1994 FIFA World Cup Group F

Group F of the 1994 FIFA World Cup was one of six groups of four teams competing at the 1994 World Cup in the United States. The first match was played June 19, 1994, and the final games took place simultaneously on June 29, 1994.

The group consisted of Belgium, Morocco, Netherlands, and Saudi Arabia. Netherlands won the group, Saudi Arabia finished second, and Belgium qualified as one of the best third-placed teams.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	4	3	+1	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Belgium	3	2	1	2	1	+1	6
4	Morocco	3	0	3	2	5	−3	0

Source: FIFA

Matches

All times local (EDT/UTC–4, CDT/UTC–5, PDT/UTC–7)

Belgium vs Morocco

June 19, 1994

12:30 p.m. EDT

Belgium	1–0	Morocco
Degryse 11'	Report

Citrus Bowl, Orlando

Attendance: 61,219

Referee: José Torres Cadena (Colombia)

Belgium

Morocco


GK	1	Michel Preud'homme
DF	13	Georges Grün (c)	81'
DF	14	Michel De Wolf
DF	5	Rudi Smidts
MF	6	Lorenzo Staelens
MF	7	Franky Van der Elst
MF	10	Enzo Scifo
MF	16	Danny Boffin		85'
FW	8	Luc Nilis		54'
FW	9	Marc Degryse
FW	17	Josip Weber	85'
Substitutions:
MF	15	Marc Emmers		54'
DF	3	Vital Borkelmans		85'
Manager:
Paul Van Himst


GK	1	Khalil Azmi		89'
DF	2	Nacer Abdellah
DF	5	Smahi Triki
DF	6	Noureddine Naybet	23'
DF	3	Abdelkrim El Hadrioui
MF	8	Rachid Azzouzi	89'
MF	15	El Arbi Hababi
MF	10	Mustafa El Haddaoui (c)		69'
MF	11	Rachid Daoudi	26'^[1]
MF	7	Mustapha Hadji
FW	9	Mohammed Chaouch		82'
Substitutions:
FW	13	Ahmed Bahja		69'
MF	21	Mohamed Samadi		82'
GK	22	Zakaria Alaoui		89'
Manager:
Abdellah Blinda

Assistant referees:
Raimundo Calix Garcia (Honduras)
Tapio Yli-Karro (Finland)
Fourth official:
Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

Netherlands vs Saudi Arabia

June 20, 1994

7:30 p.m. EDT

Netherlands	2–1	Saudi Arabia
Jonk 50' Taument 86'	Report	Anwar 18'

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 50,535

Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

Netherlands

Saudi Arabia


GK	1	Ed de Goey
DF	14	Ulrich van Gobbel	36'
DF	4	Ronald Koeman (c)
DF	2	Frank de Boer	75'
MF	3	Frank Rijkaard
MF	8	Wim Jonk
MF	6	Jan Wouters
MF	7	Marc Overmars		58'
MF	9	Ronald de Boer
MF	11	Bryan Roy		81'
FW	10	Dennis Bergkamp
Substitutions:
MF	17	Gaston Taument		58'
FW	19	Peter van Vossen		81'
Manager:
Dick Advocaat


GK	1	Mohamed Al-Deayea
DF	2	Abdullah Al-Dosari	28'
DF	5	Ahmad Jamil Madani
DF	3	Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
DF	13	Mohamed Al-Jawad	31'
MF	16	Talal Jebreen
MF	6	Fuad Anwar	61'
MF	10	Saeed Al-Owairan		69'
MF	14	Khalid Al-Muwallid
FW	8	Fahad Al-Bishi
FW	9	Majed Abdullah (c)		45'
Substitutions:
FW	20	Hamzah Idris		45'
MF	19	Hamzah Saleh		69'
Manager:
Jorge Solari

Assistant referees:
Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
Sándor Márton (Hungary)
Fourth official:
Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

Belgium vs Netherlands

June 25, 1994

12:30 p.m. EDT

Belgium	1–0	Netherlands
Albert 65'	Report

Citrus Bowl, Orlando

Attendance: 62,387

Referee: Renato Marsiglia (Brazil)

Belgium

Netherlands


GK	1	Michel Preud'homme
DF	15	Marc Emmers		78'
DF	13	Georges Grün (c)
DF	4	Philippe Albert
DF	14	Michel De Wolf
DF	3	Vital Borkelmans	20'	61'
MF	10	Enzo Scifo
MF	7	Franky Van der Elst
MF	6	Lorenzo Staelens
FW	9	Marc Degryse
FW	17	Josip Weber
Substitutions:
MF	5	Rudi Smidts		61'
DF	2	Dirk Medved		78'
Manager:
Paul Van Himst


GK	1	Ed de Goey
DF	18	Stan Valckx
DF	4	Ronald Koeman (c)
DF	2	Frank de Boer
MF	3	Frank Rijkaard	81'
MF	8	Wim Jonk	39'
MF	6	Jan Wouters	19'
MF	17	Gaston Taument		64'
MF	9	Ronald de Boer		46'
MF	11	Bryan Roy
FW	10	Dennis Bergkamp	88'
Substitutions:
MF	5	Rob Witschge	49'	46'
MF	7	Marc Overmars		64'
Manager:
Dick Advocaat

Assistant referees:
Paulo Jorge Alves (Brazil)
Michał Listkiewicz (Poland)
Fourth official:
Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

Saudi Arabia vs Morocco

June 25, 1994

12:30 p.m. EDT

Saudi Arabia	2–1	Morocco
Al-Jaber 7' (pen.) Anwar 45'	Report	Chaouch 26'

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford

Attendance: 72,404

Referee: Philip Don (England)

Saudi Arabia

Morocco


GK	1	Mohamed Al-Deayea	90'
DF	18	Awad Al-Anazi		30'
DF	5	Ahmad Jamil Madani
DF	3	Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
DF	13	Mohamed Al-Jawad (c)
MF	6	Fuad Anwar	75'
MF	16	Talal Jebreen	50'
MF	8	Fahad Al-Bishi
MF	14	Khalid Al-Muwallid	78'
FW	10	Saeed Al-Owairan
FW	12	Sami Al-Jaber		80'
Substitutions:
DF	4	Abdullah Zubromawi		30'
FW	7	Fahad Al-Ghesheyan		80'
Manager:
Jorge Solari


GK	1	Khalil Azmi (c)
DF	2	Nacer Abdellah		57'
DF	5	Smahi Triki
DF	6	Noureddine Naybet	83'
DF	3	Abdelkrim El Hadrioui	34'
MF	8	Rachid Azzouzi
MF	15	El Arbi Hababi		73'
MF	4	Tahar El Khalej
MF	11	Rachid Daoudi
FW	9	Mohammed Chaouch
FW	13	Ahmed Bahja
Substitutions:
FW	17	Abdeslam Laghrissi		57'
MF	7	Mustapha Hadji		73'
Manager:
Abdellah Blinda

Assistant referees:
Roy Pearson (England)
Tapio Yli-Karro (Finland)
Fourth official:
Hellmut Krug (Germany)

Belgium vs Saudi Arabia

June 29, 1994

12:30 p.m. EDT

Belgium	0–1	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Al-Owairan 5'

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 52,959

Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

Belgium

Saudi Arabia


GK	1	Michel Preud'homme
DF	2	Dirk Medved
DF	14	Michel De Wolf
DF	4	Philippe Albert
DF	5	Rudi Smidts	80'
MF	6	Lorenzo Staelens
MF	10	Enzo Scifo (c)	61'^[2]
MF	7	Franky Van der Elst
MF	16	Danny Boffin
MF	18	Marc Wilmots		54'
FW	9	Marc Degryse		24'
Substitutions:
FW	8	Luc Nilis		24'
FW	17	Josip Weber		54'
Manager:
Paul Van Himst


GK	1	Mohamed Al-Deayea
DF	4	Abdullah Zubromawi
DF	5	Ahmad Jamil Madani	3'
DF	3	Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
DF	13	Mohamed Al-Jawad
MF	16	Talal Jebreen
MF	10	Saeed Al-Owairan		62'
MF	19	Hamzah Saleh
FW	20	Hamzah Idris	77'
FW	8	Fahad Al-Bishi
FW	9	Majed Abdullah (c)		46'
Substitutions:
FW	14	Khalid Al-Muwallid		46'
DF	2	Abdullah Al-Dosari		62'
Manager:
Jorge Solari

Assistant referees:
Eugene Brazzale (Australia)
Ernesto Taibi (Argentina)
Fourth official:
Francisco Oscar Lamolina (Argentina)

Morocco vs Netherlands

June 29, 1994

12:30 p.m. EDT

Morocco	1–2	Netherlands
Nader 47'	Report	Bergkamp 43' Roy 77'

Citrus Bowl, Orlando

Attendance: 60,578

Referee: Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)

Morocco

Netherlands


GK	22	Zakaria Alaoui
DF	18	Rachid Neqrouz
DF	5	Smahi Triki
DF	3	Abdelkrim El Hadrioui
MF	21	Mohammed Samadi	41'
MF	8	Rachid Azzouzi		61'
MF	4	Tahar El Khalej (c)	14'
MF	15	El Arbi Hababi	28'
FW	19	Abdelmajid Bouyboud	25'	47'
FW	16	Hassan Nader	12'
FW	13	Ahmed Bahja
Substitutions:
MF	7	Mustapha Hadji		47'
MF	11	Rachid Daoudi		61'
Manager:
Abdellah Blinda


GK	1	Ed de Goey
CB	18	Stan Valckx	79'
CB	4	Ronald Koeman (c)
CB	2	Frank de Boer
RM	20	Aron Winter
CM	8	Wim Jonk
CM	6	Jan Wouters	75'^[3]
LM	5	Rob Witschge
RF	19	Peter van Vossen		67'
CF	10	Dennis Bergkamp
LF	7	Marc Overmars		56'
Substitutions:
MF	17	Gaston Taument		56'
MF	11	Bryan Roy		67'
Manager:
Dick Advocaat

Assistant referees:
Venancio Concepcion Zarate (Paraguay)
Mikael Erik Everstig (Sweden)
Fourth official:
Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

References

^ Mistake in FIFA report. Daoudi received his yellow card 13 minutes later, in the 39th minute of the game. See the footage of the match.
^ Mistake in FIFA report. Scifo was booked 5 minutes later, in the 66th minute (see the footage).
^ Mistake in FIFA report. The footage of the game shows that Wouters was booked in the 30th minute of the first half.

"1994 FIFA World Cup USA". fifa.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
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[1] Mistake in FIFA report. Daoudi received his yellow card 13 minutes later, in the 39th minute of the game. See the footage of the match.

[2] Mistake in FIFA report. Scifo was booked 5 minutes later, in the 66th minute (see the footage).

[3] Mistake in FIFA report. The footage of the game shows that Wouters was booked in the 30th minute of the first half.

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v t e 1994 FIFA World Cup
Stages	Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Knockout stage Final
General information	Qualification Squads Discipline Officials

v t e 1994 FIFA World Cup finalists
Champions	Brazil
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Bulgaria
Quarter-finals	Germany Netherlands Romania Spain
Round of 16	Argentina Belgium Mexico Nigeria Republic of Ireland Saudi Arabia Switzerland United States
Group stage	Bolivia Cameroon Colombia Greece Morocco Norway Russia South Korea

Standings

Matches

Belgium vs Morocco

Netherlands vs Saudi Arabia

Belgium vs Netherlands

Saudi Arabia vs Morocco

Belgium vs Saudi Arabia

Morocco vs Netherlands

See also

References