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

Special Kit

Away Kit

2018 Home Kit

Matches

23 March 2017 (2017-03-23) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3	United Arab Emirates	0–2	Japan	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)

28 March 2017 (2017-03-28) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3	Japan	4–0	Thailand	Saitama, Japan
19:35 UTC+9	Kagawa 8' Okazaki 19' Kubo 57' Yoshida 83'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 59,003 Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

7 June 2017 2017 Kirin Challenge Cup	Japan	1−1	Syria	Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
19:30 JST	Konno 58'	Report (PDF)	Mardikian 48'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 43,608 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

13 June 2017 (2017-06-13) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3	Iraq	1–1	Japan	Tehran, Iran^[2]
16:55 UTC+4:30	Kamel 73'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Osako 8'	Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Attendance: 983 Referee: Fu Ming (China PR)

31 August 2017 (2017-08-31) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3	Japan	2–0	Australia	Saitama, Japan
19:35 UTC+9	Asano 41' Ideguchi 82'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 59,492 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

5 September 2017 (2017-09-05) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3	Saudi Arabia	1–0	Japan	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:30 UTC+3	Al-Muwallad 63'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 62,165 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

6 October 2017 2017 Kirin Challenge Cup	Japan	2−1	New Zealand	Toyota, Japan
19:30 JST	Osako 50' (pen.) Kurata 87'	Report (PDF)	Wood 58'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 38,461 Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

10 October 2017 2017 Kirin Challenge Cup	Japan	3−3	Haiti	Yokohama, Japan
19:30 JST	Kurata 7' Sugimoto 17' Kagawa 90+2'	Report (PDF)	Lafrance 28' Nazon 53', 78'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 47,420 Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

10 November 2017 (2017-11-10) International friendly	Japan	1–3	Brazil	Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
13:00 UTC+1	Makino 63'	Report (ESPN)	Neymar 10' (pen.) Marcelo 17' Gabriel Jesus 36'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 16,922 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

14 November 2017 (2017-11-14) International friendly	Belgium	1–0	Japan	Brugge, Belgium
20:45 UTC+1	Lukaku 72'	Report (ESPN) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

9 December 2017 (2017-12-09) 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final Round	Japan	1–0	North Korea	Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
19:15 UTC+9	Ideguchi 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 20,806^[3] Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)^[3]

12 December 2017 (2017-12-12) 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final Round	Japan	2–1	China PR	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]

16 December 2017 (2017-12-16) 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final Round	Japan	1–4	South Korea	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

↑ "AFC deny Iraq's demand to play Saudi Arabia in Iran". Goal.com. 29 April 2016.
↑ 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.
1 2 "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
1 2 "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
1 2 "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.

External links

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[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.

[Match_2-3] 1 2 "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.

[Match_4-4] 1 2 "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.

[Match_6-5] 1 2 "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.