had met in the 1986 FIFA World Cup final with Argentina the victors.
  • Pedro Monzón of Argentina became the first player to be sent off in a World Cup final. Teammate Gustavo Dezotti was also sent off.
  • For the first time, the losing team did not score a goal: Germany won by a penalty, almost saved by Sergio Goycochea, scored in the 85th minute by Andreas Brehme after a disputed foul on Rudi Völler. As such, West Germany's Bodo Illgner became the first goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in a World Cup final. The subsequent three World Cup finals (1994, 1998, 2002) would also see the losers not score.

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Lasts

• This would be the last World Cup in which goalkeepers were allowed to pick up direct backpasses from teammates. The backpass rule was in use from the 1994 tournament in order to make it harder for teams to time-waste, having been introduced on July 1, 1992. It is thought that Egypt's performance in their match against the Republic of Ireland influenced the introduction of this new rule.
• This was the last World Cup in which the countries of four teams existed as political entities: West Germany joined with East Germany shortly after the tournament, Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993 (although they continued to play as one country when failing to qualify for the 1994 tournament), Yugoslavia dissolved into the nations Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro (the latter two were Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 2002, and Serbia and Montenegro 2003-2006), and the USSR, which split into Russia and fourteen smaller states with the fall of the Communist regime, although eleven of the former Soviet states fielded a CIS team in the 1992 UEFA European Football Championship.
• This was also the last time World Cup finals matches awarded two points for a win during the group stage. The poor attacking play of sides prompted FIFA to introduce three points for a win for the 1994 tournament, to encourage attacking play.
• In disciplinary matters, for the last time players were suspended for one match if accumulating two yellow cards throughout the tournament. Starting from 1994, yellow cards accumulated in the group stage were wiped clean after its completion, and players start with a clean slate at the start of the knockout stage. For example, had the new system been in place, Argentina's Claudio Caniggia would not have been suspended for the final.
• This was the last World Cup in which referees primarily wore the traditional black jerseys: starting from 1994, referees can choose other colours to avoid a clash with the two competing teams. This has been followed since 1994, although black has been provided as an option since 1998 (in practice however, a second-choice red jersey already existed for the 1990 finals: this was worn in the two matches where Scotland wore their traditional navy blue).
• This was also the last World Cup in which players only had their number printed in the back of their jersey. Players would have their names above the numbers on their jerseys, and smaller numbers duplicated on the front of their jerseys, from 1994.
• This was the last World Cup of which Pan Am was one of the sponsors. Pan Am ended operations the following year.

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External links

• Italia 90 on the FIFA website
• Details at RSSSF