This article lists the national football squads for the 1990 FIFA World Cup final tournament held in Italy, between 8 June and 8 July 1990. Each country's final squad consisted of 22 players and had to be confirmed by 29 May.
Replacement of injured players was permitted during the tournament at the discretion of FIFA. Two goalkeepers (for Argentina and England) were allowed to replace their injured counterparts under this ruling. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps counts until the start of the World Cup, including all pre-tournament friendlies. A player's age is also at the start of the tournament.
Group A
Head coach: Josef Hickersberger
Head coach: Jozef Vengloš
Head coach: Azeglio Vicini
Head coach: Bob Gansler
Group B
Head coach: Carlos Bilardo
- *Following a rupture of his tibia and fibula, the Argentine team was authorized to replace goalkeeper Pumpido. Comizzo joined the team as third goalkeeper, but didn't play or even sit on the substitutes bench.
Head coach:
Valeri Nepomniachi
Head coach: Emerich Jenei
Head coach: Valeriy Lobanovskyi
Group C
Head coach: Sebastião Lazaroni
Head coach:
Bora Milutinović
Head coach: Andy Roxburgh
The Scotland squad was numbered according to the number of caps that each player had won at the time. The exception to this was Goalkeeper Jim Leighton who was given the traditional number 1 jersey.
Head coach: Olle Nordin
Group D
Head coach: Francisco Maturana
Head coach: 23x15px Carlos Alberto Parreira
Head coach: Franz Beckenbauer
Head coach: Ivica Osim
Group E
Head coach: Guy Thys
Head coach:
Lee Hoe-taik
Head coach: Luis Suárez
Head coach: Óscar Tabárez
Group F
Head coach: Mahmoud El-Gohary
Head coach: Bobby Robson
* David Seaman was originally selected, but after the first games in Italy, he had to pull out of the squad due to a thumb injury and was replaced by Dave Beasant.
Head coach:
Jack Charlton
*Niall Quinn was registered as Ireland's third goalkeeper
Head coach: Leo Beenhakker
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Tournaments |
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Qualification |
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Finals |
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Squads |
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Final draw |
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Broadcasters |
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Bids |
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Officials |
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Team appearances |
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Overall records |
- Player records
- Goalscorer records
- Manager records
- Match records
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Miscellaneous |
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- 1 There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only.
- 2 No final held; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage.
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Stages |
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General information |
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Champions |
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Runners-up |
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Third place |
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Fourth place |
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Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
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Eliminated in the round of 16 |
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Eliminated in the group stage |
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