The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988. Despite soccer's relative lack of popularity in the host nation, the tournament was the most financially successful in World Cup history. It broke tournament records with overall attendance of 3,587,538 and an average of 68,991 per game, marks that stood unsurpassed as of 2022 despite the expansion of the competition from 24 to 32 teams starting with the 1998 World Cup.
Fussballclub Zürich, commonly abbreviated to FC Zürich or simply FCZ, is a Swiss football club based in Zürich. The club was founded in 1896 and has won the Swiss Super League 13 times and the Swiss Cup 10 times. The most recent titles are the 2022 Swiss Super League and the 2018 Swiss Cup. The club plays its home games at the Letzigrund, which reaches a capacity of 26,000 spectators for league games.
Karl-Heinz "Kalle" Rummenigge is a German football executive and former professional player. He was the longtime Chairman of Executive Board of FC Bayern München AG, a daughter company of German Bundesliga team Bayern Munich.
Stéphane Chapuisat is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Marius Mihai Lăcătuș is a Romanian football coach and former professional footballer. He is by far the most successful footballer ever to play for Steaua București and was part of their European Cup victory in 1986. Lăcătuș is the all-time top scorer for Steaua with 16 goals in European competitions. On 7 July 2021, Steaua retired his shirt number 7 at the inauguration match of the new Steaua Stadium.
John Terrence Catliff is a Canadian former professional soccer player, who played as a striker. He retired ranked second all-time on the Canadian national team with 18 international "A" goals between 1984 and 1994.
Jan Stefan Rehn is a Swedish football manager and former professional player who played as a midfielder. As a player he represented Djurgårdens IF, Everton, IFK Göteborg, and Lausanne Sports, winning a combined six Swedish Championships with the two Swedish clubs. He won 45 caps for the Sweden national team and represented his country at UEFA Euro 1992 and the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He also represented the Sweden Olympic team at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Artur Jorge Braga Melo Teixeira, commonly known as Artur Jorge, is a Portuguese football manager and former player, who played as a forward.
Bent Christensen Arensøe, formerly known as Bent René Christensen, is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Christophe Ohrel is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a wingback.
Dominique Herr is a Swiss former football defensive midfielder who played throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
Adrian Knup is a Swiss former professional football striker who played in the 1980s and 1990s.
George "Gino" Iorgulescu is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is the current chairman of the Romanian Professional Football League.
Petar Aleksandrov Aleksandrov is a Bulgarian football coach and former player.
Lajos László Détári is a Hungarian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. At the height of his career (1984–1994), he was a well-respected player throughout Europe, winning "Player of the Year" titles in Hungary, Greece and Switzerland.
Bojidar Georgiev Iskrenov, nicknamed Gibona, Gibi (Гиби) and The Joy of the People, is a former Bulgarian footballer who spent most of his career playing for Levski Sofia as a forward.
Francisco Gabriel Guerrero is an Argentine former football player who played as striker.
Alexandre Rey is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a striker during the 1990s and 2000s. He is best known for his spells at Servette FC and Neuchâtel Xamax.
Group A of the 1994 FIFA World Cup was one of six groups of four teams competing at the 1994 World Cup in the United States. The first matches were played June 18, 1994 and the final games took place simultaneously on June 26, 1994.
The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 due to World War II.
