October
13, 1993
Republic
of Ireland 1-Spain 3
World
Cup Qualifying-Group 3
Venue: Dublin –Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Fabio
Baldas (Italy)
Goalscorers: (Republic of Ireland): John
Sheridan 72
(Spain): Jose Luis
Perez Caminero
11, Julio Salinas 14, 26
Lineups:
Republic
of Ireland:
1-Patrick
‘Paddy’ Bonner (Celtic
Football Club- Glasgow / Scotland) [68 / 0]
4-Kevin
Bernard Moran
(Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England) [69 / 6] (13-John Joseph Sheridan
(Sheffield Wednesday Football Club / England) [16 / 2] 22nd)
3-Terence
Michael Phelan (Manchester City Football Club / England) [17 / 0]
5-Alan
Nigel Kernaghan (Manchester City Football Club / England) [8 / 1]
2-Joseph
Dennis Irwin (Manchester United Football Club / England) [23
/ 1]
6-Roy
Maurice Keane (Manchester United Football Club / England) [18 / 0]
7-Paul
McGrath (Aston
Villa Football Club-Birmingham / England) [62 / 7]
8-Raymond
James Houghton (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham / England) [55 / 3]
11-Stephen
Staunton (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham / England) [43 / 5] (12-Anthony Guy Cascarino (Chelsea Football Club-London / England) [45 / 11] 46th)
9-Niall
John Quinn (Manchester City Football Club / England [42 /
10]
10-Ronald
Andrew ‘Ronnie’ Whelan (Liverpool Football Club / England)
[47 / 3]
Coach:
John ‘Jack’ Charlton (England)
Other Subs :
14-
Edward John Paul ‘Eddie’ McGoldrick (Arsenal Football
Club-London / England)
15-
Alan Francis McLoughlin (Portsmouth Football Club / England)
16-Alan
Thomas Kelly Jr (Sheffield United Football Club / England)
Team
Captain: Kevin Bernard Moran (Paul McGrath assumed Captaincy 22nd
minute)
Official
Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform
Colors: Green Shirts, White
Shorts, Green Socks
Spain:
1-Andoni
‘Zubizarreta’ Urreta (Fútbol
Club Barcelona) [82 / 0]
2-Albert
‘Ferrer’ Llopis (Fútbol Club Barcelona) [12 / 0]
4-Miguel
Angel ‘Nadal’ Homar (Fútbol
Club Barcelona) [7 / 0]
3-Salvador ‘Voro’ Gonzalez Marco (Real Club Deportivo de La
Coruña) [1 / 0]
5-Fernando
‘Giner’ Gil (Valencia Club de Fútbol) [10 / 0]
8-Francisco Jose Camarasa (Valencia Club de Fútbol) [3 / 0]
6-Fernando
Ruiz Hierro (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol) [18 / 5]
10-Jose
Luis Perez Caminero (Club Atlético de
Madrid) [3 / 2] (15-Jose Maria ‘Bakero’ Escudero (Fútbol
Club Barcelona) [24/ 7] 30th)
11-‘Luis Enrique’
Martinez Garcia (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol) [2 / 0]
7-Juan
Antonio ‘Goicoechea’ Lasa (Fútbol Club Barcelona) [18 / 0]
9-Julio
‘Salinas’ Fernandez (Fútbol Club Barcelona) [37 / 15] (14-Josep ‘Guardiola’ Sala (Fútbol Club Barcelona) [7 / 1] 69th)
Coach:
‘Javier Clemente’ Lazaro
Other
subs:
13-Julen
‘Lopetegui’ Argote (Club Deportivo Logroňes)
12-Rafael
‘Alkorta’ Martinez (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)
16-Francisco
‘Kiko’ Narvaez Machon (Club Atlético de Madrid)
Team
Captain: Andoni ‘Zubizarreta’ Urreta
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform
Colors: Red Shirts, Blue
Shorts , Black Socks
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Photo
From: Todo Sobre La Seleccion Espanola, Felix Martialay, 2006
(Top, left to right: Giner, Zubizaretta,
Salinas, Hierro, Vorro, Bottom, left to right: camarasa, Caminero, Goicoetchea,
Ferrer, Luis Enrique)
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Notes:
-Match
number 292 for Republic of Ireland and number 378 for Spain
-This
was the 23rd meeting between the nations.
-The
previous match between the nations, as well as the previous on Spanish soil was
the first leg of these World Cup Qualifiers in Seville on November 18, 1992
that ended in a scoreless tie.
Republic
of Ireland players: Bonner, Irwin, McGrath, Moran, Phelan, Houghton, Keane,
Staunton and Quinn and Spain Players: Zubizaretta, Ferrer, Goicoetchea, Hierro,
Salinas and Bakero were present that
day (on the field and/or the substitutes bench).
McGrath
and Moran were booked in that match.
-The
previous match between the nations, in the same stadium, as well as Republic of
Ireland’s previous victory, was another World Cup qualifier on April 26, 1989
that Republic of Ireland won 1 to 0.
Republic
of Ireland players: Bonner, Moran, McGrath, Houghton, Cascarino and Whelan and
Spain Players: Zubizaretta and Salinas
(on the field and/or the substitutes bench).
Salinas
was booked in that match.
Republic
of Ireland has not won vs. Spain since.
-The next match between the nations, would be a
World Cup Finals match in Suwon (South Korea) on June 16, 2002 that ended in
a one to ones tie, but won by Spain 3 to 2 on a penalty kick shoot-out..
Republic
of Ireland players: Quinn, Staunton and Alan Thomas Kelly Jr and Spain Players:
Hierro, Luis Enrique and Nadal were present that day (on the field
and/or the substitutes bench).
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Photo
from: Onze-Mondial, February 1994
(Bakero and Roy Keane) |
-
Spain’s previous victory was another World Cup qualifier on November 16, 1988
in Seville that they won 2 to 0.
Republic
of Ireland players: Bonner, Staunton, Houghton, Moran, Sheridan, Cascarino and
Quinn and Spain Player: Zubizaretta were present that day (on
the field and/or the substitutes bench).
Coincidentally,
this was the last qualifier of any kind that Republic of Ireland had lost until
this 1993 match.
-
Spain’s previous victory in the same stadium was a Friendly on February 9,
1977, that they won 1 to 0.
-Spain’s
next victory would be a UEFA European Championships Finals match on June 14,
2012 in Gdansk (Poland) that they would win 4 to 0.
-The
other teams in this World Cup qualifying group were Denmark, Northern Ireland,
Lithuania, Latvia and Albania.
Spain
won this group, Republic of Ireland finished second and qualified to the World
Cup.
-This
was Republic of Ireland’s first home defeat since losing a Friendly to Wales at
Dublin’s Royal Dublin Society by a score of 1 to 0.
-This
was Republic of Ireland’s worst defeat since losing to USA in the US Cup by the
same score on May 30, 1992 in Washington, DC.
-This
was Republic of Ireland’s worst home defeat since losing a World Cup qualifier
in Dublin on November 13, 1985 to Denmark by a score of 1 to 4.
Moran,
Mc Grath and Cascarino were present that day.
Ireland
had not lost at Lansdowne Road in 29 matches.
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Photo from : World Soccer, December 1993
(Salinas and Staunton) |
-In
a rare poor defensive showing, Republic of Ireland conceded three goals in the
first 26 minutes.
-Ireland
had to win to ensure qualification; they wanted to win to ease the pressure for
the politically sensitive match vs. Northern Ireland the following month.
-Ireland
Captain Andy Townsend and as well as striker John Aldridge missed the match
through injury.
The
37-year-old Kevin Moran captained Ireland in Townsend’s absence.
Ronnie
Whelan replaced Townsend in the lineup.
Goalkeeper
Pat Bonner played despite a kidney infection.
-FIFA
President Joao Havelange was in attendance.
-Jackie
Charlton preferred to play a 4-5-1 formation with Niall Quinn as the lone
striker.
-All
of Republic of Ireland’s team played in the English Premier League, except
goalkeeper Pat Bonner of Celtic Glasgow.
All
of Spain’s players were home based.
-Spain
was missing Athletic Bilbao’s Julen Guerrero.
-For
Spain’s first goal, Albert Ferrer took a throw in, headed across the goalmouth
by Salinas for Caminero to slot home.
-For
Spain’s second goal, Salinas out sprinted Kernaghan on left to the touchline,
he then took the ball across with Kernaghan stranded and scored from a narrow
angle.
-For
Spain’s third goal, Caminero sent a in a cross that was intercepted by Sheridan
towards Salinas who scored from close range.
-In
the 22nd minute, Ireland Captain Kevin Moran limped off and was
replaced by John Sheridan.
Paul
Mc Grath assumed captaincy and moved in central defense.
-Alan
Kernaghan headed agiant the cross bar in the first half.
-For
the start of the second half, Staunton was replaced by Cascarino, to give
Ireland a more attacking formation of 4-4-2.
-Afterwards,
Jackie Charlton admitted that he had made a mistake by starting with a 4-5-1
formation.
-Substitute
Sheridan scored in the second half, after a scramble in the box that had
started from his own cross and laid back to him by Houghton.
By
this point, many Irish fans had already left the stadium.
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Photo
From: Republic of Ireland, Gifted in Green, Author: Adam Ward
(John Sheridan) |
-Spain’s
Nadal was named the man of the match.
-During
the 1994 World Cup match vs. South Korea on June 17, 1994, Nadal became the
first ever player to be sent off fro a professional foul in World Cup History.
-This
was Salvador Vorro’s first cap for Spain.
-This
was Luis Enrique’s second match for Spain. His first and previous cap was a
friendly on April 17, 1991 vs. Romania that Spain lost 0 to 2.
Luis
Enrique is one of the rare players to have played for both Barcelona and Real
Madrid.
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Photo
From: Republic of Ireland, Gifted in Green, Author: Adam Ward
(Terry Phelan) |
-This
was Jose Caminero’s 2nd goal in his 3rd cap. He had
earned his first cap only a month before in a Friendly vs. Chile on September
8, 1993, that Spain won 2 to 0.
He
had scored in Spain’s previous qualifier vs. Albania at Tirana on September 22,
1993 that Spain won 5 to 1.
Julio
Salinas scored three goals in that match.
-Spain’s
goalscoring hero, Julio Salinas was a starter for Spain, despite not being a
regular for his club Barcelona.
-Ray
Houghton and Steve Staunton were former Liverpool players and had been club
mates with Whelan.
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Photo
From: France Football, January 4, 1994, Issue 2491
(Ray Houghton) |
-Republic
of Ireland’s Alan Kernaghan had actually represented Northern Ireland at youth
levels.
-As
stated in a previous entry on this blog (See 1990 Rep. of Ireland 1-England
1), a) Tony Cascarino revealed years
later that he was ineligible to play for Republic of Ireland, b) Steve Staunton
has managed the Republic of Ireland National team.
-Ireland’s
Roy Keane had just joined Manchester United that season from Nottingham Forest.
He
won the English League and Cup double with teammate Dennis Irwin that season.
-Zubizaretta,
Ferrer, Nadal, Bakero, Goicoetchea, Salinas and Guardiola won the Spanish
League title with Barcelona that season.
They
were also losing finalists in the Champions League Final of that season.
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Photo
from: Onze-Mondial, Hors-Serie-May 1994
(Guardiola and Sheridan) |
-Mc
Grath, Houghton and Staunton won the English league Cup with Aston Villa that
season.
-Both
teams qualified for the World Cup in the Final round of WC Qualification
matches on November 17, 1993. The Republic tied 1 to 1 with Northern Ireland
and Spain defeated Denmark 1 to 0.
-Spain
Manager Javier Clemente had managed Athletic Bilbao to two successive League
titles in 1983 and 1984 with Andoni Zubizaretta as his goalkeeper.
Julio
Salinas had also played under Clemente at Bilbao.
-Niall
Quinn sustained a serious injury in the following months, which effectively
ruled him out of the World Cup.
-Kevin
Moran and Paul Mc Grath were former teammates at Manchester United.
They
won the FA Cup in 1985, where Moran became the first player ever to be sent off
in a Final.
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