1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2 (original) (raw)

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Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

The 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 2 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Albania, England, Poland and Sweden.

The group was won by Sweden, who qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. England also qualified as one of the best runners-up.

Standings

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Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Sweden 6 4 2 0 9 3 +6 10 England 6 3 3 0 10 0 +10 9 Poland 6 2 1 3 4 8 −4 5 Albania 6 0 0 6 3 15 −12 0	Albania – 0 – 2 1 – 2 1 – 2 England 5 – 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 0 Poland 1 – 0 0 – 0 – 0 – 2 Sweden 3 – 1 0 – 0 2 – 1 –

Results

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19 October 1988

England	0 – 0	Sweden
(Report)

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 65,628

Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

19 October 1988

Poland	1 – 0	Albania
K. Warzycha 78'	(Report)

Silesian Stadium, Chorzów

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Mircea Salomir (Romania)

5 November 1988

Albania	1 – 2	Sweden
Shehu 33'	(Report)	Holmqvist 68'Ekström 71'

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Yusuf Namoglou (Turkey)

8 March 1989

Albania	0 – 2	England
(Report)	Barnes 16'Robson 63'

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: John Blankenstein (Netherlands)

26 April 1989

England	5 – 0	Albania
Lineker 5'Beardsley 12', 64'Waddle 72'Gascoigne 88'	(Report)

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 60,602

Referee: Einar Halle (Norway)

7 May 1989

Sweden	2 – 1	Poland
Ljung 85'[1]N. Larsson 90'	(Report)	Tarasiewicz 87'

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 35,032

Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

3 June 1989

England	3 – 0	Poland
Lineker 23'Barnes 72'Webb 83'	(Report)

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 69,203

Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

6 September 1989

Sweden	0 – 0	England
(Report)

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 38,588

Referee: Hubert Forstinger (Austria)

8 October 1989

Sweden	3 – 1	Albania
Magnusson 20'Ingesson 55'Engqvist 89'	(Report)	Kushta 8' (pen.)

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 32,423

Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)

11 October 1989

Poland	0 – 0	England
(Report)

Silesian Stadium, Chorzów

Attendance: 32,423

Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)

25 October 1989

Poland	0 – 2	Sweden
(Report)	P. Larsson 34' (pen.)Ekström 60'

Silesian Stadium, Chorzów

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Wieland Ziller (East Germany)

15 November 1989

Albania	1 – 2	Poland
Kushta 63'	(Report)	Tarasiewicz 45'Ziober 85'

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: George Smith (Scotland)

Goalscorers

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There were 26 goals scored during the 12 games, an average of 2.17 goals per game.

2 goals

• Sokol Kushta
• John Barnes
• Peter Beardsley
• Gary Lineker
• Ryszard Tarasiewicz
• Johnny Ekström

1 goal

• Ylli Shehu
• Paul Gascoigne
• Bryan Robson
• Chris Waddle
• Neil Webb
• Krzysztof Warzycha
• Jacek Ziober
• Leif Engqvist
• Hans Holmqvist
• Klas Ingesson
• Niclas Larsson
• Peter Larsson
• Roger Ljung
• Mats Magnusson

References

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1. ^ "QWC 1990 Sweden vs. Poland (07.05.1989). Full Match (Part 4 of 4)". YouTube.