The 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 5 was a

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qualifying group for the

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. The group comprised

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and

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

Standings

Results

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- *Note 1: This match was played on neutral ground in Greece instead of in Cyprus because Cyprus was penalised for rioting during the Cyprus vs Scotland match.

Goalscorers

There were 54 goals scored during the 20 games, an average of 2.7 goals per game. ;6 goals *

Mo Johnston Maurice John Giblin Johnston (born 13 April 1963) is a Scottish former football player and coach. Johnston, who played as a forward, started his senior football career with Partick Thistle in 1981. He moved to Watford in 1983, where he scored ...

;3 goals *

Gøran Sørloth Gøran Sørloth (born 16 July 1962) is a Norwegian former Association football, footballer. He was one of the best Striker (association football), strikers in Norwegian football during the late eighties and early nineties. Club career In the El ...

Dejan Savićević Dejan Savićević ( cyrl, Дејан Савићевић, ; born 15 September 1966) is a Montenegrin former professional association football, footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Since 2001, he has been the president of the Football ...

;2 goals *

Christos Kolliandris Christos Koliantris (born 30 March 1964) is a retired Cypriot football midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defe ...

Pambos Pittas Charalambos "Pambos" Pittas (born July 26, 1966) is a former international Cypriot football defender and former captain of Cyprus national football team and Apollon Limassol. He and Ioannis Okkas have the most appearances with Cyprus national ...

Didier Deschamps Didier Claude Deschamps (; born 15 October 1968) is a French professional football manager and former player who has been managing the France national team since 2012. He played as a defensive midfielder for several clubs, in France, Italy, Engl ...

Jean-Pierre Papin Jean-Pierre Roger Guillaume Papin (; born 5 November 1963) is a French football manager and former professional player who played as a forward. He is the head coach of Championnat National 3 club Marseille B. He won the Ballon d'Or in 1991. Pa ...

* Rune Bratseth *

Jan Åge Fjørtoft Jan Åge Fjørtoft (born 10 January 1967) is a Norwegian former professional footballer. A powerful centre forward with goalscoring ability, he played professionally in Norway, Austria, England and Germany. In total, he scored 308 goals in 614 ga ...

* Kjetil Osvold *

Ally McCoist Alistair Murdoch McCoist (; born 24 September 1962) is a Scottish former association football, footballer who has since worked as a Manager (association football), manager and TV pundit. McCoist began his playing career with Scottish club St Jo ...

Richard Gough Charles Richard Gough (born 5 April 1962) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Gough played in the successful Dundee United team of the early 1980s, winning the Scottish league title in 1982–83 and reach ...

Faruk Hadžibegić Faruk Hadžibegić (; born 7 October 1957) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. Club career During his career, Hadžibegić played for hometown club Sarajevo, Real Betis, Sochaux and Toulouse. He was an important member ...

Srečko Katanec Srečko Katanec (; born 16 July 1963) is a Slovenian retired football manager and player. At international level, he was capped for both the Yugoslavia and Slovenia national teams. A former midfielder, who was also capable of playing as a defen ...

* Dragan Stojković *

Zlatko Vujović Zlatko Vujović (; born 26 August 1958) is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a striker. His twin brother, Zoran, was also a professional footballer. They were both Yugoslav internationals, and both spent a large part of their prof ...

;1 goal * Yiannos Ioannou * Floros Nicolaou *

Laurent Blanc Laurent Robert Blanc (; born 19 November 1965) is a French professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who played as a centre-back and is the manager of Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad Club (J ...

Eric Cantona Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona (; ; born 24 May 1966) is a French former professional footballer who is currently an actor. In his football career Eric Cantona was a physically strong, hard-working and tenacious player. He combined technical skill a ...

* Jean-Philippe Durand * Christian Perez * Franck Sauzée * Daniel Xuereb * Erland Johnsen * Gordon Durie * Paul McStay *

Darko Pančev Darko Pančev (, ; born 7 September 1965) is a Macedonian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. He most notably played for FK Vardar and Red Star Belgrade. He was part of t ...

* Predrag Spasić *

Vujadin Stanojković Vujadin Stanojković ( Macedonian: Вујадин Станојковиќ; born 10 September 1963) is a Yugoslav and Macedonian former professional footballer and current manager. Club career Born in Kumanovo, Stanojković made his Yugoslav Fi ...

Safet Sušić Safet "Pape" Sušić (; born 13 April 1955) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He was a gifted midfielder known for his dribbling skills and technical ability, and is strongly reputed to have been one of the finest Eur ...

;1 own goal * Gary Gillespie (playing against

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