Compendium to the 1995 Confederations Cup-Part 2 (Group A)

1995 King Fahd Cup Matches:

Group A:

January 6, 1995 (Riyadh,  Saudi Arabia 0-Mexico 2)

January 8, 1995 (Riyadh,  Saudi Arabia 0-Denmark 2)

January 10, 1995 (Riyadh,  Denmark 1-Mexico 1) (penalty kick shoot-out: 4-2)

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Denmark	2	1	1	0	3	1	2	4
2	Mexico	2	1	1	0	3	1	2	4
3	Saudi Arabia	2	0	0	2	0	4	-4	0

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Points

Date: January 6, 1995

Competition: 1995 King Fahd Cup-Group A

Result: Saudi Arabia 0-Mexico 2

Venue: Riyadh - King Fahd International Stadium, Saudi Arabia

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Salvador Imperatore Marcone (Chile)

Linesmen: Carlos Velazquez (Uruguay), Mohamed Mansri (Tunisia)            

Goalscorers:

(Saudi Arabia): None

(Mexico): Luis García 65th, 82^nd

Lineups:

Saudi Arabia:

19-Hussein Al Sadiq (Al Qadisiya)

12- Ahmed Eesa

3- Mohammed Al Khilaiwi (Al Ittihad)

4- Abdullah Souliman (Al Ahly)

5-Ahmed Jameel (Al Ittihad)

6-Fuad Anwar Amin (Al Shabab) (11- Fahad Mehalel (Al Hilal) 68^th)

8-Saleh Al Saleh

9-Sami Al Jaber (Al Hilal)

10-Saeed Owairan (Al Shabab)

14- Khalid Al Muwallid (Al Ahly)

15-Saleh Al Dawod (Al Shabab) (20-Hamzah Saleh (Al Ahly) 60^th)

Coach: Mohamed Al-Kharashy

Booked: Abdullah Souliman 20^th

Other Substitutes:

1- Mohammed Al Deayea (Al Ta’ee)

2-Ramzi Al Muwallad   

7-Fahad Al Ghesheyan (Al Hilal)

13-Turki Awad (Al Hilal)

16- Hussain Korshi

17-Obaid Al Dosari  (Al Wehda)

18-Salem Al Alawai (Al Shabab)

Team Captain:

Official Kit Supplier/Designer:

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Green Shorts, White Socks

Mexico:

1-Jorge Campos (Club UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México)- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) –Pumas)

2-Claudio Suárez (Club UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México)- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) –Pumas)

4-Ignacio Ambriz (Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa SA- Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

5-Jesus Ramón Ramírez  (El Deportivo Guadalajara S. A. de C. V.- Chivas Rayadas) (16-Alberto Coyote (El Deportivo Guadalajara S. A. de C. V.- Chivas Rayadas) 87^th)

6-Marcelino Bernal (Deportivo Toluca Futbol Club, S.A. De C.V.-Toluca (Diablos)     

7-Carlos Hermosillo (Club Deportivo Social y Cultural Cruz Azul, Atletico Club-(Cementeros)- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) (10-Luis García (Club de Fútbol América S. A. de C. V. (Aguilas) - Ciudad de México (Mexico City) 46^th)

8-Alberto García Aspe (Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa SA- Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

9-Jorge Rodríguez (Club Santos Laguna S. A. de C. V. (Guerreros) - Torreón, Coahuila)

11-Luis Alberto Alves ‘Zague’ (Club de Fútbol América S. A. de C. V. (Aguilas) - Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

14-Joaquín Del Olmo (Club de Fútbol América S. A. de C. V. (Aguilas) - Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

21-Raúl Gutiérrez (Club de Fútbol América S. A. de C. V. (Aguilas) - Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

Coach: Miguel Mejia Baron

Booked: Claudio Suárez 81st, Ignacio Ambríz 89th, Luis Garcia (according to some sources)

Other Substitutes:

12- Adrian Chavez (Club de Fútbol América S. A. de C. V. (Aguilas) - Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

13-Manuel Vidrio (El Deportivo Guadalajara S. A. de C. V.- Chivas Rayadas)

15- Gerardo Esquivel (Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa SA- Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

17-Benjamín Galindo (Club Santos Laguna S. A. de C. V. (Guerreros) - Torreón, Coahuila)

18-Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Club de Fútbol América S. A. de C. V. (Aguilas) - Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

20- Nicolás Navarro (Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa SA- Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

Team Captain:

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: ABA Sport

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Photo From: World Soccer, March  1995

(January 6, 1995, Confederations Cup, Saudi Arabia 0-Mexico 2)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 73, February 1995

(January 6, 1995, Confederations Cup, Saudi Arabia 0-Mexico 2)

Date: January 8, 1995

Competition: 1995 King Fahd Cup-Group A

Result: Saudi Arabia 0-Denmark 2

Venue: Riyadh - King Fahd International Stadium, Saudi Arabia

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: An-Yan Lim Kee Ching (Mauritius)

Linesmen: Carlos Velazquez (Uruguay), Mohamed Mansri (Tunisia)            

Goalscorers:

(Saudi Arabia): None

(Denmark): Brian Laudrup 43rd, Morten Wieghorst 89th

Lineups:

Saudi Arabia:

19-Hussein Al Sadiq (Al Qadisiya)

12- Ahmed Eesa

3- Mohammed Al Khilaiwi (Al Ittihad)

4- Abdullah Souliman (Al Ahly)

5-Ahmed Jameel (Al Ittihad)

6-Fuad Anwar Amin (Al Shabab)

7-Fahad Al Ghesheyan (Al Hilal)

8-Saleh Al Saleh

9-Sami Al Jaber (Al Hilal) (17-Obaid Al Dosari  (Al Wehda) 87^th)

10-Saeed Owairan (Al Shabab)

11- Fahad Mehalel (Al Hilal) (16- Hussain Korshi 46^th)

Coach: Mohamed Al-Kharashy

Booked: Fahad Al-Ghesheyan 60^th 

Other Substitutes:

1- Mohammed Al Deayea (Al Ta’ee)

2-Ramzi Al Muwallad  

13-Turki Awad (Al Hilal)

14- Khalid Al Muwallid (Al Ahly)

15-Saleh Al Dawod (Al Shabab)

18-Salem Al Alawai (Al Shabab)

20-Hamzah Saleh (Al Ahly)

Team Captain:

Official Kit Supplier/Designer:

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Green Shorts, White Socks

Denmark:

16- Lars Høgh (Odense Boldklub)

3- Marc Rieper (West Ham United Football Club-London / England)   

4- Jes Høgh (Aalborg Boldspilklub af 1885)

5- Jens Risager (Brøndby- Brøndbyøster Idrætsforening)

12-Jacob Laursen (Silkeborg Idrætsforening)

17- Peter Rasmussen (Aalborg Boldspilklub af 1885) (14- Morten Wieghorst (Dundee Football Club / Scotland) 78^th)

6- Michael Schjønberg (Odense Boldklub)

7- Brian Steen-Nielsen (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul / Turkey)

13- Jesper Kristensen (Brøndby- Brøndbyøster Idrætsforening)

11- Brian Laudrup (Rangers Football Club -Glasgow / Scotland)    

9- Mark Strudal (Brøndby- Brøndbyøster Idrætsforening) (18- Bo Hansen (Brøndby- Brøndbyøster Idrætsforening) 46^th)

Coach: Richard Möller-Nielsen        

Booked: Marc Rieper 89^th

Other Substitutes:

2-Jakob Friis-Hansen (Lille Olympique Sporting Club Lille Métropole / France) 

20- Mogens Krogh (Brøndby- Brøndbyøster Idrætsforening)      

8- Johnny Hansen (Odense Boldklub)

15- Carsten Hemmingsen (Odense Boldklub)

Team Captain: Brian Laudrup

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Hummel

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 73, February 1995

(January 8, 1995, Confederations Cup, Saudi Arabia 0-Denmark 2)

Date: January 10, 1995

Competition: 1995 King Fahd Cup-Group A

Result: Denmark 1-Mexico 1 (Penalty kick shoot-out:4-2)

Venue: Riyadh - King Fahd International Stadium, Saudi Arabia

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Salvador Imperatore Marcone (Chile)

Linesmen: Carlos Velazquez (Uruguay), Mohamed Mansri (Tunisia)            

Goalscorers:

(Denmark): Peter Rasmussen 88^th

(Mexico): Luis García 70^th

Lineups:

Denmark:

16- Lars Høgh (Odense Boldklub)  (20- Mogens Krogh (Brøndby- Brøndbyøster Idrætsforening) 28^th)

2-Jakob Friis-Hansen (Lille Olympique Sporting Club Lille Métropole / France) 

3- Marc Rieper (West Ham United Football Club-London / England)   

4- Jes Høgh (Aalborg Boldspilklub af 1885)

5- Jens Risager (Brøndby- Brøndbyøster Idrætsforening) (6- Michael Schjønberg (Odense Boldklub) 76^th)

7- Brian Steen-Nielsen (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul / Turkey)

13- Jesper Kristensen (Brøndby- Brøndbyøster Idrætsforening)

15- Carsten Hemmingsen (Odense Boldklub) (12- Jacob Laursen (Silkeborg Idrætsforening) 46^th)

17- Peter Rasmussen (Aalborg Boldspilklub af 1885)

11- Brian Laudrup (Rangers Football Club -Glasgow / Scotland)    

10- Michael Laudrup (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)

Coach: Richard Möller-Nielsen        

Booked: Jes Høgh 3^rd, Jakob Friis-Hansen 39^th

Other Substitutes:

18- Bo Hansen (Brøndby- Brøndbyøster Idrætsforening)

6- Michael Schjønberg (Odense Boldklub)

8- Johnny Hansen (Odense Boldklub)

14- Morten Wieghorst (Dundee Football Club / Scotland)

Team Captain: Michael Laudrup

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Hummel

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Mexico:

1-Jorge Campos (Club UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México)- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) –Pumas)

2-Claudio Suárez (Club UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México)- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) –Pumas)

4-Ignacio Ambriz (Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa SA- Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

5-Jesus Ramón Ramírez  (El Deportivo Guadalajara S. A. de C. V.- Chivas Rayadas)  (16-Alberto Coyote (El Deportivo Guadalajara S. A. de C. V.- Chivas Rayadas)  84^th)

6-Marcelino Bernal (Deportivo Toluca Futbol Club, S.A. De C.V.-Toluca (Diablos)               

8-Alberto García Aspe (Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa SA- Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

9-Jorge Rodríguez (Club Santos Laguna S. A. de C. V. (Guerreros) - Torreón, Coahuila)

10-Luis García (Club de Fútbol América S. A. de C. V. (Aguilas) - Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

11-Luis Alberto Alves ‘Zague’ (Club de Fútbol América S. A. de C. V. (Aguilas) - Ciudad de México (Mexico City)  (7-Carlos Hermosillo (Club Deportivo Social y Cultural Cruz Azul, Atletico Club-(Cementeros)- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) 72^nd)

14-Joaquín Del Olmo (Club de Fútbol América S. A. de C. V. (Aguilas) - Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

21-Raúl Gutiérrez (Club de Fútbol América S. A. de C. V. (Aguilas) - Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

Coach: Miguel Mejia Baron

Booked: Marcelino Bernal 11^th, Alberto García Aspe 47^th, Joaquín Del Olmo 72^nd

Other Substitutes:

12- Adrian Chavez (Club de Fútbol América S. A. de C. V. (Aguilas) - Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

13-Manuel Vidrio (El Deportivo Guadalajara S. A. de C. V.- Chivas Rayadas)

15- Gerardo Esquivel (Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa SA- Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

17-Benjamín Galindo (Club Santos Laguna S. A. de C. V. (Guerreros) - Torreón, Coahuila)

18-Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Club de Fútbol América S. A. de C. V. (Aguilas) - Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

20- Nicolás Navarro (Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa SA- Ciudad de México (Mexico City)

Team Captain:

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: ABA Sport

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Penalty Kick sequence:

Mexico: Claudio Suárez (1-0), Joaquín Del Olmo (2-1), 2-2 Luis García (missed) (2-2),  Marcelino Bernal (missed) (2-3)

Denmark: Michael Schjønberg (1-1), Michael Laudrup (2-2), 2-3 Jes Høgh (2-3), Marc Rieper (2-4)