2014 Japan national football team

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

1st Kit

2nd Kit

Schedule

Friendly matches

5 March 2014	Japan	4 – 2	New Zealand	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 2014	Japan	1 – 0	Cyprus	Saitama, Japan ^[3]
19:30 JST	Uchida 43'	JFA Report		Stadium: Saitama Stadium Attendance: 58,564 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

2 June 2014	Costa Rica	1 – 3	Japan	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 2014	Zambia	3 – 4	Japan	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 2014	Japan	0 – 2	Uruguay	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 2014	Japan	2 – 2	Venezuela	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 2014	Japan	1 – 0	Jamaica	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 2014	Japan	0 – 4	Brazil	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 2014	Japan	6 – 0	Honduras	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 2014	Japan	2 – 1	Australia	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 2014 Group C	Ivory Coast	2 – 1	Japan	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 2014 Group C	Japan	0 – 0	Greece	Natal, Brazil
19:00 UTC−3		FIFA Report		Stadium: Arena das Dunas Attendance: 39,485 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

24 June 2014 Group C	Japan	1 – 4	Colombia	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	-2013	03.05	05.27	06.02	06.06	06.14	06.19	06.24	09.05	09.09	10.10	10.14	11.14	11.18	2014	Total
Yasuhito Endo	140(12)	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	O	8(2)	148(14)
Yasuyuki Konno	78(1)	-	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	6(1)	84(2)
Makoto Hasebe	77(2)	-	O	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	O	O	6(0)	83(2)
Shinji Okazaki	72(36)	O(2)	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	13(4)	85(40)
Yuto Nagatomo	66(3)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	10(0)	76(3)
Atsuto Uchida	65(1)	-	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	O	-	7(1)	72(2)
Yoshito Okubo	54(5)	-	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	6(1)	60(6)
Shinji Kagawa	53(16)	O(1)	O	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	O	O	10(3)	63(19)
Eiji Kawashima	53(0)	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	11(0)	64(0)
Keisuke Honda	52(20)	O	O	O	O(2)	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	13(4)	65(24)
Maya Yoshida	37(2)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O(1)	O	11(1)	48(3)
Hajime Hosogai	25(1)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	-	-	5(0)	30(1)
Hiroshi Kiyotake	23(1)	O	O	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	26(1)
Masahiko Inoha	20(1)	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	21(1)
Hiroki Sakai	14(0)	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	5(0)	19(0)
Shusaku Nishikawa	12(0)	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	3(0)	15(0)
Takashi Inui	12(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(2)	O	2(2)	14(2)
Gotoku Sakai	11(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	7(0)	18(0)
Yoichiro Kakitani	9(4)	-	O	O(1)	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	9(1)	18(5)
Hotaru Yamaguchi	8(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	7(0)	15(0)
Yuya Osako	6(3)	O	-	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	6(0)	12(3)
Masato Morishige	6(0)	O(1)	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	11(1)	17(1)
Hiroki Mizumoto	5(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	1(0)	6(0)
Manabu Saito	3(1)	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	5(1)
Toshihiro Aoyama	3(0)	O	-	O	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	4(0)	7(0)
Yohei Toyoda	3(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	O	3(1)	6(1)
Junya Tanaka	1(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	O	-	-	3(0)	4(0)
Kosuke Ota	1(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	O	3(0)	4(0)
Daisuke Suzuki	1(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	1(0)	2(0)
Yoshinori Muto	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	6(1)	6(1)
Gaku Shibasaki	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	O	O	O	-	4(1)	4(1)
Taishi Taguchi	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	3(0)	3(0)
Ryota Morioka	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	-	2(0)	2(0)
Tsukasa Shiotani	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	2(0)	2(0)
Yu Kobayashi	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	2(0)	2(0)
Tatsuya Sakai	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Yusuke Minagawa	0(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 2 3 4 5 Japan to play New Zealand in World Cup warm-up Japan Football Association, 2013-12-12.
↑ Matches FIFA.com. Retrieved: 2014-02-02.
↑ Japan schedules friendly against Cyprus The Japan Times, 2014-02-12.
↑ Selección de Costa Rica tendrá fogueo en junio ante Japón La Nación, 2014-02-04. (in Spanish)
↑ Japan will play Zambia in Tampa, Florida Japan Football Association, 2014-03-28.

External links

Japan Football Association

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[JFA-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Japan to play New Zealand in World Cup warm-up Japan Football Association, 2013-12-12.

[matches-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.