The qualification matches for Group 2 of the European zone (UEFA) of the

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qualification tournament took place between September 1992 and November 1993. The teams competed on a home-and-away basis with the winner and runner-up claiming 2 of the 12 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone. The group consisted of

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Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

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, and

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.Only 37 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament:

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qualified for the World Cup automatically as defending champions and

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withdrew before the draw was made. Additionally,

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was suspended by

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due to

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sanctions stemming from the Yugoslav wars.

Standings

Results

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Goal scorers

;7 goals * David Platt ;6 goals * Peter van Vossen ;5 goals *

Ian Wright Ian Edward Wright (born 3 November 1963) is an English media personality and former professional footballer. Wright enjoyed success with London clubs Crystal Palace and Arsenal as a forward, spending six years with the former and seven year ...

Dennis Bergkamp Dennis Nicolaas Maria Bergkamp (; born 10 May 1969) is a Dutch professional Association football, football coach and former Football player, player who was most recently the Assistant manager of Ajax. Originally a wide midfielder, Bergkamp was ...

Kjetil Rekdal Kjetil André Rekdal (born 6 November 1968) is a Norwegian football manager and a former player. He is the manager of Norwegian club Aalesund. Rekdal began his playing career in Molde FK, playing afterwards for clubs in the Bundesliga, Ligue 1 ...

;4 goals *

Paul Gascoigne Paul John Gascoigne (, born 27 May 1967), nicknamed Gazza, is an English former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Regarded as one of the best playmakers of his generation and one of the best English footballers of ...

;3 goals *

Les Ferdinand Leslie Ferdinand (born 8 December 1966) is an English football coach, former professional footballer and television pundit. A striker, his playing career included notable spells in the Premier League with Queens Park Rangers, Newcastle United, ...

John Bosman Johannes "John" Jacobus Bosman (born 1 February 1965) is a Dutch former professional association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward. A prolific goalscorer for both club and country, he played professio ...

Ronald de Boer Ronaldus de Boer (; born 15 May 1970) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right or attacking midfielder or right winger. He played for the Netherlands national team as well as a host of professional clubs in Europe. He i ...

Jostein Flo Jostein Flo (born 3 October 1964) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a forward. Usually a centre-forward or striker, he was known for his physical playing style and aerial dominance, and was also capable of playing on the right ...

Gunnar Halle Gunnar Halle (born 11 August 1965) is a Norwegian football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Hønefoss. A former right back, he is best known for his playing spells at Oldham Athletic and Leeds United, followed by his br ...

Gøran Sørloth Gøran Sørloth (born 16 July 1962) is a Norwegian former Association football, footballer. He was one of the best Striker (association football), strikers in Norwegian football during the late eighties and early nineties. Club career In the El ...

* Marek Leśniak *

Feyyaz Uçar Feyyaz Uçar (born 27 October 1963) is a Turkish former professional football player, who played as a striker, and more recently a coach. Career Born in Istanbul, Turkey, Uçar started his football career at Avcılar Spor Klübü. Attracting va ...

Hakan Şükür Hakan Şükür (; born 1 September 1971) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed the "Bull of the Bosphorus" and ''Kral'' (king), he spent the majority of his professional career with Galatasaray, being a ...

;2 goals *

Paul Ince Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince (; born 21 October 1967) is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently manager of Reading. A midfielder, Ince played professionally from 1986 to 2007, starting his career with West ...

Stuart Pearce Stuart Pearce (born 24 April 1962) is an English professional football manager and former player, who was most recently a first-team coach for Premier League club West Ham United. He was nicknamed "Psycho" for his unforgiving style of play. ...

John de Wolf Johannes Hildebrand de Wolf (born 10 December 1962) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender. He earned six caps for the Netherlands national team, scoring two goals. Career Club De Wolf was born in Schiedam. He beg ...

Wim Jonk Wilhelmus Maria "Wim" Jonk (; born 12 October 1966) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player, who is the current technical manager of Eerste Divisie club Volendam. In his career as a midfielder, he won a variety of national hon ...

Ronald Koeman Ronald Koeman (; born 21 March 1963) is a Dutch professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who is the manager of the Netherlands national football team, Netherlands national team. Koeman scor ...

Rob Witschge Robert Witschge (born 22 August 1966) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his 14-year professional career with Feyenoord, but started out at Ajax, amassing Eredivisie totals of 281 matches and 3 ...

Lars Bohinen Lars Roar Bohinen (born 8 September 1969) is a Norwegian football manager and former professional footballer who is the manager of Jerv. As a player, he was a midfielder from 1986 until 2005, notably playing in the Premier League for Nottingham ...

Jan Åge Fjørtoft Jan Åge Fjørtoft (born 10 January 1967) is a Norwegian former professional footballer. A powerful centre forward with goalscoring ability, he played professionally in Norway, Austria, England and Germany. In total, he scored 308 goals in 614 ga ...

Mini Jakobsen Jahn Ivar Jakobsen, nicknamed Mini, (born 8 November 1965) is a Norway, Norwegian former Association football, football player (winger/forward) who has played for, amongst others, FK Bodø/Glimt, Bodø/Glimt and Rosenborg BK, Rosenborg. Club car ...

Roger Nilsen Roger Nilsen (born 8 August 1969) is a Norwegian association football, football coach and former player. A defender (association football), defender, he played for the Norwegian clubs Tromsø IL, Tromsø, Viking FK, Viking, Molde FK, Molde and B ...

* Wojciech Kowalczyk * Ertuğrul Sağlam ;1 goal *

John Barnes John Charles Bryan Barnes (born 7 November 1963) is a former professional football player and manager. Often considered one of the greatest England players of all time and one of Liverpool's greatest ever players, Barnes currently works as an ...

* Carlton Palmer *

Alan Shearer Alan Shearer (born 13 August 1970) is an English Association football, football pundit and former professional player who played as a striker (association football), striker. Widely regarded as one of the best strikers of all time and one of t ...

Ruud Gullit Ruud Gullit (; born Rudi Dil; 1 September 1962) is a former Dutch Association football, footballer and subsequent manager. Regarded among the greatest footballers of all time, he was also noted for his Utility player#Association football, abili ...

Marc Overmars Marc Overmars (; born 29 March 1973) is a Dutch former professional association football, footballer and former director of football at Belgian First Division A, Belgian Pro League side Royal Antwerp F.C. He was previously director of football a ...

* John van den Brom * Ronny Johnsen *

Øyvind Leonhardsen Øyvind Leonhardsen (born 17 August 1970) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He retired after the 2007 season, ending a career with nine years in English football at clubs Wimbledon, Liverpool, Tottenham Ho ...

* Erik Mykland * Dariusz Adamczuk * Marek Koźmiński * Jan Furtok * Tomasz Wałdoch *

Krzysztof Warzycha Krzysztof Ireneusz Warzycha (, ; born 17 November 1964) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a forward for Ruch Chorzów and for Greek club Panathinaikos. At international level, he played for the Poland national team, sc ...

Davide Gualtieri Davide Gualtieri (born 27 April 1971) is a Sammarinese former footballer who played as a forward. He scored the second fastest goal in FIFA World Cup qualification history, against England on 17 November 1993. Gualtieri held the fastest goal reco ...

* Nicola Bacciocchi *

Bülent Korkmaz Bülent Korkmaz (born 24 November 1968), colloquially known by his given nicknames "Büyük Kaptan" () and "Cengaver" (), is a Turkish former professional footballer and current manager of TFF 1. Lig club Esenler Erokspor. Korkmaz was a one ...

Hami Mandıralı Hami Mandıralı (born 20 July 1968) is a Turkish football manager and former footballer. He played for Trabzonspor nearly all of his career. Club career Mandıralı was born in Arsin, Trabzon, Turkey. joined Trabzonspor aged 10, and continued ...

* Orhan Çıkırıkçı ;1 own goal * Nicola Bacciocchi (playing against the

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Notes

External links

Group 2 Detailed Results at RSSSF
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Standings

Results

Goal scorers

See also

Notes

External links