This article lists the national football team squads for the
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second ...
final tournament held in Italy, between 8 June and 8 July 1990. Each country's final squad consisted of 22 players and had to be confirmed by 29 May.
Replacement of injured players was permitted during the tournament at the discretion of
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to o ...
. Two goalkeepers (for
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
and
England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
) were allowed to replace their injured counterparts under this ruling. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps counts until the start of the World Cup, including all pre-tournament friendlies. A player's age is also at the start of the tournament.
Group A
Austria
Head coach:
Josef Hickersberger
Czechoslovakia
Head coach:
Jozef Vengloš
Italy
Head coach:
Azeglio Vicini
Azeglio Vicini (; 20 March 1933 – 30 January 2018) was an Italian football coach and player, who also served as the President of the Technical Sector of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC).
One of Italy's most important coaches during ...
Note: with the exception of the
goalkeepers, who were assigned the traditional shirt numbers for the role (1, 12 and 22) the Italian team was numbered alphabetically within their respective positions: Defenders (from 2 to 8), Midfielders (from 9 to 14) and Forwards (from 15 to 21).
United States
Head coach:
Bob Gansler
Bob Gansler (born July 1, 1941) is a Hungarian-born American soccer player and coach of German descent. He coached the U.S. National Team at the 1990 World Cup, the team's first appearance at the tournament since 1950.
Playing career
As a pl ...
Group B
Argentina
Head coach:
Carlos Bilardo
: *
Following a rupture of goalkeeper Pumpido's tibia
The tibia (; : tibiae or tibias), also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two Leg bones, bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outsi ...
and fibula
The fibula (: fibulae or fibulas) or calf bone is a leg bone on the lateral side of the tibia, to which it is connected above and below. It is the smaller of the two bones and, in proportion to its length, the most slender of all the long bones. ...
, the Argentine team was authorized to replace him with Comizzo, who joined the team as third goalkeeper.
Cameroon
Head coach:
Valery Nepomnyashchy
Romania
Head coach:
Emerich Jenei
Soviet Union
Head coach:
Valeriy Lobanovskyi
Group C
Brazil
Head coach:
Sebastião Lazaroni
Costa Rica
Head coach:
Bora Milutinović
Scotland
Head coach:
Andy Roxburgh
The Scotland squad was numbered according to the number of caps that each player had won at the time.
The exception to this was Goalkeeper Jim Leighton who was given the traditional number 1 jersey.
Sweden
Head coach:
Olle Nordin
Group D
Colombia
Head coach:
Francisco Maturana
Francisco Antonio Maturana GarcÃa, also known as ''Pacho'' Maturana (born February 15, 1949) is a Colombian ex-football player and football manager. Under his management, Atletico Nacional was the first team of the nation to win the Copa Libe ...
United Arab Emirates
Head coach:
Carlos Alberto Parreira
Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira (born 27 February 1943) is a Brazilian former football manager who holds the record for attending the most FIFA World Cup final tournaments as manager with six appearances. He also managed five different national t ...
West Germany
Head coach:
Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Anton Beckenbauer (; 11 September 1945 – 7 January 2024) was a German professional football player, manager, and official. Nicknamed ("the Emperor"), he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, and is one of nine p ...
Yugoslavia
Head coach:
Ivica Osim
Ivan Osim (6 May 1941 – 1 May 2022), best known as Ivica Osim, was a Bosnian professional Football player, footballer and Manager (association football), football manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Bosnian football managers of all ...
Group E
Belgium
Head coach:
Guy Thys
South Korea
Head coach:
Lee Hoe-taik
Spain
Head coach:
Luis Suárez
Luis Alberto Suárez DÃaz (; born 24 January 1987) is a Uruguayan professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Striker (association football), striker for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami CF, Inter Miami. Known for his go ...
Uruguay
Head coach:
Óscar Tabárez
Óscar Washington Tabárez Silva (; born 3 March 1947), known as ''El Maestro'' (The Teacher), is a Uruguayan former professional football manager and former player.
After an unassuming career as a player and after working as a primary school ...
Group F
Egypt
Head coach:
Mahmoud Al-Gohari
England
Head coach:
Bobby Robson
: *
David Seaman
David Andrew Seaman (born 19 September 1963) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. In a career lasting from 1981 to 2004, he is best known for his time playing for Arsenal. He won 75 caps for England, and is the country ...
was originally selected, but after the first game in Italy, he had to pull out of the squad due to a thumb injury and was replaced by Dave Beasant.
Netherlands
Head coach:
Leo Beenhakker
Republic of Ireland
Head coach:
Jack Charlton
Notes
Each national team had to submit a squad of 22 players. All the teams included 3 goalkeepers, except Colombia and Republic of Ireland who only called two.
Coaches representation by country
References
Planet World Cup websiteWM 1990 in Italien
at WorldFootball
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Squads
FIFA World Cup squads