1998 FIFA World Cup Group E explained

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

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


GK	1	Kim Byung-ji
DF	5
DF	6	Yoo Sang-chul (c)
MF	7
MF	8
FW	9	Kim Do-hoon
DF	13	Kim Tae-young
MF	14
MF	15	Lee Sang-yoon
MF	17
DF	20	Hong Myung-bo
Substitutions:
DF	16
MF	2
FW	11
Manager:
Cha Bum-kun

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GK	1	Jorge Campos
RB	13	Pavel Pardo
CB	2	Claudio Suárez
CB	5	Duilio Davino
LB	19
RM	20
CM	14	Raúl Lara
CM	8	Alberto García Aspe (c)
LM	7	Ramón Ramírez
RF	11	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
LF	15	Luis Hernández
Substitutions:
FW	9
MF	21
MF	6
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.


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
RW	7
LW	14	Marc Overmars
CF	9
CF	21
Substitutions:
MF	12
FW	8
MF	6
Manager:
Guus Hiddink

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GK	1	Filip De Wilde
RB	2
CB	3
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
CF	10	Luc Nilis
Substitutions:
DF	22
FW	20
Manager:
Georges Leekens

Assistant referees

Gennaro Mazzei (Italy)
Emanuel Zammit (Malta)
Fourth official

Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Belgium vs Mexico


GK	1	Filip De Wilde
DF	3	Lorenzo Staelens
DF	4
DF	5	Vital Borkelmans
MF	6	Franky Van der Elst (c)
MF	7	Marc Wilmots
FW	8	Luis Oliveira
FW	10
MF	14	Enzo Scifo
MF	21
DF	22	Éric Deflandre
Substitutions:
FW	18
DF	16
FW	20
Manager:
Georges Leekens

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GK	1	Jorge Campos
CB	2	Claudio Suárez
CB	3	Joel Sánchez
CB	5	Duilio Davino
RM	13
CM	20
CM	8	Alberto García Aspe (c)
LM	7
RF	11
CF	17
LF	15	Luis Hernández
Substitutions:
LM	21
CM	4
CM	14
Manager:
Manuel Lapuente

Assistant referees

Eddie Foley (Ireland)
Mohamed Al Musawi (Oman)
Fourth official

Javier Castrilli (Argentina)

Netherlands vs South Korea


GK	1	Edwin van der Sar
CB	3	Jaap Stam
CB	4	Frank de Boer (c)
LB	5
CM	6	Wim Jonk
RW	7
SS	8
CM	11	Phillip Cocu
LW	14	Marc Overmars
CM	16	Edgar Davids
RB	20	Aron Winter
Substitutions:
FW	17
DF	15
MF	12
Manager:
Guus Hiddink

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GK	1	Kim Byung-ji
MF	2
DF	4	Choi Young-il (c)
DF	5	Lee Min-sung
DF	6	Yoo Sang-chul
MF	7	Kim Do-keun
FW	9
FW	10
FW	11
MF	15	Lee Sang-yoon
DF	20	Hong Myung-bo
Substitutions:
DF	13
MF	14
FW	21
Manager:
Cha Bum-kun

Assistant referees

Jacek Pocięgiel (Poland)
Yuri Dupanov (Belarus)
Fourth official

Vitor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Netherlands vs Mexico


GK	1	Edwin van der Sar
RB	2	Michael Reiziger
CB	3
CB	4	Frank de Boer (c)
LB	5
CM	6
RW	7	Ronald de Boer
SS	8
CM	11	Phillip Cocu
LW	14	Marc Overmars
CM	16	Edgar Davids
Substitutions:
MF	20
DF	15
FW	21
Manager:
Guus Hiddink

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GK	1	Jorge Campos
RB	18
CB	3
CB	2	Claudio Suárez
CB	5	Duilio Davino
LB	19
RM	8	Alberto García Aspe (c)
CM	4
LM	7
RF	11	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
LF	15
Substitutions:
LM	21
CF	9
Manager:
Manuel Lapuente

Assistant referees

Fernando Tresaco Garcia (Spain)
Hussain Ghadanfari (Kuwait)
Fourth official

Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Belgium vs South Korea


GK	12	Philippe Vande Walle
DF	3	Lorenzo Staelens
DF	4	Gordan Vidović
DF	5
MF	7	Marc Wilmots
FW	8
FW	10	Luc Nilis
MF	11	Nico van Kerckhoven
MF	14	Enzo Scifo (c)
MF	15
DF	22	Éric Deflandre
Substitutions:
FW	9
MF	6
FW	20
Manager:
Georges Leekens

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GK	1
MF	2
DF	5
DF	6	Yoo Sang-chul (c)
MF	7
FW	10	Choi Yong-soo
FW	11	Seo Jung-won
DF	12
DF	13
MF	17	Ha Seok-ju
DF	20	Hong Myung-bo
Substitutions:
DF	3
MF	14
DF	16
Manager:
Kim Pyung-seok (caretaker)

Assistant referees

Arnaldo Pinto (Brazil)
Jorge Luis Arango (Colombia)
Fourth official

Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)