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General Information for Japan
Japan Football Association
Founded
1921
FIFA entry
1929
Average height in 2009
1.78m
Average age in 2009
26.3
Confederation
AFC
Infos provided by
Emblem
Jersey in 2009
Coaches in 2009
Kindly provided by Jorge Mendoza
Okada, Takeshi (Coach)
Day of Birth
1956-08-25
Place of Birth
Ōsaka
(Japan)
Height
1.75m
Matches
17
(9 /
8)
Players of Japan in 2009
| FIFA | Non FIFA | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Day of Birth | Position | Current Club | M | S | G | M | S | G | |
| Kawashima, Eiji | 1983-03-20 | Goalkeeper |
|
Kawasaki Frontale | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Narazaki, Seigō | 1976-04-15 | Goalkeeper |
|
Nagoya Grampus | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tsuzuki, Ryōta | 1978-04-18 | Goalkeeper |
|
Urawa Red Diamonds | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nishikawa, Shūsaku | 1986-06-18 | Goalkeeper |
|
Ōita Trinita | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nakazawa, Yūji | 1978-02-25 | Centre Back |
|
Yokohama F Marinos | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanaka, Marcus Túlio | 1981-04-24 | Centre Back |
|
Urawa Red Diamonds | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uchida, Atsuto | 1988-03-27 | Right Back |
|
Kashima Antlers | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nagatomo, Yūto | 1986-09-12 | Left Back |
|
FC Tōkyō | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Komano, Yūichi | 1981-07-25 | Right Back |
|
Jubilo Iwata | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terada, Shuhei | 1975-06-23 | Centre Back |
|
Kawasaki Frontale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tokunaga, Yūhei | 1983-09-25 | Right Back |
|
FC Tōkyō | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Takagi, Kazumichi | 1980-11-21 | Centre Back |
|
Gamba Ōsaka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iwamasa, Daiki | 1982-01-30 | Centre Back |
|
Kashima Antlers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yamaguchi, Satoshi | 1978-04-17 | Centre Back |
|
Gamba Ōsaka | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yasuda, Michihiro | 1987-12-20 | Right Back |
|
Gamba Ōsaka | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nakamura, Kengo | 1980-10-31 | Centre Midfielder |
|
Kawasaki Frontale | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Endō, Yasuhito | 1980-01-28 | Centre Midfielder |
|
Gamba Ōsaka | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hasebe, Makoto | 1984-01-18 | Defensive Midfielder |
|
VfL Wolfsburg | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nakamura, Shunsuke | 1978-06-24 | Attacking Midfielder |
|
Espanyol Barcelona | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Honda, Keisuke | 1986-06-13 | Attacking Midfielder |
|
VVV Venlo | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Abe, Yūki | 1981-09-06 | Defensive Midfielder |
|
Urawa Red Diamonds | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hashimoto, Hideo | 1979-05-21 | Defensive Midfielder |
|
Gamba Ōsaka | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Konno, Yasuyuki | 1983-01-25 | Defensive Midfielder |
|
FC Tōkyō | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matsui, Daisuke | 1981-05-11 | Attacking Midfielder |
|
Grenoble Foot 38 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Inamoto, Junichi | 1979-09-18 | Defensive Midfielder |
|
Stade Rennais | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kagawa, Shinji | 1989-03-17 | Attacking Midfielder |
|
Cerezo Ōsaka | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aoki, Takeshi | 1982-09-28 | Defensive Midfielder |
|
Kashima Antlers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Inui, Takashi | 1988-06-02 | Left Midfielder |
|
Cerezo Ōsaka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kanazaki, Mū | 1989-02-16 | Right Midfielder |
|
Ōita Trinita | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yamada, Naoki | 1990-07-04 | Attacking Midfielder |
|
Urawa Red Diamonds | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Okazaki, Shinji | 1986-04-16 | Secondary striker |
|
Shimizu S-Pulse | 14 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tamada, Keiji | 1980-04-11 | Secondary striker |
|
Nagoya Grampus | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ōkubo, Yoshito | 1982-06-09 | Secondary striker |
|
Vissel Kōbe | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanaka, Tatsuya | 1982-11-27 | Secondary striker |
|
Urawa Red Diamonds | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maeda, Ryoichi | 1981-10-09 | Centre Forward |
|
Jubilo Iwata | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kōroki, Shinzō | 1986-07-31 | Centre Forward |
|
Kashima Antlers | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morimoto, Takayuki | 1988-05-07 | Centre Forward |
|
Calcio Catania | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ishikawa, Naohiro | 1981-05-12 | Right Winger |
|
FC Tōkyō | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yano, Kishō | 1984-04-05 | Right Winger |
|
Albirex Niigata | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Satō, Hisato | 1982-03-12 | Centre Forward |
|
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maki, Seiichiro | 1980-08-07 | Centre Forward |
|
JEF United Ichihara | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Matches of Japan in 2009
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | Result | Event | Stadium | FIFA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-01-20 |
|
|
2:1 c | Asian Cup 2011 - Group A | ||
| 2009-01-28 |
|
|
1:0 c | Asian Cup 2011 - Group A | ||
| 2009-02-04 |
|
|
5:1 c | Friendly | ||
| 2009-02-11 |
|
|
0:0 c | World Cup 2010 - Group 1 | ||
| 2009-03-28 |
|
|
1:0 c | World Cup 2010 - Group 1 | ||
| 2009-05-27 |
|
|
4:0 c | Friendly | ||
| 2009-05-31 |
|
|
4:0 c | Friendly | ||
| 2009-06-06 |
|
|
0:1 c | World Cup 2010 - Group 1 | ||
| 2009-06-10 |
|
|
1:1 c | World Cup 2010 - Group 1 | ||
| 2009-06-17 |
|
|
2:1 c | World Cup 2010 - Group 1 | ||
| 2009-09-05 |
|
|
3:0 c | Friendly | ||
| 2009-09-09 |
|
|
4:3 c | Friendly | ||
| 2009-10-08 |
|
|
6:0 c | Asian Cup 2011 - Group A | ||
| 2009-10-10 |
|
|
2:0 c | Friendly | ||
| 2009-10-14 |
|
|
5:0 c | Friendly | ||
| 2009-11-14 |
|
|
0:0 c | Friendly | ||
| 2009-11-18 |
|
|
0:4 c | Asian Cup 2011 - Group A | ||
| 17 Matches | ||||||
Match Progress for Japan in 2009
Favorite Opponents of Japan
| Opponent | M | W | D | L | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
39 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 55 |
|
27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 43 |
|
|
21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 35 |
|
18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 22 |
|
18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 23 |
|
16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 25 |
|
14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
|
14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 |
|
14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
|
13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 |
|
11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
|
|
11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 30 |
|
11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
|
10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 |
|
|
10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
|
|
10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 30 |
|
9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
|
|
9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
|
9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
|
7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
|
7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 |
|
|
7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
|
7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
|
|
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
|
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
|
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
|
|
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
|
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
|
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
|
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
|
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
|
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
|
5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
|
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
|
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
|
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
|
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
|
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
|
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
|
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
|
|
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
|
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
|
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
|
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
|
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
|
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
|
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
|
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 562 | 300 | 109 | 153 | 1,087 |