1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A

Last updated February 02, 2026

Group A of the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup took place from 25 to 29 July 1999 in Mexico City's Estadio Azteca.^[1] The group consisted of Bolivia, Egypt, host nation Mexico, and Saudi Arabia.^[2]

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Rankings
Draw position	Team	Pot	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	September 1998^{[nb 1]}	July 1999
A1	Mexico	–	CONCACAF	Hosts	–	3rd	1997	Third place (1995)	10	13
A2	Egypt	–	CAF	1998 African Cup of Nations winners	28 February 1998	1st	–	–	19	33
A3	Bolivia	–	CONMEBOL	1997 Copa América runners-up	23 October 1998	1st	–	–	57	72
A4	Saudi Arabia	–	AFC	1996 AFC Asian Cup winners	21 December 1996	4th	1997	Runners-up (1991)	32	48

Notes

↑ The rankings of September 1998 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico (H)	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Bolivia	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Egypt	3	0	2	1	5	9	−4	2

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

In the semi-finals:

The winners of Group A, Mexico, advanced to play the runners-up of Group B, United States.
The runners-up of Group A, Saudi Arabia, advanced to play the winners of Group B, Brazil.

Results

Bolivia vs Egypt

25 July 1999

12:00

Bolivia	2–2	Egypt
Gutiérrez 21' Ribera 40'	Report	Sabry 8' Radwan 63'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Bolivia

Egypt


GK	1	José Fernández
DF	2	Juan Manuel Peña
DF	3	Ronald Arana
DF	19	Iván Castillo
DF	20	Renny Ribera
MF	8	Rubén Tufiño
MF	14	Erwin Sánchez
MF	17	Raúl Justiniano
FW	7	Limberg Gutiérrez	71'
FW	11	Gonzalo Galindo	60'
FW	13	Joaquín Botero
Substitutions:
MF	16	Vladimir Soria	60'
MF	10	Marco Etcheverry	71'
Manager:
Héctor Veira


GK	16	Essam El-Hadary
DF	2	Ibrahim Hassan
DF	6	Medhat Abdel-Hady
DF	7	Mohamed Youssef
DF	15	Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa
MF	4	Hany Ramzy
MF	8	Yasser Radwan
MF	17	Ahmed Hassan
FW	9	Hossam Hassan	61'
FW	10	Abdel Sattar Sabry	75'
FW	14	Hazem Emam	84'
Substitutions:
FW	13	Abdul-Hamid Bassiouny	61'
FW	19	Khaled Bebo	75'
MF	12	Hady Khashaba	84'
Manager:
Mahmoud El-Gohary

Mexico vs Saudi Arabia

25 July 1999

14:30

Mexico	5–1	Saudi Arabia
Blanco 12', 19', 68', 77' Abundis 21'	Report	Al-Temyat 62' (pen.)

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Mexico

Saudi Arabia


GK	1	Jorge Campos
DF	2	Claudio Suárez
DF	4	Rafael Márquez
DF	18	Salvador Carmona
MF	6	Germán Villa
MF	8	Alberto García Aspe	65'
MF	13	Pável Pardo
MF	19	Miguel Zepeda	46'
FW	9	José Manuel Abundis
FW	10	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
FW	17	Francisco Palencia	80'
Substitutions:
MF	16	Jesús Arellano	46'
MF	20	Rafael García	65'
DF	14	Isaac Terrazas	80'
Manager:
Manuel Lapuente


GK	1	Mohamed Al-Deayea
DF	2	Mohammed Al-Jahani
DF	3	Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
DF	5	Saleh Al-Dawod
DF	13	Hussein Abdulghani
DF	20	Mohsin Harthi
MF	6	Ibrahim Al-Harbi
MF	7	Ibrahim Al-Shahrani	84'
MF	15	Fahad Al-Subaie
FW	18	Nawaf Al-Temyat	84'
FW	19	Hamzah Idris
Substitutions:
FW	14	Abdullah Bin Shehan	84'
DF	17	Abdullah Al-Waked	84'
Manager:
Milan Máčala

Saudi Arabia vs Bolivia

27 July 1999

18:00

Saudi Arabia	0–0	Bolivia
	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Brian Hall (United States)

Saudi Arabia

Bolivia


GK	1	Mohamed Al-Deayea
DF	2	Mohammed Al-Jahani		66'
DF	3	Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
DF	5	Saleh Al-Dawod	57'
DF	13	Hussein Abdulghani
DF	20	Mohsin Harthi
MF	6	Ibrahim Al-Harbi
MF	7	Ibrahim Al-Shahrani	71'
MF	15	Fahad Al-Subaie	52'
FW	18	Nawaf Al-Temyat		79'
FW	19	Hamzah Idris		46'
Substitutions:
MF	9	Marzouk Al-Otaibi		46'
DF	17	Abdullah Al-Waked		66'
FW	14	Abdullah Bin Shehan		79'
Manager:
Milan Máčala


GK	1	José Fernández
DF	3	Ronald Arana
DF	5	Óscar Sánchez
DF	20	Renny Ribera
MF	4	Lorgio Álvarez
MF	8	Rubén Tufiño	22'
MF	10	Marco Etcheverry	19'	53'
MF	14	Erwin Sánchez		46'
MF	15	Martín Menacho
MF	16	Vladimir Soria
FW	9	Jaime Moreno		73'
Substitutions:
FW	7	Limberg Gutiérrez	70'	46'
FW	11	Gonzalo Galindo		53'
FW	13	Joaquín Botero		73'
Manager:
Héctor Veira

Mexico vs Egypt

27 July 1999

20:30

Mexico	2–2	Egypt
Pardo 15' Abundis 26'	Report	A. Hassan 79' S. Ibrahim 85'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Kim Young-joo (Korea Republic)

Mexico

Egypt


GK	1	Jorge Campos
DF	2	Claudio Suárez
DF	4	Rafael Márquez
DF	18	Salvador Carmona
MF	6	Germán Villa
MF	7	Ramón Ramírez
MF	13	Pável Pardo
MF	20	Rafael García
FW	9	José Manuel Abundis		55'
FW	10	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
FW	17	Francisco Palencia
Substitutions:
MF	8	Alberto García Aspe	77'	55'
Manager:
Manuel Lapuente


GK	16	Essam El-Hadary
DF	2	Ibrahim Hassan
DF	5	Samir Kamouna
DF	6	Medhat Abdel-Hady
DF	7	Mohamed Youssef
DF	15	Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa
MF	4	Hany Ramzy
MF	8	Yasser Radwan	30' 64'
MF	17	Ahmed Hassan	89'
FW	10	Abdel Sattar Sabry
FW	14	Hazem Emam
Manager:
Mahmoud El-Gohary

Egypt vs Saudi Arabia

29 July 1999

18:00

Egypt	1–5	Saudi Arabia
S. Ibrahim 70' (pen.)	Report	Al-Otaibi 8', 34', 78', 85' Al-Shahrani 64'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

Egypt

Saudi Arabia


GK	16	Essam El-Hadary
DF	2	Ibrahim Hassan
DF	5	Samir Kamouna	80'
DF	6	Medhat Abdel-Hady
DF	7	Mohamed Youssef
DF	15	Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa		43'
MF	4	Hany Ramzy
MF	11	Yasser Rayyan		65'
MF	17	Ahmed Hassan		55'
FW	10	Abdel Sattar Sabry	28'
FW	14	Hazem Emam	36' 37'
Substitutions:
FW	13	Abdul-Hamid Bassiouny		43'
FW	19	Khaled El-Amin		55'
MF	20	Walid Salah El-Din		65'
Manager:
Mahmoud El-Gohary


GK	1	Mohamed Al-Deayea
DF	2	Mohammed Al-Jahani		83'
DF	4	Abdullah Zubromawi
DF	5	Saleh Al-Dawod
DF	13	Hussein Abdulghani
DF	20	Mohsin Harthi
MF	6	Ibrahim Al-Harbi		65'
MF	7	Ibrahim Al-Shahrani	90'
MF	9	Marzouk Al-Otaibi
MF	15	Fahad Al-Subaie
FW	18	Nawaf Al-Temyat	12'	46'
Substitutions:
FW	14	Abdullah Bin Shehan		46'
DF	17	Abdullah Al-Waked		65'
MF	10	Khaled Gahwji		83'
Manager:
Milan Máčala

Bolivia vs Mexico

29 July 1999

20:30

Bolivia	0–1	Mexico
	Report	Palencia 52'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Bolivia

Mexico


GK	1	José Fernández
DF	3	Ronald Arana
DF	5	Óscar Sánchez
DF	19	Iván Castillo
DF	20	Renny Ribera
MF	6	Luis Cristaldo
MF	8	Rubén Tufiño	80'
MF	14	Erwin Sánchez	60'
MF	15	Martín Menacho	41'	66'
MF	16	Vladimir Soria		46'
FW	9	Jaime Moreno		78'
Substitutions:
FW	7	Limberg Gutiérrez		46'
MF	10	Marco Etcheverry		66'
FW	13	Joaquín Botero		78'
Manager:
Héctor Veira


GK	1	Jorge Campos
DF	2	Claudio Suárez
DF	4	Rafael Márquez
DF	18	Salvador Carmona
MF	6	Germán Villa	58'	65'
MF	7	Ramón Ramírez
MF	13	Pável Pardo
MF	19	Miguel Zepeda	68'
FW	10	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
FW	15	Luis Hernández		22'
FW	17	Francisco Palencia
Substitutions:
FW	9	José Manuel Abundis	80'	22'
FW	16	Jesús Arellano		65'
Manager:
Manuel Lapuente

References

↑ "International: 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Schedule". SoccerAmerica.com. Soccer America. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
↑ "1999 CONFEDERATIONS CUP: Draw and Schedule for Mexico '99". SoccerAmerica.com. Soccer America. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[3] The rankings of September 1998 were used for seeding for the final draw.

[1] "International: 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Schedule". SoccerAmerica.com. Soccer America. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

[2] "1999 CONFEDERATIONS CUP: Draw and Schedule for Mexico '99". SoccerAmerica.com. Soccer America. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

[1]

[2]

[nb 1]

v t e 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
Stages	Group stage Group A Group B Knockout stage Final
General information	Squads
Venues	Azteca (Mexico City) Jalisco (Guadalajara)

1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A

Contents

Teams

Standings

Results

Bolivia vs Egypt

Mexico vs Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia vs Bolivia

Mexico vs Egypt

Egypt vs Saudi Arabia

Bolivia vs Mexico

References