
Japan 4-3 Croatia - June 08, 1997 / Kirin Cup 1997
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CRO
CRO
Team line-ups
Japan
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G |
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | 21 | 7 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Takashi Hirano | 3478 | 22 | 1 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
D |
Masami Ihara | 29 | 96 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Toshihide Saito | 24 | 5 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Naoki Soma | 25 | 29 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Yutaka Akita | 26 | 7 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Yasuto Honda | 69 | 27 | 22 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Hiroshi Nanami | 24 | 23 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Tadashi Nakamura | 25 | 12 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Hidetoshi Nakata | 78 | 20 | 2 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Kazuyoshi Miura | 4953 | 30 | 71 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player |
Average age
24.8 years
Average number of matches played for the team
25
Croatia
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G |
Drazen Ladic | 34 | 33 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Dubravko Pavlicic | 46 | 29 | 21 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
D |
Nikola Jerkan | 32 | 30 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Dario Simic | 21 | 8 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Darko Butorovic | 26 | 2 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Andrija Balajic | 24 | 3 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Nenad Pralija | 60 | 26 | 10 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Aljosa Asanovic | 7786 | 31 | 31 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Robert Prosinecki | 75 | 28 | 23 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Goran Vlaovic | 90 | 24 | 21 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Igor Cvitanovic | 26 | 16 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player |
Average age
27.4 years
Average number of matches played for the team
18
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M |
Motohiro Yamaguchi | 69 | 28 | 35 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Teruyoshi Ito | 78 | 22 | 1 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Hiraoki Morishima | 9078 | 25 | 28 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player |
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M |
Ivo Ergovic | 46 | 29 | 1 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Krunoslav Jurcic | 60 | 27 | 1 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Tomislav Erceg | 75 | 25 | 1 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player |
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Takashi Hirano
IN
Norio Omura
OUT
Toshihide Saito
IN
Motohiro Yamaguchi
OUT
Naoki Soma
IN
Shoji Jo
OUT
Yutaka Akita
IN
Ryuji Michiki
OUT
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Andrija Balajic
IN
Zvonimir Soldo
OUT
Goran Vlaovic
IN
Davor Suker
OUT
Igor Cvitanovic
IN
Alen Boksic
OUT
Nenad Pralija
IN
Robert Jarni
OUT
Dubravko Pavlicic
IN
Slaven Bilic
OUT
Nikola Jerkan
IN
Goran Juric
OUT
Darko Butorovic
IN
Zvonimir Boban
OUT
Manager
Age
Match num
57
38
Success rate in this team:
50 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
44 %
Kamo vs Croatia
1 victory
0 draw
0 loss
Kamo vs Blazevic
1 victory
0 draw
0 loss
Manager
Age
Match num
62
33
Success rate in this team:
52 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
43 %
Blazevic vs Japan
0 victory
0 draw
1 loss
Blazevic vs Kamo
0 victory
0 draw
1 loss
Referee
Tae-young Kim
3 victories |
2 draws |
0 loss |
Japan5 matches | General total | Croatia1 match | 0 victory |
0 draw |
1 loss |
1 victory |
0 draw |
0 loss |
Japan1 match | Season total | Croatia1 match | 0 victory |
0 draw |
1 loss |
Latest figure on August 20, 2003 | Latest figure on June 08, 1997 |
Videos
Key figures

It's the first time in his career that Takashi Hirano scores at least 1 goals during the same game in his professional career with Japan

It's the first time Aljosa Asanovic scores at least 2 goals during the same game in Kirin Cup

It's the first time Hiraoki Morishima scores 1 goal in Kirin Cup
Pre-match
Current form
Home | VJapan 1-0 Serbia and Montenegro26/05/1996 | VJapan 3-2 Mexico29/05/1996 | VJapan 5-3 Uruguay25/08/1996 | VJapan 1-0 Uzbekistan11/09/1996 | VJapan 1-0 Tunisia13/10/1996 | DJapan 1-1 South Korea21/05/1997 |
Overall | LSweden 1-0 Japan13/02/1997 | LThailand 3-1 Japan15/03/1997 | VOman 0-1 Japan23/03/1997 | VMacau 0-10 Japan25/03/1997 | VNepal 0-6 Japan27/03/1997 | DJapan 1-1 South Korea21/05/1997 |
Current form
Away | DLithuania 0-0 Croatia29/03/1995 | VSlovenia 1-2 Croatia15/11/1995 | DEngland 0-0 Croatia24/04/1996 | DIreland 2-2 Croatia02/06/1996 | DMorocco 2-2 Croatia11/12/1996 | VGreece 0-1 Croatia30/04/1997 |
Overall | DCroatia 1-1 Greece10/11/1996 | DMorocco 2-2 Croatia11/12/1996 | DCroatia 1-1 Czech Republic12/12/1996 | DCroatia 1-1 Denmark29/03/1997 | DCroatia 3-3 Slovenia02/04/1997 | VGreece 0-1 Croatia30/04/1997 |
Running streaks
Home | Total | |
---|---|---|
Drawing streak | 1 | 1 |
Unbeaten streak | 8 | 4 |
Winless streak | 1 | 1 |
Scoring streak | 12 | 5 |
Conceding streak | 1 | 1 |
Running streaks
Away | Total | |
---|---|---|
Winning streak | 1 | 1 |
Unbeaten streak | 10 | 7 |
Drawless streak | 1 | 1 |
Scoring streak | 3 | 8 |
Invincibility streak | 1 | 1 |
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