Football World Cup 1990 / England

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

qualification

England's biggest competitor was Sweden in Europe Group 2. Sweden won the group without defeat and two goalless draws against the English. England qualified as one of the top two runners-up of the three groups of four. Poland had no chance in the group after four World Cup appearances in a row in this group.

English games in qualification

Europe - Group 2

	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Sweden	6th	4th	2	-	9: 3	10: 2
2.	England	6th	3	3	-	10-0	9: 3
3.	Poland	6th	2	1	3	4: 8	5: 7
4th	Albania	6th	-	-	6th	3:15	0:12

England	-	Sweden	0-0
Albania	-	England	0: 2
England	-	Albania	5-0
England	-	Poland	3-0
Sweden	-	England	0-0
Poland	-	England	0-0

Squad

No.	player	former club	Games (1)	Date of birth	World Cup 1990 games / goals
goalkeeper
1	Peter Shilton	Derby County	117	September 18, 1949	7th	-	-	-
13	Chris Woods	Glasgow Rangers	15th	November 14, 1959	-	-	-	-
22nd	David Seaman (2)	Arsenal FC	2	September 19, 1963	-	-	-	-
22nd	Dave Beasant (2)	Chelsea FC	2	March 20, 1959	-	-	-	-
Defense
2	Gary Stevens	Glasgow Rangers	37	March 27, 1963	2	-	-	-
3	Stuart Pearce	Nottingham Forest	20th	April 24, 1962	6th	-	1	-
5	The walker's	Nottingham Forest	14th	November 26, 1965	7th	-	-	-
6th	Terry Butcher	Glasgow Rangers	68	December 28, 1958	5	-	-	-
12	Paul Parker	Queens Park Rangers	4th	April 4th 1964	6th	-	1	-
14th	Mark Wright	Derby County	14th	August 1, 1963	6th	1	-	-
15th	Tony Dorigo	Chelsea FC	1	December 31, 1965	1	-	-	-
midfield
4th	Neil Webb	Manchester United	19th	July 30, 1963	1	-	-	-
7th	Bryan Robson	Manchester United	82	January 11, 1957	2	-	-	-
11	John Barnes	Liverpool FC	50	November 7, 1963	5	-	-	-
16	Steve McMahon	Liverpool FC	10	August 20, 1961	4th	-	1	-
17th	David Platt	Aston Villa	3	June 10, 1966	6th	3	-	-
18th	Steve Hodge	Nottingham Forest	18th	October 25, 1962	-	-	-	-
19th	Paul Gascoigne	Tottenham Hotspur	7th	May 27, 1967	6th	-	2	-
20th	Trevor Steven	Glasgow Rangers	26th	September 21, 1963	3	-	-	-
attack
8th	Chris Waddle	Olympique Marseille	48	December 14, 1960	7th	-	-	-
9	Peter Beardsley	Liverpool FC	38	January 18, 1961	5	-	1	-
10	Gary Lineker	Tottenham Hotspur	47	November 30, 1960	7th	4th	-	-
21st	Steve Bull	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	March 28, 1965	4th	-	-	-
Trainer
	Bobby Robson			February 18, 1933

⁽¹⁾ only the games that were played before the start of the World Cup are given.

⁽²⁾ David Seaman injured himself in training, whereupon Dave Beasant was nominated.

English games at the 1990 World Cup

Preliminary round ( Group F )

• England 1-1 Ireland - Goals: 1-0 Lineker (9th min.), 1-1 Sheedy (77th min.)
• England 0-0 Netherlands
• England 1-0 Egypt - Goal: 1-0 Wright (58th min.)

England finished first in this very close group as they were the only team to win a game. All other games ended in a draw.

Round of 16

• England - Belgium 1-0 aet - Goal: 1-0 Platt (119th min.)

Quarter finals

• England - Cameroon 3-2 a.m. - Goals: 1: 0 Platt (25th min.), 1: 1 Kundé (61th minute from a penalty kick ), 1: 2 Ekeke (65th minute), 2: 2 linekers (83rd minute per foul penalty), 3: 2 lineker (105th minute per foul penalty)

Semifinals

• England - Germany 1: 1 a.m., 3: 4 a.m. - Goals: 0: 1 Brehme (60th min.), 1: 1 Lineker (80th min.)
  • Shooters on penalties: 1: 0 Lineker, 1: 1 Brehme, 2: 1 Beardsley, 2: 2 Matthäus , 3: 2 Platt, 3: 3 Riedle , Pearce fails to Illgner , 3: 4 Thon , Waddle shoots over the goal

With this semi-final game against Germany , the English penalty trauma began, which was to accompany the tournaments of the next few years.

3rd place match

• England 1-2 Italy - Goals: 0-1 Baggio (71st min.), 1: 1 Platt (81st min.), 1: 2 Schillaci (86th min. From penalty kick)

England played the best tournament since the 1966 World Cup , finishing fourth. The big discovery of the tournament was the playful Paul Gascoigne , who was here for the first time in the international spotlight.

swell

• Hardy Greens : Football World Cup Encyclopedia. 1930-2006. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2002, ISBN 3-89784-205-X .
• FUWO: Born 1990, Sportverlag Berlin, ISSN  0323-8407