1997 FIFA Confederations Cup / Games

This page contains all the games of the FIFA Könföderationen Cup 1997 in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia with statistical details.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	2	1	0	006: 200	+4	07th
2.	Australia	3	1	1	1	003: 200	+1	04th
3.	Mexico	3	1	0	2	008: 600	+2	03
4th	Saudi Arabia	3	1	0	2	001: 800	−7	03

Saudi Arabia - Brazil 0: 3 (0: 0)

Saudi Arabia		Brazil
	Friday, December 12, 1997 at 4:15 p.m. in Riyadh ( König-Fahd-Stadion ) Spectators: 50,000 Referee: Nikolai Levnikow ( Russia )
	Mohammed al-Deayea - Mohammed al-Jahani , Mohamed al-Khilaiwi , Abdullah Zubromawi , Ibrahim al-Harbi - Hussein Suleimani , Khalid al-Muwallid , Khamis al-Dosari , Sami al-Jaber - Said al-Uwairan (44th Khalid al -Temawi ), Fahad Mehalel (63rd Ibrahim al-Shahrani ) Coach: Otto Pfister ( Germany )	Dida - Cafu (75th Zé Maria ), Aldair , Júnior Baiano , Zé Roberto - Leonardo (72nd Juninho Paulista ), César Sampaio , Flávio Conceição , Denilson (73rd Rivaldo ) - Ronaldo , Romário Coach: Mário Zagallo
		0: 1 César Sampaio (65.) 0: 2 Romário (73.) 0: 3 Romário (80.)
	Abdullah Sulaiman Zubromawi (28th)	Cafu (72nd)
	Abdullah Sulaiman Zubromawi (64.)

Mexico - Australia 1: 3 (0: 1)

Mexico		Australia
	Friday, December 12, 1997 at 7:00 p.m. in Riyadh ( König-Fahd-Stadion ) Spectators: 15,000 Referee: Pirom Anprasert ( Thailand )
	Oswaldo Sánchez - Claudio Suárez , José Francisco Gabriel (63rd Luis Hernández ), Raúl Lara , Braulio Luna - Ramón Ramírez , Pável Pardo , Isaac Terrazas (66th Salvador Carmona ), José Manuel Abundis - Paulo César Chávez (46th Luis García ) , Cuauhtémoc Blanco Coach: Manuel Lapuente	Zeljko Kalac - Steve Horvat , Stan Lazaridis , Alex Tobin , Ned Zelic - Robert Slater (78th Ernie Tapai ), Craig Foster , Mark Viduka (73rd Damian Mori ), Aurelio Vidmar (46th Robbie Hooker ) - Tony Vidmar , John Aloisi Coach: Terry Venables ( England )
	1: 2 Luis Hernández (80.)	0: 1 Mark Viduka (45.) 0: 2 John Aloisi (59.) 1: 3 Damian Mori (90.)
		Ned Zelic (64th), Robbie Slater (77th), Zeljko Kalac (80th)

Saudi Arabia - Mexico 0: 5 (0: 1)

Saudi Arabia		Mexico
	Sunday, December 14, 1997 at 5:50 p.m. in Riyadh ( King Fahd Stadium ) Spectators: 15,000 Referee: Ian McLeod ( South Africa )
	Mohammed al-Deayea - Mohammed al-Jahani , Mohamed al-Khilaiwi , Hussein Suleimani , Mohammed al-Sahafi - Ibrahim al-Harbi , Khalid al-Muwallid , Khamis al-Dosari , Sami al-Jaber - Said al-Uwairan (45. Khalid al-Temawi ), Fahad Mehalel Trainer: Otto Pfister ( Germany )	Oswaldo Sánchez - Claudio Suárez , Germán Villa , Duilio Davino , Raúl Lara (56th Markus López ) - Braulio Luna (46th Luis Hernández ), Pável Pardo , Francisco Palencia , Salvador Carmona - Paulo César Chávez , Cuauhtémoc Blanco Trainer: Manuel Lapuente
		0: 1 Francisco Palencia (20th) 0: 2 Francisco Palencia (62nd) 0: 3 Cuauhtémoc Blanco (68th) 0: 4 Braulio Luna (75th) 0: 5 Cuauhtémoc Blanco (76th)
	Khamis al-Dossari (48.), Khalid al-Muwallid (51.)	Germán Villa (79th), Duilio Davino (88th)

Australia 0-0 Brazil

Australia		Brazil
	Sunday, December 14, 1997 at 8:00 p.m. in Riyadh ( König-Fahd-Stadion ) Spectators: 15,000 Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau ( Niger )
	Mark Bosnich - Steve Horvat , Stan Lazaridis , Milan Ivanović , Alex Tobin - Ned Zelic , Craig Foster , Mark Viduka (90th Matthew Bingley ), Aurelio Vidmar (60th Ernie Tapai ) - Tony Vidmar , John Aloisi (70th Damian Mori ) Coach: Terry Venables ( England )	Dida - Zé Maria , Aldair , Júnior Baiano , Roberto Carlos - Leonardo , Flávio Conceição , César Sampaio (88th Doriva ), Rivaldo (64th Denilson ) - Bebeto , Ronaldo Coach: Mário Zagallo
	Steve Horvat (45), Damian Mori (77.)	Bebeto (27th), Rivaldo (38th)

Saudi Arabia - Australia 1: 0 (1: 0)

Saudi Arabia		Australia
	Tuesday, December 16, 1997 at 5:50 p.m. in Riyadh ( King Fahd Stadium ) Spectators: 20,000 Referee: Javier Castrilli ( Argentina )
	Mohammed al-Deayea - Mohamed al-Khilaiwi , Abdullah Sulaiman Zubromawi , Ahmad Al-Dokhi Al-Dossari , Hussein Suleimani - Ibrahim al-Harbi , Khalid al-Muwallid (77th Khalid al-Temawi ), Khamis al-Dosari , Sami al -Jaber - Said al-Uwairan (90th Khamis al-Zahrani ), Fahad Mehalel (67th Obaid al-Dosari ) Trainer: Otto Pfister ( Germany )	Mark Bosnich - Steve Horvat , Stan Lazaridis , Milan Ivanović , Alex Tobin - Ned Zelic , Robert Slater , Craig Foster , Josip Skoko (74th Aurelio Vidmar ) - Damian Mori (66th Harry Kewell ), John Aloisi (66th Mark Viduka ) Coach: Terry Venables ( England )
	1: 0 Mohamed al-Khilaiwi (40th)
	Mohamed al-Khilaiwi (50th)	Steve Horvat (42nd), Milan Ivanović (85th)

Brazil - Mexico 3: 2 (1: 0)

Brazil		Mexico
	Tuesday, December 16, 1997 at 8:00 p.m. in Riyadh ( King Fahd Stadium ) Spectators: 20,000 Referee: Ian McLeod ( South Africa ) (46th Pirom Anprasert ( Thailand ))
	Dida (82nd Rogério Ceni ) - Zé Maria , Aldair , Júnior Baiano , Roberto Carlos - Juninho Paulista , Carlos Dunga , Flávio Conceição , Denilson - Ronaldo (46th Bebeto ), Romário Coach: Mário Zagallo	Óscar Pérez Rojas - Claudio Suárez , José Francisco Gabriel (61st Luis García ), Duilio Davino , Raúl Lara - Braulio Luna (46th Ramón Ramírez ), Pável Pardo , Francisco Palencia , Salvador Carmona - Luis Hernández , Cuauhtémoc Blanco Trainer: Manuel Lapuente
	1-0 Romário (41st, Penalty) 2-1 Denilson (61st) 3-1 Júnior Baiano (66th)	1: 1 Cuauhtémoc Blanco (51.) 3: 2 Ramón Ramírez (90.)
	Dunga (45th)	Cuauhtémoc Blanco (41st)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Uruguay	3	3	0	0	008: 400	+4	09
2.	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	009: 500	+4	04th
3.	UAE	3	1	0	2	002: 800	−6	03
4th	South Africa	3	0	1	2	005: 700	−2	01

United Arab Emirates - Uruguay 0: 2 (0: 1)

United Arab Emirates		Uruguay
	Saturday, December 13, 1997 at 5:15 p.m. in Riyadh ( König-Fahd-Stadion ) Spectators: 13,000 Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan ( Trinidad and Tobago )
	Mushin Musabbeh Faraj - Hassan Suhail Mubarak , Ismail Rashid Ismail Marzooq , Abdulsalam Juma al-Janoubi (84th Abdulla Munther ), Mohamed Ali Kasla (73rd Adnan al-Talyani ) - Saad Bakheet Mubarak , Mohamed Ahmed Adel , Yaser Salem Ali (73rd . Khamees Saad Mubarak ), Ahmed Hassan Saeed - Ali Hassan Gholam , Mohamed Obaid al-Zahiri Coach: Milan Máčala ( Czech Republic )	Claudio Flores - Diego Lopez , Paolo Montero , , Gustavo Mendez , Gonzalo de los Santos - Edgardo Adinolfi , Pablo García , Liber Vespa (89 ' Pablo Hernández ), Marcelo Zalayeta - Nicolás Olivera (75. Antonio Pacheco ), Alvaro Recoba (54th Darío Silva ) Coach: Víctor Púa
		0: 1 Nicolás Olivera (47.) 0: 2 Antonio Pacheco (92.)
	Mohamed Ahmed Adel (28th)

South Africa - Czech Republic 2: 2 (1: 2)

South Africa		Czech Republic
	Saturday, December 13, 1997 at 8:00 p.m. in Riyadh ( König-Fahd-Stadion ) Spectators: 11,000 Referee: Javier Castrilli ( Argentina )
	Andre Arendse - Sizwe Motaung , Willem Jackson , Mark Fish , Doctor Khumalo (37th Dumisa Ngobe ) - John Moshoeu , Helman Mkhalele , Brendan Augustine (74th Mark Williams ), John Moeti - Phil Masinga , Neil Tovey Trainer: Clive Barker	Pavel Srníček - Michal Horňák , Karel Rada , Petr Vlcek - Radek Bejbl - Edvard Lasota , Zdeněk Svoboda , Jiri Nemec , Pavel Nedvěd - Pavel Kuka (90. Radek Slončík ), Vladimír Šmicer (83. Karel Poborský ) Coach: Dušan Uhrin
	1: 1 Brendan Augustine (39th) 2: 2 Helman Mkhalele (86th)	0: 1 Vladimír Šmicer (19th) 1: 2 Vladimír Šmicer (40.)
	Phil Masinga (45th)	Petr Vlček (9), Jiří Němec (75.)
		Jiří Němec (82nd)

United Arab Emirates - South Africa 1: 0 (1: 0)

United Arab Emirates		South Africa
	Monday, December 15, 1997 at 5:50 p.m. in Riyadh ( King Fahd Stadium ) Spectators: 11,000 Referee: René Ortubé ( Bolivia )
	Mushin Musabbeh Faraj - Hassan Suhail Mubarak , Ismail Rashid Ismail Marzooq , Saad Bakheet Mubarak , Mohamed Ahmed Adel - Adnan al-Talyani (70th Khamees Saad Mubarak ), Yaser Salem Ali , Mohamed Ali Kasla (70th Abdulsalam al-Janoubi ), Ahmed Hassan Saeed - Ali Hassan Gholam (81st Abdulla Munther ), Mohamed Obaid al-Zahiri Coach: Milan Máčala ( Czech Republic )	Andre Arendse - Sizwe Motaung , Willem Jackson (46th David Nyathi ), Mark Fish , Phil Masinga - Dumisa Ngobe , Neil Tovey , John Moshoeu , Helman Mkhalele - Brendan Augustine (75th Mark Williams ), John Moeti (82nd Pollen Ndlanya ) Trainer: Clive Barker
	1-0 Hassan Suhail Mubarak (5th)
	Mohamed Obaid al-Zahiri (44.), Mushin Musabbeh Faraj (81.)

Czech Republic - Uruguay 1: 2 (0: 1)

Czech Republic		Uruguay
	Monday, December 15, 1997 at 8:00 p.m. in Riyadh ( King Fahd Stadium ) Spectators: 9,000 Referee: Saad Mane ( Kuwait )
	Pavel Srníček - Michal Horňák (70th Luboš Kozel ), Karel Rada , Petr Vlček - Edvard Lasota (46th Martin Frýdek ), Zdeněk Svoboda , Radek Bejbl , Pavel Nedvěd - Karel Poborský - Pavel Kukír (60th Horst Siegl ), Vladerim Šmic Trainer: Dušan Uhrin	Claudio Flores - Diego López , Paolo Montero , Gustavo Méndez , Gonzalo de los Santos - Edgardo Adinolfi , Pablo García , Liber Vespa (87th Pablo Hernández ), Marcelo Zalayeta - Nicolás Olivera (65th Álvaro Recoba ), Darío Silva (77th Christian Callejas ) Coach: Víctor Púa
	1: 2 Horst Siegl (89.)	0-1 Nicolás Olivera (26th) 0-2 Marcelo Zalayeta (88th)
	Michal Horňák (19th), Karel Rada (43rd), Zdeněk Svoboda (72nd), Pavel Nedvěd (88th)	Paolo Montero (22nd), Gustavo Méndez (45th), Gonzalo de los Santos (49th), Edgardo Adinolfi (54th), Marcelo Zalayeta (69th), Darío Silva (69th)
	Karel Poborský (40th)

United Arab Emirates - Czech Republic 1: 6 (0: 4)

United Arab Emirates		Czech Republic
	Wednesday, December 17, 1997 at 5:50 p.m. in Riyadh ( King Fahd Stadium ) Spectators: 8,000 Referee: René Ortubé ( Bolivia )
	Mushin Musabbeh Faraj - Hassan Suhail Mubarak , Ismail Rashid Ismail Marzooq , Saad Bakheet Mubarak , Mohamed Ahmed Adel (58th Abdulla Munther ) - Adnan al-Talyani , Yaser Salem Ali (46th Khamees Saad Mubarak ), Mohamed Ali Kasla , Ahmed Hassan Saeed - Ali Hassan Gholam , Mohamed Obaid al-Zahiri (46th Abdulsalam al-Janoubi ) Coach: Milan Máčala ( Czech Republic )	Pavel Srníček - Michal Horňák (65th Edvard Lasota ), Karel Rada , Petr Vlcek - Radek Bejbl - Vladimír Šmicer (75. Ivo Ulich ), Zdeněk Svoboda , Jiri Nemec , Pavel Nedvěd - Pavel Kuka , Horst Siegl (82. Vratislav Lokvenc ) Trainer: Dušan Uhrin
	1: 6 Adnan al-Talyani (78th)	0: 1 Mohamed Obaid al-Zahiri (11th own goal) 0: 2 Pavel Nedvěd (22nd) 0: 3 Pavel Nedvěd (31st) 0: 4 Vladimír Šmicer (42nd) 0: 5 Vladimír Šmicer (68th) 0 : 6 Vladimír Šmicer (71.)
	Mohamed Ahmed Adel (8th), Ismail Rashid Ismail Marzooq (23rd), Abdulla Munther (84th)	Jiří Němec (21.)

Uruguay - South Africa 4: 3 (2: 1)

Uruguay		South Africa
	Wednesday, December 17, 1997 at 8:00 p.m. in Riyadh ( King Fahd Stadium ) Spectators: 8,000 Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan ( Trinidad and Tobago )
	Carlos Nicola - Diego López (69th Gonzalo de los Santos ), Pablo Hernández , Carlos Díaz , César Pellegrín - Fabián Coelho (79th Liber Vespa ), Christian Callejas , Martín Rivas , Antonio Pacheco (79th Pablo García ) - Álvaro Recoba , Darío Silva Coach: Víctor Púa	Brian Baloyi - Sizwe Motaung (46th Willem Jackson ), David Nyathi , Mark Fish , Phil Masinga - John Moshoeu (77th Jabulani Mnguni ), Helman Mkhalele , Mark Williams (70th Pollen Ndlanya ), John Moeti - Lucas Radebe , Eric Tinkler Trainer: Clive Barker
	1: 1 Darío Silva (12th) 2: 1 Álvaro Recoba (42nd) 3: 1 Darío Silva (66th) 4: 3 Christian Callejas (90th)	0: 1 Lucas Radebe (11th) 3: 2 Helman Mkhalele (69th) 3: 3 Pollen Ndlanya (77th)
		John Moeti (20), Eric Tinkler (54.)

Semifinals

Brazil - Czech Republic 2: 0 (0: 0)

Brazil		Czech Republic
	Friday, December 19, 1997 at 3:15 p.m. in Riyadh ( König-Fahd-Stadion ) Spectators: 28,000 Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau ( Niger )
	Dida - Cafu , Aldair , Júnior Baiano (70th Gonçalves ), Roberto Carlos - Leonardo (46th Denilson ), Carlos Dunga , Flávio Conceição (87th César Sampaio ), Juninho Paulista - Ronaldo , Romário Coach: Mário Zagallo	Pavel Srníček - Michal Horňák (82. Karel Poborský ), Karel Rada , Petr Vlcek - Radek Bejbl (89th Luboš Kozel ) - Edvard Lasota , Zdeněk Svoboda , Jiri Nemec , Pavel Nedvěd (73. Ivo Ulich ) - Pavel Kuka , Vladimír Šmicer Trainer: Dušan Uhrin
	1-0 Romário (54th) 2-0 Ronaldo (83rd)
	Júnior Baiano (20th), Cafu (24th), Aldair (35th), Dunga (77th)	Pavel Nedvěd (7th), Petr Vlček (64), Jiří Němec (68th)

Uruguay - Australia 0-1 n.GG

Uruguay		Australia
	Friday, December 19, 1997 at 7:00 p.m. in Riyadh ( König-Fahd-Stadion ) Spectators: 22,000 Referee: Nikolai Levnikow ( Russia )
	Claudio Flores - Diego López , Paolo Montero , Gustavo Méndez , Gonzalo de los Santos - Edgardo Adinolfi , Pablo García , Liber Vespa , Marcelo Zalayeta - Nicolás Olivera , Álvaro Recoba (81st Darío Silva ) Trainer: Víctor Púa	Mark Bosnich - Kevin Muscat , Stan Lazaridis , Milan Ivanović , Alex Tobin - Ned Zelic , Craig Foster , Mark Viduka , Aurelio Vidmar (80th Josip Skoko ) - Harry Kewell , Tony Vidmar Trainer: Terry Venables ( England )
		0: 1 Harry Kewell (92nd)
	Marcelo Zalayeta (4), Gustavo Mendez (5th)	Kevin Muscat (28.)

3rd place match

Czech Republic - Uruguay 1: 0 (0: 0)

Czech Republic		Uruguay
	Sunday, December 21, 1997 at 5:50 p.m. in Riyadh ( König-Fahd-Stadion ) Spectators: 27,000 Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau ( Niger )
	Pavel Srníček - Milan Fukal , Karel Rada , Petr Vlček - Radek Bejbl (58. Edvard Lasota ) - Vladimir Smicer (78. Karel Poborský ), Zdenek Svoboda , Jiri Nemec , Pavel Nedvěd - Pavel Kuka , Vratislav Lokvenc (88. Michal Horňák ) Trainer: Dušan Uhrin	Claudio Flores - Diego López (67th Pablo Hernández ), Paolo Montero , Gustavo Méndez , Gonzalo de los Santos (46th Christian Callejas ) - Edgardo Adinolfi , Pablo García , Liber Vespa (79th Darío Silva ), Marcelo Zalayeta - Nicolás Olivera , Álvaro Recoba Trainer: Víctor Púa
	1-0 Edvard Lasota (63.)
	Zdeněk Svoboda (29th), Jiří Němec (34th), Milan Fucal (78th), Karel Poborský (83rd)	Gonzalo de los Santos (30th), Nicolás Olivera (35th), Darío Silva (90th),

final

Brazil - Australia 6: 0 (3: 0)

Brazil		Australia
	Sunday, December 21, 1997 at 9:00 p.m. in König-Fahd-Stadion ( Riyadh ) Spectators: 65,000 Referee: Pirom Anprasert ( Thailand )
	Dida - Cafu , Aldair , Júnior Baiano , Roberto Carlos - Juninho Paulista , Carlos Dunga , César Sampaio , Denílson - Ronaldo , Romário Coach: Mário Zagallo	Mark Bosnich - Steve Horvat (55th Matt Bingley ), Milan Ivanović , Alex Tobin , Tony Vidmar (31st Kevin Muscat ) - Stan Lazaridis , Ned Zelic , Craig Foster , Aurelio Vidmar (31st John Aloisi ) - Mark Viduka , Harry Kewell Coach: Terry Venables ( England )
	15 ′ 1: 0 Ronaldo 27 ′ 2: 0 Ronaldo 38 ′ 3: 0 Romário 53 ′ 4: 0 Romário 59 ′ ( penalty ) 5: 0 Ronaldo 75 ′ ( penalty ) 6: 0 Romário
	Ronaldo (72nd)
		Mark Viduka (24.)

Web links

• Official FIFA website for the 1997 Confederations Cup