1990 FIFA World Cup squads Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira Head coach: Franz Beckenbauer Head coach: Ivica Osim Head coach: Guy Thys Head coach: Lee Hoe-taik Head coach: Luis Suárez Head coach: Óscar Tabárez Head coach: Mahmoud El-Gohary Head coach: Bobby Robson Head coach: Leo Beenhakker Head coach: Jack Charlton 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. 1990 FIFA World Cup squads This article lists the national football squads for the 1990 FIFA World Cup final tournament held in Italy, between 8 June and 8
1990 FIFA World Cup fair play. Defensive tactics led to the introduction of the back-pass rule in 1992 and three points for a win instead of two at future World Cups. The tournament also produced some of the World Cup’s best remembered moments and stories, including the emergence of African nations, in addition to what has become the World Cup soundtrack: “Nessun dorma”. The 1990 World Cup stands as one of the most watched events in television history, garnering an estimated 26.69 billion non-unique viewers over the course of the tournament. This was the first World Cup to be officially recorded and transmitted in