1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

The 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 2 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Albania, England, Poland and Sweden.

The group was won by Sweden, who qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. England also qualified as one of the best runners-up.

Standings

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Sweden 6 4 2 0 9 3 +6 10  England 6 3 3 0 10 0 +10 9  Poland 6 2 1 3 4 8 −4 5  Albania 6 0 0 6 3 15 −12 0

Albania  – 0 – 2 1 – 2 1 – 2 England  5 – 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 0 Poland  1 – 0 0 – 0 – 0 – 2 Sweden  3 – 1 0 – 0 2 – 1 –

Results

England  v  Sweden

19 October 1988

England	0 – 0	Sweden
	(Report)

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 65,628 Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

Poland  v  Albania

19 October 1988

Poland	1 – 0	Albania
K. Warzycha  78'	(Report)

Silesian Stadium, Chorzów Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Mircea Salomir (Romania)

Albania  v  Sweden

5 November 1988

Albania	1 – 2	Sweden
Shehu  33'	(Report)	Holmqvist  68' Ekström  71'

Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Yusuf Namoglou (Turkey)

Albania  v  England

8 March 1989

Albania	0 – 2	England
	(Report)	Barnes  16' Robson  63'

Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 30,000 Referee: John Blankenstein (Netherlands)

England  v  Albania

26 April 1989

England	5 – 0	Albania
Lineker  5' Beardsley  12', 64' Waddle  72' Gascoigne  88'	(Report)

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 60,602 Referee: Einar Halle (Norway)

Sweden  v  Poland

7 May 1989

Sweden	2 – 1	Poland
Ljung  76' Larsson  90'	(Report)	Tarasiewicz  87'

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm Attendance: 35,032 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

England  v  Poland

3 June 1989

England	3 – 0	Poland
Lineker  23' Barnes  72' Webb  83'	(Report)

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 69,203 Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

Sweden  v  England

6 September 1989

Sweden	0 – 0	England
	(Report)

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm Attendance: 38,588 Referee: Hubert Forstinger (Austria)

Sweden  v  Albania

8 October 1989

Sweden	3 – 1	Albania
Magnusson  20' Ingesson  55' Engqvist  89'	(Report)	Kushta  8'

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm Attendance: 32,423 Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)

Poland  v  England

11 October 1989

Poland	0 – 0	England
	(Report)

Silesian Stadium, Chorzów Attendance: 32,423 Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)

Poland  v  Sweden

25 October 1989

Poland	0 – 2	Sweden
	(Report)	P. Larsson  34' (pen.) Ekström  60'

Silesian Stadium, Chorzów Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Wieland Ziller (East Germany)

Albania  v  Poland

15 November 1989

Albania	1 – 2	Poland
Kushta  63'	(Report)	Tarasiewicz  45' Ziober  85'

Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 10,000 Referee: George Smith (Scotland)

Goalscorers

There were 26 goals scored during the 12 games, an average of 2.17 goals per game.