Kits
          1st Kit |      2nd Kit |
The Japan national football team in 2014, managed by head coach Alberto Zaccheroni, compete in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, in amongst international friendly matches both at home and abroad, as they progress towards the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2015 AFC Asian Cup. After the World Cup, Javier Aguirre had been appointed as the new head coach.
| Competition | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Friendly | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 13 | +11 |
| 2014 FIFA World Cup | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 |
| Total | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 19 | +7 |
1st Kit | 2nd Kit |
| 5 March | Japan  | 4 – 2 |  New Zealand | Tokyo, Japan [1] [2] |
| 19:40 JST | Okazaki  4', 17'Kagawa 7' (pen.)Morishige 11' | JFA Report | Wood 39', 80' | Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 47,670 Referee: Alan Milliner (Australia) |
| 27 May | Japan | 1 – 0 |  Cyprus | Saitama, Japan [3] |
| 19:30 JST | Uchida 43' | JFA Report | Stadium: Saitama Stadium Attendance: 58,564 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland) |
| 2 June | Costa Rica  | 1 – 3 | Japan |  Tampa, United States [4] |
| 21:00 UTC−4 | Ruiz 31' | JFA Report | Endo 60' Kagawa 80'Kakitani 90+2' | Stadium: Raymond James Stadium Attendance: 7,106 Referee: Chris Penso (USA) |
| 6 June | Zambia  | 3 – 4 | Japan | Tampa, United States [5] |
| 19:30 UTC−4 | Katongo 9' Sinkala 29'Musonda 89' | JFA Report | Honda 40' (pen.), 75' Kagawa 73'Okubo 90+1' | Stadium: Raymond James Stadium Attendance: 7,275 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (USA) |
| 5 September | Japan | 0 – 2 |  Uruguay | Sapporo, Japan [1] |
| 19:30 JST | JFA Report | Cavani 34' Hernández 71' | Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 39,294 Referee: Kim Sang-woo (South Korea) |
| 9 September | Japan | 2 – 2 |  Venezuela | Yokohama, Japan [1] |
| 19:20 JST | Muto 51' Shibasaki 66' | FIFA Listing | Rondon 61' (pen.) Cichero 71' | Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 64,007 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia) |
| 10 October | Japan | 1 – 0 |  Jamaica | Niigata, Japan |
| 19:25 JST | Nosworthy 16' (o.g.) | JFA Report | Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 39,628 Referee: Ma Ning (China) |
| 14 October | Japan | 0 – 4 |  Brazil |  Singapore |
| 18:45 UTC+8 | JFA Report | Neymar 18', 48', 77', 81' | Stadium: Singapore National Stadium Attendance: 51,577 Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore) |
| 14 June Group C | Ivory Coast  | 2 – 1 | Japan | Recife, Brazil |
| 22:00 UTC−3 | Bony 64' Gervinho 66' | FIFA Report | Honda 16' | Stadium: Arena Pernambuco Attendance: 40,267 Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile) |
| 19 June Group C | Japan | 0 – 0 |  Greece | Natal, Brazil |
| 19:00 UTC−3 | FIFA Report | Stadium: Arena das Dunas Attendance: 39,485 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) |
| 24 June Group C | Japan | 1 – 4 |  Colombia | Cuiabá, Brazil |
| 16:00 UTC−4 | Okazaki 45+1' | FIFA Report | Cuadrado 17' (pen.) Martínez 55', 82'Rodríguez 90' | Stadium: Arena Pantanal Attendance: 40,340 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal) |
Win Draw Loss
| Player | -2013 | 03.05 | 05.27 | 06.02 | 06.06 | 06.14 | 06.19 | 06.24 | 09.05 | 09.09 | 10.10 | 10.14 | 11.14 | 11.18 | 2014 | Total |
| Yasuhito Endo | 140(12) | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | 8(2) | 148(14) |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 78(1) | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | 6(1) | 84(2) |
| Makoto Hasebe | 77(2) | - | O | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | O | 6(0) | 83(2) |
| Shinji Okazaki | 72(36) | O(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | 13(4) | 85(40) |
| Yuto Nagatomo | 66(3) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | 10(0) | 76(3) |
| Atsuto Uchida | 65(1) | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | - | 7(1) | 72(2) |
| Yoshito Okubo | 54(5) | - | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6(1) | 60(6) |
| Shinji Kagawa | 53(16) | O(1) | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | O | O | 10(3) | 63(19) |
| Eiji Kawashima | 53(0) | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | 11(0) | 64(0) |
| Keisuke Honda | 52(20) | O | O | O | O(2) | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | 13(4) | 65(24) |
| Maya Yoshida | 37(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O(1) | O | 11(1) | 48(3) |
| Hajime Hosogai | 25(1) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | 5(0) | 30(1) |
| Hiroshi Kiyotake | 23(1) | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 26(1) |
| Masahiko Inoha | 20(1) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 21(1) |
| Hiroki Sakai | 14(0) | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 19(0) |
| Shusaku Nishikawa | 12(0) | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | 3(0) | 15(0) |
| Takashi Inui | 12(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(2) | O | 2(2) | 14(2) |
| Gotoku Sakai | 11(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | 7(0) | 18(0) |
| Yoichiro Kakitani | 9(4) | - | O | O(1) | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | 9(1) | 18(5) |
| Hotaru Yamaguchi | 8(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7(0) | 15(0) |
| Yuya Osako | 6(3) | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 6(0) | 12(3) |
| Masato Morishige | 6(0) | O(1) | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | 11(1) | 17(1) |
| Hiroki Mizumoto | 5(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 6(0) |
| Manabu Saito | 3(1) | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 5(1) |
| Toshihiro Aoyama | 3(0) | O | - | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(0) | 7(0) |
| Yohei Toyoda | 3(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | 3(1) | 6(1) |
| Junya Tanaka | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | O | - | - | 3(0) | 4(0) |
| Kosuke Ota | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | O | 3(0) | 4(0) |
| Daisuke Suzuki | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | 1(0) | 2(0) |
| Yoshinori Muto | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | 6(1) | 6(1) |
| Gaku Shibasaki | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O | - | 4(1) | 4(1) |
| Taishi Taguchi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Ryota Morioka | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Tsukasa Shiotani | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Yu Kobayashi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Tatsuya Sakai | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Yusuke Minagawa | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Player | International Friendly | 2014 FIFA World Cup | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keisuke Honda | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Shinji Okazaki | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Shinji Kagawa | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Yasuhito Endo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Takashi Inui | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Yohei Toyoda | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Masato Morishige | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Atsuto Uchida | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yoichiro Kakitani | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yoshito Okubo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yoshinori Muto | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gaku Shibasaki | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Maya Yoshida | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
The Mexico national football team represents Mexico in international football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation. It competes as a member of CONCACAF.
The Costa Rica national football team represents Costa Rica in men's international football. The national team is administered by the Costa Rican Football Federation (FEDEFUTBOL), the governing body for football in Costa Rica. It has been a member of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) since 1927, the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) since 1961, and a member of the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) since 1990.
The New Zealand men's national football team represents New Zealand in men's international football competitions. The team is governed by the governing body for football in New Zealand, New Zealand Football (NZF), which is currently a member of FIFA and the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The team's official nickname is the All Whites.
Hernán Evaristo Medford Bryan is a Costa Rican former football player and current coach of Sporting F.C. Highly regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of Central American football, Medford achieved success as both a player and a coach.
José Francisco Porras Hidalgo is a Costa Rican retired footballer who last played for Carmelita in Costa Rica.
The Japan women's national football team, commonly known as Nadeshiko Japan (なでしこジャパン), represents Japan in women's association football and is run by the Japan Football Association (JFA). The only country to win every FIFA competition and the most successful women's national team in the Asian Football Confederation, its highest ranking in the FIFA Women's World Rankings is 3rd, achieved in December 2011.
At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Brazil participated for the 18th time in the event. The country remained as the only national team to have participated in every installment of the FIFA World Cup.
The New Zealand women's Under-20 Football Team, informally known as the 'Junior Football Ferns', is the representative team for New Zealand in international Under-20 football.
The Costa Rica women's national football team represents Costa Rica in women's international football. The national team is controlled by the governing body Costa Rican Football Federation. They are one of the top women's national football teams in the Central American region along with Guatemala and Panama.
The 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the youth association football tournament for women under the age of 17. The final tournament was hosted in Costa Rica.
The 2012 season is the 91st season in El Salvador's history, their 74th in FIFA and 50th in CONCACAF. As of December 2012, the team was managed by Agustín Castillo. In mid-June, Rubén Israel quit due to financial problems between him and the Federation. FESFUT then hired a new coach 14 July 2012. The new DT, Juan de Dios Castillo, would coach until the end of the 2013 after the 2013 Copa Centroamericana and 2013 Gold Cup. Although, the elimination of La Selecta for the campaign for the 2014 World Cup led the FESFUT to fire him due to the poor result. By 18 December 2012, FESFUT had hired Agustín Castillo for the new DT. He became the first Peruvian to coach the national team.
The Zambia women's national association football team represents Zambia in association football, participating in qualifying tournaments for the FIFA Women's World Cup and other African-based competitions. It made its debut in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, becoming the first landlocked nation in Africa to qualify for a senior World Cup in either men's or women's soccer.
Hikaru Naomoto is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for WE League club Urawa Reds and the Japan women's national team.
Japanese football in 2014.
This is a list of the Honduras national football team results from 2010 to 2019.
The Japan national football team in 2018, managed by head coach Vahid Halilhodžić, head coach Akira Nishino and head coach Hajime Moriyasu compete in the 2018 FIFA World Cup and international friendly matches both at home and abroad.
Aoba Fujino is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for WE League club Tokyo Verdy Beleza and the Japan national team.
The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification CONCACAF–OFC play-off was a single-leg match between the fourth-placed team of the CONCACAF third round, Costa Rica, and the winners from the OFC, New Zealand. Before their identity was known, the winners of the play-off had already been allocated to Group E at the World Cup.
Group C of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup was one of eight groups that formed the opening round of the tournament with the matches played from 21 to 31 July 2023. The group consisted of Spain, Costa Rica, Zambia and Japan. The top two teams, Japan and Spain, advanced to the round of 16.
Matches in Group E of the 2022 FIFA World Cup took place from 23 November to 1 December 2022. The group consisted of Spain, Costa Rica, Germany, and Japan. The top two teams, Japan and Spain, advanced to the round of 16. Japan became the third ever and the first Asian team to win a World Cup group since themselves in Group H and South Korea in Group D, both in the 2002 edition, a tournament both countries co-hosted. Germany was eliminated in the group stage for the second consecutive tournament after going out as defending champions in 2018. This was the second time the reigning world champions were eliminated in the group stage of the two subsequent tournaments, following Italy, who was eliminated in the following two group stages after winning the 2006 edition.
