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Template:Infobox Football World Cup The 1990 FIFA World Cup was designated by FIFA in 1984 to be held in Italy, making it the second country to host the event twice. It was won by West Germany, who in a rematch of the 1986 World Cup final beat Argentina 1-0 to lift the trophy.

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Ciao, the mascot.
Qualifying countries

Venues

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1990 FIFA World Cup (squads)

Tournament

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 Mario Zagallo of Brazil, to become World Champion 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.

The format of the competition stayed the same as in 1986: 24 teams qualified, divided into six groups of four. 16 teams would qualify for the knockout competition: six group winners, six second place finishers, and four best third place finishers. Three nations qualified for the first time in their history: Costa Rica, the Republic of Ireland and the United Arab Emirates.

The World Cup began with an upset. Defending champion Argentina fell 0-1 to Cameroon in the opening match. The match was held in Milan, where Diego Maradona of Argentina, striker for AC Napoli, was deeply despised: this resulted in an unexpected public support for Cameroon. The goal was headed in by François Omam-Biyik. Cameroon went on to become the surprise team of the tournament, becoming the first African nation to go to the quarter-finals and losing there 2-3 in extra time to England after leading 2-1. Cameroon's Roger Milla, who came out of retirement for the World Cup, became an international superstar at age 38, long after most top-level footballers typically retire.

Argentina recovered from their defeat and went all the way to the final. On their way, they defeated Brazil in the round of 16 and, in the semi-final, were the first team in this tournament to score a goal against the hosts Italy, winning through a penalty shootout after a 1-1 score after extra time. Argentine goalkeeper Sergio Goycochea saved two penalty kicks.

Italian Salvatore Schillaci won the Golden Boot with six goals, scoring a goal in every game that he appeared in. Amazingly, 'Totò' had played for Italy only once prior to the tournament.

The World Cup 1990 is widely regarded as one of the least spectacular and most cynical World Cups ever. 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 knock-out stage of the cup, many teams would "play it safe" for 120 minutes and try their luck in the penalty shootout, rather than risk going forward. Runners-up Argentina were the prime example of this trend, taking the gold-plated medal (for second place) despite scoring only five goals in seven games (they had, however, lost half their team to injury or suspension by the final). World Champions West Germany were one of the few teams to choose an attacking style of play, although they too became more defensive as the tournament progressed.

The final was one of the ugliest games ever seen in a World Cup. The fraught atmosphere was not helped by a number of questionable penalty decisions by the Mexican referee Edgardo Codesal, who denied clear penalties first to German player Klaus Augenthaler and then to Argentine player Pedro Monzón. Six minutes from the end, Codesal awarded a highly debatable penalty for the Germans, which was put away by Andreas Brehme. West Germany won 1-0 and the match ended amid scenes of unprecedented chaos with Argentina reduced to nine men, Monzon and Gustavo Dezotti having been sent off. [1]

Qualification

See 1990 FIFA World Cup (qualification)

First round

All kick-off times local (CET)

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:ITAf 6 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4
Template:TCHf 4 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3
Template:AUTf 2 3 1 0 2 2 3 -1
Template:USAf 0 3 0 0 3 2 8 -6
Template:ITAf21–0Template:AUTf
Schillaci 78'  
Stadio Olimpico,Rome Ref: Jose Roberto Wright (Brazil)
Attendance: 73,303
Template:USAf21–5Template:TCHf
Caligiuri 61' Skuhravý 25'
Bílek 39' pen
Hašek 50'
Skuhravý 78'
Luhový 90'
Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Ref: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)
Attendance: 33,266
Template:ITAf21–0Template:USAf
Giannini 11'  
Stadio Olimpico, Rome Ref: Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)
Attendance: 73,423
Template:AUTf20–1Template:TCHf
  Bilek 30' pen
Stadio Artemio Franchi,Florence Ref: George Smith (Scotland)
Attendance: 38,962
Template:AUTf22–1Template:USAf
Ogris 52'
Gerhard Rodax 65'		 Murray 85'
Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Ref: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)
Attendance: 34,857
Template:ITAf22–0Template:TCHf
Schillaci 9'
Baggio 78'		  
Stadio Olimpico, Rome Ref: Joel Quiniou (France)
Attendance: 73,303

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:CMRf 4 3 2 0 1 3 5 -2
Template:ROUf 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1
Template:ARGf 3 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1
Template:URSf 2 3 1 0 2 4 4 0
Template:ARGf20–1Template:CMRf
  Biyik 67'
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Ref: Michel Vautrot (France)
Attendance: 73,780
Template:URSf20–2Template:ROUf
  Lacatus 42', 57'
Stadio San Nicola, Bari Ref: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)
Attendance: 42,907
Template:ARGf22–0Template:URSf
Troglio 27'
Burruchaga 79'		  
Stadio San Paolo, Naples Ref: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
Attendance: 55,759
Template:CMRf22–1Template:ROUf
Milla 76', 86' Balint 88'
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Ref: Hernan Silva Arce (Chile)
Attendance: 38,687
Template:CMRf20–4Template:URSf
  Protasov 20',
Zygmantovich 29'
Zavarov 55'
Dobrovolski 63'
Stadio San Nicola, Bari Ref: Jose Roberto Wright (Brazil)
Attendance: 37,307
Template:ARGf21–1Template:ROUf
Monzon 63' Balint 68'
Stadio San Paolo, Naples Ref: Carlos Alberto Silva Valente (Portugal)
Attendance: 52,733

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:BRAf 6 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3
Template:CRCf 4 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1
Template:SCOf 2 3 1 0 2 2 3 -1
Template:SWEf 0 3 0 0 3 3 6 -3
Template:BRAf22–1Template:SWEf
Careca 40', 63' Brolin 68'
Stadio San Paolo, Naples Ref: Tullio Lanese (Italy)
Attendance: 62,628
Template:CRCf21–0Template:SCOf
Cayasso 49'  
Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa Ref: Juan Loustau (Argentina)
Attendance: 30,867
Template:BRAf21–0Template:CRCf
Müller 33'  
Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin Ref: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
Attendance: 58,007
Template:SCOf22–1Template:SWEf
McCall 10'
Johnston 80' pen		 Strömberg 86'
Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa Ref: Carlos Maciel (Paraguay)
Attendance: 31,823
Template:BRAf21–0Template:SCOf
Müller 82'  
Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin Ref: Helmut Kohl (Austria)
Attendance: 62,502
Template:SWEf21–2Template:CRCf
Ekström 32' Flores 75'
Medford 88'
Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa Ref: Zoran Petrovic (Yugoslavia)
Attendance: 30,223

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:FRGf 5 3 2 1 0 10 3 +7
Template:YUGf 4 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1
Template:COLf 3 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1
Template:UAEf 0 3 0 0 3 2 11 -9
Template:UAEf20–2Template:COLf
  Redin 50'
Valderrama 85'
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna Ref: George Courtney (England)
Attendance: 30,791
Template:FRGf24–1Template:YUGf
Matthäus 28',65'
Klinsmann 39'
Völler 71'		 Jozić 55'
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Ref: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
Attendance: 74,765
Template:YUGf21–0Template:COLf
Jozić 75'  
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna Ref: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
Attendance: 32,257
Template:FRGf25–1Template:UAEf
Völler 35',75'
Klinsmann 36'
Matthäus 47'
Bein 59'		 Mubarak 46'
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Ref: Alexey Spirin (Soviet Union)
Attendance: 71,169
Template:FRGf21–1Template:COLf
Littbarski 89' Rincón 90'
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Ref: Alan Snoddy (England)
Attendance: 72,510
Template:YUGf24–1Template:UAEf
Sušić 5'
Pančev 9',46'
Prosinečki 90'		 Jumaa 22'
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna Ref: Shizuo Takada (Japan)
Attendance: 27,833

Group E

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:ESPf 5 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3
Template:BELf 4 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3
Template:URUf 3 3 1 1 1 2 3 -1
Template:KORf 0 3 0 0 3 1 6 -5
Template:BELf22–0Template:KORf
Degryse 53'
de Wolf 64'		  
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona Ref: Vincent Mauro (USA)
Attendance: 32,790
Template:URUf20–0Template:ESPf
   
Stadio Friuli, Udine Ref: Helmut Kohl (Austria)
Attendance: 35,713
Template:ESPf23–1Template:KORf
Míchel 22', 61', 81' Hwangbo 42'
Stadio Friuli, Udine Ref: Elias Jacome Guerrero (Ecuador)
Attendance: 32,733
Template:BELf23–1Template:URUf
Clijsters 16'
Scifo 22'
Ceulemans 48'		 Bengoechea 74'
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona Ref: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)
Attendance: 33,759
Template:KORf20–1Template:URUf
  Fonseca 90'
Stadio Friuli, Udine Ref: Tullio Lanese (Italy)
Attendance: 29,039
Template:BELf21–2Template:ESPf
Vervoort 28' Míchel 20' pen
Gorriz 38'
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona Ref: Juan Loustau (Argentina)
Attendance: 35,950

Group F

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:ENGf 4 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1
Template:IRLf 3 3 0 3 0 2 2 0
Template:NEDf 3 3 0 3 0 2 2 0
Template:EGYf 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 -1

Note: Republic of Ireland awarded second place by drawing of lots

Template:ENGf21–1Template:IRLf
Lineker 8' Sheedy 73'
Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari Ref: Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)
Attendance: 35,238
Template:NEDf21–1Template:EGYf
Kieft 58' El Ghani 83' pen
Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo Ref: Emilio Soriano Aladren (Spain)
Attendance: 33,421
Template:ENGf20–0Template:NEDf
   
Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari Ref: Zoran Petrovic (Yugoslavia)
Attendance: 35,267
Template:IRLf20–0Template:EGYf
   
Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo Ref: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)
Attendance: 33,288
Template:ENGf21–0Template:EGYf
Wright 64'  
Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari Ref: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)
Attendance: 34,959
Template:NEDf21–1Template:IRLf
Gullit 10' Quinn 71'
Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo Ref: Michel Vautrot (France)
Attendance: 33,288

Knockout stages

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
June 24 - Milan
 
 
West Germany West Germany2
 
July 1 - Milan
 
Netherlands Netherlands1
 
West Germany West Germany1
 
June 23 - Bari
 
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia0
 
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 4
 
July 4 - Turin
 
Costa Rica Costa Rica1
 
West Germany West Germany (pen)1 (4)
 
June 26 - Bologna
 
England England1 (3)
 
England England (aet)1
 
July 1 -Naples
 
Belgium Belgium 0
 
England England (AET)3
 
June 23 - Naples
 
Cameroon Cameroon 2
 
Cameroon Cameroon (aet)2
 
July 8 - Rome
 
Colombia Colombia1
 
West Germany West Germany1
 
June 25 - Rome
 
Argentina Argentina0
 
Italy Italy2
 
June 30 - Rome
 
Uruguay Uruguay0
 
Italy Italy1
 
June 25 - Genoa
 
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland0
 
Template:IRLf (pen)0 (5)
 
July 3 - Naples
 
Romania Romania0 (4)
 
Italy Italy1 (3)
 
June 26 - Verona
 
Argentina Argentina (pen)1 (4) Third place
 
Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (aet)2
 
June 30 - FlorenceJuly 7 - Bari
 
Spain Spain1
 
Yugoslavia Yugoslavia0 (2)Italy Italy2
 
June 24 - Turin
 
Argentina Argentina (pen)0 (3) England England1
 
Argentina Argentina1
 
 
Brazil Brazil0
 

Round of 16

Template:CMRf22–1 (AET)Template:COLf
Milla 106', 109' Redin 115'
Stadio San Paolo, Naples Ref: Tullio Lanese (Italy)
Attendance: 50,026
Template:TCHf24–1Template:CRCf
Skuhravý 12', 63', 82'
Kubík 75'		 González 54'
Stadio San Nicola, Bari Ref: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)
Attendance: 47,673
Template:ARGf21–0Template:BRAf
Caniggia 80'  
Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin Ref: Joel Quiniou (France)
Attendance: 61,381
Template:FRGf22–1Template:NEDf
Klinsmann 51'
Brehme 82'		 R. Koeman 89' pen
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Ref: Juan Loustau (Argentina)
Attendance: 74,559
Template:IRLf20–0 (AET)
(5–4 PEN)		Template:ROUf
   
Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa Ref: Jose Roberto Wright (Brazil)
Attendance: 31,818

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Template:ITAf22–0Template:URUf
Schillaci 65'
Serena 85'		  
Stadio Olimpico, Rome Ref: George Courtney (England)
Attendance: 73,303
Template:ESPf21–2 (AET)Template:YUGf
Salinas 83' Stojković 78', 92'
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona Ref: Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)
Attendance: 35,500
Template:ENGf21–0 (AET)Template:BELf
Platt 119'  
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna Ref: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
Attendance: 34,520

Quarter-finals

Template:ARGf20–0 (AET)
(3–2 PEN)		Template:YUGf
   
Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Ref: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)
Attendance: 38,971

Template:Penshootoutbox

Template:ITAf21–0Template:IRLf
Schillaci 38'  
Stadio Olimpico, Rome Ref: Carlos Alberto Silva Valente (Portugal)
Attendance: 73,303
Template:FRGf21–0Template:TCHf
Matthäus 25' pen  
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Ref: Helmut Kohl (Austria)
Attendance: 73,347
Template:ENGf23–2 (AET)Template:CMRf
Platt 25'
Lineker 83' pen, 105' pen		 Kunde 61' pen
Ekeke 65'

Semi-finals

Template:ARGf21–1 (AET)
(4–3 PEN)		Template:ITAf
Caniggia 67' Schillaci 17'
Stadio San Paolo, Naples Ref: Michel Vautrot (France)
Attendance: 59,978

Template:Penshootoutbox

Template:FRGf21–1 (AET)
(4–3 PEN)		Template:ENGf
Brehme 60' Lineker 80'
Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin Ref: Jose Roberto Wright (Brazil)
Attendance: 62,628

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Third place match

Template:ITAf22–1Template:ENGf
Baggio 71'
Schillaci 86' pen		 Platt 81'
Stadio San Nicola, Bari Ref: Joel Quiniou (France)
Attendance: 51,426

Final

Template:ARGf20–1Template:FRGf
  Brehme 85' pen
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Ref: Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)
Attendance: 73,603

Awards

1990 World Cup Winners:
Germany
WEST GERMANY
Third Title


Golden Shoe winner: Golden Ball winner: FIFA Fair Play Trophy:
Italy Salvatore Schillaci Italy Salvatore Schillaci Template:ENGf


All-Star Team

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Fowards

Argentina Sergio Goycoechea

Germany Andreas Brehme
Cameroon Jules Onana
Italy Franco Baresi

Argentina Diego Maradona
Germany Lothar Matthaus
Italy Roberto Donadoni
England Paul Gascoigne

Italy Salvatore Schillaci
Cameroon Roger Milla
Czech Republic Tomas Skuhravy

Top scorers

Firsts

  • For the first time, both World Cup semi-finals were decided by penalty shootouts.
  • The tournament marks the first time a World Cup tournament has ever hit such a low goals-per-game average. There were 115 goals, and, taking account of extra time when applicable, 4920 minutes of play - which means 1 goal every 42.7 minutes, or only 2.1 goals for every 90-minute game.
  • First appearance of Costa Rica, the Republic of Ireland, the United Arab Emirates, and reappearance of the United States after a 40-year absence. Both the UAE and the USA went out in the group stage.
  • For the first time the second place team of a group was decided by draw: Template:IRLf in Group F.
  • This was the first (and only, so far) 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: two titles out of three finals.
  • It was the first rematch of a preceding final: The two countries had met in the World Cup 1986 final with Argentina the victors.
  • Pedro Monzón of Argentina became the first player to be sent off in a World Cup final. Teammate Gustavo Abel 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.

Trivia

  • USSR was the rival of Italy's candidacy to host the event.
  • The Template:IRLf reached the quarter-finals despite not winning a single game and only scoring 2 goals.
  • Template:MEXf were disqualified from the 1990 qualifiers as the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación fielded an overage player in a prior youth tournament. They have since qualified for four consecutive World Cups.
  • Even though England lost the semi-final, and then the third place play-off, thousands of England fans greeted the team home as heroes, as it was the best they had done since 1966, when they won at Wembley.
  • This World Cup saw The Three Tenors begin their tradition of performing on the eve of the final.
  • 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 Argentinean staff offered to Brazilian midfielder Branco in the round of 16 Brazil vs Argentina match contained a tranquilizer.

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 four teams' countries existed as political entities: West Germany joined with East Germany shortly after the tournament, Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993, 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 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.
  • This was the last World Cup in which referees only wore traditional black jersey: starting from the 1994 FIFA World Cup, 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.
  • 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 and numbers on their jerseys from 1994.

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