The Japan national football team in 2014, managed by head coach Alberto Zaccheroni, compete in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, in amongst international friendly matches both at home and abroad, as they progress towards the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2015 AFC Asian Cup. After the World Cup, Javier Aguirre had been appointed as the new head coach.

Record

Competition GP W D L GF GA GD
International Friendly 10 8 0 2 24 13 +11
2014 FIFA World Cup 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4
Total 13 8 1 4 26 19 +7

Kits

Schedule

Friendly matches

5 March Japan  4 – 2  New Zealand Japan Tokyo, Japan[1][2]
19:40 JST Okazaki 4', 17'
Kagawa 7' (pen.)
Morishige 11'		 JFA Report Wood 39', 80' Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 47,670
Referee: Alan Milliner (Australia)
27 May Japan  1 – 0  Cyprus Japan Saitama, Japan[3]
19:30 JST Uchida 43' JFA Report Stadium: Saitama Stadium
Attendance: 58,564
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
2 June Costa Rica  1 – 3  Japan United States Tampa, United States[4]
21:00 UTC−4 Ruiz 31' JFA Report Endo 60'
Kagawa 80'
Kakitani 90+2'		 Stadium: Raymond James Stadium
Attendance: 7,106
Referee: Chris Penso (USA)
6 June Zambia  3 – 4  Japan United States Tampa, United States[5]
19:30 UTC−4 Katongo 9'
Sinkala 29'
Musonda 89'		 JFA Report Honda 40' (pen.), 75'
Kagawa 73'
Okubo 90+1'		 Stadium: Raymond James Stadium
Attendance: 7,275
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (USA)
5 September Japan  0 – 2  Uruguay Japan Sapporo, Japan[1]
19:30 JST JFA Report Cavani 34'
Hernández 71'		 Stadium: Sapporo Dome
Attendance: 39,294
Referee: Kim Sang-woo (South Korea)
9 September Japan  2 – 2  Venezuela Japan Yokohama, Japan[1]
19:20 JST Muto 51'
Shibasaki 66'		 FIFA Listing Rondon 61' (pen.)
Cichero 71'		 Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama
Attendance: 64,007
Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)
10 October Japan  1 – 0  Jamaica Japan Niigata, Japan
19:25 JST Nosworthy 16' (o.g.) JFA Report Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium
Attendance: 39,628
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
14 October Japan  0 – 4  Brazil Singapore Singapore
18:45 UTC+8 JFA Report Neymar 18', 48', 77', 81' Stadium: Singapore National Stadium
Attendance: 51,577
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)
14 November Japan  6 – 0  Honduras Japan Toyota, Japan[1]
19:35 JST Yoshida 9'
Honda 40'
Endō 44'
Inui 47', 74'
Toyoda 69'		 Report Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 42,126
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
18 November Japan  2 – 1  Australia Japan Osaka, Japan[1]
19:25 JST Konno 61'
Okazaki 68'		 JFA Report Cahill 90+2' Stadium: Nagai Stadium
Attendance: 46,312
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

2014 World Cup

14 June Group C Ivory Coast  2 – 1  Japan Brazil Recife, Brazil
22:00 UTC−3 Bony 64'
Gervinho 66'		 FIFA Report Honda 16' Stadium: Arena Pernambuco
Attendance: 40,267
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)
19 June Group C Japan  0 – 0  Greece Brazil Natal, Brazil
19:00 UTC−3 FIFA Report Stadium: Arena das Dunas
Attendance: 39,485
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
24 June Group C Japan  1 – 4  Colombia Brazil Cuiabá, Brazil
16:00 UTC−4 Okazaki 45+1' FIFA Report Cuadrado 17' (pen.)
Martínez 55', 82'
Rodríguez 90'		 Stadium: Arena Pantanal
Attendance: 40,340
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)


  Win   Draw   Loss

Players statistics

Player-201303.0505.2706.0206.0606.1406.1906.2409.0509.0910.1010.1411.1411.182014Total
Yasuhito Endo140(12)OOO(1)OOO-----O(1)O8(2)148(14)
Yasuyuki Konno78(1)-OOO-OO-----O(1)6(1)84(2)
Makoto Hasebe77(2)-O--OOO----OO6(0)83(2)
Shinji Okazaki72(36)O(2)OOOOOO(1)OOOOOO(1)13(4)85(40)
Yuto Nagatomo66(3)OOOOOOOOOO---10(0)76(3)
Atsuto Uchida65(1)-O(1)OOOOO----O-7(1)72(2)
Yoshito Okubo54(5)-OOO(1)OOO------6(1)60(6)
Shinji Kagawa53(16)O(1)OO(1)O(1)OOO--O-OO10(3)63(19)
Eiji Kawashima53(0)OOO-OOOOO-OOO11(0)64(0)
Keisuke Honda52(20)OOOO(2)O(1)OOOOOOO(1)O13(4)65(24)
Maya Yoshida37(2)OOOOOOOOO--O(1)O11(1)48(3)
Hajime Hosogai25(1)O------OOOO--5(0)30(1)
Hiroshi Kiyotake23(1)OO----O------3(0)26(1)
Masahiko Inoha20(1)-O-----------1(0)21(1)
Hiroki Sakai14(0)OOOO---O-----5(0)19(0)
Shusaku Nishikawa12(0)---O-----O-O-3(0)15(0)
Takashi Inui12(0)-----------O(2)O2(2)14(2)
Gotoku Sakai11(0)O------OOOOOO7(0)18(0)
Yoichiro Kakitani9(4)-OO(1)OO-OOOOO--9(1)18(5)
Hotaru Yamaguchi8(0)OOOOOOO------7(0)15(0)
Yuya Osako6(3)O-OOOO--O----6(0)12(3)
Masato Morishige6(0)O(1)OOOO--OOOOOO11(1)17(1)
Hiroki Mizumoto5(0)--------O----1(0)6(0)
Manabu Saito3(1)O--O---------2(0)5(1)
Toshihiro Aoyama3(0)O-OO--O------4(0)7(0)
Yohei Toyoda3(0)O----------O(1)O3(1)6(1)
Junya Tanaka1(0)-------OO-O--3(0)4(0)
Kosuke Ota1(0)---------OO-O3(0)4(0)
Daisuke Suzuki1(0)----------O--1(0)2(0)
Yoshinori Muto0(0)-------OO(1)OOOO6(1)6(1)
Gaku Shibasaki0(0)--------O(1)OOO-4(1)4(1)
Taishi Taguchi0(0)---------OOO-3(0)3(0)
Ryota Morioka0(0)-------O--O--2(0)2(0)
Tsukasa Shiotani0(0)---------OO--2(0)2(0)
Yu Kobayashi0(0)---------OO--2(0)2(0)
Tatsuya Sakai0(0)-------O-----1(0)1(0)
Yusuke Minagawa0(0)-------O-----1(0)1(0)

Goalscorers

Player International Friendly 2014 FIFA World Cup Goals
Keisuke Honda 3 1 4
Shinji Okazaki 3 1 4
Shinji Kagawa 3 0 3
Yasuhito Endo 2 0 2
Takashi Inui 2 0 2
Yohei Toyoda 1 0 1
Masato Morishige 1 0 1
Atsuto Uchida 1 0 1
Yoichiro Kakitani 1 0 1
Yoshito Okubo 1 0 1
Yoshinori Muto 1 0 1
Gaku Shibasaki 1 0 1
Yasuyuki Konno 1 0 5
Maya Yoshida 1 0 1
Own Goal 1 0 1

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Japan to play New Zealand in World Cup warm-up Japan Football Association, 2013-12-12.
  2. ↑ Matches FIFA.com. Retrieved: 2014-02-02.
  3. ↑ Japan schedules friendly against Cyprus The Japan Times, 2014-02-12.
  4. ↑ Selección de Costa Rica tendrá fogueo en junio ante Japón La Nación, 2014-02-04. (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Japan will play Zambia in Tampa, Florida Japan Football Association, 2014-03-28.
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