2018 Japan national football team

The Japan national football team in 2018, managed by head coach Vahid Halilhodžić, head coach Akira Nishino and head coach Hajime Moriyasu compete in the 2018 FIFA World Cup and international friendly matches both at home and abroad.

Record
Competition GP W D L GF GA GD
International Friendly 10 5 2 3 21 13 +8
2018 FIFA World Cup 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1
Total 14 6 3 5 27 20 +7

Kits

Matches
March 23 International FriendlyJapan 1–1 Mali Liège, Belgium
13:20 (UTC+1) Nakajima  90+4' Report Diaby  43' (pen.) Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 250
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)
March 27 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 in EuropeJapan 1–2 Ukraine Liège, Belgium
14:20 (UTC+2) Makino  41' Report Rakitskiy  21'
Karavayev  69'		 Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 2,529
Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium)
May 30 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018Japan 0–2 Ghana Yokohama, Japan
19:25 (UTC+9) Report Partey  9'
Boateng  51' (pen.)		 Stadium: Nissan Stadium (Yokohama)
Attendance: 64,520
Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)
June 8 International FriendlySwitzerland  2–0 Japan Lugano, Switzerland
19:00 (UTC+2) Rodriguez  42' (pen.)
Seferović  82'		 Report Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
Referee: Amaury Delerue (France)
June 12 International FriendlyJapan 4–2 Paraguay Innsbruck, Austria
15:05 (UTC+2) Inui  51', 63'
Santander  77' (o.g.)
Kagawa  90+1'		 Report Romero  32'
Ortiz  90'		 Stadium: Tivoli-Neu
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)
June 19 2018 FIFA World Cup: Group HColombia 1–2 Japan Saransk, Russia
15:00 UTC+3 Quintero  39' Report Kagawa  6' (pen.)
Osako  73'		 Stadium: Mordovia Arena
Attendance: 40,842
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
June 24 2018 FIFA World Cup: Group HJapan 2–2 Senegal Ekaterinburg, Russia
20:00 UTC+5 Inui  34'
Honda  78'		 Report Mané  11'
Wagué  71'		 Stadium: Central Stadium
Attendance: 32,572
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
June 28 2018 FIFA World Cup: Group HJapan 0–1 Poland Volgograd, Russia
17:00 UTC+3 Report Bednarek  59' Stadium: Volgograd Arena
Attendance: 42,189
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
July 2 2018 FIFA World Cup: Round of 16Belgium 3–2 Japan Rostov-on-Don, Russia
21:00 UTC+3 Vertonghen  69'
Fellaini  74'
Chadli  90+4'		 Report Haraguchi  48'
Inui  52'		 Stadium: Rostov Arena
Attendance: 41,466
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
September 7 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018Japan Cancelled Chile Sapporo, Japan
Report Stadium: Sapporo Dome
September 11 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018Japan 3–0 Costa Rica Suita, Japan
19:20 (UTC+9) Sasaki  16'
Minamino  66'
J. Ito  90+3'		 Report Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita
Attendance: 33,891
Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)
October 12 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018Japan 3–0 Panama Niigata, Japan
19:35 (UTC+9) Minamino  42'
J. Ito  66'
Murillo  85' (o.g.)		 Report Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium
Attendance: 38,322
Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)
October 16 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018Japan 4–3 Uruguay Saitama, Japan
19:35 (UTC+9) Minamino  10', 66'
Osako  36'
Doan  59'		 Report Pereiro  28'
Cavani  57'
Rodríguez  75'		 Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 57,239
Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)
November 16 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018Japan 1–1 Venezuela Ōita, Japan
19:30 (UTC+9) Sakai  40' Report Rincón  81' (pen.) Stadium: Ōita Bank Dome
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
November 20 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018Japan 4–0 Kyrgyzstan Toyota, Japan
19:20 (UTC+9) Yamanaka  2'
Haraguchi  19'
Osako  72'
Nakajima  73'		 Report Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

  Win　   Draw　   Loss

Players statistics
Player-201703.2303.2705.3006.0806.1206.1906.2406.2807.0209.1110.1210.1611.1611.202018Total
Shinji Okazaki111(50)--O-OOOO------5(0)116(50)
Makoto Hasebe106(2)OOOO-OOOO-----8(0)114(2)
Yuto Nagatomo101(3)OOOO-OOOO--O--9(0)110(3)
Keisuke Honda91(36)OOOO-OO(1)-O-----7(1)98(37)
Shinji Kagawa89(29)--OOO(1)O(1)O-O-----6(2)95(31)
Eiji Kawashima81(0)-OOO-OOOO-----7(0)88(0)
Maya Yoshida80(10)--OO-OOOO--OOO9(0)89(10)
Hiroki Sakai41(0)---OOOOOO--OO(1)-8(1)49(1)
Hotaru Yamaguchi38(2)OOO-OO-OO-----7(0)45(2)
Gotoku Sakai36(0)OOOOO--O------6(0)42(0)
Genki Haraguchi29(6)-OOOOOO-O(1)-OOOO(1)11(2)40(8)
Tomoaki Makino28(3)OO(1)OO---O-OO--O8(1)36(4)
Yuya Osako25(7)O-OOOO(1)OOO-OO(1)OO(1)12(3)37(10)
Takashi Inui25(2)---OO(2)OO(1)OO(1)-----6(4)31(6)
Yoshinori Muto21(2)--OOO--O------4(0)25(2)
Takashi Usami19(3)OOOOO-OO------7(0)26(3)
Takuma Asano17(3)---------O----1(0)18(3)
Gaku Shibasaki14(3)-OOOOOOOO-OOOO12(0)26(3)
Yu Kobayashi11(2)OO-------O----3(0)14(2)
Yuya Kubo11(2)OO------------2(0)13(2)
Yosuke Ideguchi11(2)--O-----------1(0)12(2)
Wataru Endo11(0)----O----O-OO-4(0)15(0)
Gen Shoji10(1)O---OOO-O-----5(0)15(1)
Toshihiro Aoyama8(1)---------OOO--3(0)11(1)
Kengo Kawamata8(1)----------O---1(0)9(1)
Kenyu Sugimoto5(1)-O----------OO3(0)8(1)
Masaaki Higashiguchi4(0)----O----O-O--3(0)7(0)
Ryota Morioka4(0)O-------------1(0)5(0)
Junya Ito3(0)---------O(1)O(1)-OO4(2)7(2)
Shuichi Gonda3(0)----------O--O2(0)5(0)
Shintaro Kurumaya3(0)---------O----1(0)4(0)
Takumi Minamino2(0)---------O(1)O(1)O(2)OO5(4)7(4)
Ryota Oshima2(0)O-OO----------3(0)5(0)
Genta Miura2(0)---------O-O-O3(0)5(0)
Kosuke Nakamura2(0)O---O---------2(0)4(0)
Naomichi Ueda2(0)-O--O---------2(0)4(0)
Kento Misao1(0)OO-------OO--O5(0)6(0)
Sei Muroya1(0)---------OO--O3(0)4(0)
Shoya Nakajima0(0)O(1)O-------O-OOO(1)6(2)6(2)
Ritsu Doan0(0)---------OOO(1)OO5(1)5(1)
Sho Sasaki0(0)---------OO-O-3(0)3(0)
Koya Kitagawa0(0)----------O-OO3(0)3(0)
Hidemasa Morita0(0)---------O---O2(0)2(0)
Takehiro Tomiyasu0(0)----------O-O-2(0)2(0)
Ryosuke Yamanaka 0(0)-------------O(1)1(1)1(1)
Tomoya Ugajin0(0)O-------------1(0)1(0)
Jun Amano0(0)---------O----1(0)1(0)
Daniel Schmidt0(0)------------O-1(0)1(0)

Goalscorers
Player International Friendly 2018 FIFA World Cup Total Goals
Shoya Nakajima 2 0 2
Tomoaki Makino 1 0 1
Takashi Inui 2 2 4
Own goal 2 0 2
Shinji Kagawa 1 1 2
Yuya Osako 2 1 3
Keisuke Honda 0 1 1
Genki Haraguchi 1 1 2
Sho Sasaki 1 0 1
Takumi Minamino 4 0 4
Junya Ito 2 0 2
Ritsu Doan 1 0 1
Hiroki Sakai 1 0 1
Ryosuke Yamanaka 1 0 1

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