1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5

The 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 5 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Cyprus, France, Norway, Scotland and Yugoslavia.

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

Standings

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Yugoslavia 8 6 2 0 16 6 +10 14  Scotland 8 4 2 2 12 12 0 10  France 8 3 3 2 10 7 +3 9  Norway 8 2 2 4 10 9 +1 6  Cyprus 8 0 1 7 6 20 −14 1

Cyprus  – 1 – 1 0 – 3 2 – 3 1 – 2 France  2 – 0 – 1 – 0 3 – 0 0 – 0 Norway  3 – 1 1 – 1 – 1 – 2 1 – 2 Scotland  2 – 1 2 – 0 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 Yugoslavia  4 – 0 3 – 2 1 – 0 3 – 1 –

Results

14 September 1988	Norway	1 – 2	Scotland	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 22,769 Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
	Fjørtoft  44'	(Report)	McStay  14' Johnston  62'

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28 September 1988	France	1 – 0	Norway	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Gunther Habermann (East Germany)
	Papin  84' (pen.)	(Report)

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19 October 1988	Scotland	1 – 1	Yugoslavia	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 42,771 Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler (West Germany)
	Johnston  19'	(Report)	Katanec  37'

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22 October 1988	Cyprus	1 – 1	France	Makario Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)
	Pittas  78' (pen.)	(Report)	Xuereb  44'

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2 November 1988	Cyprus	0 – 3	Norway	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol Attendance: 7,767 Referee: Edgar Azzopardi (Malta)
		(Report)	Sørloth  57', 78' Osvold  90'

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19 November 1988	Yugoslavia	3 – 2	France	JNA Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 7,489 Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
	Spasić  11' Sušić  76' Stojković  82'	(Report)	Perez  3' Sauzée  68'

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11 December 1988	Yugoslavia	4 – 0	Cyprus	Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade Attendance: 15,246 Referee: Todor Kolev (Bulgaria)
	Savićević  13', 33', 82' Hadžibegić  44' (pen.)	(Report)

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8 February 1989	Cyprus	2 – 3	Scotland	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)
	Koliandris  13' Ioannou  47'	(Report)	Johnston  9' Gough  54', 90'

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8 March 1989	Scotland	2 – 0	France	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 65,204 Referee: Jiri Stiegler (Czechoslovakia)
	Johnston  28', 52'	(Report)

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26 April 1989	Scotland	2 – 1	Cyprus	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 50,081 Referee: Gudmundur Haraldsson (Iceland)
	Johnston  26' McCoist  63'	(Report)	Nicolau  62'

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29 April 1989	France	0 – 0	Yugoslavia	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 34,287 Referee: Tulio Lanese (Italy)
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21 May 1989	Norway	3 – 1	Cyprus	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 10,271 Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
	Osvold  16' Sørloth  34' Bratseth  35'	(Report)	Koliandris  44'

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14 June 1989	Norway	1 – 2	Yugoslavia	Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo Attendance: 22,740 Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Soviet Union)
	Fjørtoft  89'	(Report)	Stojković  21' Vujović  86'

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5 September 1989	Norway	1 – 1	France	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 8,564 Referee: Todor Kolev (Bulgaria)
	Bratseth  84'	(Report)	Papin  40' (pen.)

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6 September 1989	Yugoslavia	3 – 1	Scotland	Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb Attendance: 42,500 Referee: Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium)
	Katanec  52' Gillespie  58' (o.g.) Vujović  59'	(Report)	Durie  37'

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11 October 1989	Yugoslavia	1 – 0	Norway	Olympic Stadium, Sarajevo Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey)
	Hadžibegić  44' (pen.)	(Report)

11 October 1989	France	3 – 0	Scotland	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)
	Deschamps  26' Cantona  63' Durand  89'	(Report)

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28 October 1989	Cyprus	1 – 2	Yugoslavia	Olympic Stadium, Athens1 Attendance: 1,046 Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)
	Pittas  38' (pen.)	(Report)	Stanojković  5' Pančev  49'

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15 November 1989	Scotland	1 – 1	Norway	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 63,987 Referee: Michał Listkiewicz (Poland)
	McCoist  44'	(Report)	Johnsen  89'

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18 November 1989	France	2 – 0	Cyprus	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse Attendance: 34,687 Referee: Valeri Butenko (Soviet Union)
	Deschamps  25' Blanc  75'	(Report)

• 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 3 goals Gøran Sørloth Dejan Savićević 2 goals Christos Koliandris Pambos Pittas Didier Deschamps Jean-Pierre Papin Rune Bratseth Jan Åge Fjørtoft Kjetil Osvold Ally McCoist

Richard Gough Faruk Hadžibegić Srečko Katanec Dragan Stojković Zlatko Vujović 1 goal Yiannos Ioannou Floros Nicolau Laurent Blanc Eric Cantona Jean-Philippe Durand Christian Perez

Franck Sauzée Daniel Xuereb Erland Johnsen Gordon Durie Paul McStay Darko Pančev Predrag Spasić Vujadin Stanojković Safet Sušić 1 own goal Gary Gillespie (for Yugoslavia)

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