1995 King Fahd Cup Explained

Tourney Name:King Fahd Cup
Year:1995
Other Titles:Arabic: كأس الملك فهد 1995
Size:150px
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: Luis García (3 goals)
Player: Brian Laudrup[1]
Prevseason:1992
Nextseason:1997

The 1995 King Fahd Cup (Arabic: 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),[2] it was hosted by Saudi Arabia in January 1995. It was won by Denmark, who beat defending champions Argentina 2–0 in the final.[3]

Qualified teams

TeamConfederationQualification methodDate qualification securedParticipation no.
AFCHostsalign=center 2nd
UEFAUEFA Euro 1992 winners26 June 19921st
AFC1992 AFC Asian Cup winners8 November 19921st
CONMEBOL1993 Copa América winners4 July 19932nd
CONCACAF1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners25 July 19931st
CAF1994 African Cup of Nations winners10 April 19941st

Venue

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

Match referees

Africa
Asia
Europe
North America, Central America and Caribbean
South America

Squads

See main article: 1995 King Fahd Cup squads.

Group stage

Group A

See main article: 1995 King Fahd Cup Group A.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
211031+24
211031+24
200204-40

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Group B

See main article: 1995 King Fahd Cup Group B.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
211051+44
211030+34
200218-70

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Third place play-off

GK1
DF2 Claudio Suárez
DF4
DF21
MF5 Ramón Ramírez
MF6
MF8
MF9 Jorge Rodríguez
MF14
FW7
FW10
Substitutions:
MF17
Manager:
Miguel Mejía Barón
GK 1 Peter Rufai
DF 2
DF 3
DF 5
DF 20
MF 8
MF 10Jay-Jay Okocha
MF 11Emmanuel Amunike
FW 9
FW 12Samson Siasia
FW 14
Substitutions:
MF 7
Manager:
Shuaibu Amodu

Final

See main article: 1995 King Fahd Cup 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.

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
2 goals
1 goal

Tournament ranking

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html
  2. 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. Web site: FIFA Statutes, April 2016 edition. 5. PDF. cfr. Web site: FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018: Statistical-kit. 10 December 2018. 13. PDF. cfr. Web site: 2018/19 UEFA Champions League regulations. 10.
  3. Web site: FIFA Confederations Cup-Part 1995 King Fahd Cup. Soccer Nostalgia . 25 July 2017.