1993 Merdeka Tournament

The 1993 Merdeka Tournament was the 34th edition of the Merdeka Tournament and was held from February 5 to February 14, 1993, at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Groups

=Group stage=

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|Teams qualified for next phase

=Group A=

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width="165"|Team

!width="20"|Pts

!width="20"|Pld

!width="20"|W

!width="20"|D

!width="20"|L

!width="20"|GF

!width="20"|GA

style="background: #ccffcc;"

|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|BUL}} CSKA Sofia

|5

321030
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|MAS}} Malaysia

|4

312032
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|THA}} Thailand

|2

302123
bgcolor=

|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SIN}} Singapore

|1

301225

{{football box

|date=5 February

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

|score= 2–1

|report=

|team2={{fb|SIN}}

|goals1= Mubin Mokhtar {{goal|59}}
Dollah Salleh {{goal|64}}

|goals2= V. Sundramoorthy {{goal|41}}

|stadium= Merdeka Stadium

|attendance=

|referee=Nizar Watty

}}

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{{football box

|date=5 February

|team1=CSKA Sofia {{flagicon|Bulgaria}}

|score= 1–0

|report=

|team2={{fb|THA}}

|goals1= Bosidar Iskrenov {{goal|75}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Merdeka Stadium

|attendance=

|referee= Nazri Abdullah

}}

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{{football box

|date=7 February

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

|score= 1–1

|report=

|team2={{fb|THA}}

|goals1= Dollah Salleh {{goal|44}}

|goals2= Pichit Sanghua Chand {{goal|5}}

|stadium= Merdeka Stadium

|attendance=

|referee=Ali Bujsaim

}}

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{{football box

|date=7 February

|team1=CSKA Sofia {{flagicon|Bulgaria}}

|score= 2–0

|report=

|team2={{fb|SIN}}

|goals1= Ivailo Andonov {{goal|6||43}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Merdeka Stadium

|attendance=

|referee=K Nadarajan

}}

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{{football box

|date=9 February

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

|score= 0–0

|report=

|team2={{flagicon|Bulgaria}} CSKA Sofia

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= Merdeka Stadium

|attendance=

|referee=Nizar Watty

}}

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{{football box

|date=9 February

|team1=Thailand {{flagicon|Thailand}}

|score= 1–1

|report=

|team2={{fb|SIN}}

|goals1= Prasong Pansawat {{goal|24}}

|goals2= Fandi Ahmad {{goal|67}}

|stadium= Merdeka Stadium

|attendance=

|referee=Nazri Abdullah

}}

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=Group B=

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width="165"|Team

!width="20"|Pts

!width="20"|Pld

!width="20"|W

!width="20"|D

!width="20"|L

!width="20"|GF

!width="20"|GA

style="background: #ccffcc;"

|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SUI}} FC Aarau

|5

321082
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|South Korea|1984}} South Korea

|5

321083
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GHA}} Ghana

|2

310234
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|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IDN}} Indonesia

|0

3003010

{{football box

|date=6 February

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

|score= 2–0

|report=

|team2={{fb|IDN}}

|goals1=Nana Frimpong {{goal|39||83}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Merdeka Stadium

|attendance=

|referee=Kikuchi Hideo

}}

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{{football box

|date=6 February

|team1=FC Aarau {{flagicon|SUI}}

|score= 2–2

|report=

|team2={{flagicon|South Korea|1984}} South Korea

|goals1= Petar Aleksandrov {{goal|20||21}}

|goals2= Lim Jae-sun {{goal|54}}
Kwun Woo-jim {{goal|73}}

|stadium= Merdeka Stadium

|attendance=

|referee= Nasaruddin Mohamed Sharrif

}}

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{{football box

|date=8 February

|team1=South Korea {{flagicon|South Korea|1984}}

|score= 3–0

|report=

|team2={{fb|IDN}}

|goals1= Roh Sang-rae {{goal|5}}
Kwun Woo-jim {{goal|31}}
Lim Jae-sun {{goal|76}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Merdeka Stadium

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

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{{football box

|date=8 February

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

|score= 0–1

|report=

|team2={{flagicon|SUI}} FC Aarau

|goals1=

|goals2= Reto Rossi {{goal|82}}

|stadium= Merdeka Stadium

|attendance=

|referee= Nasaruddin Mohamed Sharrif

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 February

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

|score= 1–3

|report=

|team2={{flagicon|South Korea|1984}} South Korea

|goals1= Ablade Kumah {{goal|14}}

|goals2= Lim Jae-sum {{goal|15||62}}
Kwum Woo-jim {{goal|20}}

|stadium= Merdeka Stadium

|attendance=

|referee=Ali Bujsaim

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 February

|team1=FC Aarau {{flagicon|SUI}}

|score= 5–0

|report=

|team2={{fb|IDN}}

|goals1=Andreas Hasler {{goal|6}}
Petar Aleksandrov {{goal|22}} {{goal|40}}
Romano Salvatore {{goal|57}}
Uwe Wassimer {{goal|89}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Merdeka Stadium

|attendance=

|referee=Kikuchi Hideo

}}

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Knockout stage

{{Round4

|12 February - Merdeka Stadium | {{flagicon|MAS}} Malaysia | 2 | {{flagicon|SUI}} FC Aarau | 1

|12 February - Merdeka Stadium | {{flagicon|South Korea|1984}} South Korea | 1 | {{flagicon|BUL}} CSKA Sofia | 0

|14 February - Merdeka Stadium | {{flagicon|MAS}} Malaysia | 3 | {{flagicon|South Korea|1984}} South Korea | 1}}

=Semi finals=

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|date=12 February

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

|score= 2–1

|report=

|team2={{flagicon|SUI}} FC Aarau

|goals1=Mubin Mokhtar {{goal|20}}
Azman Adnan {{goal|59}}

|goals2=Ryszard Komornicki {{goal|69}}

|stadium=Merdeka Stadium

|attendance=

|referee=Ali Bujsaim

}}

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{{football box

|date=12 February

|team1=South Korea {{flagicon|South Korea|1984}}

|score= 1–0

|report=

|team2={{flagicon|Bulgaria}} CSKA Sofia

|goals1=Roh Sang-rae {{goal|80}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Merdeka Stadium

|attendance=

|referee=Nasaruddin Mohamed Sharrif

}}

=Finals=

{{football box

|date=14 February

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

|score= 3–1

|report=

|team2={{flagicon|South Korea|1984}} South Korea

|goals1=Dollah Salleh {{goal|3}}
Azman Adnan {{goal|95||118}}

|goals2=Roh Sang-rae {{goal|48}}

|stadium=Merdeka Stadium

|attendance=

|referee=Nizar Watty

}}

Award

{{winners|fb|1993 Merdeka Tournament winner|Malaysia|10th}}