1990 FIFA World Cup Group D
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Play in Group D of the 1990 FIFA World Cup
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...

completed on 19 June 1990. West Germany
Germany national football team
The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....

 won the group, and advanced to the second round, along with Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia national football team
The Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in association football. It enjoyed a modicum of success in international competition. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international...

 and Colombia
Colombia national football team
The Colombian national football team represents Colombia in international football competitions and is controlled by the Colombian Football Federation. It is a member of the CONMEBOL...

. The United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates national football team
The United Arab Emirates national football team represents United Arab Emirates in association football and is controlled by the United Arab Emirates Football Association, the governing body for football in United Arab Emirates...

 failed to advance.
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Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time is one of the names of the Daylight saving time offset using the UTC offset of UTC+02:00, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in most European countries. During the winter, Central European Time is used...

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UAE vs Colombia

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
GK 17 Muhsin Musabah
Muhsin Musabah
Mushin Musabah Faraj Fairouz is a retired United Arab Emirati footballer. He played as a goalkeeper for the United Arab Emirates national football team as well as the Sharjah Club in Sharjah....

DF 20 Yousuf Hussain
Yousuf Hussain
Yousuf Hussain Mohamed , is a UAE football player who played as a center back for the UAE national football team and Sharjah Club in Sharjah. He played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, and now heading the technical committee in UAE football association.-References:...

DF 6 Abdulrahman Mohamed
Abdulrahman Mohamed
Abdulrahman Mohamed Abdullah is a retired Emirati footballer. He played as a midfielder for the UAE national football team and Al-Nasr Club in Dubai....

DF 2 Khalil Ghanim
Khalil Ghanim
Khalil Ghanim Mubarak is a footballer from UAE who played as a centre back for Al-khaleej Club in Sharjah, and the UAE national football team. He formed along with his brother Mubarak a hard defence line for the UAE team during their careers...

DF 15 Ibrahim Meer
Ibrahim Meer
Nair Ibrahim Meer Abdulrahman is a retired UAE football player who played as a left back for the UAE national football team and Sharjah FC. He played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup along with his twin brother Eissa.-References:...

MF 19 Eissa Meer
Eissa Meer
Nour Eissa Meer Abdulrahman , is a retired Emiratifootballer who played as a right back for the UAE national football team and Sharjah FC. He played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup along with his twin brother Ibrahim.-References:Eissa Meer...

 
MF 12 Hussain Ghuloum
Hussain Ghuloum
Hussain Ghuloum Abbas Ali , is a UAE football player who played as a left winger for the UAE national football team and Sharjah Club in Sharjah. He played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup and was selected by FIFA as one of the best 100 players played in World Cup tournaments.-References:...

MF 14 Nasir Khamees
Nasir Khamees
Nasser Khamees Mubarak is a UAE football player who played as a midfielder for the UAE national football team and Al Wasl FC Club in Dubai. He is considered one of the best midfielders played for the UAE national team ever...

MF 3 Ali Thani
Ali Thani
'Ali Thani Juma'a Al-Ehawi :pl:Ali Thani / , is a footballer from UAE who played as an offensive midfielder for Sharjah Club in Sharjah, and the UAE national football team. He scored a goal against Yugoslavia in the 1990 FIFA World Cup.-External links:...

FW 7 Fahad Khamees
Fahad Khamees
Fahad Khamees Mubarak , is a UAE football player who played as a striker for the UAE national football team and Al Wasl FC Club in Dubai. He played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup and was the captain of the team in the matches against Colombia and Yugoslavia.-External links:...

 (c)
FW 10 Adnan Al Talyani
Substitutions:
MF 5 Abdullah Sultan 
FW 11 Zuhair Bakhit
Zuhair Bakhit
Zuhair Saeed Bakheet-Bilal , is a UAE football player who played as a striker for the UAE national football team and Al Wasl FC in Dubai. He started playing for the national team in 1988 and retired from international football in 2001. He played in 5 Gulf Cup of Nations, 3 AFC Asian Cup of...

 
Manager:
  Carlos Alberto Parreira
Carlos Alberto Parreira
Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira is a Brazilian former football manager. He managed Brazil to championships at the 1994 World Cup, the 2004 Copa América, and the 2005 Confederations Cup...

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COLOMBIA: | GK 1 René Higuita
René Higuita
José René Higuita Zapata is a former Colombian football goalkeeper nicknamed El Loco...

DF 4 Luis Fernando Herrera
Luis Fernando Herrera
Luis Fernando Herrera Arango is a retired football defender. He was capped 61 times and scored 1 international goal for Colombia between 1987 and 1996.-Career:...

DF 15 Luis Carlos Perea
Luis Carlos Perea
Luis Carlos "Coroncoro" Perea is a retired Colombian footballer who played as a central defender.-Football career:...

DF 2 Andrés Escobar
Andrés Escobar
Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga , nicknamed "The Gentleman of Football", was a Colombian footballer who was shot and killed in Medellín. It is widely believed that he was murdered due to his own goal in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, which supposedly would have caused gambling losses to several powerful drug...

DF 3 Gildardo Gómez
Gildardo Gómez
Gildardo Biderman Gómez Monsálvez is a Colombian football player who used to play as defender specially in Atlético Nacional, where he won Copa Libertadores title, and Independiente Medellín. He was in the same generation from other good players in his position like León Villa and Luis Fernando...

MF 8 Gabriel Gómez
Gabriel Gómez
Gabriel Jaime Gómez Jaramillo is a retired Colombian footballer who played as a central midfielder.-Club career:...

MF 14 Leonel Álvarez MF 11 Bernardo Redín
Bernardo Redín
Bernardo Redín Valverde is a former Colombian football player. During the 1980s Bernardo Redin was part of Deportivo Cali's Dinamic Duo with famous football player Carlos "El Pibe" Valderrama...

MF 10 Carlos Valderrama (c) FW 19 Freddy Rincón FW 16 Arnoldo Iguarán
Arnoldo Iguarán
Arnoldo Alberto Iguarán Zúñiga aka "El Guajiro" is a former Colombian footballer who is the all-time leading goalscorer for the Colombia national team.-Club career:...

Substitutions: MF 7 Carlos Estrada
Carlos Estrada
Carlos Estrada is a Colombian football forward who played for Colombia in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Millonarios Fútbol Club.-External links:*...

  Manager:   Francisco Maturana
Francisco Maturana
Francisco Maturana, also known as Pacho is a Colombian ex-football player and later a successful football manager.-Player:...




Assistant referees:

Alan Snoddy
Alan Snoddy
Alan Snoddy is a retired Northern Irish football referee, known for having refereed two matches in the FIFA World Cup: one in 1986 and one in 1990. At the 1986 World Cup Snoddy was appointed to referee the game between Morocco and Portugal in Guadalajara which ended 2-0 to Morocco...

 (Northern Ireland
Irish Football Association
The Irish Football Association is the organising body for association football in Northern Ireland, and was historically the governing body for Ireland...

)

Shizuo Takada
Shizuo Takada
is a former Japanese football referee. He refereed a first round match between Spain and Algeria in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He also officiated a first round match between Yugoslavia and UAE in the 1990 FIFA World Cup.-References:*...

 (Japan
Japan Football Association
The Japan Football Association, sometimes known as the Japan Soccer Association , is the governing body responsible for the administration of association football in Japan. It is responsible for the national team as well as club competitions....

)

West Germany vs Yugoslavia

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WEST GERMANY:
GK 1 Bodo Illgner
Bodo Illgner
Bodo Illgner is a retired German footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.During his career, he played for 1. FC Köln and Real Madrid, and helped West Germany to the 1990 World Cup, where he became the first goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in a World Cup final.-Club career:Born in Koblenz, Illgner...

SW 5 Klaus Augenthaler
Klaus Augenthaler
Klaus "Auge" Augenthaler is a former football player and now manager.-Playing years:...

DF 14 Thomas Berthold
Thomas Berthold
Thomas Berthold is a German football coach and former defender.-Career:Berthold was born in Hanau, Hesse.He played 332 games in the Bundesliga, scoring 22 goals. He began his career in 1982 with Eintracht Frankfurt and played for them until 1987. From 1987 until 1991 he played in Italy: for Hellas...

DF 6 Guido Buchwald
Guido Buchwald
Guido Ulrich Buchwald is a German former football defender and manager.The best game of Buchwald's career was probably the final of the 1990 FIFA World Cup when he effectively marked the skilled footballer, Diego Maradona, earning him the nickname "Diego"...

MF 2 Stefan Reuter
Stefan Reuter
Stefan Reuter is a German football coach and former player.-Career:A right sided defender who started his career with TSV 1860 Dinkelsbühl. 1982 he played for 1. FC Nuremberg, first in the 2. Bundesliga and since 1985 in the German Bundesliga. In exactly 100 games he scored 10 goals...

MF 8 Thomas Häßler
Thomas Häßler
Thomas Jürgen "Icke" Häßler is a former German football midfielder and is currently a coach for 1. FC Köln. He was formerly a coach for the Nigeria national team....

 
MF 10 Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Herbert Matthäus , is a German football manager and former player.In 1990, he was named European Footballer of the Year and World Soccer Player of the Year after captaining West Germany to victory in the 1990 World Cup...

 (c)
MF 15 Uwe Bein
Uwe Bein
Uwe Bein is a former German footballer.Although, due to his reserved nature, he was never able to gain large public fame, his fans and experts call him one of the most technically-gifted German midfielders of his time...

MF 3 Andreas Brehme
Andreas Brehme
Andreas "Andy" Brehme is a German football coach and former football defender. He is best known for scoring the winning goal for Germany in the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final against Argentina on a 85th minute penalty kick....

FW 9 Rudi Völler
Rudi Völler
Rudolf 'Rudi' Völler is a German former international football striker, and a former manager of the German national team...

FW 18 Jürgen Klinsmann
Jürgen Klinsmann
Jürgen Klinsmann is a German football manager and former player who is currently the coach of the United States Men's National Team. As a player, Klinsmann played for several prominent clubs in Europe and was part of the West German team that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the German one that...

Substitutions:
MF 7 Pierre Littbarski
Pierre Littbarski
Pierre Michael Littbarski is a German football manager and former player. He was mainly a winger or attacking midfielder and is best known for his brilliant dribbling abilities. He was a FIFA World Cup winner with West Germany in 1990. He was also runner–up twice in 1982 and 1986 with West Germany...

 
MF 17 Andreas Möller
Andreas Möller
Andreas Möller is a retired German footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He was a playmaker known for his range of passing and goalscoring ability...

 
Manager:
  Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Anton Beckenbauer is a German football coach, manager, and former player, nicknamed Der Kaiser because of his elegant style, his leadership, his first name "Franz" , and his dominance on the football pitch...

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YUGOSLAVIA: | GK 1 Tomislav Ivković
Tomislav Ivkovic
Tomislav Ivković is a retired Croatian footballer who played as a goalkeeper....

SW 6 Davor Jozić
Davor Jozic
Davor Jozić is a former footballer of Bosnian Croat ethnicity.Jozić started playing at a local club FK Igman Konjic and then he moved to FK Sarajevo where he played in 450 games. After came clubs such as Cesena, Club América, and Spezia...

DF 4 Zoran Vulić
Zoran Vulic
Zoran Vulić is a retired Croatian footballer, who is currently working as a football manager.-Playing career:For hometown HNK Hajduk Split Vulić, a central defender with a powerful shot, played eight seasons, amassing 167 league games, with 25 goals.He then had successful abroad stints with RCD...

DF 3 Predrag Spasić
Predrag Spasic
Predrag Spasić is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a central defender.Over the course of his career Spasić played for FK Radnicki Kragujevac , FK Partizan, Real Madrid, CA Osasuna, Atlético Marbella and FK Radnički Novi Beograd, retiring at only 31.He was capped 31 times for the...

DF 5 Faruk Hadžibegić DF 18 Mirsad Baljić
Mirsad Baljic
Mirsad "Žvaka" Baljić is a former Yugoslav and Bosnian football player who played as an offensive full-backHe got his nickname Žvaka for his constant use of chewing gum during the game....

MF 8 Safet Sušić
Safet Sušic
Safet "Pape" Sušić is a Bosnian former footballer and current manager of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team. In his playing days, he operated as playmaking attacking midfielder...

MF 10 Dragan Stojković
Dragan Stojkovic
Dragan Stojković , also known under the nickname Piksi is a Serbian former footballer and current manager of J...

MF 13 Srečko Katanec
Srecko Katanec
Srečko Katanec is a Slovenian football manager and a former player capped for Yugoslavia and Slovenia. His last position was as the manager of the United Arab Emirates national football team.-Career:...

FW 19 Dejan Savićević
Dejan Savicevic
Dejan Savićević , is a Montenegrin former football player and is the president of the Montenegrin FA....

  FW 11 Zlatko Vujović
Zlatko Vujovic
Zlatko Vujović is a retired Bosnian Croat footballer who played as a striker....

 (c) Substitutions: MF 7 Dragoljub Brnović
Dragoljub Brnovic
Dragoljub Brnović is a former Montenegrin football player. He was born on 2 November 1963 in Montenegro, Yugoslavia. He played at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy for the Yugoslav team, where he became notorious for missing one of the penalty kicks in the quarter-finals against Argentina, sending...

  MF 15 Robert Prosinečki
Robert Prosinecki
Robert Prosinečki is a Croatian football manager and former football midfielder. Prosinečki is regarded by many as the player with best technique that ever played in and for Croatia. Former national squad teammate Zvonimir Boban, humbly, also agreed with this. His dribbling is considered...

  Manager:   Ivica Osim
Ivica Osim
Ivan "Ivica" Osim is a Bosnian former football player and manager. He was most recently head coach of Japan, before he suffered a stroke in November 2007 and left the post...




Assistant referees:

Jassim Mandi
Jassim Mandi
Jassim Abdul-Rahman Mandi . Is a former football referee from the Asian state of Bahrain. He is known to have officiated the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-References:*...

 (Bahrain
Bahrain Football Association
The Bahrain Football Association is the governing body of football in Bahrain, and controls the Bahrain national football team. It was founded in 1957, and has been a member of FIFA since 1966. It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation....

)

Michał Listkiewicz (Poland
Polish Football Association
The Polish Football Association is the governing body of football in Poland. It organizes the Polish football leagues , the Polish Cup, the Polish SuperCup, the Polish League Cup, and the Polish national football team...

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Yugoslavia vs Colombia

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YUGOSLAVIA:
GK 1 Tomislav Ivković
Tomislav Ivkovic
Tomislav Ivković is a retired Croatian footballer who played as a goalkeeper....

SW 6 Davor Jozić
Davor Jozic
Davor Jozić is a former footballer of Bosnian Croat ethnicity.Jozić started playing at a local club FK Igman Konjic and then he moved to FK Sarajevo where he played in 450 games. After came clubs such as Cesena, Club América, and Spezia...

DF 3 Predrag Spasić
Predrag Spasic
Predrag Spasić is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a central defender.Over the course of his career Spasić played for FK Radnicki Kragujevac , FK Partizan, Real Madrid, CA Osasuna, Atlético Marbella and FK Radnički Novi Beograd, retiring at only 31.He was capped 31 times for the...

DF 5 Faruk Hadžibegić
MF 2 Vujadin Stanojković
Vujadin Stanojkovic
Vujadin Stanojković is a former Yugoslav/Macedonian football coach and former player. He is of Serbian ethnic origin....

MF 8 Safet Sušić
Safet Sušic
Safet "Pape" Sušić is a Bosnian former footballer and current manager of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team. In his playing days, he operated as playmaking attacking midfielder...

MF 16 Refik Šabanadžović
Refik Šabanadžovic
Refik Šabanadžović is a retired Montenegrin-born Bosnian footballer.-Club career:His career began in a small Montenegrin club FK Dečić Tuzi. He was spotted there by Titograd's FK Budućnost and moved there shortly after...

MF 13 Srečko Katanec
Srecko Katanec
Srečko Katanec is a Slovenian football manager and a former player capped for Yugoslavia and Slovenia. His last position was as the manager of the United Arab Emirates national football team.-Career:...

 
MF 7 Dragoljub Brnović
Dragoljub Brnovic
Dragoljub Brnović is a former Montenegrin football player. He was born on 2 November 1963 in Montenegro, Yugoslavia. He played at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy for the Yugoslav team, where he became notorious for missing one of the penalty kicks in the quarter-finals against Argentina, sending...

FW 10 Dragan Stojković
Dragan Stojkovic
Dragan Stojković , also known under the nickname Piksi is a Serbian former footballer and current manager of J...

FW 11 Zlatko Vujović
Zlatko Vujovic
Zlatko Vujović is a retired Bosnian Croat footballer who played as a striker....

 (c)
Substitutions:
FW 9 Darko Pančev
Darko Pancev
Darko Pančev is a retired Yugoslav and Macedonian footballer, and winner of the Golden Boot award in 1991.-Club career:Pančev was the highest scorer in top-division European football in the 1990–91 season with 34 goals, and should have won the European Golden Boot award...

 
MF 17 Robert Jarni
Robert Jarni
Robert Jarni is a retired Croatian footballer who played as left winger or wingback. He is now a manager, but is currently without a club after resigning from his managerial post at Istra 1961 in September 2010....

 
Manager:
  Ivica Osim
Ivica Osim
Ivan "Ivica" Osim is a Bosnian former football player and manager. He was most recently head coach of Japan, before he suffered a stroke in November 2007 and left the post...

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COLOMBIA: | GK 1 René Higuita
René Higuita
José René Higuita Zapata is a former Colombian football goalkeeper nicknamed El Loco...

DF 4 Luis Fernando Herrera
Luis Fernando Herrera
Luis Fernando Herrera Arango is a retired football defender. He was capped 61 times and scored 1 international goal for Colombia between 1987 and 1996.-Career:...

DF 15 Luis Carlos Perea
Luis Carlos Perea
Luis Carlos "Coroncoro" Perea is a retired Colombian footballer who played as a central defender.-Football career:...

DF 2 Andrés Escobar
Andrés Escobar
Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga , nicknamed "The Gentleman of Football", was a Colombian footballer who was shot and killed in Medellín. It is widely believed that he was murdered due to his own goal in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, which supposedly would have caused gambling losses to several powerful drug...

DF 3 Gildardo Gómez
Gildardo Gómez
Gildardo Biderman Gómez Monsálvez is a Colombian football player who used to play as defender specially in Atlético Nacional, where he won Copa Libertadores title, and Independiente Medellín. He was in the same generation from other good players in his position like León Villa and Luis Fernando...

MF 8 Gabriel Gómez
Gabriel Gómez
Gabriel Jaime Gómez Jaramillo is a retired Colombian footballer who played as a central midfielder.-Club career:...

MF 14 Leonel Álvarez MF 11 Bernardo Redín
Bernardo Redín
Bernardo Redín Valverde is a former Colombian football player. During the 1980s Bernardo Redin was part of Deportivo Cali's Dinamic Duo with famous football player Carlos "El Pibe" Valderrama...

MF 10 Carlos Valderrama (c) FW 19 Freddy Rincón  FW 16 Arnoldo Iguarán
Arnoldo Iguarán
Arnoldo Alberto Iguarán Zúñiga aka "El Guajiro" is a former Colombian footballer who is the all-time leading goalscorer for the Colombia national team.-Club career:...

Substitutions: MF 7 Carlos Estrada
Carlos Estrada
Carlos Estrada is a Colombian football forward who played for Colombia in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Millonarios Fútbol Club.-External links:*...

  MF 22 Rubén Darío Hernández
Rubén Darío Hernández
Rubén Darío Hernández is a former Colombian football striker, one of the leading scorers in his country's history, and one of the early busts of Major League Soccer....

  Manager:   Francisco Maturana
Francisco Maturana
Francisco Maturana, also known as Pacho is a Colombian ex-football player and later a successful football manager.-Player:...




Assistant referees:

Neji Jouini
Neji Jouini
Neji Jouini is a former Tunisian football referee. He is known for having refereed three matches in the FIFA World Cup, one in 1990 and two in 1994. Currently, he is the head of the Referees Association of the Qatar Football Association....

 (Tunisia
Fédération Tunisienne de Football
The Fédération Tunisienne de Football is the governing body of football in Tunisia. It was established in 1956.-Clubs:Clubs that have participated in the Division Nationale de Football between 1956 and 1996:*AMS Association Mégrine Sportive...

)

Jean-Fidele Diramba
Jean-Fidele Diramba
Jean-Fidele Diramba , is a former football referee from the African state of Gabon. He is known for having officiated the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Diramba officiated the 1990 Africa Cup of Nations Final in Algiers between Algeria and Nigeria.Jean-Fidele Diramba was the referee in...

 (Gabon
Fédération Gabonaise de Football
The Fédération Gabonaise de Football is the governing body of football in Gabon. It was founded in 1962, affiliated to FIFA in 1963 and to CAF in 1967. It organizes the national football league and the national team.-External links:...

)

West Germany vs UAE

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WEST GERMANY:
GK 1 Bodo Illgner
Bodo Illgner
Bodo Illgner is a retired German footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.During his career, he played for 1. FC Köln and Real Madrid, and helped West Germany to the 1990 World Cup, where he became the first goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in a World Cup final.-Club career:Born in Koblenz, Illgner...

SW 5 Klaus Augenthaler
Klaus Augenthaler
Klaus "Auge" Augenthaler is a former football player and now manager.-Playing years:...

DF 14 Thomas Berthold
Thomas Berthold
Thomas Berthold is a German football coach and former defender.-Career:Berthold was born in Hanau, Hesse.He played 332 games in the Bundesliga, scoring 22 goals. He began his career in 1982 with Eintracht Frankfurt and played for them until 1987. From 1987 until 1991 he played in Italy: for Hellas...

DF 6 Guido Buchwald
Guido Buchwald
Guido Ulrich Buchwald is a German former football defender and manager.The best game of Buchwald's career was probably the final of the 1990 FIFA World Cup when he effectively marked the skilled footballer, Diego Maradona, earning him the nickname "Diego"...

MF 2 Stefan Reuter
Stefan Reuter
Stefan Reuter is a German football coach and former player.-Career:A right sided defender who started his career with TSV 1860 Dinkelsbühl. 1982 he played for 1. FC Nuremberg, first in the 2. Bundesliga and since 1985 in the German Bundesliga. In exactly 100 games he scored 10 goals...

MF 8 Thomas Häßler
Thomas Häßler
Thomas Jürgen "Icke" Häßler is a former German football midfielder and is currently a coach for 1. FC Köln. He was formerly a coach for the Nigeria national team....

MF 10 Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Herbert Matthäus , is a German football manager and former player.In 1990, he was named European Footballer of the Year and World Soccer Player of the Year after captaining West Germany to victory in the 1990 World Cup...

 (c)
MF 15 Uwe Bein
Uwe Bein
Uwe Bein is a former German footballer.Although, due to his reserved nature, he was never able to gain large public fame, his fans and experts call him one of the most technically-gifted German midfielders of his time...

MF 3 Andreas Brehme
Andreas Brehme
Andreas "Andy" Brehme is a German football coach and former football defender. He is best known for scoring the winning goal for Germany in the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final against Argentina on a 85th minute penalty kick....

FW 9 Rudi Völler
Rudi Völler
Rudolf 'Rudi' Völler is a German former international football striker, and a former manager of the German national team...

FW 18 Jürgen Klinsmann
Jürgen Klinsmann
Jürgen Klinsmann is a German football manager and former player who is currently the coach of the United States Men's National Team. As a player, Klinsmann played for several prominent clubs in Europe and was part of the West German team that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the German one that...

Substitutions:
MF 7 Pierre Littbarski
Pierre Littbarski
Pierre Michael Littbarski is a German football manager and former player. He was mainly a winger or attacking midfielder and is best known for his brilliant dribbling abilities. He was a FIFA World Cup winner with West Germany in 1990. He was also runner–up twice in 1982 and 1986 with West Germany...

 
FW 13 Karl-Heinz Riedle 
Manager:
  Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Anton Beckenbauer is a German football coach, manager, and former player, nicknamed Der Kaiser because of his elegant style, his leadership, his first name "Franz" , and his dominance on the football pitch...

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: | GK 17 Muhsin Musabah
Muhsin Musabah
Mushin Musabah Faraj Fairouz is a retired United Arab Emirati footballer. He played as a goalkeeper for the United Arab Emirates national football team as well as the Sharjah Club in Sharjah....

DF 20 Yousuf Hussain
Yousuf Hussain
Yousuf Hussain Mohamed , is a UAE football player who played as a center back for the UAE national football team and Sharjah Club in Sharjah. He played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, and now heading the technical committee in UAE football association.-References:...

DF 6 Abdulrahman Mohamed
Abdulrahman Mohamed
Abdulrahman Mohamed Abdullah is a retired Emirati footballer. He played as a midfielder for the UAE national football team and Al-Nasr Club in Dubai....

 (c) DF 2 Khalil Ghanim
Khalil Ghanim
Khalil Ghanim Mubarak is a footballer from UAE who played as a centre back for Al-khaleej Club in Sharjah, and the UAE national football team. He formed along with his brother Mubarak a hard defence line for the UAE team during their careers...

DF 15 Ibrahim Meer
Ibrahim Meer
Nair Ibrahim Meer Abdulrahman is a retired UAE football player who played as a left back for the UAE national football team and Sharjah FC. He played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup along with his twin brother Eissa.-References:...

MF 19 Eissa Meer
Eissa Meer
Nour Eissa Meer Abdulrahman , is a retired Emiratifootballer who played as a right back for the UAE national football team and Sharjah FC. He played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup along with his twin brother Ibrahim.-References:Eissa Meer...

MF 12 Hussain Ghuloum
Hussain Ghuloum
Hussain Ghuloum Abbas Ali , is a UAE football player who played as a left winger for the UAE national football team and Sharjah Club in Sharjah. He played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup and was selected by FIFA as one of the best 100 players played in World Cup tournaments.-References:...

MF 14 Nasir Khamees
Nasir Khamees
Nasser Khamees Mubarak is a UAE football player who played as a midfielder for the UAE national football team and Al Wasl FC Club in Dubai. He is considered one of the best midfielders played for the UAE national team ever...

MF 8 Khalid Ismaïl
Khalid Ismaïl
Khalid Ismaïl Mubarak is a UAE football player who played as a midfielder for the UAE national football team and Al-Nasr Club in Dubai...

FW 3 Ali Thani
Ali Thani
'Ali Thani Juma'a Al-Ehawi :pl:Ali Thani / , is a footballer from UAE who played as an offensive midfielder for Sharjah Club in Sharjah, and the UAE national football team. He scored a goal against Yugoslavia in the 1990 FIFA World Cup.-External links:...

FW 10 Adnan Al Talyani Substitutions: DF 21 Abdulrahman Al-Haddad
Abdulrahman Al-Haddad
Abdulrahman Al-Haddad is a retired UAE footballer. He played as a centre back for the UAE national football team as well as the Sharjah Club in Sharjah.Al-Haddad played for the UAE at the 1990 FIFA World Cup finals.-References:...

  Manager:   Carlos Alberto Parreira
Carlos Alberto Parreira
Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira is a Brazilian former football manager. He managed Brazil to championships at the 1994 World Cup, the 2004 Copa América, and the 2005 Confederations Cup...




Assistant referees:

Shizuo Takada
Shizuo Takada
is a former Japanese football referee. He refereed a first round match between Spain and Algeria in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He also officiated a first round match between Yugoslavia and UAE in the 1990 FIFA World Cup.-References:*...

 (Japan
Japan Football Association
The Japan Football Association, sometimes known as the Japan Soccer Association , is the governing body responsible for the administration of association football in Japan. It is responsible for the national team as well as club competitions....

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Pierluigi Pairetto
Pierluigi Pairetto
Pierluigi Pairetto is an Italian former football referee. Among the many prestigious games he officiated were the Euro 96 final between Germany and the Czech Republic at Wembley, and the classic USA 94 second-round clash between Romania and Argentina in Pasadena.He held the position of Italian...

 (Italy)

West Germany vs Colombia

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WEST GERMANY:
GK 1 Bodo Illgner
Bodo Illgner
Bodo Illgner is a retired German footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.During his career, he played for 1. FC Köln and Real Madrid, and helped West Germany to the 1990 World Cup, where he became the first goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in a World Cup final.-Club career:Born in Koblenz, Illgner...

SW 5 Klaus Augenthaler
Klaus Augenthaler
Klaus "Auge" Augenthaler is a former football player and now manager.-Playing years:...

DF 14 Thomas Berthold
Thomas Berthold
Thomas Berthold is a German football coach and former defender.-Career:Berthold was born in Hanau, Hesse.He played 332 games in the Bundesliga, scoring 22 goals. He began his career in 1982 with Eintracht Frankfurt and played for them until 1987. From 1987 until 1991 he played in Italy: for Hellas...

DF 6 Guido Buchwald
Guido Buchwald
Guido Ulrich Buchwald is a German former football defender and manager.The best game of Buchwald's career was probably the final of the 1990 FIFA World Cup when he effectively marked the skilled footballer, Diego Maradona, earning him the nickname "Diego"...

MF 2 Stefan Reuter
Stefan Reuter
Stefan Reuter is a German football coach and former player.-Career:A right sided defender who started his career with TSV 1860 Dinkelsbühl. 1982 he played for 1. FC Nuremberg, first in the 2. Bundesliga and since 1985 in the German Bundesliga. In exactly 100 games he scored 10 goals...

MF 8 Thomas Häßler
Thomas Häßler
Thomas Jürgen "Icke" Häßler is a former German football midfielder and is currently a coach for 1. FC Köln. He was formerly a coach for the Nigeria national team....

 
MF 10 Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Herbert Matthäus , is a German football manager and former player.In 1990, he was named European Footballer of the Year and World Soccer Player of the Year after captaining West Germany to victory in the 1990 World Cup...

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MF 15 Uwe Bein
Uwe Bein
Uwe Bein is a former German footballer.Although, due to his reserved nature, he was never able to gain large public fame, his fans and experts call him one of the most technically-gifted German midfielders of his time...

DF 19 Hans Pflügler
Hans Pflügler
Johannes Christian "Hansi" Pflügler is a former German footballer.He could either appear as a left or central defender and played solely for FC Bayern Munich.-Club career:...

FW 9 Rudi Völler
Rudi Völler
Rudolf 'Rudi' Völler is a German former international football striker, and a former manager of the German national team...

FW 18 Jürgen Klinsmann
Jürgen Klinsmann
Jürgen Klinsmann is a German football manager and former player who is currently the coach of the United States Men's National Team. As a player, Klinsmann played for several prominent clubs in Europe and was part of the West German team that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the German one that...

Substitutions:
MF 7 Pierre Littbarski
Pierre Littbarski
Pierre Michael Littbarski is a German football manager and former player. He was mainly a winger or attacking midfielder and is best known for his brilliant dribbling abilities. He was a FIFA World Cup winner with West Germany in 1990. He was also runner–up twice in 1982 and 1986 with West Germany...

 
FW 20 Olaf Thon
Olaf Thon
Olaf Thon is a retired German footballer, and a current coach.Mainly a central midfielder, his 19-year professional career was solely associated to Schalke 04 and Bayern Munich, having amassed more than 500 official games and 100 goals for both combined...

 
Manager:
  Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Anton Beckenbauer is a German football coach, manager, and former player, nicknamed Der Kaiser because of his elegant style, his leadership, his first name "Franz" , and his dominance on the football pitch...

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COLOMBIA: | GK 1 René Higuita
René Higuita
José René Higuita Zapata is a former Colombian football goalkeeper nicknamed El Loco...

DF 4 Luis Fernando Herrera
Luis Fernando Herrera
Luis Fernando Herrera Arango is a retired football defender. He was capped 61 times and scored 1 international goal for Colombia between 1987 and 1996.-Career:...

DF 15 Luis Carlos Perea
Luis Carlos Perea
Luis Carlos "Coroncoro" Perea is a retired Colombian footballer who played as a central defender.-Football career:...

DF 2 Andrés Escobar
Andrés Escobar
Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga , nicknamed "The Gentleman of Football", was a Colombian footballer who was shot and killed in Medellín. It is widely believed that he was murdered due to his own goal in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, which supposedly would have caused gambling losses to several powerful drug...

DF 3 Gildardo Gómez
Gildardo Gómez
Gildardo Biderman Gómez Monsálvez is a Colombian football player who used to play as defender specially in Atlético Nacional, where he won Copa Libertadores title, and Independiente Medellín. He was in the same generation from other good players in his position like León Villa and Luis Fernando...

MF 8 Gabriel Gómez
Gabriel Gómez
Gabriel Jaime Gómez Jaramillo is a retired Colombian footballer who played as a central midfielder.-Club career:...

MF 14 Leonel Álvarez MF 20 Luis Fajardo
Luis Fajardo
Luis Alfonso "El Bendito" Fajardo Posada is a retired Colombian footballer. He was chosen to play for Colombia in the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy by his former Atlético Nacional manager Francisco Maturana. He's now a chairman of Deportivo Rionegro, a second division Colombian team.-References:...

MF 10 Carlos Valderrama (c) MF 7 Carlos Estrada
Carlos Estrada
Carlos Estrada is a Colombian football forward who played for Colombia in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Millonarios Fútbol Club.-External links:*...

FW 19 Freddy Rincón Manager:   Francisco Maturana
Francisco Maturana
Francisco Maturana, also known as Pacho is a Colombian ex-football player and later a successful football manager.-Player:...




Assistant referees:

Jassim Mandi
Jassim Mandi
Jassim Abdul-Rahman Mandi . Is a former football referee from the Asian state of Bahrain. He is known to have officiated the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-References:*...

 (Bahrain
Bahrain Football Association
The Bahrain Football Association is the governing body of football in Bahrain, and controls the Bahrain national football team. It was founded in 1957, and has been a member of FIFA since 1966. It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation....

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Tullio Lanese
Tullio Lanese
Tullio Lanese is a former football referee from Italy. He is mostly known for supervising three matches in the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. He also refereed the European Cup final in 1991....

 (Italy)

Yugoslavia vs UAE

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YUGOSLAVIA:
GK 1 Tomislav Ivković
Tomislav Ivkovic
Tomislav Ivković is a retired Croatian footballer who played as a goalkeeper....

SW 5 Faruk Hadžibegić
DF 2 Vujadin Stanojković
Vujadin Stanojkovic
Vujadin Stanojković is a former Yugoslav/Macedonian football coach and former player. He is of Serbian ethnic origin....

DF 3 Predrag Spasić
Predrag Spasic
Predrag Spasić is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a central defender.Over the course of his career Spasić played for FK Radnicki Kragujevac , FK Partizan, Real Madrid, CA Osasuna, Atlético Marbella and FK Radnički Novi Beograd, retiring at only 31.He was capped 31 times for the...

MF 16 Refik Šabanadžović
Refik Šabanadžovic
Refik Šabanadžović is a retired Montenegrin-born Bosnian footballer.-Club career:His career began in a small Montenegrin club FK Dečić Tuzi. He was spotted there by Titograd's FK Budućnost and moved there shortly after...

MF 10 Dragan Stojković
Dragan Stojkovic
Dragan Stojković , also known under the nickname Piksi is a Serbian former footballer and current manager of J...

MF 6 Davor Jozić
Davor Jozic
Davor Jozić is a former footballer of Bosnian Croat ethnicity.Jozić started playing at a local club FK Igman Konjic and then he moved to FK Sarajevo where he played in 450 games. After came clubs such as Cesena, Club América, and Spezia...

MF 8 Safet Sušić
Safet Sušic
Safet "Pape" Sušić is a Bosnian former footballer and current manager of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team. In his playing days, he operated as playmaking attacking midfielder...

MF 7 Dragoljub Brnović
Dragoljub Brnovic
Dragoljub Brnović is a former Montenegrin football player. He was born on 2 November 1963 in Montenegro, Yugoslavia. He played at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy for the Yugoslav team, where he became notorious for missing one of the penalty kicks in the quarter-finals against Argentina, sending...

FW 9 Darko Pančev
Darko Pancev
Darko Pančev is a retired Yugoslav and Macedonian footballer, and winner of the Golden Boot award in 1991.-Club career:Pančev was the highest scorer in top-division European football in the 1990–91 season with 34 goals, and should have won the European Golden Boot award...

FW 11 Zlatko Vujović
Zlatko Vujovic
Zlatko Vujović is a retired Bosnian Croat footballer who played as a striker....

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Substitutions:
DF 4 Zoran Vulić
Zoran Vulic
Zoran Vulić is a retired Croatian footballer, who is currently working as a football manager.-Playing career:For hometown HNK Hajduk Split Vulić, a central defender with a powerful shot, played eight seasons, amassing 167 league games, with 25 goals.He then had successful abroad stints with RCD...

 
MF 15 Robert Prosinečki
Robert Prosinecki
Robert Prosinečki is a Croatian football manager and former football midfielder. Prosinečki is regarded by many as the player with best technique that ever played in and for Croatia. Former national squad teammate Zvonimir Boban, humbly, also agreed with this. His dribbling is considered...

 
Manager:
  Ivica Osim
Ivica Osim
Ivan "Ivica" Osim is a Bosnian former football player and manager. He was most recently head coach of Japan, before he suffered a stroke in November 2007 and left the post...

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: | GK 17 Muhsin Musabah
Muhsin Musabah
Mushin Musabah Faraj Fairouz is a retired United Arab Emirati footballer. He played as a goalkeeper for the United Arab Emirates national football team as well as the Sharjah Club in Sharjah....

DF 19 Eissa Meer
Eissa Meer
Nour Eissa Meer Abdulrahman , is a retired Emiratifootballer who played as a right back for the UAE national football team and Sharjah FC. He played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup along with his twin brother Ibrahim.-References:Eissa Meer...

DF 6 Abdulrahman Mohamed
Abdulrahman Mohamed
Abdulrahman Mohamed Abdullah is a retired Emirati footballer. He played as a midfielder for the UAE national football team and Al-Nasr Club in Dubai....

 (c) DF 2 Khalil Ghanim
Khalil Ghanim
Khalil Ghanim Mubarak is a footballer from UAE who played as a centre back for Al-khaleej Club in Sharjah, and the UAE national football team. He formed along with his brother Mubarak a hard defence line for the UAE team during their careers...

  DF 15 Ibrahim Meer
Ibrahim Meer
Nair Ibrahim Meer Abdulrahman is a retired UAE football player who played as a left back for the UAE national football team and Sharjah FC. He played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup along with his twin brother Eissa.-References:...

MF 21 Abdulrahman Al-Haddad
Abdulrahman Al-Haddad
Abdulrahman Al-Haddad is a retired UAE footballer. He played as a centre back for the UAE national football team as well as the Sharjah Club in Sharjah.Al-Haddad played for the UAE at the 1990 FIFA World Cup finals.-References:...

MF 12 Hussain Ghuloum
Hussain Ghuloum
Hussain Ghuloum Abbas Ali , is a UAE football player who played as a left winger for the UAE national football team and Sharjah Club in Sharjah. He played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup and was selected by FIFA as one of the best 100 players played in World Cup tournaments.-References:...

MF 14 Nasir Khamees
Nasir Khamees
Nasser Khamees Mubarak is a UAE football player who played as a midfielder for the UAE national football team and Al Wasl FC Club in Dubai. He is considered one of the best midfielders played for the UAE national team ever...

MF 8 Khalid Ismaïl
Khalid Ismaïl
Khalid Ismaïl Mubarak is a UAE football player who played as a midfielder for the UAE national football team and Al-Nasr Club in Dubai...

FW 3 Ali Thani
Ali Thani
'Ali Thani Juma'a Al-Ehawi :pl:Ali Thani / , is a footballer from UAE who played as an offensive midfielder for Sharjah Club in Sharjah, and the UAE national football team. He scored a goal against Yugoslavia in the 1990 FIFA World Cup.-External links:...

FW 10 Adnan Al Talyani Substitutions: MF 5 Abdullah Sultan  FW 7 Fahad Khamees
Fahad Khamees
Fahad Khamees Mubarak , is a UAE football player who played as a striker for the UAE national football team and Al Wasl FC Club in Dubai. He played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup and was the captain of the team in the matches against Colombia and Yugoslavia.-External links:...

  Manager:   Carlos Alberto Parreira
Carlos Alberto Parreira
Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira is a Brazilian former football manager. He managed Brazil to championships at the 1994 World Cup, the 2004 Copa América, and the 2005 Confederations Cup...




Assistant referees:

Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark
Danish Football Association
The Danish Football Association is the governing body of football in Denmark. It is the organization of the Danish football clubs and runs the professional Danish football leagues and the men's and women's national teams. It is based in the city of Brøndby and is a founding member of both FIFA...

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Michel Vautrot
Michel Vautrot
Michel Vautrot is a retired football referee from France. He is mostly known for supervising 5 matches in the FIFA World Cup: two in 1982 and three in 1990. He also refereed three European Championships in 1984 in 1988, including the final game between the USSR and the Netherlands...

 (France
French Football Federation
The French Football Federation is the governing body of association football in France, as well as the overseas departments and territories . It was formed in 1919 and is based in the capital Paris...

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