Women's World Cup · 2003 · group stage

Japan vs Argentina

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

6–0

Full-time score

Date: Sep 20, 2003
Stage: group stage
Group: Group C
Venue: Columbus Crew Stadium
City: Columbus
Attendance: Not recorded

Goal events

6 recorded goals

Minute	Scorer	Credited team	Note
13'	Homare Sawa	Japan	—
38'	Homare Sawa	Japan	—
64'	Emi Yamamoto	Japan	—
72'	Mio Otani	Japan	—
75'	Mio Otani	Japan	—
80'	Mio Otani	Japan	—

Player sheets

Lineups and squad entries

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

Japan

Starting lineup

#1 Nozomi Yamago goal keeper
#2 Yumi Obe center back
#4 Yasuyo Yamagishi center back
#5 Tomoe Sakai center midfielder
#6 Yayoi Kobayashi center forward
#7 Naoko Kawakami right midfielder
#8 Tomomi Miyamoto center midfielder
#10 Homare Sawa attacking midfielder
#11 Mio Otani center forward
#14 Kyoko Yano center back
#16 Emi Yamamoto left midfielder

Substitutes who appeared

#3 Hiromi Isozaki defender
#9 Eriko Arakawa forward
#18 Karina Maruyama forward

Argentina

Starting lineup

#1 Romina Ferro goal keeper
#2 Clarisa Huber defender
#3 Mariela Ricotti defender
#4 Andrea Gonsebate defender
#5 Marisa Gerez midfielder
#8 Natalia Gatti forward
#10 Rosana Gómez midfielder
#14 Fabiana Vallejos forward
#18 Mariela Coronel forward
#19 Celeste Barbitta defender
#20 Elizabeth Villanueva forward

Substitutes who appeared

#6 Noelia López defender
#7 Karina Alvariza forward
#17 Valeria Cotelo defender

Disciplinary record

4 recorded cards

Minute	Player	Card	Team
16'	Elizabeth Villanueva	Yellow card	Argentina
18'	Rosana Gómez	Yellow card	Argentina
39'	Natalia Gatti	Red card	Argentina
59'	Celeste Barbitta	Yellow card	Argentina

Referee: Katriina ElovirtaRecord ID: M-2003-04Edition: 2003

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