2018 Japan national football team
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The Japan national football team in 2018, managed by head coach Vahid Halilhodžić, head coach Akira Nishino and head coach Hajime Moriyasu compete in the 2018 FIFA World Cup and international friendly matches both at home and abroad.
Record[edit]
| Competition | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Friendly | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | +8 |
| 2018 FIFA World Cup | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 |
| Total | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 20 | +7 |
Kits[edit]
          Home Kit
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     Away Kit
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Matches[edit]
| March 23 International Friendly | Japan  | 1–1 |  Mali |  Liège, Belgium |
| 13:20 (UTC+1) | Nakajima  90+4' |
Report | Diaby 43' (pen.) |
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 250 Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium) |
| March 27 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 in Europe | Japan | 1–2 |  Ukraine | Liège, Belgium |
| 14:20 (UTC+2) | Makino 41' |
Report | Rakitskiy 21' Karavayev 69' |
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 2,529 Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium) |
| May 30 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 | Japan | 0–2 |  Ghana | Yokohama, Japan |
| 19:25 (UTC+9) | Report | Partey 9' Boateng 51' (pen.) |
Stadium: Nissan Stadium (Yokohama) Attendance: 64,520 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia) |
| June 8 International Friendly | Switzerland  | 2–0 | Japan | Lugano, Switzerland |
| 19:00 (UTC+2) | Rodriguez 42' (pen.) Seferovic 82' |
Report | Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Referee: Amaury Delerue (France) |
| June 12 International Friendly | Japan | 4–2 |  Paraguay |  Innsbruck, Austria |
| 15:05 (UTC+2) | Inui 51', 63' Santander 77' (o.g.) Kagawa 90+1' |
Report | Romero 32' Ortiz 90' |
Stadium: Tivoli-Neu Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria) |
| June 19 2018 FIFA World Cup: Group H | Colombia  | 1–2 | Japan |  Saransk, Russia |
| 15:00 UTC+3 | Quintero 39' |
Report | Kagawa 6' (pen.) Osako 73' |
Stadium: Mordovia Arena Attendance: 40,842 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia) |
| June 24 2018 FIFA World Cup: Group H | Japan | 2–2 |  Senegal | Ekaterinburg, Russia |
| 20:00 UTC+5 | Inui 34' Honda 78' |
Report | Mané 11' Wagué 71' |
Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 32,572 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy) |
| June 28 2018 FIFA World Cup: Group H | Japan | 0–1 |  Poland | Volgograd, Russia |
| 17:00 UTC+3 | Report | Bednarek 59' |
Stadium: Volgograd Arena Attendance: 42,189 Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia) |
| July 2 2018 FIFA World Cup: Round of 16 | Belgium | 3–2 | Japan | Rostov-on-Don, Russia |
| 21:00 UTC+3 | Vertonghen 69' Fellaini 74' Chadli 90+4' |
Report | Haraguchi 48' Inui 52' |
Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 41,466 Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal) |
| September 7 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 | Japan | Cancelled |  Chile | Sapporo, Japan |
| Report | Stadium: Sapporo Dome |
| September 11 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 | Japan | 3–0 |  Costa Rica | Suita, Japan |
| 19:20 (UTC+9) | Sasaki 16' Minamino 66' J. Ito 90+3' |
Report | Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 33,891 Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore) |
| October 12 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 | Japan | 3–0 |  Panama | Niigata, Japan |
| 19:35 (UTC+9) | Minamino 42' J. Ito 66' Murillo 85' (o.g.) |
Report | Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 38,322 Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea) |
| October 16 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 | Japan | 4–3 |  Uruguay | Saitama, Japan |
| 19:35 (UTC+9) | Minamino 10', 66' Osako 36' Doan 59' |
Report | Pereiro 28' Cavani 57' Rodríguez 75' |
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 57,239 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea) |
| November 16 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 | Japan | 1–1 |  Venezuela | Ōita, Japan |
| 19:30 (UTC+9) | Sakai 40' |
Report | Rincón 81' (pen.) |
Stadium: Ōita Bank Dome Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) |
| November 20 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 | Japan | 4–0 |  Kyrgyzstan | Toyota, Japan |
| 19:20 (UTC+9) | Yamanaka 2' Haraguchi 19' Osako 72' Nakajima 73' |
Report | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan) |
Win Draw Loss
Players statistics[edit]
| Player | -2017 | 03.23 | 03.27 | 05.30 | 06.08 | 06.12 | 06.19 | 06.24 | 06.28 | 07.02 | 09.11 | 10.12 | 10.16 | 11.16 | 11.20 | 2018 | Total |
| Shinji Okazaki | 111(50) | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 116(50) |
| Makoto Hasebe | 106(2) | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 8(0) | 114(2) |
| Yuto Nagatomo | 101(3) | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | 9(0) | 110(3) |
| Keisuke Honda | 91(36) | O | O | O | O | - | O | O(1) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 7(1) | 98(37) |
| Shinji Kagawa | 89(29) | - | - | O | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 6(2) | 95(31) |
| Eiji Kawashima | 81(0) | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 7(0) | 88(0) |
| Maya Yoshida | 80(10) | - | - | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | 9(0) | 89(10) |
| Hiroki Sakai | 41(0) | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O(1) | - | 8(1) | 49(1) |
| Hotaru Yamaguchi | 38(2) | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 7(0) | 45(2) |
| Gotoku Sakai | 36(0) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6(0) | 42(0) |
| Genki Haraguchi | 29(6) | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O(1) | - | O | O | O | O(1) | 11(2) | 40(8) |
| Tomoaki Makino | 28(3) | O | O(1) | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | - | - | O | 8(1) | 36(4) |
| Yuya Osako | 25(7) | O | - | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | - | O | O(1) | O | O(1) | 12(3) | 37(10) |
| Takashi Inui | 25(2) | - | - | - | O | O(2) | O | O(1) | O | O(1) | - | - | - | - | - | 6(4) | 31(6) |
| Yoshinori Muto | 21(2) | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(0) | 25(2) |
| Takashi Usami | 19(3) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7(0) | 26(3) |
| Takuma Asano | 17(3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 18(3) |
| Gaku Shibasaki | 14(3) | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | 12(0) | 26(3) |
| Yu Kobayashi | 11(2) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 14(2) |
| Yuya Kubo | 11(2) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 13(2) |
| Yosuke Ideguchi | 11(2) | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 12(2) |
| Wataru Endo | 11(0) | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | - | 4(0) | 15(0) |
| Gen Shoji | 10(1) | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 15(1) |
| Toshihiro Aoyama | 8(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | 3(0) | 11(1) |
| Kengo Kawamata | 8(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | 1(0) | 9(1) |
| Kenyu Sugimoto | 5(1) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 3(0) | 8(1) |
| Masaaki Higashiguchi | 4(0) | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | 3(0) | 7(0) |
| Ryota Morioka | 4(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 5(0) |
| Junya Ito | 3(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O(1) | - | O | O | 4(2) | 7(2) |
| Shuichi Gonda | 3(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | 2(0) | 5(0) |
| Shintaro Kurumaya | 3(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 4(0) |
| Takumi Minamino | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O(1) | O(2) | O | O | 5(4) | 7(4) |
| Ryota Oshima | 2(0) | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 5(0) |
| Genta Miura | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | O | 3(0) | 5(0) |
| Kosuke Nakamura | 2(0) | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 4(0) |
| Naomichi Ueda | 2(0) | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 4(0) |
| Kento Misao | 1(0) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | 5(0) | 6(0) |
| Sei Muroya | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | 3(0) | 4(0) |
| Shoya Nakajima | 0(0) | O(1) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | O(1) | 6(2) | 6(2) |
| Ritsu Doan | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O(1) | O | O | 5(1) | 5(1) |
| Sho Sasaki | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | O | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Koya Kitagawa | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Hidemasa Morita | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Takehiro Tomiyasu | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Ryosuke Yamanaka | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | 1(1) | 1(1) |
| Tomoya Ugajin | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Jun Amano | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Daniel Schmidt | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
Goalscorers[edit]
| Player | International Friendly | 2018 FIFA World Cup | Total Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoya Nakajima | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Tomoaki Makino | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Takashi Inui | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Shinji Kagawa | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Yuya Osako | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Keisuke Honda | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Genki Haraguchi | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sho Sasaki | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Takumi Minamino | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Junya Ito | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ritsu Doan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hiroki Sakai | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryosuke Yamanaka | 1 | 0 | 1 |