1990 FIFA World Cup Group A

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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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Italy (H)330040+46Advance to knockout stage
2  Czechoslovakia320163+34
3  Austria310223−12
4  United States300328−60
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Matches

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All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

Italy vs Austria

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Italy  1–0  Austria
Schillaci 78'Report
Attendance: 73,303
Italy
Austria
GK1Walter Zenga
DF2Franco Baresi
DF3Giuseppe Bergomi (c)
DF6Riccardo Ferri
DF7Paolo Maldini
MF9Carlo Ancelotti  46'
MF11Fernando De Napoli
MF13Giuseppe Giannini
MF17Roberto Donadoni
FW21Gianluca Vialli
FW16Andrea Carnevale  75'
Substitutions:
DF4Luigi De Agostini  46'
DF8Pietro Vierchowod
GK12Stefano Tacconi
FW15Roberto Baggio
FW19Salvatore Schillaci  75'
Manager:
Azeglio Vicini
GK1Klaus Lindenberger
DF2Ernst Aigner
DF7Kurt Russ
DF3Robert Pecl
DF5Peter Schöttel
DF18Michael Streiter
MF8Peter Artner  61'
MF10Manfred Linzmaier  77'
MF20Andreas Herzog  6'
FW13Andreas Ogris
FW9Toni Polster (c)
Substitutions:
DF4Anton Pfeffer
MF6Manfred Zsak  61'
MF11Alfred Hörtnagl  77'
FW14Gerhard Rodax
GK21Michael Konsel
Manager:
Josef Hickersberger

Assistant referees:
Armando Pérez-Hoyos (Colombia)
Carlos Silva Valente (Portugal)

United States vs Czechoslovakia

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United States  1–5  Czechoslovakia
Caligiuri 60'ReportSkuhravý 26', 78'
Bílek 40' (pen.)
Hašek 50'
Luhový 90+3'
United States
Czechoslovakia
GK1Tony Meola  39'
DF2Steve Trittschuh  43'
DF5Mike Windischmann (c)
DF15Desmond Armstrong
MF6John Harkes
MF20Paul Caligiuri
MF7Tab Ramos
MF14John Stollmeyer  64'
FW10Peter Vermes
FW11Eric Wynalda  52'
FW16Bruce Murray  79'
Substitutions:
DF8Brian Bliss
FW9Christopher Sullivan  79'
FW13Eric Eichmann
DF17Marcelo Balboa  64'
GK22David Vanole
Manager:
Bob Gansler
GK1Jan Stejskal
DF5Ján Kocian
DF3Miroslav Kadlec  61'
DF9Luboš Kubík  30'
DF6František Straka
MF4Ivan Hašek (c)
MF11Ľubomír Moravčík  83'
MF8Jozef Chovanec
MF7Michal Bílek
FW10Tomáš Skuhravý
FW17Ivo Knoflíček  77'
Substitutions:
MF14Vladimír Weiss  83'
MF18Milan Luhový  77'
FW19Stanislav Griga
MF20Václav Němeček
GK21Luděk Mikloško
Manager:
Jozef Vengloš

Assistant referees:
Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)
Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)

Italy vs United States

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Italy  1–0  United States
Giannini 11'Report
Attendance: 73,423
Italy
United States
GK1Walter Zenga
DF2Franco Baresi
DF3Giuseppe Bergomi (c)
DF6Riccardo Ferri  69'
DF7Paolo Maldini
MF10Nicola Berti
MF17Roberto Donadoni
MF11Fernando De Napoli
MF13Giuseppe Giannini
FW16Andrea Carnevale  51'
FW21Gianluca Vialli
Substitutions:
DF4Luigi De Agostini
DF8Pietro Vierchowod
FW19Salvatore Schillaci  51'
GK12Stefano Tacconi
FW15Roberto Baggio
Manager:
Azeglio Vicini
GK1Tony Meola
DF3John Doyle
DF4Jimmy Banks  62'  80'
DF5Mike Windischmann (c)
DF15Desmond Armstrong
DF17Marcelo Balboa
MF6John Harkes
MF7Tab Ramos
MF20Paul Caligiuri
FW10Peter Vermes
FW16Bruce Murray  82'
Substitutions:
DF2Steve Trittschuh
DF8Brian Bliss
FW9Christopher Sullivan  82'
DF14John Stollmeyer  80'
GK18Kasey Keller
Manager:
Bob Gansler

Assistant referees:
Berny Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)
Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)

Austria vs Czechoslovakia

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Austria  0–1  Czechoslovakia
ReportBílek 31' (pen.)
Attendance: 38,962
Austria
Czechoslovakia
GK1Klaus Lindenberger
DF2Ernst Aigner
DF3Robert Pecl  22'
DF4Anton Pfeffer  85'
DF7Kurt Russ  46'
MF6Manfred Zsak  71'
MF5Peter Schöttel  46'
MF20Andreas Herzog
MF11Alfred Hörtnagl
FW14Gerhard Rodax
FW9Toni Polster (c)
Substitutions:
MF13Andreas Ogris  46'
MF16Andreas Reisinger
DF18Michael Streiter  46'
MF19Gerald Glatzmayer
GK21Michael Konsel
Manager:
Josef Hickersberger
GK1Jan Stejskal
DF5Ján Kocian
DF3Miroslav Kadlec
DF9Luboš Kubík  62'
MF4Ivan Hašek (c)
MF20Václav Němeček
MF11Ľubomír Moravčík  52'
MF8Jozef Chovanec  31'
MF7Michal Bílek
FW10Tomáš Skuhravý
FW17Ivo Knoflíček  81'
Substitutions:
DF2Július Bielik  31'
MF14Vladimír Weiss  81'
MF18Milan Luhový
FW19Stanislav Griga
GK21Luděk Mikloško
Manager:
Jozef Vengloš

Assistant referees:
Richard Lorenc (Australia)
Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

Italy vs Czechoslovakia

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Italy  2–0  Czechoslovakia
Schillaci 9'
Baggio 78'
Report
Attendance: 73,303
Italy
Czechoslovakia
GK1Walter Zenga
DF2Franco Baresi
DF3Giuseppe Bergomi (c)
DF6Riccardo Ferri
MF10Nicola Berti  70'
MF17Roberto Donadoni  51'
MF11Fernando De Napoli  65'
MF13Giuseppe Giannini
MF7Paolo Maldini
FW15Roberto Baggio  44'
FW19Salvatore Schillaci
Substitutions:
DF4Luigi De Agostini  51'
DF8Pietro Vierchowod  65'
GK12Stefano Tacconi
MF14Giancarlo Marocchi
FW20Aldo Serena
Manager:
Azeglio Vicini
GK1Jan Stejskal
DF3Miroslav Kadlec
DF15Vladimír Kinier
DF4Ivan Hašek (c)
DF20Václav Němeček  46'
MF11Ľubomír Moravčík
MF8Jozef Chovanec  26'
MF14Vladimír Weiss  58'
MF7Michal Bílek
FW10Tomáš Skuhravý  30'
FW17Ivo Knoflíček
Substitutions:
DF2Július Bielik  46'
MF13Jiří Němec
MF16Viliam Hýravý
FW19Stanislav Griga  58'
GK21Luděk Mikloško
Manager:
Jozef Vengloš

Assistant referees:
Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium)
George Smith (Scotland)

Austria vs United States

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Austria  2–1  United States
Ogris 49'
Rodax 63'
ReportMurray 83'
Attendance: 34,857
Austria
United States
GK1Klaus Lindenberger  84'
DF2Ernst Aigner
DF3Robert Pecl  31'
DF4Anton Pfeffer
MF8Peter Artner  33'
MF6Manfred Zsak  21'
MF20Andreas Herzog
MF13Andreas Ogris
MF18Michael Streiter  90'
FW9Toni Polster (c)  46'
FW14Gerhard Rodax  86'
Substitutions:
DF7Kurt Russ
FW15Christian Keglevits
MF16Andreas Reisinger  50'  46'
MF19Gerald Glatzmayer  86'
GK21Michael Konsel
Manager:
Josef Hickersberger
GK1Tony Meola
DF3John Doyle
DF4Jimmy Banks  28'  55'
DF5Mike Windischmann (c)  58'
DF15Desmond Armstrong
DF17Marcelo Balboa
MF6John Harkes
MF7Tab Ramos
MF20Paul Caligiuri  26'  70'
FW10Peter Vermes
FW16Bruce Murray  42'
Substitutions:
DF2Steve Trittschuh
DF8Brian Bliss  70'
FW11Eric Wynalda  55'
DF14John Stollmeyer
GK18Kasey Keller
Manager:
Bob Gansler

Assistant referees:
Richard Lorenc (Australia)
Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)

See also

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