# 1994 FIFA World Cup Group E

Group E 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 match was played June 18, 1994, and the final games took place simultaneously on June 28, 1994. The group consisted of Italy, Republic of Ireland, Mexico, and Norway. Mexico won the group on goals scored. Ireland and Italy also progressed to the knockout rounds, having finished with identical records and the Irish team qualifying in second place as a result of their victory against the Italians. The Italians qualified as one of the best-scoring third place teams. Norway's shortcomings in attack ultimately let them down, and they exited the tournament with only one goal. It is the only group in World Cup history in which all four teams finished with the same number of points and goal difference.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |

## Matches

All times local (EDT/UTC–4, CDT/UTC–5, PDT/UTC–7)

### Italy vs Republic of Ireland

Ray Houghton's early goal proved the only one of the match where Ireland's defense prevailed over Italy's attack. During the game, members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a loyalist paramilitary group, burst into a pub in Northern Ireland with assault rifles and fired on the customers, killing six civilians and wounding five. The pub was targeted because it was frequented mainly by Catholics, and was crowded with supporters watching the Republic of Ireland. It is thus sometimes called the "World Cup massacre" or the Loughinisland massacre.
| Italy | Republic of Ireland |
| GK | 1 | Gianluca Pagliuca |
| RB | 9 | Mauro Tassotti |
| CB | 4 | Alessandro Costacurta |
| CB | 6 | Franco Baresi (c) |
| LB | 5 | Paolo Maldini |
| RM | 16 | Roberto Donadoni |
| CM | 11 | Demetrio Albertini |
| CM | 13 | Dino Baggio |
| LM | 17 | Alberico Evani | 45' |
| RF | 10 | Roberto Baggio |
| LF | 20 | Giuseppe Signori | 84' |
| Substitutions: ||
| RF | 19 | Daniele Massaro | 45' |
| LM | 14 | Nicola Berti | 84' |
| Manager: ||
| Arrigo Sacchi ||
| GK | 1 | Packie Bonner |
| RB | 2 | Denis Irwin | 80' |
| CB | 5 | Paul McGrath |
| CB | 14 | Phil Babb |
| LB | 3 | Terry Phelan | 30' |
| RM | 8 | Ray Houghton | | 68' |
| CM | 6 | Roy Keane |
| CM | 10 | John Sheridan |
| CM | 7 | Andy Townsend (c) |
| LM | 11 | Steve Staunton |
| CF | 15 | Tommy Coyne | 50' | 90' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 21 | Jason McAteer | | 68' |
| FW | 9 | John Aldridge | | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Jack Charlton ||
* Assistant referees:
* Jan Dolstra (Netherlands)
* Park Hae-Yong (Korean Republic)
* Fourth official:
* Arturo Angeles (United States)

### Norway vs Mexico

The only goal of the game was scored by Kjetil Rekdal in the 85th minute when the referee let the game continue after a foul on Jan Åge Fjørtoft close to the Mexican penalty area. The goalscorer entered the game minutes before the decisive strike.
| Norway | Mexico |
| GK | 1 | Erik Thorstvedt |
| RB | 18 | Alfie Haaland | 16' |
| CB | 20 | Henning Berg |
| CB | 4 | Rune Bratseth (c) |
| LB | 5 | Stig Inge Bjørnebye |
| RM | 6 | Jostein Flo |
| CM | 22 | Lars Bohinen |
| CM | 7 | Erik Mykland | | 78' |
| CM | 8 | Øyvind Leonhardsen | 26' |
| LM | 11 | Mini Jakobsen | | 46' |
| CF | 9 | Jan Åge Fjørtoft |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 2 | Gunnar Halle | | 46' |
| MF | 10 | Kjetil Rekdal | | 78' |
| Manager: ||
| Egil Olsen ||
| GK | 1 | Jorge Campos |
| RB | 21 | Raúl Gutiérrez | | 71' |
| CB | 2 | Claudio Suárez | 62' |
| CB | 3 | Juan de Dios Ramírez Perales |
| LB | 14 | Joaquín del Olmo |
| RM | 16 | Luis Antonio Valdéz | | 46' |
| CM | 4 | Ignacio Ambríz (c) |
| LM | 5 | Ramón Ramírez |
| RF | 10 | Luis García |
| CF | 9 | Hugo Sánchez |
| LF | 11 | Luís Roberto Alves |
| Substitutions: ||
| LM | 17 | Benjamín Galindo | | 46' |
| RM | 6 | Marcelino Bernal | | 71' |
| Manager: ||
| Miguel Mejía Barón ||
* Assistant referees:
* Sándor Márton (Hungary)
* Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
* Fourth official:
* Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

### Italy vs Norway

| Italy | Norway |
| GK | 1 | Gianluca Pagliuca | 21' |
| RB | 3 | Antonio Benarrivo |
| CB | 4 | Alessandro Costacurta |
| CB | 6 | Franco Baresi (c) | | 49' |
| LB | 5 | Paolo Maldini |
| RM | 13 | Dino Baggio |
| CM | 11 | Demetrio Albertini |
| LM | 14 | Nicola Berti |
| RF | 18 | Pierluigi Casiraghi | 34' | 69' |
| CF | 20 | Giuseppe Signori |
| LF | 10 | Roberto Baggio | | 22' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 12 | Luca Marchegiani | | 22' |
| DF | 2 | Luigi Apolloni | | 49' |
| FW | 19 | Daniele Massaro | | 69' |
| Manager: ||
| Arrigo Sacchi ||
| GK | 1 | Erik Thorstvedt |
| RB | 18 | Alfie Haaland | 68' |
| CB | 20 | Henning Berg |
| CB | 4 | Rune Bratseth (c) |
| LB | 5 | Stig Inge Bjørnebye | 32' |
| RM | 6 | Jostein Flo |
| CM | 22 | Lars Bohinen |
| CM | 7 | Erik Mykland | | 81' |
| CM | 8 | Øyvind Leonhardsen |
| LM | 21 | Sigurd Rushfeldt | | 45' |
| CF | 9 | Jan Åge Fjørtoft |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 11 | Mini Jakobsen | | 45' |
| MF | 10 | Kjetil Rekdal | | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Egil Olsen ||
* Assistant referees:
* Tapio Yli-Karro (Finland)
* Roy Pearson (England)
* Fourth official:
* Philip Don (England)

### Mexico vs Republic of Ireland

| Mexico | Republic of Ireland |
| GK | 1 | Jorge Campos | 57' |
| RB | 20 | Jorge Rodríguez |
| CB | 2 | Claudio Suárez |
| CB | 3 | Juan de Dios Ramírez Perales |
| LB | 14 | Joaquín del Olmo | 45' | 80' |
| RM | 6 | Marcelino Bernal |
| CM | 4 | Ignacio Ambríz (c) |
| LM | 8 | Alberto García Aspe |
| RF | 10 | Luis García |
| CF | 7 | Carlos Hermosillo | | 80' |
| LF | 11 | Luís Roberto Alves |
| Substitutions: ||
| CF | 19 | Luis Miguel Salvador | | 80' |
| LB | 21 | Raúl Gutiérrez | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Miguel Mejía Barón ||
| GK | 1 | Packie Bonner |
| RB | 2 | Denis Irwin | 26' |
| CB | 5 | Paul McGrath |
| CB | 14 | Phil Babb |
| LB | 3 | Terry Phelan | 70' |
| RM | 8 | Ray Houghton |
| CM | 6 | Roy Keane |
| CM | 10 | John Sheridan |
| CM | 7 | Andy Townsend (c) |
| LM | 11 | Steve Staunton | | 66' |
| CF | 15 | Tommy Coyne | | 67' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 21 | Jason McAteer | | 66' |
| FW | 9 | John Aldridge | | 67' |
| Manager: ||
| Jack Charlton ||
* Assistant referees:
* Michał Listkiewicz (Poland)
* Paulo Jorge Alves (Brazil)
* Fourth official:
* Renato Marsiglia (Brazil)

### Italy vs Mexico

| Italy | Mexico |
| GK | 12 | Luca Marchegiani |
| RB | 3 | Antonio Benarrivo |
| CB | 4 | Alessandro Costacurta |
| CB | 2 | Luigi Apolloni |
| LB | 5 | Paolo Maldini (c) |
| RM | 13 | Dino Baggio | | 65' |
| CM | 11 | Demetrio Albertini | 33' |
| LM | 14 | Nicola Berti |
| RF | 18 | Pierluigi Casiraghi | | 45' |
| CF | 20 | Giuseppe Signori |
| LF | 10 | Roberto Baggio |
| Substitutions: ||
| CF | 19 | Daniele Massaro | | 45' |
| LM | 16 | Roberto Donadoni | | 65' |
| Manager: ||
| Arrigo Sacchi ||
| GK | 1 | Jorge Campos |
| RB | 20 | Jorge Rodríguez |
| CB | 2 | Claudio Suárez |
| CB | 3 | Juan Ramírez |
| LB | 14 | Joaquín del Olmo | 25' |
| RM | 6 | Marcelino Bernal |
| CM | 4 | Ignacio Ambríz (c) |
| LM | 8 | Alberto García Aspe | 66' |
| RF | 10 | Luis García | 63' | 81' |
| CF | 7 | Carlos Hermosillo |
| LF | 11 | Luís Roberto Alves |
| Substitutions: ||
| CM | 13 | Juan Carlos Chávez | | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Miguel Mejía Barón ||
* Assistant referees:
* Ernesto Taibi (Argentina)
* Eugene Brazzale (Australia)
* Fourth official:
* Hellmut Krug (Germany)

### Republic of Ireland vs Norway

| Republic of Ireland | Norway |
| GK | 1 | Packie Bonner |
| RB | 12 | Gary Kelly | 83' |
| CB | 5 | Paul McGrath |
| CB | 14 | Phil Babb |
| LB | 11 | Steve Staunton |
| RM | 21 | Jason McAteer |
| CM | 6 | Roy Keane | 3' |
| CM | 10 | John Sheridan |
| CM | 7 | Andy Townsend (c) | | 75' |
| LM | 8 | Ray Houghton | 29' |
| CF | 9 | John Aldridge | | 65' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 20 | David Kelly | | 65' |
| MF | 18 | Ronnie Whelan | | 75' |
| Manager: ||
| Maurice Setters ||
| GK | 1 | Erik Thorstvedt |
| RB | 20 | Henning Berg |
| CB | 3 | Erland Johnsen | 45' |
| CB | 4 | Rune Bratseth (c) |
| LB | 5 | Stig Inge Bjørnebye |
| RM | 6 | Jostein Flo |
| CM | 8 | Øyvind Leonhardsen | | 68' |
| CM | 10 | Kjetil Rekdal |
| CM | 7 | Erik Mykland |
| LM | 2 | Gunnar Halle | | 34' |
| CF | 16 | Gøran Sørloth | 36' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 11 | Mini Jakobsen | | 34' |
| MF | 22 | Lars Bohinen | | 68' |
| Manager: ||
| Egil Olsen ||
* Assistant referees:
* Paulo Jorge Alves (Brazil)
* Park Hae-Yong (Korea Republic)
* Fourth official:
* Leslie Mottram (Scotland)