Japan national football team records and statistics

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This is a list of Japan national football team's all kinds of competitive records.

Player records[]

Main article: List of Japan international footballers
See also: Category:Japan international footballers
As of 11 June 2021[1]
Players in bold are still active with Japan.

Most capped player[]

Yasuhito Endō is Japan's most capped player with 152 appearances
Rank Player Caps Goals Position Career
1 Yasuhito Endō 152 15 MF 2002–2015
2 Yuto Nagatomo 125 4 DF 2008–
3 Masami Ihara 122 5 DF 1988–1999
4 Shinji Okazaki 119 50 FW 2008–
5 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 116 0 GK 1997–2010
6 Makoto Hasebe 114 2 MF 2006–2018
7 Yuji Nakazawa 110 17 DF 1999–2010
8 Maya Yoshida 107 11 DF 2010–
9 Shunsuke Nakamura 98 24 MF 2000–2010
Keisuke Honda 98 37 MF 2008–2018

Top goalscorers[]

Kunishige Kamamoto is Japan's top goal scorer with 75 goals
Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Kunishige Kamamoto 75 76 0.99 1964–1977
2 Kazuyoshi Miura 55 89 0.62 1990–2000
3 Shinji Okazaki 50 119 0.42 2008–
4 Hiromi Hara 37 75 0.49 1978–1988
Keisuke Honda 37 98 0.38 2008–2018
6 Shinji Kagawa 31 97 0.32 2008–2019
7 Takuya Takagi 27 44 0.61 1992–1997
8 Kazushi Kimura 26 54 0.48 1979–1986
9 Shunsuke Nakamura 24 98 0.24 2000–2010
10 Yuya Osako 23 49 0.47 2013–
Naohiro Takahara 23 57 0.4 2000–2008

Other records[]

Updated 15 June 2021

  • Youngest player
Daisuke Ichikawa, 17 year and 322 days old, 1 April 1998 against  South Korea
  • Youngest goalscorer
Shinji Kagawa, 19 year and 206 days old, 9 October 2008 against  United Arab Emirates
  • Youngest captain
Gen Shoji, 24 year and 363 days old, 9 December 2017 EAFF E-1 Championship
  • Oldest player
Eiji Kawashima, 38 year and 87 days old, 15 June 2021 against  Kyrgyzstan
  • Oldest goalscorer
Masashi Nakayama, 33 year and 326 days old, 15 August 2001 against  Australia
  • Oldest captain
Shigeo Yaegashi, 35 year and 203 days old, 13 October 1968 Summer Olympics
  • Most hat-trick
8, Kunishige Kamamoto
  • Most goal in one match
6, Kunishige Kamamoto, 27 September 1967 against  Philippines
6, Kazuyoshi Miura, 22 June 1997 against  Macau
  • Most goal in calendar year
18, Kazuyoshi Miura, 1997

Manager records[]

Most appearances[]

Rank Name App Win Career
1 Brazil Zico 71 37 2002–2006
2 Italy Alberto Zaccheroni 55 30 2010–2014
3 France Philippe Troussier 50 23 1998–2002
Japan Takeshi Okada 50 26 2007–2010
5 Japan Shu Kamo 46 23 1994–1997
6 Japan Takaji Mori 43 23 1981–1985
7 Japan Ken Naganuma (2nd) 42 16 1972–1976
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina Vahid Halilhodžić 38 21 2015–2018
Japan Hajime Moriyasu 38 27 2018–
10 Japan Ken Naganuma (1st) 31 18 1963–1969

Manager achievements[]

Name Tournament
Zico AFC Asian Cup Winners (2004)
EAFF Championship Runners-up (2003, 2005)
Philippe Troussier FIFA Confederations Cup Runners-up (2001)
AFC Asian Cup Winners (2000)
Alberto Zaccheroni AFC Asian Cup Winners (2011)
EAFF Championship Winners (2013)
Ken Naganuma Summer Olympics Third place (1968)
Asian Games Third place (1966)
Hajime Moriyasu AFC Asian Cup Runners-up (2019)
EAFF Championship Runners-up (2019)
Hans Ooft AFC Asian Cup Winners (1992)
Hirokazu Ninomiya Asian Games Third place (1951)
Takeshi Okada EAFF Championship Runners-up (2008), Third place (2010)
Vahid Halilhodžić EAFF Championship Runners-up (2017)

Team records[]

Updated 23 January 2015[2]

Biggest victory
15–0 vs Philippines, 27 September 1967
Heaviest defeat
15–2 vs Philippines, 10 May 1917
Most consecutive victories
8, 8 August 1970 vs. Indonesia – 17 December 1970 vs. India
8, 14 March 1993 vs. United States – 5 May 1995 vs. Sri Lanka
8, 26 May 1996 vs. Yugoslavia – 12 December 1996 vs. China
Most consecutive matches without defeat
20, 24 June 2010 vs. Denmark – 11 November 2011 vs. Tajikistan
Most consecutive defeats
6, 10 June 1956 vs. South Korea – 28 December 1958 vs. Malaya
Most consecutive matches without victory
11, 13 August 1976 vs. Burma – 15 June 1976 vs. South Korea
Most consecutive draws
4, 13 August 1976 vs. Burma – 20 August 1976 vs. Malaysia
Most consecutive matches scoring
13, 19 December 1966 vs. Singapore – 16 October 1969 vs. Australia
13, 7 February 2004 vs. Malaysia – 24 July 2004 vs. Thailand
Most consecutive matches without scoring
6, 18 June 1989 vs. Hong Kong – 31 July 1990 vs. North Korea
Most consecutive matches conceding a goal
28, 6 November 1960 vs. South Korea – 11 December 1966 vs. Iran
Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal
7, 19 November 2003 vs. Cameroon – 18 February 2004 vs. Oman

Competitive record[]

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicate 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament.

FIFA World Cup[]

Main article: Japan at the FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter No qualification
Italy 1934 Did not enter
France 1938 Withdrew Withdrew
Brazil 1950 Suspended from FIFA Suspended from FIFA
Switzerland 1954 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 3 7
Sweden 1958 Did not enter Did not enter
Chile 1962 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 1 4
England 1966 Did not enter Did not enter
Mexico 1970 Did not qualify 4 0 2 2 4 8
West Germany 1974 4 1 0 3 5 4
Argentina 1978 4 0 1 3 0 5
Spain 1982 4 2 0 2 4 2
Mexico 1986 8 5 1 2 15 5
Italy 1990 6 2 3 1 7 3
United States 1994 13 9 3 1 35 6
France 1998 Group stage 31st 3 0 0 3 1 4 15 9 5 1 51 12
South Korea Japan 2002 Round of 16 9th 4 2 1 1 5 3 Qualified as hosts
Germany 2006 Group stage 28th 3 0 1 2 2 7 12 11 0 1 25 5
South Africa 2010 Round of 16 9th 4 2 1 1 4 2 14 8 4 2 23 9
Brazil 2014 Group stage 29th 3 0 1 2 2 6 14 8 3 3 30 8
Russia 2018 Round of 16 15th 4 1 1 2 6 7 18 13 3 2 44 7
Qatar 2022 To be determined To be determined
Canada Mexico United States 2026
Total Round of 16 6/21 21 5 5 11 20 29 120 68 26 26 247 85

AFC Asian Cup[]

Main article: Japan at the AFC Asian Cup
AFC Asian Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Hong Kong 1956 Withdrew Withdrew
South Korea 1960 Withdrew
Israel 1964 Withdrew
Iran 1968 Did not qualify 4 3 1 0 8 4
Thailand 1972 Withdrew Withdrew
Iran 1976 Did not qualify 5 2 1 2 4 4
Kuwait 1980 Withdrew Withdrew
Singapore 1984 Withdrew
Qatar 1988 Group stage 10th 4 0 1 3 0 6 4 2 1 1 6 3
Japan 1992 Champions 1st 5 3 2 0 6 3 Qualified as hosts
United Arab Emirates 1996 Quarter-finals 5th 4 3 0 1 7 3 Qualified as champions
Lebanon 2000 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 21 6 3 3 0 0 15 0
China 2004 Champions 1st 6 4 2 0 13 6 Qualified as champions
Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Vietnam 2007 Fourth place 4th 6 2 3 1 11 7 6 5 0 1 15 2
Qatar 2011 Champions 1st 6 4 2 0 14 6 6 5 0 1 17 4
Australia 2015 Quarter-finals 5th 4 3 1 0 8 1 Qualified as champions
United Arab Emirates 2019 Runners-up 2nd 7 6 0 1 12 6 8 7 1 0 27 0
China 2023 Qualified To be determined
Total 4 Titles 10/18 48 30 12 6 92 44 36 27 4 5 92 17

CONMEBOL Copa América[]

Japan is the first team from outside the Americas to participate in the Copa América, having been invited to the 1999 Copa América. Japan was also invited to the 2011 tournament and initially accepted the invitation. However, following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the JFA later withdrew on 16 May 2011, citing the difficulty of releasing some Japanese players from European teams to play as replacements.[3] On the next day, CONMEBOL invited Costa Rica to replace Japan in the competition.

On 16 August 2013, CONMEBOL president Eugenio Figueredo announced that Japan was invited to the 2015 Copa América.[4] However, Japan later declined the invitation due to scheduling problems.[5]

On 14 May 2018, CONMEBOL announced that Japan, alongside Qatar, would be the two invited teams for the 2019 Copa América.[6]

CONMEBOL Copa América record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
Paraguay 1999 Group stage 10th 3 0 1 2 3 8
Argentina 2011 Withdrew
Chile 2015 Withdrew
Brazil 2019 Group stage 9th 3 0 2 1 3 7
Total Group stage 2/46 6 0 3 3 6 15

FIFA Confederations Cup[]

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
Saudi Arabia 1992 Did not qualify
Saudi Arabia 1995 Group stage 6th 2 0 0 2 1 8 Squad
Saudi Arabia 1997 Did not qualify
Mexico 1999
South Korea Japan 2001 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 6 1 Squad
France 2003 Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 4 3 Squad
Germany 2005 Group stage 5th 3 1 1 1 4 4 Squad
South Africa 2009 Did not qualify
Brazil 2013 Group stage 7th 3 0 0 3 4 9 Squad
Russia 2017 Did not qualify
Total Runners-up 5/10 16 5 2 9 19 25 –

Olympic Games[]

Since 1992, the Olympic team has been drawn from a squad with a maximum of three players over 23 years age, and the achievements of this team are not generally regarded as part of the national team's records, nor are the statistics credited to the players' international records.

Asian Games[]

Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.
See also: Japan national under-23 football team
Asian Games record
Year Result Pld W D L GF GA
India 1951 Third place 3 1 1 1 4 3
Philippines 1954 10th 2 0 0 2 5 8
Japan 1958 12th 2 0 0 2 0 3
Indonesia 1962 6th 3 1 0 2 3 4
Thailand 1966 Third place 7 6 0 1 18 5
Thailand 1970 Fourth place 7 5 0 2 8 5
Iran 1974 9th 3 1 1 1 5 4
Thailand 1978 9th 3 1 0 2 5 5
India 1982 5th 4 3 0 1 6 3
South Korea 1986 9th 4 2 0 2 9 4
China 1990 8th 3 1 0 2 3 3
Japan 1994 7th 4 1 2 1 9 5
Thailand 1998 9th 5 3 0 2 8 4
2002–present See Japan national under-23 football team
Total 13/13 50 25 4 21 83 56

Head-to-head record[]

The list shown below shows the Japan national football team head-to-head record. As of 7 October 2021.

Summary[]

Confederation Pld W D L GF GA GD
AFC 507 266 106 135 998 543 +455
CAF 36 21 7 8 57 35 +22
CONCACAF 29 17 5 7 63 32 +35
CONMEBOL 64 14 20 30 64 109 –45
OFC 6 3 0 3 10 8 +2
UEFA 113 34 23 56 138 191 –53
Total 755 355 161 239 1,320 918 +412

AFC[]

As of 7 October 2021[7]

CAF[]

As of 13 October 2020[7]

CONCACAF[]

As of 17 November 2020[7]

CONMEBOL[]

As of 19 November 2019[7]

OFC[]

As of 6 October 2017[7]

UEFA[]

As of 2 July 2018[7]

See also[]

Japan
Men's
Women's

References[]

  1. ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Japan - Record International Players". RSSSF.
  2. ^ "Team Records". Japan National Football Team Database. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Soccer Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN".
  4. ^ "El Presidente Figueredo Aguerre anunció la presencia del Japón en la Copa América Chile 2015" [President Figueredo Aguerre announced the presence of Japan at the 2015 Copa América in Chile] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2018. I want to announce that the Japan national team will participate at the 2015 Copa América.
  5. ^ Sánchez Sandoval, Édgar (2 June 2016). "Copa América: Japón, el invitado más extraño" [Copa América: Japan, the most strange invitee] (in Spanish). Publimetro Chile. Retrieved 1 July 2018. Even in 2015, the japanese were asked to be part of the Copa América in Chile, but they withdrew again due to problems with their calendar and previously scheduled matches.
  6. ^ González, Christian (4 May 2018). "Conmebol confirma a Japón y Qatar en la Copa América de 2019" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 1 July 2018. CONMEBOL confirmed, via its website, what has been speculated several months ago: Japan and Qatar will be invited at the event that will be held in Brazil.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "World Football Elo Ratings: Japan". Elo Ratings. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
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