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
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 Pável 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 CF 11 Cuauhtémoc Blanco CF 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

See also: Low Countries derby

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' CF 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)

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