1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

The 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 3 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Austria, East Germany, Iceland, the Soviet Union and Turkey.

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	8	4	3	1	11	4	+7	11	Qualification to 1990 FIFA World Cup		—	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1
2	Austria	8	3	3	2	9	9	0	9			0–0	—	3–2	3–0	2–1
3	Turkey	8	3	1	4	12	10	+2	7			0–1	3–0	—	3–1	1–1
4	East Germany	8	3	1	4	9	13	−4	7			2–1	1–1	0–2	—	2–0
5	Iceland	8	1	4	3	6	11	−5	6			1–1	0–0	2–1	0–3	—

31 August 1988

Iceland	1 – 1	Soviet Union
Grétarsson 10'	(Report)	Lytovchenko 75'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 7,982

Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)

12 October 1988

Turkey	1 – 1	Iceland
Ünal Karaman 73'	(Report)	Torfason 62'

İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 25,680

Referee: Ovadia Ben Itzhak (Israel)

19 October 1988

Soviet Union	2 – 0	Austria
Mykhaylychenko 46' Zavarov 68'	(Report)

Republican Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 95,000

Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)

19 October 1988

East Germany	2 – 0	Iceland
Thom 34', 88'	(Report)

Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin

Attendance: 12,300

Referee: Einar Halle (Norway)

2 November 1988

Austria	3 – 2	Turkey
Polster 38' Herzog 42', 54'	(Report)	Uçar 61' Çolak 81'

Prater Stadium, Vienna

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)

30 November 1988

Turkey	3 – 1	East Germany
Çolak 23', 63' Çetin 69'	(Report)	Thom 76'

İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Lajos Németh (Hungary)

12 April 1989

East Germany	0 – 2	Turkey
	(Report)	Çolak 21' Dilmen 88'

Ernst Grube Stadium, Magdeburg

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Jan Damgaard (Denmark)

26 April 1989

Soviet Union	3 – 0	East Germany
Dobrovolski 3' Lytovchenko 20' Protasov 40'	(Report)

Republican Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 100,000

Referee: Douglas Hope (Scotland)

10 May 1989

Turkey	0 – 1	Soviet Union
	(Report)	Mykhaylychenko 41'

İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

20 May 1989

East Germany	1 – 1	Austria
Kirsten 86'	(Report)	Polster 3'

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Alphonse Constantin (Belgium)

31 May 1989

Soviet Union	1 – 1	Iceland
Dobrovolski 65'	(Report)	Akselsson 86'

Lenin Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 60,654

Referee: Timo Keltonen (Finland)

14 June 1989

Iceland	0 – 0	Austria
	(Report)

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 10,535

Referee: Howard King (Wales)

23 August 1989

Austria	2 – 1	Iceland
Pfeifenberger 47' Zsak 62'	(Report)	Margeirsson 48'

Stadion Lehen, Salzburg

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

6 September 1989

Austria	0 – 0	Soviet Union
	(Report)

Prater Stadium, Vienna

Attendance: 62,500

Referee: Keith Hackett (England)

6 September 1989

Iceland	0 – 3	East Germany
	(Report)	Sammer 55' Ernst 63' Doll 65'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 7,124

Referee: Keith Cooper (Wales)

20 September 1989

Iceland	2 – 1	Turkey
Pétursson 56', 72'	(Report)	Uçar 85'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 3,451

Referee: José Pérez Sánchez (Spain)

8 October 1989

East Germany	2 – 1	Soviet Union
Thom 81' Sammer 83'	(Report)	Lytovchenko 74'

Ernst-Thälmann Stadium, Karl-Marx-Stadt

Attendance: 15,900

Referee: Bo Helén (Sweden)

25 October 1989

Turkey	3 – 0	Austria
Dilmen 12', 52' Uçar 60'	(Report)

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 33,465

Referee: Josef Marko (Czechoslovakia)

15 November 1989

Soviet Union	2 – 0	Turkey
Protasov 68', 79'	(Report)

Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)

15 November 1989

Austria	3 – 0	East Germany
Polster 2', 23' (pen.), 61'	(Report)

Prater Stadium, Vienna

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Piotr Werner (Poland)

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

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal