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England in World Cup 1990
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  World Cup 1990 Preliminary Competition
1988-1989

England Team Results - Preliminary Competition

1988-89

640 19-Oct-1988 England 0 Sweden 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London HD
643 08-Mar-1989 Albania 0 England 2 [0-1] Stadiumi Kombetar, Tiranë AW
644 26-Apr-1989 England 5 Albania 0 [2-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London HW
647 03-Jun-1989 England 3 Poland 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London HW
649 06-Sep-1989 Sweden 0 England 0 [0-0] Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna kommun, Stockholms län AD
650 11-Oct-1989 Poland 0 England 0 [0-0] Stadion Śląski, Chorzów AD

 

England Team Record - Preliminary Competition
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv FMax AMax Pts% W/L
6 3 3 0 10 0 +10 3 6 1.667 0.00 5 0 75.0 +3

Notes

England did not yield a single goal during the six matches of the preliminary competition.

World Cup 1990 Final Tournament
8 June - 8 July in Italy

England Team Results - Final Tournament

World Cup Finals 1990

Italy

658 11-Jun-1990 England 1 Republic of Ireland 1 [1-0] Stadio Comunale Sant'Elia, Cagliari, Sardinia ND
659 16-Jun-1990 Netherlands 0 England 0 [0-0] Stadio Comunale Sant'Elia, Cagliari, Sardinia ND
660 21-Jun-1990 England 1 Egypt 0 [0-0] Stadio Comunale Sant'Elia, Cagliari, Sardinia NW
661 26-Jun-1990 England 1 Belgium 0 [0-0]
AET
[0-0]
Stadio Renato Dall' Ara, Bologna NW
662 01-Jul-1990 Cameroon 2 England 3 [0-1]
AET
[2-2]
Stadio San Paolo, Fuorigrotta,  Napoli NW
663 04-Jul-1990 West Germany 1 England 1 [0-0]
AET
[1-1] & Penalties [4-3]
Stadio delle Alpi, Torino ND
664 07-Jul-1990 Italy 2 England 1 [0-0] Stadio San Nicola, Bari AL

 

England Team Record - Final Tournament
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv FMax AMax Pts% W/L
7 3 3 1 8 6 +2 1 3 1.143 0.857 3 2 64.3 +2

Notes

The England team incurred six yellow card cautions and no red card expulsions and committed the fewest fouls of any team in the final tournament.  As a result, FIFA presented England with the Fair Play Award for the competition.

World Cup 1990 Team Rankings

Rank Team Stage Reached P W D L F A GD Pts
1 West Germany Final 7 5 2 0 15 5 +10 12
2 Argentina 7 2 3 2 5 4 +1 7
3 Italy Semi-final and 3rd place match 7 6 1 0 10 2 +8 13
4 England 7 3 3 1 8 6 +2 9
5 Yugoslavia Quarter-final 5 3 1 1 8 6 +2 7
6 Czechoslovakia 5 3 0 2 10 5 +5 6
7 Cameroon 5 3 0 2 7 9 -2 6
8 Republic of Ireland 5 0 4 1 2 3 -1 4
9 Brazil Round of 16 4 3 0 1 4 2 +2 6
10 Spain 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 5
11 Belgium 4 2 0 2 6 4 +2 4
12 Romania 4 1 2 1 4 3 +1 4
13 Costa Rica 4 2 0 2 4 6 -2 4
14 Colombia 4 1 1 2 4 4 =0 3
15 Netherlands 4 0 3 1 3 4 -1 3
16 Uruguay 4 1 1 2 2 5 -3 3
17 U.S.S.R. Group 3 1 0 2 4 4 =0 2
18= Austria 3 1 0 2 2 3 -1 2
Scotland 3 1 0 2 2 3 -1 2
20 Egypt 3 0 2 1 1 2 -1 2
21 Sweden 3 0 0 2 3 6 -3 0
22 Korea Republic 3 0 0 3 1 6 -5 0
23 U.S.A. 3 0 0 3 2 8 -6 0
24 U.A.E. 3 0 0 3 2 11 -9 0

Notes

Rankings beyond those determined by final and third place matches are based on, in order, stage of the competition reached, points earned, goal difference and number of goals scored.

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