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Japan 2-1 South Korea - March 01, 1998 / Friendlies 1998

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Friendlies 1998 - Asia

Yokohama International Stadium - Yokohama - Japan

March 01, 1998

59 380

Japan

2 - 1

South Korea

Masashi Nakayama

17'

Shoji Jo

88'

21'

Sang-yoon Lee

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17' - Goal Masashi Nakayama17

21' - Goal Sang-yoon Lee

31' - Substitution Hak-chul Kimis substituted by Ki-hyung Lee

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58' - Substitution Do-hoon Kimis substituted by Soon-jin Jin

59' - Substitution Tsuyoshi Kitazawais substituted by Takashi Hirano59

78' - Substitution Nam-yul Parkis substituted by Jong-soo Ko

80' - Substitution Masashi Nakayamais substituted by Masayuki Okano80

88' - Goal Shoji Jo88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Japan

2 - 1

South Korea

Japan South Korea

Team line-ups

Japan

Narazaki

Seigo Narazaki

Japan

B.date15/04/1976

Age21 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Soma

Naoki Soma

Japan

B.date19/07/1971

Age26 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Hattori

Toshihiro Hattori

Japan

B.date23/09/1973

Age24 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

Ihara

Masami Ihara

Japan

B.date18/09/1967

Age30 years

H1m82

positionDefender

Narahashi

Akira Narahashi

Japan

B.date26/11/1971

Age26 years

H1m70

positionDefender

Akita

Yutaka Akita

Japan

B.date06/08/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Kitazawa59

Tsuyoshi Kitazawa

Japan

B.date10/08/1968

Age29 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Nanami

Hiroshi Nanami

Japan

B.date28/11/1972

Age25 years

H1m77

positionLeft central midfielder

Nakata

Hidetoshi Nakata

Japan

B.date22/01/1977

Age21 years

H1m75

positionPlaymaker

Nakayama1780

Masashi Nakayama

Japan

B.date23/09/1967

Age30 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Jo88

Shoji Jo

Japan

B.date17/06/1975

Age22 years

H1m79

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Seigo Narazaki		21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Naoki Soma		26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Toshihiro Hattori		24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Masami Ihara		30	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Akira Narahashi		26	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Yutaka Akita		27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tsuyoshi Kitazawa	59	29	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hiroshi Nanami		25	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hidetoshi Nakata		21	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Masashi Nakayama	1780	30	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shoji Jo	88	22	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

South Korea

Seo

Dong-myung Seo

South Korea

B.date04/05/1974

Age23 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

H.-c. Kim31

Hak-chul Kim

South Korea

B.date04/11/1972

Age25 years

H1m77

positionDefender

Jang

Dae-il Jang

South Korea

B.date09/03/1974

Age23 years

positionDefender

M.-s. Lee

Min-sung Lee

South Korea

B.date23/06/1973

Age24 years

H1m82

positionDefender

Y.-i. Choi

Young-il Choi

South Korea

B.date25/04/1966

Age31 years

positionDefender

Yoo

Sang-chul Yoo

South Korea

B.date18/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m84

positionDefensive Midfielder

S.-y. Choi

Sung-yong Choi

South Korea

B.date25/12/1973

Age24 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

Do-hoon Kim58

Do-hoon Kim

South Korea

B.date21/07/1970

Age27 years

H1m82

positionForward

Park78

Nam-yul Park

South Korea

B.date04/05/1970

Age27 years

positionForward

S.-y. Lee21

Sang-yoon Lee

South Korea

B.date11/04/1969

Age28 years

H1m79

positionForward

Y.-s. Choi

Yong-soo Choi

South Korea

B.date10/09/1973

Age24 years

H1m84

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dong-myung Seo		23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hak-chul Kim	31	25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dae-il Jang		23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Min-sung Lee		24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Young-il Choi		31	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sang-chul Yoo		26	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sung-yong Choi		24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Do-hoon Kim	58	27	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nam-yul Park	78	27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Sang-yoon Lee	21	28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Yong-soo Choi		24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Takashi Hirano	59	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Masayuki Okano	80	25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Ki-hyung Lee	31	23	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jong-soo Ko	78	19	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Soon-jin Jin	58	24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Masashi Nakayama

Atsushi Yanagisawa

OUT

Tsuyoshi Kitazawa

Motohiro Yamaguchi

OUT

Naoki Soma

Tadatoshi Masuda

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Hak-chul Kim

Tae-young Kim

OUT

Sung-yong Choi

Jong-soo Ko

OUT

Do-hoon Kim

Soon-jin Jin

OUT

Nam-yul Park

Jong-hwan Yoon

OUT

Sang-yoon Lee

Jung-hyuk Kim

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Takeshi Okada

Success rate in this team:

71 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Okada vs South Korea

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 01, 1998

Okada vs Cha

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 01, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Bum-kun Cha

Success rate in this team:

62 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

62 %

Cha vs Japan

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 01, 1998

Cha vs Okada

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 01, 1998

Referee

Ali Bujsaim

3 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Japan4 matches	General total	South Korea2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Japan1 match	Season total	South Korea1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 10, 2001					Latest figure on October 23, 2000

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Key figures

End of streak for South Korea after 8 consecutive matches without a loss away from home in Friendlies (since 11/06/1994). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 26/02/1994 (6 matches)

It's the first time Shoji Jo scores 1 goal in Friendlies

Japan keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a loss vs South Korea at home in Friendlies running (since 22/08/1992). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 30/09/1984 (3 matches)

Read the next 25 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DJapan 1-1 Oman28/06/1997

LJapan 0-3 Brazil13/08/1997

VJapan 6-3 Uzbekistan07/09/1997

LJapan 1-2 South Korea28/09/1997

DJapan 1-1 United Arab Emirates26/10/1997

VJapan 5-1 Kazakhstan08/11/1997

Overall

DUzbekistan 1-1 Japan11/10/1997

DJapan 1-1 United Arab Emirates26/10/1997

VSouth Korea 0-2 Japan01/11/1997

VJapan 5-1 Kazakhstan08/11/1997

VIran 2-3 Japan16/11/1997

VAustralia 0-3 Japan15/02/1998

Current form

Away

DKazakhstan 1-1 South Korea11/10/1997

VUzbekistan 1-5 South Korea18/10/1997

VUnited Arab Emirates 1-3 South Korea09/11/1997

VThailand 0-2 South Korea29/01/1998

VNew Zealand 0-1 South Korea07/02/1998

LAustralia 1-0 South Korea11/02/1998

Overall

VUnited Arab Emirates 1-3 South Korea09/11/1997

VSouth Korea 2-0 Egypt27/01/1998

VThailand 0-2 South Korea29/01/1998

DEgypt 1-1 South Korea31/01/1998

VNew Zealand 0-1 South Korea07/02/1998

LAustralia 1-0 South Korea11/02/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	4
Unbeaten streak	2	7
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	4	8
Conceding streak	6	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	5	2
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Takashi Hirano	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Yong-soo Choi
-		Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Yong-soo Choi
Hidetoshi Nakata	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Takashi Hirano	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Yong-soo Choi

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

6 v

10 d

12 l

32 gf

43 ga

Away

24 matches

3 v

1 d

20 l

15 gf

47 ga

Neutral ground

12 matches

1 v

6 d

5 l

8 gf

21 ga

Total

64 matches

10 v

17 d

37 l

55 gf

111 ga

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

20 v

1 d

3 l

47 gf

15 ga

Away

28 matches

12 v

10 d

6 l

43 gf

32 ga

Neutral ground

12 matches

5 v

6 d

1 l

21 gf

8 ga

Total

64 matches

37 v

17 d

10 l

111 gf

55 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

November 01, 1997 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 1998

South Korea

0 - 2

Japan

September 28, 1997 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 1998

Japan

1 - 2

South Korea logo South Korea

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

Best historical scorers against South Korea

Kazuyoshi Miura	3 goals	1993 - 1997
Motohiro Yamaguchi	2 goals	1995 - 1997
Hisashi Kurosaki	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Masahiro Fukuda	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Wagner Lopes	1 goal	1997 - 1997
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
Sang-chul Yoo	2 goals	1994 - 1997
Ki-hyung Lee	2 goals	1995 - 1995
Jae-kwon Chung	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Jung-won Seo	1 goal	1997 - 1997
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	13 matches	1988 - 1997
Tetsuji Hashiratani	9 matches	1989 - 1995
Kazuyoshi Miura	8 matches	1991 - 1997
Tsuyoshi Kitazawa	8 matches	1991 - 1997
Shigetatsu Matsunaga	8 matches	1988 - 1995
Masahiro Fukuda	7 matches	1990 - 1995

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	9 matches	1991 - 1997
Seok-ju Ha	7 matches	1991 - 1997
Sang-chul Yoo	6 matches	1994 - 1997
Myung-bo Hong	5 matches	1990 - 1997
Yong-soo Choi	5 matches	1995 - 1997
Young-jin Lee	5 matches	1990 - 1994