Compendium to The Soccernostalgia Interview-Part 77- World Cup Qualifiers on November 17, 1993.

 

World Cup Qualifiers on November 17, 1993

 

UEFA Zone, Group 1

 

Table ahead of the Final Round of matches:

 

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Italy	9	6	2	1	21	7	14	14
2	Portugal	9	6	2	1	18	4	14	14
3	Switzerland	9	5	3	1	19	6	13	13
4	Scotland	9	3	3	3	12	13	-1	9
5	Malta	9	1	1	7	3	21	-18	3
6	Estonia	9	0	1	8	1	23	-22	1

 

 

November 17, 1993, Milan, Italy 1-Portugal 0 (Dino Baggio 83)

November 17, 1993, La Valetta, Malta 0-Scotland 2 (William McKinlay 15, Colin Hendry 74)

November 17, 1993, Zürich, Switzerland 4-Estonia 0 (Adrian Knup 32, Georges Bregy 34, Christophe Ohrel 45, Stephane Chapuisat 61)

 

 

Table after the Final Round of matches:

 

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Italy	10	7	2	1	22	7	15	16
2	Switzerland	10	6	3	1	23	6	17	15
3	Portugal	10	6	2	2	18	5	13	14
4	Scotland	10	4	3	3	14	13	1	11
5	Malta	10	1	1	8	3	23	-20	3
6	Estonia	10	0	1	9	1	27	-26	1

 

Note:

1-Italy and Switzerland qualified to the 1994 World Cup.

 

 

 

Date: November 17, 1993

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier, European Zone, Group 1

Result: Italy 1-Portugal 0

Venue: Milano-Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, San Siro

Attendance: 86,000

Referee: Ryszard Wojcik (Poland)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Dino Baggio 83

(Portugal): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (83^rd minute, Italy): From the left side, Dino Baggio passed to Baggio in the center, his shot was deflected in the path of Dino Baggio on the left and he shot in.

Lineups:

Italy:

1- Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)   

2- Antonio Bennarivo (Associazione Calcio Parma)

6- Franco Baresi (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

5- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

3- Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

7- Roberto Donadoni (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

4- Giovanni Stroppa (Foggia Calcio)  (14-Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio Milan) 61)

8- Dino Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

10- Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

11- Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) (15-Roberto Mancini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova) 76th)

9- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

 

Booked: Roberto Baggio

Unused Substitutes:

12-Luca Marchegiani (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

13-Christian Panucci (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

16-Marco Simone (Associazione Calcio Milan)   

 

Team Captain: Franco Baresi

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Diadora

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Blue Socks

Portugal:

1-Vitor Manuel Martins Baia (Futebol Clube do Porto)

2-João Domingos Silva Pinto (Futebol Clube do Porto) (16-Jose Rui Lopes Aguas (Sport Lisboa e Benfica) 76)

3- Jorge Paulo Costa Almeida (Futebol Clube do Porto)

5- Fernando Manuel Silva Couto (Futebol Clube do Porto)

4- Antonio August da Silva Veloso (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

7- Vitor Manuel da Costa Araujo ‘Paneira’ (Sport Lisboa e Benfica) 

11- Rui Manuel Cesar Costa (Sport Lisboa e Benfica) (15-Domingos Jose Paciencia Oliveira (Futebol Clube do Porto) 68)

6- Paulo Manuel Carvalho Sousa (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

8- Rui Gil Soares de Barros (Olympique de Marseille / France)

9- Joao Manuel Vieira Pinto (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

10- Paulo Jorge dos Santos Futre (Associazione Calcio Reggiana-Reggio Emilia / Italy)

 

Coach: Carlos Manuel Brito Leal Queiroz

Booked: Paulo Manuel Carvalho Sousa, Antonio August da Silva Veloso, Domingos Jose Paciencia Oliveira, Joao Manuel Vieira Pinto 

Sent Off: Fernando Manuel Silva Couto 87

Unused Substitutes:

12-Adelino Barros Neno (Sport Lisboa e Benfica) 

13- Emilio Manuel Delgado Peixe (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

14- Luis Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)      

 

Team Captain: João Domingos Silva Pinto  

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Green Shorts, Red Socks

 

 

Photo From: Guerin sportive, No 47 (972), November 24-30, 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 1-Portugal 0)

Photo From: Guerin sportive, No 47 (972), November 24-30, 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 1-Portugal 0)

Photo From: Guerin sportive, No 47 (972), November 24-30, 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 1-Portugal 0)

Photo From: Guerin sportive, No 47 (972), November 24-30, 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 1-Portugal 0)

Photo From: Guerin sportive, No 47 (972), November 24-30, 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 1-Portugal 0)

Photo From: Guerin sportive, No 47 (972), November 24-30, 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 1-Portugal 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 60, January 1994

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 1-Portugal 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 60, January 1994

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 1-Portugal 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 61, February 1994

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 1-Portugal 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 61, February 1994

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 1-Portugal 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 16, May 1994

(Italy squad, November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 1-Portugal 0)

 

Photo From: Shoot

(Italy squad, November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 1-Portugal 0)

 

Date: November 17, 1993

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier, European Zone, Group 1

Result: Malta 0-Scotland 2

Venue: Valettta ,Ta’Qali -National Stadium

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Perkilis Vassilakis (Greece) 

Linesmen: Spiridion Papadakos and Anastassios Vlachos (both Greece)

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Malta): None

(Scotland): William McKinlay 15, Colin Hendry 74

Summary of goals:

0:1 (15^th minute, Scotland): William McKinlay scored with a long-range shot from outside of the box on the right.

0:2 (74^th minute, Scotland): McAllister’s free kick from the left side was headed in by Hendry.

Lineups:

Malta:

1- David Cluett (Floriana Football Club)    

2- Silvio Vella (Rabat Ajax Football Club)    

3- Richard Buhagiar (Floriana Football Club) (Nicholas Saliba (Valetta Football Club) 46)

4- Joseph Galea (Hamrun Spartans Football Club)    

5- Joseph Brincat (Hamrun Spartans Football Club)    

6- John Buttigieg (Floriana Football Club)    

7- Carmel Busuttil (Koninklijke Racing Club Genk / Belgium)

8- Michael Spiteri (Hibernians Football Club-Paola)  

9- Hubert Suda (Sliema Wanderers Football Club) (Charles Scerri II (Hibernians Football Club-Paola) 74)

10- Kristian Laferla (Valetta Football Club)    

11- Martin Gregory (Sliema Wanderers Football Club)    

 

Coach: Pietro Ghedin

 

Team Captain: Carmel Busuttil

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Lotto

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

 

Scotland:

1- James Leighton (Hibernian Football Club – Edinburgh)

2- Alan James McLaren (Heart of Midlothian Football Club-Edinburgh)  

3- Robert McKinnon (Motherwell Football Club)

5- Edward Colin James 'Colin' Hendry (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England) 

6- Brian Irvine (Aberdeen Football Club Limited)    

4- Ian Durrant (Rangers Football Club-Glasgow) (14- Thomas Boyd (The Celtic Football Club-Glasgow)’74)

7- Ian Ferguson (Rangers Football Club-Glasgow) 

9- Patrick Kevin Francis Michael Nevin (Tranmere Rovers Football Club / England) 

8- William McKinlay (Dundee United Football Club) (13- Scott Booth (Aberdeen Football Club Limited) 46)

10- Gary McAllister (Leeds United Association Football Club / England) 

11- Kevin William Gallacher (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England) 

 

Coach: Craig Brown

Booked: Patrick Kevin Francis Michael Nevin 40

Other Substitutes:

12- Robert Geddes (Kilmarnock Football Club)

15- David Robertson (Rangers Football Club-Glasgow)   

16- Chris McCart (Motherwell Football Club)

 

Team Captain: Gary McAllister

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Navy Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Navy Blue Socks

Photo From: Scotland, The Quest for the World Cup, Author Clive Leatherdale, 1994

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Malta 0-Scotland 2)

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(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Malta 0-Scotland 2)

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(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Malta 0-Scotland 2)

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(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Malta 0-Scotland 2)

 

Date: November 17, 1993

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier, European Zone, Group 1

Result: Switzerland 4-Estonia 0

Venue: Zürich –Hardturm Stadion (Grasshoppers-Club Zürich)   

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Zoran Petrovic (Yugoslavia)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Switzerland): Adrian Knup 32, Georges Bregy 34, Christophe Ohrel 45, Stephane Chapuisat 61

(Estonia): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (32^nd minute, Switzerland): Alain Sutter’s cross from the left side was headed in by Knup.

2:0 (34^th minute, Switzerland): Bregy scored from a free kick on the left side.

3:0 (45^th minute, Switzerland): Bickel’s cross from the right side was headed in by Ohrel.

4:0 (61^st minute, Switzerland): Chapuisat worked a short corner with Alain Sutter on the left side and advanced and scored with acurling shot from inside the box on the left.

Lineups:

Switzerland:

1- Marco Pascolo (Servette Football Club- Genéve)

5- Alain Geiger (captain) (Football Club Sion)

4- Dominique Herr (Football Club Sion)

2- Marc Hottiger (Football Club Sion)

3- Yvan Quentin (Football Club Sion) (14-Kubilay Turkyilmaz (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul / Turkey)’65)

10- Thomas Bickel (Grasshopper -Club Zürich) 

6- Georges Bregy (Berner Sport Club Young Boys)

8- Christophe Ohrel (Servette Football Club- Genéve) (13-Marco Rueda (Fußball Club Luzern) 46)

7- Alain Sutter (1.Fußball-Club Nürnberg - Verein für Leibesübungen e.V.  / Germany)

11- Stephane Chapuisat (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V. / Germany) 

9- Adrian Knup (Verein für Bewegungspiele Stuttgart 1893 e.V. / Germany)    

 

Coach: Roy Hodgson (England)

Other Substitutes:

Stephan Lehmann (Football Club Sion)

Marco Grassi (Fußball Club Zürich)

Beat Sutter (Neuchâtel Xamax Football Club)

 

Team Captain: Alain Geiger

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Lotto

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

 

Estonia:

1-Mart Poom (Football Club Flora Tallinn)

2-Risto Kallaste (Football Club Flora Tallinn)

10-Urmas Hepner (KTP (Kotkan Työväen Palloillijat) – Kotka / Finland)  

4-Igor Prins (Football Club Tevalte Tallinn)

5-Urmas Kaljend (Football Club Tevalte Tallinn)

6-Indro Olumets (Football Club Flora Tallinn)

7-Andrei Borisov (Football Club Norma Tallinn)

8-Sergei Bragin (Football Club Norma Tallinn)

3-Dzintar Klavan (Turn- und Sportbund Flensburg von 1865 e.V. / Germany) (15-Sergei Zamorski (Football Club Flora Tallinn) 80)

9-Martin Reim (Football Club Flora Tallinn)

11-Lembit Rajala (Football Club Flora Tallinn) (13-Tarmo Linnumae (Football Club Flora Tallinn) 46)

 

Coach: Roman Ubakivi        

Booked: Urmas Kaljend 2 (In another source shown as 12^th minute)

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Lotto

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, Black Shorts, White Socks

Photo From: L'Equipe de Suisse, Authors Guy Balibouse, Roger Felix, Pierre Tripod, 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Switzerland 4-Estonia 0)

Photo From: L'Equipe de Suisse, Authors Guy Balibouse, Roger Felix, Pierre Tripod, 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Switzerland 4-Estonia 0)

Photo From: L'Equipe de Suisse, Authors Guy Balibouse, Roger Felix, Pierre Tripod, 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Switzerland 4-Estonia 0)

Photo From: L'Equipe de Suisse, Authors Guy Balibouse, Roger Felix, Pierre Tripod, 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Switzerland 4-Estonia 0)

 

UEFA Zone, Group 2

 

Table ahead of the Final Round of matches:

 

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Norway	10	7	2	1	25	5	20	16
2	Holland	9	5	3	1	26	8	18	13
3	England	9	4	3	2	19	8	11	11
4	Poland	9	3	2	4	9	12	-3	8
5	Turkey	10	3	1	6	11	19	-8	7
6	San Marino	9	0	1	8	1	39	-38	1

 

 

November 17, 1993, Bologna, Italy, San Marino 1-England 7 (Davide Gualtieri 1 / Paul Ince 22, 73, Ian Wright 34, 46, 78, 90, Les Ferdinand 38)

November 17, 1993, Poznan, Poland 1-Holland 3 (Marek Leśniak 12 / Dennis Bergkamp 10 56, Ronald de Boer 88)

 

 

Table after the Final Round of matches:

 

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Norway	10	7	2	1	25	5	20	16
2	Holland	10	6	3	1	29	9	20	15
3	England	10	5	3	2	26	9	17	13
4	Poland	10	3	2	5	10	15	-5	8
5	Turkey	10	3	1	6	11	19	-8	7
6	San Marino	10	0	1	9	2	46	-44	1

 

Note:

1-Norway and Holland qualified to the 1994 World Cup.

Date: November 17, 1993

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier, European Zone, Group 2

Result: San Marino 1-England 7

Venue: Bologna, Stadio Renato dell'Ara-Italy

Attendance: 2,378

Referee: Nazi Kathiraveloo (Malaysia)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(San Marino): Davide Gualtieri 1

(England): Paul Ince 22, 73, Ian Wright 34, 46, 78, 90, Les Ferdinand 38

Summary of goals:

1:0 (1st minute, San Marino): From the middle (on the right), Nicola Bacciocchi sent a pass through, Pearce’s backpass attempt was picked up by Gualtieri to score.

1:1 (22nd minute, England): Ince scored with a long-range shot from outside of the box.

1:2 (34th minute, England): Platt’s shot from the right side was parried by Benedettini (with his feet) and Ian Wright knocked in the loose ball.

1:3 (38th minute, England): Platt’s long cross from the left side, was stopped by Benedettini (with his feet) and Les Ferdinand knocked in the loose ball.

1:4 (46th minute, England): Ferdinand’s cross from the left was headed in by Ian Wright.

1:5 (73rd minute, England): Ferdinand’s cross from the left was struck in by Ince.

1:6 (78th minute, England): Pallister’s long cross from the right side, reached Ian Wright who scored.

1:7 (90th minute, England): From the middle, Ince passed to the left to Ian Wright who advanced to score.

Lineups:

San Marino:

1-Pierluigi Benedettini (Associazione Calcio San Marino / Italy)

2-Mauro Valentini (Rimini Calcio / Italy) (15-Luca Gobbi (Associazione Calcio Cattolica / Italy) 47)

3-Mirco Gennari (Soglianese)

4-Loris Zanotti (Associazione Calcio San Marino / Italy)

5-Claudio Canti (Societá Sportiva Juvenes- Serravalle) 

6-William Marino Guerra (Associazione Calcio San Marino / Italy)

7-Pier Angelo Manzaroli (Associazione Calcio San Marino / Italy)

8-Pier Domenico Della Valle (Olympia Secchiano / Italy)

9-Nicola Bacciocchi (Associazione Sportiva Santarcangiolese / Italy) (13-Paolo Mazza (Tuscania) 62)

10-Massimo Bonini (free agent)

11-Davide Gualtieri (Societá Sportiva Juvenes- Serravalle)

 

Coach: Giorgio Leoni

Booked: William Guerra, Davide Gualtieri

Other Substitutes:

12-Stefano Muccioli

14-Valdes Pasolini (Società Sportiva Cosmos)

16-Fabio Francini

 

Team Captain:-

Official Kit Supplier/Designer:-

Uniform Colors: Light Blue Shirts, Light Blue Shorts, Light Blue Socks

 

England:

1- David Andrew Seaman (Arsenal Football Club-London)

2- Lee Michael Dixon (Arsenal Football Club-London)

3- Stuart Pearce (Nottingham Forest Football Club)

4-Stuart Edward Ripley (Blackburn Rovers Football Club)

5- Desmond Sinclair Walker (Sheffield Wednesday Football Club)

10- Andrew Sinton (Sheffield Wednesday Football Club) 

6- Gary Andrew Pallister (Manchester United Football Club)

7- David Andrew Platt (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy)

11- Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince (Manchester United Football Club)

8- Ian Edward Wright (Arsenal Football Club-London)

9- Leslie Ferdinand (Queens Park Rangers Football Club-London)

 

Coach: Graham Taylor

Other Substitutes:

12- Carlton Lloyd Palmer (Sheffield Wednesday Football Club)

13- Timothy David Flowers (Blackburn Rovers Football Club)

14- Nigel Howard Clough (Liverpool Football Club)

15- Paul Charles Merson (Arsenal Football Club-London)

16- Andrew Alexander Cole (Newcastle United Football Club)

 

Team Captain: Stuart Pearce

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

 
Photo From:  Guerin sportive, No 47 (972), November
24-30, 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, San Marino
1-England 7)

Photo From:  World Soccer, February 1994

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, San Marino
1-England 7)

Date: November 17, 1993

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier, European Zone, Group 2

Result: Poland 1-Holland 3

Venue: Poznań, Stadion Miejski (Lecha Stadion)

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Poland): Marek Leśniak 12

(Holland): Dennis Bergkamp 10 56, Ronald de Boer 88

Summary of goals:

0:1 (10th minute, Holland): From the middle, Wouters lobbed a ball to the left and Bergkamp volleyed.

1:1 (12th minute, Poland): After a long punt by Matysek, Ronald Koeman attempted to clear but Lesniak picked up and advanced to score.

1:2 (56th minute, Holland): Roy’s cross from the left was struck in by Bergkamp.

1:3 (88th minute, Holland): From the middle, Winter sent Ronald De Boer through to score.

Lineups:

Poland:

1-Adam Matysek (Spielclub Fortuna Köln e.V. / Germany)

6-Marcin Jalocha (Legia Warsaw) (14-Ryszard Czerwiec (Robotnicze Towarzystwo Sportowe Widzew Łódź) 78)

2-Radoslaw Michalski (Legia Warsaw)

4-Juliusz Kruzankin (Legia Warsaw)

5-Tomasz Wałdoch (captain) (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)     

3-Marek Kozminski (Udinese Calcio / Italy)

7-Grzegorz Lewandowski (Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków)

9-Robert Warzycha (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England) (15-Tomasz Cebula (LKS (Lodzki Klub Sportowy)-Lodz) 66)

8-Dariusz Adamczuk (Udinese Calcio / Italy)

11-Marek Leśniak (Sportgemeinschaft Wattenscheid 1909 e.V.-Bochum / Germany)

10-Wojciech Kowalczyk (Legia Warsaw)

 

Coach: Leslaw Cmikiewicz 

Booked: Dariusz Adamczuk

Other Substitutes:

Jerzy Brzeczek (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)     

Janusz Jojko (Górniczy Klub Sportowy Katowice) 

Tomasz Lapiński (Robotnicze Towarzystwo Sportowe Widzew Łódź)  

Roman Szewczyk (Football Club de Sochaux-Montbéliard / France)

 

Team Captain: Robert Warzycha

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Lotto

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Red Shorts, White Socks

 

Holland:

1-Eduard Franciscus ‘Ed’ de Goey (Feyenoord Rotterdam)  

2-Ulrich Van Gobbel (Feyenoord Rotterdam)  

4-Ronald Koeman (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)

3-Franciscus ‘Frank’ de Boer (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)  

5-Erwin Koeman (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven)

6-Jan Jacobus Wouters (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany)

8-Aron Mohamed Winter (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma / Italy)

10-Dennis Nicolaas Maria Bergkamp (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy)

7-Marc Overmars (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

9-Ronaldus ‘Ronald’ de Boer (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

11-Bryan Edward Steven Roy (Foggia Calcio / Italy)  

 

Coach: Dirk Nicolaas ‘Dick’ Advocaat

Other Substitutes:

Theodorus Antonius Gerardus ‘Theo’ Snelders (Aberdeen Football Club / Scotland)

Johannes Hildebrand ‘John’ de Wolf (Feyenoord Rotterdam)

Arthur Johannes Numan (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven)

Wilhelmus Maria ‘Wim’ Jonk (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy)

Johannes Jacobus ’John’ Bosman (Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht / Belgium)

 

Team Captain: Ronald Koeman

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Lotto

Uniform Colors: Orange Shirts, White Shorts, Orange Socks

Photo From: Het Nederlands
Elftal, de histoire van oranje, 1989-1995, Authors: Matty Verkamman and Henk
Mees

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Poland 1-Holland 3)

Photo From: Het Nederlands
Elftal, de histoire van oranje, 1989-1995, Authors: Matty Verkamman and Henk
Mees

(Holland squad, November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Poland
1-Holland 3)

 

 

UEFA Zone, Group 3

 

Table ahead of the Final Round of matches:

 

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Denmark	11	7	4	0	15	1	14	18
2	Spain	11	7	3	1	26	4	22	17
3	Republic of Ireland	11	7	3	1	18	5	13	17
4	Northern Ireland	11	5	2	4	13	12	1	12
5	Lithuania	12	2	3	7	8	21	-13	7
6	Latvia	12	0	5	7	4	21	-17	5
7	Albania	12	1	2	9	6	26	-20	4

 

 

November 17, 1993, Belfast, Northern Ireland 1-Republic of Ireland 1 (James Quinn 73 / Alan Francis McLoughlin 76)

November 17, 1993, Seville, Spain 1-Denmark 0 (Fernando Ruiz Hierro 63)

 

 

Table after the Final Round of matches:

 

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spain	12	8	3	1	27	4	23	19
2	Republic of Ireland	12	7	4	1	19	6	13	18
3	Denmark	12	7	4	1	15	2	13	18
4	Northern Ireland	12	5	3	4	14	13	1	13
5	Lithuania	12	2	3	7	8	21	-13	7
6	Latvia	12	0	5	7	4	21	-17	5
7	Albania	12	1	2	9	6	26	-20	4

 

Note:

1-Spain and Republic of Ireland qualified to the 1994 World Cup.

 

 

 

Date: November 17, 1993

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier, European Zone, Group 3

Result: Northern Ireland 1-Republic of Ireland 1

Venue: Belfast-Windsor Park  

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Ahmet Cakar (Turkey)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Northern Ireland): James Quinn 73

(Republic of Ireland): Alan Francis McLoughlin 76

Summary of goals:

1:0 (73^rd minute, Northern Ireland): Iain Dowie, who had just come on a s a substitute, sent a cross from the left side to Kevin Wilson who immediately laid it on for James Quinn who shot from outside of box to open the scoring.

1:1 (76th minute, Republic of Ireland): Dennis Irwin took a free kick from right side touchline that Taggart headed out, and it fell perfectly for substitute Alan McLoughlin who slammed it home from just outside of the box

Lineups:

Northern Ireland:

1-Thomas James Wright (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England) 

2-Gary James Fleming (Barnsley Football Club / England) 

3-Nigel Worthington (Sheffield Wednesday Football Club / England) 

4-Gerald Paul Taggart (Barnsley Football Club / England) 

5-Alan McDonald (Queens Park Rangers Football Club-London / England) 

6-Malachy Martin Donaghy (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)

7-Kevin James Wilson (Notts County Football Club-Nottingham / England) (15-Kingsley Terence Black (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England) 82)

8-James Magilton (Oxford United Football Club / England) 

9-James Martin Quinn (Reading Football Club / England)

10-Phillip Gray (Sunderland Association Football Club / England) (13-Iain Dowie (Southampton Football Club / England) 72)

11-Michael Eamonn Hughes (Racing Club de Strasbourg Football / France) 

 

Coach: William Laurence Bingham

Booked: Nigel Worthington 20

 

Team Captain: Alan McDonald

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, Green Sock

 

Republic of Ireland:

1-Patrick ‘Paddy’ Bonner (Celtic Football Club- Glasgow / Scotland)

2-Joseph Dennis Irwin (Manchester United Football Club / England) 

3-Terence Michael Phelan (Manchester City Football Club / England)

4-Alan Nigel Kernaghan (Manchester City Football Club / England)

5-Paul McGrath (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham / England)  

6-Roy Maurice Keane (Manchester United Football Club / England) 

7-Andrew David Townsend (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham / England)

8-Raymond James Houghton (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham / England) (14-Alan Francis McLoughlin (Portsmouth Football Club / England) 70)

9-Niall John Quinn (Manchester City Football Club / England) 

10-John William Aldridge (Tranmere Rovers Football Club / England) (12-Anthony Guy Cascarino (Chelsea Football Club-London / England) 81)

11-Edward John Paul ‘Eddie’ McGoldrick (Arsenal Football Club-London / England

 

Coach: John ‘Jack’ Charlton (England)

Booked: Terry Phelan 15

 

Team Captain: Andrew David Townsend

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Green Shorts, White Socks

Note:

1-For more detail, see:
https://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2015/08/november-17-1993-northern-ireland-1.html

 

 

Photo From: Football Association of Ireland, 75 Years, Author Peter Byrne, 1996

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Northern Ireland 1-Republic of Ireland 1)

 

Photo From: Guerin sportive, No 47 (972), November 24-30, 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Northern Ireland 1-Republic of Ireland 1)

 

Date: November 17, 1993

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier, European Zone, Group 3

Result: Spain 1-Denmark 0

Venue: Sevilla -Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Vassilios Nikakis (Greece)

Linesmen: Simiakos, Vellos (both Greece)

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Spain): Fernando Ruiz Hierro 63

(Denmark): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (63^rd minute, Spain): Goicoechea’s corner kick from the right side was headed in by Hierro.

Lineups:

Spain:

1-Andoni ‘Zubizarreta’ Urreta (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

2-Albert ‘Ferrer’ Llopis (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

3-Francisco Jose Camarasa (Valencia Club de Fútbol) (13-Jose Santiago ‘Canizares’ Ruiz (Real Club Celta de Vigo) 10)

5-Fernando ‘Giner’ Gil (Valencia Club de Fútbol)  

4-Rafael ‘Alkorta’ Martinez (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

6-Fernando Ruiz Hierro (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

11-‘Luis Enrique’ Martinez Garcia (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

8-Miguel Angel ‘Nadal’ Homar (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

7-Juan Antonio ‘Goicoechea’ Lasa (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

9-Julio ‘Salinas’ Fernandez (Fútbol Club Barcelona) (15-Francisco ‘Kiko’ Narvaez Machon (Club Atlético de Madrid) 52)

10-Jose Maria ‘Bakero’ Escudero (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

 

Coach: ‘Javier Clemente’ Lazaro

Booked: Fernando ‘Giner’ Gil 40', Juan Antonio ‘Goicoechea’ Lasa 74

Sent Off: Andoni ‘Zubizarreta’ Urreta 10

Other Substitutes:

12- Salvador ‘Voro’ Gonzalez Marco (Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña)

14- Josep ‘Guardiola’ Sala (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

16- ‘Felipe Minambres’ Fernandez (Club Deportivo Tenerife)

 

Team Captain: Andoni ‘Zubizarreta’ Urreta

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Blue Shorts, Black Socks

Note:

1- Andoni Zubizaretta was sent off in the 10th minute for fouling Michael Laudrup as the last man. He accidentally threw the ball to his clubmate Laudrup.

He was subsequently suspended for the first match of the World Cup.

 

Denmark:

1-Peter Schmeichel (Manchester United Football Club / England)    

4-Lars Olsen (Royal Football Club Seresien (Seraing) / Belgium)

3-Marc Rieper (Brøndby- Brøndbyøster Idrætsforening)

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

5-Henrik Larsen (Sport Verein Waldhof Mannheim 07 e.V. / Germany)

8-Kim Vilfort (Brøndby- Brøndbyøster Idrætsforening)

7-John Jensen (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)    

10-Michael Laudrup (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)

6-Brian Steen-Nielsen (Odense Boldklub) (13-Jes Høgh (Brøndby- Brøndbyøster Idrætsforening) 46)

9-Flemming Povlsen (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V. / Germany) (15-Bent Christensen (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas / Greece) 70)

 

11-Brian Laudrup (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

Coach: Richard Möller-Nielsen

Booked: Brian Steen Nielsen 14, Kim Vilfort 35, Peter Schmeichel 63

Other Substitutes:

12-Carsten Dethlefsen (Odense Boldklub)

14- Frank Pingel (Bursaspor Kulübü / Turkey) 

16-Lars Hogh (Odense Boldklub)

 

Team Captain: Lars Olsen

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Hummel

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

 

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell)

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Spain 1-Denmark 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell)

(Spain squad, November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Spain 1-Denmark 0)

Photo From: Todo Sobre La Seleccion Espanola, Felix Martialay, 2006

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Spain 1-Denmark 0)

Photo From: Kicker Sonderheft - 1994 World Cup

(Spain squad, November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Spain 1-Denmark 0)

 

 

UEFA Zone, Group 4

 

Table ahead of the Final Round of matches:

 

 

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Belgium	9	7	0	2	16	5	11	14
2	Romania	9	6	1	2	27	11	16	13
3	RCS	9	4	4	1	21	9	12	12
4	Wales	9	5	2	2	18	10	8	12
5	Cyprus	10	2	1	7	8	18	-10	5
6	Faroe Islands	10	0	0	10	1	38	-37	0

 

 

November 17, 1993, Cardiff, Wales 1-Romania 2 (Dean Saunders 61 / Gheorge Hagi 32, Florin Raducioiu 85)

November 17, 1993, Brussels, Belgium 0-Republic of Czechs and Slovaks 0 (-)

 

Table after the Final Round of matches:

 

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Romania	10	7	1	2	29	12	17	15
2	Belgium	10	7	1	2	16	5	11	15
3	RCS	10	4	5	1	21	9	12	13
4	Wales	10	5	2	3	19	12	7	12
5	Cyprus	10	2	1	7	8	18	-10	5
6	Faroe Islands	10	0	0	10	1	38	-37	0

 

Note:

1-Romania and Belgium qualified to the 1994 World Cup.

 

 

Date: November 17, 1993

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier, European Zone, Group 4

Result: Wales 1-Romania 2

Venue: Cardiff - Arms Park (The National Stadium)

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Kurt Rothlisberger (Switzerland)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Wales): Dean Saunders 61

(Romania): Gheorge Hagi 32, Florin Raducioiu 85

Summary of goals:

0:1 (32^nd minute, Romania): Hagi scored with a long-range shot from outside of the box.

1:1 (61^st minute, Wales): Giggs’ free kick from the right side led to a number of headers in the box, Speed’s header towards the right was knocked in by Saunders.

1:2 (85^th minute, Romania): On the left side, Dumitrescu advanced towards the middle and passed across to the right for Raducioiu to score.

Lineups:

Wales:

1-Neville Southall (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England) 

2-David Owen Phillips (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England) 

3-Paul John Bodin (Swindon Town Football Club / England) (16-Malcolm Allen (Newcastle United Football Club / England) 71)

4-Andrew Roger Melville (Oxford United Football Club / England)

5-Eric Young (Crystal Palace Football Club-London / England) 

6-Christopher Jeremiah ‘Kit’ Symons (Portsmouth Football Club / England) (15-Jeremy Goss (Norwich City Football Club / England) 53)

7-Barry Horne (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England) 

8-Dean Nicholas Saunders (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham / England) 

9-Ian James Rush (Liverpool Football Club / England)

10-Gary Andrew Speed (Leeds United Association Football Club / England) 

11-Ryan Joseph Giggs (Manchester United Football Club / England)

 

Coach: Terence Charles Yorath

Booked: Barry Horne 53

 

Team Captain: Barry Horne

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1-Paul Bodin missed a penalty kick for Wales in the 65^th minute.

 

Romania:

1- Florin Prunea (Fotbal Club Dinamo Bucuresti) 

2- Dan Vasile Petrescu (Genoa 1893-Genova / Italy) 

3- Daniel Claudiu Prodan (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua- Bucuresti)  

4- Miodrag Belodedici (Valencia Club de Fútbol / Spain) 

5- Ioan Angelo Lupescu (Turn und Sportverein Bayer 04 Leverkusen e.V. / Germany)

6- Gheorge Popescu (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven / Holland)  

7- Tibor Selymes (Koninklijke Sportvereniging Cercle Brugge / Romania) (15-Dorinel Ionel Munteanu (Koninklijke Sportvereniging Cercle Brugge / Romania) 74)

8- Ioan Ovidiu Sabau (Brescia Calcio / Italy) 

10-Gheorge Hagi (Brescia Calcio / Italy) 

9- Florin Valeriu Raducioiu (Associazione Calcio Milan-Milano / Italy)

11- Ilie Dumitrescu (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua- Bucuresti) (14-Gheorge Mihali (Fotbal Club Dinamo Bucuresti) 89)

 

Coach: Anghel Iordanescu

Other Substitutes:

Dumitru Stingaciu (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua- Bucuresti)   

Basarab Nica Panduru (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua- Bucuresti) 

Ion Vladoiu (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua- Bucuresti)  

 

Team Captain: Gheorge Hagi

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Yellow Shorts and Yellow Socks

Note:

1-For more detail, see:

https://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2011/10/november-17-1993-wales-1-romania-2.html

 

Photo From: Fotbal Plus, NR. 113, 23-29 Noeimbrie, 1993

(Romania squad, November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Wales 1-Romania 2)

Photo From: World Soccer, May 1994

(Paul Bodin’s penalty kick miss, November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Wales 1-Romania 2)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2496, February 8, 1994

(Gheorge Hagi, November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Wales 1-Romania 2)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 16, May 1994

(Daniel Prodan, November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Wales 1-Romania 2)

Photo From: Fotbal, Anul IV, NR.202, 24-30 Noiembrie 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Wales 1-Romania 2)

Photo From: Fotbal, Anul IV, NR.202, 24-30 Noiembrie 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Wales 1-Romania 2)

Photo From: Fotbal, Anul IV, NR.202, 24-30 Noiembrie 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Wales 1-Romania 2)

Photo From: Fotbal, Anul IV, NR.202, 24-30 Noiembrie 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Wales 1-Romania 2)

 

Date: November 17, 1993

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier, European Zone, Group 4

Result: Belgium 0- Republic of Czechs and Slovaks 0

Venue: Bruxelles-Stade Constant Vanden Stock (Brussels - Constant Vanden Stock Stadion)

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Helmut Krug (Germany)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Begium): None

(Republic of Czechs and Slovaks): None

Summary of goals:

-

Lineups:

Belgium:

1- Phillipe DeWilde (Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht)

4- Phillipe Albert (Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht)

3- Michel De Wolf (Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht)

5- Rudy Smidts (Royal Antwerp Football Club)       

2- Dirk Medved (Club Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging)

8- Lorenzo Staelens (Club Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging)

7- Franky Van Der Elst (Club Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging)

10- Vincenzo Scifo (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club / France)

6- Bruno Versavel (Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht)

9- Luc Nilis (Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht) (16- Alex Czerniatinski (Koninklijke Voetbalclub Mechelen) 80)

11- Luis Airton Barroso Oliveira (Cagliari Calcio / Italy) (14- Danny Boffin (Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht) 52)

 

Coach: Paul Van Himst

Booked: Phillipe Albert 47, Luis Airton Barroso Oliveira 52        

Sent Off: Phillipe Albert 50

Other Substitutes:

12- Danny Verlinden (Club Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging)

13- Vital Borkelmans (Club Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging)

15- Marc Wilmots (Royal Standard de Liege) 

 

Team Captain: Vincenzo Scifo

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Diadora

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1- Michel De Wolf had retired from the national team in 1991, he agreed to come back for this crucial match.

 

Republic of Czechs and Slovaks:

1- Petr Kouba (Atleticky Club Sparta Praha)

8- Jiri Novotny (Atleticky Club Sparta Praha)

4- Ivan Hasek (Racing Club de Strasbourg Football / France)

5- Miroslav Kadlec (1.Fußball-Club e.V. Kaiserslautern / Germany)

3- Jan Suchoparek (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha) (16- Jaroslav Timko (Slovan Bratislava Sportowy Klub) 90+2)

2- Petar Dubovsky (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)

11- Lubomir Moravcík (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire / France)

6- Vaclav Némecek (Toulouse Football Club / France)

7- Pavel Hapal (Turn und Sportverein Bayer 04 Leverkusen e.V. / Germany) (14- Radoslav Latal (Sportovni Klub Sigma MZ (Moravske Zelezarny) Olomouc) 74)

9- Pavel Kuka (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha)

10- Tomas Skuhravy (Genoa 1893-Genova / Italy)

 

Coach: Vaclav Jezek

Booked: Jan Suchoparek 56

Other Substitutes:

22- Alexander Vencel (Slovan Bratislava Sportowy Klub)

12- Vladimir Kinder (Slovan Bratislava Sportowy Klub)

15- Tomas Repka (Fotbal Club Baník Ostrava)

 

Team Captain: Vaclav Némecek

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue/White diamond formation Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

 

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat

(Republic of Czechs and Slovaks squad, November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Belgium 0- Republic of Czechs and Slovaks 0)

 

UEFA Zone, Group 5

 

Table ahead of the Final Round of matches:

 

 

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia	7	5	2	0	15	3	12	12
2	Greece	7	5	2	0	9	2	7	12
3	Iceland	8	3	2	3	7	6	1	8
4	Hungary	8	2	1	5	6	11	-5	5
5	Luxembourg	8	0	1	7	2	17	-15	1

 

 

November 17, 1993, Athens, Greece 1-Russia 0 (Nikos Machlas 68)

 

Table after the Final Round of matches:

 

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Greece	8	6	2	0	10	2	8	14
2	Russia	8	5	2	1	15	4	11	12
3	Iceland	8	3	2	3	7	6	1	8
4	Hungary	8	2	1	5	6	11	-5	5
5	Luxembourg	8	0	1	7	2	17	-15	1

 

Note:

1-Greece and Russia qualified to the 1994 World Cup.

 

 

Date: November 17, 1993

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier, European Zone, Group 5

Result: Greece 1-Russia 0

Venue: Athens-Olympiako Stadio Athinas 'Spyros Louis' (OAKA)

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Jean Fidele Diramba (Gabon)

Linesmen: Henri Zogo, Ignasse Babbete (both Gabon)

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Greece): Nikos Machlas 68

(Russia): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (68th minute, Greece): Nioblias’s cross from the left side was headed in by Machlas.

Lineups:

Greece:

1-Antonis Minou (Gymnastikós Sillegós Apollon Athina-Smyrni)

2-Stratos Apostolakis (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)

3-Kiriakos Karataidis (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

4-Stelios Manolas (AEK (Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupolis)-Athina)

5-Vasilios Ioannidis (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

6-Jiotis Tsalouchidis (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

8-Nikos Nioblias (OFI (Ómilos Filathlós Iráklion)-Kriti)

7-Dimitris Saravakos (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas) (13-Alexandros Alexandris (AEK (Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupolis)-Athina) 75)

9-Nikos Machlas (OFI (Ómilos Filathlós Iráklion)-Kriti)

10-Tasos Mitropoulos (captain) (AEK (Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupolis)-Athina)  (14-Spyros Marangos (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas) 33)

11-Nikos Tsiantakis (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

 

Coach: Alketas Panagoulias

Booked: Vassilis Ioannidis 8, Dimitris Saravakos 58, Alekos Alexandris 79

 

Team Captain: Tasos Mitropoulos (Stelios Manolas after 33^rd minute)

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Diadora

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Blue Socks

Note:

1- Kiriakos Karataidis is also shown to be booked in other sources.

 

Russia:

1-Stanislav Salamovich Cherchesov (1.Fußball-Club Dynamo Dresden / Germany)

5-Vassili Sergeyevich Kulkov (Sport Lisboa e Benfica / Portugal)

3-Viktor Savelyevich Onopko (Futbol'nyj Klub Spartak Moskva)

2-Dmitri Alekseyevich Khlestov (Futbol'nyj Klub Spartak Moskva)

4-Yuri Valeriyevich Nikiforov (Futbol'nyj Klub Spartak Moskva)

7-Igor Ivanovich Dobrovolsky (Futbol'nyj Klub Dinamo Moskva)

6-Igor Mikhailovich Shalimov (captain) (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy)

8-Dmitry Leonidovich Popov (Real Racing Club de Santander / Spain) (14-Aleksandr Vladimirovich Mostovoi (Stade Malherbe Caen Calvados Basse-Normandie / France)’80)

9-Igor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov (Foggia Calcio / Italy)

10-Sergei Nikolayevich Yuran (Sport Lisboa e Benfica / Portugal) (16-Oleg Anatoliyevich Salenko (Club Deportivo Logroňes / Spain)’46)

11-Sergei Vyacheslavovich Kiriakov (Karlruher Sport-Club von 1894 Mühlburg-Phönix e.V. / Germany)

 

Coach: Pavel Fedorovich Sadyrin

Booked: Igor Shalimov 13, Sergei Kiriakov 88

Sent Off: Viktor Onopko 89

 

Team Captain: Igor Mikhailovich Shalimov

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Reebok

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Blue Shorts, Red Socks

 

Photo From: Guerin sportive, No 47 (972), November 24-30, 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Russia 1-Greece 0)

 

 

UEFA Zone, Group 6

 

Table ahead of the Final Round of matches:

 

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	10	6	3	1	19	8	11	15
2	France	9	6	1	2	16	8	8	13
3	Bulgaria	9	5	2	2	17	9	8	12
4	Austria	10	3	2	5	15	16	-1	8
5	Finland	10	2	1	7	9	18	-9	5
6	Israel	10	1	3	6	10	27	-17	5

 

 

November 17, 1993, Paris, France 1-Bulgaria 2 (Eric Cantona 31 / Emil Kostadinov 36, 90)

 

Table after the Final Round of matches:

 

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	10	6	3	1	19	8	11	15
2	Bulgaria	10	6	2	2	19	10	9	14
3	France	10	6	1	3	17	10	7	13
4	Austria	10	3	2	5	15	16	-1	8
5	Finland	10	2	1	7	9	18	-9	5
6	Israel	10	1	3	6	10	27	-17	5

 

Note:

1-Sweden and Bulgaria qualified to the 1994 World Cup.

 

 

 

Date: November 17, 1993

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier, European Zone, Group 6

Result: France 1-Bulgaria 2

Venue: Paris-Parc Des Princes

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(France): Eric Cantona 31

(Bulgaria): Emil Kostadinov 36, 90

Summary of goals:

1:0 (31^st minute, France): Deschamps’ cross from the right side was headed down to the right by Papin for Cantona to score.

1:1 (36^th minute, Bulgaria): Balakov’s corner kick from the left side was headed in by Kostadinov.

1:2 (90^th minute, Bulgaria): From near the middle of the field on the right side, Penev sent a long cross into the box and Kostadinov on the right struck it in.

Lineups:

France:

1- Bernard Lama (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

4-Alain Roche (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

5- Laurent Blanc (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire)

3-Emmanuel Petit (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

2-Marcel Desailly (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

7- Didier Deschamps (Olympique de Marseille)

8- Frank Sauzee (Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio / Italy) (13-Vincent Guerin (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) 80)

6- Paul Le Guen (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

10- Reynald Pedros (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

9- Jean-Pierre Papin (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy) (15- David Ginola (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) 48)

11- Eric Cantona (Manchester United Football Club / England)

 

Coach: Gerard Houllier

Booked: Alain Roche 45

Other Substitutes:

16-Bruno Martini (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

12-Bixente Lizarazu (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux)

14-Youri Djorkaeff (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

 

Team Captain: Jean-Pierre Papin

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

 

Bulgaria:

1-Borislav Mihailov (Football Club Mulhouse-Sud Alsace / France)

3-Trifon Ivanov (Real Betis Balompié –Sevilla / Spain)

2-Emil Kremenliev (Fudbalski Klub Levski 1914-Sofia)   

5-Petar Houbchev (Fudbalski Klub Levski 1914-Sofia)   

4-Tzanko Tzvetanov (Fudbalski Klub Levski 1914-Sofia) (14-Daniel Borimorov (Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Levski 1914-Sofia) 82)

6-Zlatko Yankov (Fudbalski Klub Levski 1914-Sofia)  

9-Luboslav Penev (Valencia Club de Fútbol / Spain)

11-Yordan Lechkov (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. / Germany) (15-Petar Alexandrov (Fußball Club Aarau / Switzerland) 86)

10-Krassimir Balakov (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa / Portugal)

7-Emil Kostadinov (Futebol Clube do Porto / Portugal)   

8-Hristo Stoichkov (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)

 

Coach: Dimitar Penev

Booked: Luboslav Penev 52

Other Substitutes:

12- Dimitar Popov (Fudbalski Klub Botev-Plovdiv)

13- Zaprian Rakov (Fudbalski Klub Botev-Plovdiv)

16- Nikolai Todorov (Fudbalski Klub Levski 1914-Sofia) 

 

Team Captain: Borislav Mihailov

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Green Shorts, White Socks

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2485, November 23, 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, France 1-Bulgaria 2)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2485, November 23, 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, France 1-Bulgaria 2)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 59, December 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, France 1-Bulgaria 2)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 59, December 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, France 1-Bulgaria 2)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 59, December 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, France 1-Bulgaria 2)

 

 

Oceania/South America Playoff:

 

November 17, 1993, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1-Australia 0 (Own Goal (Alex Tobin) 58)

 

Note:

1-Argentina qualified to the 1994 World Cup.

 

Date: November 17, 1993

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-Playoff, Second Leg

Result: Argentina 1-Australia 0

Venue: Buenos Aires -Antonio Vespuci Alberti (El Monumental) (River Plate)

Attendance: 59,768 (67,000 in other sources)

Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

Linesmen: Christensen and Ohmeyr (both Denmark)

Kick-off time: 21:15

Goalscorers:

(Argentina): Own Goal (Alex Tobin) 58

(Australia): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (58^th minute, Argentina): On the right side, Batistuta attempted a cross, his shot was deflected by Tobin and lobbed over Zabica.

Lineups:

Argentina:

1-Sergio Javier Goycochea (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

14-José Antonio Chamot (Foggia Calcio / Italy)

2-Sergio Fabian Vázquez (Club Deportivo Universidad Católica -Santiago / Chile)

6- Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri (Club Deportivo America-Mexico City / Mexico)

3-Carlos Javier Mac Allister (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires)

15-Hugo Leonardo Perez (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)

5- Fernando Carlos Redondo Neri (Club Deportivo Tenerife / Spain)

8-Diego Pablo Simeone (Sevilla Fútbol Club / Spain)

10- Diego Armando Maradona (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)

9- Gabriel Omar Batistuta (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firezne / Italy)

18-Abel Eduardo Balbo (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy) (20-Gustavo Miguel Zapata (Yokohoma Marinos / Japan) 70)

 

Coach: Alfio Ruben Basile

Booked: Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri, Sergio Fabian Vázquez, Diego Pablo Simeone

Other Substitutes:

Luis Alberto Islas (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)

Fernando Gabriel Caceres (Real Zaragoza / Spain)

Leonardo Adrián Rodríguez (Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio / Italy) 

Ramon Ismael Medina Bello (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires) 

 

Team Captain: Diego Armando Maradona

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue/White vertically striped Shirts, Black Shorts, White Socks

 

Australia:

20-Robert Zabica (Adelaide City)

12-Milan Ivanovic (Adelaide City)

5-Alex Tobin (Adelaide City)

13-Mehmet Durakovic (South Melbourne)

19-Tony Vidmar (Adelaide City) (17-Carl Veart (Adelaide City) 64)

11-Robbie Slater (Racing Club Lens / France)

10-Jason Van Blerk (Go Ahead Eagles / Holland)    

6-Paul Wade (South Melbourne)

8-Aurelio Vidmar (Waregem / Belgium)

7-Graham Arnold (FC Liege / Belgium)

9-Frank Farina (Racing Strasbourg / France)

 

Coach: Eddie Thomson (Scotland)

Booked: Milan Ivanovic, Mehmet Durakovic, Aurelio Vidmar

Other Substitutes:

Mark Schwarzer (Marconi Stallions)

Dominic Longo (Cercle Brugge / Belgium)

Stan Lazaridis (West Adelaide)

Jason Polak (South Melbourne)

 

Team Captain: Paul Wade

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Yellow (Three Green Diagonal stripes) Shirts, Yellow Shorts, Yellow Socks

Note:

1-For more detail, see:

https://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2022/08/soccer-memories-part-41-recall-of-diego.html

 

Photo From: El Grafico, Issue 3868, 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Argentina 1-Australia 0)

Photo From: El Grafico, Issue 3868, 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Argentina 1-Australia 0)

Photo From: El Grafico, Issue 3868, 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Argentina 1-Australia 0)

Photo From: El Grafico, Issue 3868, 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Argentina 1-Australia 0)

Photo From: El Grafico, Issue 3868, 1993

(November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Argentina 1-Australia 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 60, January 1994

(Argentina squad, November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Australia 1-Argentina 1)