The qualification matches for Group 5 of the European zone (UEFA) of the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament took place between May 1992 and November 1993. The teams competed on a home-and-away basis with the winner and runner-up claiming 2 of the 12 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone. The group consisted of Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Luxembourg, Russia, and Yugoslavia.[1]
In October 1992, FIFA suspended Yugoslavia as a result of the United Nations sanctions against that country stemming from the Yugoslav wars.[2] [3]
At the time the draw was made on 8 December 1991, Russia was known as the Soviet Union and competed at UEFA Euro 1992 as the Commonwealth of Independent States. Following the USSR's dissolution, Ukraine proposed to arrange a separate tournament for all successors of the Soviet Union. Georgia and Armenia supported the proposal but it was blocked by Russia.[4] The final decision on succession was taken on 1 June 1992 at the FIFA Executive Committee meeting in Stockholm.[4] [2] [5]
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Lajos Détári
Arnór Guðjohnsen Eyjólfur Sverrisson László Klausz Haraldur Ingólfsson Hörður Magnússon Þorvaldur Örlygsson
Stefano Fanelli
Aleksandr Borodiuk Igor Dobrovolski Andrei Kanchelskis Igor Kolyvanov Vasili Kulkov Andrei Piatnitski Dmitri Radchenko Igor Shalimov Hlynur Birgisson (playing against Luxembourg)