1990 FIFA World Cup Group A

{{Short description|Football tournament group stage}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}

Play in Group A of the 1990 FIFA World Cup completed on 19 June 1990. Italy won the group and advanced to the second round, along with Czechoslovakia. Austria and the United States failed to advance.

Standings

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|team1=ITA |team2=TCH |team3=AUT |team4=USA

|result1=KO |result2=KO

|win_ITA=3 |draw_ITA=0 |loss_ITA=0 |gf_ITA=4 |ga_ITA=0 |status_ITA=H

|win_TCH=2 |draw_TCH=0 |loss_TCH=1 |gf_TCH=6 |ga_TCH=3

|win_AUT=1 |draw_AUT=0 |loss_AUT=2 |gf_AUT=2 |ga_AUT=3

|win_USA=0 |draw_USA=0 |loss_USA=3 |gf_USA=2 |ga_USA=8

|name_ITA={{fb|ITA|1946}}

|name_USA={{fb|USA}}

|name_AUT={{fb|AUT}}

|name_TCH={{fb|TCH}}

|res_col_header=Q

|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to knockout stage

}}

Matches

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

=Italy vs Austria=

{{football box

|date=9 June 1990

|time=21:00

|team1={{fb-rt|ITA|1946}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/italy1990/matches/match/42 Report]

|team2={{fb|AUT}}

|goals1=Schillaci {{goal|78}}

|stadium=Stadio Olimpico, Rome

|attendance=73,303

|referee=José Roberto Wright (Brazil) }}

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width="25"|width="25"|
GK1Walter Zenga
DF2Franco Baresi
DF3Giuseppe Bergomi (c)
DF6Riccardo Ferri
DF7Paolo Maldini
MF9Carlo Ancelotti{{suboff|46}}
MF11Fernando De Napoli
MF13Giuseppe Giannini
MF17Roberto Donadoni
FW21Gianluca Vialli
FW16Andrea Carnevale{{suboff|75}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
DF4Luigi De Agostini{{subon|46}}
DF8Pietro Vierchowod
GK12Stefano Tacconi
FW15Roberto Baggio
FW19Salvatore Schillaci{{subon|75}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Azeglio Vicini

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
width="25"|width="25"|
GK1Klaus Lindenberger
DF2Ernst Aigner
DF7Kurt Russ
DF3Robert Pecl
DF5Peter Schöttel
DF18Michael Streiter
MF8Peter Artner{{suboff|61}}
MF10Manfred Linzmaier{{suboff|77}}
MF20Andreas Herzog{{yel|6}}
FW13Andreas Ogris
FW9Toni Polster (c)
colspan=3|Substitutions:
DF4Anton Pfeffer
MF6Manfred Zsak{{subon|61}}
MF11Alfred Hörtnagl{{subon|77}}
FW14Gerhard Rodax
GK21Michael Konsel
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Josef Hickersberger

|}

width=50% style="font-size: 90%"

|

Assistant referees:


Armando Pérez-Hoyos (Colombia)


Carlos Silva Valente (Portugal)

=United States vs Czechoslovakia=

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|date=10 June 1990

|time=17:00

|team1={{fb-rt|USA}}

|score=1–5

|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/italy1990/matches/match/355 Report]

|team2={{fb|CSK}}

|goals1=Caligiuri {{goal|60}}

|goals2=Skuhravý {{goal|26||78}}
Bílek {{goal|40|pen.}}
Hašek {{goal|50}}
Luhový {{goal|90+3}}

|stadium=Stadio Comunale, Florence

|attendance=33,266

|referee=Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)}}

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width="25"|width="25"|
GK1Tony Meola{{yel|39}}
DF2Steve Trittschuh{{yel|43}}
DF5Mike Windischmann (c)
DF15Desmond Armstrong
MF6John Harkes
MF20Paul Caligiuri
MF7Tab Ramos
MF14John Stollmeyer{{suboff|64}}
FW10Peter Vermes
FW11Eric Wynalda{{sent off|0|52}}
FW16Bruce Murray{{suboff|79}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
DF8Brian Bliss
FW9Christopher Sullivan{{subon|79}}
FW13Eric Eichmann
DF17Marcelo Balboa{{subon|64}}
GK22David Vanole
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Bob Gansler

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
width="25"|width="25"|
GK1Jan Stejskal
DF5Ján Kocian
DF3Miroslav Kadlec{{yel|61}}
DF9Luboš Kubík{{yel|30}}
DF6František Straka
MF4Ivan Hašek (c)
MF11Ľubomír Moravčík{{suboff|83}}
MF8Jozef Chovanec
MF7Michal Bílek
FW10Tomáš Skuhravý
FW17Ivo Knoflíček{{suboff|77}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF14Vladimír Weiss{{subon|83}}
MF18Milan Luhový{{subon|77}}
FW19Stanislav Griga
MF20Václav Němeček
GK21Luděk Mikloško
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Jozef Vengloš

|}

width=50% style="font-size: 90%"

|

Assistant referees:


Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)


Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)

=Italy vs United States=

{{football box

|date=14 June 1990

|time=21:00

|team1={{fb-rt|ITA|1946}}

|score=1–0

|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/italy1990/matches/match/265 Report]

|team2={{fb|USA}}

|goals1=Giannini {{goal|11}}

|stadium=Stadio Olimpico, Rome

|attendance=73,423

|referee=Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)}}

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{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

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GK1Walter Zenga
DF2Franco Baresi
DF3Giuseppe Bergomi (c)
DF6Riccardo Ferri{{yel|69}}
DF7Paolo Maldini
MF10Nicola Berti
MF17Roberto Donadoni
MF11Fernando De Napoli
MF13Giuseppe Giannini
FW16Andrea Carnevale{{suboff|51}}
FW21Gianluca Vialli
colspan=3|Substitutions:
DF4Luigi De Agostini
DF8Pietro Vierchowod
FW19Salvatore Schillaci{{subon|51}}
GK12Stefano Tacconi
FW15Roberto Baggio
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Azeglio Vicini

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
width="25"|width="25"|
GK1Tony Meola
DF3John Doyle
DF4Jimmy Banks{{yel|62}}{{suboff|80}}
DF5Mike Windischmann (c)
DF15Desmond Armstrong
DF17Marcelo Balboa
MF6John Harkes
MF7Tab Ramos
MF20Paul Caligiuri
FW10Peter Vermes
FW16Bruce Murray{{suboff|82}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
DF2Steve Trittschuh
DF8Brian Bliss
FW9Christopher Sullivan{{subon|82}}
DF14John Stollmeyer{{subon|80}}
GK18Kasey Keller
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Bob Gansler

|}

width=50% style="font-size: 90%"

|

Assistant referees:


Berny Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)


Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)

=Austria vs Czechoslovakia=

{{football box

|date=15 June 1990

|time=17:00

|team1={{fb-rt|AUT}}

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/italy1990/matches/match/43 Report]

|team2={{fb|CSK}}

|goals2=Bílek {{goal|31|pen.}}

|stadium=Stadio Comunale, Florence

|attendance=38,962

|referee=George Smith (Scotland)}}

width=92%
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|valign="top" width="50%"|

{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

width="25"|width="25"|
GK1Klaus Lindenberger
DF2Ernst Aigner
DF3Robert Pecl{{yel|22}}
DF4Anton Pfeffer{{yel|85}}
DF7Kurt Russ{{suboff|46}}
MF6Manfred Zsak{{yel|71}}
MF5Peter Schöttel{{suboff|46}}
MF20Andreas Herzog
MF11Alfred Hörtnagl
FW14Gerhard Rodax
FW9Toni Polster (c)
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF13Andreas Ogris{{subon|46}}
MF16Andreas Reisinger
DF18Michael Streiter{{subon|46}}
MF19Gerald Glatzmayer
GK21Michael Konsel
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Josef Hickersberger

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
width="25"|width="25"|
GK1Jan Stejskal
DF5Ján Kocian
DF3Miroslav Kadlec
DF9Luboš Kubík{{yel|62}}
MF4Ivan Hašek (c)
MF20Václav Němeček
MF11Ľubomír Moravčík{{yel|52}}
MF8Jozef Chovanec{{suboff|31}}
MF7Michal Bílek
FW10Tomáš Skuhravý
FW17Ivo Knoflíček{{suboff|81}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
DF2Július Bielik{{subon|31}}
MF14Vladimír Weiss{{subon|81}}
MF18Milan Luhový
FW19Stanislav Griga
GK21Luděk Mikloško
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Jozef Vengloš

|}

width=50% style="font-size: 90%"

|

Assistant referees:


Richard Lorenc (Australia)


Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

=Italy vs Czechoslovakia=

{{football box

|date=19 June 1990

|time=21:00

|team1={{fb-rt|ITA|1946}}

|score=2–0

|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/italy1990/matches/match/263 Report]

|team2={{fb|CSK}}

|goals1=Schillaci {{goal|9}}
Baggio {{goal|78}}

|stadium=Stadio Olimpico, Rome

|attendance=73,303

|referee=Joël Quiniou (France)}}

width=92%
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| socks = 3120CC

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width="100%"

|valign="top" width="50%"|

{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

width="25"|width="25"|
GK1Walter Zenga
DF2Franco Baresi
DF3Giuseppe Bergomi (c)
DF6Riccardo Ferri
MF10Nicola Berti{{yel|70}}
MF17Roberto Donadoni{{suboff|51}}
MF11Fernando De Napoli{{suboff|65}}
MF13Giuseppe Giannini
MF7Paolo Maldini
FW15Roberto Baggio{{yel|44}}
FW19Salvatore Schillaci
colspan=3|Substitutions:
DF4Luigi De Agostini{{subon|51}}
DF8Pietro Vierchowod{{subon|65}}
GK12Stefano Tacconi
MF14Giancarlo Marocchi
FW20Aldo Serena
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Azeglio Vicini

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
width="25"|width="25"|
GK1Jan Stejskal
DF3Miroslav Kadlec
DF15Vladimír Kinier
DF4Ivan Hašek (c)
DF20Václav Němeček{{suboff|46}}
MF11Ľubomír Moravčík
MF8Jozef Chovanec{{yel|26}}
MF14Vladimír Weiss{{suboff|58}}
MF7Michal Bílek
FW10Tomáš Skuhravý{{yel|30}}
FW17Ivo Knoflíček
colspan=3|Substitutions:
DF2Július Bielik{{subon|46}}
MF13Jiří Němec
MF16Viliam Hýravý
FW19Stanislav Griga{{subon|58}}
GK21Luděk Mikloško
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Jozef Vengloš

|}

width=50% style="font-size: 90%"

|

Assistant referees:


Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium)


George Smith (Scotland)

=Austria vs United States=

{{football box

|date=19 June 1990

|time=21:00

|team1={{fb-rt|AUT}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/italy1990/matches/match/48 Report]

|team2={{fb|USA}}

|goals1=Ogris {{goal|49}}
Rodax {{goal|63}}

|goals2=Murray {{goal|83}}

|stadium=Stadio Comunale, Florence

|attendance=34,857

|referee=Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)}}

width=92%
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| socks = E00000

| title = Austria

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| title = United States

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width="100%"

|valign="top" width="50%"|

{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

width="25"|width="25"|
GK1Klaus Lindenberger{{yel|84}}
DF2Ernst Aigner
DF3Robert Pecl{{yel|31}}
DF4Anton Pfeffer
MF8Peter Artner{{sent off|0|33}}
MF6Manfred Zsak{{yel|21}}
MF20Andreas Herzog
MF13Andreas Ogris
MF18Michael Streiter{{yel|90}}
FW9Toni Polster (c){{suboff|46}}
FW14Gerhard Rodax{{suboff|86}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
DF7Kurt Russ
FW15Christian Keglevits
MF16Andreas Reisinger{{yel|50}}{{subon|46}}
MF19Gerald Glatzmayer{{subon|86}}
GK21Michael Konsel
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Josef Hickersberger

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
width="25"|width="25"|
GK1Tony Meola
DF3John Doyle
DF4Jimmy Banks{{yel|28}}{{suboff|55}}
DF5Mike Windischmann (c){{yel|58}}
DF15Desmond Armstrong
DF17Marcelo Balboa
MF6John Harkes
MF7Tab Ramos
MF20Paul Caligiuri{{yel|26}}{{suboff|70}}
FW10Peter Vermes
FW16Bruce Murray{{yel|42}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
DF2Steve Trittschuh
DF8Brian Bliss{{subon|70}}
FW11Eric Wynalda{{subon|55}}
DF14John Stollmeyer
GK18Kasey Keller
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Bob Gansler

|}

width=50% style="font-size: 90%"

|

Assistant referees:


Richard Lorenc (Australia)


Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)

See also