1994 FIFA World Cup Group A

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 team, the host United States, two UEFA teams, Switzerland and Romania, and one CONMEBOL team, 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 three points.

Overall

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Romania 3 2 0 1 5 5 06
  Switzerland 3 1 1 1 5 4 +14
 United States 3 1 1 1 3 3 04
 Colombia 3 1 0 2 4 5 −13

All times local (EDT/UTC–4, CDT/UTC–5, PDT/UTC–7)

United States vs Switzerland

18 June 1994
11:30 EDT
United States  1–1   Switzerland
Wynalda  45' Report Bregy  39'
United States
Switzerland
GK 1 Tony Meola (c)
SW 17Marcelo Balboa
RB 4 Cle Kooiman
CB 22Alexi Lalas
LB 20Paul Caligiuri
RM 9 Tab Ramos
CM 16Mike Sorber
CM 5 Thomas Dooley
LM 6 John Harkes  89'
CF 8 Earnie Stewart  81'
CF 11Eric Wynalda  58'
Substitutions:
FW 10Roy Wegerle  58'
FW 13Cobi Jones  81'
Manager:
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Milutinović
GK 1 Marco Pascolo
SW 5 Alain Geiger (c)
RB 2 Marc Hottiger
CB 4 Dominique Herr  26'
LB 3 Yvan Quentin
CM 6 Georges Bregy
CM 10Ciriaco Sforza  77'
RW 8 Christophe Ohrel
AM 16Thomas Bickel  72'
LW 7 Alain Sutter
CF 11Stéphane Chapuisat
Substitutions:
FW 14Nestor Subiat  82'  72'
MF 21Thomas Wyss  77'
Manager:
England Roy Hodgson

Assistant referees:
Ernesto Taibi (Argentina)
Venancio Zarate (Paraguay)
Fourth official:
Ernesto Filippi (Uruguay)

Colombia vs Romania

18 June 1994
16:30 PDT
Colombia  1–3  Romania
Valencia  43' Report Răducioiu  15', 89'
Hagi  34'
Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 91,856
Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)
Colombia
Romania
GK 1 Óscar Córdoba
DF 2 Andrés Escobar
DF 4 Luis Fernando Herrera  36'
MF 6 Gabriel Gómez
MF 10Carlos Valderrama (c)  53'
FW 11Adolfo Valencia
MF 14Leonel Álvarez  70'
DF 15Luis Carlos Perea
MF 19Freddy Rincón
DF 20Wilson Pérez
FW 21Faustino Asprilla
Manager:
Francisco Maturana
GK 12Bogdan 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  39'  90'
MF 10Gheorghe Hagi (c)
MF 11Ilie Dumitrescu  68'
DF 14Gheorghe Mihali
Substitutions:
DF 13Tibor Selymes  68'
DF 19Corneliu Papură  90'
Manager:
Anghel Iordănescu

Assistant referees:
Yousif Abdullah Al Ghattan (Bahrain)
Douglas Micael James (Trinidad and Tobago)
Fourth official:
Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)

Romania vs Switzerland

22 June 1994
16:00 EDT
Romania  1–4   Switzerland
Hagi  35' Report Sutter  16'
Chapuisat  52'
Knup  65', 72'
Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac
Attendance: 61,428
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
Romania
Switzerland
GK 12Bogdan Stelea
DF 2 Dan Petrescu
DF 3 Daniel Prodan
DF 4 Miodrag Belodedici  47'
MF 5 Ioan Lupescu  40'  85'
MF 6 Gheorghe Popescu
MF 7 Dorinel Munteanu
FW 9 Florin Răducioiu
MF 10Gheorghe Hagi (c)
MF 11Ilie Dumitrescu  70'
DF 14Gheorghe Mihali  32'
Substitutions:
MF 15Basarab Panduru  85'
FW 16Ion Vlădoiu Red card 73'  70'
Manager:
Anghel Iordănescu
GK 1 Marco Pascolo
DF 2 Marc Hottiger
DF 3 Yvan Quentin
DF 4 Dominique Herr
DF 5 Alain Geiger (c)
MF 6 Georges Bregy
MF 7 Alain Sutter  71'
DF 8 Christophe Ohrel  83'
FW 9 Adrian Knup
MF 10Ciriaco Sforza
FW 11Stéphane Chapuisat
Substitutions:
MF 16Thomas Bickel  71'
MF 20Patrick Sylvestre  83'
Manager:
England Roy Hodgson

Assistant referees:
Abdel-Magid Hassan (Egypt)
Davoud Fanaei (Iran)
Fourth official:
Joël Quiniou (France)

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

United States vs Colombia

22 June 1994
16:30 PDT
United States  2–1  Colombia
Escobar  35' (o.g.)
Stewart  52' 		Report Valencia  90'
Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 93,869
Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)
United States
Colombia
GK 1 Tony Meola (c)
DF 17Marcelo Balboa
DF 20Paul Caligiuri
DF 21Fernando Clavijo
DF 22Alexi Lalas  48'
MF 5 Thomas Dooley
MF 6 John Harkes
MF 9 Tab Ramos
MF 16Mike Sorber
FW 11Eric Wynalda  61'
FW 8 Earnie Stewart  66'
Substitutions:
FW 10Roy Wegerle  61'
MF 13Cobi Jones  66'
Manager:
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Milutinović
GK 1 Óscar Córdoba
DF 2 Andrés Escobar
DF 4 Luis Fernando Herrera
DF 5 Hernán Gaviria
FW 7 Antony de Ávila  24'  45'
MF 10Carlos Valderrama (c)
MF 14Leonel Álvarez
DF 15Luis Carlos Perea
MF 19Freddy Rincón
DF 20Wilson Pérez
FW 21Faustino Asprilla  45'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Iván Valenciano  45'
FW 11Adolfo Valencia  45'
Manager:
Francisco Maturana

Assistant referees:
Domenico Ramicone (Italy)
El Jilali Rharib (Morocco)
Fourth official:
Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

Switzerland vs Colombia

26 June 1994
13:00 PDT
Switzerland   0–2  Colombia
Report Gaviria  44'
Lozano  90'
Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto
Attendance: 83,401
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
Switzerland
Colombia
GK 1 Marco Pascolo
DF 2 Marc Hottiger
DF 3 Yvan Quentin
DF 4 Dominique Herr
DF 5 Alain Geiger (c)
MF 6 Georges Bregy  85'
MF 7 Alain Sutter  82'
DF 8 Christophe Ohrel
FW 9 Adrian Knup  39'  82'
MF 10Ciriaco Sforza
FW 11Stéphane Chapuisat
Substitutions:
FW 14Nestor Subiat  82'
FW 15Marco Grassi  82'
Manager:
England Roy Hodgson
GK 1 Óscar Córdoba
DF 2 Andrés Escobar
DF 3 Alexis Mendoza
DF 4 Luis Fernando Herrera
MF 5 Hernán Gaviria  58'  79'
MF 10Carlos Valderrama (c)  62'
FW 11Adolfo Valencia  64'
MF 14Leonel Álvarez  80'
MF 19Freddy Rincón
DF 20Wilson Pérez
FW 21Faustino Asprilla
Substitutions:
FW 7 Antony de Ávila  64'
MF 8 John Harold Lozano  79'
Manager:
Francisco Maturana

Assistant referees:
Carl-Johan Meyer Christensen (Denmark)
Douglas Micael James (Trinidad and Tobago)
Fourth official:
Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

United States vs Romania

26 June 1994
13:00 PDT
United States  0–1  Romania
Report Petrescu  18'
Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 93,869
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
United States
Romania
GK 1 Tony Meola (c)
DF 5 Thomas Dooley
MF 6 John Harkes  41'
FW 8 Earnie Stewart
MF 9 Tab Ramos  64'
FW 11Eric Wynalda
MF 16Mike Sorber  75'
DF 17Marcelo Balboa
DF 20Paul Caligiuri
DF 21Fernando Clavijo  48'
DF 22Alexi Lalas
Substitutions:
FW 10Roy Wegerle  75'
MF 13Cobi Jones  64'
Manager:
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Milutinović
GK 1 Florin Prunea
DF 2 Dan Petrescu  73'
DF 3 Daniel Prodan
DF 4 Miodrag Belodedici  89'
MF 5 Ioan Lupescu
MF 6 Gheorghe Popescu
MF 7 Dorinel Munteanu
FW 9 Florin Răducioiu  62'  84'
MF 10Gheorghe Hagi (c)
MF 11Ilie Dumitrescu
DF 13Tibor Selymes
Substitutions:
DF 14Gheorghe Mihali  89'
MF 18Constantin Gâlcă  84'
Manager:
Anghel Iordănescu

Assistant referees:
Jan Dolstra (Netherlands)
Gordon Dunster (Australia)
Fourth official:
Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

References

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