Schedule
- Key
- H = Home match
- A = Away match
- N = Neutral venue
This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 2005. [1]
| Player | -2004 | 01.29 | 02.02 | 02.09 | 03.25 | 03.30 | 05.22 | 05.27 | 06.03 | 06.08 | 06.16 | 06.19 | 06.22 | 07.31 | 08.03 | 08.07 | 08.17 | 09.07 | 10.08 | 10.12 | 11.16 | 2005 | Total |
| Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | 65(0) | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | O | O | 14(0) | 79(0) |
| Hidetoshi Nakata | 61(10) | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | 10(0) | 71(10) |
| Junichi Inamoto | 51(4) | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | 10(0) | 61(4) |
| Shunsuke Nakamura | 46(12) | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | O | O | O(1) | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | 11(3) | 57(15) |
| Alessandro Santos | 46(4) | O(1) | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | 17(1) | 63(5) |
| Koji Nakata | 46(2) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | 8(0) | 54(2) |
| Seigo Narazaki | 46(0) | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | 4(0) | 50(0) |
| Takayuki Suzuki | 45(10) | O | O(1) | O | - | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | 10(1) | 55(11) |
| Tsuneyasu Miyamoto | 45(2) | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | 15(1) | 60(3) |
| Atsushi Yanagisawa | 44(13) | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | - | - | - | - | O(2) | O | O | O | 10(4) | 54(17) |
| Shinji Ono | 44(5) | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 46(5) |
| Takashi Fukunishi | 39(5) | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 14(1) | 53(6) |
| Naoki Matsuda | 39(0) | O(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(1) | 40(1) |
| Naohiro Takahara | 32(12) | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | 7(2) | 39(14) |
| Yuji Nakazawa | 29(7) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | O(1) | O | O | - | - | O | 12(1) | 41(8) |
| Yasuhito Endo | 28(3) | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | O | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 8(0) | 36(3) |
| Mitsuo Ogasawara | 28(2) | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | - | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O(1) | - | - | - | 15(4) | 43(6) |
| Toshiya Fujita | 23(3) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 24(3) |
| Atsuhiro Miura | 23(1) | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 25(1) |
| Akira Kaji | 21(0) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O(1) | O | - | - | - | 14(1) | 35(1) |
| Keisuke Tsuboi | 21(0) | O | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | O | - | 7(0) | 28(0) |
| Keiji Tamada | 18(5) | O(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | 16(2) | 34(7) |
| Masashi Motoyama | 18(0) | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | 8(0) | 26(0) |
| Yoshito Okubo | 17(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | 2(0) | 19(0) |
| Makoto Tanaka | 14(0) | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | 16(0) | 30(0) |
| Teruyuki Moniwa | 3(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | - | - | O | O | - | 4(1) | 7(1) |
| Takayuki Chano | 3(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 4(0) | 7(0) |
| Yoichi Doi | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | 2(0) | 4(0) |
| Daisuke Matsui | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O(1) | 3(1) | 4(1) |
| Masashi Oguro | 0(0) | O | - | O(1) | O | - | O | O | - | O(1) | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O | O(1) | O | - | - | O | 15(5) | 15(5) |
| Yuki Abe | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | 5(0) | 5(0) |
| Yuichi Komano | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | 5(0) | 5(0) |
| Seiichiro Maki | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Shinji Murai | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Tatsuya Tanaka | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(1) | 2(1) |
| Yoshinobu Minowa | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Rank | Name | Position | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masashi Oguro | FW | 4 |
| Atsushi Yanagisawa | FW | ||
| Mitsuo Ogasawara | MF | ||
| 4 | Shunsuke Nakamura | MF | 3 |
| 5 | Naohiro Takahara | FW | 2 |
| Keiji Tamada | FW | ||
| Yuji Nakazawa | DF |
          Japan 1st Kit |  Japan 1st Alt. |      Japan 2nd Kit |      2006 Japan 1st Kit |
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