Soccer World Cup 1990 / Germany

This article describes the German national football team at the 1990 World Cup in Italy .

qualification

In qualifying for the 1990 World Cup, there were groups of four and groups of five teams. In the latter case, the two best teams qualified. From the three groups of four, only the two best runners-up qualified alongside the group winners. In qualifying for the 1990 World Cup, Germany had to play against the Netherlands , Finland and Wales . After two draws against their main rivals from the Netherlands, a goalless draw in Wales meant that only second place was achieved. Häßler's winning goal in the last game against Wales ensured that the German team could qualify as one of the two best runners-up out of the groups of four for the World Cup.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Netherlands	8: 2	10: 2
2	Germany	13: 3	9: 3
3	Finland	4:16	3: 9
4th	Wales	4: 8	2:10

date	venue	game			Result	Gates
08/31/1988	Olympic Stadium , Helsinki	Finland	-	Germany	0: 4 (0: 2)	Rudi Völler (6th, 15th), Lothar Matthäus (52nd), Karl-Heinz Riedle (86th)
October 19, 1988	Olympiastadion , Munich	Germany	-	Netherlands	0-0
04/26/1989	De Kuip , Rotterdam	Netherlands	-	Germany	1: 1 (0: 0)	Riedle (68.), van Basten (87.)
05/31/1989	Cardiff Arms Park , Cardiff	Wales	-	Germany	0-0
04/10/1989	Westfalenstadion , Dortmund	Germany	-	Finland	6: 1 (1: 0)	Möller (12th), Littbarski (46th), Klinsmann (52nd), Völler (62nd), Lipponen (75th), Möller (80th), Matthäus (85th / penalty )
11/15/1989	Müngersdorfer Stadion , Cologne	Germany	-	Wales	2: 1 (1: 1)	Allen (11th), Völler (27th), Häßler (48th)

Squad

The German national soccer team entered the 1990 World Cup with the following squad.

number	Surname	Association at the time	birthday	Caps / Goals (a)	Sp.	Gates	red	yellow
goalkeeper
12	Raimond Aumann	FC Bayern Munich	10/12/1963	03 ( 00)	0	0	0	0
1	Bodo Illgner	1. FC Cologne	04/07/1967	15 ( 00)	7th	0	0	0
22nd	Andreas Koepke	1. FC Nuremberg	03/12/1962	01 ( 00)	0	0	0	0
Defense
5	Klaus Augenthaler	FC Bayern Munich	09/26/1957	20 ( 00)	7th	0	0	0
14th	Thomas Berthold	AS Roma	11/12/1964	35 ( 01)	7th	0	0	0
3	Andreas Brehme	Inter Milan	11/9/1960	51 ( 07)	6th	3	0	3
6th	Guido Buchwald	VfB Stuttgart	01/24/1961	32 ( 00)	7th	0	0	0
4th	Jürgen Kohler	FC Bayern Munich	10/06/1965	27 ( 00)	4th	0	0	0
19th	Hans Pflügler	FC Bayern Munich	03/27/1960	10 ( 00)	1	0	0	0
2	Stefan Reuter	FC Bayern Munich	10/16/1966	16 ( 01)	6th	0	0	0
16	Paul Steiner	1. FC Cologne	01/23/1957	01 ( 00)	0	0	0	0
midfield
15th	Uwe Bein	Eintracht Frankfurt	09/26/1960	06 ( 01)	4th	1	0	0
21st	Günter Hermann	Werder Bremen	05.12.1960	02 ( 00)	0	0	0	0
8th	Thomas Häßler	1. FC Cologne	05/30/1966	12 ( 01)	5	0	0	0
7th	Pierre Littbarski	1. FC Cologne	04/16/1960	67 (17)	6th	1	0	0
10	Lothar Matthäus	Inter Milan	03/21/1961	74 (10)	7th	4th	0	1
17th	Andreas Möller	Borussia Dortmund	09/02/1967	10 ( 03)	2	0	0	0
20th	Olaf Thon	FC Bayern Munich	05/01/1966	33 ( 03)	2	0	0	0
attack
18th	Jürgen Klinsmann	Inter Milan	07/30/1964	18 ( 04)	7th	3	0	1
11	Frank Mill	Borussia Dortmund	07/23/1958	17 ( 00)	0	0	0	0
13	Karl-Heinz Riedle	Werder Bremen	09/16/1965	06 ( 02)	4th	0	0	0
9	Rudi Völler	AS Roma	04/13/1960	63 (34)	6th	3	1	1
Trainer
	Franz Beckenbauer ( Team Principal )		09/11/1945
	Holger Osieck ( assistant coach )		08/31/1948
	Berti Vogts ( assistant coach )		12/30/1946
	Sepp Maier ( goalkeeping coach )		02/28/1944

^(a) A international matches (international goals in brackets) before the start of the tournament

German games

Milan (VR + AF + VF) Turin (HF) Rome (F) Erba

Venues (red) and quarters (blue)

Preliminary round

Germany-Yugoslavia 4: 1 (2: 0) on June 10, 1990 in Milan

• Germany: Illgner - Augenthaler - Berthold , Buchwald - Reuter , Häßler , Matthäus , Bein , Brehme - Völler , Klinsmann
• Yugoslavia: Ivković - Jozić , Baljić , Spasić , Hadžibegić - Vulić , Sušić , Katanec , Stojković - Vujović , Savićević
• Substitutions: (75th) Littbarski and Möller for Häßler and Bein - (56th) Prosinečki for Sušić, (55th) Brnović for Savićević
• Goals: 1: 0 Matthäus (29th), 2: 0 Klinsmann (40th), 2: 1 Jozić (55th), 3: 1 Matthäus (64th), 4: 1 Völler (70th)
• Yellow card: Brehme
• Referee: Mikkelsen (Denmark)
• Spectators: 74,765

Germany-United Arab Emirates 5: 1 (2: 0) on June 15, 1990 in Milan

• Germany: Illgner - Augenthaler - Berthold , Buchwald - Reuter , Häßler , Matthäus , Bein , Brehme - Völler , Klinsmann
• United Arab Emirates: Faraj - Abdullah , KG Mubarak , Mohammad , IM Abdulrahman - Abbas , NK Mubarak , KI Mubarak , EM Abdulrahman - Jumaa , Al-Talyani
• Substitutions: (46th) Littbarski for Berthold, (72nd) Riedle for Klinsmann - (84th) Hussain for KI Mubarak, (87th) Al-Haddad for IM Abdulrahman
• Goals: 1: 0 Völler (36th), 2: 0 Klinsmann (38th), 2: 1 KI Mubarak (46th), 3: 1 Matthäus (47th), 4: 1 leg (59th), 5: 1 Völler (75th)
• Yellow cards: Brehme - Mohamed, Abbas
• Referee: Spirin (USSR)
• Spectators: 71,167

Germany-Colombia 1: 1 (0: 0) on June 19, 1990 in Milan

• Germany: Illgner - Augenthaler - Berthold , Buchwald - Reuter , Häßler , Matthäus , Bein , Pflügler - Völler , Klinsmann
• Colombia: Higuita , Herrera , Perea , Escobar , Gildardo Gómez , Fajardo , Álvarez , Gabriel J. Gómez , Valderrama , Estrada , Rincón
• Substitutions: (46th) Littbarski for Bein, (84th) Thon for Häßler.
• Goals: 1-0 Littbarski (88.), 1: 1 Rincón (90.)
• Yellow cards: Herrera, Gabriel J. Gómez, Álvarez
• Referee: Snoddy (Northern Ireland)
• Spectators: 72,510

Round of 16

Germany-Netherlands 2-1 (0-0) on June 24, 1990 in Milan

• Germany: Illgner - Augenthaler - Berthold , Buchwald , Kohler - Reuter , Littbarski , Matthäus , Brehme - Völler , Klinsmann
• Netherlands: van Breukelen - van Aerle , R. Koeman , Rijkaard , van Tiggelen - van 't Schip , Wouters , Winter , Witschge - Gullit , van Basten
• Substitutions: (79th) Riedle for Klinsmann - (66th) Kieft for van Aerle, (78th) Gillhaus for Witschge
• Goals: 1-0 Klinsmann (50th), 2-0 Brehme (84th), 2-1 Koeman (88th, penalty)
• Yellow cards: Völler, Matthäus - Rijkaard, Wouters, van Basten
• Red cards: Völler - Rijkaard
• Referee: Loustau (Argentina)
• Spectators: 74,559

Quarter finals

Germany-Czechoslovakia 1-0 (1-0) on July 1, 1990 in Milan

• Germany: Illgner - Augenthaler - Kohler , Buchwald - Berthold , Littbarski , Matthäus , Bein , Brehme - Riedle , Klinsmann
• Czechoslovakia: Stejskal - Kadlec - Hašek - Kocian - Straka - Bílek - Chovanec - Kubík - Skuhravý - Moravčík - Knoflíček
• Substitutions: (82nd) Möller for Bein - (67th) Němeček for Bílek, (79th) Griga for Kubík
• Goal: 1-0 Matthew (25th, penalty)
• Yellow cards: Klinsmann - Moravčík, Bílek, Straka, Knoflíček
• Red card: Moravčík
• Referee: Kohl (Austria)
• Spectators: 73,347

Semifinals

Germany-England 1: 1 nV (1: 1, 0: 0), 4: 3 nE on July 4, 1990 in Turin

• Germany: Illgner - Augenthaler - Kohler , Buchwald - Berthold , Häßler , Matthäus , Thon , Brehme - Völler , Klinsmann
• England: Shilton - Parker , Wright , Butcher , Pearce - Walker , Gascoigne , Platt , Waddle - Beardsley , Lineker
• Substitutions: (38th) Riedle for Völler, (66th) Reuter for Häßler - (70th) Steven for Butcher
• Goals: 1: 0 Brehme (60.), 1: 1 Lineker (80.)
• Penalty shootout: 0: 1 Lineker, 1: 1 Brehme, 1: 2 Beardsley, 2: 2 Matthäus, 2: 3 Platt, 3: 3 Riedle, Illgner holds against Pearce, 4: 3 Thon, Waddle shoots
• Yellow cards: Brehme - Parker, Gascoigne
• Referee: Ramiz Wright (Brazil)
• Spectators: 62,628

final

Germany-Argentina 1-0 (0-0) on July 8, 1990 in Rome

• Germany: Illgner - Augenthaler - Kohler , Buchwald - Berthold , Häßler , Matthäus , Littbarski , Brehme - Völler , Klinsmann
• Argentina: Goycochea - Simón , Ruggeri , Sensini , Serrizuela - Basualdo , Troglio , Burruchaga , Lorenzo - Dezotti , Maradona
• Substitutions: Reuter for Berthold (73.) - Monzón for Ruggeri (46.), Calderón for Burruchaga (53.)
• Goal: 1: 0 Brehme (85th, foul penalty)
• Yellow cards: Völler - Troglio, Maradona
• Red cards: Monzón (65th), Dezotti (87th)
• Referee: Codesal Méndez (Mexico)
• Spectators: 73,603

swell

1. ^ German World Cup squad - World Championships . More details at statistics - All players from A-Z . In: dfb.de , accessed on February 11, 2015.

Web links

• Autograph cards from the German 1990s world champions
• dfb.de: The 1990 World Cup in Italy - The Triumph of Rome - Article in dfb.de