1990 FIFA World Cup Group A - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Play in Group A of the 1990 FIFA World Cup
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...

completed on 19 June 1990. Italy

Italy national football team

The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...

won the group, and advanced to the second round, along with Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia national football team

The Czechoslovakia national football team was the national association football team of Czechoslovakia from 1922 to 1993. At the dissolution of Czechoslovakia at the end of 1992, the team was participating in UEFA qualifying Group 4 for the 1994 World Cup; it completed this campaign under the name...

. Austria

Austria national football team

The Austria national football team is the association football team that represents the country of Austria in international competition and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association ....

and the United States

United States men's national soccer team

The United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in international association football competitions. It is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF...

failed to advance.

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Central European Summer Time

Central European Summer Time is one of the names of the Daylight saving time offset using the UTC offset of UTC+02:00, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in most European countries. During the winter, Central European Time is used...

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Italy vs Austria


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	ITALY:
GK	1	Walter Zenga Walter Zenga Walter Zenga is a retired Italian footballer and current manager. He is a long-time goalkeeper for the Italian national team and Internazionale. He also holds Romanian citizenship...
SW	2	Franco Baresi Franco Baresi Franco Baresi is an Italian football youth team coach and former player. He played as a sweeper and spent his entire career with Serie A club AC Milan, acknowledged as one of the greatest defenders ever to play the game. Baresi was nicknamed "Piscinin", Milanese for "Little one"...
DF	3	Giuseppe Bergomi Giuseppe Bergomi Giuseppe Bergomi is a retired Italian footballer who spent his entire career at Internazionale, being equally at ease as a central or right defender.... (c)
DF	6	Riccardo Ferri Riccardo Ferri Riccardo Ferri is an Italian former footballer, centre-back.-Club career:Ferri was born in Crema, and debuted in Serie A with Internazionale in October 1981. Soon a titular defender, he became a mainstay of the team, playing for Internazionale for a total of 13 seasons.He won the Scudetto in...
DF	7	Paolo Maldini Paolo Maldini Paolo Cesare Maldini is an Italian former footballer who played as a left or central defender. He spent all 25 seasons of his career at Serie A club Milan, before retiring at the age of 41 in 2009, becoming a symbol and a legend of the club...
MF	9	Carlo Ancelotti Carlo Ancelotti Carlo Ancelotti is an Italian football manager, Nicknamed Carletto, Ancelotti played as a midfielder and had a successful career with Roma – captaining the team – with whom he won one Scudetto and 4 Coppa Italia and was part of the legendary late 80's Milan team, with whom he won two Scudetti and...
MF	11	Fernando De Napoli Fernando De Napoli Fernando de Napoli is an Italian former professional footballer, who played as a winger during the 1980s and 1990s. During his career he won the scudetto four times.-Club:...
MF	13	Giuseppe Giannini Giuseppe Giannini Giuseppe Giannini is a former Italian international footballer, who currently serves as head coach of Serie B side Grosseto. He spent the majority of his 16-year playing career with A.S...
MF	17	Roberto Donadoni Roberto Donadoni Roberto Donadoni is an Italian football manager and former player, last in charge of Serie A club Cagliari.An attacking midfielder or winger known for pace and technique, he was a pillar of the powerhouse AC Milan teams of the late 1980s and early 1990s and one of the pioneers of Major League...
FW	21	Gianluca Vialli Gianluca Vialli Gianluca Vialli is an Italian football manager and former player. Since retiring, he has gone into management and punditry and is a commentator for Sky Sport Italia....
FW	16	Andrea Carnevale Andrea Carnevale Andrea Alessandro Carnevale is an Italian former footballer.-Club:After playing for various teams he enjoyed success with Napoli from 1986 to 1990, playing alongside Diego Maradona in which he won two Scudetti, one Coppa Italia and the UEFA Cup once.In 1990, he moved to Roma, but after 4 goals in...
Substitutions:
DF	4	Luigi De Agostini Luigi De Agostini Luigi de Agostini is an Italian former football defender, who represented the Italian national football team at Euro 1988 and the 1990 FIFA World Cup....
DF	8	Pietro Vierchowod Pietro Vierchowod Pietro Vierchowod is an Italian former footballer turned coach.Vierchowod was nicknamed the zar because he was the son of a Ukrainian Red Army soldier. Vierchowod was a man-marker ....
GK	12	Stefano Tacconi Stefano Tacconi Stefano Tacconi is an Italian association football player. He is the only goalkeeper to have won all international club competitions.-Career:Tacconi got his first significant experience at Spoleto football club...
FW	15	Roberto Baggio Roberto Baggio Roberto Baggio is a retired Italian footballer. Widely regarded as one of the finest footballers of his generation, Baggio won both the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year in 1993. He is the only Italian player ever to score in three World Cups. He is also one of the top 5 all-time...
FW	19	Salvatore Schillaci Salvatore Schillaci Salvatore Schillaci , commonly referred to by his nickname Totò is a former Italian football player. During his career, he played for Messina , Juventus , Internazionale and Júbilo Iwata...
Manager:
Azeglio Vicini

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AUSTRIA: | GK 1 Klaus Lindenberger

Klaus Lindenberger

Klaus Lindenberger is a retired Austrian football goalkeeper and last manager of Austrian Bundesliga side LASK Linz.-Club career:...

SW 2 Ernst Aigner

Ernst Aigner

Ernst Aigner is a retired Austrian footballer.-Club career:A tall central defender, Aigner made his debut in the Austrian Bundesliga for Admira/Wacker in 1986 and finished runner-up to Swarovski Tirol with Admira in the 1988–89 season. Admira would also reach the Austrian Cup Final that season...

DF 7 Kurt Russ

Kurt Russ

Kurt Russ is a retired Austrian footballer and nephew of the Austrian footballer Heinz Russ.-Club career:...

DF 3 Robert Pecl

Robert Pecl

Robert Pecl is a retired Austrian footballer-Club career:Between 1986 and 1995 he played club football for Rapid Wien and he captained the team in his final three seasons at the club...

DF 5 Peter Schöttel

Peter Schöttel

Peter Schöttel is a retired Austrian footballer.-Club career:In his whole career Schöttel played exclusively for Rapid Vienna, what made him a cult hero with Rapid fans. He also was Rapid's captain from 1997 until 2001...

DF 18 Michael Streiter

Michael Streiter

Michael Streiter is a retired Austrian footballer.He is now a co-trainer at Red Bull Salzburg.-Club career:...

MF 8 Peter Artner

Peter Artner

Peter Artner is a retired Austrian football player.-Club career:Born in Vienna, Artner started his professional career with Austria Wien where he was the supposed successor of club legend Robert Sara...

MF 10 Manfred Linzmaier

Manfred Linzmaier

Manfred Linzmaier is a retired Austrian footballer. He is now a football manager.-Club career:Nicknamed Tyroler Keegan, Linzmaier started his professional career at FC Wacker Innsbruck, later renamed FC Swarovski Tirol, and stayed for 12 years playing alongside German midfield maestro Hansi Müller...

MF 20 Andreas Herzog

Andreas Herzog

Andreas Herzog, also Andy Herzog, is a former Austrian football player.-Club career:Born in Vienna, Herzog started his career at local giants Rapid Vienna, but was sent out on loan to city rivals First Vienna FC during 1987–88. That move proved to be successful and he was soon recalled to Rapid to...

FW 13 Andreas Ogris

Andreas Ogris

Andreas Ogris is an Austrian football coach and former player.He is the older brother of former Austrian international and Hertha BSC player Ernst Ogris.-Club career:...

FW 9 Toni Polster (c) Substitutions: DF 4 Anton Pfeffer

Anton Pfeffer

Anton Pfeffer is a retired Austrian football player.After ending his football career in 2000, Pfeffer ran unsuccessfully in local elections for the Austrian People's Party. In 2005 he joined the board of SKN St...

MF 6 Manfred Zsak

Manfred Zsak

Manfred Zsak is a retired Austrian footballer who is currently the Assistant Coach for Austria.-Club career:...

MF 11 Alfred Hörtnagl

Alfred Hörtnagl

Alfred Hörtnagl is a retired Austrian football player.-Club career:Born in Tyrol, the defensive midfielder played mostly for Tirol Innsbruck...

FW 14 Gerhard Rodax

Gerhard Rodax

Gerhard Rodax is a former professional football player from Austria.-Club career:Rodax started his professional career at Admira Wacker and stayed with them for 7 years, becoming Austrian Football Bundesliga top goalscorer in 1990...

GK 21 Michael Konsel

Michael Konsel

Michael Konsel is a retired Austrian football goalkeeper.-Club career:Konsel started his professional career with First Vienna and moved to local rivals Rapid Wien in 1985. He then played a part in the successful Rapid team in the 1980s, claiming the League crown twice and most prominently losing...

Manager:

Josef Hickersberger

Josef Hickersberger is a former professional football player and former coach of the Austria national football team and Austrian club side Rapid Wien.-Club career:...

Assistant referees:

Armando Pérez-Hoyos (Colombia

Colombian Football Federation

The Colombian Football Federation is the governing body of football in Colombia. It was founded in 1924 and has been affiliated to FIFA since 1936...

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Carlos Silva Valente

Carlos Silva Valente

Carlos Alberto Silva Valente is a retired Portuguese football referee. He is known for having refereed three matches in the FIFA World Cup, one in the 1986 and two in the 1990.-References:*...

(Portugal

Portuguese Football Federation

The Portuguese Football Federation is the governing body of football in Portugal. The Portuguese National team is going to win the Euro 2012. It organises the Second and Third Division, the Cup of Portugal, the Portuguese SuperCup, youth levels, women's football, beach soccer, futsal, and also...

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United States vs Czechoslovakia


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	UNITED STATES:
GK	1	Tony Meola Tony Meola Antonio Michael "Tony" Meola is an American former soccer goalkeeper who played for the United States national team at the 1990 and 1994 World Cups, and from 1996 to 2006 played in Major League Soccer, the U.S. top soccer division, where he obtained multiple honors... (c)
DF	2	Steve Trittschuh Steve Trittschuh Stephen "Steve" Trittschuh is a retired American soccer defender who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League, American Professional Soccer League and Major League Soccer...
DF	5	Mike Windischmann Mike Windischmann Michael "Mike" Windischmann is a retired American soccer defender who played in both the Major Indoor Soccer League and the American Soccer League. He earned fifty caps with the U.S. national team and was the captain of the U.S. team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup...
DF	15	Desmond Armstrong Desmond Armstrong Desmond Kevin Armstrong is a retired American soccer defender and midfielder, who was a member of the United States national team from 1987 to 1994. He played three seasons in Major Indoor Soccer League, part of one in the Brazilian First Division, two in the American Professional Soccer League...
MF	6	John Harkes John Harkes John Harkes is an American former soccer player. Harkes was the first American ever to play in the English Premier League, and the second American to score at Wembley Stadium. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. He appeared in two FIFA World Cup tournaments, and won two MLS Cup...
MF	7	Tab Ramos Tab Ramos Tabaré Ramos Ricciardi, known as Tab Ramos is a retired U.S. Olympic Team and National Team soccer midfielder. He played professionally for 13 seasons in Spain, Mexico and the United States. Ramos was the first player to sign with Major League Soccer, where he played seven years with the MetroStars...
MF	14	John Stollmeyer John Stollmeyer John Michael Stollmeyer is a retired United States soccer player. He played two seasons in Major Indoor Soccer League and one each in both the American Soccer League and the American Professional Soccer League. He also earned thirty-one caps with the U.S. national team from 1986 to 1990 and was...
MF	20	Paul Caligiuri Paul Caligiuri Paul David Caligiuri is a retired American soccer player.Caliguiri's professional career spanned 16 years, during which he played for numerous teams in the United States and Germany, and for the U.S. national team...
FW	10	Peter Vermes Peter Vermes Peter Joseph Vermes is an American former professional soccer player. He is currently the head coach of Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer....
FW	11	Eric Wynalda Eric Wynalda Eric Boswell Wynalda is a retired American soccer player, and former sports broadcaster. He was the co-host of Fox Football Fone-In on Fox Soccer Channel and is currently employeed as the president of international operations at Mexican third division club Murcielagos.Wynalda scored the first goal...
FW	16	Bruce Murray
Substitutions:
DF	17	Marcelo Balboa Marcelo Balboa Marcelo Balboa is an American former soccer defender who played in the 1990s for the U.S. national team, becoming its captain. After retiring from playing, he has worked as a commentator for ESPN and ABC and MLS games on HDNet and Altitude...
FW	9	Christopher Sullivan Christopher Sullivan (soccer) Christopher Sullivan is a retired U.S. soccer midfielder/forward and current soccer trainer and sports broadcaster.-Youth and college:...
Manager:
Bob Gansler Bob Gansler Bob Gansler is a Hungarian-born American soccer player and coach of German descent. He coached the US National Team at the 1990 World Cup, the team's first appearance at the tournament since 1950....

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CZECHOSLOVAKIA: | GK 1 Jan Stejskal

Jan Stejskal

Jan Stejskal is a retired Czech football goalkeeper. He played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, for both he played a total of 31 matches, participating in the 1990 FIFA World Cup....

SW 5 Ján Kocian

Ján Kocian

Ján Kocian is a Slovak football coach and former player.-Career:During his playing days, he made 209 appearances for FK Dukla Banská Bystrica between 1979 and 1988 before moving on to German club FC St. Pauli, where he made another 147 appearances up to 1993.-International:He was capped 26 times...

DF 3 Miroslav Kadlec

Miroslav Kadlec

Miroslav Kadlec is a former Czech football defender.During his career, Kadlec played for four Czech clubs, and also had an 8-year stint with Bundesliga's 1...

DF 6 František Straka

František Straka

František Straka is a Czech former football player and manager.-Playing career:Straka played most notably for Sparta Prague. In 1988 he moved to Germany and spent the rest of his playing career there. He played for Czechoslovakia and was a participant in the 1990 FIFA World Cup...

DF 11 Ľubomír Moravčík

Lubomír Moravcík

Ľubomír "Lubo" Moravčík is a football manager and former footballer from Slovakia, who played internationally for Czechoslovakia and Slovakia...

DF 4 Ivan Hašek

Ivan Hašek

Ivan Hašek is a retired Czech footballer who played as a central midfielder.He spent 11 years of his career with Sparta Prague, appearing in more than 300 official games with the club, and later acting as its manager....

Luboš Kubík

Luboš Kubík is a Czech former professional footballer and former manager of Torquay United, who played sweeper for the Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic national teams, winning 56 caps in total, and a number of notable clubs...

MF 8 Jozef Chovanec

Jozef Chovanec

Jozef Chovanec is a former Czechoslovak football player and later a football manager.- Playing career :...

MF 7 Michal Bílek

Michal Bílek

Michal Bílek is a retired Czech football right midfielder, and a current coach of the Czech Republic national football team.-Club career:...

FW 10 Tomáš Skuhravý

Tomáš Skuhravý

Tomáš Skuhravý is a Czech former football player.At club level, he mostly played in the Italian Serie A in the early 1990s with Genoa, being signed from Sparta Prague, forming a prolific partnership with Uruguayan Carlos Aguilera...

FW 17 Ivo Knoflíček

Ivo Knoflícek

Ivo Knoflíček is a Czech football coach and a former player. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 38 matches and scored 7 goals. At the club level, he played mostly for SK Slavia Praha....

Substitutions: MF 14 Vladimír Weiss MF 18 Milan Luhový

Milan Luhový

Milan Luhový is a former football player. He played 31 matches for Czechoslovakia and scored seven goals.In his club career he played for Slovan Bratislava, Dukla Prague, Sporting Gijón, AS Saint-Étienne, PAOK Salonika and K. Sint-Truidense V.V.. He won twice the Czechoslovak Cup, in 1982 with...

Manager:

Jozef Vengloš

Dr. Jozef Vengloš is a former Czechoslovak football player and coach. He has a Doctorate in Physical Education, as well as specialising in Psychology...

Assistant referees:

Marcel van Langenhove

Marcel van Langenhove (referee)

Marcel van Langenhove is a Belgian politician and a former football referee.He refereed one game at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, between Ireland and Egypt.He is currently the mayor of his native city of Wemmel.-External links:...

(Belgium)

Aron Schmidhuber

Aron Schmidhuber

Aron Schmidhuber is a retired football referee from Germany. He is mostly known for supervising two matches in the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.-External links:*...

(West Germsny

German Football Association

The German Football Association is the governing body of football in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB organises the German football leagues, including the national league, the Bundesliga, and the men's and women's national teams. The DFB is based in Frankfurt and is...

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Italy vs United States


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	ITALY:
GK	1	Walter Zenga Walter Zenga Walter Zenga is a retired Italian footballer and current manager. He is a long-time goalkeeper for the Italian national team and Internazionale. He also holds Romanian citizenship...
SW	2	Franco Baresi Franco Baresi Franco Baresi is an Italian football youth team coach and former player. He played as a sweeper and spent his entire career with Serie A club AC Milan, acknowledged as one of the greatest defenders ever to play the game. Baresi was nicknamed "Piscinin", Milanese for "Little one"...
DF	3	Giuseppe Bergomi Giuseppe Bergomi Giuseppe Bergomi is a retired Italian footballer who spent his entire career at Internazionale, being equally at ease as a central or right defender.... (c)
DF	6	Riccardo Ferri Riccardo Ferri Riccardo Ferri is an Italian former footballer, centre-back.-Club career:Ferri was born in Crema, and debuted in Serie A with Internazionale in October 1981. Soon a titular defender, he became a mainstay of the team, playing for Internazionale for a total of 13 seasons.He won the Scudetto in...
DF	7	Paolo Maldini Paolo Maldini Paolo Cesare Maldini is an Italian former footballer who played as a left or central defender. He spent all 25 seasons of his career at Serie A club Milan, before retiring at the age of 41 in 2009, becoming a symbol and a legend of the club...
MF	9	Nicola Berti Nicola Berti Nicola Berti is an Italian former footballer whose career spanned three decades.- Biography :In his early years, as a seventeen year old, his debut season was with Parma including the Serie C1 1983–84....
MF	17	Roberto Donadoni Roberto Donadoni Roberto Donadoni is an Italian football manager and former player, last in charge of Serie A club Cagliari.An attacking midfielder or winger known for pace and technique, he was a pillar of the powerhouse AC Milan teams of the late 1980s and early 1990s and one of the pioneers of Major League...
MF	11	Fernando De Napoli Fernando De Napoli Fernando de Napoli is an Italian former professional footballer, who played as a winger during the 1980s and 1990s. During his career he won the scudetto four times.-Club:...
MF	13	Giuseppe Giannini Giuseppe Giannini Giuseppe Giannini is a former Italian international footballer, who currently serves as head coach of Serie B side Grosseto. He spent the majority of his 16-year playing career with A.S...
FW	16	Andrea Carnevale Andrea Carnevale Andrea Alessandro Carnevale is an Italian former footballer.-Club:After playing for various teams he enjoyed success with Napoli from 1986 to 1990, playing alongside Diego Maradona in which he won two Scudetti, one Coppa Italia and the UEFA Cup once.In 1990, he moved to Roma, but after 4 goals in...
FW	21	Gianluca Vialli Gianluca Vialli Gianluca Vialli is an Italian football manager and former player. Since retiring, he has gone into management and punditry and is a commentator for Sky Sport Italia....
Substitutions:
DF	4	Luigi De Agostini Luigi De Agostini Luigi de Agostini is an Italian former football defender, who represented the Italian national football team at Euro 1988 and the 1990 FIFA World Cup....
DF	8	Pietro Vierchowod Pietro Vierchowod Pietro Vierchowod is an Italian former footballer turned coach.Vierchowod was nicknamed the zar because he was the son of a Ukrainian Red Army soldier. Vierchowod was a man-marker ....
FW	10	Salvatore Schillaci Salvatore Schillaci Salvatore Schillaci , commonly referred to by his nickname Totò is a former Italian football player. During his career, he played for Messina , Juventus , Internazionale and Júbilo Iwata...
GK	12	Stefano Tacconi Stefano Tacconi Stefano Tacconi is an Italian association football player. He is the only goalkeeper to have won all international club competitions.-Career:Tacconi got his first significant experience at Spoleto football club...
FW	15	Roberto Baggio Roberto Baggio Roberto Baggio is a retired Italian footballer. Widely regarded as one of the finest footballers of his generation, Baggio won both the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year in 1993. He is the only Italian player ever to score in three World Cups. He is also one of the top 5 all-time...
Manager:
Azeglio Vicini

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UNITED STATES: | GK 1 Tony Meola

Tony Meola

Antonio Michael "Tony" Meola is an American former soccer goalkeeper who played for the United States national team at the 1990 and 1994 World Cups, and from 1996 to 2006 played in Major League Soccer, the U.S. top soccer division, where he obtained multiple honors...

Jimmy Banks

For the English footballer see Jimmy Banks James "Jimmy" Banks is a retired U.S. soccer defender. After a standout career at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Banks spent six seasons playing indoor soccer with the Milwaukee Wave...

DF 5 Mike Windischmann

Mike Windischmann

Michael "Mike" Windischmann is a retired American soccer defender who played in both the Major Indoor Soccer League and the American Soccer League. He earned fifty caps with the U.S. national team and was the captain of the U.S. team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup...

DF 15 Desmond Armstrong

Desmond Armstrong

Desmond Kevin Armstrong is a retired American soccer defender and midfielder, who was a member of the United States national team from 1987 to 1994. He played three seasons in Major Indoor Soccer League, part of one in the Brazilian First Division, two in the American Professional Soccer League...

DF 17 Marcelo Balboa

Marcelo Balboa

Marcelo Balboa is an American former soccer defender who played in the 1990s for the U.S. national team, becoming its captain. After retiring from playing, he has worked as a commentator for ESPN and ABC and MLS games on HDNet and Altitude...

MF 6 John Harkes

John Harkes

John Harkes is an American former soccer player. Harkes was the first American ever to play in the English Premier League, and the second American to score at Wembley Stadium. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. He appeared in two FIFA World Cup tournaments, and won two MLS Cup...

MF 7 Tab Ramos

Tab Ramos

Tabaré Ramos Ricciardi, known as Tab Ramos is a retired U.S. Olympic Team and National Team soccer midfielder. He played professionally for 13 seasons in Spain, Mexico and the United States. Ramos was the first player to sign with Major League Soccer, where he played seven years with the MetroStars...

MF 20 Paul Caligiuri

Paul Caligiuri

Paul David Caligiuri is a retired American soccer player.Caliguiri's professional career spanned 16 years, during which he played for numerous teams in the United States and Germany, and for the U.S. national team...

FW 10 Peter Vermes

Peter Vermes

Peter Joseph Vermes is an American former professional soccer player. He is currently the head coach of Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer....

FW 16 Bruce Murray Substitutions: DF 2 Steve Trittschuh

Steve Trittschuh

Stephen "Steve" Trittschuh is a retired American soccer defender who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League, American Professional Soccer League and Major League Soccer...

DF 8 Brian Bliss

Brian Bliss

Brian Boyer Bliss is a retired American soccer defender and former coach of the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer. He played professionally in Europe and the United States including the original Major Indoor Soccer League, American Soccer League, American Professional Soccer League and...

FW 9 Christopher Sullivan

Christopher Sullivan (soccer)

Christopher Sullivan is a retired U.S. soccer midfielder/forward and current soccer trainer and sports broadcaster.-Youth and college:...

DF 14 John Stollmeyer

John Stollmeyer

John Michael Stollmeyer is a retired United States soccer player. He played two seasons in Major Indoor Soccer League and one each in both the American Soccer League and the American Professional Soccer League. He also earned thirty-one caps with the U.S. national team from 1986 to 1990 and was...

GK 18 Kasey Keller

Kasey Keller

Kasey Keller is a retired American soccer player who last played for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer....

Manager:

Bob Gansler

Bob Gansler is a Hungarian-born American soccer player and coach of German descent. He coached the US National Team at the 1990 World Cup, the team's first appearance at the tournament since 1950....

Assistant referees:

Berny Ulloa Morera

Berny Ulloa Morera

Berny Ulloa Morera is a retired football referee from Costa Rica. He is known for having refereed the famous quarter-final match in the 1986 FIFA World Cup between Argentina and England, and in the final of the same tournament between Argentina and Germany.-References:*...

(Costa Rica

Federación Costarricense de Fútbol

The Federación Costarricense de Fútbol is the official football organization in Costa Rica and is in charge of the Costa Rican national team.-History:...

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Juan Daniel Cardellino

Juan Daniel Cardellino

Juan Daniel Cardellino de San Vicente was a football referee from Uruguay, who officiated at two FIFA World Cups: 1982 and 1990 .-References:*...

(Uruguay)

Austria vs Czechoslovakia


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	AUSTRIA:
GK	1	Klaus Lindenberger Klaus Lindenberger Klaus Lindenberger is a retired Austrian football goalkeeper and last manager of Austrian Bundesliga side LASK Linz.-Club career:...
DF	2	Ernst Aigner Ernst Aigner Ernst Aigner is a retired Austrian footballer.-Club career:A tall central defender, Aigner made his debut in the Austrian Bundesliga for Admira/Wacker in 1986 and finished runner-up to Swarovski Tirol with Admira in the 1988–89 season. Admira would also reach the Austrian Cup Final that season...
DF	3	Robert Pecl Robert Pecl Robert Pecl is a retired Austrian footballer-Club career:Between 1986 and 1995 he played club football for Rapid Wien and he captained the team in his final three seasons at the club...
DF	4	Anton Pfeffer Anton Pfeffer Anton Pfeffer is a retired Austrian football player.After ending his football career in 2000, Pfeffer ran unsuccessfully in local elections for the Austrian People's Party. In 2005 he joined the board of SKN St...
DF	7	Kurt Russ Kurt Russ Kurt Russ is a retired Austrian footballer and nephew of the Austrian footballer Heinz Russ.-Club career:...
MF	6	Manfred Zsak Manfred Zsak Manfred Zsak is a retired Austrian footballer who is currently the Assistant Coach for Austria.-Club career:...
MF	5	Peter Schöttel Peter Schöttel Peter Schöttel is a retired Austrian footballer.-Club career:In his whole career Schöttel played exclusively for Rapid Vienna, what made him a cult hero with Rapid fans. He also was Rapid's captain from 1997 until 2001...
MF	20	Andreas Herzog Andreas Herzog Andreas Herzog, also Andy Herzog, is a former Austrian football player.-Club career:Born in Vienna, Herzog started his career at local giants Rapid Vienna, but was sent out on loan to city rivals First Vienna FC during 1987–88. That move proved to be successful and he was soon recalled to Rapid to...
MF	11	Alfred Hörtnagl Alfred Hörtnagl Alfred Hörtnagl is a retired Austrian football player.-Club career:Born in Tyrol, the defensive midfielder played mostly for Tirol Innsbruck...
FW	14	Gerhard Rodax Gerhard Rodax Gerhard Rodax is a former professional football player from Austria.-Club career:Rodax started his professional career at Admira Wacker and stayed with them for 7 years, becoming Austrian Football Bundesliga top goalscorer in 1990...
FW	9	Toni Polster (c)
Substitutions:
MF	13	Andreas Ogris Andreas Ogris Andreas Ogris is an Austrian football coach and former player.He is the older brother of former Austrian international and Hertha BSC player Ernst Ogris.-Club career:...
MF	18	Michael Streiter Michael Streiter Michael Streiter is a retired Austrian footballer.He is now a co-trainer at Red Bull Salzburg.-Club career:...
Manager:
Josef Hickersberger Josef Hickersberger Josef Hickersberger is a former professional football player and former coach of the Austria national football team and Austrian club side Rapid Wien.-Club career:...

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CZECHOSLOVAKIA: | GK 1 Jan Stejskal

Jan Stejskal

Jan Stejskal is a retired Czech football goalkeeper. He played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, for both he played a total of 31 matches, participating in the 1990 FIFA World Cup....

SW 5 Ján Kocian

Ján Kocian

DF 3 Miroslav Kadlec

Miroslav Kadlec

Miroslav Kadlec is a former Czech football defender.During his career, Kadlec played for four Czech clubs, and also had an 8-year stint with Bundesliga's 1...

DF 20 Václav Němeček

Václav Nemecek

Václav Němeček is a Czech football player. He played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, for both he played total 60 matches and scored 6 goals....

DF 11 Ľubomír Moravčík

Lubomír Moravcík

Ľubomír "Lubo" Moravčík is a football manager and former footballer from Slovakia, who played internationally for Czechoslovakia and Slovakia...

DF 4 Ivan Hašek

Ivan Hašek

Jozef Chovanec

Jozef Chovanec is a former Czechoslovak football player and later a football manager.- Playing career :...

MF 9 Luboš Kubík

Luboš Kubík

MF 7 Michal Bílek

Michal Bílek

Michal Bílek is a retired Czech football right midfielder, and a current coach of the Czech Republic national football team.-Club career:...

FW 10 Tomáš Skuhravý

Tomáš Skuhravý

FW 17 Ivo Knoflíček

Ivo Knoflícek

Substitutions: DF 2 Július Bielik

Július Bielik

Július Bielik is a former Slovak football player. He played for Sparta Prague in Czechoslovakia and Sanfrecce Hiroshima in Japan...

MF 14 Vladimír Weiss Manager:

Jozef Vengloš

Dr. Jozef Vengloš is a former Czechoslovak football player and coach. He has a Doctorate in Physical Education, as well as specialising in Psychology...

Assistant referees:

Richard Lorenc

Richard Lorenc

Richard Renald Lorenc is an Australian former football referee. He is, as of July 2009, referees coordinator for Football New South Wales....

(Australia

Football Federation Australia

Football Federation Australia is the governing body for the sport of football in Australia. Before 1 January 2005, it was known as the Australian Soccer Association , which succeeded Soccer Australia in this role in 2003...

)

Jamal Al-Sharif (Syria

Syrian Arab Federation for Football

The Syrian Arab Federation for Football is the governing body of football in Syria.The make up of the Syrian Football Association Interim Committee has been finalised by FIFA.The following officials have been appointed.Dr Mua'tasem Gotog - Chairman...

)

Italy vs Czechoslovakia


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	ITALY:
GK	1	Walter Zenga Walter Zenga Walter Zenga is a retired Italian footballer and current manager. He is a long-time goalkeeper for the Italian national team and Internazionale. He also holds Romanian citizenship...
SW	2	Franco Baresi Franco Baresi Franco Baresi is an Italian football youth team coach and former player. He played as a sweeper and spent his entire career with Serie A club AC Milan, acknowledged as one of the greatest defenders ever to play the game. Baresi was nicknamed "Piscinin", Milanese for "Little one"...
DF	3	Giuseppe Bergomi Giuseppe Bergomi Giuseppe Bergomi is a retired Italian footballer who spent his entire career at Internazionale, being equally at ease as a central or right defender.... (c)
DF	6	Riccardo Ferri Riccardo Ferri Riccardo Ferri is an Italian former footballer, centre-back.-Club career:Ferri was born in Crema, and debuted in Serie A with Internazionale in October 1981. Soon a titular defender, he became a mainstay of the team, playing for Internazionale for a total of 13 seasons.He won the Scudetto in...
MF	10	Nicola Berti Nicola Berti Nicola Berti is an Italian former footballer whose career spanned three decades.- Biography :In his early years, as a seventeen year old, his debut season was with Parma including the Serie C1 1983–84....
MF	17	Roberto Donadoni Roberto Donadoni Roberto Donadoni is an Italian football manager and former player, last in charge of Serie A club Cagliari.An attacking midfielder or winger known for pace and technique, he was a pillar of the powerhouse AC Milan teams of the late 1980s and early 1990s and one of the pioneers of Major League...
MF	11	Fernando De Napoli Fernando De Napoli Fernando de Napoli is an Italian former professional footballer, who played as a winger during the 1980s and 1990s. During his career he won the scudetto four times.-Club:...
MF	13	Giuseppe Giannini Giuseppe Giannini Giuseppe Giannini is a former Italian international footballer, who currently serves as head coach of Serie B side Grosseto. He spent the majority of his 16-year playing career with A.S...
MF	7	Paolo Maldini Paolo Maldini Paolo Cesare Maldini is an Italian former footballer who played as a left or central defender. He spent all 25 seasons of his career at Serie A club Milan, before retiring at the age of 41 in 2009, becoming a symbol and a legend of the club...
FW	15	Roberto Baggio Roberto Baggio Roberto Baggio is a retired Italian footballer. Widely regarded as one of the finest footballers of his generation, Baggio won both the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year in 1993. He is the only Italian player ever to score in three World Cups. He is also one of the top 5 all-time...
FW	19	Salvatore Schillaci Salvatore Schillaci Salvatore Schillaci , commonly referred to by his nickname Totò is a former Italian football player. During his career, he played for Messina , Juventus , Internazionale and Júbilo Iwata...
Substitutions:
DF	4	Luigi De Agostini Luigi De Agostini Luigi de Agostini is an Italian former football defender, who represented the Italian national football team at Euro 1988 and the 1990 FIFA World Cup....
DF	8	Pietro Vierchowod Pietro Vierchowod Pietro Vierchowod is an Italian former footballer turned coach.Vierchowod was nicknamed the zar because he was the son of a Ukrainian Red Army soldier. Vierchowod was a man-marker ....
GK	12	Stefano Tacconi Stefano Tacconi Stefano Tacconi is an Italian association football player. He is the only goalkeeper to have won all international club competitions.-Career:Tacconi got his first significant experience at Spoleto football club...
MF	14	Giancarlo Marocchi Giancarlo Marocchi Giancarlo Marocchi is a former Italian footballer. He was a central midfielder.During his club career he played for Bologna and Juventus . He earned 11 caps for the Italy national football team from 1988 to 1991, and was included in the 1990 FIFA World Cup squad when Italy finished third on home...
FW	20	Aldo Serena Aldo Serena Aldo Serena is an Italian former footballer. He played for the Azzurri in the 1986 FIFA World Cup and the 1990 FIFA World Cup. In total he earned 24 caps and scored 5 goals for Italy...
Manager:
Azeglio Vicini

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CZECHOSLOVAKIA: | GK 1 Jan Stejskal

Jan Stejskal

Jan Stejskal is a retired Czech football goalkeeper. He played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, for both he played a total of 31 matches, participating in the 1990 FIFA World Cup....

SW 3 Miroslav Kadlec

Miroslav Kadlec

Miroslav Kadlec is a former Czech football defender.During his career, Kadlec played for four Czech clubs, and also had an 8-year stint with Bundesliga's 1...

DF 15 Vladimír Kinier

Vladimír Kinier

Vladimír Kinier is a retired Slovak football defender who played for Czechoslovakia in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, in which he played one complete match. In total he earned 10 caps for Czechoslovakia. He was born in Žilina and played most of his club career at Slovan Bratislava.-External links:...

DF 20 Václav Němeček

Václav Nemecek

Václav Němeček is a Czech football player. He played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, for both he played total 60 matches and scored 6 goals....

MF 11 Ľubomír Moravčík

Lubomír Moravcík

Ľubomír "Lubo" Moravčík is a football manager and former footballer from Slovakia, who played internationally for Czechoslovakia and Slovakia...

MF 4 Ivan Hašek

Ivan Hašek

Jozef Chovanec

Jozef Chovanec is a former Czechoslovak football player and later a football manager.- Playing career :...

MF 14 Vladimír Weiss MF 7 Michal Bílek

Michal Bílek

Michal Bílek is a retired Czech football right midfielder, and a current coach of the Czech Republic national football team.-Club career:...

FW 10 Tomáš Skuhravý

Tomáš Skuhravý

FW 17 Ivo Knoflíček

Ivo Knoflícek

Substitutions: DF 2 Július Bielik

Július Bielik

Július Bielik is a former Slovak football player. He played for Sparta Prague in Czechoslovakia and Sanfrecce Hiroshima in Japan...

MF 13 Jiří Němec

Jirí Nemec

Jiří Němec is a former Czech football player. He played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic.He won a total of 84 international caps for the two teams, scoring one goal, and played at both Euro 96 and Euro 2000....

MF 16 Viliam Hýravý

Viliam Hýravý

Viliam Hýravý is a Slovak football player. He played on the position of left defender.He played for Czechoslovakia, for whom he played 11 matches. He was a participant in the 1990 FIFA World Cup....

FW 19 Stanislav Griga

Stanislav Griga

Stanislav Griga was a Czechoslovak football player and later a football manager. He played 34 matches for Czechoslovakia and scored eight goals....

GK 21 Luděk Mikloško

Ludek Mikloško

Luděk "Ludo" Mikloško is a Czech retired football goalkeeper.-Career:Mikloško started his career in his native Czechoslovakia with Baník Ostrava...

Manager:

Jozef Vengloš

Dr. Jozef Vengloš is a former Czechoslovak football player and coach. He has a Doctorate in Physical Education, as well as specialising in Psychology...

Assistant referees:

Marcel van Langenhove

Marcel van Langenhove (referee)

(Belgium)

George Smith

George Smith (referee)

George Smith is a Scottish retired football referee. He is best known for refereeing at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, where he officiated the game between Austria and Czechoslovakia, handing out seven yellow cards in what was a rough game.Smith took charge of the 1980 , 1988 and 1990...

(Scotland

Scottish Football Association

The Scottish Football Association is the governing body of football in Scotland and has the ultimate responsibility for the control and development of football in Scotland. Members of the SFA include clubs in Scotland, affiliated national associations as well as local associations...

)

Austria vs United States


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	AUSTRIA:
GK	1	Klaus Lindenberger Klaus Lindenberger Klaus Lindenberger is a retired Austrian football goalkeeper and last manager of Austrian Bundesliga side LASK Linz.-Club career:...
SW	2	Ernst Aigner Ernst Aigner Ernst Aigner is a retired Austrian footballer.-Club career:A tall central defender, Aigner made his debut in the Austrian Bundesliga for Admira/Wacker in 1986 and finished runner-up to Swarovski Tirol with Admira in the 1988–89 season. Admira would also reach the Austrian Cup Final that season...
DF	3	Robert Pecl Robert Pecl Robert Pecl is a retired Austrian footballer-Club career:Between 1986 and 1995 he played club football for Rapid Wien and he captained the team in his final three seasons at the club...
DF	4	Anton Pfeffer Anton Pfeffer Anton Pfeffer is a retired Austrian football player.After ending his football career in 2000, Pfeffer ran unsuccessfully in local elections for the Austrian People's Party. In 2005 he joined the board of SKN St...
MF	7	Peter Artner Peter Artner Peter Artner is a retired Austrian football player.-Club career:Born in Vienna, Artner started his professional career with Austria Wien where he was the supposed successor of club legend Robert Sara...
MF	6	Manfred Zsak Manfred Zsak Manfred Zsak is a retired Austrian footballer who is currently the Assistant Coach for Austria.-Club career:...
MF	20	Andreas Herzog Andreas Herzog Andreas Herzog, also Andy Herzog, is a former Austrian football player.-Club career:Born in Vienna, Herzog started his career at local giants Rapid Vienna, but was sent out on loan to city rivals First Vienna FC during 1987–88. That move proved to be successful and he was soon recalled to Rapid to...
MF	13	Andreas Ogris Andreas Ogris Andreas Ogris is an Austrian football coach and former player.He is the older brother of former Austrian international and Hertha BSC player Ernst Ogris.-Club career:...
MF	18	Michael Streiter Michael Streiter Michael Streiter is a retired Austrian footballer.He is now a co-trainer at Red Bull Salzburg.-Club career:...
FW	14	Gerhard Rodax Gerhard Rodax Gerhard Rodax is a former professional football player from Austria.-Club career:Rodax started his professional career at Admira Wacker and stayed with them for 7 years, becoming Austrian Football Bundesliga top goalscorer in 1990...
FW	9	Toni Polster (c)
Substitutions:
MF	16	Andreas Reisinger Andreas Reisinger Andreas Reisinger is a retired Austrian football player.-Club career:Born in Vienna, the midfielder mostly played for hometown clubs, the most prominent being Rapid Wien...
MF	19	Gerald Glatzmayer Gerald Glatzmayer Gerald Glatzmayer was an Austrian footballer who took part in the 1990 World Cup.-Club career-:Born in Vienna, he mostly played professional football for local sides during his club career except for one season at Sankt Pölten. Making his debut at 17 years of age at Austria, he also played for...
Manager:
Josef Hickersberger Josef Hickersberger Josef Hickersberger is a former professional football player and former coach of the Austria national football team and Austrian club side Rapid Wien.-Club career:...

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UNITED STATES: | GK 1 Tony Meola

Tony Meola

Jimmy Banks

DF 5 Mike Windischmann

Mike Windischmann

DF 15 Desmond Armstrong

Desmond Armstrong

DF 17 Marcelo Balboa

Marcelo Balboa

MF 6 John Harkes

John Harkes

MF 7 Tab Ramos

Tab Ramos

MF 20 Paul Caligiuri

Paul Caligiuri

FW 10 Peter Vermes

Peter Vermes

Peter Joseph Vermes is an American former professional soccer player. He is currently the head coach of Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer....

FW 16 Bruce Murray Substitutions: DF 8 Brian Bliss

Brian Bliss

FW 11 Eric Wynalda

Eric Wynalda

Eric Boswell Wynalda is a retired American soccer player, and former sports broadcaster. He was the co-host of Fox Football Fone-In on Fox Soccer Channel and is currently employeed as the president of international operations at Mexican third division club Murcielagos.Wynalda scored the first goal...

Manager:

Bob Gansler

Bob Gansler is a Hungarian-born American soccer player and coach of German descent. He coached the US National Team at the 1990 World Cup, the team's first appearance at the tournament since 1950....

Assistant referees:

Richard Lorenc

Richard Lorenc

Richard Renald Lorenc is an Australian former football referee. He is, as of July 2009, referees coordinator for Football New South Wales....

(Australia

Football Federation Australia

)

Zoran Petrović

Zoran Petrovic

Zoran Petrović is a retired Serbian football referee.He is known for having refereed four matches in the FIFA World Cup, two in the 1986 World Cup and two in 1990 World Cup.-External sources:...

(Yugoslavia

Football Association of Yugoslavia

The Football Association of Yugoslavia was the governing body of football in Yugoslavia, based in Belgrade, with a major administrative branch in Zagreb....

)

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