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:1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A

{{Short description|Football tournament group stage}}

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Group A of the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup took place between 12 and 16 December 1997. Brazil won the group, and advanced to the knockout stage, along with group runners-up Australia. Mexico and Saudi Arabia failed to advance.[https://web.archive.org/web/20151006024138/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/y=2007/m=3/news=saudi-arabia-1997-brazil-burn-bright-501843.html 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup]

Standings

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|win_AUS=1 |draw_AUS=1 |loss_AUS=1 |gf_AUS=3 |ga_AUS=2

|win_MEX=1 |draw_MEX=0 |loss_MEX=2 |gf_MEX=8 |ga_MEX=6

|win_KSA=1 |draw_KSA=0 |loss_KSA=2 |gf_KSA=1 |ga_KSA=8

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|name_AUS={{fb|AUS}}

|name_MEX={{fb|MEX}}

|name_KSA={{fb|KSA}}

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|col_Q=green1 |text_Q=Advanced to knockout stage

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Results

=Saudi Arabia v Brazil=

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|date = 12 December 1997

|time = 16:15 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}

|score = 0–3

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|goals1 =

|goals2 = César Sampaio {{goal|65}}
Romário {{goal|73||80}}

|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 80,000

|referee = Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

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SAUDI ARABIA:

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GK1Mohamed Al-Deayea
DF2Mohammed Al-Jahani{{yel|24}}
DF3Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
DF4Abdullah Zubromawi{{sent off|2|28|64}}
DF13Hussein Abdulghani
MF6Ibrahim Al-Harbi
MF10Saeed Al-Owairan{{suboff|44}}
MF14Khalid Al-Muwallid
MF16Khamis Al-Dosari
FW9Sami Al-Jaber
FW11Fahad Al-Mehallel{{suboff|63}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF8Khalid Al-Temawi{{subon|44}}
FW7Ibrahim Al-Shahrani{{subon|63}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|GER}} Otto Pfister

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"

|colspan=4|{{flagicon|BRA|size=100px}}
BRAZIL:

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GK1Dida
RB2Cafu{{yel|72}}{{suboff|75}}
CB4Júnior Baiano
CB3Aldair
LB15Zé Roberto
RM8Flávio Conceição
CM16César Sampaio
LM18Denílson{{suboff|73}}
RF9Ronaldo
CF11Romário
LF10Leonardo (c){{suboff|72}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF19Juninho{{subon|72}}
MF20Rivaldo{{subon|73}}
DF13Zé Maria{{subon|75}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Mário Zagallo

|}

=Mexico v Australia=

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|date = 12 December 1997

|time = 19:00 AST

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|score = 1–3

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|team2 = {{fb|AUS}}

|goals1 = Hernández {{goal|80|pen.}}

|goals2 = Viduka {{goal|45}}
Aloisi {{goal|59}}
Mori {{goal|90}}

|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 15,000

|referee = Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)

}}

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|colspan=4|{{flagicon|MEX|size=100px}}
MEXICO:

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GK1Oswaldo Sánchez
RB14Isaac Terrazas{{suboff|66}}
CB2Claudio Suárez
CB3Francisco Gabriel{{suboff|63}}
LB8Braulio Luna
RM13Pável Pardo
CM6Raúl Lara
CM9Paulo Chávez{{suboff|45}}
LM7Ramón Ramírez
RF11Cuauhtémoc Blanco
LF20José Manuel Abundis
colspan=3|Substitutions:
RF10Luis García{{subon|45}}
LF15Luis Hernández{{subon|63}}
LB18Salvador Carmona{{subon|66}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Manuel Lapuente

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"

|colspan=4|{{flagicon|AUS|size=100px}}
AUSTRALIA:

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GK20Zeljko Kalac{{yel|80}}
RB14Tony Vidmar
CB2Steve Horvat
CB5Alex Tobin (c)
LB3Stan Lazaridis
RM8Craig Foster
CM7Robbie Slater{{yel|77}}{{suboff|78}}
LM6Ned Zelić{{yel|64}}
AM10Aurelio Vidmar{{suboff|46}}
FW9Mark Viduka{{suboff|73}}
FW18John Aloisi
colspan=3|Substitutions:
DF13Robbie Hooker{{subon|46}}
FW17Damian Mori{{subon|73}}
MF19Ernie Tapai{{subon|78}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|England}} Terry Venables

|}

=Saudi Arabia v Mexico=

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|date = 14 December 1997

|time = 17:50 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}

|score = 0–5

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|goals2 = Palencia {{goal|20||62}}
Blanco {{goal|68||76}}
Luna {{goal|75}}

|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 15,000

|referee = Ian McLeod (South Africa)

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SAUDI ARABIA:

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GK1Mohamed Al-Deayea
DF2Mohammed Al-Jahani
DF3Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
DF13Hussein Abdulghani
DF17Mohammad Al-Sahafi
MF6Ibrahim Al-Harbi
MF10Saeed Al-Owairan{{suboff|65}}
MF14Khaled Al-Muwallid{{yel|51}}
MF16Khamis Al-Dosari{{yel|48}}
FW9Sami Al-Jaber
FW11Fahad Al-Mehallel
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF8Khalid Al-Temawi{{subon|65}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|GER}} Otto Pfister

|valign="top"|

|valign="top"|

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"

|colspan=4|{{flagicon|MEX|size=100px}}
MEXICO:

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GK1Oswaldo Sánchez
RB13Pável Pardo
CB2Claudio Suárez
CB5Duilio Davino{{yel|88}}
LB18Salvador Carmona
RM9Paulo Chávez
CM4Germán Villa{{yel|77}}
CM6Raúl Lara{{suboff|46}}
LM8Braulio Luna{{suboff|56}}
RF17Francisco Palencia
LF11Cuauhtémoc Blanco
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW15Luis Hernández{{subon|46}}
MF16Markus López{{subon|56}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Manuel Lapuente

|}

=Australia v Brazil=

{{footballbox

|date = 14 December 1997

|time = 20:00 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|AUS}}

|score = 0–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160818185341/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=1979/match=17302/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|BRA}}

|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 15,000

|referee = Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)

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AUSTRALIA:

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GK1Mark Bosnich
SW4Milan Ivanović
RB14Tony Vidmar
CB2Steve Horvat{{yel|45}}
CB5Alex Tobin (c)
LB3Stan Lazaridis
CM6Ned Zelić
CM8Craig Foster
AM10Aurelio Vidmar{{suboff|60}}
FW9Mark Viduka{{suboff|90}}
FW18John Aloisi{{suboff|70}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF19Ernie Tapai{{subon|60}}
FW17Damian Mori{{yel|77}}{{subon|70}}
DF12Matthew Bingley{{subon|90}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|England}} Terry Venables

|valign="top"|

|valign="top"|

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"

|colspan=4|{{flagicon|BRA|size=100px}}
BRAZIL:

width=25|width=25|
GK1Dida
RB13Zé Maria
CB4Júnior Baiano
CB3Aldair
LB6Roberto Carlos
CM8Flávio Conceição
CM16César Sampaio{{suboff|88}}
RAM20Rivaldo{{yel|38}}{{suboff|64}}
LAM10Leonardo (c)
FW7Bebeto{{yel|27}}
FW9Ronaldo
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF18Denílson{{subon|64}}
MF17Doriva{{subon|88}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Mário Zagallo

|}

=Saudi Arabia v Australia=

{{footballbox

|date = 16 December 1997

|time = 17:50 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}

|score = 1–0

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|team2 = {{fb|AUS}}

|goals1 = Al-Khilaiwi {{goal|40}}

|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 55,450

|referee = Javier Castrilli (Argentina)

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SAUDI ARABIA:

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GK1Mohamed Al-Deayea
DF3Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi {{yel|50}}
DF4Abdullah Zubromawi
DF12Ahmed Dokhi
DF13Hussein Abdulghani
MF6Ibrahim Al-Harbi
MF10Saeed Al-Owairan
MF14Khaled Al-Muwallid{{suboff|77}}
MF16Khamis Al-Dosari
FW9Sami Al-Jaber
FW11Fahad Al-Mehallel{{suboff|67}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
DF19Obeid Al-Dosari{{subon|67}}
MF8Khalid Al-Temawi{{subon|77}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|GER}} Otto Pfister

|valign="top"|

|valign="top"|

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"

|colspan=4|{{flagicon|AUS|size=100px}}
AUSTRALIA:

width=25|width=25|
GK1Mark Bosnich
CB2Steve Horvat{{yel|42}}
CB4Milan Ivanović{{yel|85}}
CB5Alex Tobin (c)
RM8Craig Foster
CM6Ned Zelić
CM15Josip Skoko{{suboff|74}}
LM3Stan Lazaridis
AM7Robbie Slater
FW17Damian Mori{{suboff|66}}
FW18John Aloisi{{suboff|66}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW9Mark Viduka{{subon|66}}
FW11Harry Kewell{{subon|66}}
MF10Aurelio Vidmar{{subon|74}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|England}} Terry Venables

|}

=Brazil v Mexico=

{{footballbox

|date = 16 December 1997

|time = 20:00 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}

|score = 3–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160818204307/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=1979/match=17304/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|MEX}}

|goals1 = Romário {{goal|41|pen.}}
Denílson {{goal|61}}
Júnior Baiano {{goal|66}}

|goals2 = Blanco {{goal|51}}
Ramírez {{goal|90}}

|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 20,000

|referee = Ian McLeod (South Africa)

}}

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BRAZIL:

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GK1Dida{{suboff|82}}
RB13Zé Maria
CB4Júnior Baiano
CB3Aldair
LB6Roberto Carlos
CM5Dunga (c){{yel|45}}
CM8Flávio Conceição
RAM19Juninho
LAM18Denílson
FW9Ronaldo{{suboff|46}}
FW11Romário
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW7Bebeto{{subon|46}}
GK12Rogério Ceni{{subon|82}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Mário Zagallo

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|valign="top"|

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"

|colspan=4|{{flagicon|MEX|size=100px}}
MEXICO:

width=25|width=25|
GK12Óscar Pérez
RB13Pável Pardo
CB2Claudio Suárez
CB3Francisco Gabriel{{suboff|61}}
CB5Duilio Davino
LB18Salvador Carmona
RM17Francisco Palencia
CM6Raúl Lara
LM8Braulio Luna{{suboff|46}}
RF15Luis Hernández
LF11Cuauhtémoc Blanco {{yel|41}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
RF10Luis García{{subon|61}}
LM7Ramón Ramírez{{subon|46}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Manuel Lapuente

|}

References

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{{1997 FIFA Confederations Cup}}

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Group A

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