2007 Japan national football team

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This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 2007. [1]

Contents

General

Schedule

DateVenueOpponentsScoreCompetitionJapan scorersMatch Report
March 24 International Stadium, Yokohama (H) Flag of Peru.svg Peru 2–0 Friendly Maki 18'
Takahara 54'
June 1 Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi (H) Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro 2–0 Kirin Cup Nakazawa 23'
Takahara 38'
June 5 Saitama Stadium, Saitama (H) Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 0–0 Kirin Cup
July 9 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi (N) Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 1–1 2007 Asian Cup group stage Takahara 61'
July 13 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi (N) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg UAE 3–1 2007 Asian Cup group stage Takahara 22', 27'
Nakamura 42'pen
July 16 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi (A) Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 4–1 2007 Asian Cup group stage Maki 12', 59'
Endo 32'
Nakamura 53'
July 21 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi (N) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1–1 AET
(4–3 pen.)
2007 Asian Cup quarter-finals Takahara 72'
July 25 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi (N) Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 2–3 2007 Asian Cup semifinals Nakazawa 37'
Abe 53'
July 28 Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang (N) Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Korea Republic 0–0 AET
(6–5 pen.)
2007 Asian Cup third place play-off
August 22 Ōita Stadium, Ōita (H) Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 2–0 Friendly Tulio 25'
Yamase 89'
September 7 Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt (A) Flag of Austria.svg Austria 0–0
(3–4 pen.)
Friendly
September 11 Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt (N) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland 4–3 Friendly Nakamura 53',78'
Maki 67'
Yano 90'
October 17 Nagai Stadium, Osaka (H) Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 4–1 Friendly Okubo 21',42'
Maeda 53'
Kaji 68'
Key

Players statistics

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Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 98(0)O-OOOOOOOOOOO12(0)110(0)
Junichi Inamoto 65(4)--O-------OO-3(0)68(4)
Shunsuke Nakamura 63(16)O-OOO(1)O(1)OOO-OO(2)-10(4)73(20)
Koji Nakata 56(2)--O----------1(0)57(2)
Yuji Nakazawa 53(9)OO(1)OOOOOO(1)OOOOO13(2)66(11)
Seigo Narazaki 50(0)-O-----------1(0)51(0)
Akira Kaji 49(1)O--OOOOOOOOOO(1)11(1)60(2)
Naohiro Takahara 44(17)O(1)O(1)OO(1)O(2)OO(1)OO----9(6)53(23)
Yasuhito Endo 44(3)OOOOOO(1)OOOOOOO13(1)57(4)
Keisuke Tsuboi 39(0)-O-----------1(0)40(0)
Yoshito Okubo 19(0)---------O--O(2)2(2)21(2)
Seiichiro Maki 17(3)O(1)OO-OO(2)OO--OO(1)-9(4)26(7)
Yuichi Komano 15(0)OOO-OOOOOOOOO12(0)27(0)
Yuki Abe 13(1)OOOOOOOO(1)OO--O11(1)24(2)
Hisato Sato 12(3)-O---OOOOO-O-7(0)19(3)
Keita Suzuki 7(0)OOOOOOOOOOOOO13(0)20(0)
Tatsuya Tanaka 6(1)---------OO--2(0)8(1)
Yasuyuki Konno 6(0)-OOOO-O--OO-O8(0)14(0)
Marcus Tulio Tanaka 5(1)O--------O(1)OO-4(1)9(2)
Naotake Hanyu 5(0)O-OOOO-OO----7(0)12(0)
Daisuke Matsui 4(1)----------OO-2(0)6(1)
Kengo Nakamura 3(1)OOOOOOOOOOOOO13(0)16(1)
Satoru Yamagishi 3(0)-O-O----O--OO5(0)8(0)
Ryuji Bando 2(2)--O----------1(0)3(2)
Koji Yamase 1(0)---------O(1)---1(1)2(1)
Daiki Takamatsu 1(0)---------O---1(0)2(0)
Kisho Yano 0(0)OO----OOO-OO(1)-7(1)7(1)
Jungo Fujimoto 0(0)OOO---------O4(0)4(0)
Koki Mizuno 0(0)OO--OO-------4(0)4(0)
Hideo Hashimoto 0(0)-O-O-----O--O4(0)4(0)
Ryoichi Maeda 0(0)---------O--O(1)2(1)2(1)
Akihiro Ienaga 0(0)O------------1(0)1(0)

Top goal scorers for 2007

RankNamePositionGoals
1 Naohiro Takahara FW 6
2 Seiichiro Maki FW 4
Shunsuke Nakamura MF
4 Yoshito Okubo FW 2
Yuji Nakazawa DF
6 Yasuhito Endo MF 1
Yuki Abe MF
Marcus Tulio Tanaka DF
Koji Yamase MF
Kisho Yano FW
Ryoichi Maeda FW
Akira Kaji DF

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References

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