Brussels, 1990: saluting the crowd after the last match. The draw for 1992 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying took place on 2 February 1990, with East Germany drawn in Group 5 along with Belgium, Wales, Luxembourg - and West Germany. On 23 August that year, the East German parliament confirmed reunification for 3 October. As The planning for the opening fixture away to Belgium on 12 September was too far along to be cancelled, it was played as a friendly.

Group 5 of the UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying tournament was played as four team group consisting of Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and Wales.

At the time of the draw on 2 February 1990, Group 5 had contained a fifth team, East Germany. The first scheduled match would see Belgium play East Germany on 12 September 1990. On 23 August 1990, the East German parliament confirmed reunification would take place on 3 October. Accordingly, said Belgium-East Germany match, for which tickets had been sold, was still played but as a friendly and was the last match East Germany played.[1] All other games involving East Germany were scratched and fixtures initially scheduled for West Germany were now played as a unified Germany team.

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Germany Wales Belgium Luxembourg
1  Germany 6 5 0 1 13 4 +9 10 Qualify for final tournament — 4–1 1–0 4–0
2  Wales 6 4 1 1 8 6 +2 9 1–0 — 3–1 1–0
3  Belgium 6 2 1 3 7 6 +1 5 0–1 1–1 — 3–0
4  Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 2 14 −12 0 2–3 0–1 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Results

Wales 3–1 Belgium
Rush 29'
Saunders 86'
Hughes 88'		 Report Versavel 24'
Attendance: 14,274
Luxembourg 2–3 Germany
Girres 57'
Langers 65'		 Report Klinsmann 16'
Bein 30'
Völler 49'
Attendance: 9,512
Luxembourg 0–1 Wales
Report Rush 15'
Attendance: 6,703
Referee: Jiří Ulrich (Czechoslovakia)
Belgium 3–0 Luxembourg
Vandenbergh 7'
Ceulemans 16'
Scifo 35'		 Report
Attendance: 11,105
Belgium 1–1 Wales
Degryse 48' Report Saunders 60'
Attendance: 18,591
Germany 1–0 Belgium
Matthäus 3' Report
Attendance: 52,363
Wales 1–0 Germany
Rush 66' Report
Attendance: 34,603
Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)
Luxembourg 0–2 Belgium
Report Scifo 25'
Degryse 49'
Attendance: 6,872
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)
Germany 4–1 Wales
Möller 34'
Völler 39'
Riedle 45'
Doll 73'		 Report Bodin 84' (pen.)
Attendance: 46,491
Wales 1–0 Luxembourg
Bodin 82' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 19,813
Belgium 0–1 Germany
Report Völler 16'
Attendance: 16,138
Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)
Germany 4–0 Luxembourg
Matthäus 15' (pen.)
Buchwald 44'
Riedle 51'
Häßler 62'		 Report
Attendance: 20,395
Referee: Zbigniew Przesmycki (Poland)

Goalscorers

There were 30 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. ↑ "Belgium vs East Germany, 12 September 1990".
  • UEFA website
  • Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8.
  • Attendances – Lander, Y. (1995). The European Football Championships 1960-1992 - Чемпионаты Европы 1960-1992. Kharkiv, Ukraine: Printal.
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