Copa Ciudad de Mérida (Venezuela) 1982

Copa Ciudad de Mérida 1982, Mérida, Venezuela
(also referred to as Torneo Feria del Sol)

All games played at Estadio Guillermo Soto Rosa.

Group 1
 7- 2 Estudiantes   1-3 Honduras
 9- 2 Estudiantes   2-2 Romania XI
11- 2 Romania XI    1-1 Honduras
        [Turcu 80' / Laing 62']

 1.HONDURAS                     2  1  1  0  4- 2  3
 2.Romania XI                   2  0  2  0  3- 3  2
 3.Estudiantes de Mérida        2  0  1  1  3- 5  1

Note: The Romanian team was rebuilding after failure to qualify for the 1982 World Cup, and 
 included several new young players along with established regular players. None of their
 matches on this tour are considered full internationals by the FRF.

Group 2
 8- 2 ULA           2–1 USSR B
10- 2 USSR B        2-0 Indep. Santa Fe
        [Gazzayev, Gess]
12- 2 ULA           1-1 Indep. Santa Fe
        [Carvajal 54' / Castro 1']

 1.UNIV. DE LOS ANDES (Mérida)  2  1  1  0  3- 2  3
 2.USSR B                       2  1  0  1  3- 2  2
 3.Indep. Santa Fe (Bogotá)     2  0  1  1  1- 3  1

Final
14- 2 ULA           2-1 Honduras
        [Carvajal 16', Castillo 40' / Betancourt 20']


Honduras squad selected from:
 Coach: José de la Paz Herrera 'Chelato Uclés'
 Salomón Nazzar, Julio César Arzú, Efraín Gutiérrez, Domingo Drummond, Fernando Bulnes,
 Jaime Villegas, Allan Anthony Costly, Héctor Zelaya, José Luis Cruz, Ramón Maradiaga [c],
 Javier Toledo, Juan Murillo, David Bueso, Celso Güity, Porfirio Betancourt, Roberto Bailey,
 Antonio Laing, Prudencio Morales, José Roberto Figueroa

Romania XI squad included:
 Coach: Mircea Lucescu
 Helmuth Duckadam, Mitea, Mareare, Ion Adrian Zare, Mircea Rednic, Gino Iorgulescu,
 Ioan Andone, Ladislau Bölöni, Ion Petcu, Viorel Turcu, Romulus Gabor, Gimgu, Lulescu, Michael Klein.

USSR B squad:
 Aleksandr Andryushchenko, Aleksandr Bubnov, Vyacheslav Chanov, Fyodor Cherenkov,
 Valeriy Gazzayev, Edgar Gess, Sergey Gotsmanov, Nikolay Latysh, Valeriy Novikov,
 Valeriy Petrakov, Oleg Romantsev, Sergey Shavlo, Vasiliy Shvetsov, Aleksandr Tarkhanov,
 Pyotr Vasilevskiy, Sergey Yashin.

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About this document

Sources included: El Mundo Deportivo (Barcelona), El Tiempo (Bogotá), World Soccer, UPI

Thanks to Frank Rankmore, Sergey Gavrilov

Prepared and maintained by César Silva and Neil Morrison for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: César Silva and Neil Morrison
Last updated: 21 Apr 2011