Football World Cup 1990 / Scotland

The Scottish national football team at the 1990 World Cup in Italy :

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1.	Yugoslavia **	16: 6	14: 2
2.	Scotland **	12:12	10: 6
3.	France	10: 7	9: 7
4th	Norway	10: 9	6:10
5.	Cyprus	6:20	1:15

Scotland qualified for the fifth time in a row with Yugoslavia in Europe Group 5 for the World Cup.

• Norway 1-2 Scotland
• Scotland 1-1 Yugoslavia
• Cyprus 2-3 Scotland
• Scotland 2-0 France
• Scotland 2-1 Cyprus
• Yugoslavia 3-1 Scotland
• France 3-0 Scotland
• Scotland 1-1 Norway

Scottish contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Jim Leighton	Manchester United	07/24/1958	3	0	0	0
12	Andy Goram	Hibernian Edinburgh	04/13/1964	0	0	0	0
22nd	Bryan Gunn	Norwich City	12/22/1963	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Alex McLeish	Aberdeen FC	01/21/1959	3	0	0	0
4th	Richard Gough	Glasgow Rangers	04/05/1962	1	0	0	0
6th	Maurice Malpas	Dundee United	08/03/1962	3	0	0	0
11	Gary Gillespie	Liverpool FC	07/05/1960	1	0	0	0
15th	Craig Levein	Heart of Midlothian	10/22/1964	1	0	0	0
17th	Stewart McKimmie	Aberdeen FC	10/27/1962	2	0	0	0
19th	Dave McPherson	Heart of Midlothian	01/28/1964	3	0	1	0
midfield player
3	Roy Aitken	Celtic Glasgow	11/24/1958	3	0	0	0
5	Paul McStay	Celtic Glasgow	10/22/1964	3	0	0	0
8th	Jim bed	Aberdeen FC	11/25/1959	1	0	0	0
10	Murdo MacLeod	Borussia Dortmund	09/24/1958	2	0	1	0
16	Stuart McCall	Everton FC	06/10/1964	3	1	0	0
18th	John Collins	Hibernian Edinburgh	01/31/1968	0	0	0	0
20th	Gary McAllister	Leicester City	December 25, 1964	0	0	0	0
striker
7th	Mo Johnston	Glasgow Rangers	04/30/1963	3	1	1	0
9	Ally McCoist	Glasgow Rangers	09/24/1962	3	0	0	0
13	Gordon Durie	Chelsea FC	December 06, 1965	1	0	0	0
14th	Alan McInally	FC Bayern Munich	02/10/1963	1	0	0	0
21st	Robert Fleck	Norwich City	08/11/1965	2	0	0	0
Trainer
	Andy Roxburgh		05/05/1943

Scottish Games at the 1990 World Cup

Preliminary round (Group C)

• Scotland 0-1 Costa Rica - Goal: 0-1 Cayasso (50th min.)
• Scotland 2-1 Sweden - Goals: 1-0 McCall (10th min.), 2-0 Johnston (83rd minute, penalty kick), 2-1 Strömberg (85th minute)
• Scotland 0-1 Brazil - Goal: Müller (82nd min.)

After the Scots lost their first game to Costa Rica , a draw in their last game against Brazil would have been enough for them to reach the round of 16. Until the 82nd minute, Scotland was in the second round for the first time, then the substitute Müller destroyed all chances.