1990 FIFA World Cup Group F

Play in Group F of the 1990 FIFA World Cup completed on 21 June 1990. England won the group and advanced to the second round, along with the Republic of Ireland and the Netherlands. Egypt failed to advance. This group has the record (along with the 1982 Group 1) of the most draws (five) of any "group round" in World Cup history.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Republic of Ireland	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3^[a]
3	Netherlands	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3^[a]
4	Egypt	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b The Republic of Ireland and the Netherlands finished with identical records. With both teams assured of progressing, they were split by the drawing of lots to determine second and third place.

Matches

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

England vs Republic of Ireland

11 June 1990

21:00

England	1–1	Republic of Ireland
Lineker 9'	Report	Sheedy 73'

Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari

Attendance: 35,238

Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)

England

Republic of Ireland


GK	1	Peter Shilton
RB	2	Gary Stevens
CB	6	Terry Butcher
CB	5	Des Walker
LB	3	Stuart Pearce
RM	8	Chris Waddle
CM	19	Paul Gascoigne
CM	7	Bryan Robson (c)
LM	11	John Barnes
CF	9	Peter Beardsley		69'
CF	10	Gary Lineker		83'
Substitutes:
DF	12	Paul Parker
GK	13	Chris Woods
MF	16	Steve McMahon	75'	69'
MF	17	David Platt
FW	21	Steve Bull		83'
Manager:
Bobby Robson


GK	1	Packie Bonner
RB	2	Chris Morris
CB	4	Mick McCarthy (c)
CB	5	Kevin Moran
LB	3	Steve Staunton
RM	8	Ray Houghton
CM	7	Paul McGrath
CM	13	Andy Townsend
LM	11	Kevin Sheedy
CF	9	John Aldridge	64'
CF	10	Tony Cascarino
Substitutes:
DF	12	David O'Leary
MF	14	Chris Hughton
FW	17	Niall Quinn
MF	21	Alan McLoughlin	64'
GK	22	Gerry Peyton
Manager:
Jack Charlton

Assistant referees:
Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

Netherlands vs Egypt

12 June 1990

21:00

Netherlands	1–1	Egypt
Kieft 58'	Report	Abdelghani 83' (pen.)

Stadio La Favorita, Palermo

Attendance: 33,288

Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)

Netherlands

Egypt


GK	1	Hans van Breukelen
RB	2	Berry van Aerle
CB	4	Ronald Koeman
CB	13	Graeme Rutjes
LB	5	Adri van Tiggelen
DM	3	Frank Rijkaard
CM	6	Jan Wouters
CM	10	Ruud Gullit (c)
RW	8	Gerald Vanenburg		46'
LW	7	Erwin Koeman		69'
CF	9	Marco van Basten
Substitutes:
MF	11	Richard Witschge		69'
FW	12	Wim Kieft	58'	46'
FW	14	John van 't Schip
GK	16	Joop Hiele
MF	20	Aron Winter
Manager:
Leo Beenhakker


GK	1	Ahmed Shobair
DF	2	Ibrahim Hassan
DF	3	Rabie Yassin
DF	4	Hany Ramzy
DF	5	Hesham Yakan
DF	13	Ahmed Ramzy	55'	69'
MF	7	Ismail Youssef
MF	8	Magdi Abdelghani
FW	9	Hossam Hassan
FW	10	Gamal Abdelhamid (c)		69'
FW	20	Ahmed El-Kass
Substitutes:
DF	15	Saber Eid
MF	16	Magdy Tolba		69'
MF	18	Osama Orabi
FW	19	Adel Abdelrahman		69'
GK	21	Ayman Taher
Manager:
Mahmoud El-Gohary

Assistant referees:
Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)
Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)

England vs Netherlands

16 June 1990

21:00

England	0–0	Netherlands
	Report

Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari

Attendance: 35,267

Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)

England

Netherlands


GK	1	Peter Shilton
SW	14	Mark Wright
CB	5	Des Walker
CB	6	Terry Butcher
RWB	12	Paul Parker
LWB	3	Stuart Pearce
RM	8	Chris Waddle	58'
CM	7	Bryan Robson (c)	64'
CM	19	Paul Gascoigne
LM	11	John Barnes
CF	10	Gary Lineker
Substitutes:
DF	2	Gary Stevens
GK	13	Chris Woods
MF	16	Steve McMahon
MF	17	David Platt	64'
FW	21	Steve Bull	58'
Manager:
Bobby Robson


GK	1	Hans van Breukelen
RB	2	Berry van Aerle
CB	4	Ronald Koeman
CB	3	Frank Rijkaard
LB	5	Adri van Tiggelen
CM	6	Jan Wouters
CM	10	Ruud Gullit (c)
CM	11	Richard Witschge
RF	14	John van 't Schip	74'
CF	9	Marco van Basten
LF	17	Hans Gillhaus
Substitutes:
FW	12	Wim Kieft	74'
DF	13	Graeme Rutjes
GK	16	Joop Hiele
MF	20	Aron Winter
DF	21	Danny Blind
Manager:
Leo Beenhakker

Assistant referees:
Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)
Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)

Republic of Ireland vs Egypt

17 June 1990

17:00

Republic of Ireland	0–0	Egypt
	Report

Stadio La Favorita, Palermo

Attendance: 33,288

Referee: Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium)

Republic of Ireland

Egypt


GK	1	Packie Bonner
RB	2	Chris Morris	51'
CB	4	Mick McCarthy (c)
CB	5	Kevin Moran
LB	3	Steve Staunton
RM	8	Ray Houghton
CM	7	Paul McGrath
CM	13	Andy Townsend
LM	11	Kevin Sheedy
CF	9	John Aldridge		64'
CF	10	Tony Cascarino		84'
Substitutions:
DF	12	David O'Leary
MF	14	Chris Hughton
FW	17	Niall Quinn		84'
MF	21	Alan McLoughlin		64'
GK	22	Gerry Peyton
Manager:
Jack Charlton


GK	1	Ahmed Shobair	77'
RB	2	Ibrahim Hassan
CB	4	Hany Ramzy
CB	5	Hesham Yakan
LB	3	Rabie Yassin
RM	18	Osama Orabi
CM	7	Ismail Youssef
CM	8	Magdi Abdelghani (c)
LM	16	Magdy Tolba		60'
SS	20	Ahmed El-Kass		76'
CF	9	Hossam Hassan
Substitutions:
FW	10	Gamal Abdelhamid		76'
FW	12	Taher Abouzeid		60'
DF	15	Saber Eid
FW	19	Adel Abdelrahman
GK	21	Ayman Taher
Manager:
Mahmoud El-Gohary

Assistant referees:
Joël Quiniou (France)
Rosario Lo Bello (Italy)

England vs Egypt

21 June 1990

21:00

England	1–0	Egypt
Wright 58'	Report

Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari

Attendance: 34,959

Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

England

Egypt


GK	1	Peter Shilton (c)
RB	12	Paul Parker
CB	5	Des Walker
CB	14	Mark Wright
LB	3	Stuart Pearce
RM	8	Chris Waddle		86'
CM	16	Steve McMahon
CM	19	Paul Gascoigne
LM	11	John Barnes
CF	21	Steve Bull		84'
CF	10	Gary Lineker
Substitutes:
MF	4	Neil Webb
DF	6	Terry Butcher
FW	9	Peter Beardsley	85'	84'
GK	13	Chris Woods
MF	17	David Platt		86'
Manager:
Bobby Robson


GK	1	Ahmed Shobair
DF	2	Ibrahim Hassan	47'
DF	3	Rabie Yassin
DF	4	Hany Ramzy
DF	5	Hesham Yakan
DF	13	Ahmed Ramzy
MF	7	Ismail Youssef
MF	8	Magdi Abdelghani	38'
FW	9	Hossam Hassan
FW	10	Gamal Abdelhamid (c)		77'
FW	20	Ahmed El-Kass		77'
Substitutes:
FW	11	Tarek Soliman		77'
DF	15	Saber Eid
MF	18	Osama Orabi
FW	19	Adel Abdelrahman		77'
GK	21	Ayman Taher
Manager:
Mahmoud El-Gohary

Assistant referees:
Berny Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)
Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)

Republic of Ireland vs Netherlands

21 June 1990

21:00

Republic of Ireland	1–1	Netherlands
Quinn 71'	Report	Gullit 11'

Stadio La Favorita, Palermo

Attendance: 33,288

Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

Republic of Ireland

Netherlands


GK	1	Packie Bonner
RB	2	Chris Morris
CB	4	Mick McCarthy (c)
CB	5	Kevin Moran
LB	3	Steve Staunton
RM	8	Ray Houghton
CM	7	Paul McGrath
CM	13	Andy Townsend
LM	11	Kevin Sheedy	62'
CF	9	John Aldridge	62'
CF	17	Niall Quinn
Substitutes:
MF	6	Ronnie Whelan	62'
FW	10	Tony Cascarino	62'
DF	12	David O'Leary
MF	16	John Sheridan
GK	22	Gerry Peyton
Manager:
Jack Charlton


GK	1	Hans van Breukelen
RB	2	Berry van Aerle
CB	4	Ronald Koeman
CB	3	Frank Rijkaard	43'
LB	5	Adri van Tiggelen
CM	6	Jan Wouters
CM	10	Ruud Gullit (c)
CM	11	Richard Witschge		58'
RF	12	Wim Kieft		78'
CF	9	Marco van Basten
LF	17	Hans Gillhaus
Substitutes:
FW	14	John van 't Schip
MF	15	Bryan Roy
GK	16	Joop Hiele
MF	18	Henk Fräser		58'
FW	19	John van Loen		78'
Manager:
Leo Beenhakker

Assistant referees:
Richard Lorenc (Australia)
Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)

v t e 1990 FIFA World Cup
Stages	Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Knockout stage Final
General information	Qualification Squads Matches Discipline

v t e 1990 FIFA World Cup finalists
Champions	West Germany
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	England
Quarter-finals	Cameroon Czechoslovakia Republic of Ireland Yugoslavia
Round of 16	Belgium Brazil Colombia Costa Rica Netherlands Romania Spain Uruguay
Group stage	Austria Egypt Scotland South Korea Soviet Union Sweden United Arab Emirates United States

Standings

Matches

England vs Republic of Ireland

Netherlands vs Egypt

England vs Netherlands

Republic of Ireland vs Egypt

England vs Egypt

Republic of Ireland vs Netherlands

See also