1998 FIFA World Cup Group E

Group E was one of eight groups at the 1998 FIFA World Cup into which the 32 teams were divided. Mexico and the Netherlands qualified after they both beat South Korea and drew with Belgium before drawing with each other. The Netherlands' five goals against South Korea put them top on goal difference. Belgium could have qualified with a big win in their final game against South Korea, who were already out, but they only managed a draw and were eliminated.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	1	2	0	7	2	+5	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	1	2	0	7	5	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Belgium	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
4	South Korea	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1

Source: FIFA

Netherlands advanced to play Yugoslavia (runner-up of Group F) in the round of 16.
Mexico advanced to play Germany (winner of Group F) in the round of 16.

Matches

South Korea vs Mexico

13 June 1998

17:30 CET (UTC+1)

South Korea	1–3	Mexico
Ha Seok-ju 27'	Report	Peláez 50' Hernández 75', 84'

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 39,100

Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

South Korea

Mexico


GK	1	Kim Byung-ji
DF	5	Lee Min-sung	20'
DF	6	Yoo Sang-chul (c)
MF	7	Kim Do-keun		60'
MF	8	Noh Jung-yoon		55'
FW	9	Kim Do-hoon
DF	13	Kim Tae-young
MF	14	Ko Jong-soo		75'
MF	15	Lee Sang-yoon
MF	17	Ha Seok-ju	30'
DF	20	Hong Myung-bo
Substitutions:
DF	16	Jang Hyung-seok		55'
MF	2	Choi Sung-yong		60'
FW	11	Seo Jung-won		75'
Manager:
Cha Bum-kun


GK	1	Jorge Campos
RB	13	Pavel Pardo
CB	2	Claudio Suárez
CB	5	Duilio Davino
LB	19	Braulio Luna		45'
RM	20	Jaime Ordiales	26'	45'
CM	14	Raúl Lara
CM	8	Alberto García Aspe (c)	27'	71'
LM	7	Ramón Ramírez
RF	11	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
LF	15	Luis Hernández
Substitutions:
FW	9	Ricardo Peláez		45'
MF	21	Jesús Arellano		45'
MF	6	Marcelino Bernal		71'
Manager:
Manuel Lapuente

Assistant referees:
Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)
Eric Schneider (Germany)
Fourth official:
John Toro Lendon (Colombia)

Netherlands vs Belgium

This fixture was a repeat of the two teams' second match at the 1994 tournament, won by Belgium.

13 June 1998

21:00 CET (UTC+1)

Netherlands	0–0	Belgium
	Report

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 77,000

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Netherlands

Belgium


GK	1	Edwin van der Sar
RB	20	Aron Winter
CB	3	Jaap Stam
CB	4	Frank de Boer (c)
LB	5	Arthur Numan
CM	11	Phillip Cocu
CM	10	Clarence Seedorf		65'
RW	7	Ronald de Boer		80'
LW	14	Marc Overmars
CF	9	Patrick Kluivert	80'
CF	21	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink		65'
Substitutions:
MF	12	Boudewijn Zenden		65'
FW	8	Dennis Bergkamp		65'
MF	6	Wim Jonk		80'
Manager:
Guus Hiddink


GK	1	Filip De Wilde
RB	2	Bertrand Crasson		22'
CB	3	Lorenzo Staelens	20'
CB	17	Mike Verstraeten
LB	5	Vital Borkelmans
DM	6	Franky Van der Elst (c)
DM	15	Philippe Clement
AM	7	Marc Wilmots
AM	21	Danny Boffin
CF	8	Luis Oliveira		60'
CF	10	Luc Nilis
Substitutions:
DF	22	Éric Deflandre	29'	22'
FW	20	Émile Mpenza		60'
Manager:
Georges Leekens

Assistant referees:
Gennaro Mazzei (Italy)
Emanuel Zammit (Malta)
Fourth official:
Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Belgium vs Mexico

20 June 1998

17:30 CET (UTC+1)

Belgium	2–2	Mexico
Wilmots 42', 47'	Report	García Aspe 55' (pen.) Blanco 62'

Parc Lescure, Bordeaux

Attendance: 31,800

Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Belgium

Mexico


GK	1	Filip De Wilde
DF	3	Lorenzo Staelens
DF	4	Gordan Vidović	68'
DF	5	Vital Borkelmans
MF	6	Franky Van der Elst (c)		67'
MF	7	Marc Wilmots
FW	8	Luis Oliveira
FW	10	Luc Nilis		77'
MF	14	Enzo Scifo
MF	21	Danny Boffin		17'
DF	22	Éric Deflandre
Substitutions:
FW	18	Gert Verheyen	54'	17'
DF	16	Glen De Boeck		67'
FW	20	Émile Mpenza		77'
Manager:
Georges Leekens


GK	1	Jorge Campos
CB	2	Claudio Suárez
CB	3	Joel Sánchez
CB	5	Duilio Davino
RM	13	Pável Pardo	28'
CM	20	Jaime Ordiales		57'
CM	8	Alberto García Aspe (c)		67'
LM	7	Ramón Ramírez	39'
RF	11	Cuauhtemoc Blanco	47'
CF	17	Francisco Palencia		45'
LF	15	Luis Hernández
Substitutions:
LM	21	Jesús Arellano		45'
CM	4	Germán Villa		57'
CM	14	Raúl Lara		67'
Manager:
Manuel Lapuente

Assistant referees:
Eddie Foley (Ireland)
Mohamed Al Musawi (Oman)
Fourth official:
Javier Castrilli (Argentina)

Netherlands vs South Korea

20 June 1998

21:00 CET (UTC+1)

Netherlands	5–0	South Korea
Cocu 37' Overmars 41' Bergkamp 71' Van Hooijdonk 80' R. de Boer 83'	Report

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

Netherlands

South Korea


GK	1	Edwin van der Sar
CB	3	Jaap Stam
CB	4	Frank de Boer (c)
LB	5	Arthur Numan	80'
CM	6	Wim Jonk
RW	7	Ronald de Boer	84'
SS	8	Dennis Bergkamp	78'
CM	11	Phillip Cocu
LW	14	Marc Overmars
CM	16	Edgar Davids
RB	20	Aron Winter
Substitutions:
FW	17	Pierre van Hooijdonk	78'
DF	15	Winston Bogarde	80'
MF	12	Boudewijn Zenden	84'
Manager:
Guus Hiddink


GK	1	Kim Byung-ji
MF	2	Choi Sung-yong		53'
DF	4	Choi Young-il (c)
DF	5	Lee Min-sung
DF	6	Yoo Sang-chul
MF	7	Kim Do-keun
FW	9	Kim Do-hoon		69'
FW	10	Choi Yong-soo	26'
FW	11	Seo Jung-won		77'
MF	15	Lee Sang-yoon
DF	20	Hong Myung-bo
Substitutions:
DF	13	Kim Tae-young		53'
MF	14	Ko Jong-soo	90+2'	69'
FW	21	Lee Dong-gook		77'
Manager:
Cha Bum-kun

Assistant referees:
Jacek Pocięgiel (Poland)
Yuri Dupanov (Belarus)
Fourth official:
Vitor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Netherlands vs Mexico

25 June 1998

16:00 CET (UTC+1)

Netherlands	2–2	Mexico
Cocu 4' R. de Boer 18'	Report	Peláez 75' Hernández 90+4'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 30,600

Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)

Netherlands

Mexico


GK	1	Edwin van der Sar
RB	2	Michael Reiziger
CB	3	Jaap Stam	21'
CB	4	Frank de Boer (c)
LB	5	Arthur Numan	46'	71'
CM	6	Wim Jonk		70'
RW	7	Ronald de Boer
SS	8	Dennis Bergkamp		78'
CM	11	Phillip Cocu
LW	14	Marc Overmars
CM	16	Edgar Davids
Substitutions:
MF	20	Aron Winter		70'
DF	15	Winston Bogarde		71'
FW	21	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink		78'
Manager:
Guus Hiddink


GK	1	Jorge Campos
RB	18	Salvador Carmona	58'
CB	3	Joel Sánchez		55'
CB	2	Claudio Suárez
CB	5	Duilio Davino
LB	19	Braulio Luna		45'
RM	8	Alberto García Aspe (c)
CM	4	Germán Villa	18'
LM	7	Ramón Ramírez	89'
RF	11	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
LF	15	Luis Hernández	46'
Substitutions:
LM	21	Jesús Arellano		45'
CF	9	Ricardo Peláez	68'	55'
Manager:
Manuel Lapuente

Assistant referees:
Fernando Tresaco Garcia (Spain)
Hussain Ghadanfari (Kuwait)
Fourth official:
Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Belgium vs South Korea

25 June 1998

16:00 CET (UTC+1)

Belgium	1–1	South Korea
Nilis 7'	Report	Yoo Sang-Chul 72'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 45,500

Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

Belgium

South Korea


GK	12	Philippe Vande Walle
DF	3	Lorenzo Staelens
DF	4	Gordan Vidović
DF	5	Vital Borkelmans	65'
MF	7	Marc Wilmots
FW	8	Luis Oliveira		45'
FW	10	Luc Nilis
MF	11	Nico van Kerckhoven
MF	14	Enzo Scifo (c)		65'
MF	15	Philippe Clement		74'
DF	22	Éric Deflandre
Substitutions:
FW	9	Mbo Mpenza		45'
MF	6	Franky Van der Elst		65'
FW	20	Émile Mpenza		74'
Manager:
Georges Leekens


GK	1	Kim Byung-ji	83'
MF	2	Choi Sung-yong		45'
DF	5	Lee Min-sung	83'
DF	6	Yoo Sang-chul (c)
MF	7	Kim Do-keun		45'
FW	10	Choi Yong-soo
FW	11	Seo Jung-won
DF	12	Lee Sang-hun		66'
DF	13	Kim Tae-young	48'
MF	17	Ha Seok-ju
DF	20	Hong Myung-bo
Substitutions:
DF	3	Lee Lim-saeng	67'	45'
MF	14	Ko Jong-soo		45'
DF	16	Jang Hyung-seok		66'
Manager:
Kim Pyung-seok (caretaker)

Assistant referees:
Arnaldo Pinto (Brazil)
Jorge Luis Arango (Colombia)
Fourth official:
Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

1998 FIFA World Cup Group E

Contents

Standings

Matches

South Korea vs Mexico

Netherlands vs Belgium

Belgium vs Mexico

Netherlands vs South Korea

Netherlands vs Mexico

Belgium vs South Korea

See also