Estonia national football team 1994

The 1994 season was the third full year of competitive football in the Baltic country as an independent nation. After having failed to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup the Estonia national football team for the first time in history competed at the qualifying tournament for the European Championship. Manager Uno Piir was replaced by Roman Ubakivi after the 4-0 loss against the United States on 7 May 1994. In twelve games Estonia only managed to get one draw.

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Cyprus vs Estonia

Friendly
9 March 1994
 Cyprus 2 – 0  Estonia Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Loizou (CYP)
Agathokleous  44'
Andreou  54' (gk)

United States vs Estonia

Friendly
7 May 1994
 United States 4 – 0  Estonia Titan Stadium, Fullerton
Attendance: 2,158
Referee: Patlak (USA)
Klopas  36'
Reyna  41'
Balboa  76'
Moore  87'

Estonia vs Wales

Friendly
23 May 1994
 Estonia 1 – 2  Wales Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Lajuks (LAT)
Reim  86'[1] Rush  56'
Phillips  83'

Republic of Macedonia vs Estonia

Friendly
1 June 1994
 Macedonia 2 – 0  Estonia City Stadium, Skopje
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Momirov (BUL)
Boskovski  12'
Kanatlarovski  36'

Lithuania vs Estonia

Baltic Cup
29 July 1994
Lithuania  3 – 0  Estonia Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Lajuks (LAT)
Ivanauskas  11' (pk),  23'
Mikalajūnas  61'

Estonia vs Latvia

Baltic Cup
30 July 1994
Estonia  0 – 2  Latvia Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 250
Referee: Dubinskas (LTU)
Astafjevs  31'
Bulders  37'

Iceland vs Estonia

Friendly
16 August 1994
 Iceland 4 – 0  Estonia Akureyrarvöllur, Akureyri
Attendance: 1,470
Referee: Pedersen (NOR)
Örlygsson  18',  39',  43'
Gudjónsson  54'

Estonia vs Croatia

ECQ 96 [3]
4 September 1994
 Estonia 0 – 2  Croatia Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,250
Referee: Krondl (CZE)
Šuker  45',  69'

Estonia vs Italy

ECQ 96
8 October 1994
 Estonia 0 – 2  Italy Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Müller (SUI)
Panucci  20'
Casiraghi  77'

Estonia vs Finland

Friendly
26 October 1994
 Estonia 0 – 7  Finland Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn
Attendance: 500
Referee: Lajuks (LAT)
Eriksson  5'
Ruhanen  19',  40'
Sumiala  29',  60'
Hjelm  32',  39'

Latvia vs Estonia

Friendly
6 November 1994
 Latvia 0 – 0  Estonia FK Ozolnieki Stadium, Ozolnieki
Attendance: 400
Referee: Lajuks (LAT)

Ukraine vs Estonia

ECQ 96
13 November 1994
 Ukraine 3 – 0  Estonia Olimpiysky, Kiev
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Schelings (BEL)
Bezhenar  32'
Kirs  45' (og)
Huseinov  72'

Notes

  1. ^ First goal of Martin Reim in 18 international matches for Estonia.
  2. ^ First game under the guidance of manager Roman Ubakivi
  3. ^ ECQ 96 = UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying for the Euro 1996 tournament in England.

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