Football World Cup 1990 / Ireland
This article covers the Irish national football team at the 1990 World Cup .
qualification
rank | country | Gates | Points |
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1 |
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20: 3 | 13 |
2 |
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10: 2 | 12 |
3 |
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8:12 | 8th |
4th |
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6:12 | 5 |
5 |
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3:18 | 2 |
Northern Ireland | - | Ireland | 0-0 |
Spain | - | Ireland | 2-0 |
Hungary | - | Ireland | 0-0 |
Ireland | - | Spain | 1-0 |
Ireland | - | Malta | 2-0 |
Ireland | - | Hungary | 2-0 |
Ireland | - | Northern Ireland | 3-0 |
Malta | - | Ireland | 0: 2 |
Irish contingent
No. | Surname | Club before the start of the World Cup | birthday | Games | Gates |
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goalkeeper | |||||||
1 | Pat Bonner |
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May 24, 1960 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22nd | Gerry Peyton |
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05/20/1956 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defender | |||||||
2 | Chris Morris |
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December 24, 1963 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
3 | Steve Staunton |
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01/19/1969 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4th |
Mick McCarthy ![]() |
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02/07/1959 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Kevin Moran |
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04/29/1956 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
7th | Paul McGrath |
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December 4th, 1959 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
12 | David O'Leary |
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05/02/1958 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14th | Chris Hughton |
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December 11, 1958 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20th | John Byrne |
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02/01/1961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
midfield player | |||||||
6th | Ronnie Whelan |
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09/25/1961 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8th | Ray Houghton |
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01/09/1962 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Kevin Sheedy |
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10/21/1959 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Andy Townsend |
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07/23/1963 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | John Sheridan |
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10/01/1964 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21st | Alan McLoughlin |
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04/20/1967 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
striker | |||||||
9 | John Aldridge |
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09/18/1958 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
10 | Tony Cascarino |
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09/01/1962 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15th | Bernie Slaven |
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11/13/1960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17th | Niall Quinn |
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06.10.1966 | 4th | 1 | 0 | 0 |
18th | Frank Stapleton |
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07/10/1956 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19th | David Kelly |
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11/25/1965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trainer | |||||||
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05/08/1935 |
Irish team games
Preliminary round
rank | country | Gates | Points |
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1 |
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2: 1 | 4th |
2 |
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2: 2 | 3 |
3 |
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2: 2 | 3 |
4th |
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1: 2 | 2 |
Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia ( Cagliari )
Spectators: 35,238
Referee: Schmidhuber ( Germany )
Goals: 1-0 Lineker (8th), 1: 1 Sheedy (73rd)
Stadium: Stadio La Favorita ( Palermo )
Spectators: 33,288
Referee: Van Langenhove ( Belgium )
Goals: none
Stadium: Stadio La Favorita ( Palermo )
Spectators: 33,288
Goals: 1-0 Gullit (10th), 1: 1 Quinn (71st)
It was only in the last game in Group F that England secured group victory with a 1-0 win against the uncomfortable team from Egypt. All five previous matches ended in a draw and showed unappealing, sometimes even bad football. The officials thus narrowly escaped a novelty, because for the first time the lot would have to decide on the entry into the round of 16 if England and Egypt had also delivered a draw. But Ireland and the Netherlands slipped into the round of 16 despite their poor performance.
Round of 16
31,818 | Stadio Luigi Ferraris ( Genoa ) |
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Ramiz Wright ( Brazil ) | 0: 0 a.d., 5: 4 a.d. | Penalty: Hagi hit Sheedy hit Lupu hit Houghton hit Rotariu hit Townsend hit Lupescu hit Cascarino hit Timofte kept O'Leary hit |
Ireland and Romania relied on the motto “Safety first” and did not get a ball over the goal line in 120 minutes. The players only met on penalties, except for the Romanian Timofte, who failed to goalkeeper Bonner and thus heaved Ireland into the quarter-finals.
Quarter finals
73,303 | Olympic Stadium Rome |
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Silva Valente ( Portugal ) | 1: 0 (1: 0) | 1-0 Schillaci (38th) |
It was left to 'Toto' Schillaci to mark the winning goal for Italy against Ireland. The goal, which fell in the 38th minute, caused the Italians to switch back to total defense, which meant an insurmountable strategy for the Irish, although it didn't help that the entire attack was substituted in the second round. Italy remained without conceding a goal.