Japan–South Korea football rivalry

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Japan–South Korea football rivalry
2010 East Asian Football Championship Korea Republic vs Japan.jpg
2010 East Asian Football Championship Men's match
LocationAsia (AFC)
East Asia (EAFF)
Teams Japan
South Korea
First meetingJapan 1–5 South Korea
7 March 1954[1]
Latest meetingJapan 3–0 South Korea
25 March 2021
Statistics
Meetings total80
Most winsSouth Korea (42)
Top scorerJapan Kunishige Kamamoto (7)
Largest victorySouth Korea 5–1 Japan
7 March 1954

The Japan–South Korea football rivalry, between the Japan and South Korea national football teams, is one of many sports rivalries contested between Japan and South Korea. The two have played each other officially since 1954. They have had 80 matches so far with 42 South Korean wins, 23 draws, and 15 Japanese wins. The match between the two countries is often shorten as nikkansen (Japanese: 日韓戦) or haniljeon (Korean: 한일전/韓日戰) in their respective languages.

The highest level of matches which the two nations could contest are the FIFA World Cup (and its qualifiers) and the AFC Asian Cup. Their last meeting in the former dates back to the 1998 qualifiers, while the latter dates back to the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. Friendly matches between the two nations have declined since 2010, partly because of the scheduling conflicts for players in European clubs, and partly because of poor relations between the two countries.[2]

Men's matches[]

  • As of 25 March 2021[3]
Japan wins 15
South Korea wins 42
Draws 23
Total matches 80
# Date Venue Competition Home team Score Away team Goals (home) Goals (away)
1 1954-03-07 Meiji Shrine Stadium
Tokyo
1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Japan 1–5 South Korea Ken Naganuma (16) Chung Nam-sik (22, 83), (34), Choi Chung-min (68, 87)
2 1954-03-14 South Korea 2–2 Japan Chung Nam-sik (24), Choi Chung-min (43) Toshio Iwatani (16, 60)
3 1956-06-03 1956 Summer Olympics qualification Japan 2–0 South Korea Masao Uchino (54), Isao Iwabuchi (77)
4 1956-06-10 South Korea 2–0 Japan Sung Nak-woon (59), (65)
5 1959-09-05 Stadium Merdeka
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1959 Merdeka Tournament Japan 0–0 South Korea
6 1959-09-06 South Korea 3–1 Japan Choi Chung-min (2), Cho Yoon-ok (8), Cha Tae-sung (57) Masao Uchino (12)
7 1959-12-13 Korakuen Velodrome
Tokyo
1960 Summer Olympics qualification South Korea 2–0 Japan Choi Jung-min (51), Moon Jung-sik (57)
8 1959-12-20 Japan 1–0 South Korea Hiroshi Ninomiya (70)
9 1960-11-06 Hyochang Stadium
Seoul
1962 FIFA World Cup qualification South Korea 2–1 Japan (39, 41) Koji Sasaki (21)
10 1961-06-11 Korakuen Velodrome
Tokyo
Japan 0–2 South Korea (20), (71)
11 1962-08-30 Gelora Bung Karno Stadium
Jakarta, Indonesia
1962 Asian Games South Korea 1–0 Japan Cho Yoon-ok (80)
12 1963-08-13 Stadium Merdeka
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1963 Merdeka Tournament South Korea 1–1 Japan Cha Tae-sung (64) Shozo Tsugitani (65)
13 1967-08-01 Taipei Municipal Stadium
Taipei, Taiwan
1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification Japan 2–1 South Korea Katsuyoshi Kuwahara (40), (46) Jung Byung-tak (52)
14 1967-10-07 National Stadium
Tokyo
1968 Summer Olympics qualification Japan 3–3 South Korea Teruki Miyamoto (13), Ryuichi Sugiyama (37), Kunishige Kamamoto (70) Lee Hoi-taek (54), Huh Yoon-jung (69, 72)
15 1969-10-12 Dongdaemun Stadium
Seoul
1970 FIFA World Cup qualification South Korea 2–2 Japan Kim Ki-bok (8), Park Soo-il (38) Teruki Miyamoto (33), Yasuyuki Kuwahara (50)
16 1969-10-18 South Korea 2–0 Japan (17, 40)
17 1970-08-02 Stadium Merdeka
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1970 Merdeka Tournament South Korea 1–1 Japan Park Lee-chun (89) Takeo Takahashi (60)
18 1970-12-18 Supachalasai National Stadium
Bangkok, Thailand
1970 Asian Games Japan 1–2 South Korea Tadahiko Ueda (73) (40), Park Lee-chun (114)
19 1971-10-02 Dongdaemun Stadium
Seoul
1972 Summer Olympics qualification South Korea 2–1 Japan (47), (83) Yoshikazu Nagai (51)
20 1972-07-26 Stadium Merdeka
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1972 Merdeka Tournament South Korea 3–0 Japan (27, 64), Park Lee-chun (58)
21 1972-09-14 National Stadium
Tokyo
Friendly Japan 2–2 South Korea Kunishige Kamamoto (18, 89) Park Lee-chun (48), Lee Cha-man (65)
22 1973-06-23 Dongdaemun Stadium
Seoul
Friendly South Korea 2–0 Japan Lee Cha-man (56), Kim Jae-han (74)
23 1974-09-28 National Stadium
Tokyo
Friendly Japan 4–1 South Korea Kunishige Kamamoto (35, 53), Daishiro Yoshimura (39), Kozo Arai (89) Kim Jae-han (65)
24 1975-08-09 Stadium Merdeka
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1975 Merdeka Tournament South Korea 3–1 Japan Cha Bum-kun (4, 42, 47) Hiroshi Ochiai (17)
25 1975-09-08 Dongdaemun Stadium
Seoul
Friendly South Korea 3–0 Japan Cho Dong-hyun (3), Park Sang-in (20), Lee Young-moo (30)
26 1976-03-21 National Stadium
Tokyo
1976 Summer Olympics qualification Japan 0–2 South Korea Lee Young-moo (2), Park Sang-in (71)
27 1976-03-27 Dongdaemun Stadium
Seoul
South Korea 2–2 Japan Kim Jin-kook (3), Cha Bum-kun (77) Kunishige Kamamoto (40, 88)
28 1976-08-18 Stadium Merdeka
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1976 Merdeka Tournament South Korea 0–0 Japan
29 1976-12-04 National Stadium
Tokyo
Friendly Japan 1–2 South Korea Yoshikazu Nagai (33) Huh Jung-moo (72), (76)
30 1977-03-26 National Stadium
Tokyo
1978 FIFA World Cup qualification Japan 0–0 South Korea
31 1977-04-03 Dongdaemun Stadium
Seoul
South Korea 1–0 Japan Cha Bum-kun (83 (pen.))
32 1977-06-15 Dongdaemun Stadium
Seoul
Friendly South Korea 2–1 Japan Kim Jin-kook (21), Kim Sung-nam (25) Nobutoshi Kaneda (55)
33 1978-07-19 Stadium Merdeka
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1978 Merdeka Tournament South Korea 4–0 Japan Cho Kwang-rae (20), Cha Bum-kun (44), Park Sung-hwa (75), Kim Ho-gon (88)
34 1978-12-15 Chulalongkorn University Stadium
Bangkok, Thailand
1978 Asian Games South Korea 3–1 Japan Lee Young-moo (8), Park Sung-hwa (28), (68) Hisashi Kato (87)
35 1979-03-04 National Stadium
Tokyo
Friendly Japan 2–1 South Korea Hiroyuki Usui (21), Kazuyoshi Nakamura (25) (87)
36 1979-06-16 Dongdaemun Stadium
Seoul
Friendly South Korea 4–1 Japan Park Sung-hwa (15, 25, 54), Shin Hyun-ho (73) Yoshikazu Nagai (47)
37 1980-03-22 Stadium Merdeka
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1980 Summer Olympics qualification South Korea 3–1 Japan Huh Jung-moo (34 (pen.)), Cho Kwang-rae (57, 79) Ikuo Takahara (89)
38 1981-03-08 National Stadium
Tokyo
Friendly Japan 0–1 South Korea Chung Hae-won (39)
39 1981-06-21 Busan Gudeok Stadium
Busan
1981 President's Cup South Korea 2–0 Japan (43), Lee Tae-yeop (77)
40 1982-03-21 Dongdaemun Stadium
Seoul
Friendly South Korea 3–0 Japan Kang Shin-woo (2), Choi Soon-ho (38), Lee Kang-jo (52)
41 1982-11-25 Chhatrasal Stadium
New Delhi, India
1982 Asian Games Japan 2-1 South Korea Kazushi Kimura (58), Nobutoshi Kaneda (79) Kang Shin-woo (21)
42 1983-03-06 National Stadium
Tokyo
Friendly Japan 1–1 South Korea Koji Tanaka (6) Kim Kyung-ho (90)
43 1984-09-30 Seoul Olympic Stadium
Seoul
Friendly South Korea 1–2 Japan (42) Kazushi Kimura (36), Takashi Mizunuma (50)
44 1985-10-02 National Stadium
Tokyo
1986 FIFA World Cup qualification Japan 1–2 South Korea Kazushi Kimura (43) Chung Yong-hwan (30), Lee Tae-ho (42)
45 1985-11-03 Seoul Olympic Stadium
Seoul
South Korea 1–0 Japan Huh Jung-moo (61)
46 1988-10-26 National Stadium
Tokyo
Friendly Japan 0–1 South Korea Choi Soon-ho (43)
47 1988-12-06 Qatar SC Stadium
Doha, Qatar
1988 AFC Asian Cup South Korea 2–0 Japan Hwang Sun-hong (13), Kim Joo-sung (35)
48 1989-05-05 Dongdaemun Stadium
Seoul
Friendly South Korea 1–0 Japan Lee Tae-ho (63)
49 1990-07-27 Workers' Stadium
Beijing, China
1990 Dynasty Cup South Korea 2–0 Japan Hwang Sun-hong (34), Kim Joo-sung (66)
50 1991-07-27 Nagasaki Athletic Stadium
Nagasaki
Friendly Japan 0–1 South Korea Ha Seok-ju (62)
51 1992-08-22 Workers' Stadium
Beijing, China
1992 Dynasty Cup South Korea 0–0 Japan
52 1992-08-29 Japan 2–2 (pen. 4–2) South Korea Masashi Nakayama (82), Takuya Takagi (96) Jung Jae-kwon (32), Kim Jung-hyuk (97)
53 1993-10-25 Khalifa International Stadium
Doha|, Qatar
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification Japan 1–0 South Korea Kazuyoshi Miura (60)
54 1994-10-11 Hiroshima Stadium
Hiroshima
1994 Asian Games Japan 2–3 South Korea Kazuyoshi Miura (30), Masami Ihara (86) Yoo Sang-chul (51), Hwang Sun-hong (77, 89 (pen.))
55 1995-02-21 Hong Kong Stadium
So Kon Po
1995 Dynasty Cup South Korea 1–1 Japan Lee Woo-young (67) Hisashi Kurosaki (47)
56 1995-02-26 Japan 2–2 (pen. 5–3) South Korea Masahiro Fukuda (2), Motohiro Yamaguchi (87) Lee Ki-hyung (26, 90+2)
57 1997-05-21 National Stadium
Tokyo
Friendly Japan 1–1 South Korea Kazuyoshi Miura (88 (pen.)) Yoo Sang-chul (56)
58 1997-09-28 National Stadium
Tokyo
1998 FIFA World Cup qualification Japan 1–2 South Korea Motohiro Yamaguchi (65) Seo Jung-won (83), Lee Min-sung (86)
59 1997-11-01 Seoul Olympic Stadium
Seoul
South Korea 0–2 Japan Hiroshi Nanami (1), Wagner Lopes (37)
60 1998-03-01 International Stadium
Yokohama
1998 Dynasty Cup Japan 2–1 South Korea Masashi Nakayama (17), Shoji Jo (88) Lee Sang-yoon (21)
61 1998-04-01 Seoul Olympic Stadium
Seoul
Friendly South Korea 2–1 Japan Lee Sang-yoon (40), Hwang Sun-hong (72) Masashi Nakayama (61)
62 1998-12-07 Rajamangala Stadium
Bangkok, Thailand
1998 Asian Games Japan 0–2 South Korea Choi Yong-soo (31 (pen.)), 46)
63 2000-04-26 Seoul Olympic Stadium
Seoul
Friendly South Korea 1–0 Japan Ha Seok-ju (78)
64 2000-12-20 National Stadium
Tokyo
Friendly Japan 1–1 South Korea Toshihiro Hattori (56) Ahn Jung-hwan (14)
65 2003-04-16 Seoul World Cup Stadium
Seoul
Friendly South Korea 0–1 Japan Yuichiro Nagai (90+2)
66 2003-05-31 National Stadium
Tokyo
Friendly Japan 0–1 South Korea Ahn Jung-hwan (86)
67 2003-12-10 International Stadium
Yokohama
2003 East Asian Football Championship Japan 0–0 South Korea
68 2005-08-07 Daegu World Cup Stadium
Daegu
2005 East Asian Football Championship South Korea 0–1 Japan Yuji Nakazawa (86)
69 2007-07-28 Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium
Palembang, Indonesia
2007 AFC Asian Cup South Korea 0–0 (pen. 6–5) Japan
70 2008-02-23 Olympic Sports Center
Chongqing
2008 East Asian Football Championship Japan 1–1 South Korea Koji Yamase (68) Yeom Ki-hun (14)
71 2010-02-14 National Stadium
Tokyo
2010 East Asian Football Championship Japan 1–3 South Korea Yasuhito Endō (23 (pen.)) Lee Dong-gook (33 (pen.)), Lee Seung-yeoul (39), Kim Jae-sung (70)
72 2010-05-24 Saitama Stadium 2002
Saitama
Friendly Japan 0–2 South Korea Park Ji-sung (6), Park Chu-young (90+1 (pen.))
73 2010-10-12 Seoul World Cup Stadium
Seoul
Friendly South Korea 0–0 Japan
74 2011-01-25 Al-Gharrafa Stadium
Doha, Qatar
2011 AFC Asian Cup Japan 2–2 (pen. 3–0) South Korea Ryoichi Maeda (36), Hajime Hosogai (97 (pen.)) Ki Sung-yueng (23 (pen.)), Hwang Jae-won (120)
75 2011-08-10 Sapporo Dome
Sapporo
Friendly Japan 3–0 South Korea Shinji Kagawa (35, 55), Keisuke Honda (53)
76 2013-07-28 Seoul Olympic Stadium
Seoul
2013 EAFF East Asian Cup South Korea 1–2 Japan Yun Il-lok (33) Yoichiro Kakitani (24, 90+1)
77 2015-08-05 Wuhan Sports Center Stadium
Wuhan
2015 EAFF East Asian Cup Japan 1–1 South Korea Hotaru Yamaguchi (39) Jang Hyun-soo (26 (pen.))
78 2017-12-16 Ajinomoto Stadium
Tokyo
2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Japan 1–4 South Korea Yu Kobayashi (3 (pen.)) Kim Shin-wook (13, 35), Jung Woo-young (23), Yeom Ki-hun (69)
79 2019-12-18 Busan Asiad Main Stadium
Busan
2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship South Korea 1–0 Japan Hwang In-beom (28)
80 2021-03-25 Nissan Stadium
Yokohama
Friendly Japan 3–0 South Korea Miki Yamane (16), Daichi Kamada (27), Wataru Endo (83)

Unofficial matches[]

  • Below matches are not counted as the official full international "A" matches.
# Date Venue Competition Home team Score Away team Goals (home) Goals (away)
1 1966-08-14 Stadium Merdeka
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1966 Merdeka Tournament South Korea 2–0 Japan B Cha Tae-sung (50), Kim Jung-nam (76)
2 1968-08-18 1968 Merdeka Tournament South Korea 2–0 Japan B (4), Huh Yoon-jung (54)
3 1974-05-11 Dongdaemun Stadium
Seoul
1974 President's Cup South Korea 3–0 Japan B Park Lee-chun (41), Cha Bum-kun (60, 87)
4 1975-05-14 1975 President's Cup South Korea 1–0 Japan B Lee Cha-man (17)

Women's matches[]

  • As of 17 December 2019[3]
Japan wins 17
South Korea wins 4
Draws 10
Total matches 31
# Date Venue Competition Home team Score Away team Goals (home) Goals (away)
1 1990-09-06 Dongdaemun Stadium
Seoul
Friendly South Korea 1–13 Japan (67) Etsuko Handa (2, 10), Takako Tezuka (8, 16, 38, 55), Kaori Nagamine (15, 80), Futaba Kioka (21, 67), Michiko Matsuda (32), Akemi Noda (39), Midori Honda (75)
2 1990-09-09 South Korea 0–5 Japan Kyoko Kuroda (21), Takako Tezuka (25, 42), Futaba Kioka (30), Asako Takakura (63)
3 1990-09-29
Beijing, China
1990 Asian Games Japan 8–1 South Korea Futaba Kioka (22, 34), Kaori Nagamine (40, 46), Etsuko Handa (64), Akemi Noda (73), Kazuko Hironaka (75), Yuriko Mizuma (77)
4 1994-10-04 Takegahana Stadium
Fukuyama
1994 Asian Games Japan 5–0 South Korea
5 1995-09-23 ?
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
1995 AFC Women's Championship Japan 1–0 South Korea Akemi Noda (63)
6 1998-10-24 Seoul Olympic Stadium
Seoul
Friendly South Korea 1–1 Japan
7 1998-10-26 Misari Football Stadium
Hanam
Friendly South Korea 1–1 Japan Jin Suk-hee
8 1999-05-30 Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
Kyoto
Friendly Japan 1–1 South Korea Tamaki Uchiyama (31) Tomoe Sakai (24 o.g.)
9 1999-06-03 National Stadium
Tokyo
Friendly Japan 3–2 South Korea Nami Otake (13), Tamaki Uchiyama (73), Yayoi Kobayashi (82) (15), (20)
10 2001-08-03 Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
Ulsan
Toto Cup South Korea 1–1 Japan (19) Yayoi Kobayashi (35)
11 2001-12-14 Yunlin County Stadium
Dounan, Taiwan
2001 AFC Women's Championship South Korea 1–2 Japan Lee Ji-eun (27) Yayoi Kobayashi (10), Mio Otani (89)
12 2002-08-31 ?
Wuhan, China
Friendly Tournament South Korea 0–0 Japan
13 2002-10-07 Masan Stadium
Masan
2002 Asian Games South Korea 0–1 Japan Homare Sawa (15)
14 2003-06-21 Rajamangala Stadium
Bangkok, Thailand
2003 AFC Women's Championship Japan 0–1 South Korea Hwang In-sun (18)
15 2003-07-22 Sendai Stadium
Sendai
Friendly Tournament Japan 5–0 South Korea Mio Otani (5), Tomomi Miyamoto (41), Eriko Arakawa (71, 83), Aya Miyama (79)
16 2005-08-06 Daegu World Cup Stadium
Daegu
2005 EAFF Women's Football Championship South Korea 0–0 Japan
17 2006-12-10 Qatar SC Stadium
Doha, Qatar
2006 Asian Games Japan 3–1 South Korea Azusa Iwashimizu (47), Miyuki Yanagita (72), Yūki Nagasato (82) Park Hee-young (89)
18 2007-06-03 National Stadium
Tokyo
2008 Summer Olympics qualifiers Japan 6–1 South Korea Tomomi Miyamoto (18), Shinobu Ohno (20), Eriko Arakawa (23), (34 o.g.), Mio Otani (65), Homare Sawa (67) Jung Hye-in (73)
19 2007-06-10 Bucheon Stadium
Bucheon
South Korea 2–2 Japan Kim Jin-hee (4), Park Hee-young (63) Shinobu Ohno (10), Aya Miyama (36)
20 2008-02-21 Yongchuan Stadium
Chongqing, China
2008 EAFF Women's Football Championship Japan 2–0 South Korea Eriko Arakawa (14), Shinobu Ohno (56)
21 2008-05-29 Thống Nhất Stadium
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup Japan 1–3 South Korea Yuki Nagasato (10) Cha Yun-hee (18), Park Hee-young (31, 54)
22 2010-02-13 Ajinomoto Stadium
Tokyo
2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship Japan 2–1 South Korea Shinobu Ohno (7), Mami Yamaguchi (17) Yoo Young-a (75)
23 2011-06-18 Ningineer Stadium
Matsuyama
Friendly Japan 1–1 South Korea Aya Miyama (70) Ji So-yun (75)
24 2011-09-03 Jinan Olympic Sports Center
Jinan, China
2012 Summer Olympics qualifiers South Korea 1–2 Japan Ji So-yun (30) Mizuho Sakaguchi (10), Shinobu Ohno (45+1)
25 2013-07-27 Seoul Olympic Stadium
Seoul
2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup South Korea 2–1 Japan Ji So-yun (13, 66) Yūki Nagasato (72)
26 2015-08-04 Wuhan Sports Center Stadium
Wuhan, China
2015 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup Japan 1–2 South Korea Emi Nakajima (30) Cho So-hyun (54), Jeon Ga-eul (90+3)
27 2016-03-02 Kincho Stadium
Osaka
2016 Summer Olympics qualifiers Japan 1–1 South Korea Mana Iwabuchi (84) Jung Seol-bin (87)
28 2017-12-08 Fukuda Denshi Arena
Chiba
2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Japan 3–2 South Korea Mina Tanaka (8), Emi Nakajima (71), Mana Iwabuchi (83) Cho So-hyun (14 (pen.)), Han Chae-rin (80)
29 2018-04-10 Amman International Stadium
Amman, Jordan
2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup South Korea 0–0 Japan
30 2018-08-28 Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium
Palembang, Indonesia
2018 Asian Games South Korea 1–2 Japan Lee Min-a (68) Yuika Sugasawa (5), Lim Seon-joo (86 o.g.)
31 2019-12-17 Busan Gudeok Stadium
Busan
2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship South Korea 0–1 Japan Yuka Momiki (88 (pen.))

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Japan–South Korea matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. ^ "サッカー日韓戦 "10年の謎" 2011年以来、なぜ親善試合がなかったのか". Yahoo! Japan (in Japanese). 24 March 2021. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b "All-time record per countries" (in Korean). Korea Football Association. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

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