1994 FIFA World Cup Group A

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Group A of the 1994 FIFA World Cup was one of six groups of four teams competing at the 1994 World Cup in the United States. The first matches were played 18 June 1994 and the final games took place simultaneously on 26 June 1994.

The group consisted of one CONCACAF the host United States. Two UEFA , Switzerland, & Romania. One CONMEBOL Colombia . Romania won the group, Switzerland finished second and also the United States advanced to the knockout stage as one of best third-placed teams. Colombia finished last with only 3 points.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Romania 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6
 Switzerland 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
 United States 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
 Colombia 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3

Contents

[edit] United States v Switzerland

18 June 1994
11:35 EDT
 United States  1 – 1  Switzerland Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac
Attendance: 63,425
Referee: Francisco Oscar Lamolina (Argentina)
Wynalda Goal 45' (Report) Bregy Goal 39'
United States
Switzerland
United States
UNITED STATES:
GK 1 Tony Meola
DF 4 Cle Kooiman
DF 5 Thomas Dooley
MF 6 John Harkes Booked in the 89th minute 89'
FW 8 Earnie Stewart Substituted off in the 81st minute 81'
MF 9 Tab Ramos
FW 11 Eric Wynalda Substituted off in the 58th minute 58'
MF 16 Mike Sorber
DF 17 Marcelo Balboa
DF 20 Paul Caligiuri
DF 22 Alexi Lalas
Substitutions:
FW 10 Roy Wegerle Substituted on in the 58th minute 58'
MF 13 Cobi Jones Substituted on in the 81st minute 81'
Manager:
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Milutinovic
Switzerland
SWITZERLAND:
GK 1 Marco Pascolo
DF 2 Marc Hottiger
DF 3 Yvan Quentin
DF 4 Dominique Herr Booked in the 26th minute 26'
DF 5 Alain Geiger
MF 6 Georges Bregy
MF 7 Alain Sutter
DF 8 Christophe Ohrel
MF 10 Ciriaco Sforza Substituted off in the 77th minute 77'
FW 11 Stéphane Chapuisat
MF 16 Thomas Bickel Substituted off in the 72nd minute 72'
Substitutions:
FW 14 Nestor Subiat Booked in the 82nd minute 82' Substituted on in the 72nd minute 72'
MF 21 Thomas Wyss Substituted on in the 77th minute 77'
Manager:
England Roy Hodgson

[edit] Colombia v Romania

18 June 1994
16:35 PDT
 Colombia  1 – 3  Romania Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 93,586
Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)
Valencia Goal 43' (Report) Răducioiu Goal 16', 89'
Hagi Goal 34'
Colombia
Romania
Colombia
COLOMBIA:
GK 1 Óscar Córdoba
DF 2 Andrés Escobar
DF 4 Luis Fernando Herrera Booked in the 36th minute 36'
MF 6 Gabriel Gómez
MF 10 Carlos Valderrama Booked in the 53rd minute 53'
FW 11 Adolfo Valencia
MF 14 Leonel Álvarez Booked in the 70th minute 70'
DF 15 Luis Carlos Perea
MF 19 Freddy Rincón
DF 20 Wilson Pérez
FW 21 Faustino Asprilla
Manager:
Colombia Francisco Maturana
Romania
ROMANIA:
GK 12 Bogdan Stelea
DF 2 Dan Petrescu
DF 3 Daniel Prodan
DF 4 Miodrag Belodedici
MF 5 Ioan Lupescu
MF 6 Gheorghe Popescu
MF 7 Dorinel Munteanu
FW 9 Florin Răducioiu Booked in the 39th minute 39' Substituted off in the 90th minute 90'
MF 10 Gheorghe Hagi
MF 11 Ilie Dumitrescu Substituted off in the 68th minute 68'
DF 14 Gheorghe Mihali
Substitutions:
DF 13 Tibor Selymes Substituted on in the 68th minute 68'
DF 19 Corneliu Papură Substituted on in the 90th minute 90'
Manager:
Romania Anghel Iordănescu

[edit] Romania v Switzerland

22 June 1994
16:05 EDT
 Romania  1 – 4  Switzerland Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac
Attendance: 61,428
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
Hagi Goal 36' (Report) Sutter Goal 16'
Chapuisat Goal 53'
Knup Goal 66', Goal 72'
Romania
Switzerland
Romania
ROMANIA:
GK 12 Bogdan Stelea
DF 2 Dan Petrescu
DF 3 Daniel Prodan
DF 4 Miodrag Belodedici Booked in the 47th minute 47'
MF 5 Ioan Lupescu Booked in the 40th minute 40' Substituted off in the 85th minute 85'
MF 6 Gheorghe Popescu
MF 7 Dorinel Munteanu
FW 9 Florin Răducioiu
MF 10 Gheorghe Hagi
MF 11 Ilie Dumitrescu Substituted off in the 70th minute 70'
DF 14 Gheorghe Mihali Booked in the 32nd minute 32'
Substitutions:
MF 15 Basarab Panduru Substituted on in the 85th minute 85'
FW 16 Ion Vlădoiu Red card 73' Substituted on in the 70th minute 70'
Manager:
Romania Anghel Iordănescu
Switzerland
SWITZERLAND:
GK 1 Marco Pascolo
DF 2 Marc Hottiger
DF 3 Yvan Quentin
DF 4 Dominique Herr
DF 5 Alain Geiger
MF 6 Georges Bregy
MF 7 Alain Sutter Substituted off in the 71st minute 71'
DF 8 Christophe Ohrel Substituted off in the 83rd minute 83'
FW 9 Adrian Knup
MF 10 Ciriaco Sforza
FW 11 Stéphane Chapuisat
Substitutions:
MF 16 Thomas Bickel Substituted on in the 71st minute 71'
MF 20 Patrick Sylvestre Substituted on in the 83rd minute 83'
Manager:
England Roy Hodgson

Note: Switzerland's fourth goal is also credited to Georges Bregy.

[edit] United States v Colombia

22 June 1994
16:35 PDT
 United States  2 – 1  Colombia Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 93,689
Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)
Escobar Goal 34' (o.g.)
Stewart Goal 52'		 (Report) Valencia Goal 89'
United States
Colombia
United States
UNITED STATES:
GK 1 Tony Meola
DF 5 Thomas Dooley
MF 6 John Harkes
FW 8 Earnie Stewart Substituted off in the 66th minute 66'
MF 9 Tab Ramos
FW 11 Eric Wynalda Substituted off in the 61st minute 61'
MF 16 Mike Sorber
DF 17 Marcelo Balboa
DF 20 Paul Caligiuri
DF 21 Fernando Clavijo
DF 22 Alexi Lalas Booked in the 48th minute 48'
Substitutions:
FW 10 Roy Wegerle Substituted on in the 61st minute 61'
MF 13 Cobi Jones Substituted on in the 66th minute 66'
Manager:
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Milutinovic
Colombia
COLOMBIA:
GK 1 Óscar Córdoba
DF 2 Andrés Escobar
DF 4 Luis Fernando Herrera
DF 5 Hernán Gaviria
FW 7 Antony de Ávila Booked in the 24th minute 24' Substituted off in the 45th minute 45'
MF 10 Carlos Valderrama
MF 14 Leonel Álvarez
DF 15 Luis Carlos Perea
MF 19 Freddy Rincón
DF 20 Wilson Pérez
FW 21 Faustino Asprilla Substituted off in the 45th minute 45'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Iván Valenciano Substituted on in the 45th minute 45'
FW 11 Adolfo Valencia Substituted on in the 45th minute 45'
Manager:
Colombia Francisco Maturana

[edit] Switzerland v Colombia

26 June 1994
13:05 PDT
 Switzerland  0 – 2  Colombia Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto
Attendance: 83,401
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
(Report) Gaviria Goal 44'
Lozano Goal 89'
Switzerland
Colombia
Switzerland
SWITZERLAND:
GK 1 Marco Pascolo
DF 2 Marc Hottiger
DF 3 Yvan Quentin
DF 4 Dominique Herr
DF 5 Alain Geiger
MF 6 Georges Bregy Booked in the 85th minute 85'
MF 7 Alain Sutter Substituted off in the 82nd minute 82'
DF 8 Christophe Ohrel
FW 9 Adrian Knup Booked in the 39th minute 39' Substituted off in the 82nd minute 82'
MF 10 Ciriaco Sforza
FW 11 Stéphane Chapuisat
Substitutions:
FW 14 Nestor Subiat Substituted on in the 82nd minute 82'
FW 15 Marco Grassi Substituted on in the 82nd minute 82'
Manager:
England Roy Hodgson
Colombia
COLOMBIA:
GK 1 Óscar Córdoba
DF 2 Andrés Escobar
DF 3 Alexis Mendoza
DF 4 Luis Fernando Herrera
MF 5 Hernán Gaviria Booked in the 58th minute 58' Substituted off in the 79th minute 79'
MF 10 Carlos Valderrama Booked in the 62nd minute 62'
FW 11 Adolfo Valencia Substituted off in the 64th minute 64'
MF 14 Leonel Álvarez Booked in the 80th minute 80'
MF 19 Freddy Rincón
DF 20 Wilson Pérez
FW 21 Faustino Asprilla
Substitutions:
FW 7 Antony de Ávila Substituted on in the 64th minute 64'
MF 8 John Harold Lozano Substituted on in the 79th minute 79'
Manager:
Colombia Francisco Maturana

[edit] United States v Romania

26 June 1994
13:05 PDT
 United States  0 – 1  Romania Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 93,869
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
(Report) Petrescu Goal 17'
United States
Romania
United States
UNITED STATES:
GK 1 Tony Meola
DF 5 Thomas Dooley
MF 6 John Harkes Booked in the 41st minute 41'
FW 8 Earnie Stewart
MF 9 Tab Ramos Substituted off in the 64th minute 64'
FW 11 Eric Wynalda
MF 16 Mike Sorber Substituted off in the 75th minute 75'
DF 17 Marcelo Balboa
DF 20 Paul Caligiuri
DF 21 Fernando Clavijo Booked in the 48th minute 48'
DF 22 Alexi Lalas
Substitutions:
FW 10 Roy Wegerle Substituted on in the 75th minute 75'
MF 13 Cobi Jones Substituted on in the 64th minute 64'
Manager:
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Milutinovic
Romania
ROMANIA:
GK 1 Florin Prunea
DF 2 Dan Petrescu Booked in the 73rd minute 73'
DF 3 Daniel Prodan
DF 4 Miodrag Belodedici Substituted off in the 89th minute 89'
MF 5 Ioan Lupescu
MF 6 Gheorghe Popescu
MF 7 Dorinel Munteanu
FW 9 Florin Răducioiu Booked in the 62nd minute 62' Substituted off in the 84th minute 84'
MF 10 Gheorghe Hagi
MF 11 Ilie Dumitrescu
DF 13 Tibor Selymes
Substitutions:
DF 14 Gheorghe Mihali Substituted on in the 89th minute 89'
MF 18 Constantin Gâlcă Substituted on in the 84th minute 84'
Manager:
Romania Anghel Iordănescu
Stages
Group A · Group B · Group C · Group D · Group E · Group F · Knockout stage · Final
General information
Champions
Runners-up
Third place
Fourth place
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
Eliminated in the round of 16
Eliminated in the group stage
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