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The Japan national football team in 2010, managed by head coach Takeshi Okada, began by competing in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification and the 2010 East Asian Football Championship in amongst other international friendly matches in the build-up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals where they would finish in 9th place. Afterwards the team, managed first by interim head coach Hiromi Hara and finally head coach Alberto Zaccheroni, would close out 2010 with several more international friendly matches as they prepared for the 2011 Asian Cup and the 2011 Copa América in the following year. [1]
| Competition | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| International Friendly | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 2010 East Asian Football Championship | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 2010 FIFA World Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Total | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 |
Japan 1st Kit | Japan 2nd Kit | Japan 1st Kit Alt |
2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
| 6 January | Yemen  | 2 – 3 |  Japan | Sana'a, Yemen |
| 16:15 UTC+3 | Alaqel  13'Karama 39' | (JFA Report) | Hirayama 42', 55', 80' | Stadium: Ali Muhesen Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ali Hamad Albadwawi (UAE) |
International Friendly (2010 Kirin Challenge Cup)
| 2 February | Japan | 0 – 0 |  Venezuela | Ōita, Japan |
| 19:10 JST | (JFA Report) | Stadium: Kyushu Oil Dome Attendance: 27,009 Referee: Fan Qi (China PR) |
2010 East Asian Football Championship
| 6 February | Japan | 0 – 0 |  China | Tokyo, Japan |
| 19:15 JST | (JFA Report) | Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 25,964 Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia) |
2010 East Asian Football Championship
| 11 February | Japan | 3 – 0 |  Hong Kong | Tokyo, Japan |
| 19:15 JST | Tamada 41', 82' Tulio 65' | (JFA Report) | Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 16,368 Referee: Liang Zhao (China PR) |
2010 East Asian Football Championship
| 14 February | Japan | 1 – 3 |  South Korea | Tokyo, Japan |
| 19:15 JST | Endō 24' (pen.) | (JFA Report) | Lee Dong-gook 33' (pen.) Lee Seung-ryul 39'Kim Jae-sung 71' | Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 42,951 Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia) |
2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
| 3 March | Japan | 2 – 0 |  Bahrain | Toyota, Japan |
| 19:00 JST | Okazaki 36' Honda 90+2' | (JFA Report) | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 38,042 Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore) |
International Friendly (2010 Kirin Challenge Cup)
| 7 April | Japan | 0 – 3 |  Serbia | Osaka, Japan |
| 19:20 JST | (JFA Report) | Mrđa 15', 23' Tomić 60' | Stadium: Nagai Stadium Attendance: 46,270 Referee: Myung Yong Choi (Korea Rep) |
International Friendly (2010 Kirin Challenge Cup)
| 24 May | Japan | 0 – 2 | South Korea | Saitama, Japan |
| 19:20 JST | (JFA Report) | J. Park 6' C. Park 90+1' (pen.) | Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 57,873 Referee: Stuart Attwell (England) |
| 30 May | Japan | 1 – 2 |  England |  Graz, Austria |
| 14:15 UTC+2 | Tulio 7' | (JFA Report) | Tulio 72' (o.g.) Nakazawa 83' (o.g.) | Stadium: UPC-Arena Attendance: 15,326 Referee: Rene Eisner (Austria) |
| 4 June | Japan | 0 – 2 |  Ivory Coast |  Sion, Switzerland |
| 12:20 UTC+2 | (JFA Report) | Tulio 13' (o.g.) K. Touré 80' | Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 4,919 Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland) |
| 14 June | Japan | 1 – 0 |  Cameroon |  Bloemfontein, South Africa |
| 16:00 UTC+2 | Honda 39' | (FIFA Report) | Stadium: Free State Stadium Attendance: 30,620 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) |
| 19 June | Netherlands  | 1 – 0 | Japan | Durban, South Africa |
| 13:30 UTC+2 | Sneijder 53' | (FIFA Report) | Stadium: Moses Mabhida Stadium Attendance: 62,010 Referee: Hector Baldassi (Argentina) |
| 24 June | Denmark  | 1 – 3 | Japan | Rustenburg, South Africa |
| 20:30 UTC+2 | Tomasson 81' | (FIFA Report) | Honda 17' Endō 30'Okazaki 87' | Stadium: Royal Bafokeng Stadium Attendance: 27,967 Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa) |
2010 FIFA World Cup Round of 16
| 29 June | Paraguay  | 0 – 0 | Japan | Pretoria, South Africa |
| 16:00 UTC+2 | (FIFA Report) | Stadium: Loftus Versfeld Stadium Attendance: 36,742 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) |
International Friendly (2010 Kirin Challenge Cup)
| 4 September | Japan | 1 – 0 | Paraguay | Yokohama, Japan |
| 19:20 JST | Kagawa 64' | (JFA Report) | Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 65,157 Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico) |
International Friendly (2010 Kirin Challenge Cup)
| 7 September | Japan | 2 – 1 |  Guatemala | Osaka, Japan |
| 19:45 JST | Morimoto 12'20' | (JFA Report) | Rodríguez 22' | Stadium: Nagai Stadium Attendance: 44,541 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico) |
International Friendly (2010 Kirin Challenge Cup)
| 8 October | Japan | 1 – 0 |  Argentina | Saitama, Japan |
| 19:50 JST | Okazaki 19' | (JFA Report) | Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 57,735 Referee: Pawel Gil (Poland) |
| 12 October | South Korea | 0 – 0 | Japan | Seoul, South Korea |
| 20:00 UTC+9 | (JFA Report) | Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 62,503 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) |
Win Draw Loss
| Player | -2009 | 01.06 | 02.02 | 02.06 | 02.11 | 02.14 | 03.03 | 04.07 | 05.24 | 05.30 | 06.04 | 06.14 | 06.19 | 06.24 | 06.29 | 09.04 | 09.07 | 10.08 | 10.12 | 2010 | Total |
| Yuji Nakazawa | 96(17) | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | 14(0) | 110(17) |
| Shunsuke Nakamura | 93(24) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 98(24) |
| Yasuhito Endo | 85(7) | - | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | - | - | O | O | 15(2) | 100(9) |
| Junichi Inamoto | 74(5) | - | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 8(0) | 82(5) |
| Seigo Narazaki | 69(0) | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | 8(0) | 77(0) |
| Keiji Tamada | 63(14) | - | - | O | O(2) | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | 9(2) | 72(16) |
| Mitsuo Ogasawara | 53(7) | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 55(7) |
| Yuichi Komano | 49(0) | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | 11(0) | 60(0) |
| Yoshito Okubo | 42(5) | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | 11(0) | 53(5) |
| Kengo Nakamura | 41(5) | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | 11(0) | 52(5) |
| Yuki Abe | 41(3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | 9(0) | 50(3) |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 33(0) | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | O | 7(0) | 40(0) |
| Marcus Tulio Tanaka | 32(6) | - | O | O | O(1) | O | O | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | 11(2) | 43(8) |
| Hisato Sato | 28(4) | - | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 31(4) |
| Makoto Hasebe | 27(1) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | 10(0) | 37(1) |
| Atsuto Uchida | 27(1) | - | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | 7(0) | 34(1) |
| Daisuke Matsui | 21(1) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | 8(0) | 29(1) |
| Shinji Okazaki | 20(15) | - | O | O | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O(1) | - | 15(3) | 35(18) |
| Yuto Nagatomo | 18(3) | - | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 16(0) | 34(3) |
| Kisho Yano | 16(2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 19(2) |
| Hideo Hashimoto | 13(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | 2(0) | 15(0) |
| Koji Yamase | 12(5) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 13(5) |
| Keisuke Honda | 11(3) | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | - | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | 12(3) | 23(6) |
| Shinji Kagawa | 10(2) | - | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O | 7(1) | 17(3) |
| Shinzo Koroki | 10(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 11(0) |
| Eiji Kawashima | 8(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | 8(0) | 16(0) |
| Ryoichi Maeda | 5(2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 2(0) | 7(2) |
| Yuhei Tokunaga | 5(0) | - | O | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 7(0) |
| Jungo Fujimoto | 4(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | 2(0) | 6(0) |
| Naohiro Ishikawa | 4(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 5(0) |
| Takayuki Morimoto | 2(1) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | O(2) | O | - | 7(2) | 9(3) |
| Mu Kanazaki | 1(0) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | 4(0) | 5(0) |
| Yuzo Kurihara | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | 4(0) | 5(0) |
| Daiki Iwamasa | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | 3(0) | 4(0) |
| Takashi Inui | 1(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | 2(0) | 3(0) |
| Shusaku Nishikawa | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 2(0) | 3(0) |
| Naoki Yamada | 1(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 2(0) |
| Sota Hirayama | 0(0) | O(3) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(3) | 4(3) |
| Tomoaki Makino | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | 4(0) | 4(0) |
| Hajime Hosogai | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Shuichi Gonda | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Naoya Kikuchi | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Maya Yoshida | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Kosuke Ota | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Kazuya Yamamura | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Takuji Yonemoto | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Yosuke Kashiwagi | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Kazuma Watanabe | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Kensuke Nagai | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Mitsuru Nagata | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Kunimitsu Sekiguchi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Player | Goals |
|---|---|
| Keisuke Honda | 3 |
| Shinji Okazaki | 3 |
| Sota Hirayama | 3 |
| Yasuhito Endō | 2 |
| Marcus Tulio Tanaka | 2 |
| Keiji Tamada | 2 |
| Takayuki Morimoto | 2 |
| Shinji Kagawa | 1 |
| Total | 18 |
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Japanese football in 2013.