1994 FIFA World Cup Group D

Group D 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 21 June 1994 and the final games took place simultaneously on 30 June 1994.

The group consisted of Argentina, Greece, Nigeria and Bulgaria. Nigeria won the group on goal difference, Bulgaria finished second and Argentina qualified as one of the best third-placed teams (Bulgaria defeated Argentina in the group stage, thus their higher rank.) Bulgaria and Argentina had previously met before in the group stage, in 1962; neither team advanced into the knockout stage. Bulgaria and Argentina had also met in 1986, both teams advanced to the knockout stage.

Overall

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 3 2 0 1 6 2 +46
 Bulgaria 3 2 0 1 6 3 +36
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 6 3 +36
 Greece 3 0 0 3 0 10 −100

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

Argentina vs Greece

21 June 1994
12:30 EDT
Argentina  4–0  Greece
Batistuta  2', 44', 90' (pen.)
Maradona  60' 		Report
Argentina
Greece
GK 12Luis Islas
DF 3 José Chamot
DF 4 Roberto Néstor Sensini
MF 5 Fernando Redondo
DF 6 Oscar Ruggeri
FW 7 Claudio Caniggia
FW 9 Gabriel Batistuta
MF 10Diego Maradona (c)  83'
DF 13Fernando Cáceres  40'
MF 14Diego Simeone
FW 19Abel Balbo  80'
Substitutions:
MF 21Alejandro Mancuso  80'
FW 17Ariel Ortega  83'
Manager:
Alfio Basile
GK 1 Antonis Minou
DF 2 Stratos Apostolakis
DF 3 Thanasis Kolitsidakis
DF 4 Stelios Manolas  55'
DF 5 Ioannis Kalitzakis
MF 6 Giotis Tsalouchidis  25'
FW 7 Dimitris Saravakos (c)
MF 8 Nikos Nioplias
FW 9 Nikos Machlas  59'
MF 11Nikos Tsiantakis  45'
MF 19Savvas Kofidis
Substitutions:
MF 12Spiros Marangos  45'
MF 10Tasos Mitropoulos  59'
Manager:
Alketas Panagoulias

Assistant referees:
Park Hae-Yong (Korean Republic)
Jan Dolstra (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

Nigeria vs Bulgaria

21 June 1994
18:30 CDT
Nigeria  3–0  Bulgaria
Yekini  21'
Amokachi  43'
Amuneke  55' 		Report
Cotton Bowl, Dallas
Attendance: 44,132
Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)
Nigeria
Bulgaria
GK 1 Peter Rufai (c)
DF 2 Augustine Eguavoen
DF 3 Benedict Iroha
DF 5 Uche Okechukwu
DF 6 Chidi Nwanu
MF 7 Finidi George  77'
FW 9 Rashidi Yekini
MF 11Emmanuel Amuneke  73'
FW 12Samson Siasia  69'
FW 14Daniel Amokachi
MF 15Sunday Oliseh
Substitutions:
MF 21Mutiu Adepoju  69'
DF 13Emeka Ezeugo  77'
Manager:
Netherlands Clemens Westerhof
GK 1 Borislav Mikhailov (c)
RB 2 Emil Kremenliev
DF 3 Trifon Ivanov
LB 4 Tsanko Tsvetanov
DF 5 Petar Houbchev
MF 6 Zlatko Yankov
FW 7 Emil Kostadinov
FW 8 Hristo Stoichkov
MF 9 Yordan Letchkov  54'  59'
MF 11Daniel Borimirov  73'
MF 20Krasimir Balakov
Substitutions:
FW 10Nasko Sirakov  59'
FW 13Ivaylo Yordanov  73'
Manager:
Dimitar Penev

Assistant referees:
Gordon Dunster (Australia)
Eugene Brazzale (Australia)
Fourth official:
Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

Argentina vs Nigeria

25 June 1994
16:00 EDT
Argentina  2–1  Nigeria
Caniggia  21', 28' Report Siasia  8'
Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
Attendance: 54,453
Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)
Argentina
Nigeria
GK 12Luis Islas
DF 3 José Chamot
DF 4 Roberto Néstor Sensini  88'
MF 5 Fernando Redondo
DF 6 Oscar Ruggeri
FW 7 Claudio Caniggia  54'
FW 9 Gabriel Batistuta
MF 10Diego Maradona (c)
DF 13Fernando Cáceres
MF 14Diego Simeone
FW 19Abel Balbo  72'
Substitutions:
MF 21Alejandro Mancuso  72'
DF 16Hernán Díaz  88'
Manager:
Alfio Basile
GK 1 Peter Rufai (c)
DF 2 Augustine Eguavoen  20'
DF 5 Uche Okechukwu
DF 6 Chidi Nwanu
MF 7 Finidi George
FW 9 Rashidi Yekini
FW 11Emmanuel Amunike
FW 12Samson Siasia  57'
FW 14Daniel Amokachi
MF 15Sunday Oliseh  88'
DF 19Michael Emenalo  53'
Substitutions:
MF 21Mutiu Adepoju  57'
MF 10Jay-Jay Okocha  88'
Manager:
Netherlands Clemens Westerhof

Assistant referees:
Mikael Erik Everstig (Sweden)
Luc Matthys (Belgium)
Fourth official:
Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

Bulgaria vs Greece

26 June 1994
11:30 CDT
Bulgaria  4–0  Greece
Stoichkov  5' (pen.), 55' (pen.)
Letchkov  65'
Borimirov  90' 		Report
Bulgaria
Greece
GK 1 Borislav Mikhailov (c)
DF 2 Emil Kremenliev
DF 3 Trifon Ivanov  26'
DF 4 Tsanko Tsvetanov  77'
DF 5 Petar Houbchev  17'
MF 6 Zlatko Yankov  33'
FW 7 Emil Kostadinov  82'
FW 8 Hristo Stoichkov
MF 9 Yordan Letchkov
MF 10Nasko Sirakov
MF 20Krasimir Balakov
Substitutions:
DF 16Ilian Kiriakov  77'
MF 11Daniel Borimirov  84'  82'
Manager:
Dimitar Penev
GK 20Elias Atmatsidis
DF 2 Stratos Apostolakis (c)
DF 5 Ioannis Kalitzakis
MF 8 Nikos Nioplias
FW 9 Nikos Machlas
MF 12Spiros Marangos
DF 13Vaios Karagiannis  70'
FW 16Alexis Alexoudis  6'  58'
MF 17Minas Hantzidis  42'  48'
DF 18Kiriakos Karataidis
MF 19Savvas Kofidis
Substitutions:
MF 10Tasos Mitropoulos  59'  48'
FW 14Vasilis Dimitriadis  58'
Manager:
Alketas Panagoulias

Assistant referees:
Abdulla Al Ghattan (Bahrain)
Raimundo Calix Garcia (Honduras)
Fourth official:
Arturo Angeles (United States)

Argentina vs Bulgaria

30 June 1994
18:30 CDT
Argentina  0–2  Bulgaria
Report Stoichkov  61'
Sirakov  90+3'
Cotton Bowl, Dallas
Attendance: 63,998
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
Argentina
Bulgaria
GK 12Luis Islas
DF 3 José Chamot
MF 5 Fernando Redondo
DF 6 Oscar Ruggeri (c)  34'
FW 7 Claudio Caniggia  26'
FW 9 Gabriel Batistuta  81'
DF 13Fernando Cáceres
MF 14Diego Simeone
DF 16Hernán Díaz
FW 19Abel Balbo
MF 20Leonardo Rodríguez  44'  67'
Substitutions:
FW 17Ariel Ortega  26'
FW 11Ramón Medina Bello  67'
Manager:
Alfio Basile
GK 1 Borislav Mikhailov (c)
RB 2 Emil Kremenliev
DF 3 Trifon Ivanov  58'
LB 4 Tsanko Tsvetanov Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 45', 67'
DF 5 Petar Houbchev
MF 6 Zlatko Yankov  24'
FW 7 Emil Kostadinov  74'
FW 8 Hristo Stoichkov  7'
MF 9 Yordan Letchkov  76'
MF 10Nasko Sirakov
MF 20Krasimir Balakov  74'
Substitutions:
DF 16Ilian Kiriakov  74'
MF 11Daniel Borimirov  76'
Manager:
Dimitar Penev

Assistant referees:
Tapio Yli-Karro (Finland)
El Jilali Rharib (Morocco)
Fourth official:
Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

Greece vs Nigeria

30 June 1994
19:30 EDT
Greece  0–2  Nigeria
Report George  45'
Amokachi  90'
Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
Attendance: 53,001
Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)
Greece
Nigeria
GK 15Christos Karkamanis
DF 5 Ioannis Kalitzakis  41'
MF 6 Giotis Tsalouchidis
MF 8 Nikos Nioplias
FW 9 Nikos Machlas  80'
MF 10Tasos Mitropoulos (c)  32'  72'
DF 13Vaios Karagiannis
MF 17Minas Hantzidis
MF 19Savvas Kofidis
FW 21Alekos Alexandris
DF 22Alexis Alexiou
Substitutions:
MF 11Nikos Tsiantakis  72'
FW 14Vasilis Dimitriadis  80'
Manager:
Alketas Panagoulias
GK 1 Peter Rufai
DF 4 Stephen Keshi (c)  70'
DF 5 Uche Okechukwu
DF 6 Chidi Nwanu
MF 7 Finidi George  84'
FW 9 Rashidi Yekini  69'
FW 11Emmanuel Amunike
FW 12Samson Siasia
FW 14Daniel Amokachi
MF 15Sunday Oliseh  66'
DF 19Michael Emenalo
Substitutions:
MF 10Jay-Jay Okocha  69'
MF 21Mutiu Adepoju  84'
Manager:
Netherlands Clemens Westerhof

Assistant referees:
Park Hae-Yong (Korean Republic)
Paulo Jorge Alves (Brazil)
Fourth official:
José Torres Cadena (Colombia)

References

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