Japan v Costa Rica, 20 June 1997
| Score | 6-2 to Japan |
| Referee | Jose Luis Da Rosa |
| Competition | World Youth Cup Group D |
| Venue | Darul Makmur, Kuantan |
| Attendance | 9,000 |
View Japan v Costa Rica head to head
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Japan
Manager: Masakuni Yamamoto
Goals:
| Harutaka Ono | 3 |
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| Shunsuke Nakamura | 6 |
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| Harutaka Ono | 21 |
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| Shinji Jojo | 75 |
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| Kenji Fukuda | 89 |
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| Yuichiro Nagai | 90 |
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Starting lineup:
Defender
Satoshi Yamaguchi
Defender/Centre back
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
(captain)
Midfielder
Tomokazu Myojin
Midfielder
Shunsuke Nakamura
Midfielder
Kazuyuki Toda
Forward
Atsushi Yanagisawa
Substitutions:
| Nozomi Hiroyama for Kai Mikuriya | 64 |
| Kenji Fukuda for Atsushi Yanagisawa | 86 |
Cards:
| Atsushi Yanagisawa | Y | |
| Yula Minami | Y |
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Costa Rica
Manager: Luis Roberto Sibaja Quesada
Goals:
| Froylan Ledezma | 28 |
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| Alonso Solis | 56 |
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Starting lineup:
Carlos Castro
Defender
Pablo Chinchilla
Defender
Douglas Sequeira
Defender/Midfielder
Froylan Ledezma
Forward
Substitutions:
| Alonso Solis for Albin Villavicencio | 24 |
| Nelson Fonseca for Leonardo Duran | 38 |
| Jonathan Bolanos for Carlos Castro | 76 |
Cards:
| Eddie Salas | Y | |
| Pablo Chinchilla | Y | |
| Eddie Salas | 71 | Y |
| Eddie Salas | 71 | R |