FIFA World Youth Championship Malaysia 1997

First stage

Ghana - Republic of Ireland

2:1 (1:0)

Match	Date	Time	Venue / Stadium	Attendance
5	17 June 1997	17:30	Alor Setar / Darulaman	5100

Match Officials

Referee Oscar RUIZ (COL)	Assistant Referee 1 Arnaldo PINTO (BRA)
	Assistant Referee 2 Ganesan MINIAM (SIN)

Goals scored

Bashiru GAMBO (GHA) 27',
Trevor MOLLOY (IRL) 51',
Mohamed MOUKTAR (GHA) 66'

Ghana

Line-up

[16]
Michael ABU (GK)
[2]
Joseph ANSAH (C)
[3]
Fuseini ADAMS (-57')
[4]
Kofi AMPONSAH
[5]
Christian GYAN
[6]
Baba SULE
[9]
Peter OFORI QUAYE
[10]
Bashiru GAMBO
[11]
Mohamed MOUKTAR (-83')
[14]
Joe SAM
[15]
Odartey LAWSON

Substitute(s)

[1]
Osei Oscar ASAMOAH
[7]
Dini KAMARA (+83')
[8]
Stephen APPIAH
[12]
Abdulai AL HASSAN
[13]
Abdul Karim AHMED
[17]
Awudu ISSAKA (+57')
[18]
Richard ACKON

Coach

Francis OTI-AKENTENG (GHA)

Republic of Ireland

Line-up

[1]
Derek O CONNOR (GK)
[2]
David WORRALL
[3]
Robert RYAN
[4]
Colin HAWKINS
[7]
Niall INMAN (-87')
[8]
John BURNS
[10]
Thomas MORGAN (C)
[11]
Damien DUFF (-78')
[12]
David WHITTLE
[14]
Neale FENN
[18]
Trevor MOLLOY (-80')

Substitute(s)

[5]
Aidan LYNCH
[6]
Stephen MURPHY
[9]
Michael CUMMINS (+80')
[13]
Alan KIRBY
[15]
Glenn CROWE (+78')
[16]
Paul WHELAN
[17]
Desmond BAKER (+87')

Coach

Brian KERR (IRL)

Cautions

John BURNS (IRL) 40'
, Joe SAM (GHA) 85'

Expulsions

a.e.t.:	After extra time	(C):	Captain	PSO:	Penalty Shoot-out
GK:	Goalkeeper	N:	Not eligible to play	I:	Injured
Y:	Yellow cards	Pos:	Positions	A:	Absent
D:	Defender	M:	Midfielder	Min:	Minutes played
GF:	Goals for	GA:	Goals against	PK:	Penalty Kicks
FC:	Fouls Committed	FS:	Fouls Suffered	R:	Direct Expulsions
F:	Forward	SG/S:	Shots on Goal/Shots	Y: 2Y=R:	Yellow cards Expulsions due to Second Caution