1995 King Fahd Cup Group B

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Group B of the 1995 King Fahd Cup took place between 6 and 10 January 1995. Argentina won the group on goal difference, and advanced to the final, while Nigeria finished second and advanced to third-place playoff. Japan failed to advance. [1]

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Standings

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 211051+44
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 211030+34
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 20021870

Results

Japan v Nigeria

Japan  Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg0–3Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Report Amunike Soccerball shade.svg4'
Adepoju Soccerball shade.svg55'
Amokachi Soccerball shade.svg65'
King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)
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Japan
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Nigeria
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JAPAN:
GK1 Shigetatsu Matsunaga
DF2 Yoshihiro Natsuka
DF3 Satoshi Tsunami Yellow card.svg
DF4 Masami Ihara
DF7 Takumi Horiike
MF5 Tetsuji Hashiratani
MF8 Tsuyoshi Kitazawa Sub off.svg 73'
MF10 Ruy Ramos Sub off.svg 46'
MF15 Motohiro Yamaguchi
FW9 Toshihiro Yamaguchi Yellow card.svg
FW11 Kazuyoshi Miura
Substitutions:
MF14 Hiromitsu Isogai Sub on.svg 46'
FW16 Masahiro Fukuda Sub on.svg 73'
Manager:
Shu Kamo
Flag of Nigeria.svg
NIGERIA:
GK1 Peter Rufai
DF2 Augustine Eguavoen
DF3 Benedict Iroha
DF5 Uche Okechukwu
DF20 Uche Okafor
MF8 Mutiu Adepoju
MF11 Emmanuel Amunike
MF13 Sunday Oliseh
FW12 Samson Siasia Sub off.svg 83'
FW14 Daniel Amokachi
FW18 Efan Ekoku Sub off.svg 62'
Substitutions:
MF10 Jay-Jay Okocha Yellow card.svgSub on.svg 62'
MF6 Momodu Mutairu Sub on.svg 83'
Manager:
Shuaibu Amodu

Japan v Argentina

Japan  Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg1–5Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Miura Soccerball shade.svg57' Report Rambert Soccerball shade.svg31'
Ortega Soccerball shade.svg45'
Batistuta Soccerball shade.svg47', 86'
Chamot Soccerball shade.svg54'
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Japan
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Argentina
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg
JAPAN:
GK1 Shigetatsu Matsunaga
DF2 Yoshihiro Natsuka
DF3 Satoshi Tsunami Yellow card.svg 10'
DF4 Masami Ihara
DF7 Takumi Horiike Sub off.svg 62'
MF5 Tetsuji Hashiratani
MF9 Toshihiro Yamaguchi Sub off.svg 51'
MF14 Hiromitsu Isogai
MF15 Motohiro Yamaguchi
FW11 Kazuyoshi Miura
FW16 Masahiro Fukuda
Substitutions:
MF8 Tsuyoshi Kitazawa Sub on.svg 51'
DF18 Hiroshige Yanagimoto Sub on.svg 62'
Manager:
Shu Kamo
Flag of Argentina.svg
ARGENTINA:
GK1 Carlos Bossio
DF2 Roberto Ayala
DF3 José Chamot
DF4 Javier Zanetti
DF6 Néstor Fabbri
MF5 Hugo Pérez
MF7 Ariel Ortega Sub off.svg 67'
MF8 Alejandro Escudero  Yellow card.svg 35'Sub off.svg 55'
MF20 Christian Bassedas
FW9 Gabriel Batistuta
FW11 Pascual Rambert Yellow card.svg 26'
Substitutions:
MF18 Gustavo López Sub on.svg 55'
MF17 Marcelo Gallardo Sub on.svg 67'
Manager:
Daniel Passarella

Nigeria v Argentina

Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg0–0Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Report
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Nigeria
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Argentina
Flag of Nigeria.svg
NIGERIA:
GK1 Peter Rufai
DF2 Augustine Eguavoen
DF3 Benedict Iroha Yellow card.svg 80'
DF5 Uche Okechukwu
DF20 Uche Okafor
MF8 Mutiu Adepoju
MF10 Jay-Jay Okocha Sub off.svg 51'
MF11 Emmanuel Amunike Yellow card.svg 77'
FW12 Samson Siasia
FW14 Daniel Amokachi
FW18 Efan Ekoku Sub off.svg 76'
Substitutions:
MF17 Sam Pam Sub on.svg 51'
MF6 Momodu Mutairu Sub on.svg 76'
Manager:
Shuaibu Amodu
Flag of Argentina.svg
ARGENTINA:
GK1 Carlos Bossio
DF2 Roberto Ayala Yellow card.svg 64'
DF3 José Chamot
DF4 Javier Zanetti
DF6 Néstor Fabbri
MF5 Hugo Pérez Yellow card.svg 30'
MF7 Ariel Ortega
MF8 Alejandro Escudero
MF20 Christian Bassedas
FW9 Gabriel Batistuta
FW11 Pascual Rambert
Substitutions:
Manager:
Daniel Passarella

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