1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries
First stage
Nepal - Japan
0:6 (0:1)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 22 | 27 March 1997 | Muscat / Boshar - Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex | 01:00 | 500 |
- Hiroaki MORISHIMA (JPN) 24',
- Takuya TAKAGI (JPN) 47',
- Takuya TAKAGI (JPN) 55',
- Norio OMURA (JPN) 76',
- Takuya TAKAGI (JPN) 89',
- Yasuto HONDA (JPN) 90'
Goals scored
Nepal
- Upendra SINGH (GK)
- Rajesh THAPA
- Dev Narayan CHAUDHARI
- Raju Kaji SHAKYA
- Narendra SHRESTHA (-88')
- Saugesh SHRESTHA (-83')
- Mani Bikram SHAH
- Hari KHADKA (-31')
- Deepak AMATYA
- Bal Gopal MAHARJAN
- Sunil TULADHAR
Line-up
- Babu Kaji DHAUBANJAR
- Raju Pulami MAGAR (+83')
- Gyanendra SHERCHAN
- Arjun LAMA (+88')
- Chet Narayan SHRESTHA (+31')
- Binod KHAREL
Substitute(s)
Japan
- Hiroshige YANAGIMOTO (GK) (-81')
- Naoki SOMA
- Masami IHARA
- Norio OMURA
- Motohiro YAMAGUCHI (-72')
- Yasuto HONDA
- Takuya TAKAGI
- Hiroshi NANAMI
- Hiroaki MORISHIMA
- Shoji JO (-67')
- Yoshikatsu KAWAGUCHI
Line-up
- Nobuyuki KOJIMA
- Masakiyo MAEZONO
- Tsuyoshi KITAZAWA (+72')
- Masayuki OKANO (+67')
- Toshihide SAITO
- Yutaka AKITA
- Tadashi NAKAMURA (+81')
Substitute(s)
- Bal Gopal MAHARJAN (NEP) 25'
- , Saugesh SHRESTHA (NEP) 42'
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Sardar NADJAFALIEV (UZB) | |
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | (C): | Captain | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out |
| GK: | Goalkeeper | N: | Not eligible to play | I: | Injured |
| Y: | Misses next match if booked | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |
| DF: | Defender | MF: | Midfielder | MinP: | Minutes played |
| GF: | Goals for | GA: | Goals against | PK (PG/PS): | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) |
| FC: | Fouls Committed | FS: | Fouls Suffered | R: | Red Cards |
| FW: | Forward | SOG/S: | Shots on Target | Y: 2YC: | Yellow cards Second yellow card and red card |
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