1990 FIFA World Cup Qualification – UEFA Group 2
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The 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 2 was a
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qualifying group for the
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. The group comprised
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and
Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
. The group was won by Sweden, who qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. England also qualified as one of the best runners-up.


Standings


Results

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Goalscorers

There were 26 goals scored during the 12 games, an average of 2.17 goals per game. ;2 goals * Sokol Kushta *
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Gary Lineker Gary Winston Lineker ( ; born 30 November 1960) is an English Sports broadcasting, sports broadcaster and former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. Lineker is the only player t ...
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Johnny Ekström Johnny Douglas Ekström (born 5 March 1965) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward and a winger. He played professionally in Italy, Germany, France, and Spain but is best remembered for his time in Sweden with ...
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Ylli Shehu Ylli Shehu (born 13 March 1966) is an Albanian retired football player. Club career Shehu made his senior debut for Partizani against Naftëtari Qyteti Stalin in 1984 aged only 16 and he won two Albanian championships in 1987 and 1993 with th ...
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Krzysztof Warzycha Krzysztof Ireneusz Warzycha (, ; born 17 November 1964) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a forward for Ruch Chorzów and for Greek club Panathinaikos. At international level, he played for the Poland national team, sc ...
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Jacek Ziober Jacek Ziober (born 18 November 1965) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a forward. In years 1989 to 1993, he was a key player of Poland national football team. In 1990, he won the ''Piłka Nożna'' Polish Footballer of t ...
* Leif Engqvist * Hans Holmqvist *
Klas Ingesson Klas Inge "Klabbe" Ingesson (20 August 1968 – 29 October 2014) was a Swedish professional footballer and manager. He spent most of his career as a midfielder in Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, England, Italy and France. Ingesson represented the ...
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* Peter Larsson * Roger Ljung * Mats Magnusson


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:World Cup 2 1988–89 in English football qual 1988–89 in Albanian football 1989–90 in Albanian football 1988–89 in Polish football 1989–90 in Polish football 1988 in Swedish football 1989 in Swedish football