2008 Japan national football team

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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]

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentResultScoreVenueCompetitionJapan Goal ScorersMatch Report
January 26Flag of Chile.svg  Chile D0–0 National Stadium, Tokyo Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup)
January 30Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina W3–0 National Stadium, Tokyo Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup) Nakazawa 68'
Yamase 83' 88'
February 6Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand W4–1 Saitama Stadium, Saitama 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification (AFC) – third round Endo 21'
Okubo 54'
Nakazawa 66'
Maki 91'
February 17Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea D1–1 Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing, China East Asian Cup Maeda 69'
February 20Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China W1–0 Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing, China East Asian Cup Yamase 17'
February 23Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea D1–1 Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing, China East Asian Cup Yamase 68'
March 26Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain L0–1 National Stadium, Madinat 'Isa, Bahrain 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification (AFC) – third round
May 24Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast W1–0 Toyota Stadium, Toyota Kirin Cup Tamada 21'
May 27Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay D0–0 Saitama Stadium, Saitama Kirin Cup
June 2Flag of Oman.svg  Oman W3–0 International Stadium, Yokohama 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification (AFC) – third round Nakazawa 10'
Okubo 22'
S.Nakamura 49'
June 7Flag of Oman.svg  Oman D1–1 Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat, Oman 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification (AFC) – third round Endo 53'
June 14Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand W3–0 Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification (AFC) – third round Tulio 23'
Nakazawa 39'
K.Nakamura 88'
June 22Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain W1–0 Saitama Stadium, Saitama 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification (AFC) – third round Uchida 89'
August 20Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay L1–3 Sapporo Dome, Sapporo Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup) Own goal 48'
September 6Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain W3–2 National Stadium, Madinat 'Isa, Bahrain 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification (AFC) – fourth round S.Nakamura 18'
Endo 44'
K.Nakamura 85'
October 9Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates D1–1 Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium, Niigata Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup) Kagawa 72'
October 15Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan D1–1 Saitama Stadium, Saitama 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification (AFC) – fourth round Tamada 40'
November 13Flag of Syria.svg  Syria W3–1 Home's Stadium Kobe, Kobe Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup) Nagatomo 3'
Tamada 26'
Okubo 62'
November 19Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar W3–0 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification (AFC) – fourth round T.Tanaka 19'
Tamada 47'
Tulio 68'

Players statistics

Player-200701.2601.3002.0602.1702.2002.2303.2605.2405.2706.0206.0706.1406.2208.2009.0610.0910.1511.1311.192008Total
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 110(0)O-O--OO----------OO6(0)116(0)
Shunsuke Nakamura 73(20)--------OO(1)OOO-O(1)OO-O9(2)82(22)
Junichi Inamoto 68(4)---------------OO--2(0)70(4)
Yuji Nakazawa 66(11)OO(1)O(1)OOOOO-O(1)OO(1)OOOOO--16(4)82(15)
Akira Kaji 60(2)O--OOO-------------4(0)64(2)
Yasuhito Endo 57(4)OOO(1)OOOOOOOO(1)OO-O(1)-O-O16(3)73(7)
Shinji Ono 55(6)-------------O-----1(0)56(6)
Naohiro Takahara 53(23)OOO-----O----------4(0)57(23)
Seigo Narazaki 51(0)-O--O--OOOOOOOOOO--12(0)63(0)
Keiji Tamada 41(9)------OO(1)-OOOOOOOO(1)O(1)O(1)12(4)53(13)
Yuichi Komano 27(0)OOOOO-OOOOOO-O---O-13(0)40(0)
Seiichiro Maki 26(7)OOO(1)---O-OO--O--O-O-9(1)35(8)
Yuki Abe 24(2)OOO---O-O----OO-OO-9(0)33(2)
Masashi Oguro 21(5)-------------O-----1(0)22(5)
Yoshito Okubo 21(2)OOO(1)---OOOO(1)O----OOO(1)O12(3)33(5)
Keita Suzuki 20(0)OOOOOOO-O----------8(0)28(0)
Hisato Sato 19(3)------------OOOO-OO6(0)25(3)
Kengo Nakamura 16(1)OOO-OOO-O--O(1)OOO(1)O-O-13(2)29(3)
Yasuyuki Konno 14(0)-O--OOOOOOOOO-O--O-12(0)26(0)
Naotake Hanyu 12(0)OOOOO--------------5(0)17(0)
Marcus Tulio Tanaka 9(2)-------OOOOO(1)O-O-OOO(1)10(2)19(4)
Tatsuya Tanaka 8(1)-------------OO--OO(1)4(1)12(2)
Satoru Yamagishi 8(0)O--O--O------------3(0)11(0)
Kisho Yano 7(1)O----O-O--OO-------5(0)12(1)
Daisuke Matsui 6(1)-------OOOOO--O---O7(0)13(1)
Makoto Hasebe 6(0)-------OOOOO-OOOO-O10(0)16(0)
Hideo Hashimoto 4(0)----OO-------------2(0)6(0)
Ryuji Bando 3(2)-OOO-O-------------4(0)7(2)
Koji Yamase 2(1)OO(2)O-O(1)O(1)O-O-O-OO-----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)OOOOOO----OOO(1)-OOOOO14(1)14(1)
Yuto Nagatomo 0(0)-------OOO---O-O-O(1)O7(1)7(1)
Shinji Kagawa 0(0)-------O-O-O---O(1)OO-6(1)6(1)
Michihiro Yasuda 0(0)---OOOO-----O------5(0)5(0)
Shuhei Terada 0(0)--------O------O-OO4(0)4(0)
Shinji Okazaki 0(0)---------------OOOO4(0)4(0)
Yuzo Tashiro 0(0)---OOO-------------3(0)3(0)
Kazumichi Takagi 0(0)-------------O-O-O-3(0)3(0)
Shinzo Koroki 0(0)---------------OO--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)

Top goal scorers for 2008

RankNamePositionGoalsMatches
1 Koji Yamase MF 49
Keiji Tamada FW 12
Yuji Nakazawa DF 16
4 Yoshito Okubo FW 312
Yasuhito Endo MF 16
6 Shunsuke Nakamura MF 29
Kengo Nakamura MF 10
Marcus Tulio Tanaka DF 10
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References

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