The Japan national football team in 2016, managed by head coach Vahid Halilhodžić compete in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round amongst international friendly matches at home.
Record
Competition | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 |
Kirin Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 |
Total | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 9 | +21 |
Kits
Matches
Afghanistan
v 24 March 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 | Japan | 5 – 0 | Afghanistan | Saitama, Japan |
19:34 JST | Okazaki 43' Kiyotake 58' Mukhammad 63' (o.g.) Yoshida 74' Kanazaki 78' | JFA Report | Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 48,967 Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq) |
Syria
v 29 March 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 | Japan | 5 – 0 | Syria | Saitama, Japan |
19:34 JST | Al Masri 17' (o.g.) Kagawa 66', 90' Honda 86' Haraguchi 90+3' | AFC Report | Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 57,475 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran) |
Bulgaria
v 3 June Friendly (Kirin Cup Soccer 2016) | Japan | 7 – 2 | Bulgaria | Toyota, Japan |
19:42 JST | Okazaki 4' Kagawa 27', 35' Yoshida 38', 53' Usami 57' Asano 87' (pen.) | JFA Report | Aleksandrov 59' Chochev 82' | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 41,940 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
v 7 June Friendly (Kirin Cup Soccer 2016) | Japan | 1 – 2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Suita, Japan |
19:34 JST | Kiyotake 28' | JFA Report | Đurić 29', 66' | Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 35,589 Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia) |
United Arab Emirates
v 1 September 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 3 | Japan | 1 – 2 | United Arab Emirates | Saitama, Japan |
19:35 JST | Honda 11' | JFA Report | Khalil 20', 54' (pen.) | Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 58,895 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar) |
Japan
v 6 September 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 3 | Thailand | 0 – 2 | Japan | Bangkok, Thailand |
19:15 UTC+7 | AFC Report | Haraguchi 19' Asano 75' | Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium Attendance: 44,500 Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran) |
Iraq
v 6 October 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 3 | Japan | 2 – 1 | Iraq | Saitama, Japan |
19:35 JST | Haraguchi 26' Yamaguchi 90+5' | JFA Report | Abdul-Amir 60' | Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 57,768 Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea) |
Japan
v 11 October 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 3 | Australia | 1 – 1 | Japan | Melbourne, Australia |
20:00 UTC+11 | Jedinak 52' (pen.) | AFC Report | Haraguchi 5' | Stadium: Docklands Stadium Attendance: 48,460 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) |
Oman
v 11 November Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup 2016) | Japan | 4 – 0 | Oman | Kashima, Japan |
19:23 JST | Osako 32', 42' Kiyotake 64' (pen.) Kobayashi 90+4' | JFA Report | Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 33,709 Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong) |
Saudi Arabia
v 15 November 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 3 | Japan | 2 – 1 | Saudi Arabia | Saitama, Japan |
19:35 JST | Kiyotake 45' (pen.) Haraguchi 80' | JFA Report | Om. Hawsawi 90' | Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 58,420 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore) |
Win Draw Loss
Players statistics
Player | -2015 | 03.24 | 03.29 | 06.03 | 06.07 | 09.01 | 09.06 | 10.06 | 10.11 | 11.11 | 11.15 | 2016 | Total |
Shinji Okazaki | 98(47) | O(1) | O | O(1) | O | O | - | O | - | O | O | 8(2) | 106(49) |
Makoto Hasebe | 95(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | 9(0) | 104(2) |
Yuto Nagatomo | 86(3) | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | 5(0) | 91(3) |
Keisuke Honda | 79(34) | - | O(1) | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | 7(2) | 86(36) |
Shinji Kagawa | 77(23) | O | O(2) | O(2) | - | O | O | - | O | - | O | 7(4) | 84(27) |
Eiji Kawashima | 71(0) | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 72(0) |
Maya Yoshida | 61(6) | O(1) | O | O(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 10(3) | 71(9) |
Hiroshi Kiyotake | 33(1) | O(1) | O | O | O(1) | O | - | O | O | O(1) | O(1) | 9(4) | 42(5) |
Masato Morishige | 29(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 10(0) | 39(2) |
Hiroki Sakai | 25(0) | O | - | O | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | 7(0) | 32(0) |
Gotoku Sakai | 25(0) | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | 7(0) | 32(0) |
Hotaru Yamaguchi | 24(1) | - | O | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | 6(1) | 30(2) |
Shusaku Nishikawa | 23(0) | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 8(0) | 31(0) |
Tomoaki Makino | 22(2) | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | 2(0) | 24(2) |
Yoshinori Muto | 18(2) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 19(2) |
Mike Havenaar | 17(4) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 18(4) |
Yuya Osako | 15(3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(2) | O | 2(2) | 17(5) |
Takashi Usami | 13(2) | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | 5(1) | 18(3) |
Genki Haraguchi | 11(1) | O | O(1) | O | - | O | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O | O(1) | 9(5) | 20(6) |
Yosuke Kashiwagi | 7(0) | O | - | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | 4(0) | 11(0) |
Mu Kanazaki | 6(1) | O(1) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(1) | 10(2) |
Manabu Saito | 5(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 6(1) |
Wataru Endo | 5(0) | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 7(0) |
Takuma Asano | 3(0) | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | - | 7(2) | 10(2) |
Yu Kobayashi | 2(0) | O | - | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | 6(0) | 8(0) |
Masaaki Higashiguchi | 1(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 2(0) |
Gen Shoji | 1(0) | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 2(0) |
Yuki Kobayashi | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | O(1) | - | 2(1) | 2(1) |
Yuichi Maruyama | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
Yuya Kubo | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
Ryota Oshima | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
Ryota Nagaki | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
Goalscorers
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