1997 Japan national football team

This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 1997.

Results[]

February 9	Japan	1–1	Thailand	Bangkok, Thailand
	Jo 64'	JFA	? ?'

February 13	Japan	0–1	Sweden	Bangkok, Thailand
		JFA	? ?'

March 15	Japan	1–3	Thailand	Bangkok, Thailand
	Miura 29'	JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?'

March 23	Japan	1–0	Oman	Muscat, Oman
	Omura 10'	JFA

March 25	Japan	10–0	Macau	Muscat, Oman
	Takagi 13', 33', 71' Soma 44' Miura 53', 89' Nanami 67' Morishima 78', 81', 89'	JFA

March 27	Japan	6–0	Nepal	Muscat, Oman
	Jo 23' Takagi 46', 54', 89' Omura 76' Honda 79'	JFA

May 21	Japan	1–1	South Korea	Tokyo, Japan
	Miura 88'	JFA	? ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium

June 8	Japan	4–3	Croatia	Tokyo, Japan
	Hirano 34' Miura 49', 53' Morishima 89'	JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium

June 15	Japan	1–0	Turkey	Osaka, Japan
	Morishima 25'	JFA		Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium

June 22	Japan	10–0	Macau	Tokyo, Japan
	Nakata 17', 61' Nishizawa 20' Miura 23', 29', 44', 57', 62', 79' Nanami 42'	JFA		Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium

June 25	Japan	3–0	Nepal	Tokyo, Japan
	Nishizawa 44' Miura 72', 87'	JFA		Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium

June 28	Japan	1–1	Oman	Tokyo, Japan
	Nakata 4'	JFA	? ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium

August 13	Japan	0–3	Brazil	Osaka, Japan
		JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium Attendance: 45,754

September 7	Japan	6–3	Uzbekistan	Tokyo, Japan
	Miura 4', 23', 64', 80' Nakata 40' Jo 44'	JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 54,328

September 19	Japan	0–0	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
		JFA

September 28	Japan	1–2	South Korea	Tokyo, Japan
	Yamaguchi 67'	JFA	? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 56,704

October 4	Japan	1–1	Kazakhstan	Almaty, Kazakhstan
	Akita 23'	JFA	? ?'

October 11	Japan	1–1	Uzbekistan	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
	Lopes 90'	JFA	? ?'

October 26	Japan	1–1	United Arab Emirates	Tokyo, Japan
	Lopes 3'	JFA	? ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 56,089

November 1	Japan	2–0	South Korea	Seoul, South Korea
	Nanami 1' Lopes 37'	JFA		Attendance: 80,000

November 8	Japan	5–1	Kazakhstan	Tokyo, Japan
	Akita 12' Nakata 16' Nakayama 44' Ihara 67' Takagi 79'	JFA	? ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 56,032

November 16	Japan	3–2 (aet, GG)	Iran	Johor Bahru, Malaysia
	Nakayama 39' Jo 76' Okano 118'	JFA	? ?' ? ?'	Attendance: 22,000

Players statistics[]

Player	-1996	02.09	02.13	03.15	03.23	03.25	03.27	05.21	06.08	06.15	06.22	06.25	06.28	08.13	09.07	09.19	09.28	10.04	10.11	10.26	11.01	11.08	11.16	1997	Total
Masami Ihara	88(4)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O(1)	O	21(1)	109(5)
Kazuyoshi Miura	64(35)	O	-	O(1)	O	O(2)	-	O(1)	O(2)	O	O(6)	O(2)	O	O	O(4)	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	19(18)	83(53)
Tsuyoshi Kitazawa	43(3)	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	11(0)	54(3)
Takuya Takagi	39(20)	-	-	O	-	O(3)	O(3)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	-	5(7)	44(27)
Motohiro Yamaguchi	27(3)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	22(1)	49(4)
Hiroshige Yanagimoto	25(0)	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5(0)	30(0)
Hisashi Kurosaki	23(4)	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	24(4)
Naoki Soma	22(2)	O	-	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	21(1)	43(3)
Hiroaki Morishima	20(2)	O	O	O	O	O(3)	O	O	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	-	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	14(5)	34(7)
Masashi Nakayama	19(8)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	O(1)	2(2)	21(10)
Masakiyo Maezono	17(4)	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	19(4)
Norio Omura	16(2)	O	-	O	O(1)	O	O(1)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	10(2)	26(4)
Hiroshi Nanami	15(3)	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	21(3)	36(6)
Yasuto Honda	15(0)	-	O	-	O	O	O(1)	O	O	-	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	-	14(1)	29(1)
Masayuki Okano	14(1)	-	O	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	5(1)	19(2)
Akira Narahashi	10(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	13(0)	23(0)
Kenichi Shimokawa	8(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	9(0)
Tadashi Nakamura	7(0)	O	-	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8(0)	15(0)
Yutaka Akita	4(1)	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O(1)	O	16(2)	20(3)
Shoji Jo	4(0)	O(1)	O	O	O	-	O(1)	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	O(1)	O	-	-	O	O	-	O	O(1)	13(4)	17(4)
Toshihide Saito	2(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	7(0)	9(0)
Ryuji Michiki	1(0)	-	O	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	4(0)
Toshihiro Hattori	1(0)	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	2(0)
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	0(0)	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	21(0)	21(0)
Hidetoshi Nakata	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O(2)	O	O(1)	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	16(5)	16(5)
Wagner Lopes	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O(1)	O(1)	O(1)	-	O	6(3)	6(3)
Akinori Nishizawa	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	O(1)	O(1)	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	5(2)	5(2)
Takashi Hirano	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	-	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	5(1)	5(1)
Eisuke Nakanishi	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	O	-	5(0)	5(0)
Shigeyoshi Mochizuki	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	2(0)
Teruyoshi Ito	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Yasuyuki Moriyama	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Hideto Suzuki	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Takeshi Watanabe	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)

External links[]

Japan Football Association