2011 Japan national football team

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The Japan national football team in 2011, managed by head coach Alberto Zaccheroni, began by competing and winning the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. The win meant Japan were crowned the Champions of Asia for a record 4th time and earned a berth in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. The team would continue by competing in the 2011 Kirin Cup and the 2011 Copa América in amongst other international friendly matches before closing out 2011 by commencing in the third round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification as they progress towards the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[1]

Record[]

Competition GP W D L GF GA
2011 AFC Asian Cup 6 4 2 0 14 6
2011 Kirin Cup 2 0 2 0 0 0
International Friendly 2 2 0 0 4 0
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 5 3 1 1 14 2
Total 15 9 5 1 32 8

Kits[]

Schedule[]

2011 AFC Asian Cup Group B

9 January Japan  1 – 1  Jordan Qatar Doha, Qatar
16:15 UTC+3 Maya Yoshida 90+2' (JFA Report) Hassan Abdel Fattah 45' Stadium: Qatar SC Stadium
Attendance: 6,255
Referee: Abdul Malik (Singapore)

2011 AFC Asian Cup Group B

13 January Syria  1 – 2  Japan Qatar Doha, Qatar
19:15 UTC+3 Firas Al Khatib 76' (pen.) (JFA Report) Makoto Hasebe 35'
Keisuke Honda 82' (pen.)		 Stadium: Qatar SC Stadium
Attendance: 10,453
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

2011 AFC Asian Cup Group B

17 January Saudi Arabia  0 – 5  Japan Qatar Al Rayyan, Qatar
16:15 UTC+3 (JFA Report) Shinji Okazaki 8', 13', 80'
Ryoichi Maeda 19', 51'		 Stadium: Ahmed bin Ali Stadium
Attendance: 2,022
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

2011 AFC Asian Cup Quarterfinals

21 January Japan  3 – 2  Qatar Qatar Doha, Qatar
16:25 UTC+3 Shinji Kagawa 28', 70'
Masahiko Inoha 89'		 (JFA Report) Sebastián Soria 12'
Fábio César 63'		 Stadium: Al-Gharafa Stadium
Attendance: 19,479
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

2011 AFC Asian Cup Semifinals

25 January Japan  2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 0 p)		  South Korea Qatar Doha, Qatar
16:25 UTC+3 Ryoichi Maeda 36'
Hajime Hosogai 97'		 (JFA Report) Ki Sung-Yueng 23' (pen.)
Hwang Jae-Won 120'		 Stadium: Al-Gharafa Stadium
Attendance: 16,171
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Penalties
Honda soccer ball with check mark
Okazaki soccer ball with check mark
Nagatomo soccer ball with red X
Konno soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with red X Koo Ja-Cheol
soccer ball with red X Lee Yong-Rae
soccer ball with red X Hong Jeong-Ho

2011 AFC Asian Cup Final

29 January Australia  0 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Japan Qatar Doha, Qatar
18:00 UTC+3 (JFA Report) Tadanari Lee 109' Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
Attendance: 37,174
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

International Friendly (2011 Kirin Challenge Cup)

25 March Japan  Cancelled  Montenegro Japan Shizuoka, Japan
19:45 JST Stadium: Shizuoka Stadium

International Friendly (2011 Kirin Challenge Cup)

29 March Japan  Cancelled  New Zealand Japan Tokyo, Japan
19:20 JST Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium

2011 Tōhoku earthquake Charity Match

29 March Japan  2 – 1 Japan J. League Team As One Japan Osaka, Japan
19:26 JST Yasuhito Endō 15'
Shinji Okazaki 19'		 (JFA Report) Kazuyoshi Miura 82' Stadium: Nagai Stadium
Attendance: 40,613
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

2011 Kirin Cup

1 June Japan  0 – 0  Peru Japan Niigata, Japan
19:20 JST (JFA Report) Stadium: Niigata Stadium
Attendance: 39,048
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

2011 Kirin Cup

7 June Japan  0 – 0  Czech Republic Japan Kanagawa, Japan
19:30 JST (JFA Report) Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama
Attendance: 65,856
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

2011 Copa América Group A

2 July Colombia  Withdrew  Japan Argentina Jujuy, Argentina
15:30 UTC-3 Stadium: Estadio 23 de Agosto
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

2011 Copa América Group A

7 July Bolivia  Withdrew  Japan Argentina Jujuy, Argentina
19:15 UTC-3 Stadium: Estadio 23 de Agosto
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

2011 Copa América Group A

11 July Argentina  Withdrew  Japan Argentina Córdoba, Argentina
21:45 UTC-3 Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Referee: Víctor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

International Friendly (2011 Kirin Challenge Cup)

10 August Japan  3 – 0  South Korea Japan Hokkaidō, Japan
19:30 JST Shinji Kagawa 34', 54'
Keisuke Honda 52'		 (JFA Report) Stadium: Sapporo Dome
Attendance: 38,263
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Third Round

2 September Japan  1 – 0  North Korea Japan Saitama, Japan
19:25 JST Maya Yoshida 90+4' (JFA Report) Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 54,624
Referee: Ali Albadwawi (United Arab Emirates)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Third Round

6 September Uzbekistan  1 – 1  Japan Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
19:00 UTC+5 Server Djeparov 8' (JFA Report) Shinji Okazaki 65' Stadium: Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

International Friendly (2011 Kirin Challenge Cup)

7 October Japan  1 – 0  Vietnam Japan Hyogo, Japan
19:45 JST Tadanari Lee 24' (JFA Report) Stadium: Home's Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 27,522
Referee: Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Third Round

11 October Japan  8 – 0  Tajikistan Japan Osaka, Japan
19:45 JST Mike Havenaar 11', 47'
Shinji Okazaki 19', 74'
Yuichi Komano 35'
Shinji Kagawa 41', 68'
Kengo Nakamura 56'		 (JFA Report) Stadium: Nagai Stadium
Attendance: 44,688
Referee: Benjamin Williams (Australia)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Third Round

11 November Tajikistan  0 – 4  Japan Tajikistan Dushanbe, Tajikistan
14:00 UTC+5 (JFA Report) Yasuyuki Konno 36'
Shinji Okazaki 61', 90+2'
Ryoichi Maeda 82'		 Stadium: Central Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Kim Dong Jin (Korea Republic)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Third Round

15 November North Korea  1 – 0  Japan North Korea Pyongyang, North Korea
16:00 UTC+9 Pak Nam Chol 50' (JFA Report) Stadium: Kim Il-sung Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)


  Win   Draw   Loss

Player statistics[]

Player -2010 01.09 01.13 01.17 01.21 01.25 01.29 06.01 06.07 08.10 09.02 09.06 10.07 10.11 11.11 11.15 2011 Total
Yasuhito Endo 100(9) O O O O O O O O O O O - O O - 13(0) 113(9)
Yuichi Komano 60(0) - - - - - - - - O O O O O(1) O O 7(1) 67(1)
Kengo Nakamura 52(5) - - - - - - - - - - - O O(1) O O 4(1) 56(6)
Yuki Abe 50(3) - - - - - - - - O - O O - - - 3(0) 53(3)
Yasuyuki Konno 40(0) O O O O O O O O O O O O O O(1) O 15(1) 55(1)
Makoto Hasebe 37(1) O O(1) O O O O O O O O O O O O O 15(1) 52(2)
Shinji Okazaki 35(18) O O O(3) O O O O O O O O(1) - O(2) O(2) O 14(8) 49(26)
Yuto Nagatomo 34(3) O O O O O O O O - - - O O - - 10(0) 44(3)
Atsuto Uchida 34(1) O O O - O O - O O O O - - O O 11(0) 45(1)
Daisuke Matsui 29(1) O O - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 31(1)
Keisuke Honda 23(6) O O(1) - O O O O O O(1) - - - - - - 8(2) 31(8)
Shinji Kagawa 17(3) O O O O(2) O - - - O(2) O O O O(2) O - 11(6) 28(9)
Eiji Kawashima 16(0) O O - O O O O O O O O - O O - 12(0) 28(0)
Shinzo Koroki 11(0) - - - - - - O - - - - - - - - 1(0) 12(0)
Ryoichi Maeda 7(2) O O O(2) O O(1) O O - - - - - - O(1) O 9(4) 16(6)
Michihiro Yasuda 6(1) - - - - - - O - - - - - - - - 1(0) 7(1)
Jungo Fujimoto 6(0) O - - - - O - - - - - O O - - 4(0) 10(0)
Yuzo Kurihara 5(0) - - - - - - O - - - - O - - O 3(0) 8(0)
Daiki Iwamasa 4(0) - - O O O O - - - - - - - - - 4(0) 8(0)
Tomoaki Makino 4(0) - - - - - - - O O - O O - - - 4(0) 8(0)
Hajime Hosogai 3(0) - O - - O(1) - O - O - - O O - O 7(1) 10(1)
Shusaku Nishikawa 3(0) - O O - - - - - - - - O - - O 4(0) 7(0)
Maya Yoshida 1(0) O(1) O O O - O - O O O(1) O O O O - 12(2) 13(2)
Yosuke Kashiwagi 1(0) - - O - - - - - - O - - - - - 2(0) 3(0)
Kunimitsu Sekiguchi 1(0) - - - - - - O O - - - - - - - 2(0) 3(0)
Akihiro Ienaga 1(0) - - - - - - - O O - - - - - - 2(0) 3(0)
Mitsuru Nagata 1(0) - - - O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 2(0)
Tadanari Lee 0(0) O - - - - O(1) O O O O O O(1) O - O 10(2) 10(2)
Masahiko Inoha 0(0) - - O O(1) O O O O - - - O - O O 9(1) 9(1)
Mike Havenaar 0(0) - - - - - - - - - O O - O(2) O O 5(2) 5(2)
Hiroshi Kiyotake 0(0) - - - - - - - - O O O - - O O 5(0) 5(0)
Takuya Honda 0(0) - - O - O - - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0)
Daigo Nishi 0(0) - - - - - - O - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Ryota Moriwaki 0(0) - - - - - - O - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Genki Haraguchi 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - - O - - - 1(0) 1(0)

Goalscorers[]

Player Goals
Shinji Okazaki 8
Shinji Kagawa 6
Ryoichi Maeda 4
Keisuke Honda 2
Maya Yoshida 2
Tadanari Lee 2
Mike Havenaar 2
Makoto Hasebe 1
Masahiko Inoha 1
Hajime Hosogai 1
Yuichi Komano 1
Kengo Nakamura 1
Yasuyuki Konno 1
Total 32

References[]

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

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