2018 Japan national football team

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

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

Home Kit
Away Kit

Matches

Japan  v  Mali
March 23 International Friendly Japan  1–1  Mali Belgium Liège, Belgium
13:20 (UTC+1) Nakajima 90+4' Report Diaby 43' (pen.) Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 250
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)
Japan  v  Ukraine
March 27 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 in Europe Japan  1–2  Ukraine Belgium Liège, Belgium
14:20 (UTC+2) Makino 41' Report Rakitskiy 21'
Karavayev 69'		 Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 2,529
Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium)
Japan  v  Ghana
May 30 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 Japan  0–2  Ghana Japan Yokohama, Japan
19:25 (UTC+9) Report Partey 9'
Boateng 51' (pen.)		 Stadium: Nissan Stadium (Yokohama)
Attendance: 64,520
Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)
Switzerland  v  Japan
June 8 International Friendly Switzerland  2–0  Japan Switzerland Lugano, Switzerland
19:00 (UTC+2) Rodriguez 42' (pen.)
Seferovic 82'		 Report Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
Referee: Amaury Delerue (France)
Japan  v  Paraguay
June 12 International Friendly Japan  4–2  Paraguay Austria 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)
Colombia  v  Japan
June 19 2018 FIFA World Cup: Group H Colombia  1–2  Japan Russia Saransk, Russia
15:00 UTC+3 Quintero 39' Report Kagawa 6' (pen.)
Osako 73'		 Stadium: Mordovia Arena
Attendance: 40,842
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Japan  v  Senegal
June 24 2018 FIFA World Cup: Group H Japan  2–2  Senegal Russia 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)
Japan  v  Poland
June 28 2018 FIFA World Cup: Group H Japan  0–1  Poland Russia Volgograd, Russia
17:00 UTC+3 Report Bednarek 59' Stadium: Volgograd Arena
Attendance: 42,189
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Belgium  v  Japan
July 2 2018 FIFA World Cup: Round of 16 Belgium  3–2  Japan Russia 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)
Japan  v  Chile
September 7 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 Japan  Cancelled  Chile Japan Sapporo, Japan
Report Stadium: Sapporo Dome
Japan  v  Costa Rica
September 11 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 Japan  3–0  Costa Rica Japan 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)
Japan  v  Panama
October 12 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 Japan  3–0  Panama Japan 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)
Japan  v  Uruguay
October 16 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 Japan  4–3  Uruguay Japan 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)
Japan  v  Venezuela
November 16 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 Japan  1–1  Venezuela Japan Ōita, Japan
19:30 (UTC+9) Sakai 40' Report Rincón 81' (pen.) Stadium: Ōita Bank Dome
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Japan  v  Kyrgyzstan
November 20 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 Japan  4–0  Kyrgyzstan Japan 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

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

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

References

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