Japan–South Korea football rivalry

The Japan and South Korea national football teams are sporting rivals who have played each other officially since 1954. They have had 79 matches so far with 42 South Korean wins, 23 draws, and 14 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.

Japan–South Korea football rivalry
2010 East Asian Football Championship Men's match
LocaleAsia (AFC)
East Asia (EAFF)
Teams Japan
South Korea
First meetingJapan 1–5 South Korea
7 March 1954
Latest meetingSouth Korea 1–0 Japan
18 December 2019
Statistics
Meetings total79
Most winsSouth Korea (42)
Top scorer Cha Bum-kun (6)
Largest victorySouth Korea 5–1 Japan
7 March 1954

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.

List of matches

Men's
  • As of 18 December 2019[1]
#DateVenueCompetitionHome teamScoreAway teamGoals (home)Goals (away)
17 March 1954Meiji Shrine Stadium, Tokyo1954 FIFA World Cup qualificationJapan1–5South KoreaKen Naganuma (16)Chung Nam-sik (22, 83), Choi Kwang-seok (34), Choi Chung-min (68, 87)
214 March 1954Meiji Shrine Stadium, Tokyo1954 FIFA World Cup qualificationSouth Korea2–2JapanChung Nam-sik (24), Choi Chung-min (43)Toshio Iwatani (16, 60)
33 June 1956Meiji Shrine Stadium, Tokyo1956 Summer Olympics qualificationJapan2–0South KoreaMasao Uchino (54), Isao Iwabuchi (77)
410 June 1956Meiji Shrine Stadium, Tokyo1956 Summer Olympics qualificationSouth Korea2–0JapanSung Nak-woon (59), Choi Kwang-seok (65)
55 September 1959Malaya1959 Merdeka TournamentJapan0–0South Korea
66 September 1959Malaya1959 Merdeka TournamentSouth Korea3–1JapanChoi Chung-min (2), Cho Yoon-ok (8), Cha Tae-sung (57)Masao Uchino (12)
713 December 1959Korakuen Velodrome, Tokyo1960 Summer Olympics qualificationSouth Korea2–0JapanChoi Jung-min (51), Moon Jung-sik (57)
820 December 1959Korakuen Velodrome, Tokyo1960 Summer Olympics qualificationJapan1–0South KoreaHiroshi Ninomiya (70)
96 November 1960Hyochang Stadium, Seoul1962 FIFA World Cup qualificationSouth Korea2–1JapanChung Soon-cheon (39, 41)Koji Sasaki (21)
1011 June 1961Korakuen Velodrome, Tokyo1962 FIFA World Cup qualificationJapan0–2South KoreaChung Soon-cheon (20), Yoo Pan-soon (71)
1130 August 1962Indonesia1962 Asian GamesSouth Korea1–0JapanCho Yoon-ok (80)
1213 August 1963Malaya1963 Merdeka TournamentSouth Korea1–1JapanCha Tae-sung (64)Shozo Tsugitani (65)
131 August 1967Taipei, Taiwan1968 AFC Asian Cup qualificationJapan2–1South KoreaKatsuyoshi Kuwahara (40), Hamada Hiroshi (46)Jung Byung-tak (52)
147 October 1967National Stadium, Tokyo1968 Summer Olympics qualificationJapan3–3South KoreaTeruki Miyamoto (13), Ryuichi Sugiyama (37), Kunishige Kamamoto (70)Lee Hoi-taek (54), Huh Yoon-jung (69, 72)
1512 October 1969Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul1970 FIFA World Cup qualificationSouth Korea2–2JapanKim Ki-bok (8), Park Soo-il (38)Teruki Miyamoto (33), Yasuyuki Kuwahara (50)
1618 October 1969Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul1970 FIFA World Cup qualificationSouth Korea2–0JapanJeong Gang-ji (17, 40)
172 August 1970Malaysia1970 Merdeka TournamentSouth Korea1–1JapanPark Lee-chun (89)Takeo Takahashi (60)
1818 December 1970Bangkok, Thailand1970 Asian GamesJapan1–2South KoreaTadahiko Ueda (73)Chung Gang-ji (40), Park Lee-chun (114)
192 October 1971Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul1972 Summer Olympics qualificationSouth Korea2–1JapanPark Soo-duk (47), Chung Kyu-poong (83)Yoshikazu Nagai (51)
2026 July 1972Malaysia1972 Merdeka TournamentSouth Korea3–0JapanPark Soo-duk (27, 64), Park Lee-chun (58)
2114 September 1972National Stadium, TokyoFriendlyJapan2–2South KoreaKunishige Kamamoto (18, 89)Park Lee-chun (48), Lee Cha-man (65)
2223 June 1973Dongdaemun Stadium, SeoulFriendlySouth Korea2–0JapanLee Cha-man (56), Kim Jae-han (74)
2328 September 1974National Stadium, TokyoFriendlyJapan4–1South KoreaKunishige Kamamoto (35, 53), Daishiro Yoshimura (39), Kozo Arai (89)Kim Jae-han (65)
249 August 1975Malaysia1975 Merdeka TournamentSouth Korea3–1JapanCha Bum-kun (4, 42, 47)Hiroshi Ochiai (17)
258 September 1975Dongdaemun Stadium, SeoulFriendlySouth Korea3–0JapanCho Dong-hyun (3), Park Sang-in (20), Lee Young-moo (30)
2621 March 1976National Stadium, Tokyo1976 Summer Olympics qualificationJapan0–2South KoreaLee Young-moo (2), Park Sang-in (71)
2727 March 1976Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul1976 Summer Olympics qualificationSouth Korea2–2JapanKim Jin-kook (3), Cha Bum-kun (77)Kunishige Kamamoto (40, 88)
2818 August 1976Malaysia1976 Merdeka TournamentSouth Korea0–0Japan
294 December 1976National Stadium, TokyoFriendlyJapan1–2South KoreaYoshikazu Nagai (33)Huh Jung-moo (72), Hwang Jae-man (76)
3026 March 1977National Stadium, Tokyo1978 FIFA World Cup qualificationJapan0–0South Korea
313 April 1977Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul1978 FIFA World Cup qualificationSouth Korea1–0JapanCha Bum-kun (83 (pen.))
3215 June 1977Dongdaemun Stadium, SeoulFriendlySouth Korea2–1JapanKim Jin-kook (21), Kim Sung-nam (25)Nobutoshi Kaneda (55)
3319 July 1978Malaysia1978 Merdeka TournamentSouth Korea4–0JapanCho Kwang-rae (20), Cha Bum-kun (44), Park Sung-hwa (75), Kim Ho-gon (88)
3415 December 1978Bangkok, Thailand1978 Asian GamesSouth Korea3–1JapanLee Young-moo (8), Park Sung-hwa (28), Oh Seok-jae (68)Hisashi Kato (87)
354 March 1979National Stadium, TokyoFriendlyJapan2–1South KoreaHiroyuki Usui (21), Kazuyoshi Nakamura (25)Oh Seok-jae (87)
3616 June 1979Dongdaemun Stadium, SeoulFriendlySouth Korea4–1JapanPark Sung-hwa (15, 25, 54), Shin Hyun-ho (73)Yoshikazu Nagai (47)
3722 March 1980Malaysia1980 Summer Olympics qualificationSouth Korea3–1JapanHuh Jung-moo (34 (pen.)), Cho Kwang-rae (57, 79)Ikuo Takahara (89)
388 March 1981National Stadium, TokyoFriendlyJapan0–1South KoreaChung Hae-won (39)
3921 June 1981Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan1981 President's CupSouth Korea2–0JapanOh Seok-jae (43), Lee Tae-yeop (77)
4021 March 1982Dongdaemun Stadium, SeoulFriendlySouth Korea3–0JapanKang Shin-woo (2), Choi Soon-ho (38), Lee Kang-jo (52)
4125 November 1982New Delhi, India1982 Asian GamesJapan2-1South KoreaKazushi Kimura (58), Nobutoshi Kaneda (79)Kang Shin-woo (21)
426 March 1983National Stadium, TokyoFriendlyJapan1–1South KoreaKoji Tanaka (6)Kim Kyung-ho (90)
4330 September 1984Olympic Stadium, SeoulFriendlySouth Korea1–2JapanLee Kyung-nam (42)Kazushi Kimura (36), Takashi Mizunuma (50)
442 October 1985National Stadium, Tokyo1986 FIFA World Cup qualificationJapan1–2South KoreaKazushi Kimura (43)Chung Yong-hwan (30), Lee Tae-ho (42)
453 November 1985Olympic Stadium, Seoul1986 FIFA World Cup qualificationSouth Korea1–0JapanHuh Jung-moo (61)
4626 October 1988National Stadium, TokyoFriendlyJapan0–1South KoreaChoi Soon-ho (43)
476 December 1988Qatar SC Stadium, Doha1988 AFC Asian CupSouth Korea2–0JapanHwang Sun-hong (13), Kim Joo-sung (35)
485 May 1989Dongdaemun Stadium, SeoulFriendlySouth Korea1–0JapanLee Tae-ho (63)
4927 July 1990Workers' Stadium, Beijing1990 Dynasty CupSouth Korea2–0JapanHwang Sun-hong (34), Kim Joo-sung (66)
5027 July 1991Nagasaki Athletic Stadium, NagasakiFriendlyJapan0–1South KoreaHa Seok-ju (62)
5122 August 1992Workers' Stadium, Beijing1992 Dynasty CupSouth Korea0–0Japan
5229 August 1992Workers' Stadium, Beijing1992 Dynasty CupJapan2–2 (pen. 4–2)South KoreaMasashi Nakayama (82), Takuya Takagi (96)Jung Jae-kwon (32), Kim Jung-hyuk (97)
53October 25, 1993Khalifa International Stadium, Doha1994 FIFA World Cup qualificationJapan1–0South KoreaKazuyoshi Miura (60)
5411 October 1994Hiroshima, Japan1994 Asian GamesJapan2–3South KoreaKazuyoshi Miura (30), Masami Ihara (86)Yoo Sang-chul (51), Hwang Sun-hong (77, 89 (pen.))
5521 February 1995Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po1995 Dynasty CupSouth Korea1–1JapanLee Woo-young (67)Hisashi Kurosaki (47)
5626 February 1995Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po1995 Dynasty CupJapan2–2 (pen. 5–3)South KoreaMasahiro Fukuda (2), Motohiro Yamaguchi (87)Lee Ki-hyung (26, 90+2)
5721 May 1997National Stadium, TokyoFriendlyJapan1–1South KoreaKazuyoshi Miura (88 (pen.))Yoo Sang-chul (56)
5828 September 1997National Stadium, Tokyo1998 FIFA World Cup qualificationJapan1–2South KoreaMotohiro Yamaguchi (65)Seo Jung-won (83), Lee Min-sung (86)
591 November 1997Olympic Stadium, Seoul1998 FIFA World Cup qualificationSouth Korea0–2JapanHiroshi Nanami (1), Wagner Lopes (37)
601 March 1998International Stadium, Yokohama1998 Dynasty CupJapan2–1South KoreaMasashi Nakayama (17), Shoji Jo (88)Lee Sang-yoon (21)
611 April 1998Olympic Stadium, SeoulFriendlySouth Korea2–1JapanLee Sang-yoon (40), Hwang Sun-hong (72)Masashi Nakayama (61)
627 December 1998Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok1998 Asian GamesJapan0–2South KoreaChoi Yong-soo (31 (pen.)), 46)
6326 April 2000Olympic Stadium, SeoulFriendlySouth Korea1–0JapanHa Seok-ju (78)
6420 December 2000National Stadium, TokyoFriendlyJapan1–1South KoreaToshihiro Hattori (56)Ahn Jung-hwan (14)
6516 April 2003Seoul World Cup Stadium, SeoulFriendlySouth Korea0–1JapanYuichiro Nagai (90+2)
6631 May 2003National Stadium, TokyoFriendlyJapan0–1South KoreaAhn Jung-hwan (86)
6710 December 2003International Stadium, Yokohama2003 East Asian Football ChampionshipJapan0–0South Korea
687 August 2005Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu2005 East Asian Football ChampionshipSouth Korea0–1JapanYuji Nakazawa (86)
6928 July 2007Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang2007 AFC Asian CupSouth Korea0–0 (pen. 6–5)Japan
7023 February 2008Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing2008 East Asian Football ChampionshipJapan1–1South KoreaKoji Yamase (68)Yeom Ki-hun (14)
7114 February 2010National Stadium, Tokyo2010 East Asian Football ChampionshipJapan1–3South KoreaYasuhito Endō (23 (pen.))Lee Dong-gook (33 (pen.)), Lee Seung-yeoul (39), Kim Jae-sung (70)
7224 May 2010Saitama Stadium 2002, SaitamaFriendlyJapan0–2South KoreaPark Ji-sung (6), Park Chu-young (90+1 (pen.))
7312 October 2010Seoul World Cup Stadium, SeoulFriendlySouth Korea0–0Japan
7425 January 2011Al-Gharrafa Stadium, Doha2011 AFC Asian CupJapan2–2 (pen. 3–0)South KoreaRyoichi Maeda (36), Hajime Hosogai (97 (pen.))Ki Sung-yueng (23 (pen.)), Hwang Jae-won (120)
7510 August 2011Sapporo Dome, SapporoFriendlyJapan3–0South KoreaShinji Kagawa (35, 55), Keisuke Honda (53)
7628 July 2013Olympic Stadium, Seoul2013 EAFF East Asian CupSouth Korea1–2JapanYun Il-lok (33)Yoichiro Kakitani (24, 90+1)
775 August 2015Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan2015 EAFF East Asian CupJapan1–1South KoreaHotaru Yamaguchi (39)Jang Hyun-soo (26 (pen.))
7816 December 2017Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo2017 EAFF E-1 Football ChampionshipJapan1–4South KoreaYu Kobayashi (3 (pen.))Kim Shin-wook (13, 35), Jung Woo-young (23), Yeom Ki-hun (69)
7918 December 2019Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan2019 EAFF E-1 Football ChampionshipSouth Korea1–0JapanHwang In-beom (28)

Women's

  • As of 17 December 2019[1]
#DateVenueCompetitionHome teamScoreAway teamGoals (home)Goals (away)
16 September 1990Dongdaemun Stadium, SeoulFriendlySouth Korea1–13JapanKang Gui-nyeo (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)
29 September 1990Dongdaemun Stadium, SeoulFriendlySouth Korea0–5JapanKyoko Kuroda (21), Takako Tezuka (25, 42), Futaba Kioka (30), Asako Takakura (63)
329 September 1990Beijing, China1990 Asian GamesJapan8–1South KoreaFutaba Kioka (22, 34), Kaori Nagamine (40, 46), Etsuko Handa (64), Akemi Noda (73), Kazuko Hironaka (75), Yuriko Mizuma (77)Han Eun-kyung
44 October 1994Takegahana Stadium, Fukuyama1994 Asian GamesJapan5–0South Korea
523 September 1995Malaysia1995 AFC Women's ChampionshipJapan1–0South KoreaAkemi Noda (63)
624 October 1998Seoul Olympic Stadium, SeoulFriendlySouth Korea1–1JapanCha Sung-mi
726 October 1998Misari, HanamFriendlySouth Korea1–1JapanJin Suk-hee
830 May 1999Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium, KyotoFriendlyJapan1–1South KoreaTamaki Uchiyama (31)Tomoe Sakai (24 o.g.)
93 June 1999National Stadium, TokyoFriendlyJapan3–2South KoreaNami Otake (13), Tamaki Uchiyama (73), Yayoi Kobayashi (82)Cha Sung-mi (15), Kwon Min-joo (20)
103 August 2001Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, UlsanToto CupSouth Korea1–1JapanKang Sun-mi (19)Yayoi Kobayashi (35)
1114 December 2001Yunlin County Stadium, Dounan2001 AFC Women's ChampionshipSouth Korea1–2JapanLee Ji-eun (27)Yayoi Kobayashi (10), Mio Otani (89)
1231 August 2002Wuhan, ChinaSouth Korea0–0Japan
137 October 2002Masan Stadium, Masan2002 Asian GamesSouth Korea0–1JapanHomare Sawa (15)
1421 June 2003Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok2003 AFC Women's ChampionshipJapan0–1South KoreaHwang In-sun (18)
1522 July 2003Sendai Stadium, SendaiJapan5–0South Korea
166 August 2005Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu2005 EAFF Women's Football ChampionshipSouth Korea0–0Japan
1710 December 2006Qatar SC Stadium, Doha2006 Asian GamesJapan3–1South KoreaAzusa Iwashimizu (47), Miyuki Yanagita (72), Yūki Nagasato (82)Park Hee-young (89)
183 June 2007National Stadium, Tokyo2008 Summer Olympics qualifiersJapan6–1South KoreaTomomi Miyamoto (18), Shinobu Ohno (20), Eriko Arakawa (23), Lee Gye-rim (34 o.g.), Mio Otani (65), Homare Sawa (67)Jung Hye-in (73)
1910 June 2007Bucheon Stadium, Bucheon2008 Summer Olympics qualifiersSouth Korea2–2JapanKim Jin-hee (4), Park Hee-young (63)Shinobu Ohno (10), Aya Miyama (36)
2021 February 2008Yongchuan Stadium, Chongqing2008 EAFF Women's Football ChampionshipJapan2–0South KoreaEriko Arakawa (14), Shinobu Ohno (56)
2129 May 2008Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh2008 AFC Women's Asian CupJapan1–3South KoreaYuki Nagasato (10)Cha Yun-hee (18), Park Hee-young (31, 54)
2213 February 2010Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo2010 EAFF Women's Football ChampionshipJapan2–1South KoreaShinobu Ohno (7), Mami Yamaguchi (17)Yoo Young-a (75)
2318 June 2011FriendlyJapan1–1South KoreaAya Miyama (70)Ji So-yun (75)
243 September 2011Jinan Olympic Sports Center, Jinan2012 Summer Olympics qualifiersSouth Korea1–2JapanJi So-yun (30)Mizuho Sakaguchi (10), Shinobu Ohno (45+1)
2527 July 2013Olympic Stadium, Seoul2013 EAFF Women's East Asian CupSouth Korea2–1JapanJi So-yun (13, 66)Yūki Nagasato (72)
264 August 2015Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan2015 EAFF Women's East Asian CupJapan1–2South KoreaEmi Nakajima (30)Cho So-hyun (54), Jeon Ga-eul (90+3)
272 March 2016Kincho Stadium, Osaka2016 Summer Olympics qualifiersJapan1–1South KoreaMana Iwabuchi (84)Jung Seol-bin (87)
288 December 2017Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba2017 EAFF E-1 Football ChampionshipJapan3–2South KoreaMina Tanaka (8), Emi Nakajima (71), Mana Iwabuchi (83)Cho So-hyun (14 (pen.)), Han Chae-rin (80)
2910 April 2018Amman International Stadium, Amman2018 AFC Women's Asian CupSouth Korea0–0Japan
3028 August 2018Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang2018 Asian GamesSouth Korea1–2JapanLee Min-a (68)Yuika Sugasawa (5), Lim Seon-joo (86 o.g.)
3117 December 2019Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan2019 EAFF E-1 Football ChampionshipSouth Korea0–1JapanYuka Momiki (88 (pen.))

See also

References

  1. "All-time record per countries". Korea Football Association (in Korean). Retrieved 18 December 2019.
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