Football World Cup 1990 / Belgium

This article covers the Belgian national football team at the 1990 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Belgium	15: 5	12
2	Czechoslovakia	13: 3	12
3	Portugal	11: 8	10
4th	Switzerland	10:14	5
5	Luxembourg	3:22	1

Belgium	-	Switzerland	1-0
Czechoslovakia	-	Belgium	0-0
Portugal	-	Belgium	1: 1
Belgium	-	Czechoslovakia	2: 1
Luxembourg	-	Belgium	0: 5
Belgium	-	Portugal	3-0
Switzerland	-	Belgium	2: 2
Belgium	-	Luxembourg	1: 1

Belgian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Michel Preud'homme	KV Mechelen	01/24/1959	4th	0	0	0
12	Gilbert Bodart	Standard Liege	09/02/1962	0	0	0	0
20th	Filip De Wilde	RSC Anderlecht	07/05/1964	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Eric Gerets	PSV Eindhoven	05/18/1954	3	0	1	1
3	Philippe Albert	KV Mechelen	08/10/1967	1	0	0	0
4th	Leo Clijsters	KV Mechelen	11/06/1956	3	1	0	0
7th	Stéphane Demol	FC Porto	03/11/1966	4th	0	0	0
13	Georges Green	RSC Anderlecht	01/25/1962	2	0	0	0
15th	Jean-François De Sart	RSC Anderlecht	December 11, 1956	0	0	0	0
16	Michel De Wolf	KV Kortrijk	01/19/1958	4th	1	0	0
17th	Pascal Plovie	Club Bruges	05/07/1965	1	0	0	0
midfield player
5	Bruno Versavel	KV Mechelen	08/27/1967	3	0	0	0
6th	Marc Emmers	KV Mechelen	02/25/1966	3	0	0	0
8th	Franky Van Der Elst	Club Bruges	04/30/1961	4th	0	0	0
10	Enzo Scifo	AJ Auxerre	02/19/1966	4th	1	0	0
18th	Lorenzo Staelens	Club Bruges	04/30/1964	1	0	0	0
21st	Marc Wilmots	KV Mechelen	02/22/1969	0	0	0	0
22nd	Patrick Vervoort	RSC Anderlecht	January 17, 1965	3	1	0	0
striker
9	Marc Degryse	RSC Anderlecht	09/04/1965	4th	1	0	0
11	Jan Ceulemans	Club Bruges	02/28/1957	4th	1	0	0
14th	Nico Claesen	Royal Antwerp	10/01/1962	1	0	0	0
19th	Marc Van Der Linden	RSC Anderlecht	02/04/1964	2	0	0	0
Trainer
	Guy Thys		December 06, 1922

Belgian team matches

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Spain	5: 2	5
2	Belgium	6: 3	4th
3	Uruguay	2: 3	3
4th	South Korea	1: 6	0

• Belgium - South Korea 2: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi ( Verona )

Spectators: 32,790

Referee: Vincent Mauro ( United States )

Goals: 1-0 Degryse (53rd), 2-0 De Wolf (64th)

• Belgium - Uruguay 3: 1 (2: 0)

Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi ( Verona )

Spectators: 33,759

Referee: Siegfried Kirschen ( GDR )

Goals: 1-0 Clijsters (16th), 2-0 Scifo (22nd), 3-0 Ceulemans (48th), 3-1 Bengoechea (74th)

• Belgium - Spain 1: 2 (1: 2)

Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi ( Verona )

Spectators: 35,950

Referee: Juan Loustau ( Argentina )

Goals: 0: 1 Míchel (20th) 11m , 1: 1 Vervoort (28th), 1: 2 Górriz (38th)

Spain and Belgium, fourth in the 1986 World Cup, dominated Group E ahead of Uruguay and South Korea. Spain struggled with a goalless draw in their first game against the Urus, but were then able to beat South Korea (3: 1) and the Belgians 2: 1 in a captivating game, which led to group victory. The Belgians clearly distanced South Korea (2: 0) and Uruguay (3: 1) with their outstanding director Enzo Scifo, but showed weaknesses in the final despite great skill. For the South Americans from Montevideo only the meager 1-0 win against the Asians remained as reparation, which was just enough for the former world champion to reach the last sixteen.

Round of 16

34,520

Stadio Renato Dall'Ara ( Bologna )

England

Belgium

Peter Mikkelsen ( Denmark )

1: 0 a.d.

1: 0 flat (119th)

Shortly before the final whistle for extra time, the substitute midfielder David Platt hit the goal of the hitherto insurmountable goalkeeper Michel Preud'homme. This enabled England to avoid a penalty shoot-out against Belgium, where the team traditionally had its difficulties - and would have again.