The Faroe Islands Football Association became a member of FIFA on 2 July 1988 and joined UEFA on 18 April 1990.

[1] Austria, in turn, played at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy less than three months earlier and were eliminated in the group stage.

Because the Faroe Islands did not have a suitable football stadium, their national team chose to play its matches in Sweden, using Landskrona IP as their home ground.

Assistant referees: Kjell Nordby (Norway) Roy Helge Olsen (Norway) Fourth official: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark) Match rules Austria coach Josef Hickersberger resigned the day after the loss.

Neither team managed to win against the other opponents of the group and finished at the bottom, with Austria in 4th and the Faroe Islands in 5th.