1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship

The 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship, the third edition of the tournament, was held in the Scottish cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Motherwell, Aberdeen, and Dundee between 10 and 24 June 1989. Players born after 1 August 1972 could participate in this tournament. Saudi Arabia won the tournament and became the first Asian team to win a FIFA tournament. As of December 2023, they are the only Asian men's team to win any FIFA tournament.

The winning team was later accused of fielding several over-age players, but no formal investigation was conducted.

Squads
For full squad lists for the 1989 U-16 World Championship see 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship squads.

Referees
Asia Africa CONCACAF
 * Mohammad Riyahi
 * Wan Rashid Jaafar
 * Kil Ki-Chul
 * Arie Frost
 * Mohamed Hafez
 * Ally Hafidhi
 * M Hounake-Kouassi
 * David Brummitt
 * Juan Pablo Escobar
 * Arlington Success

South America Europe Oceania
 * Ricardo Calabria
 * Luís Félix Ferreira
 * Armando Pérez Hoyos
 * Jean-Marie Lartigot
 * Peter Mikkelsen
 * George Smith
 * Wieland Ziller
 * Gary Fleet

Goalscorers
Fode Camara of Guinea won the Golden Shoe award for scoring three goals. In total, 77 goals were scored by 55 different players, with three of them credited as own goals.


 * 3 goals


 * Khaled Jasem
 * Fode Camara
 * Gil Gomes
 * Tulipa
 * Khalid Al Rowaihi


 * 2 goals


 * Márcio
 * Carlos
 * Frank Seifert
 * Toralf Konetzke
 * Kayode Keshiro
 * Victor Ikpeba
 * Luís Figo
 * John Lindsay
 * Kevin McGoldrick
 * Jabarti Al Shamrani
 * Anthony Wood
 * Imad Baba


 * 1 goal


 * Claudio Paris
 * Diego Castagno Suárez
 * Gabriel Dascanio
 * Jose Castro
 * Leonardo Selenzo
 * Anthony Pangallo
 * Jeff Suzor
 * Steve Corica
 * Hassan Ebrahim
 * Mohamed Abdulaziz
 * Marcello Melli
 * Gao Feng
 * Alfredo Nieto
 * Carlos Moreno
 * Modesto Gaibao
 * Bernardo Rosette
 * Geosmany Zerguera
 * Daniel Knuth
 * Rene Rydlewicz
 * Sven Manke
 * Bernard Aryee
 * Isaac Asare
 * Souleymane Oularé
 * Babajide Oguntunase
 * Olusegun Fetuga
 * Sunny Umoru
 * Adalberto
 * Sérgio Lourenço
 * Alreshoudi Sulaiman
 * Waleed Al Terair
 * Brian O'Neil
 * Ian Downie
 * James Beattie
 * Paul Dickov
 * Todd Haskins


 * Own goal
 * Luis Medero (against Canada)
 * Omar Canate (against Portugal)
 * Mory Fofana (against Saudi Arabia)