1998 FIFA World Cup Group E

Football tournament group stage February 2014 Group E was one of eight groups at the 1998 FIFA World Cup into which the 32 teams were divided.https://www.rsssf.org/tables/98full.html World Cup 1998 RSSSF 30 April 2026 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 main WDL standings complete FIFA 200 NED MEX BEL KOR KO KO 1 2 0 7 2 1 2 0 7 5 0 3 0 3 3 0 1 2 2 9 NED MEX BEL KOR 1997 Q green1 Advance to knockout stage 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 main E1 1998 6 13 y 17:30 CEST (UTC+2) KOR 1997 1998 FIFA World Cup Group E#South Korea vs Mexico 1–3 MEX Ha Seok-ju 27 Peláez 50 Hernández 75 84 Stade de Gerland, Lyon 39,100 Günter Benkö (Austria) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/1013/1014/8732 Korea Republic vs Mexico Group Matches 1998 FIFA World Cup France FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=1014/match=8732/index.html 1998 FIFA World Cup France – Matches – Korea Republic v Mexico FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171228033050/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=1014/match=8732/index.html 28 December 2017 http://www.france98.com/english/competition/matchstat8895.htm Match Statistics – Group E – Korea Republic v Mexico Comité Français d'Organisation de la Coupe du Monde de Football 1998 13 June 1998 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010418004853/http://www.france98.com/english/competition/matchstat8895.htm 18 April 2001 _korearepublic1998h _korea1998h _korearepublic1998h _kor98h _kor98a FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 0000FF 0000FF South Korea _mex98h _mex98h _mex98h _mex98H _mexigo12ogt 008000 008000 008000 FFFFFF cc1023 Mexico GK 1 Kim Byung-jiDF 5 Lee Min-sung 20DF 6 Yoo Sang-chul (c)MF 7 Kim Do-keun 60MF 8 Noh Jung-yoon 55FW 9 Kim Do-hoonDF 13Kim Tae-youngMF 14Ko Jong-soo 75MF 15Lee Sang-yoonMF 17Ha Seok-ju 0 30DF 20Hong Myung-boSubstitutions:DF 16Jang Hyung-seok 55MF 2 Choi Sung-yong 60FW 11Seo Jung-won 75Manager:Cha Bum-kun GK 1 Jorge CamposRB 13Pável PardoCB 2 Claudio SuárezCB 5 Duilio DavinoLB 19Braulio Luna 45RM 20Jaime Ordiales 26 45CM 14Raúl LaraCM 8 Alberto García Aspe (c) 27 71LM 7 Ramón RamírezCF 11Cuauhtémoc BlancoCF 15Luis HernándezSubstitutions:FW 9 Ricardo Peláez 45MF 21Jesús Arellano 45MF 6 Marcelino Bernal 71Manager:Manuel Lapuente Assistant referees: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu) Eric Schneider (Germany) Fourth official: John Toro Lendon (Colombia) Netherlands vs Belgium Low Countries derby This fixture was a repeat of the two teams' second match at the 1994 tournament, won by Belgium. main E2 1998 6 13 y 21:00 CEST (UTC+2) NED 1998 FIFA World Cup Group E#Netherlands vs Belgium 0–0 BEL Stade de France, Saint-Denis 77,000 Pierluigi Collina (Italy) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/1013/1014/8733 Netherlands vs Belgium Group Matches 1998 FIFA World Cup France FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=1014/match=8733/index.html 1998 FIFA World Cup France – Matches – Netherlands v Belgium FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171228213354/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=1014/match=8733/index.html 28 December 2017 http://www.france98.com/english/competition/matchstat8894.htm Match Statistics – Group E – Netherlands v Belgium Comité Français d'Organisation de la Coupe du Monde de Football 1998 13 June 1998 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010418004802/http://www.france98.com/english/competition/matchstat8894.htm 18 April 2001 _netherlands1998a _ned98 away _netherlands1998a _netherlands1998a _ned98h 0000A0 0000A0 0000A0 0000A0 F3460C Netherlands _belgium1998a _belgium1998a _belgium1998a _belgium1998a _belgium1998a FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Belgium GK 1 Edwin van der SarRB 20Aron WinterCB 3 Jaap StamCB 4 Frank de Boer (c)LB 5 Arthur NumanCM 11Phillip CocuCM 10Clarence Seedorf 65RW 7 Ronald de Boer 80LW 14Marc OvermarsCF 9 Patrick Kluivert 0 80CF 21Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 65Substitutions:MF 12Boudewijn Zenden 65FW 8 Dennis Bergkamp 65MF 6 Wim Jonk 80Manager:Guus Hiddink GK 1 Filip De WildeRB 2 Bertrand Crasson 22CB 3 Lorenzo Staelens 20CB 17Mike VerstraetenLB 5 Vital BorkelmansDM 6 Franky Van der Elst (c)DM 15Philippe ClementAM 7 Marc WilmotsAM 21Danny BoffinCF 8 Luís Oliveira 60CF 10Luc NilisSubstitutions:DF 22Éric Deflandre 29 22FW 20Émile Mpenza 60Manager:Georges Leekens Assistant referees: Gennaro Mazzei (Italy) Emanuel Zammit (Malta) Fourth official: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago) Belgium vs Mexico main E3 1998 6 20 y 17:30 CEST (UTC+2) BEL 1998 FIFA World Cup Group E#Belgium vs Mexico 2–2 MEX Wilmots 42 47 García Aspe 55 pen. Blanco 62 Parc Lescure, Bordeaux 31,800 Hugh Dallas (Scotland) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/1013/1014/8750 Belgium vs Mexico Group Matches 1998 FIFA World Cup France FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=1014/match=8750/index.html 1998 FIFA World Cup France – Matches – Belgium v Mexico FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171204192541/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=1014/match=8750/index.html 4 December 2017 http://www.france98.com/english/competition/matchstat8911.htm Match Statistics – Group E – Belgium v Mexico Comité Français d'Organisation de la Coupe du Monde de Football 1998 20 June 1998 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010419012122/http://www.france98.com/english/competition/matchstat8911.htm 19 April 2001 _belgium1998h _belgium1998h _belgium1998h _belgium1998h _belgium1998h FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 Belgium _mex98a _mex98 _mex98a _mex98H _mex98A FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Mexico GK 1 Filip De WildeDF 3 Lorenzo StaelensDF 4 Gordan Vidović 68DF 5 Vital BorkelmansMF 6 Franky Van der Elst (c) 67MF 7 Marc WilmotsFW 8 Luís OliveiraFW 10Luc Nilis 77MF 14Enzo ScifoMF 21Danny Boffin 17DF 22Éric DeflandreSubstitutions:FW 18Gert Verheyen 0 54 17DF 16Glen De Boeck 67FW 20Émile Mpenza 77Manager:Georges Leekens GK 1 Jorge CamposCB 2 Claudio SuárezCB 3 Joel SánchezCB 5 Duilio DavinoRM 13Pável Pardo 0 28CM 20Jaime Ordiales 57CM 8 Alberto García Aspe (c) 67LM 7 Ramón Ramírez 39RF 11Cuauhtémoc Blanco 47CF 17Francisco Palencia 45LF 15Luis HernándezSubstitutions:LM 21Jesús Arellano 45CM 4 Germán Villa 57CM 14Raúl Lara 67Manager:Manuel Lapuente Assistant referees: Eddie Foley (Ireland) Mohamed Al Musawi (Oman) Fourth official: Javier Castrilli (Argentina) Netherlands vs South Korea main E4 1998 6 20 y 21:00 CEST (UTC+2) NED 1998 FIFA World Cup Group E#Netherlands vs South Korea 5–0 KOR 1997 Cocu 37 Overmars 41 Bergkamp 71 Van Hooijdonk 80 R. de Boer 83 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille 55,000 Ryszard Wójcik (Poland) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/1013/1014/8749 Netherlands vs Korea Republic Group Matches 1998 FIFA World Cup France FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=1014/match=8749/index.html 1998 FIFA World Cup France – Matches – Netherlands v Korea Republic FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171204191036/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=1014/match=8749/index.html 4 December 2017 http://www.france98.com/english/competition/matchstat8848.htm Match Statistics – Group E – Netherlands v Korea Republic Comité Français d'Organisation de la Coupe du Monde de Football 1998 20 June 1998 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010418003747/http://www.france98.com/english/competition/matchstat8848.htm 18 April 2001 _netherlands1998h _ned98 _netherlands1998h _netherlands1998h _ned98h D74600 D74600 D74600 FFFFFF F3460C Netherlands _korearepublic1998a _korearepublic1998a _korearepublic1998a _kor98a _kor98a 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF 0000FF South Korea GK 1 Edwin van der SarRB 20Aron WinterCB 3 Jaap StamCB 4 Frank de Boer (c)LB 5 Arthur Numan 80RM 6 Wim JonkCM 16Edgar DavidsLM 11Phillip CocuRW 7 Ronald de Boer 84LW 14Marc OvermarsCF 8 Dennis Bergkamp 78Substitutions:FW 17Pierre van Hooijdonk 78DF 15Winston Bogarde 80MF 12Boudewijn Zenden 84Manager:Guus Hiddink GK 1 Kim Byung-jiMF 2 Choi Sung-yong 53DF 4 Choi Young-il (c)DF 5 Lee Min-sungDF 6 Yoo Sang-chulMF 7 Kim Do-keunFW 9 Kim Do-hoon 69FW 10Choi Yong-soo 26FW 11Seo Jung-won 77MF 15Lee Sang-yoonDF 20Hong Myung-boSubstitutions:DF 13Kim Tae-young 53MF 14Ko Jong-soo 90+2 69FW 21Lee Dong-gook 77Manager:Cha Bum-kun Assistant referees: Jacek Pocięgiel (Poland) Yuri Dupanov (Belarus) Fourth official: Vitor Melo Pereira (Portugal) Netherlands vs Mexico main E5 1998 6 25 y 16:00 CEST (UTC+2) NED 1998 FIFA World Cup Group E#Netherlands vs Mexico 2–2 MEX Cocu 4 R. de Boer 18 Peláez 75 Hernández 90+4 Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne 30,600 Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/1013/1014/8766 Netherlands vs Mexico Group Matches 1998 FIFA World Cup France FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=1014/match=8766/index.html 1998 FIFA World Cup France – Matches – Netherlands v Mexico FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171111095224/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=1014/match=8766/index.html 11 November 2017 http://www.france98.com/english/competition/matchstat8864.htm Match Statistics – Group E – Netherlands v Mexico Comité Français d'Organisation de la Coupe du Monde de Football 1998 25 June 1998 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010419011036/http://www.france98.com/english/competition/matchstat8864.htm 19 April 2001 _netherlands1998h _ned98 _netherlands1998h _netherlands1998h _ned98h D74600 D74600 D74600 FFFFFF F3460C Netherlands _mex98a _mex98 _mex98a _mex98H _mex98A FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Mexico GK 1 Edwin van der SarRB 2 Michael ReizigerCB 3 Jaap Stam 21CB 4 Frank de Boer (c)LB 5 Arthur Numan 46 71RM 6 Wim Jonk 70CM 16Edgar DavidsLM 11Phillip CocuRW 7 Ronald de BoerLW 14Marc OvermarsCF 8 Dennis Bergkamp 78Substitutions:MF 20Aron Winter 70DF 15Winston Bogarde 71FW 21Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 78Manager:Guus Hiddink GK 1 Jorge CamposRB 18Salvador Carmona 58CB 3 Joel Sánchez 55CB 2 Claudio SuárezCB 5 Duilio DavinoLB 19Braulio Luna 45RM 8 Alberto García Aspe (c)CM 4 Germán Villa 18LM 7 Ramón Ramírez 0 89RF 11Cuauhtémoc BlancoLF 15Luis Hernández 46Substitutions:LM 21Jesús Arellano 45CF 9 Ricardo Peláez 68 55Manager:Manuel Lapuente Assistant referees: Fernando Tresaco Garcia (Spain) Hussain Ghadanfari (Kuwait) Fourth official: Rune Pedersen (Norway) Belgium vs South Korea main E6 1998 6 25 y 16:00 CEST (UTC+2) BEL 1998 FIFA World Cup Group E#Belgium vs South Korea 1–1 KOR 1997 Nilis 7 Yoo Sang-chul 72 Parc des Princes, Paris 45,500 Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/1013/1014/8765 Belgium vs Korea Republic Group Matches 1998 FIFA World Cup France FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=1014/match=8765/index.html 1998 FIFA World Cup France – Matches – Belgium v Korea Republic FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171229071620/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=1014/match=8765/index.html 29 December 2017 http://www.france98.com/english/competition/matchstat8863.htm Match Statistics – Group E – Belgium v Korea Republic Comité Français d'Organisation de la Coupe du Monde de Football 1998 25 June 1998 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010419010659/http://www.france98.com/english/competition/matchstat8863.htm 19 April 2001 _belgium1998a _belgium1998a _belgium1998a _belgium1998a _belgium1998a FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Belgium _korearepublic1998h _korea1998h _korearepublic1998h _kor98h _kor98h FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 0000FF FF0000 South Korea GK 12Philippe Vande WalleDF 3 Lorenzo StaelensDF 4 Gordan VidovićDF 5 Vital Borkelmans 65MF 7 Marc WilmotsFW 8 Luís Oliveira 45FW 10Luc NilisMF 11Nico Van KerckhovenMF 14Enzo Scifo (c) 65MF 15Philippe Clement 74DF 22Éric DeflandreSubstitutions:FW 9 Mbo Mpenza 45MF 6 Franky Van der Elst 65FW 20Émile Mpenza 74Manager:Georges Leekens GK 1 Kim Byung-ji 83MF 2 Choi Sung-yong 45DF 5 Lee Min-sung 83DF 6 Yoo Sang-chul (c)MF 7 Kim Do-keun 45FW 10Choi Yong-sooFW 11Seo Jung-wonDF 12Lee Sang-hun 66DF 13Kim Tae-young 48MF 17Ha Seok-juDF 20Hong Myung-boSubstitutions:DF 3 Lee Lim-saeng 67 45MF 14Ko Jong-soo 45DF 16Jang Hyung-seok 66Manager:Kim Pyung-seok (caretaker) Assistant referees: Arnaldo Pinto (Brazil) Jorge Luis Arango (Colombia) Fourth official: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) See also Belgium at the FIFA World Cup Mexico at the FIFA World Cup Netherlands at the FIFA World Cup South Korea at the FIFA World Cup References Match reports Report E Group Group Category:Belgium at the 1998 FIFA World Cup 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