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Japan 1-2 South Korea - September 28, 1997 / World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone 1998

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World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone 1998 - Group B

Yoyoki National Stadium - Tokyo - Japan

September 28, 1997

56 704

Japan

1 - 2

South Korea

Motohiro Yamaguchi

65'

83'

Jung-won Seo

86'

Min-sung Lee

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46' - Substitution Eisuke Nakanishiis substituted by Akira Narahashi46

58' - Substitution Hyung-seok Jangis substituted by Sung-yong Choi

64' - Substitution Sang-yoon Leeis substituted by Jung-won Seo

65' - Goal Motohiro Yamaguchi65

71' - Substitution Jeong-woon Kois substituted by Dae-eui Kim

72' - Substitution Wagner Lopesis substituted by Yutaka Akita72

83' - Goal Jung-won Seo

86' - Goal Min-sung Lee

87' - Substitution Yasuto Hondais substituted by Akinori Nishizawa87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Japan

1 - 2

South Korea

Japan South Korea

Team line-ups

Japan

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Miura

Kazuyoshi Miura

Japan

B.date26/02/1967

Age30 years

H1m77

positionForward

Lopes72

Wagner Lopes

Japan

B.date29/01/1969

Age28 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Nakata

Hidetoshi Nakata

Japan

B.date22/01/1977

Age20 years

H1m75

positionPlaymaker

Nanami

Hiroshi Nanami

Japan

B.date28/11/1972

Age24 years

H1m77

positionLeft central midfielder

Yamaguchi65

Motohiro Yamaguchi

Japan

B.date29/01/1969

Age28 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

Honda87

Yasuto Honda

Japan

B.date25/06/1969

Age28 years

H1m66

positionMidfield

Soma

Naoki Soma

Japan

B.date19/07/1971

Age26 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Ihara

Masami Ihara

Japan

B.date18/09/1967

Age30 years

H1m82

positionDefender

Omura

Norio Omura

Japan

B.date06/09/1969

Age28 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Nakanishi46

Eisuke Nakanishi

Japan

B.date23/06/1973

Age24 years

H1m74

positionDefender

Kawaguchi

Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi

Japan

B.date15/08/1975

Age22 years

H1m79

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi		22	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eisuke Nakanishi	46	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Naoki Soma		26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Masami Ihara		30	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Norio Omura		28	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yasuto Honda	87	28	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hiroshi Nanami		24	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Motohiro Yamaguchi	65	28	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hidetoshi Nakata		20	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wagner Lopes	72	28	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kazuyoshi Miura		30	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

South Korea

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Y.-s. Choi

Yong-soo Choi

South Korea

B.date10/09/1973

Age24 years

H1m84

positionStriker

S.-y. Lee64

Sang-yoon Lee

South Korea

B.date11/04/1969

Age28 years

H1m79

positionForward

Seok-ju Ha

South Korea

B.date20/02/1968

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Ko71

Jeong-woon Ko

South Korea

B.date27/06/1966

Age31 years

H1m77

positionRight Midfielder

M.-s. Lee86

Min-sung Lee

South Korea

B.date23/06/1973

Age24 years

H1m82

positionDefender

K.-h. Lee

Ki-hyung Lee

South Korea

B.date28/09/1974

Age23 years

H1m82

positionDefender

Yoo

Sang-chul Yoo

South Korea

B.date18/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m84

positionDefensive Midfielder

Jang58

Hyung-seok Jang

South Korea

B.date07/07/1972

Age25 years

H1m82

positionDefender

Y.-i. Choi

Young-il Choi

South Korea

B.date25/04/1966

Age31 years

positionDefender

Hong

Myung-bo Hong

South Korea

B.date12/02/1969

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

B.-j. Kim

Byung-ji Kim

South Korea

B.date08/04/1970

Age27 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Byung-ji Kim		27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hyung-seok Jang	58	25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Min-sung Lee	86	24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ki-hyung Lee		23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Young-il Choi		31	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Myung-bo Hong		28	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sang-chul Yoo		25	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jeong-woon Ko	71	31	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Seok-ju Ha		29	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Sang-yoon Lee	64	28	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Yong-soo Choi		24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Yutaka Akita	72	27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Akira Narahashi	46	25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Akinori Nishizawa	87	21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Sung-yong Choi	58	23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jung-won Seo	8364	26	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dae-eui Kim	71	23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Eisuke Nakanishi

Akira Narahashi

OUT

Wagner Lopes

Shoji Jo

OUT

Yasuto Honda

Yutaka Akita

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Byung-ji Kim

Dong-myung Seo

OUT

Jeong-woon Ko

Kun-ha Park

OUT

Hyung-seok Jang

Jung-won Seo

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Shu Kamo

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Kamo vs South Korea

0 victory

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on September 28, 1997

Kamo vs Cha

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 28, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Bum-kun Cha

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

67 %

Cha vs Japan

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 28, 1997

Cha vs Kamo

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 28, 1997

Referee

Saad Mane

0 victory	0 draw	2 losses	Japan2 matches	General total	South Korea3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Japan1 match	Season total	South Korea1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on November 20, 2002					Latest figure on June 29, 2002

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Key figures

South Korea keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal scored away from home running (since 16/12/1996).

The last time Japan has ended with the score 1-2 in World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone, It was on the 18/10/1993 (vs )

South Korea keeps its 3 consecutive wins away from home running (since 18/01/1997).

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VJapan 1-0 Turkey15/06/1997

VJapan 10-0 Macau22/06/1997

VJapan 3-0 Nepal25/06/1997

DJapan 1-1 Oman28/06/1997

LJapan 0-3 Brazil13/08/1997

VJapan 6-3 Uzbekistan07/09/1997

Overall

VJapan 10-0 Macau22/06/1997

VJapan 3-0 Nepal25/06/1997

DJapan 1-1 Oman28/06/1997

LJapan 0-3 Brazil13/08/1997

VJapan 6-3 Uzbekistan07/09/1997

DUnited Arab Emirates 0-0 Japan19/09/1997

Current form

Away

DUnited Arab Emirates 1-1 South Korea04/12/1996

LAustralia 2-1 South Korea22/01/1997

VHong Kong 0-2 South Korea23/02/1997

VThailand 1-3 South Korea02/03/1997

VChina 0-2 South Korea23/04/1997

DJapan 1-1 South Korea21/05/1997

Overall

DSouth Korea 1-1 Serbia and Montenegro16/06/1997

LSouth Korea 1-2 Brazil10/08/1997

VSouth Korea 4-1 Tajikistan24/08/1997

DSouth Korea 0-0 China30/08/1997

VSouth Korea 3-0 Kazakhstan06/09/1997

VSouth Korea 2-1 Uzbekistan12/09/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	4	4
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	10	2
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

8	Number of games (Competition total)	6
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
6	Victories (Competition total)	5
3	Victories (Home / Away)	2
2	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

37	Goals scored (Competition total)	14
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
4.63	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.33
5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.5
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.33
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
10-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (1 times)

Bookings

3	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Kazuyoshi Miura	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Yong-soo Choi
Kazuyoshi Miura	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Moon-sik Choi
Kazuyoshi Miura	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Sang-chul Yoo
Kazuyoshi Miura	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Kazuyoshi Miura	14 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 4 matches	Yong-soo Choi

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

6 v

10 d

11 l

31 gf

41 ga

Away

23 matches

2 v

1 d

20 l

13 gf

47 ga

Neutral ground

12 matches

1 v

6 d

5 l

8 gf

21 ga

Total

62 matches

9 v

17 d

36 l

52 gf

109 ga

Historical head to head

Home

23 matches

20 v

1 d

2 l

47 gf

13 ga

Away

27 matches

11 v

10 d

6 l

41 gf

31 ga

Neutral ground

12 matches

5 v

6 d

1 l

21 gf

8 ga

Total

62 matches

36 v

17 d

9 l

109 gf

52 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	September 28, 1974
Home	4 - 1	September 28, 1974

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	July 19, 1978
Away	5 - 1	March 07, 1954

Latest head to head

May 21, 1997 - Rencontres amicales 1997

Japan

1 - 1

South Korea logo South Korea

February 26, 1995 - Rencontres amicales 1995

Japan

2 - 2

South Korea logo South Korea

February 21, 1995 - Rencontres amicales 1995

Japan

1 - 1

South Korea logo South Korea

October 13, 1994 - Jeux d'Asie 1994

Japan

2 - 3

South Korea logo South Korea

October 25, 1993 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 1994

Japan

1 - 0

South Korea logo South Korea

Best historical scorers against South Korea

Kazuyoshi Miura	3 goals	1993 - 1997
Masashi Nakayama	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Hisashi Kurosaki	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Motohiro Yamaguchi	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Masami Ihara	1 goal	1994 - 1994
Takuya Takagi	1 goal	1992 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/07/1990. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Japan

Sun-hong Hwang	3 goals	1990 - 1994
Ki-hyung Lee	2 goals	1995 - 1995
Sang-chul Yoo	2 goals	1994 - 1997
Joo-sung Kim	1 goal	1990 - 1990
Jae-kwon Chung	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Seok-ju Ha	1 goal	1991 - 1991

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/07/1990. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs South Korea

Masami Ihara	11 matches	1988 - 1997
Tetsuji Hashiratani	9 matches	1989 - 1995
Shigetatsu Matsunaga	8 matches	1988 - 1995
Tsuyoshi Kitazawa	7 matches	1991 - 1995
Masahiro Fukuda	7 matches	1990 - 1995
Takumi Horiike	6 matches	1988 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/10/1988. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Japan

Jeong-woon Ko	7 matches	1991 - 1997
Young-jin Lee	5 matches	1990 - 1994
Seok-ju Ha	5 matches	1991 - 1994
Sang-chul Yoo	4 matches	1994 - 1997
Myung-bo Hong	4 matches	1990 - 1994
In-young Choi	4 matches	1990 - 1993