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The Japan national football team in 2013, managed by head coach Alberto Zaccheroni, competed in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup and the fourth round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, in amongst international friendly matches both at home and abroad, as they progress towards the 2014 FIFA World Cup. [1]
| Competition | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Friendly | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 |
| 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| Total | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 33 |
Japan 1st Kit | 2014 1st Kit | Japan 2nd Kit |
International Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup 2013)
| 6 February | Japan  | 3 – 0 |  Latvia | Hyōgo, Japan |
| 19:20 JST | Okazaki  41', 61'Honda 60' | (JFA Report) | Stadium: Home's Stadium Kobe Attendance: 28,607 Referee: Kim Jong-Hyeok (South Korea) |
| 22 March | Japan | 2 – 1 |  Canada |  Doha, Qatar |
| 19:05 UTC+3 | Okazaki 10' Havenaar 74' | (JFA Report) | Haber 58' | Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Khamis Mohamed Al-Kuwari (Qatar) |
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round
| 26 March | Jordan  | 2 – 1 | Japan | Amman, Jordan |
| 17:00 UTC+3 | Attiah 45+1' Hayel 60' | (FIFA Report) | Kagawa 69' | Stadium: King Abdullah Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran) |
International Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup 2013)
| 30 May | Japan | 0 – 2 |  Bulgaria | Aichi, Japan |
| 19:20 JST | (JFA Report) | Manolev 3' Hasebe 70' (o.g.) | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 41,353 Referee: Kim Sang-Woo (South Korea) |
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round
| 4 June | Japan | 1 – 1 |  Australia | Saitama, Japan |
| 19:34 JST | Honda 90+1' (pen.) | (FIFA Report) | Oar 82' | Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 62,172 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) |
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round
| 11 June | Iraq  | 0 – 1 | Japan | Doha, Qatar |
| 17:30 UTC+3 | (FIFA Report) | Okazaki 89' | Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) |
| 15 June | Brazil  | 3 – 0 | Japan | Brasília, Brazil |
| 16:00 UTC-3 | Neymar 3' Paulinho 48'Jô 90+3' | (FIFA Report) | Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 67,423 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal) |
| 19 June | Italy  | 4 – 3 | Japan | Recife, Brazil |
| 19:00 UTC-3 | De Rossi 41' Uchida 50' (o.g.)Balotelli 52' (pen.)Giovinco 86' | (FIFA Report) | Honda 21' (pen.) Kagawa 33'Okazaki 69' | Stadium: Arena Pernambuco Attendance: 40,489 Referee: Diego Abal (Argentina) |
| 22 June | Japan | 1 – 2 |  Mexico | Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
| 16:00 UTC-3 | Okazaki 86' | (FIFA Report) | Hernández 54', 66' | Stadium: Estádio Mineirão Attendance: 52,690 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany) |
| 21 July | Japan | 3 – 3 |  China |  Seoul, South Korea |
| 21:00 UTC+9 | Kurihara 32' Kakitani 59'Kudo 60' | EAFF Report | Wang Yongpo 4' (pen.), 80' (pen.) Sun Ke 86' | Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia) |
| 25 July | Japan | 3 – 2 | Australia | Hwaseong, South Korea |
| 20:00 UTC+9 | Saitō 25' Osako 55', 79' | EAFF Report | Duke 75' Juric 78' | Stadium: Hwaseong Stadium Attendance: 1,458 Referee: Tan Hai (China PR) |
| 28 July | South Korea | 1 – 2 | Japan | Seoul, South Korea |
| 20:00 UTC+9 | Yun 33' | EAFF Report | Kakitani 24', 90+1' | Stadium: Jamsil Olympic Stadium Attendance: 47,258 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia) |
International Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup 2013)
| 14 August | Japan | 2 – 4 |  Uruguay | Miyagi, Japan |
| 19:20 JST | Kagawa 55' Honda 72' | JFA Report | Forlán 26', 29' Suárez 53'González 59' | Stadium: Miyagi Stadium Attendance: 45,883 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland) |
International Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup 2013)
| 6 September | Japan | 3 – 0 |  Guatemala | Osaka, Japan |
| 19:25 JST | Honda 51' Kudo 69'Endō 76' | JFA Report | Stadium: Nagai Stadium Attendance: 46,244 Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia) |
International Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup 2013)
| 10 September | Japan | 3 – 1 |  Ghana | Yokohama, Japan |
| 19:20 JST | Kagawa 50' Endō 64'Honda 71' | JFA Report | Acheampong 23' | Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 64,525 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia) |
| 11 October | Serbia  | 2 – 0 | Japan | Novi Sad, Serbia |
| 17:30 UTC+2 | Tadić 59' Jojić 90+1' | Stadium: Karađorđe Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey) |
| 15 October | Belarus  | 1 – 0 | Japan | Zhodino, Belarus |
| 15:15 UTC+3 | Tsiharow 44' | Stadium: Torpedo Stadium Attendance: 3,250 Referee: Sergejus Slyva (Lithuania) |
| 16 November | Japan | 2 – 2 |  Netherlands |  Genk, Belgium |
| 13:15 UTC+1 | Osako 44' Honda 60' | JFA Report | Van der Vaart 12' Robben 38' | Stadium: Cristal Arena Attendance: 13,616 Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium) |
| 19 November | Belgium | 2 – 3 | Japan | Brussels, Belgium |
| 21:00 UTC+1 | Mirallas 15' Alderweireld 79' | Report | Kakitani 37' Honda 53'Okazaki 63' | Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey) |
Win Draw Loss
| Player | -2012 | 02.06 | 03.22 | 03.26 | 05.30 | 06.04 | 06.11 | 06.15 | 06.19 | 06.22 | 07.21 | 07.25 | 07.28 | 08.14 | 09.06 | 09.10 | 10.11 | 10.15 | 11.16 | 11.19 | 2013 | Total |
| Yasuhito Endo | 124(10) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O | O | 16(2) | 140(12) |
| Yuichi Komano | 72(1) | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6(0) | 78(1) |
| Kengo Nakamura | 63(6) | - | O | - | O | - | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 68(6) |
| Makoto Hasebe | 63(2) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 14(0) | 77(2) |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 63(1) | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 15(0) | 78(1) |
| Shinji Okazaki | 58(29) | O(2) | O(1) | O | - | O | O(1) | O | O(1) | O(1) | - | - | - | O | O | - | O | O | O | O(1) | 14(7) | 72(36) |
| Yuto Nagatomo | 54(3) | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | 12(0) | 66(3) |
| Atsuto Uchida | 52(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | 13(0) | 65(1) |
| Keisuke Honda | 40(12) | O(1) | - | - | - | O(1) | - | O | O(1) | O | - | - | - | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O(1) | O(1) | 12(8) | 52(20) |
| Eiji Kawashima | 39(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | - | O | 14(0) | 53(0) |
| Shinji Kagawa | 37(12) | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | - | - | - | O(1) | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | 16(4) | 53(16) |
| Ryoichi Maeda | 24(10) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9(0) | 33(10) |
| Maya Yoshida | 22(2) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 15(0) | 37(2) |
| Hajime Hosogai | 18(1) | O | - | - | O | - | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | 7(0) | 25(1) |
| Masahiko Inoha | 16(1) | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(0) | 20(1) |
| Yuzo Kurihara | 13(2) | - | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7(1) | 20(3) |
| Hiroshi Kiyotake | 12(1) | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | 11(0) | 23(1) |
| Tomoaki Makino | 11(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 14(1) |
| Mike Havenaar | 9(3) | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | 8(1) | 17(4) |
| Shusaku Nishikawa | 8(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | 4(0) | 12(0) |
| Hiroki Sakai | 7(0) | - | O | - | O | - | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 7(0) | 14(0) |
| Yuhei Tokunaga | 7(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 9(0) |
| Takashi Inui | 6(0) | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | 6(0) | 12(0) |
| Hideto Takahashi | 4(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 7(0) |
| Gotoku Sakai | 2(0) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | 9(0) | 11(0) |
| Ryota Moriwaki | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 3(0) |
| Genki Haraguchi | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 3(0) |
| Shuichi Gonda | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 2(0) |
| Yoichiro Kakitani | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | - | O(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | 9(4) | 9(4) |
| Hotaru Yamaguchi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | O | O | O | 8(0) | 8(0) |
| Yuya Osako | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(2) | - | - | O | O | - | - | O(1) | O | 6(3) | 6(3) |
| Masato Morishige | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | O | O | - | O | - | O | 6(0) | 6(0) |
| Masato Kudo | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | O | - | O(1) | - | - | - | - | - | 4(2) | 4(2) |
| Manabu Saito | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 3(1) | 3(1) |
| Toshihiro Aoyama | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Yohei Toyoda | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Yuki Otsu | 0(0) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Yojiro Takahagi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Hiroki Yamada | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Daisuke Suzuki | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Kazuhiko Chiba | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Takahiro Ogihara | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Player | International Friendly | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup | 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keisuke Honda | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Shinji Okazaki | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Shinji Kagawa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Yoichiro Kakitani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Yuya Osako | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Masato Kudo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Yasuhito Endō | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yuzo Kurihara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Manabu Saitō | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Havenaar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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