1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

The 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 3 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Austria, East Germany, Iceland, the Soviet Union and Turkey.

The group was won by the Soviet Union, who qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Austria also qualified as runners-up.

Standings

width=165\| !width=25\|{{Tooltip\| Pld \| Played}} !width=25{{!}}{{Tooltip\| W \| Wins}} !width=25{{!}}{{Tooltip\| D \| Drawn}} !width=25{{!}}{{Tooltip\| L \| Lost}} !width=25{{!}}{{Tooltip\| GF \| Goals for}} !width=25{{!}}{{Tooltip\| GA \| Goals against}} !width=25{{!}}{{Tooltip\| GD \| Goal difference}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip \| Pts \| Points}}
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bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|align="left"\|{{fb\|URS}} \|8	4	3	1	11	4	+7	11
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|align="left"\|{{fb\|AUT}} \|8	3	3	2	9	9	0	9
align="left"\|{{fb\|TUR}} \|8	3	1	4	12	10	+2	7
align="left"\|{{fb\|GDR}} \|8	3	1	4	9	13	−4	7
align="left"\|{{fb\|ISL}} \|8	1	4	3	6	11	−5	6

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width=165{{!}} !{{flagicon\|AUT}} !{{flagicon\|GDR}} !{{flagicon\|ISL}} !{{flagicon\|URS}} !{{flagicon\|TUR}}
style="text-align:right;"\|{{fb-rt\|AUT}} \| – \| 3–0 \| 2–1 \| 0–0 \| 3–2
style="text-align:right;"\|{{fb-rt\|GDR}} \| 1–1 \| – \| 2–0 \| 2–1 \| 0–2
style="text-align:right;"\|{{fb-rt\|ISL}} \| 0–0 \| 0–3 \| – \| 1–1 \| 2–1
style="text-align:right;"\|{{fb-rt\|URS}} \| 2–0 \| 3–0 \| 1–1 \| – \| 2–0
style="text-align:right;"\|{{fb-rt\|TUR}} \| 3–0 \| 3–1 \| 1–1 \| 0–1 \| –

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!{{flagicon|AUT}}

!{{flagicon|GDR}}

!{{flagicon|ISL}}

!{{flagicon|URS}}

!{{flagicon|TUR}}

style="text-align:right;"|{{fb-rt|AUT}}

| –

| 3–0

| 2–1

| 0–0

| 3–2

style="text-align:right;"|{{fb-rt|GDR}}

| 1–1

| –

| 2–0

| 2–1

| 0–2

style="text-align:right;"|{{fb-rt|ISL}}

| 0–0

| 0–3

| –

| 1–1

| 2–1

style="text-align:right;"|{{fb-rt|URS}}

| 2–0

| 3–0

| 1–1

| –

| 2–0

style="text-align:right;"|{{fb-rt|TUR}}

| 3–0

| 3–1

| 1–1

| 0–1

| –

= Results=

{{footballbox

|id = Iceland v USSR

|date = 31 August 1988

|time =

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

|score = 1 – 1

|report = [http://allworldcup.narod.ru/1990/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G3/ISLVSURS.HTM (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|URS}}

|goals1 = Grétarsson {{goal|10}}

|goals2 = Lytovchenko {{goal|75}}

|stadium = Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

|attendance = 7,982

|referee = Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)}}

----

{{footballbox

|id = Turkey v Iceland

|date = 12 October 1988

|time =

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

|score = 1 – 1

|report = [http://allworldcup.narod.ru/1990/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G3/TURVSISL.HTM (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|ISL}}

|goals1 = Ünal Karaman {{goal|73}}

|goals2 = Torfason {{goal|62}}

|stadium = İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

|attendance = 25,680

|referee = Ovadia Ben Itzhak (Israel)}}

----

{{footballbox

|id = USSR v Austria

|date = 19 October 1988

|time =

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

|score = 2 – 0

|report = [http://allworldcup.narod.ru/1990/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G3/URSVSAUT.HTM (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|AUT}}

|goals1 = Mykhaylychenko {{goal|46}}
Zavarov {{goal|68}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Republican Stadium, Kyiv

|attendance = 95,000

|referee = Rune Larsson (Sweden)}}

{{footballbox

|id = East Germany v Iceland

|date = 19 October 1988

|time =

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

|score = 2 – 0

|report = [http://allworldcup.narod.ru/1990/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G3/DDRVSISL.HTM (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|ISL}}

|goals1 = Thom {{goal|34||88}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin

|attendance = 12,300

|referee = Einar Halle (Norway)}}

----

{{footballbox

|id = Austria v Turkey

|date = 2 November 1988

|time =

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

|score = 3 – 2

|report = [http://allworldcup.narod.ru/1990/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G3/AUTVSTUR.HTM (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|TUR}}

|goals1 = Polster {{goal|38}}
Herzog {{goal|42||54}}

|goals2 = Uçar {{goal|61}}
Çolak {{goal|81}}

|stadium = Prater Stadium, Vienna

|attendance = 27,000

|referee = Tullio Lanese (Italy)}}

----

{{footballbox

|id = Turkey v East Germany

|date = 30 November 1988

|time =

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

|score = 3 – 1

|report = [http://allworldcup.narod.ru/1990/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G3/TURVSDDR.HTM (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|GDR}}

|goals1 = Çolak {{goal|23||63}}
Çetin {{goal|69}}

|goals2 = Thom {{goal|76}}

|stadium = İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

|attendance = 42,000

|referee = Lajos Németh (Hungary)}}

----

{{footballbox

|id = East Germany v Turkey

|date = 12 April 1989

|time =

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

|score = 0 – 2

|report = [http://allworldcup.narod.ru/1990/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G3/DDRVSTUR.HTM (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|TUR}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Çolak {{goal|21}}
Dilmen {{goal|88}}

|stadium = Ernst Grube Stadium, Magdeburg

|attendance = 23,000

|referee = Jan Damgaard (Denmark)}}

----

{{footballbox

|id = USSR v East Germany

|date = 26 April 1989

|time =

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

|score = 3 – 0

|report = [http://allworldcup.narod.ru/1990/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G3/URSVSDDR.HTM (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|GDR}}

|goals1 = Dobrovolski {{goal|3}}
Lytovchenko {{goal|20}}
Protasov {{goal|40}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Republican Stadium, Kyiv

|attendance = 100,000

|referee = Douglas Hope (Scotland)}}

----

{{footballbox

|id = Turkey v USSR

|date = 10 May 1989

|time =

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

|score = 0 – 1

|report = [http://allworldcup.narod.ru/1990/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G3/TURVSURS.HTM (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|URS}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Mykhaylychenko {{goal|41}}

|stadium = İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

|attendance = 45,000

|referee = Michel Vautrot (France)}}

----

{{footballbox

|id = East Germany v Austria

|date = 20 May 1989

|time =

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

|score = 1 – 1

|report = [http://allworldcup.narod.ru/1990/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G3/DDRVSAUT.HTM (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|AUT}}

|goals1 = Kirsten {{goal|86}}

|goals2 = Polster {{goal|3}}

|stadium = Zentralstadion, Leipzig

|attendance = 22,000

|referee = Alphonse Constantin (Belgium)}}

----

{{footballbox

|id = USSR v Iceland

|date = 31 May 1989

|time =

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

|score = 1 – 1

|report = [http://allworldcup.narod.ru/1990/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G3/URSVSISL.HTM (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|ISL}}

|goals1 = Dobrovolski {{goal|65}}

|goals2 = Akselsson {{goal|86}}

|stadium = Lenin Stadium, Moscow

|attendance = 60,654

|referee = Timo Keltonen (Finland)}}

----

{{footballbox

|id = Iceland v Austria

|date = 14 June 1989

|time =

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

|score = 0 – 0

|report = [http://allworldcup.narod.ru/1990/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G3/ISLVSAUT.HTM (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|AUT}}

|stadium = Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

|attendance = 10,535

|referee = Howard King (Wales)}}

----

{{footballbox

|id = Austria v Iceland

|date = 23 August 1989

|time =

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

|score = 2 – 1

|report = [http://allworldcup.narod.ru/1990/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G3/AUTVSISL.HTM (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|ISL}}

|goals1 = Pfeifenberger {{goal|47}}
Zsak {{goal|62}}

|goals2 = Margeirsson {{goal|48}}

|stadium = Stadion Lehen, Salzburg

|attendance = 16,000

|referee = Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)}}

----

{{footballbox

|id = Austria v USSR

|date = 6 September 1989

|time =

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

|score = 0 – 0

|report = [http://allworldcup.narod.ru/1990/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G3/AUTVSURS.HTM (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|URS}}

|stadium = Prater Stadium, Vienna

|attendance = 62,500

|referee = Keith Hackett (England)}}

{{footballbox

|id = Iceland v East Germany

|date = 6 September 1989

|time =

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

|score = 0 – 3

|report = [http://allworldcup.narod.ru/1990/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G3/ISLVSDDR.HTM (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|GDR}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Sammer {{goal|55}}
Ernst {{goal|63}}
Doll {{goal|65}}

|stadium = Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

|attendance = 7,124

|referee = Keith Cooper (Wales)}}

----

{{footballbox

|id = Iceland v Turkey

|date = 20 September 1989

|time =

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

|score = 2 – 1

|report = [http://allworldcup.narod.ru/1990/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G3/ISLVSTUR.HTM (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|TUR}}

|goals1 = Pétursson {{goal|56||72}}

|goals2 = Uçar {{goal|85}}

|stadium = Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

|attendance = 3,451

|referee = José Pérez Sánchez (Spain)}}

----

{{footballbox

|id = East Germany v USSR

|date = 8 October 1989

|time =

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

|score = 2 – 1

|report = [http://allworldcup.narod.ru/1990/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G3/DDRVSURS.HTM (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|URS}}

|goals1 = Thom {{goal|81}}
Sammer {{goal|83}}

|goals2 = Lytovchenko {{goal|74}}

|stadium = Ernst-Thälmann Stadium, Karl-Marx-Stadt

|attendance = 15,900

|referee = Bo Helén (Sweden)}}

----

{{footballbox

|id = Turkey v Austria

|date = 25 October 1989

|time =

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

|score = 3 – 0

|report = [http://allworldcup.narod.ru/1990/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G3/TURVSAUT.HTM (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|AUT}}

|goals1 = Dilmen {{goal|12||52}}
Uçar {{goal|60}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

|attendance = 33,465

|referee = Josef Marko (Czechoslovakia)}}

----

{{footballbox

|id = USSR v Turkey

|date = 15 November 1989

|time =

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

|score = 2 – 0

|report = [http://allworldcup.narod.ru/1990/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G3/URSVSTUR.HTM (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|TUR}}

|goals1 = Protasov {{goal|68||79}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol

|attendance = 28,000

|referee = Dieter Pauly (West Germany)}}

{{footballbox

|id = Austria v East Germany

|date = 15 November 1989

|time =

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

|score = 3 – 0

|report = [http://allworldcup.narod.ru/1990/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/UEFA/G3/AUTVSDDR.HTM (Report)]

|team2 = {{fb|GDR}}

|goals1 = Polster {{goal|2||23|pen.|61}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Prater Stadium, Vienna

|attendance = 55,000

|referee = Piotr Werner (Poland)}}

Goalscorers

There were 47 goals scored during the 20 games, an average of 2.35 goals per game.

;5 goals

{{flag icon|AUT}} Toni Polster
{{flag icon|TUR}} Tanju Çolak

;4 goals

{{flag icon|GDR}} Andreas Thom

;3 goals

{{flag icon|URS}} Hennadiy Lytovchenko
{{flag icon|URS}} Oleh Protasov
{{flag icon|TUR}} Rıdvan Dilmen
{{flag icon|TUR}} Feyyaz Uçar

;2 goals

{{flag icon|AUT}} Andreas Herzog
{{flag icon|GDR}} Matthias Sammer
{{flag icon|ISL}} Pétur Pétursson
{{flag icon|URS}} Igor Dobrovolski
{{flag icon|URS}} Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko

;1 goal

{{flag icon|AUT}} Heimo Pfeifenberger
{{flag icon|AUT}} Manfred Zsak
{{flag icon|GDR}} Thomas Doll
{{flag icon|GDR}} Rainer Ernst
{{flag icon|GDR}} Ulf Kirsten
{{flag icon|ISL}} Atli Eðvaldsson
{{flag icon|ISL}} Sigurður Grétarsson
{{flag icon|ISL}} Ragnar Margeirsson
{{flag icon|ISL}} Guðmundur Torfason
{{flag icon|URS}} Oleksandr Zavarov
{{flag icon|TUR}} Oğuz Çetin

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