This page records the details of the matches played by the Japan national football team during 2009. In 2009 the Japan national football team competed in the fourth round of the AFC 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifications, the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification, and the 2009 Kirin Cup, amongst other friendly matches. [1]
| Player | -2008 | 01.20 | 01.28 | 02.04 | 02.11 | 03.28 | 05.27 | 05.31 | 06.06 | 06.10 | 06.17 | 09.05 | 09.09 | 10.08 | 10.10 | 10.14 | 11.14 | 11.18 | 2009 | Total |
| Shunsuke Nakamura | 82(22) | - | - | - | O | O(1) | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | O(1) | 11(2) | 93(24) |
| Yuji Nakazawa | 82(15) | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O(1) | - | O | O | O | 14(2) | 96(17) |
| Yasuhito Endo | 73(7) | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | 12(0) | 85(7) |
| Junichi Inamoto | 70(4) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | - | O | - | O | - | 4(1) | 74(5) |
| Seigo Narazaki | 63(0) | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6(0) | 69(0) |
| Keiji Tamada | 53(13) | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | O(1) | O | - | - | - | - | 10(1) | 63(14) |
| Yuichi Komano | 40(0) | O | - | O | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | 9(0) | 49(0) |
| Seiichiro Maki | 35(8) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 38(8) |
| Yoshito Okubo | 33(5) | - | - | - | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | 9(0) | 42(5) |
| Yuki Abe | 33(2) | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | O | - | - | O | 8(1) | 41(3) |
| Kengo Nakamura | 29(3) | O | O | O | - | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O(1) | - | O | O | - | - | 12(2) | 41(5) |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 26(0) | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | 7(0) | 33(0) |
| Hisato Sato | 25(3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | O(1) | 3(1) | 28(4) |
| Marcus Tulio Tanaka | 19(4) | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O(1) | - | O | O | O | 13(2) | 32(6) |
| Makoto Hasebe | 16(0) | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | O(1) | 11(1) | 27(1) |
| Atsuto Uchida | 14(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | 13(0) | 27(1) |
| Daisuke Matsui | 13(1) | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | O | - | O | O | 8(0) | 21(1) |
| Tatsuya Tanaka | 12(2) | O(1) | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(1) | 16(3) |
| Kisho Yano | 12(1) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(1) | 16(2) |
| Yuto Nagatomo | 7(1) | - | O | O | O | O | - | O(1) | O | - | O | O | O | O(1) | - | O | - | - | 11(2) | 18(3) |
| Shinji Kagawa | 6(1) | O | O | O(1) | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(1) | 10(2) |
| Hideo Hashimoto | 6(0) | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | 7(0) | 13(0) |
| Michihiro Yasuda | 5(0) | - | - | O(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(1) | 6(1) |
| Shinji Okazaki | 4(0) | O(1) | O | O(2) | O | O | O(2) | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O | O(1) | O(3) | - | O(3) | O | O(1) | 16(15) | 20(15) |
| Shuhei Terada | 4(0) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 6(0) |
| Ryoichi Maeda | 3(2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | 2(0) | 5(2) |
| Ryota Tsuzuki | 3(0) | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 6(0) |
| Kazumichi Takagi | 3(0) | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 5(0) |
| Shinzo Koroki | 2(0) | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | 8(0) | 10(0) |
| Naohiro Ishikawa | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | 2(0) | 4(0) |
| Keisuke Honda | 1(0) | - | O | - | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | O(1) | O(1) | O | - | 10(3) | 11(3) |
| Eiji Kawashima | 1(0) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | 7(0) | 8(0) |
| Takeshi Aoki | 1(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 2(0) |
| Yuhei Tokunaga | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 5(0) |
| Takayuki Morimoto | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | - | - | 2(1) | 2(1) |
| Satoshi Yamaguchi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Takashi Inui | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Mu Kanazaki | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Naoki Yamada | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Shusaku Nishikawa | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Daiki Iwamasa | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Rank | Name | Position | Goals | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shinji Okazaki | FW | 15 | 16 |
| 2 | Keisuke Honda | MF | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Yuto Nagatomo | DF | 2 | 11 |
| Shunsuke Nakamura | MF | 11 | ||
| Kengo Nakamura | MF | 12 | ||
| Yuji Nakazawa | DF | 14 | ||
| Marcus Tulio Tanaka | DF | 13 | ||
| 8 | 10 players | 1 |
Japan's kits until October.
          Japan 1st Kit |  Japan 1st Alt |     Japan 2nd Kit | Japan 2nd Alt |
Japan's kit used on November.
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