FIFA World Youth Championship Malaysia 1997

Match for third place

Ghana - Republic of Ireland

1:2 (1:2)

Match	Date	Time	Venue / Stadium	Attendance
51	05 July 1997	17:30	Kuala Lumpur / Shah Alam	28000

Match Officials

Referee Peter PRENDERGAST (JAM)	Assistant Referee 1 Merere GONZALES (TRI)
	Assistant Referee 2 Jorge DIAZ GALVEZ (CHI)

Goals scored

Desmond BAKER (IRL) 2',
Baba SULE (GHA) 5',
Damien DUFF (IRL) 33'

Ghana

Line-up

[1]
Osei Oscar ASAMOAH (GK)
[2]
Joseph ANSAH (C)
[3]
Fuseini ADAMS (-45' HT)
[5]
Christian GYAN
[6]
Baba SULE
[7]
Dini KAMARA (-76')
[9]
Peter OFORI QUAYE
[10]
Bashiru GAMBO
[13]
Abdul Karim AHMED
[17]
Awudu ISSAKA
[18]
Richard ACKON (-62')

Substitute(s)

[4]
Kofi AMPONSAH (+45' HT)
[8]
Stephen APPIAH
[11]
Mohamed MOUKTAR (+76')
[12]
Abdulai AL HASSAN
[14]
Joe SAM (+62')
[15]
Odartey LAWSON
[16]
Michael ABU

Coach

Francis OTI-AKENTENG (GHA)

Republic of Ireland

Line-up

[1]
Derek O CONNOR (GK)
[2]
David WORRALL
[3]
Robert RYAN
[4]
Colin HAWKINS
[5]
Aidan LYNCH (-28')
[7]
Niall INMAN
[9]
Michael CUMMINS
[10]
Thomas MORGAN (C)
[11]
Damien DUFF
[17]
Desmond BAKER (-76')
[18]
Trevor MOLLOY

Substitute(s)

[6]
Stephen MURPHY
[8]
John BURNS
[12]
David WHITTLE
[13]
Alan KIRBY (+28')
[14]
Neale FENN
[15]
Glenn CROWE (+76')
[16]
Paul WHELAN

Coach

Brian KERR (IRL)

Cautions

Robert RYAN (IRL) 9'

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