UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 5

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.[1]

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.[2][3] 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.[4][1] All other games involving East Germany were scratched and fixtures initially scheduled for West Germany were now played as a unified Germany team.[5]

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
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

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. ^ a b Mansel, Tim (2015-12-28). "The East German team that refused to die". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  2. ^ "Germany marks 20 years as reunified nation". BBC News. 2010-10-03. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  3. ^ Network, The Learning (2011-10-03). "Oct. 3, 1990 | East and West Germany United After 45 Years". The Learning Network. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  4. ^ "Belgium vs East Germany, 12 September 1990".
  5. ^ "European Championship 1992". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
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