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1995 King Fahd Cup
كأس الملك فهد 1995
Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
City	Riyadh
Dates	6–13 January
Teams	6 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark (1st title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Mexico
Fourth place	Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	19 (2.38 per match)
Attendance	165,000 (20,625 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Luis García (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Brian Laudrup
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The 1995 King Fahd Cup (Arabic: كأس الملك فهد) was the second and last tournament held under the King Fahd Cup name before the competition was retroactively sanctioned by FIFA and recognized as FIFA Confederations Cup. Disputed as the King Fahd Cup, in honor of the then Saudi ruler who organized the tournament with his country's federation (thus in the form of an unofficial tournament),^[2] it was hosted by Saudi Arabia in January 1995. It was won by Denmark, who beat defending champions Argentina 2–0 in the final.^[3]

Qualified teams

Team	Confederation	Qualification method	Date qualification secured	Participation no.
Saudi Arabia	AFC	Hosts	—	2nd
Denmark	UEFA	UEFA Euro 1992 winners	26 June 1992	1st
Japan	AFC	1992 AFC Asian Cup winners	8 November 1992	1st
Argentina	CONMEBOL	1993 Copa América winners	4 July 1993	2nd
Mexico	CONCACAF	1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners	25 July 1993	1st
Nigeria	CAF	1994 African Cup of Nations winners	10 April 1994	1st

Venue

All matches were played at the 67,000-capacity King Fahd II Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Match referees

Africa

Lim Kee Chong

Asia

Ali Bujsaim

Europe

Ion Crăciunescu

North America, Central America and Caribbean

Rodrigo Badilla

South America

Salvador Imperatore

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Mexico	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Saudi Arabia	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

6 January 1995

18:15 AST

Saudi Arabia	0–2	Mexico
	Report	L. García 65', 82'

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Salvador Imperatore (Chile)

8 January 1995

18:15 AST

Saudi Arabia	0–2	Denmark
	Report	B. Laudrup 43' Wieghorst 90'

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

10 January 1995

18:15 AST

Denmark	1–1	Mexico
Rasmussen 48'	Report	L. García 25'
Penalties
Schjønberg M. Laudrup J. Høgh Rieper	4–2	Suárez Bernal Del Olmo L. García

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Salvador Imperatore (Chile)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	4
Nigeria	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	4
Japan	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

6 January 1995

01:00 AST

Japan	0–3	Nigeria
	Report	Siasia 4' Adepoju 55' Amokachi 65'

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)

8 January 1995

20:00 AST

Japan	1–5	Argentina
Miura 57'	Report	Rambert 31' Ortega 45' Batistuta 47', 86' (pen.) Chamot 54'

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)

10 January 1995

01:00 AST

Nigeria	0–0	Argentina
	Report

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

Third place play-off

13 January 1995

18:00 AST

Mexico	1–1^[4]	Nigeria
Ramírez 20'	Report	Amokachi 31'
Penalties
García Aspe García Galindo Hermosillo Suárez	5–4	Okocha Adepoju Eguavoen Iroha Amunike

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)

Mexico

Nigeria


GK	1	Jorge Campos	79'
DF	2	Claudio Suárez
DF	4	Ignacio Ambríz		89'
DF	21	Raúl Gutiérrez
MF	5	Ramón Ramírez
MF	6	Marcelino Bernal	83'
MF	8	Alberto García Aspe	15'
MF	9	Jorge Rodríguez
MF	14	Joaquín del Olmo	23'
FW	7	Carlos Hermosillo
FW	10	Luis García	1'
Substitutions:
MF	17	Benjamín Galindo		89'
Manager:
Miguel Mejía Barón


GK	1	Peter Rufai
DF	2	Augustine Eguavoen	22'
DF	3	Benedict Iroha	47'
DF	5	Uche Okechukwu
DF	20	Uche Okafor
MF	8	Mutiu Adepoju
MF	10	Jay-Jay Okocha
MF	11	Emmanuel Amunike
FW	9	Dominic Iorfa		73'
FW	12	Samson Siasia
FW	14	Daniel Amokachi
Substitutions:
MF	7	Barnabas Imenger	80'	73'
Manager:
Shuaibu Amodu

Final

The 1995 King Fahd Cup Final was held at King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 13 January 1995. The match was contested by Denmark and the title holders, Argentina. Denmark won their first King Fahd Cup/Confederations Cup title.

13 January 1995

20:15 AST

Denmark	2–0	Argentina
M. Laudrup 8' (pen.) Rasmussen 75'	Report

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

Statistics

Goalscorers

With three goals, Luis García was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 19 goals were scored by 14 different players, with none of them credited as an own goal.

3 goals

Luis García

2 goals

1 goal

Tournament ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	Denmark	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Champions
2	B	Argentina	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4	Runners-up
3	A	Mexico	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5	Third place
4	B	Nigeria	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5	Fourth place

5	A	Saudi Arabia (H)	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0	Eliminated in group stage
6	B	Japan	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0	Eliminated in group stage

Source: FIFA^[5]
(H) Hosts

References

^ [1] Archived 2016-01-12 at the Wayback Machine; at RSSSF
^ For FIFA statute, official competitions are those for representative teams organized by FIFA or any confederation. Representative teams are usually national teams but also club teams that represent a confederation in the interconfederal competitions or a member association in a continental competition cfr. "FIFA Statutes, April 2016 edition" (PDF). p. 5. cfr. "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018: Statistical-kit" (PDF). 10 December 2018. p. 13. cfr. "2018/19 UEFA Champions League regulations" (PDF). p. 10.
^ "FIFA Confederations Cup-Part 1995 King Fahd Cup". Soccer Nostalgia. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
^ "1995 Mexic Nigeria". YouTube. 23 January 2021.
^ "Statistical Kit: FIFA Confederations Cup (FCC 2017 post-event edition) – Ranking by tournament" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 10 July 2017. p. 21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.