1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

The 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 2 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Albania, England, Poland and Sweden.

The group was won by Sweden, who qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. England also qualified as one of the best runners-up.

Standings edit

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Sweden 6 4 2 0 9 3 +6 10
  England 6 3 3 0 10 0 +10 9
  Poland 6 2 1 3 4 8 −4 5
  Albania 6 0 0 6 3 15 −12 0
         
Albania   0 – 2 1 – 2 1 – 2
England   5 – 0 3 – 0 0 – 0
Poland   1 – 0 0 – 0 0 – 2
Sweden   3 – 1 0 – 0 2 – 1

Results edit

England  0 – 0  Sweden
(Report)
Attendance: 65,628
Poland  1 – 0  Albania
K. Warzycha   78' (Report)
Attendance: 35,000

Albania  1 – 2  Sweden
Shehu   33' (Report) Holmqvist   68'
Ekström   71'
Attendance: 20,000

Albania  0 – 2  England
(Report) Barnes   16'
Robson   63'
Attendance: 30,000

England  5 – 0  Albania
Lineker   5'
Beardsley   12', 64'
Waddle   72'
Gascoigne   88'
(Report)
Attendance: 60,602
Referee: Einar Halle (Norway)

Sweden  2 – 1  Poland
Ljung   85'[1]
N. Larsson   90'
(Report) Tarasiewicz   87'

England  3 – 0  Poland
Lineker   23'
Barnes   72'
Webb   83'
(Report)
Attendance: 69,203
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

Sweden  0 – 0  England
(Report)

Sweden  3 – 1  Albania
Magnusson   20'
Ingesson   55'
Engqvist   89'
(Report) Kushta   8' (pen.)

Poland  0 – 0  England
(Report)

Poland  0 – 2  Sweden
(Report) P. Larsson   34' (pen.)
Ekström   60'

Albania  1 – 2  Poland
Kushta   63' (Report) Tarasiewicz   45'
Ziober   85'
Attendance: 10,000

Goalscorers edit

There were 26 goals scored during the 12 games, an average of 2.17 goals per game.

2 goals
1 goal

References edit

  1. ^ "QWC 1990 Sweden vs. Poland (07.05.1989). Full Match (Part 4 of 4)". YouTube.