1989–90 in German football

The 1989–90 season is the 80th season of competitive football in Germany.

National teams

4 October 1989 (1989-10-04)	West Germany	6–1	Finland	Dortmund
	Möller 12', 80' Littbarski 47' Klinsmann 53' Völler 62' Matthäus 84' (pen.)	DFB Report	Lipponen 72'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)

15 November 1989	West Germany	2–1	Wales	Cologne
	Völler 25' Häßler 48'	DFB Report	Allen 11'	Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion Attendance: 60,300 Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

10 June 1990 Group D	West Germany	4–1	Yugoslavia	Milan, Italy
21:00	Matthäus 28', 64' Klinsmann 39' Völler 70'	FIFA	Jozić 55'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 74,765 Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

15 June 1990 Group D	West Germany	5–1	United Arab Emirates	Milan, Italy
21:00	Völler 35', 75' Klinsmann 37' Matthäus 47' Bein 58'	Report	Ismaïl 46'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 71,169 Referee: Alexey Spirin (Soviet Union)

19 June 1990 Group D	West Germany	1–1	Colombia	Milan, Italy
17:00	Littbarski 89'	Report	Rincón 90+3'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 72,510 Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)

24 June 1990 Round of 16	West Germany	2–1	Netherlands	Milan, Italy
21:00	Klinsmann 51' Brehme 82'	Report	R. Koeman 89' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 74,559 Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina)

1 July 1990 Quarter-finals	West Germany	1–0	Czechoslovakia	Milan, Italy
17:00	Matthäus 25' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 73,347 Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)

4 July 1990 Semi-finals	West Germany	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	England	Turin, Italy
20:00	Brehme 60'	Report	Lineker 80'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 62,628 Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)
	Penalties
	Brehme Matthäus Riedle Thon		Lineker Beardsley Platt Pearce Waddle

8 July 1990 Final	West Germany	1–0	Argentina	Rome, Italy
20:00	Brehme 85' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 73,603 Referee: Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)

6 September 1989	Republic of Ireland	1–1	West Germany	Dublin, Ireland
	Stapleton 10'	DFB Report	Dorfner 33'	Stadium: Lansdowne Road Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Frans van den Wijngaert (Belgium)

28 February 1990	France	2–1	West Germany	Montpellier, France
	Papin 43' Cantona 82'	DFB Report	Möller 36'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Joaquín Ramos Marcos (Spain)

25 April 1990	West Germany	3–3	Uruguay	Stuttgart
	Matthäus 60' Völler 64' Klinsmann 75'	DFB Report	Aguilera 49' Ostolaza 73' Revelez 78'	Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

26 May 1990	West Germany	1–0	Czechoslovakia	Düsseldorf
	Bein 24'	DFB Report		Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

30 May 1990	West Germany	1–0	Denmark	Gelsenkirchen
	Völler 35'	DFB Report		Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Neil Midgley (England)

1 October 1989	West Germany	0–0	Hungary	Straubing
		DFB		Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Arturo Martino (Switzerland)

22 November 1989	West Germany	5–0	Czechoslovakia	Marburg
	Unsleber 14' Mohr 34', 75' Bindl 35' Neid 46'	DFB		Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Steindl (Austria)

11 April 1990	Bulgaria	1–4	West Germany	Sofia, Bulgaria
	Georgieva 69'	DFB	Lohn 9' Mohr 39' Damm 67' Unsleber 88'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Constantin (Romania)

29 April 1990	Czechoslovakia	0–1	West Germany	Frýdek-Místek, Czechoslovakia
		DFB	Nardenbach 46'	Referee: Michel Pireaux (Belgium)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	19	11	4	64	28	+36	49	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	1. FC Köln	34	17	9	8	54	44	+10	43	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	15	11	8	61	40	+21	41
4	Borussia Dortmund	34	15	11	8	51	35	+16	41
5	Bayer Leverkusen	34	12	15	7	40	32	+8	39
6	VfB Stuttgart	34	15	6	13	53	47	+6	36
7	Werder Bremen	34	10	14	10	49	41	+8	34
8	1. FC Nürnberg	34	11	11	12	42	46	−4	33
9	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	10	12	12	41	41	0	32
10	Karlsruher SC	34	10	12	12	32	39	−7	32
11	Hamburger SV	34	13	5	16	39	46	−7	31
12	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	10	11	13	42	55	−13	31	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
13	FC St. Pauli	34	9	13	12	31	46	−15	31
14	Bayer 05 Uerdingen	34	10	10	14	41	48	−7	30
15	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	11	8	15	37	45	−8	30
16	VfL Bochum	34	11	7	16	44	53	−9	29	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	Waldhof Mannheim (R)	34	10	6	18	36	53	−17	26	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	FC 08 Homburg (R)	34	8	8	18	33	51	−18	24	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Hertha BSC (C, P)	38	22	9	7	65	39	+26	53	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	SG Wattenscheid 09 (P)	38	21	9	8	70	35	+35	51	Promotion to Bundesliga
3	1. FC Saarbrücken	38	15	16	7	58	33	+25	46	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Stuttgarter Kickers	38	19	7	12	68	48	+20	45
5	Schalke 04	38	16	11	11	69	51	+18	43
6	Rot-Weiss Essen	38	15	12	11	53	43	+10	42
7	Eintracht Braunschweig	38	15	9	14	55	51	+4	39
8	Hannover 96	38	12	14	12	53	43	+10	38
9	Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin	38	12	13	13	46	52	−6	37
10	MSV Duisburg	38	11	15	12	50	58	−8	37
11	SV Meppen	38	10	16	12	47	57	−10	36
12	SC Preußen Münster	38	13	10	15	45	65	−20	36
13	SC Freiburg	38	11	12	15	53	52	+1	34
14	Fortuna Köln	38	9	16	13	48	60	−12	34
15	VfL Osnabrück	38	12	9	17	58	69	−11	33
16	SV Darmstadt 98	38	10	13	15	43	55	−12	33
17	Hessen Kassel (R)	38	13	7	18	35	64	−29	33	Relegation to Oberliga
18	SpVgg Bayreuth (R)	38	11	9	18	54	59	−5	31
19	Alemannia Aachen (R)	38	11	8	19	51	63	−12	30
20	SpVgg Unterhaching (R)	38	7	15	16	43	61	−18	29

Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

v t e Seasons in German football
German Empire	1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18
Weimar Republic	1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33
Nazi Germany	1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45
Allied-occupied Germany	1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49
West Germany	1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
Germany	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25