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 642093+610
 England 6330100+109
 Poland 621348−45
 Albania 6006315−120
  Albania England Poland Sweden
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

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)

5 November 1988
Albania  1 – 2  Sweden
Shehu  33' (Report) Holmqvist  68'
Ekström  71'
Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Yusuf Namoglou (Turkey)

8 March 1989
Albania  0 – 2  England
(Report) Barnes  16'
Robson  63'
Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: John Blankenstein (Netherlands)

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)

7 May 1989
Sweden  2 – 1  Poland
Ljung  76'
Larsson  90'		 (Report) Tarasiewicz  87'

3 June 1989
England  3 – 0  Poland
Lineker  23'
Barnes  72'
Webb  83'		 (Report)
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 69,203
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

6 September 1989
Sweden  0 – 0  England
(Report)

8 October 1989
Sweden  3 – 1  Albania
Magnusson  20'
Ingesson  55'
Engqvist  89'		 (Report) Kushta  8'

11 October 1989
Poland  0 – 0  England
(Report)

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)

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.

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