Football World Cup 1990 / Uruguay

This article covers the Uruguayan national soccer team at the 1990 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Uruguay	7: 2	6th
2	Bolivia	6: 5	6th
3	Peru	2: 8	0

Peru	-	Uruguay	0: 2
Bolivia	-	Uruguay	2: 1
Uruguay	-	Bolivia	2-0
Uruguay	-	Peru	2-0

Uruguayan contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Fernando Álvez	CA Peñarol	09/04/1959	4th	0	1	0
12	Eduardo Pereira	CA Independiente	03/21/1954	0	0	0	0
22nd	Javier Zeoli	CD Tenerife	05/02/1962	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Nelson Gutiérrez	Hellas Verona	04/13/1962	4th	0	1	0
3	Hugo de León	CA River Plate	02/27/1958	4th	0	0	0
4th	José Óscar Herrera	UE Figueres	06/17/1965	3	0	1	0
6th	Alfonso Domínguez	CA Peñarol	09/24/1965	4th	0	0	0
13	Daniel Felipe Revelez	Nacional Montevideo	09/30/1959	0	0	0	0
14th	José Pintos Saldanha	Nacional Montevideo	03/25/1964	1	0	1	0
midfield player
5	José Perdomo	CFC genoa	05/01/1965	4th	0	2	0
8th	Santiago Ostolaza	Nacional Montevideo	07/10/1962	3	0	1	0
9	Enzo Francescoli	Olympique Marseille	11/12/1961	4th	0	1	0
10	Rubén Paz	CFC genoa	08/08/1959	3	0	0	0
15th	Gabi Correa	CA Peñarol	01/13/1968	1	0	0	0
16	Pablo Bengoechea	Sevilla FC	02/27/1965	1	1	0	0
20th	Rubén Pereira	Danubio FC	01/28/1968	2	0	0	0
21st	William Castro	Nacional Montevideo	05/22/1962	0	0	0	0
striker
7th	Antonio Alzamendi	CD Logroñés	06/07/1956	3	0	0	0
11	Rubén Sosa	Lazio Rome	04/25/1966	4th	0	1	0
17th	Sergio Martínez	Defensor Sporting Club	02/15/1969	1	0	0	0
18th	Carlos Aguilera	CFC genoa	09/21/1964	4th	0	0	0
19th	Daniel Fonseca	Nacional Montevideo	09/13/1969	2	1	0	0
Trainer
	Óscar Tabarez		03/03/1947

Games of the Uruguayan team

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Spain	5: 2	5
2	Belgium	6: 3	4th
3	Uruguay	2: 3	3
4th	South Korea	1: 6	0

• Uruguay - Spain 0: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Stadio Friuli ( Udine )

Spectators: 35,713

Referee: Helmut Kohl ( Austria )

Goals: none

• Belgium - Uruguay 3: 1 (2: 0)

Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi ( Verona )

Spectators: 33,759

Referee: Siegfried Kirschen ( GDR )

Goals: 1-0 Clijsters (16th), 2-0 Scifo (22nd), 3-0 Ceulemans (48th), 3-1 Bengoechea (74th)

• South Korea - Uruguay 0: 1 (0: 0)

Stadium: Stadio Friuli ( Udine )

Spectators: 29,039

Referee: Tullio Lanese ( Italy )

Goals: 0: 1 Fonseca (90.)

Spain and Belgium, fourth in the 1986 World Cup, dominated Group E ahead of Uruguay and South Korea. Spain struggled with a goalless draw in their first game against the Urus, but were then able to beat South Korea (3: 1) and the Belgians 2: 1 in a captivating game, which led to group victory. The Belgians clearly distanced South Korea (2: 0) and Uruguay (3: 1) with their outstanding director Enzo Scifo, but showed weaknesses in the final despite great skill. For the South Americans from Montevideo only the meager 1-0 win against the Asians remained as reparation, which was just enough for the former world champion to reach the last sixteen.

Round of 16

73,303

Olympic Stadium Rome

Italy

Uruguay

George Courtney ( England )

2: 0 (0: 0)

1-0 Schillaci (65th) 2-0 Serena (85th)

Host Italy remained clean in the round of 16. The goals of the new star Schillaci and substitute Serena were enough against the Uruguayans, who were harmless in attack. The whole of Italy celebrated the southern Italian Schillaci, who before the World Cup did not even have a regular place with his club Juventus Turin.