Portugal 7–0 North Korea: 2010 World Cup match
7–0Full time
North Korea
Match in one glance
PortugalNorth KoreaGoalCard
Portugal
North Korea
0′HTFT
First half0′–45′Second half45′–90′
Score progression
7Portugal0North Korea
Raul Meireles opened the scoring at 29′.
Team comparison
PortugalNorth Korea
7Goals0
2Bookings2
3Substitutes used3
Shots, possession and xG are not available in this match’s source.
Goalscorers
- 1TTiagoPortugal · 60′, 89′2goals
- 2
Cristiano RonaldoPortugal · 87′1goal - 3SSimãoPortugal · 53′1goal
- 4RMRaul MeirelesPortugal · 29′1goal
- 5HAHugo AlmeidaPortugal · 56′1goal
- 6LLiédsonPortugal · 81′1goal
Decisive moments
7 eventsPath through 2010
Full tournamentMatch details
Verified record- Round
- First stage, Group G
- Stage
- Group stage
- Date
- 2010-06-21
- Venue
- Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
- Result
- 7–0
- Coverage
- Score, result and scorers; lineup-derived records available
Scorers
Portugal / North KoreaNorth Korea
No goals
Complete match timeline
PortugalNorth KoreaGoalCardSubstitution
Portugal
North Korea
0′HTFT
First half0′–45′Second half45′–90′
Event feed
16 eventsKey phases
Goals in each periodFirst half
0′–45′1 – 0R. Meireles 29′
Second half
45′–90′6 – 0Simão 53′ · H. Almeida 56′ · Tiago 60′ · Liédson 81′ · C. Ronaldo 87′ · Tiago 89′
Event records: © Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0. Grouped and formatted for this timeline.
Portugal
Reported rolesE
1EduardoBA
2Bruno AlvesRC
6Ricardo CarvalhoM
13MiguelFC
23Fábio CoentrãoPM
8Pedro MendesRM
16Raul MeirelesT
19TiagoReported starting roles · not tracking positions
Substitutes used
- 5DDuda74′
- 9LLiédson77′
- 14MVMiguel Veloso70′
Match contributions
- Cristiano Ronaldo⚽ 1
- Pedro Mendes▰ 38′
- Simão⚽ 1
- Raul Meireles⚽ 1
- Hugo Almeida⚽ 1▰ 70′
- Tiago⚽ 2
- Liédson⚽ 1
Full starting XI and recorded positions
- 1EEduardoGoalkeeper
- 2BABruno AlvesCentre-back
- 6RCRicardo CarvalhoCentre-back
- 7Cristiano RonaldoRight winger
- 8PMPedro MendesDefensive midfielder
- 11SSimãoLeft winger
- 13MMiguelRight-back
- 16RMRaul MeirelesCentral midfielder
- 18HAHugo AlmeidaCentre-forward
- 19TTiagoCentral midfielder
- 23FCFábio CoentrãoLeft-back
North Korea
Reported rolesMR
1Myong-guk RiJC
2Jong-hyok ChaJR
3Jun-il RiKR
5Kwang-chon RiYJ
8Yun-nam JiCP
13Chol-jin PakYA
17Yong-hak AnNP
4Nam-chol PakYH
10Yong-jo HongIM
11In-guk MunTJ
9Tae-se JongReported starting roles · not tracking positions
Substitutes used
- 6KKKum-il Kim58′
- 15YKYong-jun Kim58′
- 16SNSong-chol Nam75′
Match contributions
- Yong-jo Hong▰ 47′
- Chol-jin Pak▰ 32′
Full starting XI and recorded positions
- 1MRMyong-guk RiGoalkeeper
- 2JCJong-hyok ChaRight-back
- 3JRJun-il RiCentre-back
- 4NPNam-chol PakCentral midfielder
- 5KRKwang-chon RiLeft-back
- 8YJYun-nam JiCentre-back
- 9TJTae-se JongCentre-forward
- 10YHYong-jo HongLeft midfielder
- 11IMIn-guk MunRight midfielder
- 13CPChol-jin PakCentre-back
- 17YAYong-hak AnDefensive midfielder
Portraits may show a later team kit. Starting positions are schematic; unused substitutes are not included. © 2023 Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0. Names and match IDs adapted.
Score progression
7Portugal0North Korea
Raul Meireles opened the scoring at 29′.
Team comparison
PortugalNorth Korea
7Goals0
2Bookings2
3Substitutes used3
Shots, possession and xG are not available in this match’s source.
Goalscorers
- 1TTiagoPortugal · 60′, 89′2goals
- 2Cristiano RonaldoPortugal · 87′1goal
- 3SSimãoPortugal · 53′1goal
- 4RMRaul MeirelesPortugal · 29′1goal
- 5HAHugo AlmeidaPortugal · 56′1goal
- 6LLiédsonPortugal · 81′1goal
Available match data
Goals, bookings, substitutions and starting roles are recorded. This match does not have shot locations, xG, possession or passing data in the loaded sources.
Decisive moments
7 eventsPath through 2010
Full tournamentMatch details
Verified record- Round
- First stage, Group G
- Stage
- Group stage
- Date
- 2010-06-21
- Venue
- Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
- Result
- 7–0
- Coverage
- Score, result and scorers; lineup-derived records available
Scorers
Portugal / North KoreaNorth Korea
No goals
Source: OpenFootball at the pinned revision. Missing assists and minute-level events are not estimated. Starting lineups, used substitutes and event records come from the Fjelstul World Cup Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), credited alongside each panel.