This article lists the national football team squads for the 1990 FIFA World Cup final tournament held in Italy, between 8 June and 8 July 1990. Each country's final squad consisted of 22 players and had to be confirmed by 29 May.
Replacement of injured players was permitted during the tournament at the discretion of FIFA. Two goalkeepers (for Argentina and England) were allowed to replace their injured counterparts under this ruling. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps counts until the start of the World Cup, including all pre-tournament friendlies. A player's age is also at the start of the tournament. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality to their team.
Group A Austria Head coach: Josef Hickersberger
Czechoslovakia Head coach: Jozef Vengloš
Italy Head coach: Azeglio Vicini
Note: with the exception of the goalkeepers, who were assigned the traditional shirt numbers for the role (1, 12 and 22) the Italian team was numbered alphabetically within their respective positions: Defenders (from 2 to 8), Midfielders (from 9 to 14) and Forwards (from 15 to 21).
United States Head coach: Bob Gansler
Group B
Argentina Head coach: Carlos Bilardo
*Following a rupture of goalkeeper Pumpido's tibia and fibula, the Argentine team was authorized to replace him with Comizzo, who joined the team as third goalkeeper.
Cameroon Head coach: Valery Nepomnyashchy
Romania Head coach: Emerich Jenei
Soviet Union Head coach: Valeriy Lobanovskyi
Group C
Brazil Head coach: Sebastião Lazaroni
Costa Rica Head coach: Bora Milutinović
Scotland Head coach: Andy Roxburgh
The Scotland squad was numbered according to the number of caps that each player had won at the time. The exception to this was Goalkeeper Jim Leighton who was given the traditional number 1 jersey.
Sweden Head coach: Olle Nordin
Group D
Colombia Head coach: Francisco Maturana
United Arab Emirates Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira
West Germany Head coach: Franz Beckenbauer
Yugoslavia Head coach: Ivica Osim
Group E
Belgium Head coach: Guy Thys
South Korea Head coach: Lee Hoe-taik
Spain Head coach: Luis Suárez
Uruguay Head coach: Óscar Tabárez
Group F
Egypt Head coach: Mahmoud Al-Gohari
England Head coach: Bobby Robson
* David Seaman was originally selected, but after the first game in Italy, he had to pull out of the squad due to a thumb injury and was replaced by Dave Beasant.
Netherlands Head coach: Leo Beenhakker
Republic of Ireland Head coach: Jack Charlton
Notes Each national team had to submit a squad of 22 players. All the teams included 3 goalkeepers, except Colombia and Republic of Ireland who only called two.
Age Player Oldest: Peter Shilton () Youngest: Chris Henderson ()
Captains Oldest: Eric Gerets () Youngest: Mike Windischmann ()
Goalkeepers Oldest: Peter Shilton () Youngest: Kasey Keller ()
Coaches representation by country NºCountryCoaches2 BrazilSebastião Lazaroni, Carlos Alberto Parreira (United Arab Emirates) EnglandJack Charlton (Republic of Ireland), Bobby Robson Soviet UnionValeriy Lobanovskyi, Valery Nepomnyashchy (Cameroon) YugoslaviaBora Milutinović (Costa Rica), Ivica Osim1 ArgentinaCarlos Bilardo AustriaJosef Hickersberger BelgiumGuy Thys ColombiaFrancisco Maturana CzechoslovakiaJozef Vengloš EgyptMahmoud Al-Gohari ItalyAzeglio Vicini NetherlandsLeo Beenhakker RomaniaEmerich Jenei ScotlandAndy Roxburgh South KoreaLee Hoe-taik SpainLuis Suárez SwedenOlle Nordin United StatesBob Gansler UruguayÓscar Tabárez West GermanyFranz Beckenbauer
References Planet World Cup website WM 1990 in Italien at WorldFootball