2015 Japan national football team

The Japan national football team in 2015; managed by head coach Javier Aguirre compete in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, and managed by head coach Vahid Halilhodžić compete in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) and 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup in amongst international friendly matches both at home and abroad.

Record

Competition	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2015 AFC Asian Cup	4	3	1	0	8	1	+7
International Friendly	4	3	1	0	12	2	+10
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)	6	5	1	0	17	0	+17
2015 EAFF East Asian Cup	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1
Total	17	11	5	1	40	7	+33

Kits

1st Kit

2nd Kit

2016 Home Kit

2016 Away Kit

Schedule

12 January 2015 2015 AFC Asian Cup	Japan	4 – 0	Palestine	Newcastle, Australia
18:00 UTC+11	Endo 8' Okazaki 25' Honda 43' (pen.) Yoshida 49'	AFC Report		Stadium: Newcastle Stadium Attendance: 17,147 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

16 January 2015 2015 AFC Asian Cup	Iraq	0 – 1	Japan	Brisbane, Australia
19:00 UTC+10		AFC Report	Honda 23' (pen.)	Stadium: Brisbane Stadium Attendance: 22,941 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

20 January 2015 2015 AFC Asian Cup	Japan	2 – 0	Jordan	Melbourne, Australia
20:00 UTC+11	Honda 24' Kagawa 82'	AFC Report		Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 25,016 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

23 January 2015 2015 AFC Asian Cup	Japan	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p)	United Arab Emirates	Sydney, Australia
20:30 UTC+11	Shibasaki 81'	AFC Report	Mabkhout 7'	Stadium: Stadium Australia Attendance: 19,094 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
		Penalties
	Honda Hasebe Shibasaki Toyoda Morishige Kagawa		O. Abdulrahman Mabkhout Esmaeel Hassan Fardan I. Ahmed

27 March 2015 International Friendly	Japan	2 – 0	Tunisia	Ōita, Japan
19:37 JST	Okazaki 78' Honda 83'	JFA Report		Stadium: Ōita Bank Dome Attendance: 34,777 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

31 March 2015 International Friendly	Japan	5 – 1	Uzbekistan	Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
19:26 JST	Aoyama 6' Okazaki 54' Shibasaki 80' Usami 83' Kawamata 90'	JFA Report	Tukhtakhodjaev 82'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 46,007 Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)

11 June 2015 International Friendly	Japan	4 – 0	Iraq	Yokohama, Japan
19:03 JST	Honda 5' Makino 9' Okazaki 32' Haraguchi 84'	JFA Report		Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 63,877 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

16 June 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 2	Japan	0 – 0	Singapore	Saitama, Japan
19:34 JST		JFA Report		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 57,533 Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq)

2 August 2015 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup	North Korea	2 – 1	Japan	Wuhan, China
18:20 UTC+8	Ri Hyok-chol 78' Pak Hyon-il 88'	EAFF Report	Muto 3'	Stadium: Wuhan Sports Center Stadium Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

5 August 2015 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup	Japan	1 – 1	South Korea	Wuhan, China
18:20 UTC+8	Yamaguchi 39'	EAFF Report	Jang Hyun-soo 26' (pen.)	Stadium: Wuhan Sports Center Stadium Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari (Singapore)

9 August 2015 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup	China PR	1 – 1	Japan	Wuhan, China
20:10 UTC+8	Wu Lei 10'	EAFF Report	Muto 41'	Stadium: Wuhan Sports Center Stadium Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

3 September 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 2	Japan	3 – 0	Cambodia	Saitama, Japan
19:26 JST	Honda 28' Yoshida 50' Kagawa 61'	JFA Report		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 54,716 Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)

8 September 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 2	Afghanistan	0 – 6	Japan	Tehran, Iran
16:55 UTC+4:30		FIFA Report	Kagawa 10', 50' Morishige 35' Okazaki 57', 60' Honda 74'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 8,650 Referee: Khamis Al-Kuwari (Qatar)

8 October 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 2	Syria	0 – 3	Japan	Seeb, Oman
17:00 UTC+4:00		AFC Report	Honda 55' (pen.) Okazaki 70' Usami 88'	Stadium: Seeb Stadium Attendance: 680 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

13 October 2015 International Friendly	Iran	1 – 1	Japan	Tehran, Iran
17:00 UTC+4:30	Torabi 45+1'	FIFA Report	Muto 48'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

12 November 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 2	Singapore	0 – 3	Japan	Kallang, Singapore
19:15 UTC+8:00		AFC Report	Kanazaki 20' Honda 26' Yoshida 87'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 33,868 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

17 November 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 2	Cambodia	0 – 2	Japan	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
19:14 UTC+7:00		AFC Report	Laboravy 52' (o.g.) Honda 90'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 29,871 Referee: Fu Ming (China)

Win　 Draw　 Loss

Players statistics

Player	-2014	01.12	01.16	01.20	01.23	03.27	03.31	06.11	06.16	08.02	08.05	08.09	09.03	09.08	10.08	10.13	11.12	11.17	2015	Total
Yasuhito Endo	148(14)	O(1)	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4(1)	152(15)
Shinji Okazaki	85(40)	O(1)	O	O	O	O(1)	O(1)	O(1)	O	-	-	-	O	O(2)	O(1)	O	-	O	13(7)	98(47)
Yasuyuki Konno	84(2)	-	O	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	87(2)
Makoto Hasebe	83(2)	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	12(0)	95(2)
Yuto Nagatomo	76(3)	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	O	O	10(0)	86(3)
Atsuto Uchida	72(2)	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	74(2)
Keisuke Honda	65(24)	O(1)	O(1)	O(1)	O	O(1)	O	O(1)	O	-	-	-	O(1)	O(1)	O(1)	O	O(1)	O(1)	14(10)	79(34)
Eiji Kawashima	64(0)	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7(0)	71(0)
Shinji Kagawa	63(19)	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	O(1)	O(2)	O	O	O	O	14(4)	77(23)
Maya Yoshida	48(3)	O(1)	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	O(1)	O	O	O	O(1)	O	13(3)	61(6)
Hiroshi Kiyotake	26(1)	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	7(0)	33(1)
Hiroki Sakai	19(0)	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	O	-	6(0)	25(0)
Gotoku Sakai	18(0)	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	7(0)	25(0)
Masato Morishige	17(1)	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	O(1)	-	O	O	-	12(1)	29(2)
Hotaru Yamaguchi	15(0)	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	9(1)	24(1)
Shusaku Nishikawa	15(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	8(0)	23(0)
Takashi Inui	14(2)	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5(0)	19(2)
Tomoaki Makino	14(1)	-	-	-	-	O	-	O(1)	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	-	O	8(1)	22(2)
Yuya Osako	12(3)	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	15(3)
Shinzo Koroki	12(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	4(0)	16(0)
Toshihiro Aoyama	7(0)	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(1)	8(1)
Yoshinori Muto	6(1)	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	O	O	O	O(1)	O	-	12(1)	18(2)
Yohei Toyoda	6(1)	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	8(1)
Hiroki Mizumoto	6(0)	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	7(0)
Mu Kanazaki	5(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	-	1(1)	6(1)
Gaku Shibasaki	4(1)	-	-	O	O(1)	-	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	O	-	-	9(2)	13(3)
Kosuke Ota	4(0)	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	7(0)
Yosuke Kashiwagi	4(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	3(0)	7(0)
Genki Haraguchi	3(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	O	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	8(1)	11(1)
Shuichi Gonda	2(0)	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	3(0)
Kensuke Nagai	1(0)	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	5(0)	6(0)
Takashi Usami	0(0)	-	-	-	-	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	13(2)	13(2)
Kengo Kawamata	0(0)	-	-	-	-	O	O(1)	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	5(1)	5(1)
Wataru Endo	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	-	O	5(0)	5(0)
Hiroki Fujiharu	0(0)	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	3(0)	3(0)
Takuma Asano	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	3(0)
Yuki Muto	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	-	O(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(2)	2(2)
Shogo Taniguchi	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	2(0)
Daiki Niwa	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	-	-	2(0)	2(0)
Koki Yonekura	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	-	-	2(0)	2(0)
Takumi Minamino	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	2(0)	2(0)
Gen Shoji	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Naoyuki Fujita	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Shu Kurata	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Masaaki Higashiguchi	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)

Goalscorers

Player	2015 AFC Asian Cup	International Friendly	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)	2015 EAFF East Asian Cup	Total Goals
Yasuhito Endo	1	0	0	0	1
Shinji Okazaki	1	3	3	0	7
Keisuke Honda	3	2	5	0	10
Maya Yoshida	1	0	2	0	3
Shinji Kagawa	1	0	3	0	4
Gaku Shibasaki	1	1	0	0	2
Toshihiro Aoyama	0	1	0	0	1
Takashi Usami	0	1	1	0	2
Kengo Kawamata	0	1	0	0	1
Tomoaki Makino	0	1	0	0	1
Genki Haraguchi	0	1	0	0	1
Yuki Muto	0	0	0	2	2
Hotaru Yamaguchi	0	0	0	1	1
Masato Morishige	0	0	1	0	1
Yoshinori Muto	0	1	0	0	1
Mu Kanazaki	0	0	1	0	1
Own Goal	0	0	1	0	1

External links

Japan Football Association

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