2012 Japan national football team

The Japan national football team in 2012, managed by head coach Alberto Zaccheroni, competed against international exhibition matches both at home and abroad. It later competed in the third and fourth rounds of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification. ^[1]

Record

Competition	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
International Friendly	6	4	1	1	8	6
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	6	4	1	1	13	3
Total	12	8	2	2	21	9

Kits

Japan 1st Kit

Japan 2nd Kit

Schedule

International Friendly (2012 Kirin Challenge Cup)

Japan   v   Iceland

24 February	Japan	3 – 1	Iceland	Osaka, Japan
19:20 JST	Maeda 2' Fujimoto 53' Makino 79'	(JFA Report)	Smárason 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Nagai Stadium Attendance: 42,579 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Third Round

Japan   v   Uzbekistan

29 February	Japan	0 – 1	Uzbekistan	Aichi, Japan
19:30 JST		(JFA Report)	Shadrin 54'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 42,720 Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

International Friendly (2012 Kirin Challenge Cup)

Japan   v   Azerbaijan

23 May	Japan	2 – 0	Azerbaijan	Shizuoka, Japan
19:15 JST	Kagawa 43' Okazaki 58'	(JFA Report)		Stadium: Shizuoka Stadium Attendance: 30,276 Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round

Japan   v   Oman

3 June	Japan	3 – 0	Oman	Saitama, Japan
19:30 JST	Honda 11' Maeda 51' Okazaki 54'	(JFA Report)		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 63,551 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round

Japan   v   Jordan

8 June	Japan	6 – 0	Jordan	Saitama, Japan
19:30 JST	Maeda 18' Honda 22', 31', 53' (pen.) Kagawa 35' Kurihara 89'	(FIFA Report) (JFA Report)		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 60,874 Referee: Kim Dong Jin (Korea Republic)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round

Australia   v   Japan

12 June	Australia	1 - 1	Japan	Brisbane, Australia
20:00 UTC+10	Milligan  25'  55' Wilkshire 69 pen'	Report	Kurihara 64' Kurihara  23'  89'	Stadium: Lang Park Attendance: 40,189 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

International Friendly (2012 Kirin Challenge Cup)

Japan   v   Venezuela

15 August	Japan	1 - 1	Venezuela	Hokkaidō, Japan
19:30 JST	Endō 15'	Summary	Miku 62'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 39,396 Referee: Min-Hu Lee (Korea Republic)

International Friendly (2012 Kirin Challenge Cup)

Japan   v   United Arab Emirates

6 September	Japan	1 - 0	United Arab Emirates	Niigata, Japan
19:20 JST	Havenaar 69'	Summary		Stadium: Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 42,020 Referee: Mingyu Ma (China PR)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round

Japan   v   Iraq

11 September	Japan	1 - 0	Iraq	Saitama, Japan
19:34 JST	Maeda 25'	Report		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 60,593 Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

International Friendly

France   v   Japan

12 October	France	0 - 1	Japan	Saint-Denis, France
21:00 UTC+2		Report	Kagawa 88'	Stadium: Stade de France Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

International Friendly

Japan   v   Brazil

16 October	Japan	0 - 4	Brazil	Wrocław, Poland
14:10 UTC+2		Report	Paulinho 12' Neymar 25' (pen.), 48' Kaká 76'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round

Oman   v   Japan

14 November	Oman	1 – 2	Japan	Muscat, Oman
15:30 UTC+4	Al Mahaijri 77'		Kiyotake 20' Okazaki 89'	Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

  Win  Draw  Loss

Players statistics

Player	-2011	02.24	02.29	05.23	06.03	06.08	06.12	08.15	09.06	09.11	10.12	10.16	11.14	2012	Total
Yasuhito Endo	113(9)	O	O	-	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	11(1)	124(10)
Yuichi Komano	67(1)	O	O	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	5(0)	72(1)
Kengo Nakamura	56(6)	O	-	O	-	O	-	O	O	-	O	O	-	7(0)	63(6)
Yasuyuki Konno	55(1)	O	O	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	O	O	O	8(0)	63(1)
Yoshito Okubo	53(5)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	54(5)
Makoto Hasebe	52(2)	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	11(0)	63(2)
Shinji Okazaki	49(26)	-	O	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O(1)	9(3)	58(29)
Atsuto Uchida	45(1)	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	O	O	-	7(0)	52(1)
Yuto Nagatomo	44(3)	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	10(0)	54(3)
Keisuke Honda	31(8)	-	-	O	O(1)	O(3)	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	9(4)	40(12)
Shinji Kagawa	28(9)	-	O	O(1)	O	O(1)	O	O	O	-	O(1)	O	-	9(3)	37(12)
Eiji Kawashima	28(0)	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	11(0)	39(0)
Ryoichi Maeda	16(6)	O(1)	-	O	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	-	O(1)	-	-	O	8(4)	24(10)
Maya Yoshida	13(2)	-	O	-	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	9(0)	22(2)
Tadanari Lee	10(2)	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	11(2)
Hajime Hosogai	10(1)	-	-	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	8(0)	18(1)
Jungo Fujimoto	10(0)	O(1)	O	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	3(1)	13(1)
Takayuki Morimoto	9(3)	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	10(3)
Masahiko Inoha	9(1)	O	-	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	7(0)	16(1)
Yuzo Kurihara	8(0)	O	-	O	-	O(1)	O(1)	-	-	-	-	O	-	5(2)	13(2)
Tomoaki Makino	8(0)	O(1)	-	O	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	3(1)	11(1)
Shusaku Nishikawa	7(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	8(0)
Mike Havenaar	5(2)	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	O	O	-	-	4(1)	9(3)
Hiroshi Kiyotake	5(0)	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	O	O	O	O	O(1)	7(1)	12(1)
Naohiro Ishikawa	5(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	6(0)
Takashi Inui	3(0)	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	3(0)	6(0)
Hiroki Mizumoto	3(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	2(0)	5(0)
Yosuke Kashiwagi	3(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	4(0)
Ryota Moriwaki	1(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	2(0)
Hiroki Sakai	0(0)	-	-	O	O	-	O	-	O	-	O	O	O	7(0)	7(0)
Hideto Takahashi	0(0)	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	O	4(0)	4(0)
Ryo Miyaichi	0(0)	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	2(0)	2(0)
Gotoku Sakai	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	2(0)	2(0)
Chikashi Masuda	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Junya Tanaka	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Naoya Kondo	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)

Goalscorers

Player	International Friendly	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	Total
Keisuke Honda	0	4	4
Ryoichi Maeda	1	3	4
Shinji Kagawa	2	1	3
Shinji Okazaki	1	2	3
Yuzo Kurihara	0	2	2
Jungo Fujimoto	1	0	1
Tomoaki Makino	1	0	1
Yasuhito Endō	1	0	1
Mike Havenaar	1	0	1
Hiroshi Kiyotake	0	1	1

References

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

External links

• Japan Football Association