Japan 1-0 North Korea - March 21, 2024 / World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone 2026
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JAP
2' - Goal
Ao Tanaka2
20' - Yellow card
Kuk-chol Jang
JAP
46' - Substitution
Un-chol Riis substituted by Kuk-chol Kang
46' - Substitution
Ju-song Choeis substituted by Il-song Ri 52' - Substitution
Kyong-Sok Kimis substituted by Ok-Chol Choe
58' - Substitution
Hidemasa Moritais substituted by Wataru Endo58
60' - Yellow card
Hiroki Ito60
68' - Substitution
Il-Gwan Jongis substituted by Kuk-jin Kim
73' - Substitution
Ritsu Doanis substituted by Shogo Taniguchi73 73' - Yellow card
Il-song Ri
74' - Substitution
Yukinari Sugawarais substituted by Daiki Hashioka
74' - Substitution
Takumi Minaminois substituted by Takuma Asano74 75' - Yellow card
Kuk-chol Kang
81' - Substitution
Ayase Uedais substituted by Koki Ogawa81
83' - Substitution
Pom-hyok Kimis substituted by In-Ju Mun
NK
NK
Team line-ups
Japan
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | G |
Zion Suzuki | 21 | 10 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 4 | D |
Ko Itakura | 27 | 27 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 15 | D |
Koki Machida | 26 | 9 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 2 | D |
Yukinari Sugawara | 74 | 23 | 12 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 5 | M |
Hidemasa Morita | 58 | 28 | 33 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 17 | M |
Ao Tanaka | 2 | 25 | 26 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 21 | D |
Hiroki Ito | 60 | 24 | 17 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 10 | M |
Ritsu Doan | 73 | 25 | 48 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 8 | M |
Takumi Minamino | 74 | 29 | 58 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 9 | F |
Ayase Ueda | 81 | 25 | 25 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 11 | F |
Daizen Maeda | 26 | 17 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Average age
25.4 years
Average number of matches played for the team
26
North Korea
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G |
Ju-hyok Kang | 26 | 3 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 2 | D |
Kyong-Sok Kim | 52 | 24 | 1 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 3 | D |
Kuk-chol Jang | 20 | 30 | 54 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 4 | D |
Pom-hyok Kim | 83 | 23 | 2 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 15 | M |
Un-chol Ri | 46 | 28 | 20 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 20 | M |
Chung Song Paek | 24 | 3 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 22 | M |
Kuk-bom Kim | 29 | 11 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 12 | M |
Ju-song Choe | 46 | 28 | 9 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 11 | F |
Il-Gwan Jong | 68 | 31 | 62 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 16 | D |
Yu-song Kim | 29 | 14 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 10 | F |
Kwang-song Han | 25 | 13 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Average age
27 years
Average number of matches played for the team
17
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G |
Daiya Maekawa | 29 | ||||
| 12 | G |
Keisuke Osako | 24 | ||||
| 3 | D |
Shogo Taniguchi | 73 | 32 | 27 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 16 | D |
Tsuyoshi Watanabe | 27 | ||||
| 14 | D |
Daiki Hashioka | 74 | 24 | 8 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 22 | D |
Yuto Nagatomo | 37 | ||||
| 6 | M |
Wataru Endo | 58 | 31 | 61 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 18 | M |
Takuma Asano | 74 | 29 | 52 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 20 | M |
Takefusa Kubo | 22 | ||||
| 7 | M |
Takumu Kawamura | 24 | ||||
| 19 | F |
Koki Ogawa | 81 | 26 | 2 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 13 | F |
Keito Nakamura | 23 | ||||
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | G |
Tae Song Sin | 23 | ||||
| 14 | D |
Ok-Chol Choe | 52 | 25 | 3 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 5 | D |
Kum-Song Jong | 27 | ||||
| 23 | D |
Jin-nam Choe | 25 | ||||
| 7 | M |
In-Ju Mun | 83 | 24 | 1 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 13 | M |
Il-song Ri | 4673 | 20 | 3 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 21 | M |
Kwang-jin Kim | 28 | ||||
| 19 | M |
Sung-hye Kim | |||||
| 6 | M |
Tam Kye | 23 | ||||
| 8 | F |
Kuk-jin Kim | 68 | 23 | 3 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 17 | F |
Kuk-chol Kang | 4675 | 24 | 14 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 9 | F |
Jo-guk Ri | 21 | ||||
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Ao Tanaka
IN
Wataru Endo
OUT
Koki Machida
IN
Takehiro Tomiyasu
OUT
Yukinari Sugawara
IN
Seiya Maikuma
OUT
Takumi Minamino
IN
Takefusa Kubo
OUT
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Pom-hyok Kim
IN
Jin-nam Choe
OUT
Kyong-Sok Kim
IN
Ok-Chol Choe
OUT
Manager
Age
Match num
55
80
Success rate in this team:
69 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
52 %
Moriyasu vs North Korea
1 victory
0 draw
0 loss
Moriyasu vs Sin
1 victory
0 draw
0 loss
Manager
Age
Match num
46
3
Success rate in this team:
33 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
58 %
Sin vs Japan
0 victory
0 draw
1 loss
Sin vs Moriyasu
0 victory
0 draw
1 loss
Referee
Adel Al Naqbi
1 victory |
0 draw |
0 loss |
Japan1 match | General total | North Korea1 match | 0 victory |
0 draw |
1 loss |
1 victory |
0 draw |
0 loss |
Japan1 match | Season total | North Korea1 match | 0 victory |
0 draw |
1 loss |
| Latest figure on March 21, 2024 | Latest figure on March 21, 2024 | |||||||
4th official
Ahmed Issa
1 victory |
0 draw |
0 loss |
Japan1 match | General total | North Korea1 match | 0 victory |
0 draw |
1 loss |
1 victory |
0 draw |
0 loss |
Japan1 match | Season total | North Korea1 match | 0 victory |
0 draw |
1 loss |
| Latest figure on March 21, 2024 | Latest figure on March 21, 2024 | |||||||
Videos
Key figures
Japan keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a draw vs North Korea in World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone running (since 04/06/1989). It's a record streak. The first of history
Japan keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs North Korea at home in World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone running (since 04/06/1989). It's a record streak. The first of history
No Japan manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Hajime Moriyasu has reached 50% of clean sheets .
General ranking
| 1 | Japan | 9 pts | 3 rd | |
| +1 | 2 | Syria | 4 pts | 3 rd |
| -1 | 3 | North Korea | 3 pts | 3 rd |
| 4 | Myanmar | 1 pt | 3 rd |
General ranking
| 1 | Japan | 9 pts | 3 rd | |
| +1 | 2 | Syria | 4 pts | 3 rd |
| -1 | 3 | North Korea | 3 pts | 3 rd |
| 4 | Myanmar | 1 pt | 3 rd |
Pre-match
Current form
| Home | VJapan 4-1 Peru20/06/2023 | VJapan 4-1 Canada13/10/2023 | VJapan 2-0 Tunisia17/10/2023 | VJapan 5-0 Myanmar16/11/2023 | VJapan 5-0 Thailand01/01/2024 | VJapan 6-1 Jordan09/01/2024 |
| Overall | VJapan 6-1 Jordan09/01/2024 | VJapan 4-2 Vietnam14/01/2024 | LIraq 2-1 Japan19/01/2024 | VJapan 3-1 Indonesia24/01/2024 | VBahrain 1-3 Japan31/01/2024 | LIran 2-1 Japan03/02/2024 |
Current form
| Away | LSyria 5-2 North Korea08/07/2019 | VIndia 2-5 North Korea13/07/2019 | VSri Lanka 0-1 North Korea10/09/2019 | LTurkmenistan 3-1 North Korea14/11/2019 | DLebanon 0-0 North Korea19/11/2019 | VMyanmar 1-6 North Korea21/11/2023 |
| Overall | VSri Lanka 0-1 North Korea10/09/2019 | DNorth Korea 0-0 South Korea15/10/2019 | LTurkmenistan 3-1 North Korea14/11/2019 | DLebanon 0-0 North Korea19/11/2019 | LSyria 1-0 North Korea16/11/2023 | VMyanmar 1-6 North Korea21/11/2023 |
Running streaks
| Home | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Winning streak | 7 | 0 |
| Loosing streak | 0 | 1 |
| Unbeaten streak | 7 | 0 |
| Winless streak | 0 | 1 |
| Drawless streak | 8 | 16 |
| Scoring streak | 10 | 19 |
| Conceding streak | 1 | 6 |
Running streaks
| Away | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Winning streak | 1 | 1 |
| Unbeaten streak | 2 | 1 |
| Drawless streak | 1 | 2 |
| Scoring streak | 1 | 1 |
| Conceding streak | 1 | 2 |
Statistical comparison of the season
Rankings
|
1 |
General ranking (Competition total) |
2 |
|
1 |
General ranking (Home / Away) |
2 |
Ranking evolution during the season
Results
|
2 |
Number of games (Competition total) |
2 |
|
1 |
Number of games (Home / Away) |
1 |
|
2 |
Victories (Competition total) |
1 |
|
1 |
Victories (Home / Away) |
1 |
|
0 |
Draws (Competition total) |
0 |
|
0 |
Draws (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
0 |
Losses (Competition total) |
1 |
|
0 |
Losses (Home / Away) |
0 |
Goals
|
10 |
Goals scored (Competition total) |
6 |
|
5 |
Goals scored (Home / Away) |
6 |
|
0 |
Goals conceded (Competition total) |
2 |
|
0 |
Goals conceded (Home / Away) |
1 |
|
5 |
Goals scored per match average (Competition total) |
3 |
|
5 |
Goals scored per match average (Home / Away) |
6 |
|
0 |
Conceced goals per match average (Competition total) |
1 |
|
0 |
Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away) |
1 |
Betting aid
|
2 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total) |
1 |
|
1 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away) |
1 |
|
2 |
Clean sheets (Competition total) |
0 |
|
1 |
Clean sheets (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
0 |
Matches without scoring (Competition total) |
1 |
|
0 |
Matches without scoring (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
0 |
The 2 teams score (Competition total) |
1 |
|
0 |
The 2 teams score (Home / Away) |
1 |
|
5-0 |
Most frequent score (Home / Away) |
6-1 |
Bookings
|
0 |
Yellow cards (Competition total) |
3 |
|
0 |
Yellow cards (Home / Away) |
2 |
|
0 |
Red cards (Competition total) |
0 |
|
0 |
Red cards (Home / Away) |
0 |
Key players
| Ayase Ueda | 5 goals | Team's best scorer (Competition total) | 3 goals | Il-Gwan Jong | |
| Ayase Ueda | 3 goals | Team's best scorer (Home / Away) | 3 goals | Il-Gwan Jong | |
| - | Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total) | 1 penalty | Ju-song Choe | |
||
| - | Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away) | 1 penalty | Ju-song Choe | |
||
 | Junya Ito | 4 assists | Player with most assists (Competition total) | 1 assist | Kuk-chol Jang | |
| Takumi Minamino | 2 assists | Player with most assists (Home / Away) | 1 assist | Kuk-chol Jang | |
| Ayase Ueda | 5 goals during the last 2 matches | The fittest player | 3 goals during the last match | Il-Gwan Jong | |
Historical head to head
Home
8 gf
3 ga
Away
0 gf
5 ga
Neutral ground
11 gf
7 ga
Total
19 gf
15 ga
Historical head to head
Home
5 gf
0 ga
Away
3 gf
8 ga
Neutral ground
7 gf
11 ga
Total
15 gf
19 ga
Largest victory
| Overall | 3 - 0 |
October 21, 1993 |
| Home | 1 - 0 |
December 09, 2017 |
Largest victory
| Overall | 2 - 0 |
June 25, 1989 |
| Away | No success yet | |
Latest head to head
December 09, 2017 - EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017
August 02, 2015 - EAFF East Asian Cup 2015
November 15, 2011 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 2014
September 02, 2011 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 2014
February 17, 2008 - East Asian Football Championship 2008
Best historical scorers against North Korea
 |
Kazuyoshi Miura | 3 goals | 1992 - 1993 |
 |
Masashi Oguro | 2 goals | 2005 - 2005 |
 |
Takuya Takagi | 2 goals | 1992 - 1992 |
 |
Masashi Nakayama | 2 goals | 1992 - 1993 |
 |
Yuki Muto | 1 goal | 2015 - 2015 |
|
Takashi Mizunuma | 1 goal | 1989 - 1989 |
Best historical scorers against Japan
 |
Song-chol Nam | 1 goal | 2005 - 2005 |
 |
Tae-se Chong | 1 goal | 2008 - 2008 |
 |
Nam-chol Pak | 1 goal | 2011 - 2011 |
|
Hyon-Il Pak | 1 goal | 2015 - 2015 |
 |
Yong-jun Kim | 1 goal | 2005 - 2005 |
|
Hyok-chol Ri | 1 goal | 2015 - 2015 |
Players with most games played vs North Korea
 |
Masami Ihara | 6 matches | 1989 - 1993 |
 |
Tetsuji Hashiratani | 6 matches | 1989 - 1993 |
 |
Yasuhito Endo | 5 matches | 2005 - 2011 |
 |
Shigetatsu Matsunaga | 5 matches | 1989 - 1993 |
|
Masashi Nakayama | 4 matches | 1990 - 1993 |
|
Takumi Horiike | 4 matches | 1989 - 1993 |
Players with most games played vs Japan
 |
Myong-guk Ri | 5 matches | 2008 - 2017 |
 |
Nam-chol Pak | 5 matches | 2005 - 2011 |
|
Song-chol Han | 4 matches | 2005 - 2008 |
|
Il-Gwan Jong | 4 matches | 2011 - 2017 |
|
Yong-jun Kim | 4 matches | 2005 - 2008 |
 |
Kwang-chon Ri | 4 matches | 2005 - 2011 |
Competition info
The other matches
March 21, 2024
Post-match general ranking
| pts | m | v | d | l | GF | GA | diff | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
|  | Japan | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 |
+12
|  | Syria | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 |
-13
|  | North Korea | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 |
4
|  | Myanmar | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | -10 |
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