1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

The 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 1 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Bulgaria, Denmark, Greece and Romania.

The group was won by Romania, who qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Runners-up Denmark failed to qualify as their record was the worst of the runners-up from the groups containing only four teams.

Standings

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Romania 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 9  Denmark 6 3 2 1 15 6 +9 8  Greece 6 1 2 3 3 15 −12 4  Bulgaria 6 1 1 4 6 8 −2 3

Bulgaria  – 0 – 2 4 – 0 1 – 3 Denmark  1 – 1 – 7 – 1 3 – 0 Greece  1 – 0 1 – 1 – 0 – 0 Romania  1 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 0 –

Results

Greece  v  Denmark

19 October 1988

Greece	1–1	Denmark
Mitropoulos  41'	(Report)	Povlsen  56'

Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 19,349 Referee: Dušan Krchňák (Czechoslovakia)

Bulgaria  v  Romania

19 October 1988

Bulgaria	1 – 3	Romania
Kolev  31'	(Report)	Mateuţ  25' Cămătaru  79', 89'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Michał Listkiewicz (Poland)

Romania  v  Greece

2 November 1988

Romania	3 – 0	Greece
Mateuţ  26' Hagi  40' (pen.) Sabău  84'	(Report)

Steaua Stadium, Bucharest Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hubert Forstinger (Austria)

Denmark  v  Bulgaria

2 November 1988

Denmark	1 – 1	Bulgaria
Elstrup  8'	(Report)	Sadkov  38'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 34,600 Referee: George Smith (Scotland)

Greece  v  Romania

26 April 1989

Greece	0 – 0	Romania
	(Report)

Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)

Bulgaria  v  Denmark

26 April 1989

Bulgaria	0 – 2	Denmark
	(Report)	Povlsen  41' B. Laudrup  89'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Alain Delmer (France)

Romania  v  Bulgaria

17 May 1989

Romania	1 – 0	Bulgaria
Popescu  35'	(Report)

Steaua Stadium, Bucharest Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Soviet Union)

Denmark  v  Greece

17 May 1989

Denmark	7 – 1	Greece
B. Laudrup  24' Bartram  47' K. Nielsen  55' Povlsen  56' Vilfort  79' Andersen  85' M. Laudrup  89' (pen.)	(Report)	Mavridis  39'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Keith Hackett (England)

Bulgaria  v  Greece

11 October 1989

Bulgaria	4 – 0	Greece
Ivanov  72' Bankov  76' Iskrenov  79' Stoichkov  88'	(Report)

Yuri Gagarin Stadium, Varna Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Rolf Blattmann (Switzerland)

Denmark  v  Romania

11 October 1989

Denmark	3 – 0	Romania
K. Nielsen  4' B. Laudrup  26' Povlsen  85'	(Report)

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 45,400 Referee: Claude Bouillet (France)

Greece  v  Bulgaria

15 November 1989

Greece	1 – 0	Bulgaria
Nioplias  49'	(Report)

Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)

Romania  v  Denmark

15 November 1989

Romania	3 – 1	Denmark
Balint  25', 61' Sabău  38'	(Report)	Povlsen  6'

Steaua Stadium, Bucharest Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Tulio Lanese (Italy)

Goalscorers

There were 34 goals scored during the 12 games, an average of 2.83 goals per game.