Football World Cup 1994 / Ireland

This article covers the Irish national football team at the 1994 World Cup . It was Ireland's second participation in the finals of a football World Cup.

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Spain	27: 04	19th
2	Ireland	19: 06	18th
3	Denmark	15: 02	18th
4th	Northern Ireland	14:13	13
5	Lithuania	08:21	7th
6th	Latvia	04:21	5
7th	Albania	06:26	4th

Ireland	-	Albania	2-0
Ireland	-	Latvia	4-0
Denmark	-	Ireland	0-0
Spain	-	Ireland	0-0
Ireland	-	Northern Ireland	3-0
Ireland	-	Denmark	1: 1
Albania	-	Ireland	1: 2
Latvia	-	Ireland	0: 2
Lithuania	-	Ireland	0: 1
Ireland	-	Lithuania	2-0
Ireland	-	Spain	1: 3
Northern Ireland	-	Ireland	1: 1

Irish contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Pat Bonner	Celtic Glasgow	May 24, 1960	4th	0	0	0
22nd	Alan Kelly	Sheffield United	08/11/1968	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Denis Irwin	Manchester United	10/31/1965	2	0	2	0
3	Terry Phelan	Manchester City	March 16, 1967	3	0	2	0
4th	Kevin Moran	Blackburn Rovers	04/29/1956	0	0	0	0
5	Paul McGrath	Aston Villa	December 4th, 1959	4th	0	0	0
11	Steve Staunton	Aston Villa	01/19/1969	4th	0	0	0
12	Gary Kelly	Leeds United	07/09/1974	2	0	1	0
13	Alan Kernaghan	Manchester City	04/25/1967	0	0	0	0
14th	Phil Babb	Coventry City	11/30/1970	4th	0	0	0
midfield player
6th	Roy Keane	Manchester United	08/10/1971	4th	0	1	0
7th	Andy Townsend	Aston Villa	07/23/1963	4th	0	0	0
8th	Ray Houghton	Aston Villa	01/09/1962	4th	1	1	0
10	John Sheridan	Sheffield Wednesday	10/01/1964	4th	0	0	0
17th	Eddie McGoldrick	Arsenal FC	04/30/1965	0	0	0	0
18th	Ronnie Whelan	Liverpool FC	09/25/1961	1	0	0	0
19th	Alan McLoughlin	Portsmouth FC	04/20/1967	0	0	0	0
21st	Jason McAteer	Bolton Wanderers	06/18/1971	4th	0	0	0
striker
9	John Aldridge	Tranmere Rovers	09/18/1958	3	1	0	0
15th	Tommy Coyne	Motherwell FC	11/14/1962	3	0	1	0
16	Tony Cascarino	Chelsea FC	09/01/1962	1	0	0	0
20th	David Kelly	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11/25/1965	1	0	0	0
Trainer
	Jack Charlton		05/08/1935

Irish team games

Preliminary round

→ Main article : Football World Cup 1994 / Group E

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mexico	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
2.	Ireland	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
3.	Italy	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
4th	Norway	3	1	1	1	001: 100	± 0	04th

Sat June 18, 1994 at 4:00 p.m. in East Rutherford
Italy	-	Ireland	0: 1 (0: 1)
Fri. June 24, 1994, 12:30 p.m. in Orlando
Mexico	-	Ireland	2: 1 (1: 0)
Tue June 28, 1994 at 12:30 p.m. in East Rutherford
Ireland	-	Norway	0-0

In Ireland's Group E, Italy were the favorites. Italy's defeat in the first game against Ireland (0-1) was an immediate surprise. In the further course of the encounters, the teams, which included Norway and Mexico, neutralized each other, with each team earning a win, a draw and a defeat. The four finished the group tied, with Norway finishing fourth due to fewer goals scored and eliminated. Mexico won the group ahead of Ireland and Italy, which meant the three teams made it to the round of 16.

Round of 16

Mon. July 4, 1994 in Orlando
Netherlands	-	Ireland	2: 0 (2: 0)

In the round of 16, Dennis Bergkamp (10th) and Wim Jonk (40th) were the goalscorers for the Netherlands against Ireland. The defensively strong Irish managed no goal on the offensive. So the favorite won.