1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article "1990 FIFA World Cup qualification".

A total of 33 UEFA teams entered the competition. The European zone was allocated 14 places (out of 24) in the final tournament. fb|ITA, the hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 13 spots open for competition between 32 teams.

The 32 teams were divided into 7 groups. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The number of teams and spots for each group were as follows:
*Groups 3, 5, 6 and 7 had 5 teams each. The group winners and runners-up would qualify.
*Groups 1, 2 and 4 had 4 teams each. The group winners would qualify. The 2 runners-up with the best records would also qualify.

Group 1

October 19, 1988, Athens, Greece - fb|GRE 1 - 1 fb-rt|DEN

October 19, 1988, Sofia, Bulgaria - fb|BUL|1971 1 - 3 fb-rt|ROU|1965

November 2, 1988, Bucharest, Romania - fb|ROU|1965 3 - 0 fb-rt|GRE

November 2, 1988, Copenhagen, Denmark - fb|DEN 1 - 1 fb-rt|BUL|1971

April 26, 1989, Athens, Greece - fb|GRE 0 - 0 fb-rt|ROU|1965

April 26, 1989, Sofia, Bulgaria - fb|BUL|1971 0 - 2 fb-rt|DEN

May 17, 1989, Bucharest, Romania - fb|ROU|1965 1 - 0 fb-rt|BUL|1971

May 17, 1989, Copenhagen, Denmark - fb|DEN 7 - 1 fb-rt|GRE

October 11, 1989, Sofia, Bulgaria - fb|BUL|1971 4 - 0 fb-rt|GRE

October 11, 1989, Copenhagen, Denmark - fb|DEN 3 - 0 fb-rt|ROU|1965

November 15, 1989, Bucharest, Romania - fb|ROU|1965 3 - 1 fb-rt|DEN

November 15, 1989, Athens, Greece - fb|GRE 1 - 0 fb-rt|BUL|1971

USSR and Austria qualified.

Group 4

August 31, 1988, Helsinki, Finland - fb|FIN 0 - 4 fb-rt|FRG

September 14, 1988, Amsterdam, Netherlands - fb|NED 1 - 0 fb-rt|WAL

October 19, 1988, Swansea, Wales - fb|WAL 2 - 2 fb-rt|FIN

October 19, 1988, Munich, Germany - fb|FRG 0 - 0 fb-rt|NED

April 26, 1989, Rotterdam, Netherlands - fb|NED 1 - 1 fb-rt|FRG

May 31, 1989, Cardiff, Wales - fb|WAL 0 - 0 fb-rt|FRG

May 31, 1989, Helsinki, Finland - fb|FIN 0 - 1 fb-rt|NED

September 6, 1989, Helsinki, Finland - fb|FIN 1 - 0 fb-rt|WAL

October 4, 1989, Dortmund, Germany - fb|FRG 6 - 1 fb-rt|FIN

October 11, 1989, Wrexham, Wales - fb|WAL 1 - 2 fb-rt|NED

November 15, 1989, Rotterdam, Netherlands - fb|NED 3 - 0 fb-rt|FIN

November 15, 1989, Cologne, Germany - fb|FRG 2 - 1 fb-rt|WAL

Spain and Republic of Ireland qualified.

Group 7

September 21, 1988, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - fb|LUX 1 - 4 fb-rt|SUI

October 18, 1988, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg - fb|LUX 0 - 2 fb-rt|TCH

October 19, 1988, Brussels, Belgium - fb|BEL 1 - 0 fb-rt|SUI

November 16, 1988, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia - fb|TCH 0 - 0 fb-rt|BEL

November 16, 1988, Porto, Portugal - fb|POR 1 - 0 fb-rt|LUX

February 15, 1989, Lisbon, Portugal - fb|POR 1 - 1 fb-rt|BEL

April 26, 1989, Lisbon, Portugal - fb|POR 3 - 1 fb-rt|SUI

April 29, 1989, Brussels, Belgium - fb|BEL 2 - 1 fb-rt|TCH

May 9, 1989, Prague, Czechoslovakia - fb|TCH 4 - 0 fb-rt|LUX

June 1, 1989, Lille, France - fb|LUX 0 - 5 fb-rt|BEL: This match was played on neutral ground instead of in Luxembourg.

June 7, 1989, Berne, Switzerland - fb|SUI 0 - 1 fb-rt|TCH

September 6, 1989, Brussels, Belgium - fb|BEL 3 - 0 fb-rt|POR

September 20, 1989, Neuchatel, Switzerland - fb|SUI 1 - 2 fb-rt|POR

October 6, 1989, Prague, Czechoslovakia - fb|TCH 2 - 1 fb-rt|POR

October 11, 1989, Basel, Switzerland - fb|SUI 2 - 2 fb-rt|BEL

October 11, 1989, Saarbrücken, West Germany - fb|LUX 0 - 3 fb-rt|POR: This match was played on neutral ground instead of in Luxembourg.

October 25, 1989, Prague, Czechoslovakia - fb|TCH 3 - 0 fb-rt|SUI

October 25, 1989, Brussels, Belgium - fb|BEL 1 - 1 fb-rt|LUX

November 15, 1989, St. Gallen, Switzerland - fb|SUI 2 - 1 fb-rt|LUX

November 15, 1989, Lisbon, Portugal - fb|POR 0 - 0 fb-rt|TCH

Belgium and Czechoslovakia qualified.

ee also

*1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
*1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
*1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
*1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
*1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)