Compendium to The Soccernostalgia Interview-Part 102-Matches of France National team during the 1993/94 season.

 

France National Team matches under Gérard Houllier during the 1993/94 Season

 

July 28, 1993, Caen, France 3-Russia 1 (Franck Sauzée 17, Eric Cantona 21, Jean-Pierre Papin 37 / Own Goal (Laurent Blanc) 24)

August 22, 1992, World Cup Qualifier, Stockholm, Sweden 1-France 1 (Martin Dahlin 88 / Franck Sauzée 76)

September 8, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Tampere, Finland 0-France 2 (Laurent Blanc 47, Jean-Pierre Papin 54 pen)

October 13, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Paris, France 2-Israel 3 (Franck Sauzée 32, David Ginola 43 / Ronen Harazi 21, Eyal Berkovic 83, Reuven Atar 90)

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

 

 

Date: July 28, 1993

Competition: Friendly

Result: France 3-Russia 1

Venue: Caen, Stade Michel d'Ornano

Attendance: 18,500

Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(France): Franck Sauzée 17, Eric Cantona 21, Jean-Pierre Papin 37        

(Russia): Own Goal (Laurent Blanc) 24

Summary of goals:

1:0 (17^th minute, France): Papin’s cross from the right side was knocked in by Sauzée.

2:0 (21^st minute, France): From inside the French half, Deschamps sent Cantona who advanced to score (or perhaps Khlestov may have scored an own goal).

2:1 (24^th minute, Russia): On the right side, Kanchelskis’ cross was deflected by Blanc into his own net.

3:1 (37^th minute, France): Onopko fouled Sauzée in the box. Papin took the ensuing pebalty kick, Cherchesov parried and Papin knocked in the rebound.

Lineups:

France:

1- Bruno Martini (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise) (16-Bernard Lama (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) 46)

4- Basile Boli (Olympique Marseille) (13-Jean-Luc Dogon (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux) 59)

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

3-Emmanuel Petit (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club) (15-Xavier Gravelaine (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) 86)

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

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

7- Didier Deschamps (Olympique de Marseille)

10- Corentin Martins (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise) (12-Bixente Lizarazu (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux) 62)

8- Franck Sauzée (Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio / Italy) (18-Reynald Pedros (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique) 83)

9- Jean-Pierre Papin (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

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

 

Coach: Gérard Houllier

Booked: Eric Cantona 45

Other Substitutes:

David Ginola (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

 

Team Captain: Jean-Pierre Papin

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1-First and only cap for Jean-Luc Dogon (1/0) (1993).

2-Final cap for Xavier Gravelaine (4/0) (1992-1993).

3-Final cap for Basile Boli (45/1) (1986-1993).

4-Fisrt cap for Reynald Pedros.

5-In other sources, Eric Cantona’s goal is credited as an own goal by Dmitri Alekseyevich Khlestov. In other sources, the own goal is credited to Sergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich.

In other sources, Blanc’s own goal is credited as a goal by Andrei Anastasovich Kanchelskis.

6-In the 60^th minute, Lama saved Karpin’s penalty kick.

 

Russia:

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

6-Sergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich (Fußball Club Bayer 05 Uerdingen / Germany)

4-Andrei Yevgeniyevich Ivanov (Futbol'nyj Klub Spartak Moskva)

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

2-Dmitri Alekseyevich Khlestov (Futbol'nyj Klub Spartak Moskva) (15-Dmitry Leonidovich Popov (Real Racing Club de Santander / Spain) 46)

7-Igor Anatoliyevich Lediakov (Futbol'nyj Klub Spartak Moskva)

8-Valeri Georgiyevich Karpin (Futbol'nyj Klub Spartak Moskva) (14-Omari Mikhailovich Tetradze (Futbol'nyj Klub Dinamo-Moskva) 70)

9-Andrei Vladimirovich Pyatnitski (Futbol'nyj Klub Spartak Moskva)

5-Andrei Anastasovich Kanchelskis (Manchester United Football Club / England)

10-Sergei Nikolayevich Yuran (Sport Lisboa e Benfica / Portugal)

11-Dmitry Leonidovich Radchenko (Real Racing Club de Santander / Spain) (16-Ilchat Galimzyanovich Faizullin (Futbol'nyj Klub CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva) 61)

 

Coach: Pavel Fedorovich Sadyrin

Booked: Igor Anatoliyevich Lediakov 45

Team Captain: Viktor Savelyevich Onopko

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Reebok

Uniform Colors: White (Blue sleeves on the right side) Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

Note:

1-Golukovich and Khlestov may have either been number 2 or number 6 and vice versa.

 

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(July 28, 1993, France 3-Russia 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 55, August 1993

(July 28, 1993, France 3-Russia 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 55, August 1993

(July 28, 1993, France 3-Russia 1)

Date: August 22, 1993

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

Result: Sweden 1-France 1

Venue: Stockholm - Råsunda -Solna Stadion

Attendance: 30,500

Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)

Linesmen: Ludwig Lommer and Peter Augar (both Germany)

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Sweden): Martin Dahlin 88

(France): Franck Sauzée 76

Summary of goals:

0:1 (76^th minute, France): From the middle, Deschamps passed to Franck Sauzée on the left, he advanced towards the middle and struck with a long-range shot from outside of the box.

1:1 (88^th minute, Sweden): From the middle, Thern sent Dahlin through who chipped over Lama.

Lineups:

Sweden:

1-Thomas Ravelli (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Göteborg) 

3-Jan Eriksson (1.Fußball-Club e.V. Kaiserslautern / Germany)

4-Patrik Andersson (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England)

2-Roland Nilsson (Sheffield Wednesday Football Club / England)

5-Roger Ljung (Admira Wacker Sportklub-Wien / Austria) 

8-Klas Ingesson (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven / Holland)

9-Jonas Thern (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli / Italy)

7-Stefan Landberg (Östers Idrottsförening- Vaxjo) (14-Anders Limpar (Arsenal Football Club –London / England) 79)

6-Pär Zetterberg (Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht / Belgium) (15-Stefan Rehn (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Göteborg) 69)

11-Tomas Brolin (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy)        

10-Martin Dahlin (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach / Germany)

 

Coach: Tommy Svensson

Other Substitutes:

12-Lars Eriksson (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping)

13-Magnus Erlingmark (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Göteborg)

16-Stefan Schwarz (Sport Lisboa e Benfica / Portugal)  

 

Team Captain: Jonas Thern

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, Yellow Socks

 

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-Bixente Lizarazu (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux)

2-Marcel Desailly (Olympique de Marseille)

7- Didier Deschamps (Olympique de Marseille)

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

8- Franck Sauzée (Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio / Italy)

10- Reynald Pedros (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique) (15-Pascal Vahirua (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise) 79)

9- Jean-Pierre Papin (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

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

 

Coach: Gérard Houllier

Booked: Bixente Lizarazu 39

Other Substitutes:

16-Bruno Martini (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

12-Frank Silvestre (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

13-Jean-Michel Ferri (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

14-Corentin Martins (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

 

Team Captain: Jean-Pierre Papin

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Note :

1-First cap for Marcel Desailly. Though having never played as an outside back, when asked by Gérard Houllier, he said he had and played.

It's not always easy to take photos of both teams before kick off, it's all over in seconds... Sweden v France, 22 August 1993 at Råsunda Stadium of Solna - or Stockholm. #SWEvFRA #USA94 #Svenskfotboll #LesBleus #Rasunda pic.twitter.com/KwyGELNq8w

— Juha Tamminen (@TamminenJuha) August 22, 2023

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(August 22, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Sweden 1-France 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 56, September 1993

(August 22, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Sweden 1-France 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 56, September 1993

(August 22, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Sweden 1-France 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 56, September 1993

(August 22, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Sweden 1-France 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 56, September 1993

(August 22, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Sweden 1-France 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 145, February 2001

(France squad, August 22, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Sweden 1-France 1)

Date: September 8, 1993

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

Result: Finland 0-France 2

Venue: Tampere-Ratina

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Stephen Lodge (England)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Finland): None

(France): Laurent Blanc 47, Jean-Pierre Papin 54 pen

Summary of goals:

0:1 (47^th minute, France): Franck Sauzée’s corner kick from the left side was headed in by Blanc.

0:2 (54^th minute, France): Petaja fouled Papin in the box. Papin score from the ensuing penalty kick.

Lineups:

Finland:

1-Petri Jakonen (TPS (Turun Palloseura)-Turku)

2-Jari Kinnunen (Football Club Kuusysi Lahti)

4-Markku Kanerva (Finn Pa (Finnarin Palloilijat)-Helsinki)

11-Erkka Petäjä (Malmö Fotbollforening / Sweden) 

3-Anders Eriksson (Bryne Idrettslag-Time / Norway)

6-Kim Suominen (FF (Fotboll Föreningen) Jaro- Pietarsaari) (13-Tommi Paavola (Finn Pa (Finnarin Palloilijat)-Helsinki) 76)

5-Janne Lindberg (MyPa (Myllykosken Pallo)-47- Anjalankoski)  

7-Jari Litmanen (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax / Holland)

9-Ari Hjelm (Fußball -Club Sankt-Pauli 1910 e.V.-Hamburg / Germany)

8-Marko Rajamaki (MyPa (Myllykosken Pallo)-47- Anjalankoski) (15-Jukka Ruhanen (Football Club MP (Mikkelin Palloilijat)-Mikkeli) 78)

10-Mika-Matti Paatelainen (Aberdeen Football Club Limited / Scotland)

 

Coach: Tommy Lindholm

Booked: Petri Jakonen 11, Janne Lindberg 30, Kim Suominen 68

 

Team Captain: Ari Hjelm

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

 

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 (Olympique de Marseille)

7- Didier Deschamps (Olympique de Marseille) (13-Vincent Guérin (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) 88)

8- Franck Sauzée (Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio / Italy)

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

10- Corentin Martins (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

9- Jean-Pierre Papin (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy) (15-Reynald Pedros (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique) 75)

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

 

Coach: Gérard Houllier

Booked: Frank Sauzée 83, Alain Roche 84

Other Substitutes:

Bruno Martini (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

Frank Silvestre (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

David Ginola (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

 

Team Captain: Jean-Pierre Papin

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1-First cap for Vincent Guérin.

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(September 8, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Finland 0-France 2)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 57, October 1993

(September 8, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Finland 0-France 2)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 57, October 1993

(September 8, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Finland 0-France 2)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 57, October 1993

(September 8, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Finland 0-France 2)

 

Date: October 13, 1993

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

Result: France 2-Israel 3

Venue: Paris-Parc Des Princes

Attendance: 32,741

Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(France): Franck Sauzée 32, David Ginola 43

(Israel): Ronen Harazi 21, Eyal Berkovic 83, Reuven Atar 90

Summary of goals:

0:1 (21^st minute, Israel): Rosenthal’s cross from the left side was headed across at the far post by Atar and then knocked in by Alon Harazi,

1:1 (32^nd minute, France): On the left side, Ginola passed to the right to the middle and Sauzée struck with a long-range shot from outside of the box.

2:1 (43^rd minute, France): Deschamps sent a long cross to the left to Ginola, he curved a shot from the left edge (outside of the box).

2:2 (83^rd minute, Israel): Rosenthal come sinto the box, Ronen Harazi’s shot is parried by Lama, Eyal Berkovic knocked in the rebound.

2:3 (90^th minute, Israel): Rosenthal’s cross from the left side was struck in by Reuven Atar.

Lineups:

France:

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

4-Alain Roche (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)  (12-Bixente Lizarazu (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux) 24)

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

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

2-Marcel Desailly (Olympique de Marseille)

7- Didier Deschamps (Olympique de Marseille)

8- Franck Sauzée (Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio / Italy)

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

10- David Ginola (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) (15-Youri Djorkaeff (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club) 85)

9- Jean-Pierre Papin (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

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

 

Coach: Gérard Houllier

Other Substitutes:

Bruno Martini (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

Jean-Michel Ferri (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

Corentin Martins (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

 

Team Captain: Jean-Pierre Papin

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Note :

1-First cap for Youri Djorkaeff.

 

Israel:

1-Bonni Ginzburg (Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Football Club)

2-Felix Halfon (Hapoel Tel Aviv Football Club) (14-Yaakov Schwartz (Beitar Jerusalem Football Club) 89)

6-Nir Klinger (Captain) (Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club)

Alon Harazi (Maccabi Haifa Football Club)

3-Moshe Glam (Maccabi Haifa Football Club)

4-Alon Hazan (Maccabi Haifa Football Club)

Ronny Levy (Maccabi Haifa Football Club)

10-Reuven Atar (Maccabi Haifa Football Club)

8-Avi Nimni (Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club) (12-Eyal Berkovic (Maccabi Haifa Football Club) 64)

9-Ronen Harazi (Beitar Jerusalem Football Club)

11-Ronny Rosenthal (Liverpool Football Club / England)

 

Coach: Shlomo Scharf

Booked: Moshe Glam 24

 

Team Captain: Nir Klinger

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Diadora

Uniform Colors: White (Blue sleeves) Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

Note:

1-Most likely Alon Harazi was number 5 and Ronny Levy was number 7.

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(October 13, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, France 2-Israel 3)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 58, November 1993

(October 13, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, France 2-Israel 3)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 58, November 1993

(October 13, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, France 2-Israel 3)

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- Franck Sauzée (Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio / Italy) (13-Vincent Guérin (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: Gérard 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

Note:

1- Following this match on November 19, Franck Sauzée announced his international retirement.

2- The French Manager, Gérard Houllier resigned on November 25, 1993.

3-Final cap for Franck Sauzée (39/9) (1988-1993).

 

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: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(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: Magazine source unknown

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