Japan–South Korea football rivalry

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 81 matches so far with 42 South Korean wins, 23 draws, and 16 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
LocationAsia (AFC)
East Asia (EAFF)
Teams Japan
South Korea
First meetingJapan 1–5 South Korea
(7 March 1954, 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification)[1]
Latest meetingJapan 3–0 South Korea
(27 July 2022, EAFF E-1 Football Championship)
Statistics
Meetings total81
Top scorerJapan Kunishige Kamamoto (7)
All-time seriesJapan: 16
South Korea: 42
Draw: 23
Largest victorySouth Korea 5–1 Japan
(7 March 1954, 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification)

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

Head-to-head record

As of 27 July 2022[3]
Venue Japan wins South Korea wins Draws Japan goals South Korea goals
At Japan home 8 16 8 38 48
At South Korea home 5 15 3 17 35
Neutral venue 3 11 12 21 41
Total 16 42 23 76 124

List of matches

#DateVenueCompetitionHome teamScoreAway teamGoals (home)Goals (away)
17 March 1954Meiji Shrine Stadium
Tokyo
1954 FIFA World Cup qualificationJapan1–5South KoreaKen Naganuma (16)Chung Nam-sik (22, 83), Choi Kwang-seok (34), Choi Chung-min (68, 87)
214 March 1954South Korea2–2JapanChung Nam-sik (24), Choi Chung-min (43)Toshio Iwatani (16, 60)
33 June 19561956 Summer Olympics qualificationJapan2–0South KoreaMasao Uchino (54), Isao Iwabuchi (77)
410 June 1956South Korea2–0JapanSung Nak-woon (59), Choi Kwang-seok (65)
55 September 1959Stadium Merdeka
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1959 Merdeka TournamentJapan0–0South Korea
66 September 1959South Korea3–1JapanChoi Chung-min (2), Cho Yoon-ok (8), Cha Tae-sung (57)Masao Uchino (12)
713 December 1959Korakuen Velodrome
Tokyo
1960 Summer Olympics qualificationSouth Korea2–0JapanChoi Jung-min (51), Moon Jung-sik (57)
820 December 1959Japan1–0South KoreaHiroshi Ninomiya (70)
96 November 1960Hyochang Stadium
Seoul
1962 FIFA World Cup qualificationSouth Korea2–1JapanChung Soon-cheon (39, 41)Koji Sasaki (21)
1011 June 1961Korakuen Velodrome
Tokyo
Japan0–2South KoreaChung Soon-cheon (20), Yoo Pan-soon (71)
1130 August 1962Gelora Bung Karno Stadium
Jakarta, Indonesia
1962 Asian GamesSouth Korea1–0JapanCho Yoon-ok (80)
1213 August 1963Stadium Merdeka
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1963 Merdeka TournamentSouth Korea1–1JapanCha Tae-sung (64)Shozo Tsugitani (65)
131 August 1967Taipei Municipal Stadium
Taipei, Taiwan
1968 AFC Asian Cup qualificationJapan2–1South KoreaKatsuyoshi Kuwahara (40), Hamada Hiroshi (46)Jung Byung-tak (52)
147 October 1967National Stadium
Tokyo
1968 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
Seoul
1970 FIFA World Cup qualificationSouth Korea2–2JapanKim Ki-bok (8), Park Soo-il (38)Teruki Miyamoto (33), Yasuyuki Kuwahara (50)
1618 October 1969South Korea2–0JapanJeong Gang-ji (17, 40)
172 August 1970Stadium Merdeka
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1970 Merdeka TournamentSouth Korea1–1JapanPark Lee-chun (89)Takeo Takahashi (60)
1818 December 1970Supachalasai National Stadium
Bangkok, Thailand
1970 Asian GamesJapan1–2South KoreaTadahiko Ueda (73)Chung Gang-ji (40), Park Lee-chun (114)
192 October 1971Dongdaemun Stadium
Seoul
1972 Summer Olympics qualificationSouth Korea2–1JapanPark Soo-duk (47), Chung Kyu-poong (83)Yoshikazu Nagai (51)
2026 July 1972Stadium Merdeka
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1972 Merdeka TournamentSouth Korea3–0JapanPark Soo-duk (27, 64), Park Lee-chun (58)
2114 September 1972National Stadium
Tokyo
FriendlyJapan2–2South KoreaKunishige Kamamoto (18, 89)Park Lee-chun (48), Lee Cha-man (65)
2223 June 1973Dongdaemun Stadium
Seoul
FriendlySouth Korea2–0JapanLee Cha-man (56), Kim Jae-han (74)
2328 September 1974National Stadium
Tokyo
FriendlyJapan4–1South KoreaKunishige Kamamoto (35, 53), Daishiro Yoshimura (39), Kozo Arai (89)Kim Jae-han (65)
249 August 1975Stadium Merdeka
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1975 Merdeka TournamentSouth Korea3–1JapanCha Bum-kun (4, 42, 47)Hiroshi Ochiai (17)
258 September 1975Dongdaemun Stadium
Seoul
FriendlySouth Korea3–0JapanCho Dong-hyun (3), Park Sang-in (20), Lee Young-moo (30)
2621 March 1976National Stadium
Tokyo
1976 Summer Olympics qualificationJapan0–2South KoreaLee Young-moo (2), Park Sang-in (71)
2727 March 1976Dongdaemun Stadium
Seoul
South Korea2–2JapanKim Jin-kook (3), Cha Bum-kun (77)Kunishige Kamamoto (40, 88)
2818 August 1976Stadium Merdeka
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1976 Merdeka TournamentSouth Korea0–0Japan
294 December 1976National Stadium
Tokyo
FriendlyJapan1–2South KoreaYoshikazu Nagai (33)Huh Jung-moo (72), Hwang Jae-man (76)
3026 March 1977National Stadium
Tokyo
1978 FIFA World Cup qualificationJapan0–0South Korea
313 April 1977Dongdaemun Stadium
Seoul
South Korea1–0JapanCha Bum-kun (83 (pen.))
3215 June 1977Dongdaemun Stadium
Seoul
FriendlySouth Korea2–1JapanKim Jin-kook (21), Kim Sung-nam (25)Nobutoshi Kaneda (55)
3319 July 1978Stadium Merdeka
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1978 Merdeka TournamentSouth Korea4–0JapanCho Kwang-rae (20), Cha Bum-kun (44), Park Sung-hwa (75), Kim Ho-gon (88)
3415 December 1978Chulalongkorn University Stadium
Bangkok, Thailand
1978 Asian GamesSouth Korea3–1JapanLee Young-moo (8), Park Sung-hwa (28), Oh Seok-jae (68)Hisashi Kato (87)
354 March 1979National Stadium
Tokyo
FriendlyJapan2–1South KoreaHiroyuki Usui (21), Kazuyoshi Nakamura (25)Oh Seok-jae (87)
3616 June 1979Dongdaemun Stadium
Seoul
FriendlySouth Korea4–1JapanPark Sung-hwa (15, 25, 54), Shin Hyun-ho (73)Yoshikazu Nagai (47)
3722 March 1980Stadium Merdeka
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1980 Summer Olympics qualificationSouth Korea3–1JapanHuh Jung-moo (34 (pen.)), Cho Kwang-rae (57, 79)Ikuo Takahara (89)
388 March 1981National Stadium
Tokyo
FriendlyJapan0–1South KoreaChung Hae-won (39)
3921 June 1981Busan Gudeok Stadium
Busan
1981 President's CupSouth Korea2–0JapanOh Seok-jae (43), Lee Tae-yeop (77)
4021 March 1982Dongdaemun Stadium
Seoul
FriendlySouth Korea3–0JapanKang Shin-woo (2), Choi Soon-ho (38), Lee Kang-jo (52)
4125 November 1982Chhatrasal Stadium
New Delhi, India
1982 Asian GamesJapan2-1South KoreaKazushi Kimura (58), Nobutoshi Kaneda (79)Kang Shin-woo (21)
426 March 1983National Stadium
Tokyo
FriendlyJapan1–1South KoreaKoji Tanaka (6)Kim Kyung-ho (90)
4330 September 1984Seoul Olympic Stadium
Seoul
FriendlySouth Korea1–2JapanLee Kyung-nam (42)Kazushi Kimura (36), Takashi Mizunuma (50)
442 October 1985National Stadium
Tokyo
1986 FIFA World Cup qualificationJapan1–2South KoreaKazushi Kimura (43)Chung Yong-hwan (30), Lee Tae-ho (42)
453 November 1985Seoul Olympic Stadium
Seoul
South Korea1–0JapanHuh Jung-moo (61)
4626 October 1988National Stadium
Tokyo
FriendlyJapan0–1South KoreaChoi Soon-ho (43)
476 December 1988Qatar SC Stadium
Doha, Qatar
1988 AFC Asian CupSouth Korea2–0JapanHwang Sun-hong (13), Kim Joo-sung (35)
485 May 1989Dongdaemun Stadium
Seoul
FriendlySouth Korea1–0JapanLee Tae-ho (63)
4927 July 1990Workers' Stadium
Beijing, China
1990 Dynasty CupSouth Korea2–0JapanHwang Sun-hong (34), Kim Joo-sung (66)
5027 July 1991Nagasaki Athletic Stadium
Nagasaki
FriendlyJapan0–1South KoreaHa Seok-ju (62)
5122 August 1992Workers' Stadium
Beijing, China
1992 Dynasty CupSouth Korea0–0Japan
5229 August 1992Japan2–2 (pen. 4–2)South KoreaMasashi Nakayama (82), Takuya Takagi (96)Jung Jae-kwon (32), Kim Jung-hyuk (97)
5325 October 1993Khalifa International Stadium
Doha, Qatar
1994 FIFA World Cup qualificationJapan1–0South KoreaKazuyoshi Miura (60)
5411 October 1994Hiroshima Stadium
Hiroshima
1994 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 Po
1995 Dynasty CupSouth Korea1–1JapanLee Woo-young (67)Hisashi Kurosaki (47)
5626 February 1995Japan2–2 (pen. 5–3)South KoreaMasahiro Fukuda (2), Motohiro Yamaguchi (87)Lee Ki-hyung (26, 90+2)
5721 May 1997National Stadium
Tokyo
FriendlyJapan1–1South KoreaKazuyoshi Miura (88 (pen.))Yoo Sang-chul (56)
5828 September 1997National Stadium
Tokyo
1998 FIFA World Cup qualificationJapan1–2South KoreaMotohiro Yamaguchi (65)Seo Jung-won (83), Lee Min-sung (86)
591 November 1997Seoul Olympic Stadium
Seoul
South Korea0–2JapanHiroshi Nanami (1), Wagner Lopes (37)
601 March 1998International Stadium
Yokohama
1998 Dynasty CupJapan2–1South KoreaMasashi Nakayama (17), Shoji Jo (88)Lee Sang-yoon (21)
611 April 1998Seoul Olympic Stadium
Seoul
FriendlySouth Korea2–1JapanLee Sang-yoon (40), Hwang Sun-hong (72)Masashi Nakayama (61)
627 December 1998Rajamangala Stadium
Bangkok, Thailand
1998 Asian GamesJapan0–2South KoreaChoi Yong-soo (31 (pen.)), 46)
6326 April 2000Seoul Olympic Stadium
Seoul
FriendlySouth Korea1–0JapanHa Seok-ju (78)
6420 December 2000National Stadium
Tokyo
FriendlyJapan1–1South KoreaToshihiro Hattori (56)Ahn Jung-hwan (14)
6516 April 2003Seoul World Cup Stadium
Seoul
FriendlySouth Korea0–1JapanYuichiro Nagai (90+2)
6631 May 2003National Stadium
Tokyo
FriendlyJapan0–1South KoreaAhn Jung-hwan (86)
6710 December 2003International Stadium
Yokohama
2003 East Asian Football ChampionshipJapan0–0South Korea
687 August 2005Daegu World Cup Stadium
Daegu
2005 East Asian Football ChampionshipSouth Korea0–1JapanYuji Nakazawa (86)
6928 July 2007Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium
Palembang, Indonesia
2007 AFC Asian CupSouth Korea0–0 (pen. 6–5)Japan
7023 February 2008Olympic Sports Center
Chongqing
2008 East Asian Football ChampionshipJapan1–1South KoreaKoji Yamase (68)Yeom Ki-hun (14)
7114 February 2010National Stadium
Tokyo
2010 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
Saitama
FriendlyJapan0–2South KoreaPark Ji-sung (6), Park Chu-young (90+1 (pen.))
7312 October 2010Seoul World Cup Stadium
Seoul
FriendlySouth Korea0–0Japan
7425 January 2011Al-Gharrafa Stadium
Doha, Qatar
2011 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
Sapporo
FriendlyJapan3–0South KoreaShinji Kagawa (35, 55), Keisuke Honda (53)
7628 July 2013Seoul Olympic Stadium
Seoul
2013 EAFF East Asian CupSouth Korea1–2JapanYun Il-lok (33)Yoichiro Kakitani (24, 90+1)
775 August 2015Wuhan Sports Center Stadium
Wuhan
2015 EAFF East Asian CupJapan1–1South KoreaHotaru Yamaguchi (39)Jang Hyun-soo (26 (pen.))
7816 December 2017Ajinomoto Stadium
Tokyo
2017 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
Busan
2019 EAFF E-1 Football ChampionshipSouth Korea1–0JapanHwang In-beom (28)
8025 March 2021Nissan Stadium
Yokohama
FriendlyJapan3–0South KoreaMiki Yamane (16), Daichi Kamada (27), Wataru Endo (83)
8127 July 2022Toyota Stadium
Toyota
2022 EAFF E-1 Football ChampionshipJapan3–0South KoreaYuki Soma (49), Sho Sasaki (64), Shuto Machino (72)

Women's matches

Head-to-head record

As of 19 July 2022[3]
Venue Japan wins South Korea wins Draws
At Japan home 7 0 3
At South Korea home 4 1 5
Neutral venue 7 3 3
Total 18 4 11

List of matches

#DateVenueCompetitionHome teamScoreAway teamGoals (home)Goals (away)
16 September 1990Dongdaemun Stadium
Seoul
FriendlySouth 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 1990South Korea0–5JapanKyoko Kuroda (21), Takako Tezuka (25, 42), Futaba Kioka (30), Asako Takakura (63)
329 September 1990Haidian Stadium
Beijing, China
1990 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
Fukuyama
1994 Asian GamesJapan5–0South Korea
523 September 1995?
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
1995 AFC Women's ChampionshipJapan1–0South KoreaAkemi Noda (63)
624 October 1998Seoul Olympic Stadium
Seoul
FriendlySouth Korea1–1JapanCha Sung-mi
726 October 1998Misari Football Stadium
Hanam
FriendlySouth Korea1–1JapanJin Suk-hee
830 May 1999Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
Kyoto
FriendlyJapan1–1South KoreaTamaki Uchiyama (31)Tomoe Sakai (24 o.g.)
93 June 1999National Stadium
Tokyo
FriendlyJapan3–2South KoreaNami Otake (13), Tamaki Uchiyama (73), Yayoi Kobayashi (82)Cha Sung-mi (15), Kwon Min-joo (20)
103 August 2001Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
Ulsan
Toto CupSouth Korea1–1JapanKang Sun-mi (19)Yayoi Kobayashi (35)
1114 December 2001Yunlin County Stadium
Dounan, Taiwan
2001 AFC Women's ChampionshipSouth Korea1–2JapanLee Ji-eun (27)Yayoi Kobayashi (10), Mio Otani (89)
1231 August 2002?
Wuhan, China
Friendly TournamentSouth Korea0–0Japan
137 October 2002Masan Stadium
Masan
2002 Asian GamesSouth Korea0–1JapanHomare Sawa (15)
1421 June 2003Rajamangala Stadium
Bangkok, Thailand
2003 AFC Women's ChampionshipJapan0–1South KoreaHwang In-sun (18)
1522 July 2003Sendai Stadium
Sendai
Friendly TournamentJapan5–0South KoreaMio Otani (5), Tomomi Miyamoto (41), Eriko Arakawa (71, 83), Aya Miyama (79)
166 August 2005Daegu World Cup Stadium
Daegu
2005 EAFF Women's Football ChampionshipSouth Korea0–0Japan
1710 December 2006Qatar SC Stadium
Doha, Qatar
2006 Asian GamesJapan3–1South KoreaAzusa Iwashimizu (47), Miyuki Yanagita (72), Yūki Nagasato (82)Park Hee-young (89)
183 June 2007National Stadium
Tokyo
2008 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 Hae-in (73)
1910 June 2007Bucheon Stadium
Bucheon
South Korea2–2JapanKim Jin-hee (4), Park Hee-young (63)Shinobu Ohno (10), Aya Miyama (36)
2021 February 2008Yongchuan Stadium
Chongqing, China
2008 EAFF Women's Football ChampionshipJapan2–0South KoreaEriko Arakawa (14), Shinobu Ohno (56)
2129 May 2008Thống Nhất Stadium
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
2008 AFC Women's Asian CupJapan1–3South KoreaYuki Nagasato (10)Cha Yun-hee (18), Park Hee-young (31, 54)
2213 February 2010Ajinomoto Stadium
Tokyo
2010 EAFF Women's Football ChampionshipJapan2–1South KoreaShinobu Ohno (7), Mami Yamaguchi (17)Yoo Young-a (75)
2318 June 2011Ningineer Stadium
Matsuyama
FriendlyJapan1–1South KoreaAya Miyama (70)Ji So-yun (75)
243 September 2011Jinan Olympic Sports Center
Jinan, China
2012 Summer Olympics qualifiersSouth Korea1–2JapanJi So-yun (30)Mizuho Sakaguchi (10), Shinobu Ohno (45+1)
2527 July 2013Seoul Olympic Stadium
Seoul
2013 EAFF Women's East Asian CupSouth Korea2–1JapanJi So-yun (13, 66)Yūki Nagasato (72)
264 August 2015Wuhan Sports Center Stadium
Wuhan, China
2015 EAFF Women's East Asian CupJapan1–2South KoreaEmi Nakajima (30)Cho So-hyun (54), Jeon Ga-eul (90+3)
272 March 2016Kincho Stadium
Osaka
2016 Summer Olympics qualifiersJapan1–1South KoreaMana Iwabuchi (84)Jung Seol-bin (87)
288 December 2017Fukuda Denshi Arena
Chiba
2017 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
Amman, Jordan
2018 AFC Women's Asian CupSouth Korea0–0Japan
3028 August 2018Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium
Palembang, Indonesia
2018 Asian GamesSouth Korea1–2JapanLee Min-a (68)Yuika Sugasawa (5), Lim Seon-joo (86 o.g.)
3117 December 2019Busan Gudeok Stadium
Busan
2019 EAFF E-1 Football ChampionshipSouth Korea0–1JapanYuka Momiki (88 (pen.))
3227 January 2022Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Pune, India
2022 AFC Women's Asian CupJapan1–1South KoreaRiko Ueki (1)Seo Ji-youn (85)
3319 July 2022Kashima Soccer Stadium
Kashima, Japan
2022 EAFF E-1 Football ChampionshipJapan2–1South KoreaHinata Miyazawa (33), Fuka Nagano (65)Ji So-yun (59)

See also

References

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