2016 Japan national football team

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

CompetitionGPWDLGFGAGD
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)7511185+13
Kirin Cup3201124+8
Total10712309+21

Kits

Matches

v  Afghanistan
24 March 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 Japan  5 – 0  Afghanistan Saitama, Japan
19:34 JSTOkazaki 43'
Kiyotake 58'
Mukhammad 63' (o.g.)
Yoshida 74'
Kanazaki 78'
JFA ReportStadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 48,967
Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq)
v  Bulgaria
3 June Friendly (Kirin Cup Soccer 2016) Japan  7 – 2  Bulgaria Toyota, Japan
19:42 JSTOkazaki 4'
Kagawa 27', 35'
Yoshida 38', 53'
Usami 57'
Asano 87' (pen.)
JFA ReportAleksandrov 59'
Chochev 82'
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 41,940
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
v  United Arab Emirates
1 September 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 3 Japan  1 – 2  United Arab Emirates Saitama, Japan
19:35 JSTHonda 11'JFA ReportKhalil 20', 54' (pen.)Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 58,895
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
v  Oman
11 November Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup 2016) Japan  4 – 0  Oman Kashima, Japan
19:23 JSTOsako 32', 42'
Kiyotake 64' (pen.)
Kobayashi 90+4'
JFA ReportStadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 33,709
Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)


  Win   Draw   Loss

Players statistics

Player-201503.2403.2906.0306.0709.0109.0610.0610.1111.1111.152016Total
Shinji Okazaki98(47)O(1)OO(1)OO-O-OO8(2)106(49)
Makoto Hasebe95(2)OOOOOOOO-O9(0)104(2)
Yuto Nagatomo86(3)OOOO-----O5(0)91(3)
Keisuke Honda79(34)-O(1)--O(1)OOOOO7(2)86(36)
Shinji Kagawa77(23)OO(2)O(2)-OO-O-O7(4)84(27)
Eiji Kawashima71(0)--O-------1(0)72(0)
Maya Yoshida61(6)O(1)OO(2)OOOOOOO10(3)71(9)
Hiroshi Kiyotake33(1)O(1)OOO(1)O-OOO(1)O(1)9(4)42(5)
Masato Morishige29(2)OOOOOOOOOO10(0)39(2)
Hiroki Sakai25(0)O-O-OOO-OO7(0)32(0)
Gotoku Sakai25(0)-O-OOOOOO-7(0)32(0)
Hotaru Yamaguchi24(1)-O---OO(1)OOO6(1)30(2)
Shusaku Nishikawa23(0)-O-OOOOOOO8(0)31(0)
Tomoaki Makino22(2)---O---O--2(0)24(2)
Yoshinori Muto18(2)-----O----1(0)19(2)
Mike Havenaar17(4)O---------1(0)18(4)
Yuya Osako15(3)--------O(2)O2(2)17(5)
Takashi Usami13(2)-OO(1)OOO----5(1)18(3)
Genki Haraguchi11(1)OO(1)O-OO(1)O(1)O(1)OO(1)9(5)20(6)
Yosuke Kashiwagi7(0)O-OO--O---4(0)11(0)
Mu Kanazaki6(1)O(1)OOO------4(1)10(2)
Manabu Saito5(1)--------O-1(0)6(1)
Wataru Endo5(0)--OO------2(0)7(0)
Takuma Asano3(0)--O(1)OOO(1)OOO-7(2)10(2)
Yu Kobayashi2(0)O-OO-OOO--6(0)8(0)
Masaaki Higashiguchi1(0)O---------1(0)2(0)
Gen Shoji1(0)--O-------1(0)2(0)
Yuki Kobayashi0(0)---O----O(1)-2(1)2(1)
Yuichi Maruyama0(0)-------OO-2(0)2(0)
Yuya Kubo0(0)--------OO2(0)2(0)
Ryota Oshima0(0)----O-----1(0)1(0)
Ryota Nagaki0(0)--------O-1(0)1(0)

Goalscorers

Player2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)International FriendlyTotal Goals
Shinji Okazaki112
Hiroshi Kiyotake224
Own Goal202
Maya Yoshida123
Mu Kanazaki101
Shinji Kagawa224
Keisuke Honda202
Genki Haraguchi505
Takashi Usami011
Takuma Asano112
Hotaru Yamaguchi101
Yuya Osako022
Yuki Kobayashi011