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North Korea 2-0 Japan - June 25, 1989 / World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone 1990

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World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone 1990 - Sous-groupe F

Yanggakdo Stadium - Pyongyang - North Korea

June 25, 1989

40 000

North Korea

2 - 0

Japan

logo North Korea NK

65' - Substitution Mitsunori Yoshidais substituted by Hisashi Kurosaki

74' - Substitution Shigetatsu Matsunagais substituted by Shinichi Morishita

logo Japan JAP

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

North Korea

2 - 0

Japan

North Korea Japan

Team line-ups

Team line-up not yet available

Japan

Matsunaga74

Shigetatsu Matsunaga

Japan

B.date12/08/1962

Age26 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Horiike

Takumi Horiike

Japan

B.date06/09/1965

Age23 years

H1m73

positionDefender

Kajino

Tomoyuki Kajino

Japan

B.date11/07/1960

Age28 years

H1m82

positionDefender

Shinto

Katsuyoshi Shinto

Japan

B.date15/09/1960

Age28 years

positionDefender

Ihara

Masami Ihara

Japan

B.date18/09/1967

Age21 years

H1m82

positionDefender

Yoshida65

Mitsunori Yoshida

Japan

B.date08/03/1962

Age27 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Natori

Atsushi Natori

Japan

B.date12/11/1961

Age27 years

H1m71

positionMidfield

Sasaki

Masanao Sasaki

Japan

B.date19/06/1962

Age27 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

Mizunuma

Takashi Mizunuma

Japan

B.date28/05/1960

Age29 years

H1m76

positionMidfield

Hashiratani

Tetsuji Hashiratani

Japan

B.date15/07/1964

Age24 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

Hasegawa

Kenta Hasegawa

Japan

B.date25/09/1965

Age23 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Shigetatsu Matsunaga	74	26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Takumi Horiike		23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tomoyuki Kajino		28	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Katsuyoshi Shinto		28	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Masami Ihara		21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mitsunori Yoshida	65	27	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Atsushi Natori		27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Masanao Sasaki		27	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Takashi Mizunuma		29	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tetsuji Hashiratani		24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenta Hasegawa		23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	G		Shinichi Morishita	74	28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Hisashi Kurosaki	65	21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Atsushi Natori

Osamu Maeda

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Manager

Age

Match num

Kenzo Yokoyama

Success rate in this team:

20 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

20 %

Yokoyama vs North Korea

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 25, 1989

Referee

M Kunalan

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	North Korea1 match	General total	Japan1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	North Korea1 match	Season total	Japan1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 25, 1989					Latest figure on June 25, 1989

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Key figures

North Korea keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 19/07/1966). It's a record streak. The first of history

North Korea keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw at home in World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone running (since 22/12/1980). It's a record streak. The first of history

North Korea keeps its 8 matches with at least one goal scored at home running (since 15/07/1966). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNorth Korea 2-0 Singapore25/05/1985

VNorth Korea 2-1 Indonesia26/08/1986

VNorth Korea 4-0 Malaysia31/08/1986

VNorth Korea 2-0 Canada04/09/1986

VNorth Korea 2-0 Indonesia27/02/1987

VNorth Korea 1-0 Hong Kong31/05/1988

Overall

VNorth Korea 1-0 Hong Kong31/05/1988

DIran 0-0 North Korea02/06/1988

LChina 3-1 North Korea04/02/1989

DIndonesia 0-0 North Korea21/05/1989

VHong Kong 1-2 North Korea27/05/1989

LJapan 2-1 North Korea04/06/1989

Current form

Away

LUnited Arab Emirates 2-0 Japan30/01/1988

DOman 1-1 Japan02/02/1988

DIran 2-2 Japan20/01/1989

LSouth Korea 1-0 Japan05/05/1989

DHong Kong 0-0 Japan22/05/1989

DIndonesia 0-0 Japan28/05/1989

Overall

VJapan 2-0 China13/05/1989

DHong Kong 0-0 Japan22/05/1989

DIndonesia 0-0 Japan28/05/1989

VJapan 2-1 North Korea04/06/1989

VJapan 5-0 Indonesia11/06/1989

DJapan 0-0 Hong Kong18/06/1989

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	8	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	60	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	8	2
Scoring streak	8	2
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	4	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	7
Winless streak	10	1
Goalless streak	3	1
Invincibility streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	7
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.4
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.2
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

	-		Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Takumi Horiike
	-		The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Takumi Horiike

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

2 v

2 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

3 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

7 matches

3 v

2 d

2 l

4 gf

3 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

2 d

2 l

0 gf

2 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

7 matches

2 v

2 d

3 l

3 gf

4 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	December 30, 1980
Home	1 - 0	May 08, 1975

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	June 04, 1989
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

June 04, 1989 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 1990

Japan

2 - 1

North Korea logo North Korea

April 30, 1985 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 1986

North Korea

0 - 0

Japan

March 21, 1985 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 1986

Japan

1 - 0

North Korea logo North Korea

December 30, 1980 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 1982

North Korea

1 - 0

Japan

August 23, 1979 - Rencontres amicales 1979

North Korea

0 - 0

Japan

Best historical scorers against Japan

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Best historical scorers against North Korea

Takashi Mizunuma

1 goal

1989 - 1989

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Players with most games played vs Japan

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Players with most games played vs North Korea

Mitsunori Yoshida	1 match	1989 - 1989
Osamu Maeda	1 match	1989 - 1989
Tomoyuki Kajino	1 match	1989 - 1989
Masami Ihara	1 match	1989 - 1989
Takumi Horiike	1 match	1989 - 1989
Hisashi Kurosaki	1 match	1989 - 1989