1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5
The qualification matches for Group 5 of the European zone (UEFA) of the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament took place between May 1992 and November 1993.
Group 5 consisted of 6 of the 39 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Luxembourg, Russia and Yugoslavia. In October 1992, however, after their away game against Iceland and home game with Russia were both postponed, Yugoslavia was suspended by FIFA as a result of the United Nations sanctions against that country stemming from the Yugoslav wars. The remaining 5 teams competed on a home-and-away basis for 2 of the 12 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming those spots.
Note: The draw was made on 8 December 1991, at that time Yugoslavia was not yet called
FR Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia was excluded[2] due to UN sanctions in connection with the war in Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2]
During the draw Russia was known as
Soviet Union and in 1992 as
CIS, under which it competed at the UEFA Euro 1992. Following dissolution of the Soviet Union, a proposition of Ukraine to arrange a separate tournament for all successors of the Soviet Union and supported by Georgia and Armenia was blocked by Russia.[3] The final decision on succession was taken on 1 June 1992[2] at the FIFA Executive Committee meeting in Stockholm.[3]
Standings
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 14 |
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8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 12 |
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8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 |
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8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 5 |
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8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 1 |
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Suspended by FIFA[4] |
Results
Greece ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() |
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Sofianopoulos ![]() |
Report |
Luxembourg ![]() | 0 – 3 | ![]() |
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Report | Détári ![]() K. Kovács ![]() |
Iceland ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() |
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Report | P. Tsalouchidis ![]() |
Russia ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() |
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Yuran ![]() Radchenko ![]() |
Report |
Greece ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() |
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Dimitriadis ![]() Mitropoulos ![]() |
Report |
Hungary ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() |
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Report | Apostolakis ![]() |
Luxembourg ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Birgisson ![]() |
Report | Gudjohnsen ![]() |
Russia ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Dobrovolski ![]() |
Report | Mitropoulos ![]() |
Iceland ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Sverrisson ![]() |
Report | Kiriakov ![]() |
Iceland ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() |
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Sverrisson ![]() Gudjohnsen ![]() |
Report |
Iceland ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() |
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Ingólfsson ![]() |
Report |
Luxembourg ![]() | 1 – 3 | ![]() |
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Fanelli ![]() |
Report | Machlas ![]() Apostolakis ![]() Saravakos ![]() |
Hungary ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() |
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Détári ![]() |
Report |
Goalscorers
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
- 1 own goal
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Notes
- Only 37 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as defending champions and Liechtenstein withdrew before the draw was made Additionally, Yugoslavia was suspended by FIFA due to UN sanctions stemming from the Yugoslav wars.
- Yugoslavia barred from European Championships. UPI. 31 May 1992
- We hacked window to America (Прорубили окно в Америку). Komanda newspaper (by Fanat)
- "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
- https://www.magyarfutball.hu/hu/merkozesek/1992-06-03/magyarorszag-izland
- https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=9780