1995 King Fahd Cup

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = King Fahd Cup

| year = 1995

| other_titles = {{lang|ar|كأس الملك فهد 1995}}

| image =

| size = 150px

| caption = 1995 King Fahd Cup official logo

| country = Saudi Arabia

| city = Riyadh

| dates = 6–13 January

| num_teams = 6

| confederations = 5

| venues = 1

| cities = 1

| champion = DEN

| count = 1

| second = ARG

| third = MEX

| fourth = NGA

| matches = 8

| goals = 19

| attendance = 165000

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|MEX}} Luis García (3 goals)

| player = {{flagicon|DEN}} Brian Laudrup[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112000000/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html |date=2016-01-12 }}; at RSSSF

| prevseason = 1992

| nextseason = 1997

}}

The 1995 King Fahd Cup ({{langx|ar|كأس الملك فهد}}) was the second and last tournament held under the King Fahd Cup name before the competition was retroactively sanctioned by FIFA and recognized as FIFA Confederations Cup. Disputed as the King Fahd Cup, in honor of the then Saudi ruler who organized the tournament with his country's federation (thus in the form of an unofficial tournament),For FIFA statute, official competitions are those for representative teams organized by FIFA or any confederation. Representative teams are usually national teams but also club teams that represent a confederation in the interconfederal competitions or a member association in a continental competition cfr. {{cite web|url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/19a43d5f3a4c750b/original/vga5sv1yxeayptzrdudx-pdf.pdf|title=FIFA Statutes, April 2016 edition|page=5}} cfr. {{cite web|url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/2d5d33a48d2c98ce/original/mkbo3nwk4btahl9gwtwl-pdf.pdf|title=FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018: Statistical-kit|date=10 December 2018|page=13}} cfr. {{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/55/82/79/2558279_DOWNLOAD.pdf|title=2018/19 UEFA Champions League regulations|page=10}} it was hosted by Saudi Arabia in January 1995. It was won by Denmark, who beat defending champions Argentina 2–0 in the final.{{cite web|url=http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.ie/2017/07/fifa-confederations-cup-part-four-1995.html|title=FIFA Confederations Cup-Part 1995 King Fahd Cup|work=Soccer Nostalgia |date=3 July 2017 |access-date=25 July 2017}}

Qualified teams

File:1995 confed cup.png

class="wikitable sortable"
Team !Confederation !Qualification method !Date qualification secured !Participation no.
{{fb\|Saudi Arabia}} \|AFC \|Hosts \|align=center {{N/A}} \|align=center\|2nd
{{fb\|Denmark}} \|UEFA \|UEFA Euro 1992 winners \|align=center\|26 June 1992 \|align=center\|1st
{{fb\|Japan\|1870}} \|AFC \|1992 AFC Asian Cup winners \|align=center\|8 November 1992 \|align=center\|1st
{{fb\|Argentina}} \|CONMEBOL \|1993 Copa América winners \|align=center\|4 July 1993 \|align=center\|2nd
{{fb\|Mexico}} \|CONCACAF \|1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners \|align=center\|25 July 1993 \|align=center\|1st
{{fb\|Nigeria}} \|CAF \|1994 African Cup of Nations winners \|align=center\|10 April 1994 \|align=center\|1st

class="wikitable sortable"

Team

!Confederation

!Qualification method

!Date qualification secured

!Participation no.

|AFC

|Hosts

|align=center {{N/A}}

|align=center|2nd

|UEFA

|UEFA Euro 1992 winners

|align=center|26 June 1992

|align=center|1st

|AFC

|1992 AFC Asian Cup winners

|align=center|8 November 1992

|align=center|1st

|CONMEBOL

|1993 Copa América winners

|align=center|4 July 1993

|align=center|2nd

|CONCACAF

|1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners

|align=center|25 July 1993

|align=center|1st

|CAF

|1994 African Cup of Nations winners

|align=center|10 April 1994

|align=center|1st

Venue

All matches were played at the 67,000-capacity King Fahd II Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Match referees

;Africa

{{flagicon|MRI}} Lim Kee Chong

;Asia

{{flagicon|UAE}} Ali Bujsaim

;Europe

{{flagicon|ROU}} Ion Crăciunescu

;North America, Central America and Caribbean

{{flagicon|CRC}} Rodrigo Badilla

;South America

{{flagicon|CHI}} Salvador Imperatore

Squads

Group stage

=Group A=

width="175"\|Team !width="20"\|Pld !width="20"\|W !width="20"\|D !width="20"\|L !width="20"\|GF !width="20"\|GA !width="20"\|GD !width="20"\|Pts
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|align=left\|{{fb\|DEN}} \|2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
bgcolor="#ccddcc" \|align=left\|{{fb\|MEX}} \|2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
align=left\|{{fb\|KSA}} \|2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

{{football box

|date = 6 January 1995

|time = 18:15 AST

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

|score = 0–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160818204259/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=4302/match=21305/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|MEX}}

|goals2 = L. García {{goal|65||82}}

|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 25,000

|referee = Salvador Imperatore (Chile)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 8 January 1995

|time = 18:15 AST

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

|score = 0–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160808144903/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=4302/match=21306/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|DEN}}

|goals2 = B. Laudrup {{goal|43}}
Wieghorst {{goal|90}}

|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 10,000

|referee = Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

}}

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{{football box

|date=10 January 1995

|time=18:15 AST

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

|score=1–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160818200521/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=4302/match=21307/index.html Report]

|team2={{fb|MEX}}

|goals1=Rasmussen {{goal|48}}

|goals2=L. García {{goal|25}}

|stadium=King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance=20,000

|referee=Salvador Imperatore (Chile)

|penalties1 = Schjønberg {{pengoal}}
M. Laudrup {{pengoal}}
J. Høgh {{pengoal}}
Rieper {{pengoal}}

|penaltyscore = 4–2

|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} Suárez
{{penmiss}} Bernal
{{pengoal}} Del Olmo
{{penmiss}} L. García

}}

=Group B=

width="175"\|Team !width="20"\|Pld !width="20"\|W !width="20"\|D !width="20"\|L !width="20"\|GF !width="20"\|GA !width="20"\|GD !width="20"\|Pts
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|align=left\|{{fb\|ARG}} \|2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	4
bgcolor="#ccddcc" \|align=left\|{{fb\|NGA}} \|2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	4
align=center \|align=left\|{{fb\|JPN\|1870}} \|2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

{{football box

|date = 6 January 1995

|time = 01:00 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN|1870}}

|score = 0–3

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160818205052/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=4302/match=21308/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|NGA}}

|goals2 = Siasia {{goal|4}}
Adepoju {{goal|55}}
Amokachi {{goal|65}}

|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 25,000

|referee = Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 8 January 1995

|time = 20:00 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN|1870}}

|score = 1–5

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160818203236/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=4302/match=21309/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|ARG}}

|goals1 = Miura {{goal|57}}

|goals2 = Rambert {{goal|31}}
Ortega {{goal|45}}
Batistuta {{goal|47||86|pen.}}
Chamot {{goal|54}}

|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 10,000

|referee = Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 10 January 1995

|time = 01:00 AST

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

|score = 0–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160818193505/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=4302/match=21310/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|ARG}}

|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 20,000

|referee = Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

}}

Third place play-off

{{football box

|date=13 January 1995

|time=18:00 AST

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

|score=1–1{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myRCNWUFWdg | title=1995 Mexic Nigeria | website=YouTube | date=23 January 2021 }}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160307062740/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=4306/match=21311/index.html Report]

|team2={{fb|NGA}}

|goals1= Ramírez {{goal|20}}

|goals2= Amokachi {{goal|31}}

|stadium=King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance=20,000

|referee=Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)

|penalties1= García Aspe {{pengoal}}
García {{pengoal}}
Galindo {{pengoal}}
Hermosillo {{pengoal}}
Suárez {{pengoal}}

|penaltyscore= 5–4

|penalties2= {{pengoal}} Okocha
{{pengoal}} Adepoju
{{pengoal}} Eguavoen
{{pengoal}} Iroha
{{penmiss}} Amunike

}}

width=92%

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|pattern_b = _mexico 95

|pattern_ra = _whiteborder

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|body = 006A4E

|rightarm = 006A4E

|shorts = ffffff

|socks = ED1C24

|title = Mexico

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|{{Football kit

| pattern_la = _nig95a

| pattern_b = _nig95a

| pattern_ra = _nig95a

| pattern_sh = _blacksides

| pattern_so = _pana0708h

| leftarm = 008000

| body =

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width="25"\|	width="25"\|
width="100%" \|valign="top" width="50%"\| {\|style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
GK	1	Jorge Campos	{{yel\|79}}
DF	2	Claudio Suárez
DF	4	Ignacio Ambríz		{{suboff\|89}}
DF	21	Raúl Gutiérrez
MF	5	Ramón Ramírez
MF	6	Marcelino Bernal	{{yel\|83}}
MF	8	Alberto García Aspe	{{yel\|15}}
MF	9	Jorge Rodríguez
MF	14	Joaquín del Olmo	{{yel\|23}}
FW	7	Carlos Hermosillo
FW	10	Luis García	{{yel\|1}}
colspan=3\|Substitutions:
MF	17	Benjamín Galindo		{{subon\|89}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=3\|Miguel Mejía Barón

|valign="top"|

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

width="25"\|	width="25"\|
style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"
GK	1	Peter Rufai
DF	2	Augustine Eguavoen	{{yel\|22}}
DF	3	Benedict Iroha	{{yel\|47}}
DF	5	Uche Okechukwu
DF	20	Uche Okafor
MF	8	Mutiu Adepoju
MF	10	Jay-Jay Okocha
MF	11	Emmanuel Amunike
FW	9	Dominic Iorfa		{{suboff\|73}}
FW	12	Samson Siasia
FW	14	Daniel Amokachi
colspan=3\|Substitutions:
MF	7	Barnabas Imenger	{{yel\|80}}	{{subon\|73}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=3\|Shuaibu Amodu

Final

The 1995 King Fahd Cup Final was held at King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 13 January 1995. The match was contested by Denmark and the title holders, Argentina. Denmark won their first King Fahd Cup/Confederations Cup title.

{{football box

|date = 13 January 1995

|time = 20:15 AST

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

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160307064619/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=4307/match=21312/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|ARG}}

|goals1 = M. Laudrup {{goal|8|pen.}}
Rasmussen {{goal|75}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 35,000

|referee = Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

}}

Statistics

=Goalscorers=

With three goals, Luis García was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 19 goals were scored by 14 different players, with none of them credited as an own goal.

;3 goals

{{flagicon|MEX}} Luis García

;2 goals

{{flagicon|ARG}} Gabriel Batistuta
{{flagicon|DEN}} Peter Rasmussen
{{flagicon|NGA}} Daniel Amokachi

;1 goal

{{flagicon|ARG}} José Chamot
{{flagicon|ARG}} Ariel Ortega
{{flagicon|ARG}} Sebastián Rambert
{{flagicon|DEN}} Brian Laudrup
{{flagicon|DEN}} Michael Laudrup
{{flagicon|DEN}} Morten Wieghorst
{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Kazuyoshi Miura
{{flagicon|MEX}} Ramón Ramírez
{{flagicon|NGA}} Mutiu Adepoju
{{flagicon|NGA}} Emmanuel Amunike

=Tournament ranking=

{{small|Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.}}

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete |source=FIFA{{cite web |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/63aba86a50f3702d/original/ju89uisxenzryk4kigom-pdf.pdf |title=Statistical Kit: FIFA Confederations Cup (FCC 2017 post-event edition) – Ranking by tournament |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |page=21 |date=10 July 2017 |access-date=28 September 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928194424/https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/-519816.pdf?cloudid=ju89uisxenzryk4kigom |archive-date=28 September 2019}}

|status_KSA=H

|name_ARG={{fb|ARG}}

|name_DEN={{fb|DEN}}

|name_JPN={{fb|JPN|1870}}

|name_MEX={{fb|MEX}}

|name_NGA={{fb|NGA}}

|name_KSA={{fb|KSA}}

|show_groups=T

|group_ARG=B

|group_DEN=A

|group_JPN=B

|group_MEX=A

|group_NGA=B

|group_KSA=A

|res_col_header=Final result

|col_1st=#FFD700 |text_1st=Champions

|col_2nd=#C0C0C0 |text_2nd=Runners-up

|col_3rd=#CD7F32 |text_3rd=Third place

|text_4th=Fourth place

|text_GS=Eliminated in
group stage

|split4=yes

}}

References

[https://www.rsssf.org/intldetails/1995ic1.html RSSSF]

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20160215012130/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/archive/saudiarabia1995/index.html Intercontinental Championship Saudi Arabia 1995], FIFA.com

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