2017 Japan national football team

The Japan national football team in 2017, managed by head coach Vahid Halilhodžić compete in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round and 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship among international friendly matches both at home and abroad.

Record

Competition GP W D L GF GA GD
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round 5 3 1 1 9 2 +7
International Friendly 5 1 2 2 7 9 -2
2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship 3 2 0 1 4 5 -1
Total 13 6 3 4 20 16 +4

Kits

On 7 June, Japan used special kit to celebrate 20th anniversary of Japan's qualification to their first World Cup finals. It was used against Syria. Since November, a new home kit is used.

Home Kit
0
Special Kit
0
Away Kit
0
2018 Home Kit

Matches

United Arab Emirates  v  Japan
November 3 (3-23) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3 United Arab Emirates  0–2  Japan United Arab Emirates Al Ain, UAE
19:30 UTC+4 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
  • Kubo 14'
  • Konno 52'
 Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium
Attendance: 23,725
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Japan  v  Thailand
April 3 (3-28) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3 Japan  4–0  Thailand Japan Saitama, Japan
19:35 UTC+9
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 59,003
Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)
Japan  v  Syria
June 7 2017 Kirin Challenge Cup Japan  1−1  Syria Japan Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
19:30 JST
Report (PDF) Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 43,608
Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)
Iraq  v  Japan
January 6 (6-13) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3 Iraq  1–1  Japan Iran Tehran, Iran[2]
16:55 UTC+4:30
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium
Attendance: 983
Referee: Fu Ming (China PR)
Japan  v  Australia
July 8 (8-31) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3 Japan  2–0  Australia Japan Saitama, Japan
19:35 UTC+9
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 59,492
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
Saudi Arabia  v  Japan
May 9 (9-05) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3 Saudi Arabia  1–0  Japan Saudi Arabia Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:30 UTC+3 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 62,165
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
Japan  v  New Zealand
October 6 2017 Kirin Challenge Cup Japan  2−1  New Zealand Japan Toyota, Japan
19:30 JST
Report (PDF)
  • Wood 58'
 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 38,461
Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)
Japan  v  Haiti
October 10 2017 Kirin Challenge Cup Japan  3−3  Haiti Japan Yokohama, Japan
19:30 JST
Report (PDF)
Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 47,420
Referee: Peter Green (Australia)
Japan  v  Brazil
October 11 (11-10) International friendly Japan  1–3  Brazil France Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
13:00 UTC+1 Makino 63' Report (ESPN)
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 16,922
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
Belgium  v  Japan
February 11 (11-14) International friendly Belgium  1–0  Japan Belgium Bruges, Belgium
20:45 UTC+1 Lukaku 72' Report (ESPN)
Report (UEFA)		 Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Japan  v  North Korea
September 12 (12-09) 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final Round Japan  1–0  North Korea Japan Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
19:15 UTC+9 Ideguchi 90+3' Report Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 20,806[3]
Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)[3]
Japan  v  China
December 12 (12-12) 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final Round Japan  2–1  China Japan Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
19:15 UTC+9 Kobayashi 84'
Shōji 88'		 Report Yu Dabao 90+3' (pen.) Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 17,220[4]
Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)[4]
Japan  v  South Korea
April 12 (12-16) 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final Round Japan  1–4  South Korea Japan Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
19:15 UTC+9 Kobayashi 3' (pen.) Report Kim Shin-wook 13', 35'
Jung Woo-young 23'
Yeom Ki-hun 69'		 Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 36,645[5]
Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)[5]


  Win　   Draw　   Loss

Players statistics

Player -2016 03.23 03.28 06.07 06.13 08.31 09.05 10.06 10.10 11.10 11.14 12.09 12.12 12.16 2017 Total
Shinji Okazaki 106(49) O O(1) O - O O - - - - - - - 5(1) 111(50)
Makoto Hasebe 104(2) - - - - O - - - O - - - - 2(0) 106(2)
Yuto Nagatomo 91(3) O O O O O O O O O O - - - 10(0) 101(3)
Yasuyuki Konno 87(2) O(1) - O(1) O - - - - - - O O O 6(2) 93(4)
Keisuke Honda 86(36) O O O O - O - - - - - - - 5(0) 91(36)
Shinji Kagawa 84(27) O O(1) O - - - O O(1) - - - - - 5(2) 89(29)
Eiji Kawashima 72(0) O O O O O O O - O O - - - 9(0) 81(0)
Maya Yoshida 71(9) O O(1) O O O O O - O O - - - 9(1) 80(10)
Hiroshi Kiyotake 42(5) - O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 43(5)
Masato Morishige 39(2) O O - - - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 41(2)
Hiroki Sakai 32(0) O O O O O O O - O O - - - 9(0) 41(0)
Gotoku Sakai 32(0) - O - O - - - O - O - - - 4(0) 36(0)
Hotaru Yamaguchi 30(2) O O O - O O O - O O - - - 8(0) 38(2)
Tomoaki Makino 24(2) - - - - - - O O O(1) O - - - 4(1) 28(3)
Genki Haraguchi 20(6) O O O O O O - O O O - - - 9(0) 29(6)
Takashi Inui 19(2) - - O - O - O O O O - - - 6(0) 25(2)
Yoshinori Muto 19(2) - - - - - - O O - - - - - 2(0) 21(2)
Takashi Usami 18(3) - O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 19(3)
Yuya Osako 17(5) O - O O(1) O - O(1) O O O - - - 8(2) 25(7)
Gaku Shibasaki 13(3) - - - - - O - - - - - - - 1(0) 14(3)
Takuma Asano 10(2) - - O - O(1) O O O O O - - - 7(1) 17(3)
Mu Kanazaki 10(2) - - - - - - - - - - O - - 1(0) 11(2)
Yu Kobayashi 8(0) - - - - - - - - - - O O(1) O(1) 3(2) 11(2)
Wataru Endo 7(0) - - - O - - O O O - - - - 4(0) 11(0)
Kengo Kawamata 5(1) - - - - - - - - - - O O O 3(0) 8(1)
Yuki Kobayashi 2(1) - - - - - - O O - - - - - 2(0) 4(1)
Yuya Kubo 2(0) O(1) O(1) O O O O O - O O - - - 9(2) 11(2)
Gen Shoji 2(0) - - O O O O - O - - O O(1) O 8(1) 10(1)
Masaaki Higashiguchi 2(0) - - - - - - - O - - - O - 2(0) 4(0)
Ryota Morioka 2(0) - - - - - - - - O O - - - 2(0) 4(0)
Shogo Taniguchi 2(0) - - - - - - - - - - O - - 1(0) 3(0)
Yojiro Takahagi 2(0) - - - - - - - - - - O - - 1(0) 3(0)
Shu Kurata 1(0) O - O O - - O(1) O(1) - - O O O 8(2) 9(2)
Ryota Oshima 1(0) - - - - - - - - - - - O - 1(0) 2(0)
Yosuke Ideguchi 0(0) - - O O O(1) O O O O O O(1) O O 11(2) 11(2)
Kenyu Sugimoto 0(0) - - - - - O O O(1) O O - - - 5(1) 5(1)
Shintaro Kurumaya 0(0) - - - - - - - O - - O - O 3(0) 3(0)
Junya Ito 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - O O O 3(0) 3(0)
Hiroyuki Abe 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - O O O 3(0) 3(0)
Kosuke Nakamura 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - O - O 2(0) 2(0)
Naomichi Ueda 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - - O O 2(0) 2(0)
Genta Miura 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - - O O 2(0) 2(0)
Shoma Doi 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - - O O 2(0) 2(0)
Kazuki Nagasawa 0(0) - - - - - - - - - O - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Sei Muroya 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - O - - 1(0) 1(0)
Shuto Yamamoto 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - - O - 1(0) 1(0)
Kento Misao 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - - - O 1(0) 1(0)

Goalscorers

Player 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round International Friendly 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Total Goals
Yuya Kubo 2 0 0 2
Yasuyuki Konno 1 1 0 2
Shinji Kagawa 1 1 0 2
Shinji Okazaki 1 0 0 1
Maya Yoshida 1 0 0 1
Yuya Osako 1 1 0 2
Takuma Asano 1 0 0 1
Yosuke Ideguchi 1 0 1 2
Shu Kurata 0 2 0 2
Ken'yu Sugimoto 0 1 0 1
Tomoaki Makino 0 1 0 1
Yu Kobayashi 0 0 2 2
Gen Shōji 0 0 1 1

References

  1. ^ "AFC deny Iraq's demand to play Saudi Arabia in Iran". Goal.com. 29 April 2016.
  2. ^ Iraq played their home matches in Iran due to security concerns from the Iraqi Civil War. However, due to Saudi Arabia's refusal to play in Iran after the attack on their diplomatic missions in Iran, the first match was played in Malaysia.[1] Also, due to United Arab Emirates' refusal to play in Iran after the diplomatic crisis in Qatar, the final match was played in Jordan.
  3. ^ a b "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  4. ^ a b "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  5. ^ a b "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.

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