1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

The 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 4 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Finland, European champions the Netherlands, Wales and West Germany.

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	6	4	2	0	8	2	+6	10	Qualification to 1990 FIFA World Cup		—	1–1	3–0	1–0
2	West Germany	6	3	3	0	13	3	+10	9			0–0	—	6–1	2–1
3	Finland	6	1	1	4	4	16	−12	3			0–1	0–4	—	1–0
4	Wales	6	0	2	4	4	8	−4	2			1–2	0–0	2–2	—

Source: ^[1]

Results

31 August 1988

Finland	0–4	West Germany
	(Report)	Völler 7', 15' Matthäus 52' Riedle 87'

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 31,693

Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Soviet Union)

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14 September 1988

Netherlands	1–0	Wales
Gullit 82'	(Report)

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Jan Damgaard (Denmark)

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19 October 1988

Wales	2–2	Finland
Saunders 16' (pen.) Lahtinen 40' (o.g.)	(Report)	Ukkonen 9' Paatelainen 44'

Vetch Field, Swansea

Attendance: 9,603

Referee: Gudmundor Haraldsson (Iceland)

19 October 1988

West Germany	0–0	Netherlands
	(Report)

Olympic Stadium, Munich

Attendance: 73,000

Referee: Pietro D'Elia (Italy)

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26 April 1989

Netherlands	1–1	West Germany
Van Basten 87'	(Report)	Riedle 68'

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 50,500

Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

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31 May 1989

Wales	0–0	West Germany
	(Report)

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Carlos Silva Valente (Portugal)

31 May 1989

Finland	0–1	Netherlands
	(Report)	Kieft 87'

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 46,217

Referee: Piotr Werner (Poland)

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6 September 1989

Finland	1–0	Wales
Lipponen 50'	(Report)

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 7,480

Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)

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4 October 1989

West Germany	6–1	Finland
Möller 12', 80' Littbarski 47' Klinsmann 53' Völler 62' Matthäus 84' (pen.)	(Report)	Lipponen 72'

Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)

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11 October 1989

Wales	1–2	Netherlands
Bowen 89'	(Report)	Rutjes 13' Bosman 79'

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 9,025

Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)

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15 November 1989

Netherlands	3–0	Finland
Bosman 57' E. Koeman 62' R. Koeman 69' (pen.)	(Report)

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 49,500

Referee: Egil Nervik (Norway)

15 November 1989

West Germany	2–1	Wales
Völler 25' Häßler 48'	(Report)	Allen 11'

Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne

Attendance: 60,300

Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

Goalscorers

There were 29 goals scored during the 12 games, an average of 2.42 goals per game.

4 goals

• Rudi Völler

2 goals

• Mika Lipponen
• John Bosman
• Lothar Matthäus
• Andreas Möller
• Karl-Heinz Riedle

1 goal

• Mixu Paatelainen
• Kari Ukkonen
• Ruud Gullit
• Wim Kieft
• Erwin Koeman
• Ronald Koeman
• Graeme Rutjes
• Marco van Basten
• Malcolm Allen
• Mark Bowen
• Dean Saunders
• Thomas Häßler
• Jürgen Klinsmann
• Pierre Littbarski