Norway National Team matches during the 1994 World Cup
June 19, 1994,
FIFA World Cup, Washington DC, USA, Norway 1-Mexico 0 (Kjetil
Rekdal 85)
June 23, 1994,
FIFA World Cup, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA, Italy 1-Norway 0 (Dino Baggio 69)
June 28, 1994,
FIFA World Cup, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA, Norway 0-Republic of Ireland
0 (-)
Norway’s 1994 World Cup Finals squad:
Goalkeepers:
1- Erik Thorstvedt (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London /
England)
12- Frode Grodaas (Lillestrøm Sportsklubb- Skedsmo)
13- Ole By Rise (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)
Defenders:
2- Gunnar Halle (Oldham Athletic Football Club / England)
3- Erland Johnsen (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)
4- Rune Bratseth (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V. /
Germany)
5- Stig Inge Bjørnebye (Liverpool Football Club / England)
14- Roger Nilsen (Sheffield United Football Club / England)
17- Dan Eggen (Brøndby- Brøndbyøster Idrætsforening / Denmark)
18- Alf Inge Håland (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England)
20- Henning Berg (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England)
Midfielders:
6- Jostein Flo (Sheffield United Football Club / England)
7- Erik Mykland (Start Idrettsklubben- Kristiansand)
8- Øyvind Leonhardsen (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)
10- Kjetil Rekdal (Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring /Belgium)
11- Jahn Ivar ‘Mini’ Jakobsen (Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring /
Belgium)
15- Karl-Petter Løken (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)
19- Roar Strand (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)
22- Lars Bohinen (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England)
Strikers:
9- Jan Aage Fjørtoft (Swindon Town Football Club / England)
16- Goran Sørloth (Bursaspor Kulübü / Turkey)
21- Sigurd Rushfeldt (Tromso Idrettslag- Troms)
Coach: Egil Olsen
Team Captain: Rune Bratseth
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
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Photo From: Panini World Cup 1994 (Norway 1994 World Cup squad) |
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Photo From: World Soccer, May 1994 (Norway 1994 World Cup preview) |
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Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 16, May 1994 (Norway 1994 World Cup preview) |
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Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 16, May 1994 (Norway 1994 World Cup preview) |
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Photo From: Soccer America, Vol. 46, No. 17, Issue 1156, May 9, 1994 (Norway 1994 World Cup preview) |
Date: June
19, 1994
Competition: FIFA
World Cup-Group E
Result: Norway
1-Mexico 0
Venue: Washington DC, RFK
Memorial Stadium, USA
Attendance: 52,359
Referee: Sandor Puhl (Hungary)
Linesmen: Sandor Marton (Hungary), Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
Kick-off
time: 16:00
Goalscorers:
(Norway): Kjetil Rekdal 85
(Mexico): None
Summary of goals:
1:0 (85th
minute, Norway): In the middle (towards the right), Fjørtoft was impeded by Suarez, Rekdal picked up the
loose ball and scored.
Lineups:
Norway:
1- Erik Thorstvedt
(Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)
20- Henning Berg (Blackburn
Rovers Football Club / England)
4- Rune Bratseth (Sport
Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V. / Germany)
5- Stig Inge Bjørnebye
(Liverpool Football Club / England)
18- Alf Inge Håland
(Nottingham Forest Football Club / England)
22- Lars Bohinen
(Nottingham Forest Football Club / England)
6- Jostein Flo (Sheffield
United Football Club / England)
7- Erik Mykland (Start
Idrettsklubben- Kristiansand) (10- Kjetil Rekdal (Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring
/Belgium) 79)
8- Øyvind Leonhardsen
(Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)
11- Jahn Ivar ‘Mini’
Jakobsen (Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring / Belgium) (2- Gunnar Halle (Oldham
Athletic Football Club / England) 46)
9- Jan Aage Fjørtoft
(Swindon Town Football Club / England)
Coach: Egil Olsen
Booked: Alf Inge Haaland 17, Øyvind Leonhardsen 27
Team Captain: Rune Bratseth
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Black Shorts, White (Three Red
horizontal stripes) Socks
Note:
1-This was Norway’s first ever win in a World Cup.
2-Norway had a goal disallowed for offside in the 29th
minute.
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)
3-Juan de Dios Ramírez
Perales (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-Ramon Ramírez (Club Santos
Laguna S. A.
de C. V. (Guerreros) -
Torreón, Coahuila)
21-Raul Gutiérrez (Club de Fútbol Atlante S.
A. de C. V. (Potros)-
Ciudad de México (Mexico City) (6-Marcelino Bernal (Deportivo Toluca Futbol
Club, S.A. De C.V.-Toluca (Diablos) 71)
14-Joaquín Del Olmo (Club Deportivo Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz)
16-Luis Antonio Valdéz (Club
Deportiva Esmeralda León- León, Guanajuato) (17-Benjamin Galindo (El Deportivo Guadalajara S. A. de C. V.-
Chivas Rayadas)46)
9-Hugo Sánchez (Rayo
Vallecano de Madrid / Spain)
10 Luis García (Club Atlético
de Madrid / Spain)
11-Luis Alberto Alves ‘Zague’
(Club de
Fútbol América S. A. de C. V. (Aguilas) - Ciudad de México
(Mexico City)
Coach: Miguel Mejia Baron
Booked: Claudio Suárez 62
Team Captain: Ignacio Ambriz
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro
Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks
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Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 26 (1002), June 29-July 5, 1994 (June 19, 1994, World Cup, Norway 1-Mexico 0) |
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Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 27 (1003), July 6- 12, 1994 (June 19, 1994, World Cup, Norway 1-Mexico 0) |
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Photo From: Landslaget, Det Norske Fotballandslagets Historie, authors Egil Olsen, Arne Scheie,Per Jorsett, Otto Ulseth, 1997 (Norway squad, June 19, 1994, World Cup, Norway 1-Mexico 0) |
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Photo From: Fotbal Sport (Norway squad, June 19, 1994, World Cup, Norway 1-Mexico 0) |
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Photo From: France Football, Issue 2516, June 28, 1994 (June 19, 1994, World Cup, Norway 1-Mexico 0) |
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Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 78, July 1995 (Norway squad, June 19, 1994, World Cup, Norway 1-Mexico 0) |
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Photo From: Soccer America, Vol. 46, No. 24, Issue 1163, July 4, 1994 (June 19, 1994, World Cup, Norway 1-Mexico 0) |
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Photo From: FIFA Technical Report, 1994 World Cup (Norway squad, June 19, 1994, World Cup, Norway 1-Mexico 0) |
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Photo From: World Soccer, September 1994 (June 19, 1994, World Cup, Norway 1-Mexico 0) |
Date: June
23, 1994
Competition: FIFA
World Cup-Group E
Result: Italy 1-Norway 0
Venue: East
Rutherford, New Jersey- Meadowlands Arena, Giants Stadium, USA
Attendance: 74,624
Referee: Helmut Krug (Germany)
Linesmen: Tapio Yli-Karro (Finland), Roy Pearson (England)
Kick-off
time: 16:00
Goalscorers:
(Italy): Dino
Baggio 69
(Norway): None
Summary of goals:
1:0 (69th
minute, Italy): Signori’s free kick from the left side was headed in by
Dino Baggio.
Lineups:
Italy:
1- Gianluca Pagliuca (Unione Calcio
Sampdoria-Genova)
3- Antonio Bennarivo (Associazione Calcio Parma)
6- Franco Baresi (Associazione Calcio Milan)
4- Alessandro Costacurta (Associazione Calcio
Milan)
5- Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio
Milan)
11- Demetrio Albertini (Associazione Calcio
Milan)
14- Nicola Berti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)
13- Dino Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino)
10- Roberto Baggio (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (12- Luca
Marchegiani (Società
Sportiva Lazio-Roma) 22)
20- Giuseppe Signori (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)
18- Pierluigi Casiraghi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) (19-
Daniele Massaro (Associazione Calcio Milan) 69)
Coach: Arrigo Sacchi
Booked: Pierluigi Casiraghi 35
Sent Off: Gianluca Pagliuca 21
Team Captain: Franco Baresi
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Diadora
Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Blue Socks
Norway:
1- Erik Thorstvedt (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London /
England)
20- Henning Berg (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England)
4- Rune Bratseth (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V. /
Germany)
5- Stig Inge Bjørnebye (Liverpool Football Club / England)
18- Alf Inge Håland (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England)
22- Lars Bohinen (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England)
7- Erik Mykland (Start Idrettsklubben- Kristiansand) (10-
Kjetil Rekdal (Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring /Belgium) 81)
6- Jostein Flo (Sheffield United Football Club / England)
8- Øyvind Leonhardsen (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)
9- Jan Aage Fjørtoft (Swindon Town Football Club / England)
21- Sigurd Rushfeldt (Tromso Idrettslag- Troms) (11- Jahn Ivar ‘Mini’
Jakobsen (Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring / Belgium) 46)
Coach: Egil Olsen
Booked: Stig Inge Bjørnebye 33, Alf Inge Håland 68
Team Captain: Rune Bratseth
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White (Three Red
horizontal stripes) Socks
Note:
1-After Sigurd Rushfeldt was replaced by Jakobsen in the 46th
minute, Jakobsen went to the left and Flo switched to the right.
2-Norway had a goal disallowed in the 82nd minute.
3- This was Sigurd Rushfeldt’s only second cap. He had earned
his first cap just days before the Finals on June 5, 1994, against Sweden.
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Photo From: A-Laget, Norges 25 storste fotballspillere gjennom tidene, Authors Svein Saeter, Johan L. Oiestad (Norway squad, June 23, 1994, World Cup, Italy 1-Norway 0) |
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Photo From: France Football, Issue 2516, June 28, 1994 (June 23, 1994, World Cup, Italy 1-Norway 0) |
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Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 26 (1002), June 29-July 5, 1994 (June 23, 1994, World Cup, Italy 1-Norway 0) |
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Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 26 (1002), June 29-July 5, 1994 (June 23, 1994, World Cup, Italy 1-Norway 0) |
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Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 26 (1002), June 29-July 5, 1994 (June 23, 1994, World Cup, Italy 1-Norway 0) |
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Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 27 (1003), July 6- 12, 1994 (June 23, 1994, World Cup, Italy 1-Norway 0) |
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Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 27 (1003), July 6- 12, 1994 (June 23, 1994, World Cup, Italy 1-Norway 0) |
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Photo From: Magazine source unknown (Norway squad, June 23, 1994, World Cup, Italy 1-Norway 0) |
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Photo From: Soccer America, Vol. 46, No. 25, Issue 1164, July 11, 1994 (June 23, 1994, World Cup, Italy 1-Norway 0) |
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Photo From: FIFA Technical Report, 1994 World Cup (June 23, 1994, World Cup, Italy 1-Norway 0) |
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Photo From: World Soccer, August 1994 (Italy squad, June 23, 1994, World Cup, Italy 1-Norway 0) |
Date: June
28, 1994
Competition: FIFA
World Cup-Group E
Result: Norway
0-Republic of Ireland 0
Venue: East
Rutherford, New Jersey- Meadowlands Arena, Giants Stadium, USA
Attendance: 76,322
Referee: Jose Joaquin Torres Cadena (Colombia)
Linesmen: Paulo Jorge Alves (Brazil), Hae-Yong Park (South Korea)
Kick-off
time: 12:30
Goalscorers:
(Norway): None
(Republic of
Ireland): None
Summary of goals:
-
Lineups:
Norway:
1- Erik Thorstvedt
(Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)
2- Gunnar Halle (Oldham
Athletic Football Club / England) (11- Jahn Ivar ‘Mini’ Jakobsen (Koninklijke
Lierse Sportkring / Belgium) 34)
3- Erland Johnsen (Chelsea
Football Club-London / England)
4- Rune Bratseth (Sport
Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V. / Germany)
20- Henning Berg (Blackburn
Rovers Football Club / England)
7- Erik Mykland (Start
Idrettsklubben- Kristiansand)
5- Stig Inge Bjørnebye
(Liverpool Football Club / England)
8- Øyvind Leonhardsen
(Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim) (22- Lars Bohinen (Nottingham Forest Football
Club / England) 68)
10- Kjetil Rekdal
(Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring /Belgium)
9- Jostein Flo (Sheffield
United Football Club / England)
16- Goran Sørloth
(Bursaspor Kulübü / Turkey)
Coach: Egil Olsen
Booked: Goran Sørloth 37, Erland
Johnsen 45
Team Captain: Rune Bratseth
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors: Red (Black sleeves) Shirts, White Shorts, Black
(Three White horizontal stripes) Socks
Note:
1-Final cap for Rune Bratseth (60/4) (1986-1994).
2-Final cap for Goran Sørloth (55/15)
(1985-1994).
Republic of Ireland:
1- Patrick ‘Paddy’ Bonner
(Celtic Football Club- Glasgow / Scotland)
14- Philip Andrew Babb
(Coventry City Football Club / England)
12- Gary Kelly (Leeds United
Association Football Club / England)
5- Paul McGrath (Aston Villa
Football Club-Birmingham / England)
11- Stephen Staunton (Aston
Villa Football Club-Birmingham / England)
8- Raymond James Houghton
(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) (18- Ronald Andrew ‘Ronnie’
Whelan (Liverpool Football Club / England) 74)
21- Jason Wynn Mc Ateer
(Bolton Wanderers Football Club / England)
10- John Joseph Sheridan
(Sheffield Wednesday Football Club / England)
9- John William Aldridge
(Tranmere Rovers Football Club / England) (20- David Thomas Kelly
(Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club / England) 67)
Coach: Jackie Charlton
(England)
Booked: Roy Maurice Keane 3, Raymond
James Houghton 30, Gary Kelly 84
Team Captain: Andrew David Townsend
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors: White (three green vertical stripes) Shirts, Green
Shorts, White Socks
Note:
1-Jackie
Charlton was not present on the bench due to a ban.
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Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 28 (1004), July 13- 19, 1994 (June 28, 1994, World Cup, Norway 0-Republic of Ireland 0) |
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Photo From: Magazine source unknown (Norway squad, June 28, 1994, World Cup, Norway 0-Republic of Ireland 0) |
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Photo From: Soccer America, Vol. 47, No. 1, Issue 1165, July 18, 1994 (June 28, 1994, World Cup, Norway 0-Republic of Ireland 0) |
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Photo From: FIFA Technical Report, 1994 World Cup (Republic of Ireland squad, June 28, 1994, World Cup, Norway 0-Republic of Ireland 0) |
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Photo From: World Soccer, September 1994 (June 28, 1994, World Cup, Norway 0-Republic of Ireland 0) |
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Photo From: France Football, Issue 2515, June 21, 1994 (Norway in the 1994 World Cup) |
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Photo From: France Football, Issue 2516, June 28, 1994 (Norway in the 1994 World Cup) |
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Photo From: France Football, Issue 2517, July 5, 1994 (Norway in the 1994 World Cup) |
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Photo From: World Soccer, August 1994 (Norway in the 1994 World Cup) |
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Photo From: World Soccer, August 1994 (Norway in the 1994 World Cup) |
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Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 66, July 1994 (Norway in the 1994 World Cup) |
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Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 78, July 1995 (Norway in the 1994 World Cup) |
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Photo From: FIFA Technical Report, 1994 World Cup (Norway in the 1994 World Cup) |
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Photo From: FIFA Technical Report, 1994 World Cup (Norway in the 1994 World Cup) |

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