1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

The 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 6 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The group consisted of Hungary, Malta, Northern Ireland, Spain and the Republic of Ireland.

The group was won by Spain, who qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The Republic of Ireland also qualified as runners-up for their first ever World Cup Finals.^[1]

Standings

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Spain 8 6 1 1 20 3 +17 13  Republic of Ireland 8 5 2 1 10 2 +8 12  Hungary 8 2 4 2 8 12 −4 8  Northern Ireland 8 2 1 5 6 12 −6 5  Malta 8 0 2 6 3 18 −15 2

Hungary  – 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 Malta  2–2 – 0–2 0–2 0–2 Northern Ireland  1–2 3–0 – 0–2 0–0 Spain  4–0 4–0 4–0 – 2–0 Republic of Ireland  2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 –

Results

21 May 1988

Northern Ireland	3 – 0	Malta
Quinn 14' Penney 23' Clarke 25'	(Report)

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Carlos da Silva Valente (Portugal)

14 September 1988

Northern Ireland	0 – 0	Republic of Ireland
	(Report)

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 19,873

Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

19 October 1988

Hungary	1 – 0	Northern Ireland
Vincze 84'	(Report)

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

16 November 1988

Spain	2 – 0	Republic of Ireland
Manolo 52' Butragueño 66'	(Report)

Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Yuri Savchenko (Soviet Union)

11 December 1988

Malta	2 – 2	Hungary
Busuttil 46', 90'	(Report)[permanent dead link]	Vincze 5' Kiprich 56'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard

Attendance: 9,964

Referee: Georgios Koukoulakis (Greece)

21 December 1988

Spain	4 – 0	Northern Ireland
Rogan 30' (o.g.) Butragueño 55' Míchel 60' (pen.) McDonald 64' (o.g.)	(Report)

Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium)

22 January 1989

Malta	0 – 2	Spain
	(Report)	Míchel 15' (pen.) Beguiristain 49'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard

Attendance: 15,797

Referee: David Syme (Scotland)

8 February 1989

Northern Ireland	0 – 2	Spain
	(Report)	Andrinúa 3' Manolo 84'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)

8 March 1989

Hungary	0 – 0	Republic of Ireland
	(Report)

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 33,966

Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)

23 March 1989

Spain	4 – 0	Malta
Míchel 38', 68' (pen.) Manolo 71', 80'	(Report)

Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville

Attendance: 41,500

Referee: Georges Sandoz (Switzerland)

12 April 1989

Hungary	1 – 1	Malta
Boda 49' (pen.)	(Report)	Busuttil 7'

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Arie Frost (Israel)

26 April 1989

Malta	0 – 2	Northern Ireland
	(Report)	Clarke 55' O'Neill 73'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard

Attendance: 15,150

Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Romania)

26 April 1989

Republic of Ireland	1 – 0	Spain
Míchel 15' (o.g.)	(Report)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 49,600

Referee: Horst Brummeier (Austria)

28 May 1989

Republic of Ireland	2 – 0	Malta
Houghton 32' Moran 55'	(Report)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 48,928

Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)

4 June 1989

Republic of Ireland	2 – 0	Hungary
McGrath 33' Cascarino 80'	(Report)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 48,600

Referee: Egil Nervik (Norway)

6 September 1989

Northern Ireland	1 – 2	Hungary
Whiteside 89'	(Report)	Kovács 13' Bognár 44'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

11 October 1989

Republic of Ireland	3 – 0	Northern Ireland
Whelan 42' Cascarino 48' Houghton 57'	(Report)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 46,800

Referee: Pietro D'Elia (Italy)

11 October 1989

Hungary	2 – 2	Spain
Pintér 38', 82'	(Report)	Salinas 30' Míchel 35'

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: George Courtney (England)

15 November 1989

Spain	4 – 0	Hungary
Manolo 7' Butragueño 24' Juanito 40' Fernando 63'	(Report)

Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

15 November 1989

Malta	0 – 2	Republic of Ireland
	(Report)	Aldridge 31', 68' (pen.)

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard

Attendance: 21,942

Referee: Jaap Uilenberg (Netherlands)

Goalscorers

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

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References