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France earned its 5th consecutive victory

France vs Japan international football match report

Date, kick-off time:	Friday, 20 June 2003, 21:00 (UTC+02:00)
National teams, score:	France - Japan 2:1
Competition:	FIFA Confederations Cup 2003, Group A
Referee:	Mark Shield, Fortitude Valley / Australia
Attendance, venue:	33 070, Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Goals:	1:0 (42') Robert Pirès (pen.), 2:1 (66') Sidney Govou

France national football team line-up in match Nr.632

Managed by team manager Jacques Santini
Player	Caps	Age	Club
Fabien Barthez	58	31	Manchester United FC, Manchester
Jean-Alain Boumsong	1	23	AJ Auxerre, Auxerre
William Gallas	8	25	Chelsea FC, London
Olivier Dacourt 58'	7	28	AS Roma SpA, Roma
58' Benoît Pedretti	6	22	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Montbéliard
Robert Pirès	58	29	Arsenal FC, London
Mikaël Silvestre	21	25	Manchester United FC, Manchester
Jérôme Rothen 67'	3	25	AS Monaco FC, Monaco
67' Sylvain Wiltord	52	29	Arsenal FC, London
Willy Sagnol 90+1'	15	26	FC Bayern, München
Steve Marlet 80'	16	29	Fulham FC, London
80' Thierry Henry	48	25	Arsenal FC, London
Ousmane Dabo	1	26	Atalanta BC, Bergamo
Sidney Govou 21'	7	23	Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon

Match stats

National team	Players	Average caps	Average age	Clubs	Goals	Cautions	Expulsions
France	14	21.500	26.736	11	2	1	1

Comments

pieterkooijman Netherlands - Other notes posted 30.08.2011 12:01:16

NARAZAKI Seigo
INAMOTOJunichi 73’ NAKATA Koji (...)

pieterkooijman Netherlands - Additional information posted 11.09.2011 12:45:07

Coach Japan 20-06-2003: Arthur Antunes Coimbra (Zico) (link:

)

Zsorzsinju Hungary - Additional information posted 01.10.2011 09:34:46

Captain:
Japan: 7-Hidetoshi Nakata (C) (link:

)

Soproni Démon Hungary - Additional information posted 01.04.2012 11:32:29

Yellow card:
Yoshito OKUBO 33’
Junichi INAMOTO 42’
(link:

)

pieterkooijman Netherlands - Additional information posted 01.04.2012 16:45:46

Yellow cards Japan:
Yoshito Okubo (33’)
Junichi Inamoto (42’) (link:

)

Zsorzsinju Hungary - Additional information posted 04.04.2012 09:04:01

Scorers: 1-0 43’ Pires PK, 1-1 59’ S. Nakamura, 2-1 65’ Govou
JAPAN: (...)

France vs Japan post-match head-to-head

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals	Points/Match
5	4	1	0	14 - 4	1.800
France v Japan match-by-match record

France matches

Previous match:

F.I.F.A. Confederations Cup 2003

France vs Colombia 1-0

Lyon, Wednesday 18 June 2003

Next match:

F.I.F.A. Confederations Cup 2003

France vs New Zealand 5-0

Saint-Denis, Sunday 22 June 2003

France international football results

France top scorers

1. Michel Platini (1976 - 1986) - 41 goals
2. Just Fontaine (1953 - 1960) - 30 goals
3. Jean-Pierre Papin (1986 - 1994) - 30 goals
... Robert Pirès (1996 - 2003) - 12 goals
... Sidney Govou (2002 - 2003) - 2 goals

(correct as of June 20, 2003)

France top goalscorers

Brief match report

Fri. 20 Jun 2003
Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne
France 2-1 Japan
Goals: Pirès 42, Govou 66

France: Barthez, Boumsong, Gallas, Dacourt (Pedretti 58), Pirès (c), Silvestre, Rothen (Wiltord 67), Sagnol, Marlet (Henry 80), Dabo, Govou. Managed by Santini.
Booked: Govou 21. Sent off: Sagnol 90+1.

Att: 33 070
Ref: Shield (Australia)