1990 FIFA World Cup squads
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 were allowed to replace their injured counterparts under this ruling. Players marked 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.
Group A
Austria
Head coach: Josef HickersbergerCzechoslovakia
Head coach: Jozef VenglošItaly
Head coach: Azeglio ViciniNote: with the exception of the goalkeepers, who were assigned the traditional shirt numbers for the role the Italian team was numbered alphabetically within their respective positions: Defenders, Midfielders and Forwards.
United States
Head coach: Bob GanslerGroup B
Argentina
Head coach: Carlos BilardoCameroon
Head coach: Valery NepomnyashchyRomania
Head coach: Emerich JeneiSoviet Union
Head coach: Valeriy LobanovskyiGroup C
Brazil
Head coach: Sebastião LazaroniCosta Rica
Head coach: Bora MilutinovićScotland
Head coach: Andy RoxburghThe 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.