1990 FIFA World Cup Group B explained

Play in Group B of the 1990 FIFA World Cup completed on 18 June 1990. Cameroon won the group, and advanced to the second round, along with Romania and World Cup holders Argentina. The Soviet Union failed to advance.

Standings

Matches

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

Argentina vs Cameroon


GK	1	Nery Pumpido
SW	20	Juan Simón
DF	11	Néstor Fabbri
DF	19	Oscar Ruggeri
DF	13
DF	17
MF	4	José Basualdo
MF	2	Sergio Batista
MF	7	Jorge Burruchaga
FW	3
FW	10	Diego Maradona (c)
Substitutions:
MF	6
FW	8
GK	12	Sergio Goycochea
MF	16	Julio Olarticoechea
DF	18	José Serrizuela
Manager:
Carlos Bilardo


GK	16	Thomas N'Kono
SW	17	Victor N'Dip
DF	14	Stephen Tataw (c)
DF	6	Emmanuel Kundé
DF	4	Benjamin Massing
DF	5	Bertin Ebwellé
MF	8	Emile M'Bouh
MF	2	André Kana-Biyik
MF	10	Louis-Paul M'Fédé
FW	7
FW	20	Cyrille Makanaky
Substitutions:
FW	9
MF	13	Jean-Claude Pagal
DF	15
MF	21	Emmanuel Maboang
GK	22
Manager:

Assistant referees:
Vincent Mauro (United States)
Michał Listkiewicz (Poland)

Soviet Union vs Romania


GK	1	Rinat Dasayev (c)
DF	4	Oleh Kuznetsov
DF	3	Vagiz Khidiyatullin
DF	20	Sergei Gorlukovich
MF	7	Sergei Aleinikov
MF	8
MF	9
MF	2	Volodymyr Bezsonov
MF	6	Vasyl Rats
FW	10	Oleh Protasov
FW	11
Substitutions:
FW	12
MF	15
MF	17	Andrei Zygmantovich
MF	18	Igor Shalimov
GK	22	Aleksandr Uvarov
Manager:
Valeriy Lobanovskyi


GK	1	Silviu Lung (c)
DF	2	Mircea Rednic
DF	4	Ioan Andone
DF	6	Gheorghe Popescu
DF	3	Michael Klein
MF	8	Ioan Sabău
MF	5
MF	21	Ioan Lupescu
MF	16	Daniel Timofte
FW	7	Marius Lăcătuș
FW	14
Substitutions:
MF	11	Dănuț Lupu
GK	12
FW	17
FW	18
DF	19	Emil Săndoi
Manager:
Emerich Jenei

Assistant referees:
Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)
Hernán Silva (Chile)

Argentina vs Soviet Union


GK	1
SW	20	Juan Simón
DF	15
DF	18	José Serrizuela
MF	4	José Basualdo
MF	2	Sergio Batista
MF	21
MF	16	Julio Olarticoechea
MF	7
FW	8
FW	10	Diego Maradona (c)
Substitutions:
FW	6
FW	9	Gustavo Dezotti
GK	12
DF	13
MF	14	Ricardo Giusti
Manager:
Carlos Bilardo


GK	22	Aleksandr Uvarov
DF	2
DF	3	Vagiz Khidiyatullin
DF	4	Oleh Kuznetsov (c)
DF	20	Sergei Gorlukovich
MF	7	Sergei Aleinikov
MF	17	Andrei Zygmantovich
MF	18	Igor Shalimov
MF	9
FW	10
FW	11	Igor Dobrovolski
Substitutions:
DF	5	Anatoliy Demyanenko
MF	8
FW	14
MF	15	Ivan Yaremchuk
GK	16	Viktor Chanov
Manager:

Assistant referees:
José Roberto Wright (Brazil)
Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

Cameroon vs Romania


GK	16	Thomas N'Kono
SW	17	Victor N'Dip
DF	14	Stephen Tataw (c)
DF	6	Emmanuel Kundé
DF	3	Jules Onana
DF	5	Bertin Ebwellé
MF	8	Emile M'Bouh
MF	21	Emmanuel Maboang
MF	10	Louis-Paul M'Fédé
FW	7
FW	20	Cyrille Makanaky
Substitutions:
FW	9
DF	13
DF	15	Thomas Libiih
FW	18	Bonaventure Djonkep
GK	22
Manager:


GK	1	Silviu Lung (c)
DF	2	Mircea Rednic
DF	4	Ioan Andone
DF	6	Gheorghe Popescu
DF	3	Michael Klein
MF	8	Ioan Sabău
MF	5
MF	10	Gheorghe Hagi
MF	16	Daniel Timofte
FW	7	Marius Lăcătuș
FW	14
Substitutions:
GK	12
FW	17
FW	18
DF	19	Emil Săndoi
MF	21	Ioan Lupescu
Manager:
Emerich Jenei

Assistant referees:
Carlos Silva Valente (Portugal)
Armando Pérez-Hoyos (Colombia)

Argentina vs Romania


GK	12	Sergio Goycochea
DF	15	Pedro Monzón
DF	20	Juan Simón
DF	18	José Serrizuela
MF	4	José Basualdo
MF	21	Pedro Troglio
MF	2	Sergio Batista
MF	16	Julio Olarticoechea
MF	7	Jorge Burruchaga
FW	8
FW	10	Diego Maradona (c)
Substitutes:
FW	6
FW	9
DF	13
MF	14
GK	22
Manager:
Carlos Bilardo


GK	1	Silviu Lung (c)
DF	2	Mircea Rednic
DF	4	Ioan Andone
DF	6	Gheorghe Popescu
DF	3	Michael Klein
MF	8	Ioan Sabău
MF	5
MF	10	Gheorghe Hagi
MF	21	Ioan Lupescu
FW	7	Marius Lăcătuș
FW	18	Gavril Balint
Substitutes:
MF	11
GK	12
DF	13
FW	14
MF	15
Manager:

Assistant referees:
Berny Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)
Carlo Longhi (Italy)

Cameroon vs Soviet Union


GK	16	Thomas N'Kono
SW	17	Victor N'Dip
DF	14	Stephen Tataw (c)
DF	6	Emmanuel Kundé
DF	3	Jules Onana
DF	5	Bertin Ebwellé
MF	8	Emile M'Bouh
MF	2	André Kana-Biyik
MF	10	Louis-Paul M'Fédé
FW	7
FW	20	Cyrille Makanaky
Substitutions:
FW	9
DF	13
FW	18	Bonaventure Djonkep
MF	21	Emmanuel Maboang
GK	22
Manager:


GK	22	Aleksandr Uvarov
DF	5	Anatoliy Demyanenko (c)
DF	3	Vagiz Khidiyatullin
DF	4	Oleh Kuznetsov
DF	20	Sergei Gorlukovich
MF	7	Sergei Aleinikov
MF	17	Andrei Zygmantovich
MF	18
MF	10	Oleh Protasov
FW	8
FW	11	Igor Dobrovolski
Substitutes:
DF	6
MF	9
MF	15
GK	16	Viktor Chanov
MF	21	Valeri Broshin
Manager:

Assistant referees:
Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)
Pietro d'Elia (Italy)

See also