Japan national football team
men's national association football team representing Japan
The Japan national football team is the national football team of Japan.
| Nickname(s) | サムライ・ブルー (Samurai Blue) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Japan Football Association (JFA) | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | EAFF (East Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Hajime Moriyasu | ||
| Captain | Maya Yoshida | ||
| Most caps | Yasuhito Endō (152) | ||
| Top scorer | Kunishige Kamamoto (80)[1] | ||
| Home stadium | Various | ||
| FIFA code | JPN | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 20  4 (22 December 2022)[2] | ||
| Highest | 9 (March 1998) | ||
| Lowest | 62 (December 1992) | ||
| First international | |||
 Japan 0–5 China  (Tokyo; 9 May 1917)[3] | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Japan 15–0 Philippines  (Tokyo; 27 September 1967) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Japan 2–15 Philippines  (Tokyo; 10 May 1917)[4] | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1998) | ||
| Best result | Round of 16 (2002, 2010, 2018) | ||
| Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 9 (first in 1988) | ||
| Best result | Champions (1992, 2000, 2004, 2011) | ||
| Copa América | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1999) | ||
| Best result | Group Stage (1999) | ||
| Confederations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 5 (first in 1995) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up (2001) | ||
Medal record | |||
Most appearances
change- As of 1 February 2019[6]
| # | Player | Caps | Goals | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuhito Endō | 152 | 15 | 2002–2015 |
| 2 | Masami Ihara | 122 | 5 | 1988–1999 |
| 3 | Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | 116 | 0 | 1997–2010 |
| Yuto Nagatomo | 3 | 2008– | ||
| Shinji Okazaki | 50 | 2008– | ||
| 6 | Makoto Hasebe | 114 | 2 | 2006–2018 |
| 7 | Yuji Nakazawa | 110 | 17 | 1999–2010 |
| 8 | Shunsuke Nakamura | 98 | 24 | 2000–2010 |
| Keisuke Honda | 37 | 2008– | ||
| 10 | Shinji Kagawa | 95 | 31 | 2008– |
| Maya Yoshida | 10 | 2010– |
Top scorers
change- As of 1 February 2019[6]
| # | Player | Goals | Caps | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kunishige Kamamoto | 80 | 84 | 1964–1977 |
| 2 | Kazuyoshi Miura | 55 | 89 | 1990–2000 |
| 3 | Shinji Okazaki | 50 | 116 | 2008– |
| 4 | Hiromi Hara | 37 | 75 | 1978–1988 |
| Keisuke Honda | 98 | 2008– | ||
| 6 | Shinji Kagawa | 31 | 95 | 2008– |
| 7 | Takuya Takagi | 27 | 44 | 1992–1997 |
| 8 | Kazushi Kimura | 26 | 54 | 1979–1986 |
| 9 | Shunsuke Nakamura | 24 | 98 | 2000–2010 |
| 10 | Naohiro Takahara | 23 | 57 | 2000–2008 |
Coaches
change- Hitoshi Sasaki (1921)
- Masujiro Nishida (1923)
- Goro Yamada (1925)
- Shigeyoshi Suzuki (1930)
- Shigemaru Takenokoshi (1934)
- Shigeyoshi Suzuki (1936)
- Shigemaru Takenokoshi (1938-1940)
- Koichi Kudo (1942)
- Hirokazu Ninomiya (1951)
- Shigemaru Takenokoshi (1951-1956)
- Hidetoki Takahashi (1957)
- Taizo Kawamoto (1958)
- Shigemaru Takenokoshi (1958-1959)
- Hidetoki Takahashi (1960-1962)
- Ken Naganuma (1962-1969)
- Shunichiro Okano (1970-1971)
- Ken Naganuma (1972-1976)
- Hiroshi Ninomiya (1976-1978)
- Yukio Shimomura (1979-1980)
- Masashi Watanabe (1980)
- Saburo Kawabuchi (1980-1981)
- Takaji Mori (1981-1985)
- Yoshinobu Ishii (1986-1987)
- Kenzo Yokoyama (1988-1991)
- Hans Ooft (1992-1993)
- Paulo Roberto Falcão (1994)
- Shu Kamo (1994-1997)
- Takeshi Okada (1997-1998)
- Philippe Troussier (1998-2002)
- Zico (2002-2006)
- Ivica Osim (2006-2007)
- Takeshi Okada (2007-2010)
- Hiromi Hara (2010)
- Alberto Zaccheroni (2010-2014)
- Javier Aguirre (2014-2015)
- Vahid Halilhodžić (2015-2018)
- Akira Nishino (2018)
- Hajime Moriyasu (2018-)
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ 80 days to go Archived 2018-03-22 at the Wayback Machine – With 80 goals in 84 appearances, Kunishige Kamamoto is Japan's all-time leading goalscorer. (FIFA.com)
- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ↑ "Japan National Football Team Results: 1910–1919". Football Japan. p. 29 December 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ↑ Motoaki Inukai 「日本代表公式記録集2008」 Japan Football Association p.206
- ↑ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Mamrud, Roberto. "Japan – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
Other websites
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