2006 Japan national football team

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This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 2006. [1]

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Schedule

DateVenueOpponentsScoreCompetitionJapan scorers
February 10 AT&T Park, San Francisco (A) Flag of the United States.svg United States 2–3 Friendly Maki Soccerball shade.svg60'
Nakazawa Soccerball shade.svg90+2'
February 18 Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi (H) Flag of Finland.svg Finland 2–0 Friendly Kubo Soccerball shade.svg48'
Ogasawara Soccerball shade.svg57'
February 22 International Stadium, Yokohama (H) Flag of India.svg India 6–0 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification Ono Soccerball shade.svg32'
Maki Soccerball shade.svg58'
Fukunishi Soccerball shade.svg68'
Kubo Soccerball shade.svg79'Soccerball shade.svg90+3'
Sato Soccerball shade.svg83'
February 28 Westfalenstadion, Dortmund (N) Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–2 Friendly Takahara Soccerball shade.svg45'
Nakata Soccerball shade.svg90+5'
March 30 Ōita Stadium, Ōita (H) Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg Ecuador 1–0 Friendly Sato Soccerball shade.svg85'
May 9 Nagai Stadium, Osaka (H) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 1–2 Kirin Cup 2006 Maki Soccerball shade.svg76'
May 13 Saitama Stadium, Saitama (H) Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 0–0 Kirin Cup 2006
May 30 BayArena, Leverkusen (A) Flag of Germany.svg Germany 2–2 Friendly Takahara Soccerball shade.svg57'Soccerball shade.svg65'
June 4 LTU Arena, Düsseldorf (N) Flag of Malta.svg Malta 1–0 Friendly Tamada Soccerball shade.svg2'
June 12 Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern (N) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1–3 2006 FIFA World Cup Group stage Nakamura Soccerball shade.svg26'
June 18 Frankenstadion, Nuremberg (N) Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 0–0 2006 FIFA World Cup Group stage
June 22 Westfalenstadion, Dortmund (N) Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 1–4 2006 FIFA World Cup Group stage Tamada Soccerball shade.svg34'
August 9 National Stadium, Tokyo (H) Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 Friendly Alessandro dos Santos Soccerball shade.svg17'Soccerball shade.svg22'
August 16 Niigata Stadium, Niigata (H) Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen 2–0 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification Abe Soccerball shade.svg70'
Sato Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
September 3 Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah (A) Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 0–1 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
September 6 Althawra Sports City Stadium, Sana'a (A) Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen 1–0 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification Ganaha Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
October 4 International Stadium, Yokohama (H) Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 0–1 Friendly
October 11 Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore (A) Flag of India.svg India 3–0 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification Bando Soccerball shade.svg23'Soccerball shade.svg44'
K.Nakamura Soccerball shade.svg82'
November 15 Sapporo Dome, Sapporo (H) Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 3–1 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification Tulio Soccerball shade.svg20'
Ganaha Soccerball shade.svg29'Soccerball shade.svg50'

Players statistics

Player-200502.1002.1802.2202.2803.3005.0905.1305.3006.0406.1206.1806.2208.0908.1609.0309.0610.0410.1111.152006Total
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 79(0)OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO19(0)98(0)
Hidetoshi Nakata 71(10)---O(1)---OOOOO-------6(1)77(11)
Alessandro Santos 63(5)OOOOOOOOOOOOO(2)OOOOOO19(2)82(7)
Junichi Inamoto 61(4)---O----O-OO-------4(0)65(4)
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto 60(3)OOOOOOOOOOO--------11(0)71(3)
Shunsuke Nakamura 57(15)---O---OOO(1)OO-------6(1)63(16)
Atsushi Yanagisawa 54(17)---O---O-OO--------4(0)58(17)
Koji Nakata 54(2)--------O--O-------2(0)56(2)
Takashi Fukunishi 53(6)OOO(1)OOOOOOOO--------11(1)64(7)
Shinji Ono 46(5)OOO(1)OOOO-OO---------9(1)55(6)
Mitsuo Ogasawara 43(6)OO(1)OOOOO-O-OO-------10(1)53(7)
Yuji Nakazawa 41(8)O(1)OOOOOOOOOOO-------12(1)53(9)
Naohiro Takahara 39(14)---O(1)---O(2)-OOO-------5(3)44(17)
Yasuhito Endo 36(3)O-O--OO------OOOO--8(0)44(3)
Akira Kaji 35(1)OOOOOOOO--OO-OOO--O14(0)49(1)
Keiji Tamada 34(7)----OOOOO(1)-OO(1)-------7(2)41(9)
Makoto Tanaka 30(0)O----O-------------2(0)32(0)
Keisuke Tsuboi 28(0)-O--O-OOOO-OOOOO---11(0)39(0)
Tatsuhiko Kubo 26(8)OO(1)O(2)OO-O------------6(3)32(11)
Masashi Motoyama 26(0)OO-----------------2(0)28(0)
Masashi Oguro 15(5)---O---OOOOO-------6(0)21(5)
Teruyuki Moniwa 7(1)--O------O---------2(0)9(1)
Yuichi Komano 5(0)-O-----OOO--OOO-OOO10(0)15(0)
Yuki Abe 5(0)O----O-------O(1)OOOOO8(1)13(1)
Seiichiro Maki 3(0)O(1)OO(1)-OO(1)O-O--O-OOOOOO14(3)17(3)
Yasuyuki Konno 3(0)----------------OOO3(0)6(0)
Shinji Murai 3(0)-O---O-------------2(0)5(0)
Tatsuya Tanaka 2(1)------------OOOO---4(0)6(1)
Hisato Sato 0(0)OOO(1)-O(1)OO-----OO(1)OOOO-12(3)12(3)
Keita Suzuki 0(0)------------OOOOOOO7(0)7(0)
Kazuki Ganaha 0(0)------------O-OO(1)OOO(2)6(3)6(3)
Makoto Hasebe 0(0)O-O--O------O---OO-6(0)6(0)
Marcus Tulio Tanaka 0(0)------------OOOO--O(1)5(1)5(1)
Naotake Hanyu 0(0)-------------OOOO-O5(0)5(0)
Kengo Nakamura 0(0)----------------OO(1)O3(1)3(1)
Satoru Yamagishi 0(0)----------------OOO3(0)3(0)
Ryuji Bando 0(0)----------------OO(2)-2(2)2(2)
Hiroki Mizumoto 0(0)----------------OO-2(0)2(0)
Hayuma Tanaka 0(0)------------O------1(0)1(0)
Koji Yamase 0(0)------------O------1(0)1(0)
Daigo Kobayashi 0(0)------------O------1(0)1(0)
Yuzo Kurihara 0(0)------------O------1(0)1(0)
Naoshi Nakamura 0(0)------------O------1(0)1(0)
Daisuke Sakata 0(0)------------O------1(0)1(0)
Yuto Sato 0(0)-------------O-----1(0)1(0)
Tsukasa Umesaki 0(0)---------------O---1(0)1(0)
Takahiro Futagawa (0)----------------O--1(0)1(0)
Daiki Takamatsu 0(0)------------------O1(0)1(0)

Top goal scorers for 2006

RankNamePositionGoals
1 Seiichiro Maki FW 3
Tatsuhiko Kubo FW
Hisato Sato FW
Naohiro Takahara FW
Kazuki Ganaha FW
6 Keiji Tamada FW 2
Ryūji Bando FW
Alessandro dos Santos MF
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References

  1. "Japan Football Association record of Japan international A matches". Japan Football Association.