1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

The 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 3 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Austria, East Germany, Iceland, the Soviet Union and Turkey.

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

Standings

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Soviet Union 8 4 3 1 11 4 +7 11
 Austria 8 3 3 2 9 9 0 9
 Turkey 8 3 1 4 12 10 +2 7
 East Germany 8 3 1 4 9 13 −4 7
 Iceland 8 1 4 3 6 11 −5 6
 
Austria  3–0 2–1 0–0 3–2
East Germany  1–1 2–0 2–1 0–2
Iceland  0–0 0–3 1–1 2–1
Soviet Union  2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0
Turkey  3–0 3–1 1–1 0–1

Results

31 August 1988
Iceland  1:1  Soviet Union Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)
Grétarsson  10' (Report) Lytovchenko  45'

12 October 1988
Turkey  1:1  Iceland Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 25,680
Referee: Ovadia Ben Itzhak (Israel)
Çolak  73' (Report) Torfason  62'

19 October 1988
Soviet Union  2:0  Austria Republican Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 95,000
Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)
Mykhaylychenko  46'
Zavarov  68'
(Report)

19 October 1988
East Germany  2:0  Iceland Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark, Berlin
Attendance: 12,300
Referee: Einar Halle (Norway)
Thom  34'88' (Report)

2 November 1988
Austria  3:2  Turkey Prater Stadium, Vienna
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)
Polster  38'
Herzog  42'54'
(Report) Uçar  61'
Çolak  81'

30 November 1988
Turkey  3:1  East Germany Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Lajos Németh (Hungary)
Çolak  23'63'
Çetin  69'
(Report) Thom  76'

12 April 1989
East Germany  0:2  Turkey Ernst Grube Stadium, Magdeburg
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Jan Damgaard (Denmark)
(Report) Çolak  21'
Dilmen  88'

26 April 1989
Soviet Union  3:0  East Germany Republican Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Douglas Hope (Scotland)
Dobrovolski  3'
Lytovchenko  20'
Protasov  40'
(Report)

10 May 1989
Turkey  0:1  Soviet Union Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
(Report) Mykhaylychenko  41'

20 May 1989
East Germany  1:1  Austria Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Alphonse Constantin (Belgium)
Kirsten  86' (Report) Polster  3'

31 May 1989
Soviet Union  1:1  Iceland Lenin Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 60,654
Referee: Timo Keltonen (Finland)
Dobrovolski  65' (pen.) (Report) Eðvaldsson  86'

14 June 1989
Iceland  0:0  Austria Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 10,535
Referee: Howard King (Wales)
(Report)

23 August 1989
Austria  2:1  Iceland Stadion Lehen, Salzburg
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
Pfeifenberger  47'
Zsak  62'
(Report) Margeirsson  48'

6 September 1989
Austria  0:0  Soviet Union Prater Stadium, Vienna
Attendance: 62,500
Referee: Keith Hackett (England)
(Report)

6 September 1989
Iceland  0:3  East Germany Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 7,124
Referee: Keith Cooper (Wales)
(Report) Sammer  55'
Ernst  63'
Doll  65'

20 September 1989
Iceland  2:1  Turkey Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 3,451
Referee: José Pérez Sánchez (Spain)
Pétursson  56'72' (Report) Uçar  85'

8 October 1989
East Germany  2:1  Soviet Union Ernst-Thälmann Stadium, Karl-Marx-Stadt
Attendance: 15,900
Referee: Bo Helén (Sweden)
Thom  81'
Sammer  83'
(Report) Lytovchenko  74'

25 October 1989
Turkey  3:0  Austria Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 33,465
Referee: Josef Marko (Czechoslovakia)
Dilmen  12'52'
Uçar  60'
(Report)

15 November 1989
Soviet Union  2:0  Turkey Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)
Protasov  68'79' (Report)

15 November 1989
Austria  3:0  East Germany Prater Stadium, Vienna
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Piotr Werner (Poland)
Polster  2'23' (pen.)61' (Report)

Goalscorers

There were 47 goals scored during the 20 games, an average of 2.35 goals per game.

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal