Japan 1 vs. Russia 0 in the 2002 World Cup

Information about the 1st Round Group H game played in the 2002 Soccer World Cup between the National Teams of Russia and Japan with details about goals, starters and reserves, substitutions, cards and more.

Game played in the 2002 World Cup, 1st Round Group H

Date: Sunday, June 09, 2002

Japan

1 - 0

Russia

Goals:

51'

Junichi Inamoto

Players

Japan
Pos	Je	Player
		Starters
GK	12.	Seigo Narazaki
DF	3.	Naoki Matsuda
DF	16.	Koji Nakata
DF	17.	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C)
MF	5.	Junichi Inamoto 85'
MF	7.	Hidetoshi Nakata
MF	18.	Shinji Ono 75'
MF	20.	Tomokazu Myojin
MF	21.	Kazuyuki Toda
FW	11.	Takayuki Suzuki 72'
FW	13.	Atsushi Yanagisawa
		Entered
DF	6.	Toshihiro Hattori 75'
MF	15.	Takashi Fukunishi 85'
FW	10.	Masashi Nakayama 72'
		Other Reserves
GK	1.	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
GK	23.	Hitoshi Sogahata
DF	2.	Yutaka Akita
DF	4.	Ryuzo Morioka
MF	8.	Hiroaki Morishima
MF	14.	Alessandro Santos
MF	19.	Mitsuo Ogasawara
MF	22.	Daisuke Ichikawa
FW	9.	Akinori Nishizawa
	Coach: Philippe Troussier

Russia
Pos	Je	Player
		Starters
GK	1.	Ruslan Nigmatullin
DF	2.	Yuri Kovtun
DF	3.	Yuri Nikiforov
DF	7.	Viktor Onopko (C)
MF	4.	Alexei Smertin 57'
MF	5.	Andrei Solomatin
MF	6.	Igor Semshov
MF	8.	Valeri Karpin
MF	9.	Egor Titov
MF	20.	Marat Izmailov 52'
FW	19.	Ruslan Pimenov 46'HT
		Entered
MF	21.	Dmitry Khokhlov 52'
FW	11.	Vladimir Beschastnykh 57'
FW	22.	Dmitri Sychev 46'HT
		Other Reserves
GK	12.	Stanislav Cherchesov
GK	23.	Alexander Filimonov
DF	13.	Viacheslav Daev
DF	14.	Igor Chugainov
DF	18.	Dmitri Sennikov
MF	10.	Aleksandr Mostovoi
MF	15.	Dmitry Alenichev
MF	17.	Sergei Semak
FW	16.	Alexander Kerzhakov
	Coach: Oleg Romantsev

Abbreviations and Notes:
Pos = Position. It shows the player's natural position but not necessarily the one he played in this particular game
Positions: GK: Goalkeeper / DF: Defender / MF: Midfielder / FW: Forward
Je. = Jersey number / (C) = Captain / HT: at half-time

Cards

National Team	Player	Card and Minutes
Russia	Ruslan Pimenov	13' yellow card
Japan	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto	15' yellow card
Russia	Andrei Solomatin	38' yellow card
Japan	Koji Nakata	42' yellow card
Russia	Dmitry Khokhlov	60' yellow card
Japan	Masashi Nakayama	90'+1' yellow card

Substitutions

Japan
Minute 72		Masashi Nakayama	replaced	Takayuki Suzuki
Minute 75		Toshihiro Hattori	replaced	Shinji Ono
Minute 85		Takashi Fukunishi	replaced	Junichi Inamoto
Russia
Minute 46 (in the break)		Dmitri Sychev	replaced	Ruslan Pimenov
Minute 52		Dmitry Khokhlov	replaced	Marat Izmailov
Minute 57		Vladimir Beschastnykh	replaced	Alexei Smertin