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.

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	6	4	2	0	9	3	+6	10	Qualification to 1990 FIFA World Cup		—	0–0	2–1	3–1
2	England	6	3	3	0	10	0	+10	9			0–0	—	3–0	5–0
3	Poland	6	2	1	3	4	8	−4	5			0–2	0–0	—	1–0
4	Albania	6	0	0	6	3	15	−12	0			1–2	0–2	1–2	—

Source: ^[1]

Results

19 October 1988

England	0 – 0	Sweden
	(Report)

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 65,628

Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

19 October 1988

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

Silesian Stadium, Chorzów

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Mircea Salomir (Romania)

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5 November 1988

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

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Yusuf Namoglou (Turkey)

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8 March 1989

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

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: John Blankenstein (Netherlands)

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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)

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7 May 1989

Sweden	2 – 1	Poland
Ljung 85'[2] N. Larsson 90'	(Report)	Tarasiewicz 87'

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 35,032

Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

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3 June 1989

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

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 69,203

Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

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6 September 1989

Sweden	0 – 0	England
	(Report)

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 38,588

Referee: Hubert Forstinger (Austria)

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8 October 1989

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

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 32,423

Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)

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11 October 1989

Poland	0 – 0	England
	(Report)

Silesian Stadium, Chorzów

Attendance: 32,423

Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)

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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)

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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.

2 goals

• Sokol Kushta
• John Barnes
• Peter Beardsley
• Gary Lineker
• Ryszard Tarasiewicz
• Johnny Ekström

1 goal

• Ylli Shehu
• Paul Gascoigne
• Bryan Robson
• Chris Waddle
• Neil Webb
• Krzysztof Warzycha
• Jacek Ziober
• Leif Engqvist
• Hans Holmqvist
• Klas Ingesson
• Niclas Larsson
• Peter Larsson
• Roger Ljung
• Mats Magnusson