Japan national football team

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General

Kit history

Japan
Nickname(s)	Samurai Blue
Association	Japan Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Hajime Moriyasu
Captain	Makoto Hasebe
Most caps	Yasuhito Endō (152)
Top scorer	Kunishige Kamamoto (80)
Home Stadium	Saitama Stadium 2002
FIFA code	JPN
FIFA ranking	27
Highest FIFA ranking	9 (February 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking	66 (December 1992)
Elo ranking	25
Highest Elo ranking	8 (August 2001, March 2002)
Lowest Elo ranking	112 (September 1962)
First international	Japan 0–5 China
Biggest win	Japan 15–0 Philippines
Biggest defeat	Japan 2–15 Philippines
World Cup appearances	5 (First in 1998)
Best result	Round of 16, 2002, 2010, 2018
Asian Cup appearances	7 (First in 1988)
Best result	Champions, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2011

The Japan national football team (サッカー日本代表 Sakkā Nippon Daihyō) is the national association football team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association.

History

Main article:History of the Japan national football team

FIFA World Cup history

Main article:Japan FIFA World Cup history

AFC Asian Cup

Main article:Japan AFC Asian Cup history

Friendly matches 2013-14

Main article:Japan friendly match history

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players have been called up for 2019 AFC Asian Cup.
Caps and goals as of 1 February 2019 after the match against Qatar.

#	Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
12	1GK	Shūichi Gonda	3 March 1989 (1989-03-03)	11	0	Portimonense
1	1GK	Masaaki Higashiguchi	12 May 1986 (1986-05-12)	7	0	Gamba Osaka
23	1GK	Daniel Schmidt	3 February 1992 (1992-02-03)	2	0	Vegalta Sendai
5	2DF	Yuto Nagatomo	12 September 1986 (1986-09-12)	116	3	Galatasaray
22	2DF	Maya Yoshida (Captain)	24 August 1988 (1988-08-24)	95	10	Southampton
19	2DF	Hiroki Sakai	12 April 1990 (1990-04-12)	55	1	Marseille
20	2DF	Tomoaki Makino	11 May 1987 (1987-05-11)	38	4	Urawa Red Diamonds
16	2DF	Takehiro Tomiyasu	5 November 1998 (1998-11-05)	9	1	Sint-Truiden
18	2DF	Tsukasa Shiotani	5 November 1988 (1988-11-05)	7	1	Al-Ain
2	2DF	Genta Miura	1 March 1995 (1995-03-01)	6	0	Gamba Osaka
3	2DF	Sei Muroya	5 April 1995 (1995-04-05)	6	0	FC Tokyo
4	2DF	Sho Sasaki	2 October 1989 (1989-10-02)	4	0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
8	3MF	Genki Haraguchi	9 May 1991 (1991-05-09)	47	10	Hannover 96
10	3MF	Takashi Inui	2 June 1988 (1988-06-02)	34	6	Alavés
7	3MF	Gaku Shibasaki	28 May 1992 (1992-05-28)	32	3	Getafe
6	3MF	Wataru Endo	9 February 1993 (1993-02-09)	20	0	Sint-Truiden
9	3MF	Takumi Minamino	16 January 1995 (1995-01-16)	13	5	Red Bull Salzburg
14	3MF	Junya Ito	9 March 1993 (1993-03-09)	12	2	Genk
17	3MF	Toshihiro Aoyama	22 February 1986 (1986-02-22)	12	1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
21	3MF	Ritsu Doan	16 June 1998 (1998-06-16)	11	3	Groningen
15	4FW	Yuya Osako	18 May 1990 (1990-05-18)	41	14	Werder Bremen
13	4FW	Yoshinori Mutō	15 July 1992 (1992-07-15)	29	3	Newcastle United
11	4FW	Koya Kitagawa	26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)	8	0	Shimizu S-Pulse

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the Japan squad in last 12 months.

INJ Withdrew due to an injury. PRE Preliminary squad. RET Retired from national team. SUS Player suspended. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Eiji Kawashima 20 March 1983 (1983-03-20) 88 0 Strasbourg 2018 FIFA World Cup GK Kosuke Nakamura 27 February 1995 (1995-02-27) 4 0 Kashiwa Reysol 2018 FIFA World Cup DF Ryosuke Yamanaka 20 April 1993 (1993-04-20) 1 1 Urawa Red Diamonds v. Kyrgyzstan, 20 September 2018 INJ DF Shintaro Kurumaya 5 April 1992 (1992-04-05) 4 0 Kawasaki Frontale v. Costa Rica, 11 September 2018 DF Naomichi Ueda 24 October 1994 (1994-10-24) 4 0 Cercle Brugge v. Costa Rica, 11 September 2018 DF Gōtoku Sakai RET 14 March 1991 (1991-03-14) 42 0 Hamburger SV 2018 FIFA World Cup DF Gen Shoji 11 December 1992 (1992-12-11) 15 1 Toulouse 2018 FIFA World Cup DF Masato Morishige 21 May 1987 (1987-05-21) 41 2 FC Tokyo v. Ukraine, 27 March 2018 DF Tomoya Ugajin 23 March 1988 (1988-03-23) 1 0 Urawa Red Diamonds v. Ukraine, 27 March 2018 MF Shoya Nakajima 23 August 1994 (1994-08-23) 6 2 Al-Duhail 2019 AFC Asian Cup INJ MF Hidemasa Morita 10 May 1995 (1995-05-10) 2 0 Kawasaki Frontale 2019 AFC Asian Cup INJ MF Kento Misao 16 April 1996 (1996-04-16) 6 0 Kashima Antlers v. Kyrgyzstan, 20 November 2018 INJ MF Jun Amano 19 July 1991 (1991-07-19) 1 0 Yokohama F. Marinos v. Costa Rica, 11 September 2018 MF Tatsuya Ito 26 June 1997 (1997-06-26) 0 0 Hamburger SV v. Costa Rica, 11 September 2018 MF Hotaru Yamaguchi 6 October 1990 (1990-10-06) 45 2 Vissel Kobe v. Chile, 7 September 2018 MF Ryota Oshima 23 January 1993 (1993-01-23) 5 0 Kawasaki Frontale v. Chile, 7 September 2018 INJ MF Makoto Hasebe RET 18 January 1984 (1984-01-18) 114 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 2018 FIFA World Cup MF Keisuke Honda RET 13 June 1986 (1986-06-13) 98 37 Melbourne Victory 2018 FIFA World Cup MF Shinji Kagawa 17 March 1989 (1989-03-17) 95 31 Beşiktaş 2018 FIFA World Cup MF Takashi Usami 6 May 1992 (1992-05-06) 26 3 Fortuna Düsseldorf 2018 FIFA World Cup MF Yasuyuki Konno RET 25 January 1983 (1983-01-25) 93 4 Gamba Osaka 2018 FIFA World Cup MF Yōsuke Ideguchi 23 August 1996 (1996-08-23) 12 2 Greuther Fürth 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE / INJ MF Ryota Morioka 12 April 1991 (1991-04-12) 5 0 Anderlecht v. Ukraine, 27 March 2018 FW Takuma Asano 10 November 1994 (1994-11-10) 18 3 Hannover 96 2019 AFC Asian Cup INJ FW Kenyu Sugimoto 18 November 1992 (1992-11-18) 8 1 Urawa Red Diamonds v. Kyrgyzstan, 20 November 2018 FW Yuma Suzuki 26 April 1996 (1996-04-26) 0 0 Kashima Antlers v. Venezuela, 16 November 2018 INJ FW Kengo Kawamata 14 October 1989 (1989-10-14) 9 1 Júbilo Iwata v. Uruguay, 16 October 2018 FW Yu Kobayashi 23 September 1987 (1987-09-23) 14 2 Kawasaki Frontale v. Panama, 12 October 2018 INJ FW Shinji Okazaki 16 April 1986 (1986-04-16) 116 50 Leicester City 2018 FIFA World Cup FW Yūya Kubo 24 December 1993 (1993-12-24) 13 2 Nürnberg v. Ukraine, 27 March 2018 Current coaching staff Alumni Former players Main article:List of Japanese international players Managers Main article:List of Japanese international managers Honours International Olympic Games Bronze Medal (1): 1968 FIFA Confederations Cup Runners-Up (1): 2001 Continental AFC Asian Cup Champions (4): 1992, 2000, 2004, 2011 AFC National Team of the Year Years (6): 2000, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011 Regional Dynasty Cup Champions (3): 1992, 1995, 1998 EAFF East Asian Cup Champions (1): 2013 Far Eastern Games Champions (1): 1930 Other Afro-Asian Cup of Nations Champions (2): 1993, 2007 AFC – OFC Challenge Cup Champions (1): 2001 Kirin Cup Champions (11): 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 External links Japan Japanese competitions Japanese coaches Japanese players Japanese stadiums Football in Japan League competitions The JFA Cup competitions J1 League Japan Emperor's Cup J2 League (U-23) (U-20) J. League Cup J3 League (U-17) Japanese Super Cup Japan Football League List of clubs J. League All-Star Soccer Japanese Regional Leagues List of stadiums Senior Football Championship List of leagues Japan – 2010 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16 Manager:   [[]] Japan – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Group stage 1. Kawashima 2. Uchida 3. G. Sakai 4. Honda 5. Nagatomo 6. Morishige 7. Endō 8. Kiyotake 9. Okazaki 10. Kagawa 11. Kakitani 12. Nishikawa 13. Ōkubo 14. Aoyama 15. Konno 16. Yamaguchi 17. Hasebe (c) 18. Ōsako 19. Inoha 20. Saitō 21. H. Sakai 22. Yoshida 23. Gonda Manager:   Alberto Zaccheroni Japan – 2015 AFC Asian Cup – Knockout stage 1. Kawashima 2. Ueda 3. Ota 4. Honda 5. Nagatomo 6. Morishige 7. Endō 8. Kiyotake 9. Okazaki 10. Kagawa 11. Toyoda 12. Nishikawa 13. Kobayashi 14. Muto 15. Konno 16. Shiotani 17. Hasebe (c) 18. Inui 19. Shoji 20. Shibasaki 21. Sakai 22. Yoshida 23. Higashiguchi Manager:   Javier Aguirre