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
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.