This page records the details of the matches played by the Japan national football team during 2008. In 2008 the Japan national football team competed in the third and fourth round of the AFC 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifications, the 2008 East Asian Cup Final, and the 2008 Kirin Cup, amongst other friendly matches. [1]
| Player | -2007 | 01.26 | 01.30 | 02.06 | 02.17 | 02.20 | 02.23 | 03.26 | 05.24 | 05.27 | 06.02 | 06.07 | 06.14 | 06.22 | 08.20 | 09.06 | 10.09 | 10.15 | 11.13 | 11.19 | 2008 | Total |
| Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | 110(0) | O | - | O | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 6(0) | 116(0) |
| Shunsuke Nakamura | 73(20) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | - | O(1) | O | O | - | O | 9(2) | 82(22) |
| Junichi Inamoto | 68(4) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | 2(0) | 70(4) |
| Yuji Nakazawa | 66(11) | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O(1) | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | 16(4) | 82(15) |
| Akira Kaji | 60(2) | O | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(0) | 64(2) |
| Yasuhito Endo | 57(4) | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | - | O(1) | - | O | - | O | 16(3) | 73(7) |
| Shinji Ono | 55(6) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 56(6) |
| Naohiro Takahara | 53(23) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(0) | 57(23) |
| Seigo Narazaki | 51(0) | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | 12(0) | 63(0) |
| Keiji Tamada | 41(9) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | 12(4) | 53(13) |
| Yuichi Komano | 27(0) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | 13(0) | 40(0) |
| Seiichiro Maki | 26(7) | O | O | O(1) | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | O | - | 9(1) | 35(8) |
| Yuki Abe | 24(2) | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | O | O | - | 9(0) | 33(2) |
| Masashi Oguro | 21(5) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 22(5) |
| Yoshito Okubo | 21(2) | O | O | O(1) | - | - | - | O | O | O | O(1) | O | - | - | - | - | O | O | O(1) | O | 12(3) | 33(5) |
| Keita Suzuki | 20(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8(0) | 28(0) |
| Hisato Sato | 19(3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | 6(0) | 25(3) |
| Kengo Nakamura | 16(1) | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O(1) | O | - | O | - | 13(2) | 29(3) |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 14(0) | - | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | O | - | 12(0) | 26(0) |
| Naotake Hanyu | 12(0) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 17(0) |
| Marcus Tulio Tanaka | 9(2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | - | O | - | O | O | O(1) | 10(2) | 19(4) |
| Tatsuya Tanaka | 8(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | O(1) | 4(1) | 12(2) |
| Satoru Yamagishi | 8(0) | O | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 11(0) |
| Kisho Yano | 7(1) | O | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 12(1) |
| Daisuke Matsui | 6(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | 7(0) | 13(1) |
| Makoto Hasebe | 6(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | O | 10(0) | 16(0) |
| Hideo Hashimoto | 4(0) | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 6(0) |
| Ryuji Bando | 3(2) | - | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(0) | 7(2) |
| Koji Yamase | 2(1) | O | O(2) | O | - | O(1) | O(1) | O | - | O | - | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 10(4) | 12(5) |
| Ryoichi Maeda | 2(1) | - | - | - | O(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(1) | 3(2) |
| Hiroki Mizumoto | 2(0) | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 3(0) |
| Atsuto Uchida | 0(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | O | O(1) | - | O | O | O | O | O | 14(1) | 14(1) |
| Yuto Nagatomo | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | O(1) | O | 7(1) | 7(1) |
| Shinji Kagawa | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | O(1) | O | O | - | 6(1) | 6(1) |
| Michihiro Yasuda | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 5(0) |
| Shuhei Terada | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | 4(0) | 4(0) |
| Shinji Okazaki | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | 4(0) | 4(0) |
| Yuzo Tashiro | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Kazumichi Takagi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | O | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Shinzo Koroki | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Eiji Kawashima | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Keisuke Honda | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Takeshi Aoki | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Rank | Name | Position | Goals | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Koji Yamase | MF | 4 | 9 |
| Keiji Tamada | FW | 12 | ||
| Yuji Nakazawa | DF | 16 | ||
| 4 | Yoshito Okubo | FW | 3 | 12 |
| Yasuhito Endo | MF | 16 | ||
| 6 | Shunsuke Nakamura | MF | 2 | 9 |
| Kengo Nakamura | MF | 10 | ||
| Marcus Tulio Tanaka | DF | 10 | ||
| 9 | 7 players | 1 |
          Japan 1st Kit |  Japan 1st Alt |     Japan 2nd Kit |
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