Men's World Cup · 2002 · group stage

Japan vs Belgium

A match record linked to its tournament year, national teams, player pages and source-available events.

2–2

Full-time score

Date: Jun 4, 2002
Stage: group stage
Group: Group H
Venue: Saitama Stadium
City: Saitama
Attendance: Not recorded

Goal events

4 recorded goals

Minute	Scorer	Credited team	Note
57'	Marc Wilmots	Belgium	—
59'	Takayuki Suzuki	Japan	—
67'	Junichi Inamoto	Japan	—
75'	Peter Van der Heyden	Belgium	—

Player sheets

Lineups and squad entries

Squad selection is not the same as an on-field appearance; substitutes are labeled separately.

Japan

Starting lineup

#3 Naoki Matsuda center back
#4 Ryuzo Morioka center back
#5 Junichi Inamoto center midfielder
#7 Hidetoshi Nakata attacking midfielder
#11 Takayuki Suzuki center forward
#12 Seigo Narazaki goal keeper
#13 Atsushi Yanagisawa center forward
#16 Kōji Nakata center back
#18 Shinji Ono left winger
#21 Kazuyuki Toda center midfielder
#22 Daisuke Ichikawa right winger

Substitutes who appeared

#8 Hiroaki Morishima midfielder
#14 Alessandro Santos midfielder
#17 Tsuneyasu Miyamoto defender

Belgium

Starting lineup

#1 Geert De Vlieger goal keeper
#4 Eric Van Meir center back
#6 Timmy Simons center midfielder
#7 Marc Wilmots center forward
#8 Bart Goor left midfielder
#10 Johan Walem right midfielder
#11 Gert Verheyen center forward
#12 Peter Van der Heyden left back
#15 Jacky Peeters right back
#16 Daniel Van Buyten center back
#18 Yves Vanderhaeghe defensive midfielder

Substitutes who appeared

#9 Wesley Sonck forward
#20 Branko Strupar forward

Disciplinary record

5 recorded cards

Minute	Player	Card	Team
21'	Peter Van der Heyden	Yellow card	Belgium
31'	Kazuyuki Toda	Yellow card	Japan
54'	Junichi Inamoto	Yellow card	Japan
62'	Gert Verheyen	Yellow card	Belgium
82'	Eric Van Meir	Yellow card	Belgium

Referee: William MattusRecord ID: M-2002-13Edition: 2002

Source: Fjelstul match dataset (pinned CSV). See source notes for provenance and coverage.