England's World Cup Record

Italy 1990

Qualifying

England were drawn in Qualifying Group 2 along with Poland, Sweden and Albania.
The top 2 places in the group qualified for the Finals.

Qualifying Matches

Date	Venue	Match	Result
19 Oct 1988	London	England v Sweden	0-0
19 Oct 1988	Chorzow	Poland v Albania	1-0
05 Nov 1988	Tiranë	Albania v Sweden	1-2
08 Mar 1989	Tiranë	Albania v England	0-2
26 Apr 1989	London	England v Albania	5-0
07 May 1989	Solna	Sweden v Poland	2-1
03 Jun 1989	London	England v Poland	3-0
06 Sep 1989	Solna	Sweden v England	0-0
08 Oct 1989	Solna	Sweden v Albania	3-1
11 Oct 1989	Chorzow	Poland v England	0-0
25 Oct 1989	Chorzow	Poland v Sweden	0-2
15 Nov 1989	Tiranë	Albania v Poland	1-2

Standings

Group 2	Ply	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Sweden	6	4	2	0	9	3	10
England	6	3	3	0	10	0	9
Poland	6	2	1	3	4	8	5
Albania	6	0	0	6	3	15	0

England qualified by finishing second in the group behind Sweden.

Final Tournament

England were drawn in Group F, along with Holland, Republic of Ireland and Egypt.
The top 2 places in the group qualified for the next phase.
The best 4 third-placed teams from the First Round groups would also qualify.

First Round Matches - Group F

Date	Venue	Match	Result	Att	Referee
11 Jun 1990	Cagliari	England v Ireland	1-1	35,200	Schmidhuber (GER)
12 Jun 1990	Palermo	Holland v Egypt	1-1	33,200	Soriano (ESP)
16 Jun 1990	Cagliari	England v Holland	0-0	35,000	Petrovic (YUG)
17 Jun 1990	Palermo	Ireland v Egypt	0-0	33,300	van Langenhove (BEL)
21 Jun 1990	Cagliari	England v Egypt	1-0	34,900	Rothlisberger (SUI)
21 Jun 1990	Palermo	Holland v Ireland	1-1	33,200	Vautrot (FRA)

Standings

Group F	Ply	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
England	3	1	2	0	2	1	4
Republic of Ireland	3	0	3	0	2	2	3
Holland	3	0	3	0	2	2	3
Egypt	3	0	2	1	1	2	2

England finished top of the group and qualified for the next phase of the tournament.
Positions of Ireland and Holland were determined by drawing lots.

Second Round Matches

Second Round matches were played on a knock-out basis, the winner of each match qualified for the Quarter Finals.

Date Venue Match Result Att Referee

23 Jun 1990 Naples Cameroon v Colombia 2-1 50,000 Lanese (ITA)

23 Jun 1990 Bari Czechoslovakia v Costa Rica 4-1 48,000 Kirschen (DDR)

24 Jun 1990 Turin Argentina v Brazil 1-0 61,000 Quiniou (FRA)

24 Jun 1990 Milan West Germany v Holland 2-1 75,000 Lostau (ARG)

25 Jun 1990 Genoa Ireland v Romania 0-0* 32,000 Ramiz Wright (BRA)

25 Jun 1990 Rome Italy v Uruguay 2-0 73,000 Courtney (ENG)

26 Jun 1990 Verona Yugoslavia v Spain 2-1 35,000 Schmidhuber (GER)

26 Jun 1990 Bologna England v Belgium 1-0 34,000 Mikkelsen (DEN)

England qualified for the Quarter Finals.
*Ireland won 5-4 on penalties.

Quarter Finals Matches

Quarter Finals matches were played on a knock-out basis, the winner of each match qualified for the Semi Finals.

Date Venue Match Result Att Referee

30 Jun 1990 Florence Argentina v Yugoslavia 0-0* 39,000 Rothlisberger (SUI)

30 Jun 1990 Rome Italy v Ireland 1-0 73,000 Valente (POR)

01 Jul 1990 Milan W.Germany v Czechoslovakia 1-0 73,000 Kohl (AUT)

01 Jul 1990 Naples England v Cameroon 3-2 55,000 Codesal Mendez (MEX)

England qualified for the Semi Finals.
*Argentina won 3-2 on penalties.

Semi Finals Matches

Semi Finals matches were played on a knock-out basis, the winner of each match qualified for the Final.

Date Venue Match Result Att Referee

03 Jul 1990 Naples Argentina v Italy 1-1* 60,000 Vautrot (FRA)

04 Jul 1990 Turin West Germany v England 1-1** 63,000 Ramiz Wright (BRA)

*Argentina won 4-3 on penalties.
**West Germany won 4-3 on penalties.
England were eliminated, but played in the third place match.

Third Place Match

Played on a knock-out basis, the winner of the match achieved overall Third Place in the tournament.

Date Venue Match Result Att Referee

06 Jul 1990 Bari Italy v England 2-1 51,000 Quiniou (FRA)

England lost the match but finished in 4th place in the tournament.