1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5

The 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 5 was a UEFA

UEFA

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qualifying group for the 1990 FIFA World Cup

1990 FIFA World Cup

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. The group comprised Cyprus

Cyprus national football team

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, France

France national football team

The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation , the governing body of football in France, and competes as a member of UEFA, which encompasses the countries of Europe...

, Norway

Norway national football team

The Norway national football team represents Norway in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Norway, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Egil Olsen...

, Scotland

Scotland national football team

The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...

and Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia national football team

The Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in association football. It enjoyed a modicum of success in international competition. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international...

.

The group was won by Yugoslavia, who qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Scotland also qualified as runners-up.

Standings

EWLINE

10

	8	6	2	0	16	6
14
	8	4	2	2	12	12	0	10
	8	3	3	2	10	7
9
	8	2	2	4	10	9
6
	8	0	1	7	6	20	−14	1

EWLINE


–	1 – 1	0 – 3	2 – 3	1 – 2
2 – 0	–	1 – 0	3 – 0	0 – 0
3 – 1	1 – 1	–	1 – 2	1 – 2
2 – 1	2 – 0	1 – 1	–	1 – 1
4 – 0	3 – 2	1 – 0	3 – 1	–

Results

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Note 1: This match was played on neutral ground instead of in Cyprus because Cyprus was penalised for rioting during the Cyprus vs Scotland match.

Goalscorers

There were 54 goals scored during the 20 games, an average of 2.7 goals per game.
6 goals Mo Johnston

Mo Johnston

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3 goals Gøran Sørloth

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Dejan Savićević

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2 goals Christos Koliandris Pambos Pittas

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Didier Deschamps

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Jean-Pierre Papin

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Rune Bratseth

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Jan Åge Fjørtoft

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Kjetil Osvold

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Ally McCoist

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Richard Gough

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Faruk Hadžibegić Srečko Katanec

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Dragan Stojković

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Zlatko Vujović

Zlatko Vujovic

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1 goal Yiannos Ioannou

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Floros Nicolau Laurent Blanc

Laurent Blanc

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Eric Cantona

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Jean-Philippe Durand

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Christian Perez

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Franck Sauzée

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Daniel Xuereb

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Erland Johnsen

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Gordon Durie

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Paul McStay

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Darko Pančev

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Predrag Spasić

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Vujadin Stanojković

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Safet Sušić

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1 own goal Gary Gillespie

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(for Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia national football team

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