1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B

Football tournament group stage July 2023 July 2023 Group B of the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup took place between 13 and 17 December 1997. Uruguay won the group, and advanced to the knockout stage, along with group runners-up Czech Republic. United Arab Emirates and South Africa failed to advance.1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Standings main WDL RSSSF URU, CZE, UAE, RSA complete 3 0 0 8 4 1 1 1 9 5 1 0 2 2 8 0 1 2 5 7 URU CZE UAE RSA Q Q Q green1 Advanced to knockout stage Results United Arab Emirates v Uruguay 13 December 1997 17:50 AST UAE 0–2 Report URU Olivera 45+2Pacheco 90+2 King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh 13,000 Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago) _redcuffpiping _greencollar _redcuffpiping _red stripes FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF United Arab Emirates _uruguay1997-98h _uruguay1997-98h _uruguay1997-98h _white stripes _top_on_black 87CEFA 87CEFA 87CEFA 000000 8DB7EF Uruguay UAE 100pxUNITED ARAB EMIRATES: GK 17 Muhsin MusabahDF 5 Hassan Mubarak DF 6 Ismail Rashid Ismail DF 20Mohamed Obaid MF 7 Saad Bakheet Mubarak MF 13 Abdulsalam Jumaa 84 MF 15 Abdulaziz Mohamed 73MF 16Ahmed SaeedMF 19 Gholam Ali 73FW 8 Ahmed Adel 28FW 11 Yaser Salem AliSubstitutions: FW 10Adnan Al Talyani 73FW 14Khamees Saad Mubarak 73DF 3Munther Abdullah 84Manager:CZE Milan MáčalaURU 100pxURUGUAY: GK12Claudio FloresDF2Diego LópezDF3Paolo MonteroDF4Gustavo MéndezDF6Edgardo Adinolfi MF5Gonzalo de los SantosMF7Pablo García MF8Líber Vespa 89MF20Álvaro Recoba 54FW9Marcelo Zalayeta FW10Nicolás Olivera 75Substitutions:FW11Darío Silva 54FW19Antonio Pacheco 75DF13Pablo Hernández 89Manager:Víctor Púa South Africa v Czech Republic 13 December 1997 20:00 AST RSA 2–2 Report CZE Augustine 39Mkhalele 86 Šmicer 19 40 King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh 7,500 Javier Castrilli (Argentina) _rsa96 _rsa96 _rsa96 _3_stripes_green FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 008800 FFFFFF South Africa_czechrepublic1996 _czechrepublic1996 _czechrepublic1996 _czechrepublic1996 _czechrepublic1996 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF 004891 Czech Republic RSA 100pxSOUTH AFRICA: GK 1 Andre Arendse DF 2 Sizwe Motaung DF 4 Willem Jackson DF 5Mark FishDF 9 Neil ToveyMF 10John MoshoeuMF 11 Helman MkhaleleMF 15Doctor Khumalo 37MF 18 John Moeti FW 6 Phil Masinga 45 FW 12 Brendan Augustine 74 Substitutions: MF 8 Dumisa Ngobe 37 MF 14Mark Williams 74Manager:Clive BarkerCZE 100pxCZECH REPUBLIC: GK 1 Pavel SrníčekDF 5 Michal Horňák DF 12 Karel Rada DF 13 Petr Vlček 9DF 15 Edvard Lasota MF 4 Pavel Nedvěd MF 6 Zdeněk Svoboda MF 7 Jiří Němec 2 75 82MF 11 Radek BejblMF 17 Vladimír Šmicer 83FW 9 Pavel Kuka 90Substitutions: FW 8 Karel Poborský 83MF 14 Radek Slončík 90Manager:Dušan Uhrin United Arab Emirates v South Africa 15 December 1997 17:50 AST UAE 1–0 Report RSA H. Mubarak 5 King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh 11,000 René Ortubé (Bolivia) _collarwhite _white stripes 2D616A 2D616A 2D616A 2D616A 006600 United Arab Emirates_rsa96 _rsa96 _rsa96 _3_stripes_green FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF South Africa UAE 100pxUNITED ARAB EMIRATES: GK 17 Muhsin Musabah 81 DF 5 Hassan Mubarak DF 6 Ismail Rashid Ismail DF 20Mohamed Obaid 44 MF 7 Saad Bakheet Mubarak MF 15 Abdulaziz Mohamed 70MF 16Ahmed SaeedMF 19 Gholam Ali 81 FW 8 Ahmed AdelFW 10Adnan Al Talyani 70FW 11 Yaser Salem Ali Substitutions: MF 13 Abdulsalam Jumaa 70 FW 14Khamees Saad Mubarak 70DF 3Munther Abdullah 81Manager:CZE Milan MáčalaRSA 100pxSOUTH AFRICA: GK 1 Andre ArendseDF 2 Sizwe Motaung DF 4 Willem Jackson 46 DF 5Mark FishDF 9 Neil ToveyMF 8 Dumisa Ngobe MF 10John MoshoeuMF 11 Helman MkhaleleMF 18 John Moeti 82 FW 6 Phil Masinga FW 12 Brendan Augustine 75 Substitutions: DF 3David Nyathi 46MF 14Mark Williams 75FW 13Pollen Ndlanya 82Manager:Clive Barker Czech Republic v Uruguay 15 December 1997 20:00 AST CZE 1–2 Report URU Siegl 89 Olivera 26Zalayeta 88 King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh 9,000 Saad Mane (Kuwait) _czechrepublic1996 _czechrepublic1996 _czechrepublic1996 _czechrepublic1996 _czechrepublic1996 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF 004891 Czech Republic _uruguay1997-98h _uruguay1997-98h _uruguay1997-98h _white stripes _top_on_black 87CEFA 87CEFA 87CEFA 000000 8DB7EF Uruguay CZE 100pxCZECH REPUBLIC: GK 1 Pavel SrníčekDF 5 Michal Horňák 19 70DF 12 Karel Rada 43DF 13 Petr VlčekDF 15 Edvard Lasota 46MF 4 Pavel Nedvěd 88MF 6 Zdeněk Svoboda 72MF 8 Karel Poborský 0 40MF 11 Radek Bejbl MF 17 Vladimír ŠmicerFW 9 Pavel Kuka 60Substitutions: MF 19 Martin Frýdek 46FW 10 Horst Siegl 60DF 3 Luboš Kozel 70Manager:Dušan UhrinURU 100pxURUGUAY: GK12Claudio FloresDF2Diego LópezDF3Paolo Montero 22DF4Gustavo Méndez 45DF6Edgardo Adinolfi 54MF5Gonzalo de los SantosMF7Pablo García MF8Líber Vespa 87FW9Marcelo Zalayeta 69FW10Nicolás Olivera 65FW11Darío Silva 69 77 Substitutions:MF20Álvaro Recoba 65MF14Christian Callejas 77DF13Pablo Hernández 87Manager:Víctor Púa United Arab Emirates v Czech Republic 17 December 1997 17:50 AST UAE 1–6 Report CZE Al Talyani 78 Obaid 11 o.g.Nedvěd 22 31Šmicer 42 68 71 King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh 8,000 René Ortubé (Bolivia) _redcuffpiping _greencollar _redcuffpiping _red stripes FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF United Arab Emirates_czechrepublic1996 _czechrepublic1996 _czechrepublic1996 _czechrepublic1996 _czechrepublic1996 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF 004891 Czech Republic UAE 100pxUNITED ARAB EMIRATES: GK 17 Muhsin MusabahDF 5 Hassan Mubarak DF 6 Ismail Rashid Ismail 23DF 20Mohamed Obaid 46MF 7 Saad Bakheet Mubarak MF 15 Abdulaziz MohamedMF 16Ahmed SaeedMF 19 Gholam Ali FW 8 Ahmed Adel 8 58FW 10Adnan Al TalyaniFW 11 Yaser Salem Ali 46Substitutions: MF 13 Abdulsalam Jumaa 46 FW 14Khamees Saad Mubarak 46DF 3Munther Abdullah 84 58Manager:CZE Milan MáčalaCZE 100pxCZECH REPUBLIC: GK 1 Pavel SrníčekDF 5 Michal Horňák 65DF 12 Karel Rada DF 13 Petr VlčekMF 4 Pavel Nedvěd MF 6 Zdeněk Svoboda MF 7 Jiří Němec 21MF 11 Radek Bejbl MF 17 Vladimír Šmicer 75FW 9 Pavel Kuka FW 10 Horst Siegl 82Substitutions: DF 15 Edvard Lasota 65DF 2 Ivo Ulich 75FW 16 Vratislav Lokvenc 82Manager:Dušan Uhrin Uruguay v South Africa 17 December 1997 20:00 AST URU 4–3 Report RSA Silva 12 66Recoba 42Callejas 90 Radebe 11Mkhalele 69Ndlanya 77 King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh 8,000 Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago) _uruguay1997-98h _uruguay1997-98h _uruguay1997-98h _white stripes _top_on_black 87CEFA 87CEFA 87CEFA 000000 8DB7EF Uruguay_rsa96 _rsa96 _rsa96 _3_stripes_green FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 008800 FFFFFF South Africa URU 100pxURUGUAY: GK1Carlos NicolaDF2Diego López 69DF15Carlos DíazDF16César PellegrínDF18Martín RivasMF13Pablo Hernández MF14Christian Callejas MF17Fabián Coelho 79MF20Álvaro Recoba FW11Darío Silva FW19Antonio Pacheco 79Substitutions:MF5Gonzalo de los Santos 69MF7Pablo García 79MF8Líber Vespa 79Manager:Víctor PúaRSA 100pxSOUTH AFRICA: GK 16 Brian BaloyiDF 2 Sizwe Motaung 46DF 3David Nyathi DF 5Mark FishDF 19 Lucas RadebeMF 10John Moshoeu 77MF 11 Helman MkhaleleMF 18 John Moeti 20MF 20 Eric Tinkler 54FW 6 Phil Masinga FW 14Mark Williams 70 Substitutions: DF 4 Willem Jackson 46 FW 13Pollen Ndlanya 70MF 17 Jabulani Mnguni 77 Manager:Clive Barker References Group B Group Group Group Group 1997 1997 1997