Soccer World Cup 1990 / Colombia

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

qualification

CONMEBOL

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Colombia	5: 3	5
2	Paraguay	6: 7	4th
3	Ecuador	4: 5	3

Colombia	-	Ecuador	2-0
Paraguay	-	Colombia	2: 1
Ecuador	-	Colombia	0-0
Colombia	-	Paraguay	2: 1

Due to the worst result among the three group winners, Colombia had to go to the international playoffs.

International playoffs

Colombia	-	Israel	1-0
Israel	-	Colombia	0-0

Colombian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	René Higuita	Atlético Nacional	08/28/1966	4th	0	0	0
12	Eduardo Niño	Independiente Santa Fe	08/08/1967	0	0	0	0
17th	Geovanis Cassiani	Millonarios FC	01/10/1970	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Andrés Escobar	Young Boys Bern	March 13, 1967	4th	0	0	0
3	Gildardo Gomez	Atlético Nacional	10/13/1963	4th	0	0	0
4th	Luis Fernando Herrera	Atlético Nacional	06/12/1962	4th	0	1	0
5	León villa	Atlético Nacional	01/12/1960	0	0	0	0
6th	José Ricardo Pérez	Atlético Nacional	October 24, 1963	0	0	0	0
13	Carlos Hoyos	Atlético Junior	02/28/1962	0	0	0	0
15th	Luis Carlos Perea	Atlético Nacional	December 29, 1963	4th	0	1	0
21st	Alexis Mendoza	Atlético Junior	11/08/1961	0	0	0	0
midfield player
8th	Gabriel Gomez	Independiente Medellin	December 8, 1959	4th	0	2	0
10	Carlos Valderrama	Montpellier HSC	09/02/1961	4th	1	0	0
11	Bernardo Redin	Deportivo Cali	02/26/1963	3	2	0	0
14th	Leonel Álvarez	Atlético Nacional	07/29/1965	4th	0	1	0
18th	Wilmer Cabrera	America de Cali	11/15/1967	0	0	0	0
19th	Freddy Rincon	America de Cali	08/14/1966	4th	1	0	0
20th	Luis Fajardo	Atlético Nacional	06/18/1963	2	0	0	0
striker
7th	Carlos Estrada	Deportivo Cali	11/01/1961	4th	0	0	0
9	Miguel Guerrero	America de Cali	07.09.1967	0	0	0	0
16	Arnoldo Iguarán	Millonarios FC	January 18, 1957	3	0	0	0
22nd	Rubén Darío Hernández	Millonarios FC	02/19/1965	1	0	0	0
Trainer
	Francisco Maturana		02/15/1949

Games of the Colombian team

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Germany	10: 3	5: 1
2	Yugoslavia	6: 5	4: 2
3	Colombia	3: 2	3: 3
4th	UAE	2:11	0: 6

• UAE - Colombia 0: 2 (0: 0)

Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara ( Bologna )

Spectators: 30,791

Referee: Courtney ( England )

Goals: 0-1 Redín (50th), 0-2 Valderrama (85th)

• Yugoslavia - Colombia 1: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara (Bologna)

Spectators: 32,257

Referee: Agnolin ( Italy )

Goals: 1-0 Jozić (75.)

• Germany - Colombia 1: 1 (0: 0)

Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Stadium ( Milan )

Spectators: 72,510

Referee: Snoddy ( Northern Ireland )

Goals: 1-0 Littbarski (89.), 1: 1 Rincón (90.)

Round of 16

50,026

Stadio San Paolo ( Naples )

Cameroon

Colombia

Lanese ( Italy )

2: 1 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 0)

1: 0 Milla (106th) 2: 0 Milla (109th) 2: 1 Redín (115th)

Roger Milla was the match winner in the first round of 16 match for Cameroon against Colombia. For 90 minutes, the teams could not break through the defensive lines of the opponent decisively, but then the 38-year-old Lambada dancer struck. His two goals to 1-0 and 2-0 (106th and 109th), with Colombia's goalkeeper Higuita making a fatal loss of the ball on one of his trips outside the penalty area, which meant the end for the South Americans, whose goal was too late.