The 1992 King Fahd Cup ( ar, كأس الملك فهد), named after

Fahd of Saudi Arabia Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, فهد بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ''Fahd ibn ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd'', ; 1920, 1921 or 1923 – 1 August 2005) was a Saudi Arabian politician who was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia fr ...

, was the first

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

tournament of the competition that would later be known as the FIFA Confederations Cup. It was hosted by Saudi Arabia in October 1992, and was won by

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

, who beat

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

3–1 in the final. The 1992 tournament was the only one not to feature a group stage and only featured four nations.

Qualified teams

Squads

Venue

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

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, Saudi Arabia.

Match referees

;Africa * Lim Kee Chong ;Asia *

Jamal Al Sharif Jamal Al Sharif ( ar, جمال الشريف; born 8 December 1954) is a retired football referee from Damascus, Syria. He is mostly known for supervising six matches in the FIFA World Cup. Two matches in 1986, one in 1990 and three in 1994, incl ...

;North, Central America and Caribbean *

Rodrigo Badilla Rodrigo Sequeira Badilla (born June 22, 1957) is a retired football (soccer) referee from Costa Rica, best known for supervising three matches during the 1994 FIFA World Cup held in the United States: The Group D Nigeria-Bulgaria match, the Grou ...

;South America * Ulisses Tavares da Silva

Final tournament

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

With two goals, Gabriel Batistuta and Bruce Murray were the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 18 goals were scored by 16 different players, with none of them credited as own goal. ;2 goals *

Gabriel Batistuta Gabriel Omar Batistuta (; born 1 February 1969) is an Argentine former professional footballer. During his playing career, Batistuta was nicknamed Batigol () as well as El Ángel Gabriel (; Spanish for ''Angel Gabriel''). Regarded as one of th ...

* Bruce Murray ;1 goal * Alberto Acosta * Ricardo Altamirano *

Claudio Caniggia Claudio Paul Caniggia (; born 9 January 1967) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as forward or winger. Caniggia played 50 times for the Argentina national team. He appeared in three World Cups, and was a member of both ...

* Leonardo Rodríguez *

Diego Simeone Diego Pablo Simeone González (; ; born 28 April 1970, nicknamed El Cholo (), is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder; he has been the manager of Atlético Madrid since December 2011. In his cl ...

Donald-Olivier Sié Donald-Olivier Sié (born 3 April 1970) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He participated at the 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000 Africa Cup of Nations. He played for Toulouse FC in Ligue 1. He later played ...

* Abdoulaye Traoré *

Fahad Al-Bishi Fahad bin Al-Harifi bin Fahad Al-Husseini Al-Bishi ( ar, فهد بن الهريفي بن فهد الحسيني البيشي; born 10 September 1965) was a Saudi footballer who played for Al-Nassr and the Saudi Arabia national team. He represent ...

Khaled Al-Muwallid Khalid Massad Al-Muwalid ( ar, خالد مسعد المولد; born 23 November 1971) is a retired Saudi Arabian footballer. He played most of his career for Al Ahli and Al Ittihad. Al-Muwallid played for the Saudi Arabia national football tea ...

Saeed Al-Owairan Saeed Ali Al-Owairan Al-Dossari ( ar, سعيد علي العويران الدوسري‎; born 19 August 1967) is a Saudi Arabian former international footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or forward. He is renowned for his goal in t ...

Yousuf Al-Thunayan Yousuf Al-Thunayyan ( ar, يوسف الثُنيان, born November 18, 1963) is a former association football winger and attacking midfielder from Saudi Arabia. He spent all 21 seasons of his senior career at Al-Hilal FC. A playmaker known for ...

Marcelo Balboa Marcelo Balboa (born August 8, 1967) is an American former professional soccer who played as a defender in the 1990s for the United States national team, becoming its captain. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. After retiring ...

* Cobi Jones * Eric Wynalda

Tournament ranking

References

External links

Intercontinental Champions Cup Saudi Arabia 1992
– FIFA.com

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