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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 |
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