Football World Cup 1994 / Colombia
This article covers the Colombian national football team at the 1994 World Cup .
qualification
rank | country | Gates | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Colombia | 13: 2 | 10 |
2 | Argentina | 7: 9 | 7th |
3 | Paraguay | 6: 7 | 6th |
4th | Peru | 4:12 | 1 |
Colombian contingent
No. | Surname | Club before the start of the World Cup | birthday | Games | Gates | ||
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goalkeeper | |||||||
1 | Óscar Cordoba | America de Cali | 02.03.1970 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Faryd Mondragón | Argentinos Juniors | 06/21/1971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22nd | José Maria Pazo | Atlético Junior | 04/04/1964 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defender | |||||||
2 | Andrés Escobar | Atlético Nacional | March 13, 1967 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Alexis Mendoza | Atlético Junior | 11/08/1961 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4th | Luis Herrera | Atlético Nacional | 06/12/1962 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
13 | Néstor Ortiz | Once Caldas | 09/20/1968 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15th | Luis Carlos Perea | Atlético Junior | December 29, 1963 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18th | Óscar Cortés | Millonarios FC | December 31, 1970 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20th | Wilson Perez | America de Cali | 08/09/1967 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
midfield player | |||||||
5 | Hernán Gaviria | Atlético Nacional | 11/27/1969 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
6th | Gabriel Gomez | Atlético Nacional | December 8, 1959 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8th | John Harold Lozano | America de Cali | 03/30/1972 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Carlos Valderrama | Atlético Junior | 09/02/1961 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
14th | Leonel Álvarez | America de Cali | 07/29/1965 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
17th | Mauricio Serna | Atlético Nacional | 01/22/1968 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19th | Freddy Rincon | Palmeiras São Paulo | 08/14/1966 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
striker | |||||||
7th | Antony de Ávila | America de Cali | December 21, 1962 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
9 | Iván Valenciano | Atlético Junior | 03/18/1972 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Adolfo Valencia | FC Bayern Munich | 02/06/1968 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Víctor Aristizábal | Atlético Nacional | December 9, 1971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21st | Faustino Asprilla | AC Parma | 11/10/1969 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trainer | |||||||
Francisco Maturana | 02/15/1949 |
Games
rank | country | Gates | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Romania | 5: 5 | 6th |
2 | Switzerland | 5: 4 | 4th |
3 | United States | 3: 3 | 4th |
4th | Colombia | 4: 5 | 3 |
Colombia played in Group A against Romania , the USA and Switzerland . The first game against Romania on June 18, 1994 in Los Angeles lost Colombia 1: 3 (goal: Adolfo Valencia ). The second game against the USA on June 22, 1994 in Los Angeles lost Colombia 1: 2 (goal Adolfo Valencia). Andrés Escobar scored the first goal for the USA by an own goal. The third game against Switzerland on June 26, 1994 in San Francisco won Colombia 2-0 with goals from Herman Gaviria and Harold Lozano. With 3 points, Colombia was eliminated as the bottom of the table after the preliminary round.
Assassination of Andrés Escobar
The World Cup had tragic aftermath for the Colombians when the defender and own-goal scorer against the USA, Andrés Escobar , was shot dead on the street after returning to his homeland.