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</li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Team_image" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Team_image"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Team image</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Team_image-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Team image subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Team_image-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nicknames" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nicknames"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Nicknames</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nicknames-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kits" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kits"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Kits</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kits-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Kit_suppliers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kit_suppliers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.1</span> <span>Kit suppliers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kit_suppliers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Crest" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Crest"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Crest</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Crest-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Home_stadium" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Home_stadium"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Home stadium</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Home_stadium-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rivalries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rivalries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Rivalries</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rivalries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-South_Korea" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#South_Korea"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5.1</span> <span>South Korea</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-South_Korea-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-North_Korea" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#North_Korea"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5.2</span> <span>North Korea</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-North_Korea-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-China" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#China"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5.3</span> <span>China</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-China-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Australia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Australia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5.4</span> <span>Australia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Australia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Saudi_Arabia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Saudi_Arabia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5.5</span> <span>Saudi Arabia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Saudi_Arabia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Iran" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Iran"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5.6</span> <span>Iran</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Iran-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Supporters" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Supporters"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Supporters</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Supporters-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sponsorship" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sponsorship"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Sponsorship</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sponsorship-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mascot" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mascot"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>Mascot</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mascot-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_and_fixtures" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_and_fixtures"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Results and fixtures</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Results_and_fixtures-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Results and fixtures subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Results_and_fixtures-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-2024" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2024"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>2024</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2024-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2025" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2025"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>2025</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2025-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Coaching_staff" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Coaching_staff"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Coaching staff</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Coaching_staff-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Coaching staff subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Coaching_staff-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Current_staff" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Current_staff"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Current staff</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Current_staff-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Manager_history" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Manager_history"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Manager history</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Manager_history-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Players" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Players"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Players</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Players-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Players subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Players-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Current_squad" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Current_squad"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Current squad</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Current_squad-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Recent_call-ups" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Recent_call-ups"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Recent call-ups</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Recent_call-ups-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Records" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Records"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Records</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Records-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Records subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Records-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Most_appearances" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Most_appearances"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Most appearances</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Most_appearances-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Top_goalscorers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Top_goalscorers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Top goalscorers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Top_goalscorers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Captains" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Captains"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Captains</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Captains-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Competitive_record" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Competitive_record"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Competitive record</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Competitive_record-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Competitive record subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Competitive_record-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-FIFA_World_Cup" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#FIFA_World_Cup"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>FIFA World Cup</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-FIFA_World_Cup-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Match_history" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Match_history"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.1</span> <span>Match history</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Match_history-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-AFC_Asian_Cup" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#AFC_Asian_Cup"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>AFC Asian Cup</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-AFC_Asian_Cup-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Match_history_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Match_history_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.1</span> <span>Match history</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Match_history_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Copa_América" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Copa_América"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Copa América</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Copa_América-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Match_history_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Match_history_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3.1</span> <span>Match history</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Match_history_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-FIFA_Confederations_Cup" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#FIFA_Confederations_Cup"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>FIFA Confederations Cup</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-FIFA_Confederations_Cup-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Match_history_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Match_history_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4.1</span> <span>Match history</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Match_history_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Olympic_Games" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Olympic_Games"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.5</span> <span>Olympic Games</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Olympic_Games-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Match_history_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Match_history_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.5.1</span> <span>Match history</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Match_history_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Asian_Games" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Asian_Games"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.6</span> <span>Asian Games</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Asian_Games-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Match_history_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Match_history_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.6.1</span> <span>Match history</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Match_history_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-EAFF_E-1_Championship" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#EAFF_E-1_Championship"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.7</span> <span>EAFF E-1 Championship</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-EAFF_E-1_Championship-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Match_history_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Match_history_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.7.1</span> <span>Match history</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Match_history_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Head-to-head_record" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Head-to-head_record"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Head-to-head record</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Head-to-head_record-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Honours" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Honours"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Honours</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Honours-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Honours subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Honours-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Major_competitions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Major_competitions"> <div 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8B%A8%E1%8C%83%E1%8D%93%E1%8A%95_%E1%89%A5%E1%88%94%E1%88%AB%E1%8B%8A_%E1%8A%A5%E1%8C%8D%E1%88%AD_%E1%8A%B3%E1%88%B5_%E1%89%A1%E1%8B%B5%E1%8A%95" title="የጃፓን ብሔራዊ እግር ኳስ ቡድን – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="የጃፓን ብሔራዊ እግር ኳስ ቡድን" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85" title="منتخب اليابان لكرة القدم – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="منتخب اليابان لكرة القدم" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleici%C3%B3n_masculina_de_f%C3%BAtbol_de_Xap%C3%B3n" title="Seleición masculina de fútbol de Xapón – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Seleición masculina de fútbol de Xapón" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaponiya_milli_futbol_komandas%C4%B1" title="Yaponiya milli futbol komandası – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Yaponiya milli futbol komandası" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%98%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%91%DB%8C_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C" title="ژاپون میلّی فوتبال تیمی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ژاپون میلّی فوتبال تیمی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_nasional_s%C3%A9pakbola_Jepang" title="Tim nasional sépakbola Jepang – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Tim nasional sépakbola Jepang" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B2" title="জাপান জাতীয় ফুটবল দল – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="জাপান জাতীয় ফুটবল দল" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%CC%8Dt-p%C3%BAn_kok-ka_kha-ki%C3%BB-t%C5%ABi" title="Ji̍t-pún kok-ka kha-kiû-tūi – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Ji̍t-pún kok-ka kha-kiû-tūi" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%AF%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%96_%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5" title="Зборная Японіі па футболе – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Зборная Японіі па футболе" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%AF%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%96_%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5" title="Зборная Японіі па футболе – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Зборная Японіі па футболе" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%BF%D0%BE_%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%AF%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Национален отбор по футбол на Япония – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Национален отбор по футбол на Япония" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nogometna_reprezentacija_Japana" title="Nogometna reprezentacija Japana – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Nogometna reprezentacija Japana" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selecci%C3%B3_de_futbol_del_Jap%C3%B3" title="Selecció de futbol del Japó – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Selecció de futbol del Japó" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japonsk%C3%A1_fotbalov%C3%A1_reprezentace" title="Japonská fotbalová reprezentace – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Japonská fotbalová reprezentace" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%AEm_p%C3%AAl-droed_cenedlaethol_Japan" title="Tîm pêl-droed cenedlaethol Japan – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Tîm pêl-droed cenedlaethol Japan" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japans_fodboldlandshold" title="Japans fodboldlandshold – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Japans fodboldlandshold" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanische_Fu%C3%9Fballnationalmannschaft" title="Japanische Fußballnationalmannschaft – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Japanische Fußballnationalmannschaft" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaapani_jalgpallikoondis" title="Jaapani jalgpallikoondis – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Jaapani jalgpallikoondis" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%B8%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%99%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%89%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82_(%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B4%CF%8C%CF%83%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%BF_%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%81%CF%8E%CE%BD)" title="Εθνική Ιαπωνίας (ποδόσφαιρο ανδρών) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Εθνική Ιαπωνίας (ποδόσφαιρο ανδρών)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selecci%C3%B3n_de_f%C3%BAtbol_de_Jap%C3%B3n" title="Selección de fútbol de Japón – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Selección de fútbol de Japón" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japana_nacia_teamo_de_futbalo" title="Japana nacia teamo de futbalo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Japana nacia teamo de futbalo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japoniako_futbol_selekzio_nazionala" title="Japoniako futbol selekzio nazionala – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Japoniako futbol selekzio nazionala" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%DA%98%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%86" title="تیم ملی فوتبال ژاپن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تیم ملی فوتبال ژاپن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89quipe_du_Japon_de_football" title="Équipe du Japon de football – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Équipe du Japon de football" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japansk_nasjonaal_fuotbalalvetal" title="Japansk nasjonaal fuotbalalvetal – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Japansk nasjonaal fuotbalalvetal" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selecci%C3%B3n_de_f%C3%BAtbol_do_Xap%C3%B3n" title="Selección de fútbol do Xapón – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Selección de fútbol do Xapón" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%BC%EB%B3%B8_%EC%B6%95%EA%B5%AC_%EA%B5%AD%EA%B0%80%EB%8C%80%ED%91%9C%ED%8C%80" title="일본 축구 국가대표팀 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="일본 축구 국가대표팀" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%83%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D6%86%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BF%D5%A2%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%AB_%D5%A1%D5%A6%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="Ճապոնիայի ֆուտբոլի ազգային հավաքական – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ճապոնիայի ֆուտբոլի ազգային հավաքական" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AE" title="जापान राष्ट्रीय फुटबॉल टीम – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="जापान राष्ट्रीय फुटबॉल टीम" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanska_nogometna_reprezentacija" title="Japanska nogometna reprezentacija – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Japanska nogometna reprezentacija" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_nasional_sepak_bola_Jepang" title="Tim nasional sepak bola Jepang – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Tim nasional sepak bola Jepang" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanska_karlalandsli%C3%B0i%C3%B0_%C3%AD_knattspyrnu" title="Japanska karlalandsliðið í knattspyrnu – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Japanska karlalandsliðið í knattspyrnu" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazionale_maschile_di_calcio_del_Giappone" title="Nazionale maschile di calcio del Giappone – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Nazionale maschile di calcio del Giappone" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%91%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%9F_%D7%91%D7%9B%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%9C" title="נבחרת יפן בכדורגל – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="נבחרת יפן בכדורגל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_nasional_bal-balan_Jepang" title="Tim nasional bal-balan Jepang – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Tim nasional bal-balan Jepang" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94%E1%83%AE%E1%83%91%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="იაპონიის ეროვნული საფეხბურთო ნაკრები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="იაპონიის ეროვნული საფეხბურთო ნაკრები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D2%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D1%82%D1%8B%D2%9B_%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB_%D2%9B%D2%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8B" title="Жапония Ұлттық футбол құрамасы – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Жапония Ұлттық футбол құрамасы" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timu_ya_Taifa_ya_Kandanda_ya_Japani" title="Timu ya Taifa ya Kandanda ya Japani – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Timu ya Taifa ya Kandanda ya Japani" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turma_Pediludica_Nationalis_Iaponica" title="Turma Pediludica Nationalis Iaponica – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Turma Pediludica Nationalis Iaponica" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jap%C4%81nas_futbola_izlase" title="Japānas futbola izlase – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Japānas futbola izlase" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japonijos_vyr%C5%B3_futbolo_rinktin%C4%97" title="Japonijos vyrų futbolo rinktinė – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Japonijos vyrų futbolo rinktinė" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japans_hierevoetbal%C3%A8lftal" title="Japans hierevoetbalèlftal – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Japans hierevoetbalèlftal" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jap%C3%A1n_labdar%C3%BAg%C3%B3-v%C3%A1logatott" title="Japán labdarúgó-válogatott – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Japán labdarúgó-válogatott" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%88%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Фудбалска репрезентација на Јапонија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Фудбалска репрезентација на Јапонија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%98" title="जपान राष्ट्रीय फुटबॉल संघ – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="जपान राष्ट्रीय फुटबॉल संघ" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A3%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A9%E1%83%AE%E1%83%91%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%94_%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%90" title="იაპონიაშ ერუანული ოკუჩხბურთე ნაკორობა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="იაპონიაშ ერუანული ოკუჩხბურთე ნაკორობა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85" title="منتخب اليابان لكره القدم – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="منتخب اليابان لكره القدم" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasukan_bola_sepak_kebangsaan_Jepun" title="Pasukan bola sepak kebangsaan Jepun – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Pasukan bola sepak kebangsaan Jepun" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D1%85%D3%A9%D0%BB%D0%B1%D3%A9%D0%BC%D0%B1%D3%A9%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D2%AF%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8D%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%88%D1%8D%D1%8D_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B3" title="Японы хөлбөмбөгийн үндэсний шигшээ баг – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Японы хөлбөмбөгийн үндэсний шигшээ баг" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%82%E1%80%BB%E1%80%95%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%A1%E1%80%99%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9E%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8_%E1%80%98%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%9C%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B6%E1%80%B8%E1%80%A1%E1%80%9E%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8" title="ဂျပန် အမျိုးသား ဘောလုံးအသင်း – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဂျပန် အမျိုးသား ဘောလုံးအသင်း" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japans_voetbalelftal_(mannen)" title="Japans voetbalelftal (mannen) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Japans voetbalelftal (mannen)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80" title="जापान राष्ट्रिय फुटबल टोली – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="जापान राष्ट्रिय फुटबल टोली" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E4%BB%A3%E8%A1%A8" title="サッカー日本代表 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="サッカー日本代表" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazionale_%27e_pallone_d%22o_Giappone" title="Nazionale &#039;e pallone d&quot;o Giappone – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="Nazionale &#039;e pallone d&quot;o Giappone" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japans_herrelandslag_i_fotball" title="Japans herrelandslag i fotball – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Japans herrelandslag i fotball" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_japanske_herrelandslaget_i_fotball" title="Det japanske herrelandslaget i fotball – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Det japanske herrelandslaget i fotball" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaponiya_milliy_futbol_terma_jamoasi" title="Yaponiya milliy futbol terma jamoasi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Yaponiya milliy futbol terma jamoasi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%80%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%BB%E1%9E%98%E1%9E%94%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9B%E1%9F%8B%E1%9E%91%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%8F%E1%9F%8B%E1%9E%87%E1%9E%98%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%BE%E1%9E%9F%E1%9E%87%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%8F%E1%9E%B7_%E1%9E%87%E1%9E%94%E1%9F%89%E1%9E%BB%E1%9E%93" title="ក្រុមបាល់ទាត់ជម្រើសជាតិ ជប៉ុន – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="ក្រុមបាល់ទាត់ជម្រើសជាតិ ជប៉ុន" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reprezentacja_Japonii_w_pi%C5%82ce_no%C5%BCnej_m%C4%99%C5%BCczyzn" title="Reprezentacja Japonii w piłce nożnej mężczyzn – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Reprezentacja Japonii w piłce nożnej mężczyzn" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sele%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Japonesa_de_Futebol" title="Seleção Japonesa de Futebol – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Seleção Japonesa de Futebol" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echipa_na%C8%9Bional%C4%83_de_fotbal_a_Japoniei" title="Echipa națională de fotbal a Japoniei – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Echipa națională de fotbal a Japoniei" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rm mw-list-item"><a href="https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squadra_naziunala_da_ballape_dal_Giapun" title="Squadra naziunala da ballape dal Giapun – Romansh" lang="rm" hreflang="rm" data-title="Squadra naziunala da ballape dal Giapun" data-language-autonym="Rumantsch" data-language-local-name="Romansh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Rumantsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%AF%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%BE_%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83" title="Сборная Японии по футболу – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Сборная Японии по футболу" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_naitional_fitbaw_team" title="Japan naitional fitbaw team – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Japan naitional fitbaw team" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komb%C3%ABtarja_japoneze_e_futbollit" title="Kombëtarja japoneze e futbollit – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Kombëtarja japoneze e futbollit" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_national_football_team" title="Japan national football team – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Japan national football team" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a 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searchaux" style="display:none">Men's association football team</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see <a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national football team">Japan women's national football team</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151960987">body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox table{display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox caption{display:table-caption}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Japan</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Japan_national_football_team_crest.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Shirt badge/Association crest"><img alt="Shirt badge/Association crest" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/84/Japan_national_football_team_crest.svg/170px-Japan_national_football_team_crest.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/84/Japan_national_football_team_crest.svg/255px-Japan_national_football_team_crest.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/84/Japan_national_football_team_crest.svg/340px-Japan_national_football_team_crest.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="274" data-file-height="365" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_association_football_teams_by_nickname" title="List of national association football teams by nickname">Nickname(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">サムライ・ブルー</span></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Samurai" title="Samurai">Samurai</a> Blue)<sup id="cite_ref-:4_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><br /><i>Since 19 October 2009</i><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Association</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japan_Football_Association" title="Japan Football Association">Japan Football Association</a> (JFA)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Confederation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">AFC</a> (Asia)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Sub-confederation</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/East_Asian_Football_Federation" title="East Asian Football Federation">EAFF</a> (East Asia)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Head coach</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hajime_Moriyasu" title="Hajime Moriyasu">Hajime Moriyasu</a><sup id="cite_ref-JFA_news_01_en_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JFA_news_01_en-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JFA_news_01_ja_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JFA_news_01_ja-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JFA_news_02_ja_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JFA_news_02_ja-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">Captain</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wataru_End%C5%8D" title="Wataru Endō">Wataru Endō</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Most <a href="/wiki/Cap_(sport)#Association_football" title="Cap (sport)">caps</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yasuhito_End%C5%8D" title="Yasuhito Endō">Yasuhito Endō</a> (152)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Top scorer</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kunishige_Kamamoto" title="Kunishige Kamamoto">Kunishige Kamamoto</a> (75)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Home stadium</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_football_stadiums_in_Japan" title="List of football stadiums in Japan">Various</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_FIFA_country_codes" title="List of FIFA country codes">FIFA code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">JPN</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; text-align: center; border: 1px solid #D3D3D3;" colspan="2"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding: 0"><div style="width: 100px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: relative; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 100px; height: 135px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px; background-color: #001040;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Team colours"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Kit_left_arm_jap24h.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px;"><span 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mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/31px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/47px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/62px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px; background-color: #001040"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Kit_shorts_jap24h.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px;"><span class="mw-default-size 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div> </div> <div style="padding-top: 0.6em; text-align: center;"><b>First <a href="/wiki/Kit_(association_football)" title="Kit (association football)">colours</a></b></div> </div></td><td style="padding: 0"><div style="width: 100px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: relative; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 100px; height: 135px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px; background-color: #FFFFFF;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Team colours"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Kit_left_arm_jap24a.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" 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class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="38" data-file-height="59" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 31px; top: 0px; width: 38px; height: 59px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/38px-Kit_body.svg.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/57px-Kit_body.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/76px-Kit_body.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="38" data-file-height="59" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 69px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px; background-color: #FFFFFF;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Kit_right_arm_jap24a.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 69px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/31px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/47px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/62px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px; background-color: #FFFFFF"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Kit_shorts_jap24a.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/150px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/200px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px; background-color: #FFFFFF"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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class="infobox-label">Best result</th><td class="infobox-data">Round of 16 (<a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2002 FIFA World Cup">2002</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2010 FIFA World Cup">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2018 FIFA World Cup">2018</a>, <a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2022 FIFA World Cup">2022</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/AFC_Asian_Cup" title="AFC Asian Cup">Asian Cup</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appearances</th><td class="infobox-data">11 (<i>first in <a href="/wiki/1988_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1988 AFC Asian Cup">1988</a></i>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Best result</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Champions</b> (<a href="/wiki/1992_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1992 AFC Asian Cup">1992</a>, <a href="/wiki/2000_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2000 AFC Asian Cup">2000</a>, <a href="/wiki/2004_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2004 AFC Asian Cup">2004</a>, <a href="/wiki/2011_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2011 AFC Asian Cup">2011</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="Copa América">Copa América</a> (as guest)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appearances</th><td class="infobox-data">2 (<i>first in <a href="/wiki/Copa_Am%C3%A9rica_1999" class="mw-redirect" title="Copa América 1999">1999</a></i>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Best result</th><td class="infobox-data">Group stage (<a href="/wiki/1999_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="1999 Copa América">1999</a>, <a href="/wiki/2019_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="2019 Copa América">2019</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/EAFF_E-1_Football_Championship" title="EAFF E-1 Football Championship">EAFF Championship</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appearances</th><td class="infobox-data">9 (<i>first in <a href="/wiki/2003_East_Asian_Football_Championship" title="2003 East Asian Football Championship">2003</a></i>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Best result</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Champions</b> (<a href="/wiki/2013_EAFF_East_Asian_Cup" title="2013 EAFF East Asian Cup">2013</a>, <a href="/wiki/2022_EAFF_E-1_Football_Championship" title="2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship">2022</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="FIFA Confederations Cup">Confederations Cup</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appearances</th><td class="infobox-data">5 (<i>first in <a href="/wiki/1995_King_Fahd_Cup" title="1995 King Fahd Cup">1995</a></i>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Best result</th><td class="infobox-data">Runners-up (<a href="/wiki/2001_FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="2001 FIFA Confederations Cup">2001</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center; 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style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bronze medal – third place"><img alt="Bronze medal – third place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1968_Summer_Olympics" title="1968 Summer Olympics">1968 Mexico</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Team </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="FIFA Confederations Cup">FIFA Confederations Cup</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Silver medal – second place"><img alt="Silver medal – second place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="2001 FIFA Confederations Cup">2001 Korea/Japan</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Team </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFC_Asian_Cup" title="AFC Asian Cup">Asian Cup</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gold medal – first place"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1992_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1992 AFC Asian Cup">1992 Japan</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Team </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gold medal – first place"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2000 AFC Asian Cup">2000 Lebanon</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Team </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gold medal – first place"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2004 AFC Asian Cup">2004 China</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Team </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gold medal – first place"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2011 AFC Asian Cup">2011 Qatar</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Team </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Silver medal – second place"><img alt="Silver medal – second place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2019 AFC Asian Cup">2019 UAE</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Team </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Asian_Games" title="Asian Games">Asian Games</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bronze medal – third place"><img alt="Bronze medal – third place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1951_Asian_Games" title="1951 Asian Games">1951 New Delhi</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Team </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bronze medal – third place"><img alt="Bronze medal – third place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1966_Asian_Games" title="1966 Asian Games">1966 Bangkok</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Team </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/EAFF_E-1_Football_Championship" title="EAFF E-1 Football Championship">EAFF Championship</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gold medal – first place"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_EAFF_East_Asian_Cup" title="2013 EAFF East Asian Cup">2013 South Korea</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Team </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gold medal – first place"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_EAFF_E-1_Football_Championship" title="2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship">2022 Japan</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Team </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Silver medal – second place"><img alt="Silver medal – second place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_East_Asian_Football_Championship" title="2003 East Asian Football Championship">2003 Japan</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Team </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Silver medal – second place"><img alt="Silver medal – second place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_East_Asian_Football_Championship" title="2005 East Asian Football Championship">2005 South Korea</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Team </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Silver medal – second place"><img alt="Silver medal – second place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_East_Asian_Football_Championship" title="2008 East Asian Football Championship">2008 China</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Team </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Silver medal – second place"><img alt="Silver medal – second place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_EAFF_E-1_Football_Championship" title="2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship">2017 Japan</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Team </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Silver medal – second place"><img alt="Silver medal – second place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_EAFF_E-1_Football_Championship" title="2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship">2019 South Korea</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Team </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bronze medal – third place"><img alt="Bronze medal – third place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_East_Asian_Football_Championship" title="2010 East Asian Football Championship">2010 Japan</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Team </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jfa.jp/eng/samuraiblue/">www.jfa.jp/eng/samuraiblue/</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Japan national football team</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">サッカー日本代表</span></span>, <i>Sakkā Nihon Daihyō</i> or <i>Sakkā Nippon Daihyō</i>)</span>, also known by the nickname <b>Samurai Blue</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">サムライ・ブルー</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Samurai Burū</i></span>)</span>,<sup id="cite_ref-:4_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> represents <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> in men's international <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a>. It is controlled by the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Football_Association" title="Japan Football Association">Japan Football Association</a> (JFA), the governing body for <a href="/wiki/Football_in_Japan" title="Football in Japan">football in Japan</a>. </p><p>Until the end of the 1980s, Japan was a small and amateur team. For a long time, football was less popular than <a href="/wiki/Baseball_in_Japan" title="Baseball in Japan">baseball</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sumo" title="Sumo">sumo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Since the early 1990s, when Japanese football became fully professionalized, Japan has emerged as one of the most successful teams in Asia; they have qualified for every <a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a> since <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1998 FIFA World Cup">1998</a> (including an automatic berth in <a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2002 FIFA World Cup">2002</a> as co-hosts with <a href="/wiki/South_Korea_national_football_team" title="South Korea national football team">South Korea</a>) with knockout stage appearances that year, and in <a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2010 FIFA World Cup">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2018 FIFA World Cup">2018</a> and <a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2022 FIFA World Cup">2022</a>. They have won the <a href="/wiki/AFC_Asian_Cup" title="AFC Asian Cup">Asian Cup</a> a record four times, in <a href="/wiki/1992_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1992 AFC Asian Cup">1992</a>, <a href="/wiki/2000_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2000 AFC Asian Cup">2000</a>, <a href="/wiki/2004_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2004 AFC Asian Cup">2004</a> and <a href="/wiki/2011_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2011 AFC Asian Cup">2011</a>. The team also finished runners-up in the <a href="/wiki/2001_FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="2001 FIFA Confederations Cup">2001 FIFA Confederations Cup</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2019_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2019 AFC Asian Cup">2019 Asian Cup</a>. Japan is one of three teams from the <a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">Asian Football Confederation</a> (AFC) to have reached the final of a senior <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> men's competition, the others being <a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia men&#39;s national soccer team">Australia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_national_football_team" title="Saudi Arabia national football team">Saudi Arabia</a>. </p><p>Japan's progression in a short period has served as an inspiration and example of how to develop football.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Their principal continental <a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93South_Korea_football_rivalry" title="Japan–South Korea football rivalry">rivals</a> are South Korea and, <a href="/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93Japan_football_rivalry" title="Australia–Japan football rivalry">most recently</a>, Australia; they also developed rivalries against <a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team" title="Iran national football team">Iran</a> and Saudi Arabia. </p><p>Japan was the first team from outside the Americas to participate in the <a href="/wiki/Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="Copa América">Copa América</a>, having been invited in the <a href="/wiki/1999_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="1999 Copa América">1999</a>, <a href="/wiki/2011_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="2011 Copa América">2011</a>, <a href="/wiki/2015_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="2015 Copa América">2015</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2019_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="2019 Copa América">2019</a> editions of the tournament, although they only played in the 1999 and 2019 events.<sup id="cite_ref-goal.com_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goal.com-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of October 2024, Japan is the highest-ranked AFC team at 15th, and has been since December 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1910s–1930s:_Pre-war_era"><span id="1910s.E2.80.931930s:_Pre-war_era"></span>1910s–1930s: Pre-war era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: 1910s–1930s: Pre-war era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Far_Eastern_Championship_Games_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Far_Eastern_Championship_Games_logo.png/170px-Far_Eastern_Championship_Games_logo.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Far_Eastern_Championship_Games_logo.png/255px-Far_Eastern_Championship_Games_logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Far_Eastern_Championship_Games_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="285" data-file-height="285" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Far_Eastern_Championship_Games" title="Football at the Far Eastern Championship Games">Far Eastern Championship Games</a> logo in 1917</figcaption></figure> <p>Japan's earliest international matches were at the <a href="/wiki/1917_Far_Eastern_Championship_Games" title="1917 Far Eastern Championship Games">1917 Far Eastern Championship Games</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>, where it was represented by a team from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tsukuba" title="University of Tsukuba">Tokyo Higher Normal School</a>. Although Japan made strong showings in swimming, baseball, and track and field, its football team suffered resounding defeats to the Republic of China and the Philippines.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, the game was promoted in Japanese schools in the 1920s.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Japan Football Association was formed in 1921,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and Japan joined FIFA in May 1929.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Japan's first "true" national team (as opposed to a university team chosen to represent the country) was fielded at the <a href="/wiki/1930_Far_Eastern_Championship_Games" title="1930 Far Eastern Championship Games">1930 Far Eastern Championship Games</a>, and drew with China for the championship title.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Shigeyoshi_Suzuki" title="Shigeyoshi Suzuki">Shigeyoshi Suzuki</a> coached the national team to its first Olympic appearance at the <a href="/wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics" title="1936 Summer Olympics">1936 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Japan was an entrant for <a href="/wiki/1938_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1938 FIFA World Cup qualification">1938 World Cup qualifying</a>, but withdrew before its scheduled qualifying match against the <a href="/wiki/Indonesia_national_football_team" title="Indonesia national football team">Dutch East Indies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>After <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> began, Japan did not play in international competition, except for a handful of matches against <a href="/wiki/Manchukuo" title="Manchukuo">Manchuria</a> and other colonies.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Its last prewar match for purposes of <a href="/wiki/World_Football_Elo_Ratings" title="World Football Elo Ratings">Elo ratings</a> was a friendly against the Philippines in June 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> While Korea was <a href="/wiki/Korea_under_Japanese_rule" title="Korea under Japanese rule">under Japanese rule</a>, multiple Koreans played in international competition for Japan, including <a href="/wiki/Kim_Yong-sik" title="Kim Yong-sik">Kim Yong-sik</a> (1936–40), <a href="/wiki/Kim_Sung-gan" title="Kim Sung-gan">Kim Sung-gan</a> (1940) and <a href="/wiki/Lee_Yoo-hyung" title="Lee Yoo-hyung">Lee Yoo-hyung</a> (1940). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1950s–1980s:_Post-war_era"><span id="1950s.E2.80.931980s:_Post-war_era"></span>1950s–1980s: Post-war era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: 1950s–1980s: Post-war era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Racingcba-PresidentCup1981.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Racingcba-PresidentCup1981.png/220px-Racingcba-PresidentCup1981.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Racingcba-PresidentCup1981.png/330px-Racingcba-PresidentCup1981.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Racingcba-PresidentCup1981.png/440px-Racingcba-PresidentCup1981.png 2x" data-file-width="477" data-file-height="326" /></a><figcaption>Japan playing Argentine club <a href="/wiki/Racing_de_C%C3%B3rdoba" title="Racing de Córdoba">Racing de Córdoba</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1981_President%27s_Cup_Football_Tournament" title="1981 President&#39;s Cup Football Tournament">1981</a> <a href="/wiki/Korea_Cup" title="Korea Cup">President's Cup</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Japan's postwar debut was in the <a href="/wiki/1951_Asian_Games" title="1951 Asian Games">1951 Asian Games</a> in India.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Japan re-joined FIFA in 1950 and played in <a href="/wiki/1954_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(AFC_%E2%80%93_Group_13)" class="mw-redirect" title="1954 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC – Group 13)">qualifiers for the 1954 World Cup</a>, but lost the AFC qualifying berth to <a href="/wiki/South_Korea_national_football_team" title="South Korea national football team">South Korea</a> after two matches.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Japan also joined the <a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">Asian Football Confederation</a> in 1954.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Dettmar_Cramer" title="Dettmar Cramer">Dettmar Cramer</a> joined the Japan national team as coach in 1960, and helped lead the team to the round of eight at the <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics">1964 Summer Olympics</a> in Tokyo.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Japan's first major achievement in international football came in the <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics">1968 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mexico_City" title="Mexico City">Mexico City</a>, where the team won the <a href="/wiki/Bronze_medal" title="Bronze medal">bronze medal</a>. Although this result earned the sport increased recognition in Japan, the absence of a professional domestic league hindered its growth and Japan would not qualify for the World Cup until 30 years later.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Nonetheless, Japan were close to qualifying for the <a href="/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1986 FIFA World Cup">1986 FIFA World Cup</a>, but lost to South Korea in the deciding matches. </p><p>Japan made its first appearance in the Asian Cup in <a href="/wiki/1988_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1988 AFC Asian Cup">1988</a>, where they were eliminated in the group stage following a draw with <a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team" title="Iran national football team">Iran</a> and losses to <a href="/wiki/South_Korea_national_football_team" title="South Korea national football team">South Korea</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_national_football_team" title="United Arab Emirates national football team">United Arab Emirates</a> and <a href="/wiki/Qatar_national_football_team" title="Qatar national football team">Qatar</a>. </p><p>The late 1980s saw concrete moves to professionalize the sport in Japan. JFA introduced a Special Licensed Player system in 1986, allowing a limited number of professional players to compete in the domestic semi-professional league. Action committees were held in 1988 and 1989 to discuss the introduction of a full professional league in Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s:_Rise">1990s: Rise</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: 1990s: Rise"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:98France_14juin.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/98France_14juin.JPG/220px-98France_14juin.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/98France_14juin.JPG/330px-98France_14juin.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/98France_14juin.JPG/440px-98France_14juin.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1998 FIFA World Cup">1998 World Cup</a> match vs. <a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team">Argentina</a> in <a href="/wiki/Toulouse" title="Toulouse">Toulouse</a>, France</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 1990s, the Japan Football Association began the <a href="/wiki/Professionalism_in_association_football" title="Professionalism in association football">professionalization of its national football team</a>. In 1991, the owners of the semi-professional <a href="/wiki/Japan_Soccer_League" title="Japan Soccer League">Japan Soccer League</a> agreed to disband the league and re-form as the professional <a href="/wiki/J.League" title="J.League">J.League</a>, partly to raise the sport's profile and to strengthen the national team program. The following year, Japan hosted the <a href="/wiki/1992_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1992 AFC Asian Cup">1992 Asian Cup</a> and won their first title by defeating <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_national_football_team" title="Saudi Arabia national football team">Saudi Arabia</a> 1–0 in the final.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The J.League was officially launched in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, in its first attempt to qualify with professional players, Japan narrowly missed a ticket to the <a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994 World Cup</a> after drawing with <a href="/wiki/Iraq_national_football_team" title="Iraq national football team">Iraq</a> in the final match of the qualification round, remembered by fans as the "<a href="/wiki/Agony_of_Doha" class="mw-redirect" title="Agony of Doha">Agony of Doha</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Japan's next tournament was a defence of their continental title at the <a href="/wiki/1996_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1996 AFC Asian Cup">1996 Asian Cup</a>. The team won all their games in the group stage but were eliminated in the quarter-finals after a 2–0 loss to <a href="/wiki/Kuwait_national_football_team" title="Kuwait national football team">Kuwait</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The nation's first ever World Cup appearance was in <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1998 FIFA World Cup">1998</a>, where Japan lost all their games. The first two fixtures went 1–0 in favour of <a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team">Argentina</a> and <a href="/wiki/Croatia_national_football_team" title="Croatia national football team">Croatia</a>, and the campaign ended with a 2–1 defeat to <a href="/wiki/Jamaica_national_football_team" title="Jamaica national football team">Jamaica</a>. Japan impressed, however, as all three defeats were only by a one goal margin.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s:_Two_Asian_Cup_titles,_World_Cup_co-hosts"><span id="2000s:_Two_Asian_Cup_titles.2C_World_Cup_co-hosts"></span>2000s: Two Asian Cup titles, World Cup co-hosts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: 2000s: Two Asian Cup titles, World Cup co-hosts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2000_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2000 AFC Asian Cup">2000 AFC Asian Cup</a>, Japan managed to reclaim their title after defeating Saudi Arabia in the final, becoming Asian champions for the second time.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saitama_2002_0604.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Saitama_2002_0604.jpg/300px-Saitama_2002_0604.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Saitama_2002_0604.jpg/450px-Saitama_2002_0604.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Saitama_2002_0604.jpg/600px-Saitama_2002_0604.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2296" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/2002_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2002 World Cup">2002 World Cup</a> match vs. <a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium</a> at <a href="/wiki/Saitama_Stadium_2002" title="Saitama Stadium 2002">Saitama Stadium 2002</a> on 4 June</figcaption></figure> <p>Two years later, Japan co-hosted the <a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2002 FIFA World Cup">2002 World Cup</a> with South Korea. After a 2–2 draw with <a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium</a> in their opening match, the Japanese team advanced to the second round with a 1–0 win over <a href="/wiki/Russia_national_football_team" title="Russia national football team">Russia</a> and a 2–0 victory against <a href="/wiki/Tunisia_national_football_team" title="Tunisia national football team">Tunisia</a>. However, they subsequently exited the tournament during the round of 16, after losing 1–0 to eventual third-place finishers <a href="/wiki/Turkey_national_football_team" title="Turkey national football team">Turkey</a> in extra time.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the <a href="/wiki/2004_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2004 AFC Asian Cup">2004 Asian Cup</a> hosted by China, the Japanese managed to retain the title by winning their group after two victories over <a href="/wiki/Thailand_national_football_team" title="Thailand national football team">Thailand</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oman_national_football_team" title="Oman national football team">Oman</a>, before achieving victories against <a href="/wiki/Jordan_national_football_team" title="Jordan national football team">Jordan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bahrain_national_football_team" title="Bahrain national football team">Bahrain</a>. They defeated the hosts in the final 3–1.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WM2006_BRA-JPN2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/WM2006_BRA-JPN2.JPG/220px-WM2006_BRA-JPN2.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/WM2006_BRA-JPN2.JPG/330px-WM2006_BRA-JPN2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/WM2006_BRA-JPN2.JPG/440px-WM2006_BRA-JPN2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>Japan against <a href="/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a> at <a href="/wiki/Signal_Iduna_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Signal Iduna Park">Signal Iduna Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dortmund" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a>, Germany in the <a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2006 FIFA World Cup">2006 World Cup</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On 8 June 2005, Japan qualified for the <a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2006 FIFA World Cup">2006 World Cup</a> in Germany, its third consecutive World Cup, by beating <a href="/wiki/North_Korea_national_football_team" title="North Korea national football team">North Korea</a> 2–0 on neutral ground. However, Japan failed to advance to the round of 16, losing to future AFC rival <a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia men&#39;s national soccer team">Australia</a> 3–1, drawing Croatia 0–0 and falling to <a href="/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a> 4–1.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2007_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2007 AFC Asian Cup">2007 AFC Asian Cup</a> saw Japan fail to defend its title. Although easily winning the group over <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_national_football_team" title="Vietnam national football team">Vietnam</a>, Qatar and the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_national_football_team" title="United Arab Emirates national football team">UAE</a>, the Japanese were totally exhausted in their game against Australia, where Japan won only by a penalty shootout. Japan lost to Saudi Arabia in the semi-finals,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> before failing in the third-place match against South Korea. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010s">2010s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: 2010s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2010 FIFA World Cup qualification">2010 World Cup qualification</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_-_AFC_fourth_round" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - AFC fourth round">fourth round of the Asian qualifiers</a>, Japan became the first team other than the host <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="South Africa national football team">South Africa</a> to qualify after defeating <a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan_national_football_team" title="Uzbekistan national football team">Uzbekistan</a> 1–0 away. Japan was drawn in <a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_E" title="2010 FIFA World Cup Group E">Group E</a> along with the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_national_football_team" title="Netherlands national football team">Netherlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denmark_national_football_team" title="Denmark national football team">Denmark</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cameroon_national_football_team" title="Cameroon national football team">Cameroon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Japan started with a 1–0 win against Cameroon,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> before subsequently losing to the Netherlands 1–0.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Then, Japan resoundingly beat Denmark 3–1 to advance to the next round against <a href="/wiki/Paraguay_national_football_team" title="Paraguay national football team">Paraguay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the round of 16, Japan were eliminated from the competition following penalties after a 0–0 draw against Paraguay.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the World Cup, head coach <a href="/wiki/Takeshi_Okada" title="Takeshi Okada">Takeshi Okada</a> resigned. He was replaced by former <a href="/wiki/Juventus_FC" title="Juventus FC">Juventus</a> and <a href="/wiki/AC_Milan" title="AC Milan">Milan</a> coach <a href="/wiki/Alberto_Zaccheroni" title="Alberto Zaccheroni">Alberto Zaccheroni</a>. In his first few matches, Japan recorded victories over <a href="/wiki/Guatemala_national_football_team" title="Guatemala national football team">Guatemala</a> (2–1) and Paraguay (1–0), as well as a 1–0 victory over Argentina. </p><p>Japan participated in the <a href="/wiki/2011_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2011 AFC Asian Cup">2011 Asian Cup</a> in <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a>. On 29 January, they beat Australia 1–0 in the <a href="/wiki/2011_AFC_Asian_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 AFC Asian Cup Final">final</a> after extra time, their fourth Asian Cup triumph and allowing them to qualify for the <a href="/wiki/2013_FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="2013 FIFA Confederations Cup">2013 FIFA Confederations Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The country then started their road to the <a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2014 FIFA World Cup">2014 World Cup</a> in <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>. Throughout, they suffered only two losses to Uzbekistan and <a href="/wiki/Jordan_national_football_team" title="Jordan national football team">Jordan</a>, and drew against Australia. After a 1–1 draw with Australia, they qualified for the 2014 World Cup, becoming the first nation aside from the hosts to qualify.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Japan started their 2013 Confederations Cup campaign with a 3–0 loss to Brazil.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They were then eliminated from the competition after losing to <a href="/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team">Italy</a> 4–3.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They lost their final match 1–2 against <a href="/wiki/Mexico_national_football_team" title="Mexico national football team">Mexico</a> and finished in fourth place in Group A.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> One month later, in the <a href="/wiki/EAFF_East_Asian_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="EAFF East Asian Cup">EAFF East Asian Cup</a>, they started out with a 3–3 draw to <a href="/wiki/China_national_football_team" title="China national football team">China</a>. They then beat Australia 3–2 and beat South Korea 2–1 in the third and final match in the <a href="/wiki/2013_EAFF_East_Asian_Cup" title="2013 EAFF East Asian Cup">tournament</a> to claim the title.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Japan was placed into Group C at the 2014 World Cup alongside the <a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast_national_football_team" title="Ivory Coast national football team">Ivory Coast</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greece_national_football_team" title="Greece national football team">Greece</a> and <a href="/wiki/Colombia_national_football_team" title="Colombia national football team">Colombia</a>. They fell in their first match to Ivory Coast 2–1 after initially taking the lead, allowing two goals in a two-minute span. They drew their second game to Greece 0–0. To qualify for the second round, they needed a victory against Colombia and Greece to win against Ivory Coast. Greece beat Ivory Coast 2–1, but Colombia won 4–1, eliminating Japan from the World Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Alberto Zaccheroni resigned as head coach.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In July 2014, former Mexico and <a href="/wiki/RCD_Espanyol" title="RCD Espanyol">Espanyol</a> manager <a href="/wiki/Javier_Aguirre" title="Javier Aguirre">Javier Aguirre</a> took over,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and Japan lost 0–2 to <a href="/wiki/Uruguay_national_football_team" title="Uruguay national football team">Uruguay</a> in the first game he managed. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Japan_national_team_anthem_vs_Paraguay.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Japan_national_team_anthem_vs_Paraguay.jpg/220px-Japan_national_team_anthem_vs_Paraguay.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Japan_national_team_anthem_vs_Paraguay.jpg/330px-Japan_national_team_anthem_vs_Paraguay.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Japan_national_team_anthem_vs_Paraguay.jpg/440px-Japan_national_team_anthem_vs_Paraguay.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2910" data-file-height="1470" /></a><figcaption>Japan vs. <a href="/wiki/Paraguay_national_football_team" title="Paraguay national football team">Paraguay</a> in 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>Japan won its opening match at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup in <a href="/wiki/2015_AFC_Asian_Cup_Group_D" title="2015 AFC Asian Cup Group D">Group D</a> against Asian Cup debutantes <a href="/wiki/Palestine_national_football_team" title="Palestine national football team">Palestine</a> 4–0, with goals from <a href="/wiki/Yasuhito_End%C5%8D" title="Yasuhito Endō">Yasuhito Endō</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shinji_Okazaki" title="Shinji Okazaki">Shinji Okazaki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keisuke_Honda" title="Keisuke Honda">Keisuke Honda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maya_Yoshida" title="Maya Yoshida">Maya Yoshida</a>. Okazaki was named man of the match. They then faced Iraq and Jordan in their next group matches, which they won 1–0 and 2–0 respectively. They qualified to the knockout stage as Group D winners with nine points, seven goals scored and no goals conceded. In the quarter-finals, Japan lost to the UAE in a penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw, as Honda and <a href="/wiki/Shinji_Kagawa" title="Shinji Kagawa">Shinji Kagawa</a> missed their penalty kicks. Japan's elimination marked their worst performance in the tournament in 19 years.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the Asian Cup, Aguirre was sacked following allegations of corruption during a prior tenure.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Vahid_Halilhod%C5%BEi%C4%87" title="Vahid Halilhodžić">Vahid Halilhodžić</a> in March 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Japan started on a rough note during qualification, losing to the UAE 1–2 at home.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They then picked up the pace in their other qualifier games against Iraq, Australia, and Thailand, picking up five wins and two draws. On 31 August 2017, Japan defeated Australia 2–0 at home, thus qualifying them for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, making it their sixth successive World Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, the Japan Football Association decided to sack Halilhodžić on 9 April 2018, only ten weeks before the World Cup, citing reasons of a breakdown in relationship between the coach and players, and poor recent friendly results, and appoint the Technical Director, Japanese coach <a href="/wiki/Akira_Nishino_(footballer)" title="Akira Nishino (footballer)">Akira Nishino</a> as the new manager.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IRN-JPN_20190128_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/IRN-JPN_20190128_03.jpg/220px-IRN-JPN_20190128_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/IRN-JPN_20190128_03.jpg/330px-IRN-JPN_20190128_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/IRN-JPN_20190128_03.jpg/440px-IRN-JPN_20190128_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>Japan before their match against <a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team" title="Iran national football team">Iran</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2019_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2019 AFC Asian Cup">2019 Asian Cup</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Japan made history in the <a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2018 FIFA World Cup">2018 World Cup</a> by defeating <a href="/wiki/Colombia_national_football_team" title="Colombia national football team">Colombia</a> 2–1, their first ever victory by any AFC team against a <a href="/wiki/CONMEBOL" title="CONMEBOL">CONMEBOL</a> team in an official tournament,<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> as well as Japan's first ever victory at the World Cup finals in UEFA nations. Their second match against <a href="/wiki/Senegal_national_football_team" title="Senegal national football team">Senegal</a> ended in a draw with goals from <a href="/wiki/Takashi_Inui" title="Takashi Inui">Takashi Inui</a> and Keisuke Honda.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Japan were defeated in their last group game in the Group H against <a href="/wiki/Poland_national_football_team" title="Poland national football team">Poland</a> 1–0,<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> leaving Japan and Senegal tied for second with an identical record; however, as Japan had received two fewer yellow cards, Japan advanced to the knockout stage on the Fair Play Points tiebreaker, the first team to do so.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The match with Poland caused <a href="/wiki/List_of_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_controversies#Group_H_fair_play_controversy" title="List of 2018 FIFA World Cup controversies">controversy</a>, as Japan were made aware of their advantage over Senegal with ten minutes left and decided to play an extremely conservative game with no attempts to take a shot on goal, despite losing 1–0, with some fans booing the players.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The match received comparison to the <a href="/wiki/1982_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1982 FIFA World Cup">1982 World Cup</a> <a href="/wiki/Disgrace_of_Gij%C3%B3n" title="Disgrace of Gijón">Disgrace of Gijón</a>, in which a similar game was played.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Japan were the only AFC team to have qualified to the knockout stage.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the round of 16 against <a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium</a>, Japan took a 2–0 lead with a goal in the 48th minute by <a href="/wiki/Genki_Haraguchi" title="Genki Haraguchi">Genki Haraguchi</a> and another in the 52nd by <a href="/wiki/Takashi_Inui" title="Takashi Inui">Takashi Inui</a>, but yielded three goals afterwards, including the winner by <a href="/wiki/Nacer_Chadli" title="Nacer Chadli">Nacer Chadli</a> on the counterattack in the 94th minute. The defeat to Belgium was the first time a nation had lost a knockout match at the World Cup after taking a two-goal advantage since <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a> lost to <a href="/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team">West Germany</a> 3–2 in <a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)" title="Overtime (sports)">extra-time</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1970_FIFA_World_Cup_knockout_stage#West_Germany_vs_England" title="1970 FIFA World Cup knockout stage">quarter-final</a> of the <a href="/wiki/1970_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1970 FIFA World Cup">1970 edition</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Despite losing a 2–0 lead, Japan's impressive performance was praised by fans, pundits and the media.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Japan participated in the <a href="/wiki/2019_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2019 AFC Asian Cup">2019 Asian Cup</a>, finishing on top of group F after defeating <a href="/wiki/Turkmenistan_national_football_team" title="Turkmenistan national football team">Turkmenistan</a> 3–2,<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Oman_national_football_team" title="Oman national football team">Oman</a> 1–0<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and Uzbekistan 2–1.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Japan defeated Saudi Arabia in the round of sixteen and dark horse Vietnam in the quarter-finals by a 1–0 margin.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After defeating Iran 3–0 to reach the final,<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Japan's hope to win their fifth Asian Cup was lost with the team suffering a 3–1 defeat to Qatar, who won the Asian Cup for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Japan were invited to the <a href="/wiki/2019_Copa_America" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 Copa America">2019 Copa America</a>, their second appearance at the tournament, and brought a young squad to the competition. They were placed in Group C with Uruguay, Chile and Ecuador. The nation lost their opening match 4–0 to Chile,<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> before bouncing back and drawing against Uruguay 2–2.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Japan needed a win against Ecuador to qualify for the knockouts, however they drew 1–1 and missed out due to inferior goal difference to Paraguay.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Aftermath saw Japan played a friendly game against the Paraguayans, and won 2–0 at home. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020s">2020s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: 2020s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After China was removed as host of the <a href="/wiki/2022_EAFF_E-1_Football_Championship" title="2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship">2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship</a>, it was announced that Japan was the new host. After topping the table with two wins and one draw, Japan won the competition for the second time in their history.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Japan qualified for the <a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2022 FIFA World Cup">2022 World Cup</a> in Qatar, and were drawn into <a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_E" title="2022 FIFA World Cup Group E">Group E</a> with Germany, <a href="/wiki/Costa_Rica_national_football_team" title="Costa Rica national football team">Costa Rica</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spain_national_football_team" title="Spain national football team">Spain</a>. On 23 November, Japan produced an upset, beating Germany 2–1, with two goals in an eight-minute span during the second half.<sup id="cite_ref-:45_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:45-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After losing to Costa Rica 1–0,<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> going into the final matchday, every team in Group E could qualify or be eliminated, with no team assured of any placement. In the end, Japan managed to qualify for the round of 16 by defeating Spain 2–1 in their final group stage match, while also contributing to Germany's elimination from the tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By topping their group, Japan went on to face Croatia<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> in the round of 16 where they would lose 3–1 on penalties after a 1–1 draw.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It was the third team in 52 years to have come from behind twice in one tournament, following Brazil and (West) Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They beat Spain with the lowest possession (18%) of the ball ever for a winning side since the <a href="/wiki/1966_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1966 FIFA World Cup">1966 World Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-OptaJoe_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OptaJoe-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It also was the first time that an Asian team topped their World Cup group held outside their home country, and also the first Asian team to reach the knockouts twice in a row.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Japan were considered the favourites for the <a href="/wiki/2023_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2023 AFC Asian Cup">2023 Asian Cup</a> in Qatar,<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but disappointed; <a href="/wiki/Hajime_Moriyasu" title="Hajime Moriyasu">Hajime Moriyasu</a>'s men began the tournament with an unconvincing victory over a <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_national_football_team" title="Vietnam national football team">Vietnamese side</a> deprived of a number of key players (4–2),<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> before going on to play a nightmarish game against <a href="/wiki/Iraq_national_football_team" title="Iraq national football team">Iraq</a> (a 2–1 loss). This defeat, Japan's first in the group stage since their first appearance in <a href="/wiki/1988_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1988 AFC Asian Cup">1988</a>, condemned them to finish second in the group due to their unfavourable head-to-head record. The Japanese sealed three points after overcoming Indonesia 3–1<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and then eliminated Bahrain by the same scoreline in the round of 16.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Japan met Iran in the quarter-finals for a rematch of the previous edition's semi-final, and got the game off to a perfect start with <a href="/wiki/Hidemasa_Morita" title="Hidemasa Morita">Hidemasa Morita</a>'s 28th-minute opener, before falling completely flat in the second half, succumbing to Iran's fiery attacks, 2–1.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The country suffered two defeats at the Asian Cup for the first time since their debut in 1988, while conceding at least one goal in every match.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The squad also had to contend with an extra controversy, with the sudden departure of <a href="/wiki/Junya_It%C5%8D" title="Junya Itō">Junya Itō</a> shortly before the match against Iran, due to the <a href="/wiki/Stade_de_Reims" title="Stade de Reims">Stade de Reims</a> player having been accused of <a href="/wiki/Sexual_assault" title="Sexual assault">sexual assault</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Team_image">Team image</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Team image"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nicknames">Nicknames</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Nicknames"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Japan's national football team is nicknamed the <i><a href="/wiki/Samurai" title="Samurai">Samurai</a> Blue</i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">サムライ・ブルー</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Samurai Burū</i></span>)</span> by the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Football_Association" title="Japan Football Association">JFA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The team also is often known by the <a href="/wiki/Surname" title="Surname">last name</a> of the manager. For example, under <a href="/wiki/Takeshi_Okada" title="Takeshi Okada">Takeshi Okada</a>, the team was known as Okada Japan<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">岡田ジャパン</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Okada Japan</i></span>)</span>,<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> or during the 2022 World Cup, the team is referred by the current manager's (<a href="/wiki/Hajime_Moriyasu" title="Hajime Moriyasu">Hajime Moriyasu</a>) name, as "Moriyasu Japan"<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">森保ジャパン</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Moriyasu Japan</i></span>)</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kits">Kits</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Kits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Japan_national_football_team_kits" class="extiw" title="commons:Japan national football team kits"><span style="font-style:italic; font-weight:bold;">Japan national football team kits</span></a>.</div></div> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JAL_JA8979_Boeing_777-289_Samurai_Blue_Jet_2018_No.1_(Starboard)_at_Haneda.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/JAL_JA8979_Boeing_777-289_Samurai_Blue_Jet_2018_No.1_%28Starboard%29_at_Haneda.jpg/220px-JAL_JA8979_Boeing_777-289_Samurai_Blue_Jet_2018_No.1_%28Starboard%29_at_Haneda.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/JAL_JA8979_Boeing_777-289_Samurai_Blue_Jet_2018_No.1_%28Starboard%29_at_Haneda.jpg/330px-JAL_JA8979_Boeing_777-289_Samurai_Blue_Jet_2018_No.1_%28Starboard%29_at_Haneda.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/JAL_JA8979_Boeing_777-289_Samurai_Blue_Jet_2018_No.1_%28Starboard%29_at_Haneda.jpg/440px-JAL_JA8979_Boeing_777-289_Samurai_Blue_Jet_2018_No.1_%28Starboard%29_at_Haneda.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Boeing_777" title="Boeing 777">Boeing 777</a>-289 <a href="/wiki/Samurai" title="Samurai">Samurai</a> Blue Jet</figcaption></figure> <p>The national team kit design has gone through several alterations in the past.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the early 1980s, the kit was white with blue trim. The kits worn for the 1992 Asian Cup consisted of white stripes (stylized to form a wing) with red diamonds. During the 1996 Asian Cup and the 1998 World Cup, the national team kits were blue jerseys with red and white flame designs on the sleeves, and were designed by JFA (with the sponsor alternating each year between Asics, Puma, and Adidas). The 1996 design was reproduced in a special kit used against <a href="/wiki/Syria_national_football_team" title="Syria national football team">Syria</a> on 7 June 2017. </p><p>Japan uses blue and white rather than red and white due to a superstition. Japan first used blue shirts in the <a href="/wiki/1930_Far_Eastern_Championship_Games" title="1930 Far Eastern Championship Games">1930 Far Eastern Championship Games</a>, where a team of the <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Imperial_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokyo Imperial University">Tokyo Imperial University</a> (whose color is light blue) represented Japan wearing light blue shirts,<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and then in a match against <a href="/wiki/Sweden_men%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden men&#39;s national football team">Sweden</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics">1936 Summer Olympics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Wichita_Eagle_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Wichita_Eagle-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Between 1988 and 1992, the kits were red and white, matching the colours of Japan's national flag. After failing to qualify for the <a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1990 FIFA World Cup qualification">1990 World Cup</a> and <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_Asian_Qualifiers" title="Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men&#39;s Asian Qualifiers">1992 Summer Olympics</a>, the red shirt was scrapped. </p><p>In the 2013 Confederations Cup and the 2015 Asian Cup, Japan temporarily switched the colour of the numbers from white to gold. </p><p>Japan's kit is provided by German company <a href="/wiki/Adidas" title="Adidas">Adidas</a>, the team's exclusive kit supplier since April 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Before that, <a href="/wiki/ASICS" class="mw-redirect" title="ASICS">Asics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Puma_AG" class="mw-redirect" title="Puma AG">Puma</a> had been the team's official apparel sponsor. </p><p>On 3 June 2021, Japan released the special 100th anniversary kit for a friendly match against <a href="/wiki/Jamaica_national_football_team" title="Jamaica national football team">Jamaica</a>, but the match was cancelled and replaced with a match against the <a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-23_football_team" title="Japan national under-23 football team">U-24 team</a>. The kit was also used by the U-24 team against <a href="/wiki/Ghana_national_under-23_football_team" title="Ghana national under-23 football team">U-24 Ghana</a> on 5 June 2021. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Kit_suppliers">Kit suppliers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Kit suppliers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:blue;color:white">Kit provider </th> <th style="background:blue;color:white">Period </th></tr> <tr> <td><i>None</i> </td> <td>1936–1978 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Asics" title="Asics">Asics</a></b> </td> <td>1979 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany"><img alt="West Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Puma_(brand)" title="Puma (brand)">Puma</a></b> </td> <td>1980–1985 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany"><img alt="West Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Adidas" title="Adidas">Adidas</a></b> </td> <td>1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Asics" title="Asics">Asics</a></b> </td> <td>1987–1988 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Adidas" title="Adidas">Adidas</a></b> </td> <td>1989–1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Asics" title="Asics">Asics</a></b> </td> <td>1993–1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Adidas" title="Adidas">Adidas</a></b> </td> <td>1999–present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crest">Crest</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Crest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yatagarasu_A.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Yatagarasu_A.jpg/170px-Yatagarasu_A.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Yatagarasu_A.jpg/255px-Yatagarasu_A.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Yatagarasu_A.jpg/340px-Yatagarasu_A.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2259" data-file-height="2101" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Yatagarasu" title="Yatagarasu">Yatagarasu</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The crest or emblem of the national team was adopted in late 2017 as part of a larger rebranding by the Japan Football Association.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The crest features the <a href="/wiki/Yatagarasu" title="Yatagarasu">Yatagarasu</a>, a three-legged crow from <a href="/wiki/Japanese_mythology" title="Japanese mythology">Japanese mythology</a> that is a symbol for the sun, holding a solid red ball that is like the sun from <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Japan" title="Flag of Japan">national flag</a>. The text "JFA" (for the Japan Football Association) is inscribed at the bottom of the crow. A red stripe is also present at the center of the shield behind the crow. The shield has a metallic gold trim and has a thicker black outline. The name of the country represented by the national team "Japan" is also inscribed within the black border.<sup id="cite_ref-soccer365_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soccer365-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The previous crest used from 1996 had a shield with a more complex shape. The ball held by the Yatagarasu had white details. The text "Japan" is absent and "JFA" is written in a different typeface.<sup id="cite_ref-soccer365_102-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soccer365-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before 1988, Japan used the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Japan" title="Flag of Japan">national flag</a> outlined in red (and with JFA written in black on the lower left corner of the flag) on the shirts. </p><p>The Yatagarasu was first seen on the Japan shirts in 1988, where it was on a yellow circle with a blue outline with "JAPAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION" written around it. In 1991, the emblem changed to a white shield with a red vertical stripe on the center with the crow on it and "JFA" written in a green <a href="/wiki/Blackletter" title="Blackletter">Gothic typeface</a>. This crest was used until 1996. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Home_stadium">Home stadium</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Home stadium"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_football_stadiums_in_Japan" title="List of football stadiums in Japan">List of football stadiums in Japan</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saitama_stadium.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Saitama_stadium.png/220px-Saitama_stadium.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Saitama_stadium.png/330px-Saitama_stadium.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Saitama_stadium.png/440px-Saitama_stadium.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="712" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Saitama_Stadium_2002" title="Saitama Stadium 2002">Saitama Stadium 2002</a>, where Japan usually plays in FIFA World Cup qualification</figcaption></figure> <p>Japan plays its home matches among various stadiums, in rotation, around the country, especially the <a href="/wiki/Saitama_Stadium_2002" title="Saitama Stadium 2002">Saitama Stadium 2002</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rivalries">Rivalries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Rivalries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div 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Japan have met South Korea 80 times, trailing the statistic at 15 wins, 23 draws, and 42 losses, while scoring 73 goals and conceding 153. Both countries have made themselves unrivalled in both Asian Cup and World Cup records, being two of the most successful Asian football teams, and they hosted the <a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2002 FIFA World Cup">2002 World Cup</a> in a joint bid. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="North_Korea">North Korea</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: North Korea"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Japan also maintains a significant rivalry with <a href="/wiki/North_Korea_national_football_team" title="North Korea national football team">North Korea</a>, although the rivalry is infrequent due to political circumstances.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Like the rivalry against South Korea, the rivalry against North Korea is another extension of historical feud between Japan and Korea. They have met each other 20 times, with the head-to-head record being equal with 8 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="China">China</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/China%E2%80%93Japan_football_rivalry" title="China–Japan football rivalry">China–Japan football rivalry</a></div> <p>Japan and <a href="/wiki/China_national_football_team" title="China national football team">China</a> used to have a strong rivalry, with the former defeating the latter 3–1 in the <a href="/wiki/2004_AFC_Asian_Cup_final" title="2004 AFC Asian Cup final">2004 AFC Asian Cup final</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Australia">Australia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=18" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93Japan_football_rivalry" title="Australia–Japan football rivalry">Australia–Japan football rivalry</a></div> <p>Japan began to develop a fierce rivalry with fellow Asian powerhouse <a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia men&#39;s national soccer team">Australia</a>, shortly after the latter joined the Asian Football Confederation.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The rivalry is regarded as one of Asia's biggest football rivalries.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The rivalry is a relatively recent one, born from a number of highly competitive matches between the two teams since Australia joined the AFC in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The rivalry began at the 2006 World Cup where the two countries were grouped together, and continued with the two countries meeting regularly in various AFC competitions, such as the <a href="/wiki/2007_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2007 AFC Asian Cup">2007 AFC Asian Cup</a>, the <a href="/wiki/2011_AFC_Asian_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 AFC Asian Cup Final">2011 AFC Asian Cup Final</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2013_EAFF_East_Asian_Cup" title="2013 EAFF East Asian Cup">2013 EAFF East Asian Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Japan have met Australia 27 times, with a record of 11 wins, 9 draws and 7 losses. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Saudi_Arabia">Saudi Arabia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=19" title="Edit section: Saudi Arabia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Japan and <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_national_football_team" title="Saudi Arabia national football team">Saudi Arabia</a> are two of the most historically successful national teams in Asia and have frequently met each other in many major tournaments, including in the Asian Cup and World Cup qualification.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The frequency is also rivalled by high-level performances of Japan and Saudi Arabia in the Asian and global football stage, as they are two of the three AFC members (alongside Australia) to reach the final of any senior FIFA competition. Both countries also gained headlines for producing "unexpected" wins in the <a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2022 FIFA World Cup">2022 World Cup</a>, with Japan earning wins against <a href="/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team">Germany</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spain_national_football_team" title="Spain national football team">Spain</a> and Saudi Arabia against eventual champions <a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team">Argentina</a> in the group stage. These wins over World Cup-winning oppositions have allowed comparisons of developments between Japan and Saudi Arabia to emerge.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the head-to-head record, Japan have an advantage over the Saudis with 10 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Iran">Iran</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=20" title="Edit section: Iran"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Japan_national_football_team" title="Special:EditPage/Japan national football team">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>&#32;in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Japan and Iran have a combined seven Asian Cup titles, with a rivalry developing in the 1990s due to the famous "<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E3%81%AE%E6%AD%93%E5%96%9C" class="extiw" title="ja:ジョホールバルの歓喜">Joy of Johor Bahru</a>"<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">ジョホール・バルの歓喜</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Johōru Baru no kanki</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span> that gave Japan a ticket to their first World Cup defeating the Persians by 3–2 in a neutral Asian play-off hosted in <a href="/wiki/Johor_Bahru" title="Johor Bahru">Johor Bahru</a>, Malaysia. </p><p>More recently, the two countries met in the 2019 and 2023 Asian Cups. The Samurai Blue defeated Team Melli 3–0 in the semifinals of the 2019 edition. The Iranians got revenge four years later eliminating Japan 2–1 in the quarter-finals. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Supporters">Supporters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=21" title="Edit section: Supporters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Japan_national_football_team_fans_with_rising_sun_flag.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Japan_national_football_team_fans_with_rising_sun_flag.JPG/220px-Japan_national_football_team_fans_with_rising_sun_flag.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Japan_national_football_team_fans_with_rising_sun_flag.JPG/330px-Japan_national_football_team_fans_with_rising_sun_flag.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Japan_national_football_team_fans_with_rising_sun_flag.JPG/440px-Japan_national_football_team_fans_with_rising_sun_flag.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1215" data-file-height="793" /></a><figcaption>Fans waving <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Japan" title="Flag of Japan">national flags</a> in support of the Japanese national team</figcaption></figure> <p>Japanese national team supporters are known for chanting "Nippon Ole" (Nippon is the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a> word for Japan) at home matches.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sponsorship">Sponsorship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=22" title="Edit section: Sponsorship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Japan has one of the highest sponsorship incomes for a national squad. In 2006 their sponsorship income amounted to over 16.5 million pounds.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>Primary sponsors include <a href="/wiki/Adidas" title="Adidas">Adidas</a>, <a href="/wiki/All_Nippon_Airways" title="All Nippon Airways">ANA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kirin_Brewery_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirin Brewery Company">Kirin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Credit_Saison" title="Credit Saison">Saison Card International</a>, <a href="/wiki/FamilyMart" title="FamilyMart">FamilyMart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_Airlines" title="Japan Airlines">JAL</a>, <a href="/wiki/MS%26AD_Insurance_Group" title="MS&amp;AD Insurance Group">MS&amp;AD Insurance Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asahi_Shimbun" class="mw-redirect" title="Asahi Shimbun">Asahi Shinbun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mizuho_Financial_Group" title="Mizuho Financial Group">Mizuho Financial</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daito_Trust_Construction" title="Daito Trust Construction">Daito Trust Construction</a> and <a href="/wiki/KDDI" title="KDDI">KDDI</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mascot">Mascot</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=23" title="Edit section: Mascot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The mascots are "Karappe" (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">カラッペ</span></span>) and "Karara" (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">カララ</span></span>), two <a href="/wiki/Three-legged_crow" title="Three-legged crow">Yatagarasu</a> wearing the Japan national football team kit. The mascots were designed by Japanese manga artist <a href="/wiki/Susumu_Matsushita" title="Susumu Matsushita">Susumu Matsushita</a>. Each year when a new kit is launched, the mascots' uniforms are updated in order to match the kit being used by the team. </p><p>For the <a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2014 FIFA World Cup">2014 World Cup</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon" title="Pokémon">Pokémon</a> character <a href="/wiki/Pikachu" title="Pikachu">Pikachu</a> served as the mascot.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results_and_fixtures">Results and fixtures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=24" title="Edit section: Results and fixtures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Japan_national_football_team_results_(2020%E2%80%93present)" title="Japan national football team results (2020–present)">Japan national football team results (2020–present)</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2024_in_Japanese_football" title="2024 in Japanese football">2024 in Japanese football</a></div> <p>The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. </p><p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid 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2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span>&#32;<span>16&#39;</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ph%E1%BA%A1m_Tu%E1%BA%A5n_H%E1%BA%A3i" title="Phạm Tuấn Hải">Tuấn Hải</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span>&#32;<span>33&#39;</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td>Stadium: <span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Al_Thumama_Stadium" title="Al Thumama Stadium">Al Thumama Stadium</a></span><br 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title="2023 AFC Asian Cup Group D">2–1</a></b></span></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%"><span class="fn org"><b> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a></span> </b></span></td><td style="width:26%;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Al_Rayyan_(city)" title="Al Rayyan (city)">Al Rayyan</a>, Qatar</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:right">14:30&#160;<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B03:00" title="UTC+03:00">UTC+3</a></td> <td style="text-align:right"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aymen_Hussein" title="Aymen Hussein">Hussein</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span>&#32;<span>5&#39;</span>, <span>45+4&#39;</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td style="text-align:center"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://jfa.jp/samuraiblue/asiancup2023/groupD/match_page/m18.html">Report</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wataru_End%C5%8D" title="Wataru Endō">Endō</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span>&#32;<span>90+3&#39;</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td>Stadium: <span class="location"><a 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> v <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Indonesia_national_football_team" title="Indonesia national football team">Indonesia</a></span></span> <table cellspacing="0" class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed vevent tmpl-football-box-collapsible" style="border-top:1px solid #999;border-bottom:1px solid #999;margin-bottom:-1px;width:100%;background:#BBF3BB;color:#202122"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:28%"><span style="white-space:nowrap;float:right;margin-left:0.5em">24 January</span> <small><a href="/wiki/2023_AFC_Asian_Cup_Group_D" title="2023 AFC Asian Cup Group D">2023 AFC Asian Cup GS</a></small></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><b> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> v <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" 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data-file-height="333" /></span></span>&#32;<span>72&#39;</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td>Stadium: <span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Al_Thumama_Stadium" title="Al Thumama Stadium">Al Thumama Stadium</a></span><br />Attendance: 31,832<br />Referee: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ahmad_Al-Ali&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Ahmad Al-Ali (page does not exist)">Ahmad Al-Ali</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Football_Association" title="Kuwait Football Association">Kuwait</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239335550"> <div class="vevent"><span class="summary" style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team" title="Iran national football team">Iran</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></span></span></span> v <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a></span></span> <table cellspacing="0" class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed vevent tmpl-football-box-collapsible" style="border-top:1px solid #999;border-bottom:1px solid #999;margin-bottom:-1px;width:100%;background:#FFBBBB;color:#202122"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:28%"><span style="white-space:nowrap;float:right;margin-left:0.5em">3 February</span> <small><a href="/wiki/2023_AFC_Asian_Cup_knockout_stage#Quarter-finals" title="2023 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage">2023 AFC Asian Cup QF</a></small></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><b> <a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team" title="Iran national football team">Iran</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></span></span></span> </b></span></td><td style="width:8%;text-align:center"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/2023_AFC_Asian_Cup_knockout_stage#Iran_vs_Japan" title="2023 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage">2–1</a></b></span></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%"><span class="fn org"><b> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span>&#32;<span>55&#39;</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alireza_Jahanbakhsh" title="Alireza Jahanbakhsh">Jahanbakhsh</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span>&#32;<span>90+6&#39;&#160;(<a href="/wiki/Penalty_kick_(association_football)" title="Penalty kick (association football)">pen.</a>)</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td style="text-align:center"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.the-afc.com/en/matches/afc-asian-cup/2023/2363568">Report</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hidemasa_Morita" title="Hidemasa Morita">Morita</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span>&#32;<span>28&#39;</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td>Stadium: <span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Education_City_Stadium" title="Education City Stadium">Education City Stadium</a></span><br />Attendance: 35,640<br />Referee: <a href="/wiki/Ma_Ning_(referee)" title="Ma Ning (referee)">Ma Ning</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_Football_Association" title="Chinese Football Association">China</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239335550"> <div class="vevent"><span class="summary" style="display:none"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> v <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_national_football_team" title="North Korea national football team">North Korea</a></span></span> <table cellspacing="0" class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed vevent tmpl-football-box-collapsible" style="border-top:1px solid #999;border-bottom:1px solid #999;margin-bottom:-1px;width:100%;background:#BBF3BB;color:#202122"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:28%"><span style="white-space:nowrap;float:right;margin-left:0.5em">21 March</span> <small><a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_AFC_second_round#Group_B" title="2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round">2026 World Cup qualification 2R</a></small></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><b> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </b></span></td><td style="width:8%;text-align:center"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><b>1–0</b></span></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%"><span class="fn org"><b> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_national_football_team" title="North Korea national football team">North Korea</a></span> </b></span></td><td style="width:26%;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>, Japan</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:right">19:20&#160;<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B09:00" title="UTC+09:00">UTC+9</a></td> <td style="text-align:right"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ao_Tanaka" title="Ao Tanaka">Tanaka</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span>&#32;<span>2&#39;</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td style="text-align:center"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/520/288263/288267/400017255?gender=1&amp;date=2024-03-20">Report</a></td> <td></td> <td>Stadium: <span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Stadium" title="Japan National Stadium">Japan National Stadium</a></span><br />Attendance: 59,354<br />Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi (<a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Football_Association" title="United Arab Emirates Football Association">United Arab Emirates</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239335550"> <div class="vevent"><span class="summary" style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_national_football_team" title="North Korea national football team">North Korea</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> v <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a></span></span> <table cellspacing="0" class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed vevent tmpl-football-box-collapsible" style="border-top:1px solid #999;border-bottom:1px solid #999;margin-bottom:-1px;width:100%;background:#BBF3BB;color:#202122"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:28%"><span style="white-space:nowrap;float:right;margin-left:0.5em">26 March</span> <small><a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_AFC_second_round#Group_B" title="2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round">2026 World Cup qualification 2R</a></small></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%;text-align:right"><span 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<td></td></tr></tbody></table></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239335550"> <div class="vevent"><span class="summary" style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Myanmar_national_football_team" title="Myanmar national football team">Myanmar</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/45px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> v <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a></span></span> <table cellspacing="0" class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed vevent tmpl-football-box-collapsible" style="border-top:1px solid #999;border-bottom:1px solid #999;margin-bottom:-1px;width:100%;background:#BBF3BB;color:#202122"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:28%"><span style="white-space:nowrap;float:right;margin-left:0.5em">6 June</span> <small><a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_AFC_second_round#Group_B" title="2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round">2026 World Cup qualification 2R</a></small></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><b> <a href="/wiki/Myanmar_national_football_team" title="Myanmar national football team">Myanmar</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/45px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> </b></span></td><td style="width:8%;text-align:center"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><b>0–5</b></span></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%"><span class="fn org"><b> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a></span> </b></span></td><td style="width:26%;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Yangon" title="Yangon">Yangon</a>, Myanmar</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:right">18:40&#160;<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B06:30" title="UTC+06:30">UTC+6:30</a></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:center"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/520/288263/288267/400017251?gender=1&amp;date=2024-06-05">Report</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Keito_Nakamura" title="Keito Nakamura">Nakamura</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span>&#32;<span>17&#39;</span>, <span>90+3&#39;</span></span></li> 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span>&#32;<span>75&#39;</span>, <span>83&#39;</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td>Stadium: <span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Thuwunna_Stadium" title="Thuwunna Stadium">Thuwunna Stadium</a></span><br />Attendance: 21,200<br />Referee: <a href="/wiki/Majed_Al-Shamrani" title="Majed Al-Shamrani">Majed Al-Shamrani</a> (<a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_Football_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi Arabia Football Federation">Saudi Arabia</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239335550"> <div class="vevent"><span class="summary" style="display:none"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> v <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Syria_national_football_team" title="Syria national football team">Syria</a></span></span> <table cellspacing="0" class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed vevent tmpl-football-box-collapsible" style="border-top:1px solid #999;border-bottom:1px solid #999;margin-bottom:-1px;width:100%;background:#BBF3BB;color:#202122"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:28%"><span style="white-space:nowrap;float:right;margin-left:0.5em">11 June</span> <small><a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_AFC_second_round#Group_B" title="2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round">2026 World Cup qualification 2R</a></small></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><b> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </b></span></td><td style="width:8%;text-align:center"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><b>5–0</b></span></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%"><span class="fn org"><b> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Syria_national_football_team" title="Syria national football team">Syria</a></span> </b></span></td><td style="width:26%;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Hiroshima" title="Hiroshima">Hiroshima</a>, Japan</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:right">19:10&#160;<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B09:00" title="UTC+09:00">UTC+9</a></td> <td style="text-align:right"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ayase_Ueda" title="Ayase Ueda">Ueda</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span>&#32;<span>13&#39;</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritsu_D%C5%8Dan" title="Ritsu Dōan">Dōan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span>&#32;<span>19&#39;</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thaer_Krouma" title="Thaer Krouma">Krouma</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span>&#32;<span>22&#39;&#160;(<a href="/wiki/Own_goal#Association_football" title="Own goal">o.g.</a>)</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuki_Soma" title="Yuki Soma">Soma</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span>&#32;<span>73&#39;&#160;(<a href="/wiki/Penalty_kick_(association_football)" title="Penalty kick (association football)">pen.</a>)</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takumi_Minamino" title="Takumi Minamino">Minamino</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span>&#32;<span>85&#39;</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td style="text-align:center"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/520/288263/288267/400017256?gender=1&amp;date=2024-06-10">Report</a></td> <td></td> <td>Stadium: <span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Edion_Peace_Wing_Hiroshima" title="Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima">Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima</a></span><br />Attendance: 26,650<br />Referee: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ahmed_Al-Ali&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Ahmed Al-Ali (page does not exist)">Ahmed Al-Ali</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Football_Association" title="Kuwait Football Association">Kuwait</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239335550"> <div class="vevent"><span class="summary" style="display:none"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> v <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/China_national_football_team" title="China national football team">China</a></span></span> <table cellspacing="0" class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed vevent tmpl-football-box-collapsible" style="border-top:1px solid #999;border-bottom:1px solid #999;margin-bottom:-1px;width:100%;background:#BBF3BB;color:#202122"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:28%"><span style="white-space:nowrap;float:right;margin-left:0.5em">5 September</span> <small><a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_AFC_third_round#Group_C" title="2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round">2026 World Cup qualification 3R</a></small></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><b> <a 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span>&#32;<span>52&#39;</span>, <span>58&#39;</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junya_It%C5%8D" title="Junya Itō">Itō</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" 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typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span>&#32;<span>90+5&#39;</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td style="text-align:center"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/520/288263/288276/400018509">Report</a></td> <td></td> <td>Stadium: <span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Saitama_Stadium_2002" title="Saitama Stadium 2002">Saitama Stadium 2002</a></span><br />Attendance: 52,398<br />Referee: <a href="/wiki/Abdulrahman_Al-Jassim" title="Abdulrahman Al-Jassim">Abdulrahman Al-Jassim</a> (<a href="/wiki/Qatar_Football_Association" title="Qatar Football Association">Qatar</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239335550"> <div class="vevent"><span class="summary" style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Bahrain_national_football_team" title="Bahrain national football team">Bahrain</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> v <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a></span></span> <table cellspacing="0" class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed vevent tmpl-football-box-collapsible" style="border-top:1px solid #999;border-bottom:1px solid #999;margin-bottom:-1px;width:100%;background:#BBF3BB;color:#202122"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:28%"><span style="white-space:nowrap;float:right;margin-left:0.5em">10 September</span> <small><a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_AFC_third_round#Group_C" title="2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round">2026 World Cup qualification 3R</a></small></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><b> <a href="/wiki/Bahrain_national_football_team" title="Bahrain national football team">Bahrain</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </b></span></td><td style="width:8%;text-align:center"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><b>0–5</b></span></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%"><span class="fn org"><b> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a></span> </b></span></td><td style="width:26%;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Riffa" title="Riffa">Riffa</a>, Bahrain</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:right">19:00&#160;<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B03:00" title="UTC+03:00">UTC+3</a></td> <td></td> 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typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a></span></span> <table cellspacing="0" class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed vevent tmpl-football-box-collapsible" style="border-top:1px solid #999;border-bottom:1px solid #999;margin-bottom:-1px;width:100%;background:#BBF3BB;color:#202122"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:28%"><span style="white-space:nowrap;float:right;margin-left:0.5em">10 October</span> <small><a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_AFC_third_round#Group_C" title="2026 FIFA 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class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/520/288263/288276/400018515">Report</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daichi_Kamada" title="Daichi Kamada">Kamada</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span>&#32;<span>14&#39;</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koki_Ogawa_(footballer)" 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(<a href="/wiki/Korea_Football_Association" title="Korea Football Association">South Korea</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239335550"> <div class="vevent"><span class="summary" style="display:none"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> v <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia men&#39;s national soccer team">Australia</a></span></span> <table cellspacing="0" class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed vevent tmpl-football-box-collapsible" style="border-top:1px solid #999;border-bottom:1px solid #999;margin-bottom:-1px;width:100%;background:#FFFFBB;color:#202122"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:28%"><span style="white-space:nowrap;float:right;margin-left:0.5em">15 October</span> <small><a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_AFC_third_round#Group_C" title="2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round">2026 World Cup qualification 3R</a></small></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><b> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </b></span></td><td style="width:8%;text-align:center"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><b>1–1</b></span></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%"><span class="fn org"><b> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia men&#39;s national soccer team">Australia</a></span> </b></span></td><td style="width:26%;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Saitama_(city)" title="Saitama (city)">Saitama</a>, Japan</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:right">19:35&#160;<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B09:00" title="UTC+09:00">UTC+9</a></td> <td style="text-align:right"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Burgess" title="Cameron Burgess">Burgess</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span>&#32;<span>76&#39;&#160;(<a href="/wiki/Own_goal#Association_football" title="Own goal">o.g.</a>)</span></span></li></ul></div></td> <td style="text-align:center"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/520/288263/288276/400018511">Report</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shogo_Taniguchi" title="Shogo Taniguchi">Taniguchi</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, 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data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a></span></span> <table cellspacing="0" class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed vevent tmpl-football-box-collapsible" style="border-top:1px solid #999;border-bottom:1px solid #999;margin-bottom:-1px;width:100%;background:#BBF3BB;color:#202122"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:28%"><span style="white-space:nowrap;float:right;margin-left:0.5em">15 November</span> <small><a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_AFC_third_round#Group_C" title="2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round">2026 World Cup qualification 3R</a></small></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><b> <a href="/wiki/Indonesia_national_football_team" title="Indonesia national football team">Indonesia</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a></span> </b></span></td><td style="width:26%;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Jakarta" title="Jakarta">Jakarta</a>, Indonesia</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:right">19:00&#160;<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B07:00" title="UTC+07:00">UTC+7</a></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:center"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/520/288263/288276/400018505">Report</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Hubner" title="Justin Hubner">Hubner</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span>&#32;<span>40&#39;</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hidemasa_Morita" title="Hidemasa Morita">Morita</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span>&#32;<span>49&#39;</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yukinari_Sugawara" title="Yukinari Sugawara">Sugawara</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" 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width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> v <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a></span></span> <table cellspacing="0" class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed vevent tmpl-football-box-collapsible" style="border-top:1px solid #999;border-bottom:1px solid #999;margin-bottom:-1px;width:100%;background:#BBF3BB;color:#202122"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:28%"><span style="white-space:nowrap;float:right;margin-left:0.5em">19 November</span> <small><a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_AFC_third_round#Group_C" title="2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round">2026 World Cup qualification 3R</a></small></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><b> <a href="/wiki/China_national_football_team" title="China national football team">China</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </b></span></td><td style="width:8%;text-align:center"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><b>1–3</b></span></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%"><span class="fn org"><b> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a></span> </b></span></td><td style="width:26%;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Xiamen" title="Xiamen">Xiamen</a>, China</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:right">20:00&#160;<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B08:00" title="UTC+08:00">UTC+8</a></td> <td style="text-align:right"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lin_Liangming" title="Lin Liangming">Lin Liangming</a> <link 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title="Kōki Ogawa (footballer)">Ogawa</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span>&#32;<span>39&#39;</span>, <span>54&#39;</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ko_Itakura" title="Ko Itakura">Itakura</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" 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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://jfa.jp/samuraiblue/schedule_result/2024.html">Fixtures &amp; Results (2024)</a>, JFA.jp</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2025">2025</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=26" title="Edit section: 2025"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="vevent"><span class="summary" style="display:none"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> v <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Bahrain_national_football_team" title="Bahrain national football team">Bahrain</a></span></span> <table cellspacing="0" class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed vevent tmpl-football-box-collapsible tmpl-football-box-collapsible-transparent" style="border-top:1px solid #999;border-bottom:1px solid #999;margin-bottom:-1px;width:100%;background:transparent;color:#202122"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:28%"><span style="white-space:nowrap;float:right;margin-left:0.5em">20 March</span> <small><a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_AFC_third_round#Group_C" title="2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round">2026 World Cup qualification 3R</a></small></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><b> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </b></span></td><td style="width:8%;text-align:center"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><b>v</b></span></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%"><span class="fn org"><b> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Bahrain_national_football_team" title="Bahrain national football team">Bahrain</a></span> </b></span></td><td style="width:26%;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Saitama_(city)" title="Saitama (city)">Saitama</a>, Japan</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:right">19:35&#160;<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B09:00" title="UTC+09:00">UTC+9</a></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:center"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/520/288263/288276/400018508">Report</a></td> <td></td> <td>Stadium: <span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Saitama_Stadium_2002" title="Saitama Stadium 2002">Saitama Stadium 2002</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239335550"> <div class="vevent"><span class="summary" style="display:none"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> v <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_national_football_team" title="Saudi Arabia national football team">Saudi Arabia</a></span></span> <table cellspacing="0" class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed vevent tmpl-football-box-collapsible tmpl-football-box-collapsible-transparent" style="border-top:1px solid #999;border-bottom:1px solid #999;margin-bottom:-1px;width:100%;background:transparent;color:#202122"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:28%"><span style="white-space:nowrap;float:right;margin-left:0.5em">25 March</span> <small><a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_AFC_third_round#Group_C" title="2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round">2026 World Cup qualification 3R</a></small></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><b> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </b></span></td><td style="width:8%;text-align:center"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><b>v</b></span></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%"><span class="fn org"><b> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_national_football_team" title="Saudi Arabia national football team">Saudi Arabia</a></span> </b></span></td><td style="width:26%;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Saitama_(city)" title="Saitama (city)">Saitama</a>, Japan</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:right">19:35&#160;<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B09:00" title="UTC+09:00">UTC+9</a></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:center"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/520/288263/288276/400018510">Report</a></td> <td></td> <td>Stadium: <span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Saitama_Stadium_2002" title="Saitama Stadium 2002">Saitama Stadium 2002</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239335550"> <div class="vevent"><span class="summary" style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia men&#39;s national soccer team">Australia</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span></span> v <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a></span></span> <table cellspacing="0" class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed vevent tmpl-football-box-collapsible tmpl-football-box-collapsible-transparent" style="border-top:1px solid #999;border-bottom:1px solid #999;margin-bottom:-1px;width:100%;background:transparent;color:#202122"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:28%"><span style="white-space:nowrap;float:right;margin-left:0.5em">5 June</span> <small><a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_AFC_third_round#Group_C" title="2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round">2026 World Cup qualification 3R</a></small></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><b> <a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia men&#39;s national soccer team">Australia</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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</b></span></td><td style="width:26%;font-size:85%">Australia</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:right">--:--&#160;<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B11:00" title="UTC+11:00">UTC+11</a></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:center"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/520/288263/288276/400018524">Report</a></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr></tbody></table></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239335550"> <div class="vevent"><span class="summary" style="display:none"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> v <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Indonesia_national_football_team" title="Indonesia national football team">Indonesia</a></span></span> <table cellspacing="0" class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed vevent tmpl-football-box-collapsible tmpl-football-box-collapsible-transparent" style="border-top:1px solid #999;border-bottom:1px solid #999;margin-bottom:-1px;width:100%;background:transparent;color:#202122"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:28%"><span style="white-space:nowrap;float:right;margin-left:0.5em">10 June</span> <small><a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_AFC_third_round#Group_C" title="2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round">2026 World Cup qualification 3R</a></small></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><b> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a><span class="flagicon">&#160;<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> </b></span></td><td style="width:8%;text-align:center"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><b>v</b></span></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:19%"><span class="fn org"><b> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Indonesia_national_football_team" title="Indonesia national football team">Indonesia</a></span> </b></span></td><td style="width:26%;font-size:85%">Japan</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:right">--:--&#160;<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B09:00" title="UTC+09:00">UTC+9</a></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:center"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/520/288263/288276/400018522">Report</a></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr></tbody></table></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239335550"> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://jfa.jp/samuraiblue/schedule_result/2025.html">Fixtures &amp; Results (2025)</a>, JFA.jp</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_staff">Coaching staff</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=27" title="Edit section: Coaching staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_staff">Current staff</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=28" title="Edit section: Current staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Asian_national_football_team_managers" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Asian national football team managers">List of Asian national football team managers</a></div> <dl><dd><i>As of 29 August 2024</i></dd></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vietnam_vs._Japan_AFC_Asian_Cup_2019_26.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Vietnam_vs._Japan_AFC_Asian_Cup_2019_26.jpg/220px-Vietnam_vs._Japan_AFC_Asian_Cup_2019_26.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Vietnam_vs._Japan_AFC_Asian_Cup_2019_26.jpg/330px-Vietnam_vs._Japan_AFC_Asian_Cup_2019_26.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Vietnam_vs._Japan_AFC_Asian_Cup_2019_26.jpg/440px-Vietnam_vs._Japan_AFC_Asian_Cup_2019_26.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="853" /></a><figcaption>Hajime Moriyasu, current manager of Japan</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Role </th> <th>Name </th></tr> <tr> <td>Manager </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hajime_Moriyasu" title="Hajime Moriyasu">Hajime Moriyasu</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assistant coach </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Makoto_Hasebe" title="Makoto Hasebe">Makoto Hasebe</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ryoichi_Maeda" title="Ryoichi Maeda">Ryoichi Maeda</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Nanami" title="Hiroshi Nanami">Hiroshi Nanami</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Toshihide_Saito" title="Toshihide Saito">Toshihide Saito</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Physical coach </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Ryoichi Matsumoto </td></tr> <tr> <td>Goalkeeper coach </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Takashi_Shimoda" title="Takashi Shimoda">Takashi Shimoda</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://jfa.jp/samuraiblue_2024/member/">Players &amp; Staffs (2024)</a>, JFA.jp</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manager_history">Manager history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=29" title="Edit section: Manager history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>As of 19 November 2024</i> <i>after the match against <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/China_national_football_team" title="China national football team">China</a></span>.</i></dd></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:blue;width:220px;color:white" rowspan="2">Manager </th> <th style="background:blue;width:80px;color:white" rowspan="2">Period </th> <th style="background:blue;width:170px;color:white" colspan="8">Record </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:blue;color:white">Matches</th> <th style="background:blue;color:white">Won</th> <th style="background:blue;color:white">Draw</th> <th style="background:blue;color:white">Lost</th> <th style="background:blue;color:white">Win&#160;% </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Masujiro_Nishida" title="Masujiro Nishida">Masujiro Nishida</a></td> <td>1923</td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Goro_Yamada" title="Goro Yamada">Goro Yamada</a></td> <td>1925</td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><i>Vacant</i></td> <td>1925</td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>50% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Shigeyoshi_Suzuki" title="Shigeyoshi Suzuki">Shigeyoshi Suzuki</a> (1st)</td> <td>1930</td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>50% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Shigemaru_Takenokoshi" title="Shigemaru Takenokoshi">Shigemaru Takenokoshi</a> (1st)</td> <td>1934</td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>33.33% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Shigeyoshi_Suzuki" title="Shigeyoshi Suzuki">Shigeyoshi Suzuki</a> (2nd)</td> <td>1936</td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>50% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Shigemaru_Takenokoshi" title="Shigemaru Takenokoshi">Shigemaru Takenokoshi</a> (2nd)</td> <td>1940</td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>100% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hirokazu_Ninomiya" title="Hirokazu Ninomiya">Hirokazu Ninomiya</a></td> <td>1951</td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>33.33% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Shigemaru_Takenokoshi" title="Shigemaru Takenokoshi">Shigemaru Takenokoshi</a> (3rd)</td> <td>1954–56</td> <td><b>12</b></td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>16.66% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Taizo_Kawamoto" title="Taizo Kawamoto">Taizo Kawamoto</a></td> <td>1958</td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Shigemaru_Takenokoshi" title="Shigemaru Takenokoshi">Shigemaru Takenokoshi</a> (4th)</td> <td>1958–59</td> <td><b>12</b></td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>33.33% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><i>Vacant</i></td> <td>1960</td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hidetoki_Takahashi" title="Hidetoki Takahashi">Hidetoki Takahashi</a></td> <td>1961–1962</td> <td><b>14</b></td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>9</td> <td>21.43% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ken_Naganuma" title="Ken Naganuma">Ken Naganuma</a> (1st)</td> <td>1963–1969</td> <td><b>31</b></td> <td>18</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>58.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Shunichiro_Okano" title="Shunichiro Okano">Shunichiro Okano</a></td> <td>1970–1971</td> <td><b>19</b></td> <td>11</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>57.90% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ken_Naganuma" title="Ken Naganuma">Ken Naganuma</a> (2nd)</td> <td>1972–1976</td> <td><b>42</b></td> <td>16</td> <td>6</td> <td>20</td> <td>38.09% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Ninomiya" title="Hiroshi Ninomiya">Hiroshi Ninomiya</a></td> <td>1976–1978</td> <td><b>27</b></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>15</td> <td>22.22% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yukio_Shimomura" title="Yukio Shimomura">Yukio Shimomura</a></td> <td>1979–1980</td> <td><b>14</b></td> <td>8</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>57.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Masashi_Watanabe" title="Masashi Watanabe">Masashi Watanabe</a></td> <td>1980</td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>66.67% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sabur%C5%8D_Kawabuchi" title="Saburō Kawabuchi">Saburō Kawabuchi</a></td> <td>1980–1981</td> <td><b>10</b></td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>30% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Takaji_Mori" title="Takaji Mori">Takaji Mori</a></td> <td>1981–1985</td> <td><b>43</b></td> <td>22</td> <td>5</td> <td>16</td> <td>51.16% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yoshinobu_Ishii" title="Yoshinobu Ishii">Yoshinobu Ishii</a></td> <td>1986–1987</td> <td><b>17</b></td> <td>11</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>64.70% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kenzo_Yokoyama" title="Kenzo Yokoyama">Kenzo Yokoyama</a></td> <td>1988–1991</td> <td><b>24</b></td> <td>5</td> <td>7</td> <td>12</td> <td>20.83% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hans_Ooft" title="Hans Ooft">Hans Ooft</a></td> <td>1992–1993</td> <td><b>27</b></td> <td>16</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>59.25% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Paulo_Roberto_Falc%C3%A3o" title="Paulo Roberto Falcão">Paulo Roberto Falcão</a></td> <td>1994</td> <td><b>9</b></td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>33.33% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Shu_Kamo" title="Shu Kamo">Shu Kamo</a></td> <td>1994–1997</td> <td><b>46</b></td> <td>23</td> <td>10</td> <td>13</td> <td>50% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Takeshi_Okada" title="Takeshi Okada">Takeshi Okada</a> (1st)</td> <td>1997–1998</td> <td><b>15</b></td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>33.33% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Philippe_Troussier" title="Philippe Troussier">Philippe Troussier</a></td> <td>1998–2002</td> <td><b>50</b></td> <td>23</td> <td>16</td> <td>11</td> <td>46% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Zico_(footballer)" title="Zico (footballer)">Zico</a></td> <td>2002–2006</td> <td><b>71</b></td> <td>37</td> <td>16</td> <td>18</td> <td>52.11% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina"><img alt="Bosnia and Herzegovina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ivica_Osim" title="Ivica Osim">Ivica Osim</a></td> <td>2006–2007</td> <td><b>20</b></td> <td>13</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>65% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Takeshi_Okada" title="Takeshi Okada">Takeshi Okada</a> (2nd)</td> <td>2007–2010</td> <td><b>50</b></td> <td>26</td> <td>13</td> <td>11</td> <td>52% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hiromi_Hara" title="Hiromi Hara">Hiromi Hara</a> (caretaker)</td> <td>2010</td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>100% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alberto_Zaccheroni" title="Alberto Zaccheroni">Alberto Zaccheroni</a></td> <td>2010–2014</td> <td><b>55</b></td> <td>30</td> <td>12</td> <td>13</td> <td>54.54% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Javier_Aguirre" title="Javier Aguirre">Javier Aguirre</a></td> <td>2014–2015</td> <td><b>10</b></td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>70% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina"><img alt="Bosnia and Herzegovina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Vahid_Halilhod%C5%BEi%C4%87" title="Vahid Halilhodžić">Vahid Halilhodžić</a></td> <td>2015–2018</td> <td><b>38</b></td> <td>21</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>55.26% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Akira_Nishino_(footballer)" title="Akira Nishino (footballer)">Akira Nishino</a></td> <td>2018</td> <td><b>7</b></td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>28.57% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Hajime_Moriyasu" title="Hajime Moriyasu">Hajime Moriyasu</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JFA_news_01_en_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JFA_news_01_en-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JFA_news_01_ja_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JFA_news_01_ja-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JFA_news_02_ja_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JFA_news_02_ja-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>2018–present</td> <td><b>88</b></td> <td>62</td> <td>11</td> <td>15</td> <td>70.45% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:blue;width:220px;color:white" rowspan="2">Manager </th> <th style="background:blue;width:200px;color:white" rowspan="2">Period </th> <th style="background:blue;width:170px;color:white" colspan="8">Record </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:blue;color:white">Matches</th> <th style="background:blue;color:white">Won</th> <th style="background:blue;color:white">Draw</th> <th style="background:blue;color:white">Lost</th> <th style="background:blue;color:white">Win&#160;% </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players">Players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=30" title="Edit section: Players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Japan_international_footballers" title="List of Japan international footballers">List of Japan international footballers</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Japan_men%27s_international_footballers" title="Category:Japan men&#39;s international footballers">Category:Japan men's international footballers</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_squad">Current squad</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=31" title="Edit section: Current squad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following players were called up for the <a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_AFC_third_round" title="2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round">2026 FIFA World Cup qualification</a> matches against <a href="/wiki/Indonesia_national_football_team" title="Indonesia national football team">Indonesia</a> and <a href="/wiki/China_national_football_team" title="China national football team">China</a> on 15 and 19 November 2024, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Cap_(sport)" title="Cap (sport)">Caps</a> and <a href="/wiki/Goal_(sports)#Association_football" title="Goal (sports)">goals</a> as of 19 November 2024, after the match against <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/China_national_football_team" title="China national football team">China</a></span>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046722">.mw-parser-output .nat-fs-player th{background-color:inherit;border:0}.mw-parser-output .nat-fs-player td{text-align:center;border:0}</style> <table class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:100%; width: 98%"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:4%"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:4%"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:30%">Player </th> <th scope="col" style="width:22%">Date of birth (age) </th> <th scope="col" style="width:5%">Caps </th> <th scope="col" style="width:5%">Goals </th> <th scope="col">Club </th></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td>1 </td> <td><span style="display:none">1</span><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)">GK</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Zion_Suzuki" title="Zion Suzuki">Zion Suzuki</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">2002-08-21</span>) </span>21 August 2002<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;22)</span> </td> <td>16 </td> <td>0 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italian_Football_Federation" title="Italian Football Federation"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Parma_Calcio_1913" title="Parma Calcio 1913">Parma</a> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td>12 </td> <td><span style="display:none">1</span><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)">GK</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Keisuke_Osako" title="Keisuke Osako">Keisuke Osako</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1999-07-28</span>) </span>28 July 1999<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;25)</span> </td> <td>8 </td> <td>0 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan_Football_Association" title="Japan Football Association"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sanfrecce_Hiroshima" title="Sanfrecce Hiroshima">Sanfrecce Hiroshima</a> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td>23 </td> <td><span style="display:none">1</span><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)">GK</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kosei_Tani" title="Kosei Tani">Kosei Tani</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">2000-11-20</span>) </span>20 November 2000<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;24)</span> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan_Football_Association" title="Japan Football Association"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/FC_Machida_Zelvia" title="FC Machida Zelvia">Machida Zelvia</a> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="7" style="border:0;opacity:.75"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td>2 </td> <td><span style="display:none">2</span><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)">DF</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Yukinari_Sugawara" title="Yukinari Sugawara">Yukinari Sugawara</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">2000-06-28</span>) </span>28 June 2000<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;24)</span> </td> <td>14 </td> <td>2 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td>3 </td> <td><span style="display:none">2</span><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)">DF</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Daiki_Hashioka" title="Daiki Hashioka">Daiki Hashioka</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1999-05-17</span>) </span>17 May 1999<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;25)</span> </td> <td>11 </td> <td>0 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td>4 </td> <td><span style="display:none">2</span><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)">DF</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ko_Itakura" title="Ko Itakura">Ko Itakura</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1997-01-27</span>) </span>27 January 1997<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;27)</span> </td> <td>35 </td> <td>2 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/German_Football_Association" title="German Football Association"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Borussia_M%C3%B6nchengladbach" title="Borussia Mönchengladbach">Borussia Mönchengladbach</a> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td>16 </td> <td><span style="display:none">2</span><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)">DF</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dki_Machida" title="Kōki Machida">Kōki Machida</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1997-08-25</span>) </span>25 August 1997<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;27)</span> </td> <td>16 </td> <td>0 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Belgian_Football_Association" title="Royal Belgian Football Association"><img alt="Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Royale_Union_Saint-Gilloise" title="Royale Union Saint-Gilloise">Union Saint-Gilloise</a> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td>22 </td> <td><span style="display:none">2</span><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)">DF</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ayumu_Seko" title="Ayumu Seko">Ayumu Seko</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">2000-06-07</span>) </span>7 June 2000<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;24)</span> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>0 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Football_Association" title="Swiss Football Association"><img alt="Switzerland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Grasshopper_Club_Zurich" title="Grasshopper Club Zurich">Grasshopper</a> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td> </td> <td><span style="display:none">2</span><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)">DF</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Yuto_Nagatomo" title="Yuto Nagatomo">Yuto Nagatomo</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1986-09-12</span>) </span>12 September 1986<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;38)</span> </td> <td>142 </td> <td>4 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan_Football_Association" title="Japan Football Association"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/FC_Tokyo" title="FC Tokyo">FC Tokyo</a> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td> </td> <td><span style="display:none">2</span><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)">DF</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kota_Takai" title="Kota Takai">Kota Takai</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">2004-09-04</span>) </span>4 September 2004<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;20)</span> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan_Football_Association" title="Japan Football Association"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kawasaki_Frontale" title="Kawasaki Frontale">Kawasaki Frontale</a> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td> </td> <td><span style="display:none">2</span><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)">DF</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hiroki_Sekine" title="Hiroki Sekine">Hiroki Sekine</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">2002-08-11</span>) </span>11 August 2002<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;22)</span> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan_Football_Association" title="Japan Football Association"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kashiwa_Reysol" title="Kashiwa Reysol">Kashiwa Reysol</a> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="7" style="border:0;opacity:.75"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td>5 </td> <td><span style="display:none">3</span><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">MF</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hidemasa_Morita" title="Hidemasa Morita">Hidemasa Morita</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1995-05-10</span>) </span>10 May 1995<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;29)</span> </td> <td>39 </td> <td>6 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Football_Federation" title="Portuguese Football Federation"><img alt="Portugal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sporting_CP" title="Sporting CP">Sporting CP</a> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td>6 </td> <td><span style="display:none">3</span><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">MF</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wataru_End%C5%8D" title="Wataru Endō">Wataru Endō</a> <small><i>(<a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">captain</a>)</i></small> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1993-02-09</span>) </span>9 February 1993<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;31)</span> </td> <td>67 </td> <td>4 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td>7 </td> <td><span style="display:none">3</span><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">MF</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kaoru_Mitoma" title="Kaoru Mitoma">Kaoru Mitoma</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1997-05-20</span>) </span>20 May 1997<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;27)</span> </td> <td>26 </td> <td>8 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton &amp; Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton &amp; Hove Albion</a> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td>8 </td> <td><span style="display:none">3</span><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">MF</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Takumi_Minamino" title="Takumi Minamino">Takumi Minamino</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1995-01-16</span>) </span>16 January 1995<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;29)</span> </td> <td>65 </td> <td>24 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/French_Football_Federation" title="French Football Federation"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/AS_Monaco_FC" title="AS Monaco FC">Monaco</a><sup id="cite_ref-mon_127-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mon-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td>10 </td> <td><span style="display:none">3</span><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">MF</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ritsu_D%C5%8Dan" title="Ritsu Dōan">Ritsu Dōan</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1998-06-16</span>) </span>16 June 1998<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;26)</span> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>10 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/German_Football_Association" title="German Football Association"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/SC_Freiburg" title="SC Freiburg">SC Freiburg</a> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td>13 </td> <td><span style="display:none">3</span><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">MF</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Keito_Nakamura" title="Keito Nakamura">Keito Nakamura</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">2000-07-28</span>) </span>28 July 2000<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;24)</span> </td> <td>14 </td> <td>8 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/French_Football_Federation" title="French Football Federation"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Stade_de_Reims" title="Stade de Reims">Reims</a> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td>14 </td> <td><span style="display:none">3</span><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">MF</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Junya_It%C5%8D" title="Junya Itō">Junya Itō</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1993-03-09</span>) </span>9 March 1993<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;31)</span> </td> <td>60 </td> <td>14 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/French_Football_Federation" title="French Football Federation"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Stade_de_Reims" title="Stade de Reims">Reims</a> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td>15 </td> <td><span style="display:none">3</span><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">MF</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Daichi_Kamada" title="Daichi Kamada">Daichi Kamada</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1996-08-05</span>) </span>5 August 1996<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;28)</span> </td> <td>38 </td> <td>8 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td>17 </td> <td><span style="display:none">3</span><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">MF</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ao_Tanaka" title="Ao Tanaka">Ao Tanaka</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1998-09-10</span>) </span>10 September 1998<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;26)</span> </td> <td>30 </td> <td>8 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td>20 </td> <td><span style="display:none">3</span><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">MF</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Takefusa_Kubo" title="Takefusa Kubo">Takefusa Kubo</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">2001-06-04</span>) </span>4 June 2001<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;23)</span> </td> <td>40 </td> <td>5 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Spanish_Football_Federation" title="Royal Spanish Football Federation"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Real_Sociedad" title="Real Sociedad">Real Sociedad</a> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td>21 </td> <td><span style="display:none">3</span><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">MF</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Reo_Hatate" title="Reo Hatate">Reo Hatate</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1997-11-21</span>) </span>21 November 1997<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;27)</span> </td> <td>10 </td> <td>0 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Football_Association" title="Scottish Football Association"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Celtic_F.C." title="Celtic F.C.">Celtic</a> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td> </td> <td><span style="display:none">3</span><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">MF</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Joel_Chima_Fujita" title="Joel Chima Fujita">Joel Chima Fujita</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">2002-02-16</span>) </span>16 February 2002<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;22)</span> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Belgian_Football_Association" title="Royal Belgian Football Association"><img alt="Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sint-Truidense_V.V." title="Sint-Truidense V.V.">Sint-Truiden</a> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="7" style="border:0;opacity:.75"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td>9 </td> <td><span style="display:none">4</span><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)">FW</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kyogo_Furuhashi" title="Kyogo Furuhashi">Kyogo Furuhashi</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1995-01-20</span>) </span>20 January 1995<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;29)</span> </td> <td>22 </td> <td>5 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Football_Association" title="Scottish Football Association"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Celtic_F.C." title="Celtic F.C.">Celtic</a> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td>11 </td> <td><span style="display:none">4</span><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)">FW</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Daizen_Maeda" title="Daizen Maeda">Daizen Maeda</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1997-10-20</span>) </span>20 October 1997<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;27)</span> </td> <td>22 </td> <td>4 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Football_Association" title="Scottish Football Association"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Celtic_F.C." title="Celtic F.C.">Celtic</a> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td>18 </td> <td><span style="display:none">4</span><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)">FW</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Yuki_Ohashi" title="Yuki Ohashi">Yuki Ohashi</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1996-07-27</span>) </span>27 July 1996<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;28)</span> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a> </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td>19 </td> <td><span style="display:none">4</span><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)">FW</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dki_Ogawa_(footballer)" title="Kōki Ogawa (footballer)">Koki Ogawa</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1997-08-08</span>) </span>8 August 1997<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;27)</span> </td> <td>9 </td> <td>9 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Dutch_Football_Association" title="Royal Dutch Football Association"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/NEC_Nijmegen" title="NEC Nijmegen">NEC Nijmegen</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recent_call-ups">Recent call-ups</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=32" title="Edit section: Recent call-ups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last twelve months.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886046722"> <table class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:98%"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:5%"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:20%">Player </th> <th scope="col" style="width:20%">Date of birth (age) </th> <th scope="col" style="width:5%">Caps </th> <th scope="col" style="width:5%">Goals </th> <th scope="col" style="width:20%">Club </th> <th scope="col" style="width:25%">Latest call-up </th></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)">GK</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Daiya_Maekawa" title="Daiya Maekawa">Daiya Maekawa</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1994-09-08</span>) </span>8 September 1994<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;30)</span> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan_Football_Association" title="Japan Football Association"><img alt="Japan" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Syria_national_football_team" title="Syria national football team">Syria</a></span>, 11 June 2024 </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)">GK</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Taishi_Brandon_Nozawa" title="Taishi Brandon Nozawa">Taishi Brandon Nozawa</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">2002-12-25</span>) </span>25 December 2002<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;21)</span> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan_Football_Association" title="Japan Football Association"><img alt="Japan" 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title="Yūta Nakayama">Yūta Nakayama</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1997-02-16</span>) </span>16 February 1997<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;27)</span> </td> <td>22 </td> <td>0 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan_Football_Association" title="Japan Football Association"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/FC_Machida_Zelvia" title="FC Machida Zelvia">Machida Zelvia</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left">v. <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Bahrain_national_football_team" title="Bahrain national football team">Bahrain</a></span>, 10 September 2024 </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)">DF</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Takehiro_Tomiyasu" title="Takehiro Tomiyasu">Takehiro Tomiyasu</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span 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href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)">FW</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Takuma_Asano" title="Takuma Asano">Takuma Asano</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1994-11-10</span>) </span>10 November 1994<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;30)</span> </td> <td>53 </td> <td>9 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Spanish_Football_Federation" title="Royal Spanish Football Federation"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" 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scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Mao_Hosoya" title="Mao Hosoya">Mao Hosoya</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">2001-09-07</span>) </span>7 September 2001<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;23)</span> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>1 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan_Football_Association" title="Japan Football Association"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kashiwa_Reysol" title="Kashiwa Reysol">Kashiwa Reysol</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left">v. <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Bahrain_national_football_team" title="Bahrain national football team">Bahrain</a></span>, 10 September 2024 </td></tr> <tr class="nat-fs-player"> <td><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)">FW</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Yuito_Suzuki" title="Yuito Suzuki">Yuito Suzuki</a> </th> <td 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</p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Records">Records</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=33" title="Edit section: Records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Japan_national_football_team_records_and_statistics" title="Japan national football team records and statistics">Japan national football team records and statistics</a></div> <dl><dd><i>As of 19 November 2024.</i><sup id="cite_ref-RSSSF_129-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSSSF-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></dd> <dd><i>Players in <b>bold</b> are still active with Japan.</i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Most_appearances">Most appearances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=34" title="Edit section: Most appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yasuhito_End%C5%8D_against_Bahrain_June_22_2008.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Yasuhito_End%C5%8D_against_Bahrain_June_22_2008.png/170px-Yasuhito_End%C5%8D_against_Bahrain_June_22_2008.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="243" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Yasuhito_End%C5%8D_against_Bahrain_June_22_2008.png/255px-Yasuhito_End%C5%8D_against_Bahrain_June_22_2008.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Yasuhito_End%C5%8D_against_Bahrain_June_22_2008.png/340px-Yasuhito_End%C5%8D_against_Bahrain_June_22_2008.png 2x" data-file-width="411" data-file-height="587" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Yasuhito_End%C5%8D" title="Yasuhito Endō">Yasuhito Endō</a> is Japan's most capped player with 152 appearances.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:30px;background:blue;color:white">Rank </th> <th style="width:150px;background:blue;color:white">Player </th> <th style="width:50px;background:blue;color:white">Caps </th> <th style="width:50px;background:blue;color:white">Goals </th> <th style="width:50px;background:blue;color:white">Pos </th> <th style="width:100px;background:blue;color:white">Career </th> <th style="width:25px;background:blue;color:white">Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Yasuhito_End%C5%8D" title="Yasuhito Endō">Yasuhito Endō</a></td> <td><b>152</b></td> <td>15</td> <td>MF</td> <td>2002–2015</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Yuto_Nagatomo" title="Yuto Nagatomo">Yuto Nagatomo</a></b></td> <td><b>142</b></td> <td>4</td> <td>DF</td> <td>2008–present</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Maya_Yoshida" title="Maya Yoshida">Maya Yoshida</a></td> <td><b>126</b></td> <td>12</td> <td>DF</td> <td>2010–2022</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Masami_Ihara" title="Masami Ihara">Masami Ihara</a></td> <td><b>122</b></td> <td>5</td> <td>DF</td> <td>1988–1999</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Shinji_Okazaki" title="Shinji Okazaki">Shinji Okazaki</a></td> <td><b>119</b></td> <td>50</td> <td>FW</td> <td>2008– 2019</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-SHINJI_OKAZAKI_133-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SHINJI_OKAZAKI-133"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Yoshikatsu_Kawaguchi" title="Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi">Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi</a></td> <td><b>116</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>GK</td> <td>1997–2010</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Makoto_Hasebe" title="Makoto Hasebe">Makoto Hasebe</a></td> <td><b>114</b></td> <td>2</td> <td>MF</td> <td>2006–2018</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Yuji_Nakazawa" title="Yuji Nakazawa">Yuji Nakazawa</a></td> <td><b>110</b></td> <td>17</td> <td>DF</td> <td>1999–2010</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">9</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Keisuke_Honda" title="Keisuke Honda">Keisuke Honda</a></td> <td><b>98</b></td> <td>37</td> <td>MF</td> <td>2008–2018</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-KEISUKE_HONDA_135-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KEISUKE_HONDA-135"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Shunsuke_Nakamura" title="Shunsuke Nakamura">Shunsuke Nakamura</a></td> <td><b>98</b></td> <td>24</td> <td>MF</td> <td>2000–2010</td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Top_goalscorers">Top goalscorers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=35" title="Edit section: Top goalscorers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Japan_national_football_team_hat-tricks" title="List of Japan national football team hat-tricks">List of Japan national football team hat-tricks</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kunishige_Kamamoto_IMG_3322_20140110.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Kunishige_Kamamoto_IMG_3322_20140110.JPG/170px-Kunishige_Kamamoto_IMG_3322_20140110.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Kunishige_Kamamoto_IMG_3322_20140110.JPG/255px-Kunishige_Kamamoto_IMG_3322_20140110.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Kunishige_Kamamoto_IMG_3322_20140110.JPG/340px-Kunishige_Kamamoto_IMG_3322_20140110.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kunishige_Kamamoto" title="Kunishige Kamamoto">Kunishige Kamamoto</a> is Japan's top scorer with 75 goals.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:30px;background:blue;color:white">Rank </th> <th style="width:150px;background:blue;color:white">Player </th> <th style="width:50px;background:blue;color:white">Goals </th> <th style="width:50px;background:blue;color:white">Caps </th> <th style="width:50px;background:blue;color:white">Ratio </th> <th style="width:100px;background:blue;color:white">Career </th> <th style="width:25px;background:blue;color:white">Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kunishige_Kamamoto" title="Kunishige Kamamoto">Kunishige Kamamoto</a></td> <td><b>75</b></td> <td>76</td> <td>0.99</td> <td>1964–1977</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kazuyoshi_Miura" title="Kazuyoshi Miura">Kazuyoshi Miura</a></td> <td><b>55</b></td> <td>89</td> <td>0.62</td> <td>1990–2000</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Shinji_Okazaki" title="Shinji Okazaki">Shinji Okazaki</a></td> <td><b>50</b></td> <td>119</td> <td>0.42</td> <td>2008–2019</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-SHINJI_OKAZAKI_133-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SHINJI_OKAZAKI-133"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">4</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Hiromi_Hara" title="Hiromi Hara">Hiromi Hara</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><b>37</b></td> <td>75</td> <td>0.49</td> <td>1978–1988</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Keisuke_Honda" title="Keisuke Honda">Keisuke Honda</a></td> <td>98</td> <td>0.38</td> <td>2008–2018</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-KEISUKE_HONDA_135-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KEISUKE_HONDA-135"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Shinji_Kagawa" title="Shinji Kagawa">Shinji Kagawa</a></td> <td><b>31</b></td> <td>97</td> <td>0.32</td> <td>2008–2019</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Takuya_Takagi" title="Takuya Takagi">Takuya Takagi</a></td> <td><b>27</b></td> <td>44</td> <td>0.61</td> <td>1992–1997</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kazushi_Kimura" title="Kazushi Kimura">Kazushi Kimura</a></td> <td><b>26</b></td> <td>54</td> <td>0.48</td> <td>1979–1986</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Yuya_Osako" title="Yuya Osako">Yuya Osako</a></td> <td><b>25</b></td> <td>57</td> <td>0.44</td> <td>2013–2022</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Takumi_Minamino" title="Takumi Minamino">Takumi Minamino</a></b></td> <td><b>24</b></td> <td>64</td> <td>0.38</td> <td>2015–present</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Captains">Captains</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=36" title="Edit section: Captains"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:blue;color:white">Name </th> <th style="background:blue;color:white">Pos </th> <th style="background:blue;color:white">Period </th> <th style="background:blue;color:white">Note </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Yaegashi" title="Shigeo Yaegashi">Shigeo Yaegashi</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>MF</b> </td> <td align="center">1968 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Summer Olympics</b> bronze medalist leading captain (<a href="/wiki/1968_Summer_Olympics" title="1968 Summer Olympics">1968</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aritatsu_Ogi" title="Aritatsu Ogi">Aritatsu Ogi</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>MF</b> </td> <td align="center">1969–1974 </td> <td rowspan="11"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kunishige_Kamamoto" title="Kunishige Kamamoto">Kunishige Kamamoto</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>FW</b> </td> <td align="center">1975–1977 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nobuo_Fujishima" title="Nobuo Fujishima">Nobuo Fujishima</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>MF</b> </td> <td align="center">1978 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Ochiai" title="Hiroshi Ochiai">Hiroshi Ochiai</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>MF</b> <b>DF</b> </td> <td align="center">1978–1979 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hideki_Maeda" title="Hideki Maeda">Hideki Maeda</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>MF</b> </td> <td align="center">1980–1981 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mitsuhisa_Taguchi" title="Mitsuhisa Taguchi">Mitsuhisa Taguchi</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>GK</b> </td> <td align="center">1982–1984 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kazushi_Kimura" title="Kazushi Kimura">Kazushi Kimura</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>MF</b> </td> <td align="center">1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hisashi_Kato" title="Hisashi Kato">Hisashi Kato</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>DF</b> </td> <td align="center">1985–1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiromi_Hara" title="Hiromi Hara">Hiromi Hara</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>FW</b> </td> <td align="center">1988 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shigetatsu_Matsunaga" title="Shigetatsu Matsunaga">Shigetatsu Matsunaga</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="center"><b>GK</b> </td> <td align="center">1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shinichi_Morishita" title="Shinichi Morishita">Shinichi Morishita</a> </td> <td align="center">1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tetsuji_Hashiratani" title="Tetsuji Hashiratani">Tetsuji Hashiratani</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>MF</b> </td> <td align="center">1991–1995 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>AFC Asian Cup</b> winning captain (<a href="/wiki/1992_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1992 AFC Asian Cup">1992</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Masami_Ihara" title="Masami Ihara">Masami Ihara</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>DF</b> </td> <td align="center">1996–1999 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Masashi_Nakayama" title="Masashi Nakayama">Masashi Nakayama</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>FW</b> </td> <td align="center">2001 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>FIFA Confederations Cup</b> runners-up leading captain (<a href="/wiki/2001_FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="2001 FIFA Confederations Cup">2001</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ryuzo_Morioka" title="Ryuzo Morioka">Ryuzo Morioka</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>CB</b> </td> <td align="center">2000–2002 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>AFC Asian Cup</b> winning captain (<a href="/wiki/2000_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2000 AFC Asian Cup">2000</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hidetoshi_Nakata" title="Hidetoshi Nakata">Hidetoshi Nakata</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>CM</b> </td> <td align="center">2002–2004 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tsuneyasu_Miyamoto" title="Tsuneyasu Miyamoto">Tsuneyasu Miyamoto</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>CB</b> </td> <td align="center">2003–2006 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>AFC Asian Cup</b> winning captain (<a href="/wiki/2004_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2004 AFC Asian Cup">2004</a>), <b>East Asian Football Championship</b> runners-up leading captain (<a href="/wiki/2003_East_Asian_Football_Championship" title="2003 East Asian Football Championship">2003</a>) (<a href="/wiki/2005_East_Asian_Football_Championship" title="2005 East Asian Football Championship">2005</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yoshikatsu_Kawaguchi" title="Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi">Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>GK</b> </td> <td align="center">2006–2008 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>East Asian Football Championship</b> runners-up leading captain (<a href="/wiki/2008_East_Asian_Football_Championship" title="2008 East Asian Football Championship">2008</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yuji_Nakazawa" title="Yuji Nakazawa">Yuji Nakazawa</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>CB</b> </td> <td align="center">2008–2010 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>East Asian Football Championship</b> third place leading captain (<a href="/wiki/2010_East_Asian_Football_Championship" title="2010 East Asian Football Championship">2010</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Makoto_Hasebe" title="Makoto Hasebe">Makoto Hasebe</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>DM</b> </td> <td align="center">2010–2018 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>AFC Asian Cup</b> winning captain (<a href="/wiki/2011_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2011 AFC Asian Cup">2011</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yuichi_Komano" class="mw-redirect" title="Yuichi Komano">Yuichi Komano</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>DF</b> </td> <td align="center">2013 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>EAFF East Asian Cup</b> winning captain (<a href="/wiki/2013_EAFF_East_Asian_Cup" title="2013 EAFF East Asian Cup">2013</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gen_Shoji" title="Gen Shoji">Gen Shoji</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>CB</b> </td> <td align="center">2017 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>EAFF E-1 Championship</b> runners-up leading captain (<a href="/wiki/2017_EAFF_E-1_Football_Championship" title="2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship">2017</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maya_Yoshida" title="Maya Yoshida">Maya Yoshida</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>CB</b> </td> <td align="center">2018–2022 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>AFC Asian Cup</b> runners-up leading captain (<a href="/wiki/2019_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2019 AFC Asian Cup">2019</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sho_Sasaki_(footballer)" title="Sho Sasaki (footballer)">Sho Sasaki</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>LB</b> </td> <td align="center">2019 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>EAFF E-1 Championship</b> runners-up leading captain (<a href="/wiki/2019_EAFF_E-1_Football_Championship" title="2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship">2019</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shogo_Taniguchi" title="Shogo Taniguchi">Shogo Taniguchi</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>CB</b> </td> <td align="center">2022 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>EAFF E-1 Championship</b> winning captain (<a href="/wiki/2022_EAFF_E-1_Football_Championship" title="2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship">2022</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wataru_Endo" class="mw-redirect" title="Wataru Endo">Wataru Endo</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>DM</b> </td> <td align="center">2023–present </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Competitive_record">Competitive record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=37" title="Edit section: Competitive record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:gold; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;">&#160;</span> <b>Champions</b>&#160;&#160;<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:silver; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;">&#160;</span> <b>Runners-up</b>&#160;&#160;<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#cc9966; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;">&#160;</span> Third place&#160;&#160;<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#9acdff; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;">&#160;</span> Fourth place&#160;&#160; </p> <dl><dd><i>*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on <a href="/wiki/Penalty_shootout_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Penalty shootout (association football)">penalty shootouts</a>. 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.</i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="FIFA_World_Cup">FIFA World Cup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=38" title="Edit section: FIFA World Cup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup" title="Japan at the FIFA World Cup">Japan at the FIFA World Cup</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_records_and_statistics" title="FIFA World Cup records and statistics">FIFA World Cup records and statistics</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10" style="background:blue;color:white">FIFA World Cup record </th> <th style="width:1%;" rowspan="27"> </th> <th colspan="6" style="background:blue;color:white">Qualification record </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Result</th> <th>Position</th> <th>Pld</th> <th>W</th> <th>D</th> <th>L</th> <th>GF</th> <th>GA</th> <th>Squad</th> <th>Pld</th> <th>W</th> <th>D</th> <th>L</th> <th>GF</th> <th>GA </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Uruguay" title="Uruguay"><img alt="Uruguay" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1930_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1930 FIFA World Cup">1930</a></td> <td colspan="9"><i>Withdrew</i> </td> <td colspan="6"><i>Qualified as invitees</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Italy_%281861%E2%80%931946%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861%E2%80%931946%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Italy_%281861%E2%80%931946%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861%E2%80%931946%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Italy_%281861%E2%80%931946%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861%E2%80%931946%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1934_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1934 FIFA World Cup">1934</a> </td> <td colspan="9"><i>Did not enter</i> </td> <td colspan="6"><i>Did not enter</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1938_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1938 FIFA World Cup">1938</a></td> <td colspan="9"><i>Withdrew</i> </td> <td colspan="6"><i>Withdrew</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1950_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1950 FIFA World Cup">1950</a></td> <td colspan="9"><i>Suspended from FIFA</i> </td> <td colspan="6"><i>Suspended from FIFA</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland"><img alt="Switzerland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1954_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1954 FIFA World Cup">1954</a></td> <td colspan="9"><i>Did not qualify</i> </td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1958_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1958 FIFA World Cup">1958</a></td> <td colspan="9"><i>Did not enter</i> </td> <td colspan="6"><i>Did not enter</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile"><img alt="Chile" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1962_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1962 FIFA World Cup">1962</a></td> <td colspan="9"><i>Did not qualify</i> </td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1966_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1966 FIFA World Cup">1966</a></td> <td colspan="9"><i>Did not enter</i> </td> <td colspan="6"><i>Did not enter</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1970_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1970 FIFA World Cup">1970</a></td> <td rowspan="7" colspan="9"><i>Did not qualify</i> </td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany"><img alt="West Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1974 FIFA World Cup">1974</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina"><img alt="Argentina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1978 FIFA World Cup">1978</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1982_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1982 FIFA World Cup">1982</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1986 FIFA World Cup">1986</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>15</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1990 FIFA World Cup">1990</a> </td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>7</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a> </td> <td>13</td> <td>9</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>35</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1998 FIFA World Cup">1998</a></td> <td>Group stage</td> <td>31st</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_squads#Japan" title="1998 FIFA World Cup squads">Squad</a> </td> <td>15</td> <td>9</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>51</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border: 3px solid red"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2002 FIFA World Cup">2002</a></td> <td>Round of 16</td> <td>9th</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup_squads#Japan" title="2002 FIFA World Cup squads">Squad</a> </td> <td colspan="6"><i>Qualified as co-hosts</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2006 FIFA World Cup">2006</a></td> <td>Group stage</td> <td>28th</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup_squads#Japan" title="2006 FIFA World Cup squads">Squad</a> </td> <td>12</td> <td>11</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>25</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2010 FIFA World Cup">2010</a></td> <td>Round of 16</td> <td>9th</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_squads#Japan" title="2010 FIFA World Cup squads">Squad</a> </td> <td>14</td> <td>8</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>23</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2014 FIFA World Cup">2014</a></td> <td>Group stage</td> <td>29th</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_squads#Japan" title="2014 FIFA World Cup squads">Squad</a> </td> <td>14</td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>30</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2018 FIFA World Cup">2018</a></td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="1">Round of 16</td> <td>15th</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_squads#Japan" title="2018 FIFA World Cup squads">Squad</a> </td> <td>18</td> <td>13</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>44</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar"><img alt="Qatar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="550" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2022 FIFA World Cup">2022</a></td> <td>9th</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_squads#Japan" title="2022 FIFA World Cup squads">Squad</a> </td> <td>18</td> <td>15</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>58</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a 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data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco"><img alt="Morocco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/23px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/35px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/45px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2030_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2030 FIFA World Cup">2030</a> </td> <td colspan="7" rowspan="2"><i>To be determined</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia"><img alt="Saudi Arabia" 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<th>28</th> <th>342</th> <th>92 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Match_history">Match history</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=39" title="Edit section: Match history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5" style="background:blue;color:white">FIFA World Cup history </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Round </th> <th>Opponent </th> <th>Score </th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b>1998</b></td> <td rowspan="3">Group stage </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team">Argentina</a></span></td> <td><b>0–1</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium</a></span></td> <td><b>2–3</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5"> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><b>2022</b></td> <td rowspan="3">Group stage </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team">Germany</a></span></td> <td><b>2–1</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/AFC_Asian_Cup_records_and_statistics" title="AFC Asian Cup records and statistics">AFC Asian Cup records and statistics</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10" style="background:blue;color:white"><a href="/wiki/AFC_Asian_Cup" title="AFC Asian Cup">AFC Asian Cup</a> record </th> <th rowspan="27"> </th> <th colspan="6" style="background:blue;color:white"><a href="/wiki/AFC_Asian_Cup_qualifiers" title="AFC Asian Cup qualifiers">Qualification</a> record </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Result</th> <th>Position</th> <th>Pld</th> <th>W</th> <th>D</th> <th>L</th> <th>GF</th> <th>GA</th> <th>Squad</th> <th>Pld</th> <th>W</th> <th>D</th> <th>L</th> <th>GF</th> <th>GA </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong"><img alt="Hong Kong" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/45px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1956_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1956 AFC Asian Cup">1956</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" colspan="9"><i>Withdrew</i> </td> <td rowspan="3" colspan="9"><i>Withdrew</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1960_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1960 AFC Asian Cup">1960</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel"><img alt="Israel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1964_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1964 AFC Asian Cup">1964</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran"><img alt="Iran" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg/23px-State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg/35px-State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg/46px-State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="293" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1968_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1968 AFC Asian Cup">1968</a> </td> <td colspan="9"><i>Did not qualify</i> </td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>8</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand"><img alt="Thailand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1972_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1972 AFC Asian Cup">1972</a> </td> <td colspan="9"><i>Withdrew</i> </td> <td colspan="6"><i>Withdrew</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran"><img alt="Iran" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg/23px-State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg/35px-State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg/46px-State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="293" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1976_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1976 AFC Asian Cup">1976</a> </td> <td colspan="9"><i>Did not qualify</i> </td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait"><img alt="Kuwait" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1980_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1980 AFC Asian Cup">1980</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="9"><i>Withdrew</i> </td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="6"><i>Withdrew</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore"><img alt="Singapore" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/45px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1984_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1984 AFC Asian Cup">1984</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar"><img alt="Qatar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="550" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1988_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1988 AFC Asian Cup">1988</a></td> <td>Group stage</td> <td>10th</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1988_AFC_Asian_Cup_squads#Japan" title="1988 AFC Asian Cup squads">Squad</a> </td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr style="background:gold;"> <td style="border: 3px solid red"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1992_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1992 AFC Asian Cup">1992</a></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/1992_AFC_Asian_Cup_final" title="1992 AFC Asian Cup final">Champions</a> </b></td> <td><b>1st</b></td> <td><b>5</b></td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td><b>0</b></td> <td><b>6</b></td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/1992_AFC_Asian_Cup_squads#Japan" title="1992 AFC Asian Cup squads">Squad</a></b> </td> <td colspan="6"><i>Qualified as hosts</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates"><img alt="United Arab Emirates" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1996_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1996 AFC Asian Cup">1996</a></td> <td>Quarter-finals</td> <td>5th</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1996_AFC_Asian_Cup_squads#Japan" title="1996 AFC Asian Cup squads">Squad</a> </td> <td colspan="6"><i>Qualified as defending champions</i> </td></tr> <tr style="background:gold;"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon"><img alt="Lebanon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/45px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2000_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2000 AFC Asian Cup">2000</a></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2000_AFC_Asian_Cup_final" title="2000 AFC Asian Cup final">Champions</a></b></td> <td><b>1st</b></td> <td><b>6</b></td> <td><b>5</b></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><b>0</b></td> <td><b>21</b></td> <td><b>6</b></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2000_AFC_Asian_Cup_squads#Japan" title="2000 AFC Asian Cup squads">Squad</a></b> </td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>15</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr style="background:gold;"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2004_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2004 AFC Asian Cup">2004</a></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2004_AFC_Asian_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 AFC Asian Cup Final">Champions</a></b></td> <td><b>1st</b></td> <td><b>6</b></td> <td><b>4</b></td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td><b>0</b></td> <td><b>13</b></td> <td><b>6</b></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2004_AFC_Asian_Cup_squads#Japan" title="2004 AFC Asian Cup squads">Squad</a></b> </td> <td colspan="6"><i>Qualified as defending champions</i> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#9acdff;"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia"><img alt="Indonesia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia"><img alt="Malaysia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand"><img alt="Thailand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam"><img alt="Vietnam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/45px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2007_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2007 AFC Asian Cup">2007</a></td> <td>Fourth place</td> <td>4th</td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>11</td> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_AFC_Asian_Cup_squads#Japan" title="2007 AFC Asian Cup squads">Squad</a> </td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>15</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr style="background:gold;"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar"><img alt="Qatar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="550" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2011_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2011 AFC Asian Cup">2011</a></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2011_AFC_Asian_Cup_final" title="2011 AFC Asian Cup final">Champions</a></b></td> <td><b>1st</b></td> <td><b>6</b></td> <td><b>4</b></td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td><b>0</b></td> <td><b>14</b></td> <td><b>6</b></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2011_AFC_Asian_Cup_squads#Japan" title="2011 AFC Asian Cup squads">Squad</a></b> </td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>17</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2015_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2015 AFC Asian Cup">2015</a></td> <td>Quarter-finals</td> <td>5th</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_AFC_Asian_Cup_squads#Japan" title="2015 AFC Asian Cup squads">Squad</a> </td> <td colspan="6"><i>Qualified as defending champions</i> </td></tr> <tr style="background:silver;"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates"><img alt="United Arab Emirates" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2019_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2019 AFC Asian Cup">2019</a></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2019_AFC_Asian_Cup_final" title="2019 AFC Asian Cup final">Runners-up</a></b></td> <td><b>2nd</b></td> <td><b>7</b></td> <td><b>6</b></td> <td><b>0</b></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><b>12</b></td> <td><b>6</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_AFC_Asian_Cup_squads#Japan" title="2019 AFC Asian Cup squads">Squad</a> </td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>27</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar"><img alt="Qatar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="550" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2023_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2023 AFC Asian Cup">2023</a></td> <td>Quarter-finals</td> <td>7th</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>12</td> <td>8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_AFC_Asian_Cup_squads#Japan" title="2023 AFC Asian Cup squads">Squad</a> </td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>46</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia"><img alt="Saudi Arabia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2027_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2027 AFC Asian Cup">2027</a></td> <td colspan="9"><i>Qualified</i> </td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>24</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total</th> <th>4 Titles</th> <th>11/19</th> <th>53</th> <th>33</th> <th>12</th> <th>8</th> <th>104</th> <th>52</th> <th>—</th> <th>50</th> <th>41</th> <th>4</th> <th>5</th> <th>162</th> <th>19 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Match_history_2">Match history</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=41" title="Edit section: Match history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5" style="background:blue;color:white">AFC Asian Cup history </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Round </th> <th>Opponent </th> <th>Score </th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><b>1988</b></td> <td rowspan="4">Group stage</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team" title="Iran national football team">Iran</a></span></td> <td><b>0–0</b></td> <td>Draw </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_national_football_team" title="South Korea national football team">South Korea</a></span></td> <td><b>0–2</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_national_football_team" title="United Arab Emirates national football team">United Arab Emirates</a></span></td> <td><b>0–1</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="550" 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href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_national_football_team" title="United Arab Emirates national football team">United Arab Emirates</a></span></td> <td><b>0–0</b></td> <td>Draw </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_national_football_team" title="North Korea national football team">North Korea</a></span></td> <td><b>1–1</b></td> <td>Draw </td></tr> <tr> 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title="Oman national football team">Oman</a></span></td> <td><b>1–0</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan_national_football_team" title="Uzbekistan national football team">Uzbekistan</a></span></td> <td><b>2–1</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td>Round of 16</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/45px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_national_football_team" title="Vietnam national football team">Vietnam</a></span></td> <td><b>1–0</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td>Semi-finals</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team" title="Iran national football team">Iran</a></span></td> <td><b>3–0</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr style="background:silver;"> <td>Final</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="550" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Qatar_national_football_team" title="Qatar national football team">Qatar</a></span></td> <td><b>1–3</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5"> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5"><b>2023</b></td> <td rowspan="3">Group stage</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/45px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_national_football_team" title="Vietnam national football team">Vietnam</a></span></td> <td><b>4–2</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/45px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Iraq_national_football_team" title="Iraq national football team">Iraq</a></span></td> <td><b>1–2</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Indonesia_national_football_team" title="Indonesia national football team">Indonesia</a></span></td> <td><b>3–1</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td>Round of 16</td> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Bahrain_national_football_team" title="Bahrain national football team">Bahrain</a></span></td> <td><b>3–1</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td>Quarter-finals</td> <td style="text-align:left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team" title="Iran national football team">Iran</a></span></td> <td><b>1–2</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5"> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Copa_América"><span id="Copa_Am.C3.A9rica"></span>Copa América</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=42" title="Edit section: Copa América"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="Japan at the Copa América">Japan at the Copa América</a></div> <p>Japan was the first team from outside the <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a> to participate in the <a href="/wiki/Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="Copa América">Copa América</a>, having been invited to the <a href="/wiki/1999_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="1999 Copa América">1999 tournament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-goal.com_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goal.com-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Japan was also invited in <a href="/wiki/2011_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="2011 Copa América">2011</a> and initially accepted the invitation. However, following the <a href="/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami">Tōhoku earthquake</a>, the JFA later withdrew on 16 May 2011, citing the difficulty of releasing some Japanese players from European teams to play as replacements.<sup id="cite_ref-ESPNFC.com_139-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPNFC.com-139"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the next day, <a href="/wiki/CONMEBOL" title="CONMEBOL">CONMEBOL</a> invited <a href="/wiki/Costa_Rica_national_football_team" title="Costa Rica national football team">Costa Rica</a> to replace Japan in the competition. </p><p>On 16 August 2013, CONMEBOL president <a href="/wiki/Eugenio_Figueredo" title="Eugenio Figueredo">Eugenio Figueredo</a> announced that Japan was invited to the <a href="/wiki/2015_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="2015 Copa América">2015 Copa América</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, Japan later declined the invitation due to scheduling problems.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 14 May 2018, CONMEBOL announced that Japan, alongside <a href="/wiki/Qatar_national_football_team" title="Qatar national football team">Qatar</a>, would be the two invited teams for the <a href="/wiki/2019_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="2019 Copa América">2019 Copa América</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10" style="background:blue;color:white">Copa América record </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Result </th> <th>Position </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Games played">Pld</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Won">W</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Drawn">D</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Lost">L</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Goals for">GF</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Goals against">GA</span> </th> <th>Squad </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Paraguay" title="Paraguay"><img alt="Paraguay" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Paraguay_%281990%E2%80%932013%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Paraguay_%281990%E2%80%932013%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Paraguay_%281990%E2%80%932013%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Paraguay_%281990%E2%80%932013%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Paraguay_%281990%E2%80%932013%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Paraguay_%281990%E2%80%932013%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1999_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="1999 Copa América">1999</a> </td> <td>Group stage</td> <td>10th</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica_squads#Japan" title="1999 Copa América squads">Squad</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina"><img alt="Argentina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2011_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="2011 Copa América">2011</a> </td> <td colspan="9"><i>Withdrew</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile"><img alt="Chile" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2015_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="2015 Copa América">2015</a> </td> <td colspan="9"><i>Withdrew</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2019_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="2019 Copa América">2019</a> </td> <td>Group stage</td> <td>9th</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica_squads#Japan" title="2019 Copa América squads">Squad</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total</th> <th>Group stage</th> <th>2/4</th> <th>6</th> <th>0</th> <th>3</th> <th>3</th> <th>6</th> <th>15</th> <th>— </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Match_history_3">Match history</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=43" title="Edit section: Match history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6" style="background:blue;color:white">CONMEBOL Copa América history </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Round </th> <th>Opponent </th> <th>Score </th> <th>Result </th> <th>Stadium </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b>1999</b> </td> <td rowspan="3">Group stage</td> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Peru_national_football_team" title="Peru national football team">Peru</a></span></td> <td><b>2–3</b></td> <td>Loss</td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Estadio_Defensores_del_Chaco" title="Estadio Defensores del Chaco">Estadio Defensores del Chaco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asunci%C3%B3n" title="Asunción">Asunción</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/46px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="660" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Paraguay_national_football_team" title="Paraguay national football team">Paraguay</a></span></td> <td><b>0–4</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/34px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="750" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Bolivia_national_football_team" title="Bolivia national football team">Bolivia</a></span></td> <td><b>1–1</b></td> <td>Draw</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Monumental_Rio_Parapiti" class="mw-redirect" title="Monumental Rio Parapiti">Monumental Rio Parapiti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Juan_Caballero,_Paraguay" title="Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay">Pedro Juan Caballero</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6"> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b>2019</b> </td> <td rowspan="3">Group stage</td> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Chile_national_football_team" title="Chile national football team">Chile</a></span></td> <td><b>0–4</b></td> <td>Loss</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Est%C3%A1dio_do_Morumbi" title="Estádio do Morumbi">Estádio do Morumbi</a>, <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo" title="São Paulo">São Paulo</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_national_football_team" title="Uruguay national football team">Uruguay</a></span></td> <td><b>2–2</b></td> <td>Draw</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Arena_do_Gr%C3%AAmio" title="Arena do Grêmio">Arena do Grêmio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Porto_Alegre" title="Porto Alegre">Porto Alegre</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="960" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Ecuador_national_football_team" title="Ecuador national football team">Ecuador</a></span></td> <td><b>1–1</b></td> <td>Draw</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Est%C3%A1dio_Mineir%C3%A3o" class="mw-redirect" title="Estádio Mineirão">Estádio Mineirão</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belo_Horizonte" title="Belo Horizonte">Belo Horizonte</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6"> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>&#32; </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="FIFA_Confederations_Cup">FIFA Confederations Cup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=44" title="Edit section: FIFA Confederations Cup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/FIFA_Confederations_Cup_records_and_statistics" title="FIFA Confederations Cup records and statistics">FIFA Confederations Cup records and statistics</a> and <a href="/wiki/FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="FIFA Confederations Cup">FIFA Confederations Cup</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10" style="background:blue;color:white">FIFA Confederations Cup record </th></tr> <tr> <th>year </th> <th>Result </th> <th>Position </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Games played">Pld</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Won">W</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Drawn">D</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Lost">L</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Goals for">GF</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Goals against">GA</span> </th> <th>Squad </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia"><img alt="Saudi Arabia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1992_King_Fahd_Cup" title="1992 King Fahd Cup">1992</a> </td> <td colspan="9"><i>Did not qualify</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia"><img alt="Saudi Arabia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1995_King_Fahd_Cup" title="1995 King Fahd Cup">1995</a> </td> <td>Group stage </td> <td>6th </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1995_King_Fahd_Cup_squads#Japan" title="1995 King Fahd Cup squads">Squad</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia"><img alt="Saudi Arabia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1997_FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="1997 FIFA Confederations Cup">1997</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="9"><i>Did not qualify</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="1999 FIFA Confederations Cup">1999</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:Silver;"> <td style="border: 3px solid red"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2001_FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="2001 FIFA Confederations Cup">2001</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2001_FIFA_Confederations_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Final">Runners-up</a></b> </td> <td><b>2nd</b> </td> <td><b>5</b> </td> <td><b>3</b> </td> <td><b>1</b> </td> <td><b>1</b> </td> <td><b>6</b> </td> <td><b>1</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_FIFA_Confederations_Cup_squads#Japan" title="2001 FIFA Confederations Cup squads">Squad</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2003_FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="2003 FIFA Confederations Cup">2003</a> </td> <td>Group stage </td> <td>6th </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2003_FIFA_Confederations_Cup_squads#Japan" title="2003 FIFA Confederations Cup squads">Squad</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2005_FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="2005 FIFA Confederations Cup">2005</a> </td> <td>Group stage </td> <td>5th </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_FIFA_Confederations_Cup_squads#Japan" title="2005 FIFA Confederations Cup squads">Squad</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2009_FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="2009 FIFA Confederations Cup">2009</a> </td> <td colspan="9"><i>Did not qualify</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2013_FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="2013 FIFA Confederations Cup">2013</a> </td> <td>Group stage </td> <td>7th </td> <td>3 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2013_FIFA_Confederations_Cup_squads#Japan" title="2013 FIFA Confederations Cup squads">Squad</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2017_FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="2017 FIFA Confederations Cup">2017</a> </td> <td colspan="9"><i>Did not qualify</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total</th> <th>Runners-up</th> <th>5/10</th> <th>16</th> <th>5</th> <th>2</th> <th>9</th> <th>19</th> <th>25</th> <th>— </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Match_history_4">Match history</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=45" title="Edit section: Match history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5" style="background:blue;color:white">FIFA Confederations Cup history </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Round </th> <th>Opponent </th> <th>Score </th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b>1995</b></td> <td rowspan="2">Group stage</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_national_football_team" title="Nigeria national football team">Nigeria</a></span></td> <td><b>0–3</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 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data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Canada_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Canada men&#39;s national soccer team">Canada</a></span></td> <td><b>3–0</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Cameroon_national_football_team" title="Cameroon national football team">Cameroon</a></span></td> <td><b>2–0</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a></span></td> <td><b>0–0</b></td> <td>Draw </td></tr> <tr> <td>Semi-finals</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia men&#39;s national soccer team">Australia</a></span></td> <td><b>1–0</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr style="background:silver;"> <td>Final</td> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team">France</a></span></td> <td><b>0–1</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5"> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b>2003</b></td> <td rowspan="3">Group stage</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_men%27s_national_football_team" title="New Zealand men&#39;s national football team">New Zealand</a></span></td> <td><b>3–0</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team">France</a></span></td> <td><b>1–2</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Colombia_national_football_team" title="Colombia national football team">Colombia</a></span></td> <td><b>0–1</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5"> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b>2005</b></td> <td rowspan="3">Group stage</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Mexico_national_football_team" title="Mexico national football team">Mexico</a></span></td> <td><b>1–2</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <td 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a></span></td> <td><b>2–2</b></td> <td>Draw </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5"> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b>2013</b></td> <td rowspan="3">Group stage</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a></span></td> <td><b>0–3</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team">Italy</a></span></td> <td><b>3–4</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Mexico_national_football_team" title="Mexico national football team">Mexico</a></span></td> <td><b>1–2</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5"> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Olympic_Games">Olympic Games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=46" title="Edit section: Olympic Games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_Olympics" title="Japan at the Olympics">Japan at the Olympics</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-23_football_team" title="Japan national under-23 football team">Japan national under-23 football team</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10" style="background:blue;color:white">Summer Olympics record </th> <th style="width:1%;" rowspan="21"> </th> <th colspan="6" style="background:blue;color:white">Qualification record </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Result</th> <th>Position</th> <th>M</th> <th>W</th> <th>D</th> <th>L</th> <th>GF</th> <th>GA</th> <th>Squad</th> <th>M</th> <th>W</th> <th>D</th> <th>L</th> <th>GF</th> <th>GA </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics">1908</a></td> <td rowspan="5" colspan="9"><i>Did not enter</i> </td> <td rowspan="5" colspan="6"><i>Did not enter</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics">1912</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium"><img alt="Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics">1920</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics">1924</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics">1928</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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<a href="/wiki/Association_football_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics">1956</a></td> <td>First round</td> <td>10th</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics_-_Men%27s_team_squads#Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Football at the 1956 Summer Olympics - Men&#39;s team squads">Squad</a> </td> <td colspan="6"><i>No qualification</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics">1960</a></td> <td colspan="9"><i>Did not qualify</i> </td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border: 3px solid red"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics">1964</a></td> <td>Quarter-finals</td> <td>8th</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>15</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics_-_Men%27s_team_squads#Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men&#39;s team squads">Squad</a> </td> <td colspan="8"><i>Qualified as hosts</i> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#c96;"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics">1972</a></td> <td colspan="9" rowspan="5"><i>Did not qualify</i> </td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>14</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics">1984</a> </td> <td>10</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>26</td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281984%E2%80%931997%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281984%E2%80%931997%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281984%E2%80%931997%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281984%E2%80%931997%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281984%E2%80%931997%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281984%E2%80%931997%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics">1988</a> </td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>19</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics">1992</a>–present </td> <td colspan="9"><i>See <a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-23_football_team#Olympic_Games" title="Japan national under-23 football team">Japan national under-23 team</a></i> </td> <td colspan="6"><i>See <a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-23_football_team#Olympic_Games" title="Japan national under-23 football team">Japan national under-23 team</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total</th> <th>Bronze medalists</th> <th>4/17</th> <th>12</th> <th>5</th> <th>2</th> <th>6</th> <th>18</th> <th>35</th> <th>—</th> <th>40</th> <th>21</th> <th>5</th> <th>14</th> <th>111</th> <th>49 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Match_history_5">Match history</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=47" title="Edit section: Match history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: center;font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5" style="background:blue;color:white">Summer Olympics history </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Round </th> <th>Opponent </th> <th>Score </th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b>1936</b> </td> <td>First round</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_men%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden men&#39;s national football team">Sweden</a></span></td> <td><b>3–2</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td>Quarter-finals</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Italy_%281861%E2%80%931946%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861%E2%80%931946%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Italy_%281861%E2%80%931946%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861%E2%80%931946%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia men&#39;s national soccer team">Australia</a></span></td> <td><b>0–2</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5"> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b>1964</b> </td> <td rowspan="2">Group stage</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Nigeria_national_football_team" title="Nigeria national football team">Nigeria</a></span></td> <td><b>3–1</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="504" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a></span></td> <td><b>1–1</b></td> <td>Draw </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Spain_national_football_team" title="Spain national football team">Spain</a></span></td> <td><b>0–0</b></td> <td>Draw </td></tr> <tr> <td>Quarter-finals</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team">France</a></span></td> <td><b>3–1</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td>Semi-finals</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Hungary_national_football_team" title="Hungary national football team">Hungary</a></span></td> <td><b>0–5</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr style="background:#C96;"> <td>Bronze play-off</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Mexico_national_football_team" title="Mexico national football team">Mexico</a></span></td> <td><b>2–0</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5"> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Asian_Games">Asian Games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=48" title="Edit section: Asian Games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_Asian_Games" title="Japan at the Asian Games">Japan at the Asian Games</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-23_football_team" title="Japan national under-23 football team">Japan national under-23 football team</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10" style="background:blue;color:white">Asian Games record </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Result</th> <th>Position</th> <th>M</th> <th>W</th> <th>D</th> <th>L</th> <th>GF</th> <th>GA</th> <th>Squad </th></tr> <tr style="background:#c96;"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1951_Asian_Games" title="Football at the 1951 Asian Games">1951</a></td> <td><b>Third place</b></td> <td>3rd</td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><b>4</b></td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td>Squad </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines"><img alt="Philippines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1954_Asian_Games" title="Football at the 1954 Asian Games">1954</a></td> <td rowspan="3">Group stage</td> <td>10th</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td>Squad </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1958_Asian_Games" title="Football at the 1958 Asian Games">1958</a></td> <td>12th</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>Squad </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia"><img alt="Indonesia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1962_Asian_Games" title="Football at the 1962 Asian Games">1962</a></td> <td>6th</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>Squad </td></tr> <tr style="background:#c96;"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand"><img alt="Thailand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1966_Asian_Games" title="Football at the 1966 Asian Games">1966</a></td> <td><b>Third place</b></td> <td>3rd</td> <td><b>7</b></td> <td><b>6</b></td> <td><b>0</b></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><b>18</b></td> <td><b>5</b></td> <td>Squad </td></tr> <tr style="background:#9acdff;"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand"><img alt="Thailand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1970_Asian_Games" title="Football at the 1970 Asian Games">1970</a></td> <td><b>Fourth place</b></td> <td>4th</td> <td><b>7</b></td> <td><b>5</b></td> <td><b>0</b></td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td><b>8</b></td> <td><b>5</b></td> <td>Squad </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran"><img alt="Iran" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg/23px-State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg/35px-State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg/46px-State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="293" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1974_Asian_Games" title="Football at the 1974 Asian Games">1974</a></td> <td rowspan="2">Group stage</td> <td>9th</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>Squad </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand"><img alt="Thailand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1978_Asian_Games" title="Football at the 1978 Asian Games">1978</a></td> <td>9th</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>Squad </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1982_Asian_Games" title="Football at the 1982 Asian Games">1982</a></td> <td>Quarter-finals</td> <td>5th</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>Squad </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281984%E2%80%931997%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281984%E2%80%931997%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281984%E2%80%931997%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281984%E2%80%931997%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281984%E2%80%931997%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281984%E2%80%931997%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1986_Asian_Games" title="Football at the 1986 Asian Games">1986</a></td> <td>Group stage</td> <td>9th</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>9</td> <td>4</td> <td>Squad </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1990_Asian_Games" title="Football at the 1990 Asian Games">1990</a></td> <td rowspan="2">Quarter-finals</td> <td>8th</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>Squad </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1994_Asian_Games" title="Football at the 1994 Asian Games">1994</a></td> <td>7th</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>9</td> <td>5</td> <td>Squad </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand"><img alt="Thailand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1998_Asian_Games" title="Football at the 1998 Asian Games">1998</a></td> <td>Group stage</td> <td>9th</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1998_Asian_Games_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads#Japan" title="Football at the 1998 Asian Games – Men&#39;s team squads">Squad</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2002_Asian_Games" title="Football at the 2002 Asian Games">2002</a>–present </td> <td colspan="9"><i>See <a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-23_football_team" title="Japan national under-23 football team">Japan national under-23 football team</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total</th> <th>Third place</th> <th>13/13</th> <th>50</th> <th>25</th> <th>4</th> <th>21</th> <th>83</th> <th>56</th> <th>— </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Match_history_6">Match history</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=49" title="Edit section: Match history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5" style="background:blue;color:white">Asian Games history </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Round </th> <th>Opponent </th> <th>Score </th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b>1951</b></td> <td>Semi-finals</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/State_flag_of_Iran_%281933%E2%80%931964%29.svg/23px-State_flag_of_Iran_%281933%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/State_flag_of_Iran_%281933%E2%80%931964%29.svg/35px-State_flag_of_Iran_%281933%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/State_flag_of_Iran_%281933%E2%80%931964%29.svg/46px-State_flag_of_Iran_%281933%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team" title="Iran national football team">Iran</a></span></td> <td><b>0–0</b></td> <td>Draw </td></tr> <tr> <td>Replay match</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/State_flag_of_Iran_%281933%E2%80%931964%29.svg/23px-State_flag_of_Iran_%281933%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/State_flag_of_Iran_%281933%E2%80%931964%29.svg/35px-State_flag_of_Iran_%281933%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/State_flag_of_Iran_%281933%E2%80%931964%29.svg/46px-State_flag_of_Iran_%281933%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team" title="Iran national football team">Iran</a></span></td> <td><b>2–3</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr style="background:#C96;"> <td>Bronze play-off</td> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281931%E2%80%931973%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281931%E2%80%931973%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281931%E2%80%931973%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281931%E2%80%931973%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Indonesia_national_football_team" title="Indonesia national football team">Indonesia</a></span></td> <td><b>3–5</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/India_national_football_team" title="India national football team">India</a></span></td> <td><b>2–3</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5"> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b>1958</b></td> <td rowspan="2">First round</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Philippines_national_football_team" title="Philippines national football team">Philippines</a></span></td> <td><b>0–1</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281955%E2%80%931959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281955%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281955%E2%80%931959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281955%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281955%E2%80%931959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281955%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_national_football_team" title="Hong Kong national football team">Hong Kong</a></span></td> <td><b>0–2</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5"> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b>1962</b></td> <td rowspan="3">First round</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Thailand_national_football_team" title="Thailand national football team">Thailand</a></span></td> <td><b>3–1</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/India_national_football_team" title="India national football team">India</a></span></td> <td><b>0–2</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_national_football_team" title="South Korea national football team">South Korea</a></span></td> <td><b>0–1</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5"> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7"><b>1966</b></td> <td rowspan="3">First round</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/India_national_football_team" title="India national football team">India</a></span></td> <td><b>2–1</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg/23px-State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg/35px-State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Malaysia_national_football_team" title="Malaysia national football team">Malaysia</a></span></td> <td><b>1–0</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Second round</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/45px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Singapore_national_football_team" title="Singapore national football team">Singapore</a></span></td> <td><b>5–1</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Malaysia_national_football_team" title="Malaysia national football team">Malaysia</a></span></td> <td><b>1–0</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Flag_of_the_Khmer_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Khmer_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Flag_of_the_Khmer_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Khmer_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Flag_of_the_Khmer_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Khmer_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Cambodia_national_football_team" title="Cambodia national football team">Khmer Republic</a></span></td> <td><b>1–0</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_Burma_%281948%E2%80%931974%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Burma_%281948%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_Burma_%281948%E2%80%931974%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Burma_%281948%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Indonesia_national_football_team" title="Indonesia national football team">Indonesia</a></span></td> <td><b>2–1</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/India_national_football_team" title="India national football team">India</a></span></td> <td><b>1–0</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td>Semi-finals</td> <td 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Malaysia_national_football_team" title="Malaysia national football team">Malaysia</a></span></td> <td><b>1–1</b></td> <td>Draw </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Israel_national_football_team" title="Israel national football team">Israel</a></span></td> <td><b>0–3</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5"> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b>1978</b></td> <td rowspan="3">First round</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_national_football_team" title="Kuwait 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/South_Yemen_national_football_team" title="South Yemen national football team">South Yemen</a></span></td> <td><b>3–1</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_national_football_team" title="Bangladesh national football team">Bangladesh</a></span></td> <td><b>3–0</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/India_national_football_team" title="India national football team">India</a></span></td> <td><b>1–0</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Second round</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Kuwait_national_football_team" title="Kuwait national football team">Kuwait</a></span></td> <td><b>2–1</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_national_football_team" title="United Arab Emirates national football team">UAE</a></span></td> <td><b>0–1</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5"> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>&#32; </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="EAFF_E-1_Championship">EAFF E-1 Championship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=50" title="Edit section: EAFF E-1 Championship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10" style="background:Blue;color:white">EAFF E-1 Championship record </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Result </th> <th>Position </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Games played">Pld</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Won">W</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Drawn">D</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Lost">L</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Goals for">GF</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Goals against">GA</span> </th> <th>Squad </th></tr> <tr style="background:silver;"> <td style="border: 3px solid red"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2003_East_Asian_Football_Championship" title="2003 East Asian Football Championship">2003</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b>Runners-up</b></td> <td rowspan="3"><b>2nd</b></td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><b>0</b></td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td><b>0</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2003_East_Asian_Football_Championship_Final_squads#Japan" title="2003 East Asian Football Championship Final squads">Squad</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:silver;"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2005_East_Asian_Football_Championship" title="2005 East Asian Football Championship">2005</a></td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_East_Asian_Football_Championship_Final_squads#Japan" title="2005 East Asian Football Championship Final squads">Squad</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:silver;"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2008_East_Asian_Football_Championship" title="2008 East Asian Football Championship">2008</a></td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td><b>0</b></td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_East_Asian_Football_Championship_Final_squads#Japan" title="2008 East Asian Football Championship Final squads">Squad</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#c96;"> <td style="border: 3px solid red"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2010_East_Asian_Football_Championship" title="2010 East Asian Football Championship">2010</a> </td> <td><b>Third Place</b></td> <td><b>3rd</b></td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><b>4</b></td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_East_Asian_Football_Championship_Final_squads#Japan" title="2010 East Asian Football Championship Final squads">Squad</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:gold;"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2013_EAFF_East_Asian_Cup" title="2013 EAFF East Asian Cup">2013</a> </td> <td><b>Champions</b></td> <td><b>1st</b></td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><b>0</b></td> <td><b>8</b></td> <td><b>6</b></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2013_EAFF_East_Asian_Cup_Final_squads#Japan.5B2.5D" title="2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Final squads">Squad</a></b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#9acdff;"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2015_EAFF_East_Asian_Cup" title="2015 EAFF East Asian Cup">2015</a> </td> <td>Fourth Place</td> <td>4th</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_EAFF_East_Asian_Cup_Final_squads#Japan.5B3.5D" title="2015 EAFF East Asian Cup Final squads">Squad</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:silver;"> <td style="border: 3px solid red"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2017_EAFF_E-1_Football_Championship" title="2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship">2017</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b>Runners-up</b></td> <td rowspan="2"><b>2nd</b></td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td><b>0</b></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><b>4</b></td> <td><b>5</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_EAFF_E-1_Football_Championship_Final_squads#Japan" title="2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final squads">Squad</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:silver;"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, 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1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2022_EAFF_E-1_Football_Championship" title="2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship">2022</a> </td> <td><b>Champions</b></td> <td><b>1st</b></td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><b>0</b></td> <td><b>9</b></td> <td><b>0</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_EAFF_E-1_Football_Championship_Final_squads#Japan" title="2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final squads">Squad</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>Champions </th> <th>9/9</th> <th>27</th> <th>13</th> <th>9</th> <th>5</th> <th>44</th> <th>25</th> <th>— </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Match_history_7">Match history</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=51" title="Edit section: Match history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5" style="background:blue;color:white">EAFF E-1 Championship history </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Round </th> <th>Opponent </th> <th>Score </th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b>2003</b></td> <td>First match</td> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/China_national_football_team" title="China national football team">China</a></span></td> <td><b>2–0</b></td> <td rowspan="2">Win </td></tr> <tr> <td>Second match</td> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/45px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" 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</td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5"> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b>2005</b></td> <td>First match</td> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_national_football_team" title="North Korea national football team">North Korea</a></span></td> <td><b>0–1</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <td>Second match</td> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/China_national_football_team" title="China national football team">China</a></span></td> <td><b>2–2</b></td> <td>Draw </td></tr> <tr style="background:silver"> <td>Third match</td> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_national_football_team" title="South Korea national football team">South Korea</a></span></td> <td><b>1–0</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5"> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b>2008</b></td> <td>First match</td> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/China_national_football_team" title="China national football team">China</a></span></td> <td><b>1–0</b></td> <td>Win </td></tr> <tr style="background:silver"> <td>Third match</td> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_national_football_team" title="South Korea national football team">South Korea</a></span></td> <td><b>1–1</b></td> <td>Draw </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5"> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b>2010</b></td> <td>First match</td> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/China_national_football_team" title="China national football team">China</a></span></td> <td><b>0–0</b></td> <td>Draw </td></tr> <tr> <td>Second match</td> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 1.5x, 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alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_national_football_team" title="South Korea national football team">South Korea</a></span></td> <td><b>1–1</b></td> <td>Draw </td></tr> <tr style="background:#9acdff"> <td>Third match</td> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/China_national_football_team" title="China national football team">China</a></span></td> <td><b>1–1</b></td> <td>Draw </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5"> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b>2017</b></td> <td>First match</td> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_national_football_team" title="North Korea national football team">North Korea</a></span></td> <td><b>1–0</b></td> <td rowspan="2">Win </td></tr> <tr> <td>Second match</td> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_national_football_team" title="South Korea national football team">South Korea</a></span></td> <td><b>1–4</b></td> <td>Loss </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5"> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b>2019</b></td> <td>First match</td> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/China_national_football_team" title="China national football team">China</a></span></td> <td><b>2–1</b></td> <td rowspan="2">Win </td></tr> <tr> <td>Second match</td> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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</td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5"> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Head-to-head_record">Head-to-head record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=52" title="Edit section: Head-to-head record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Japan_national_football_team_records_and_statistics#Head-to-head_record" title="Japan national football team records and statistics">Japan national football team records and statistics §&#160;Head-to-head record</a></div> <dl><dd>The following table shows Japan's all-time international record, correct as of 18 November 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-ELO_143-0" class="reference"><a 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282013%E2%80%932021%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282013%E2%80%932021%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282013%E2%80%932021%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282013%E2%80%932021%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282013%E2%80%932021%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282013%E2%80%932021%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan_national_football_team" title="Afghanistan national football team">Afghanistan</a></span></td> <td>1951</td> <td>2015</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>13</td> <td>0</td> <td>+13 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc;"> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/23px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/35px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/45px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Angola_national_football_team" title="Angola national football team">Angola</a></span></td> <td>2005</td> <td>2005</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>+1 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc;"> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Ghana_national_football_team" title="Ghana national football team">Ghana</a></span></td> <td>1994</td> <td>2022</td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>16</td> <td>9</td> <td>+5 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc;"> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" 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style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Israel_national_football_team" title="Israel national football team">Israel</a></span></td> <td>1973</td> <td>1977</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>10</td> <td>−9 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc;"> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team">Italy</a></span></td> <td>2001</td> <td>2013</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>−1 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc;"> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/23px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/35px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/45px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast_national_football_team" title="Ivory Coast national football team">Ivory Coast</a></span></td> <td>1993</td> <td>2020</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc;"> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_men%27s_national_football_team" title="New Zealand men&#39;s national football team">New Zealand</a></span></td> <td>1981</td> <td>2017</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>9</td> <td>4</td> <td>+5 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fffacd;"> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_national_football_team" title="North Korea national football team">North Korea</a></span></td> <td>1975</td> <td>2024</td> <td>22</td> <td>10</td> <td>4</td> <td>8</td> <td>23</td> <td>16</td> <td>+7 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc;"> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_national_football_team" title="Sri Lanka national football team">Sri Lanka</a></span></td> <td>1972</td> <td>1993</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>16</td> <td>0</td> <td>+16 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fffacd;"> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_men%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden men&#39;s national football team">Sweden</a></span></td> <td>1936</td> <td>2002</td> 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Thailand_national_football_team" title="Thailand national football team">Thailand</a></span></td> <td>1960</td> <td>2024</td> <td>28</td> <td>19</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>70</td> <td>23</td> <td>+47 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc;"> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg.png" 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<td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan_national_football_team" title="Uzbekistan national football team">Uzbekistan</a></span></td> <td>1996</td> <td>2019</td> <td>11</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>30</td> <td>10</td> <td>+20 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fffacd;"> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Flag_of_Venezuela_%28state%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Venezuela_%28state%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Flag_of_Venezuela_%28state%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Venezuela_%28state%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Flag_of_Venezuela_%28state%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Venezuela_%28state%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Venezuela_national_football_team" title="Venezuela national football team">Venezuela</a></span></td> <td>2010</td> <td>2019</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc;"> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/45px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_national_football_team" title="Vietnam national football team">Vietnam</a></span></td> <td>2007</td> <td>2024</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>12</td> <td>4</td> <td>+8 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc;"> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a></span></td> <td>1992</td> <td>1992</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>−1 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc;"> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/45px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Yemen_national_football_team" title="Yemen national football team">Yemen</a></span></td> <td>2006</td> <td>2010</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>+5 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc;"> <td align="left"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Zambia_national_football_team" title="Zambia national football team">Zambia</a></span></td> <td>2014</td> <td>2014</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>+1 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total (110 Countries)</th> <th>1917</th> <th>2024</th> <th>811</th> <th>387</th> <th>165</th> <th>249</th> <th>1,436</th> <th>952</th> <th>+484 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=53" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_competitions">Major competitions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=54" title="Edit section: Major competitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Worldwide</b> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the Summer Olympics">Olympic Games</a></b> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Med_3.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Med_3.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> Bronze medal (1): <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics">1968</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="FIFA Confederations Cup">FIFA Confederations Cup</a></b> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Med_2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Med_2.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> Runners-up (1): <a href="/wiki/2001_FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="2001 FIFA Confederations Cup">2001</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p><b>Intercontinental</b> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Afro-Asian_Cup_of_Nations" title="Afro-Asian Cup of Nations">Afro-Asian Cup of Nations</a></b> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Med_1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Med_1.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> <b>Champions (2)</b>: <a href="/wiki/1993_Afro-Asian_Cup_of_Nations" title="1993 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations">1993</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007_Afro-Asian_Cup_of_Nations" title="2007 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations">2007</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/AFC%E2%80%93OFC_Challenge_Cup" title="AFC–OFC Challenge Cup">AFC–OFC Challenge Cup</a></b> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Med_1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Med_1.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> <b>Champions (1)</b>: 2001</li></ul></li></ul> <p><b>Continental</b> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/AFC_Asian_Cup" title="AFC Asian Cup">AFC Asian Cup</a></b> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coppa_Asia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Coppa_Asia.svg/25px-Coppa_Asia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Coppa_Asia.svg/38px-Coppa_Asia.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Med_3.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Med_3.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> Bronze medal (2): <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1951_Asian_Games" title="Football at the 1951 Asian Games">1951</a>, <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1966_Asian_Games" title="Football at the 1966 Asian Games">1966</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regional">Regional</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=55" title="Edit section: Regional"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Far_Eastern_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Football at the Far Eastern Games">Far Eastern Games</a></b> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Med_1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Med_1.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> <b>Gold medal (1)</b>: 1930</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/EAFF_E-1_Football_Championship" title="EAFF E-1 Football Championship">EAFF East Asian Cup EAFF / E-1 Football Championship</a></b> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Med_1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Med_1.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> <b>Champions (2)</b>: <a href="/wiki/2015_EAFF_East_Asian_Cup" title="2015 EAFF East Asian Cup">2013</a>, <a href="/wiki/2022_EAFF_E-1_Football_Championship" title="2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship">2022</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Med_2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Med_2.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> Runners-up (5): <a href="/wiki/2003_East_Asian_Football_Championship" title="2003 East Asian Football Championship">2003</a>, <a href="/wiki/2005_East_Asian_Football_Championship" title="2005 East Asian Football Championship">2005</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_East_Asian_Football_Championship" title="2008 East Asian Football Championship">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_EAFF_E-1_Football_Championship" title="2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship">2017</a>, <a href="/wiki/2019_EAFF_E-1_Football_Championship" title="2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship">2019</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Med_3.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Med_3.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> Third place (1): <a href="/wiki/2010_East_Asian_Football_Championship" title="2010 East Asian Football Championship">2010</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Dynasty_Cup" title="Dynasty Cup">Dynasty Cup</a></b> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Med_1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Med_1.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> <b>Champions (3)</b>: <a href="/wiki/1992_Dynasty_Cup" title="1992 Dynasty Cup">1992</a>, <a href="/wiki/1995_Dynasty_Cup" title="1995 Dynasty Cup">1995</a>, <a href="/wiki/1998_Dynasty_Cup" title="1998 Dynasty Cup">1998</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Friendly">Friendly</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=56" title="Edit section: Friendly"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Kirin_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirin Cup">Kirin Cup</a></b> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Med_1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Med_1.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> <b>Champions (12)</b>: 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bangabandhu_Cup" title="Bangabandhu Cup">Bangabandhu Cup</a></b> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Med_1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Med_1.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span> <b>Champions (1)</b>: 1999</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards">Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=57" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation#Team_of_the_Year" title="Asian Football Confederation">AFC National Team of the Year</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd><i>Years:</i> 2000, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011</dd></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Japan_Professional_Sports_Grand_Prize" title="Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize">Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dd><i>Years:</i> 2002</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Summary">Summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=58" title="Edit section: Summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width:30%; font-size:90%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Competition</th> <th><span data-sort-value="01&#160;!"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="1st place, gold medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span></th> <th><span data-sort-value="02&#160;!"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="2nd place, silver medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span></th> <th><span data-sort-value="03&#160;!"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="3rd place, bronze medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span></th> <th>Total </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the Summer Olympics">Olympic Games</a> </td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="FIFA Confederations Cup">FIFA Confederations Cup</a> </td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/AFC_Asian_Cup" title="AFC Asian Cup">AFC Asian Cup</a> </td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Asian_Games" title="Football at the Asian Games">Asian Games</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Afro-Asian_Cup_of_Nations" title="Afro-Asian Cup of Nations">Afro-Asian Cup of Nations</a> </td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/AFC%E2%80%93OFC_Challenge_Cup" title="AFC–OFC Challenge Cup">AFC–OFC Challenge Cup</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/EAFF_E-1_Football_Championship" title="EAFF E-1 Football Championship">EAFF E-1 Football Championship</a> </td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Far_Eastern_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Football at the Far Eastern Games">Far Eastern Games</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Dynasty_Cup" title="Dynasty Cup">Dynasty Cup</a> </td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total</th> <th>14</th> <th>10</th> <th>4</th> <th>28 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=59" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>National teams</dt> <dt>Men's</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-23_football_team" title="Japan national under-23 football team">Japan national under-23 football team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-20_football_team" title="Japan national under-20 football team">Japan national under-20 football team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-17_football_team" title="Japan national under-17 football team">Japan national under-17 football team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_futsal_team" title="Japan national futsal team">Japan national futsal team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-20_futsal_team" title="Japan national under-20 futsal team">Japan national under-20 futsal team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_beach_soccer_team" title="Japan national beach soccer team">Japan national beach soccer team</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Women's</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national football team">Japan women's national football team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_under-23_football_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national under-23 football team">Japan women's national under-23 football team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_under-20_football_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national under-20 football team">Japan women's national under-20 football team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_under-17_football_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national under-17 football team">Japan women's national under-17 football team</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=60" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="height: 200px; overflow: auto; padding: 3px; border:1px solid #AAAAAA;"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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Past teams have been referred to as, "<a href="/wiki/Ivica_Osim" title="Ivica Osim">Osim</a> Japan"<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">オシムジャパン</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Oshimu Japan</i></span>)</span>, "<a href="/wiki/Zico_(footballer)" title="Zico (footballer)">Zico</a> Japan"<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">ジーコジャパン</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Jīko Japan</i></span>)</span>, "<a href="/wiki/Philippe_Troussier" title="Philippe Troussier">Troussier</a> Japan"<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">トルシエジャパン</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Torushie Japan</i></span>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-122"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-122">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">North Korea were originally scheduled to play host to Japan in <a href="/wiki/Kim_Il-sung_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Kim Il-sung Stadium">Kim Il-sung Stadium</a>. However, North Korea then decided against hosting it due to "a malignant infectious disease" spreading in Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Due to the time gap and North Korea's inability to provide an alternative venue, FIFA subsequently decided that the match shall neither be played nor rescheduled, and the matter will be decided by FIFA Disciplinary Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It was later announced that Japan would be awarded a 3–0 victory by forfeit.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mon-127"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-mon_127-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/AS_Monaco_FC" title="AS Monaco FC">Monaco</a> is a Monégasque club playing in the <a href="/wiki/French_football_league_system" title="French football league system">French football league system</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;section=61" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="height: 200px; overflow: auto; padding: 3px; border:1px solid #AAAAAA;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-:4-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:4_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:4_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:4_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201125111856/https://www.jfa.jp/eng/samuraiblue/">Archived</a> from the original on 25 November 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=SAMURAI+BLUE&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jfa.jp%2Feng%2Fsamuraiblue%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapan+national+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100518000000/http://www.jfa.or.jp/national_team/topics/2009/367.html">"日本代表チーム愛称は、「SAMURAI BLUES 」"</a> &#91;The nickname of the Japanese national team is "SAMURAI BLUE"&#93;. <i><a 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 November</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=JFA&amp;rft.atitle=MF+HONDA+Keisuke&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jfa.jp%2Feng%2Fsamuraiblue%2Fmember%2Fhonda_keisuke.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapan+national+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-136"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-136">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jfa.jp/eng/samuraiblue/member/kagawa_shinji.html">"MF KAGAWA Shinji"</a>. <i>JFA</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 November</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=JFA&amp;rft.atitle=MF+KAGAWA+Shinji&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jfa.jp%2Feng%2Fsamuraiblue%2Fmember%2Fkagawa_shinji.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapan+national+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-137"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-137">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jfa.jp/eng/samuraiblue/member/osako_yuya.html">"MF/FW OSAKO Yuya"</a>. <i>JFA</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 November</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=JFA&amp;rft.atitle=MF%2FFW+OSAKO+Yuya&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jfa.jp%2Feng%2Fsamuraiblue%2Fmember%2Fosako_yuya.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapan+national+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-138"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-138">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jfa.jp/eng/samuraiblue/member/minamino_takumi.html">"MF/FW MINAMINO Takumi"</a>. <i>JFA</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 November</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=JFA&amp;rft.atitle=MF%2FFW+MINAMINO+Takumi&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jfa.jp%2Feng%2Fsamuraiblue%2Fmember%2Fminamino_takumi.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapan+national+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ESPNFC.com-139"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ESPNFC.com_139-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.espnfc.com/story/920708/japan-officially-withdraw-from-2011-copa-america">"Soccer Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150705164436/http://www.espnfc.com/story/920708/japan-officially-withdraw-from-2011-copa-america">Archived</a> from the original on 5 July 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 July</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Soccer+Teams%2C+Scores%2C+Stats%2C+News%2C+Fixtures%2C+Results%2C+Tables+-+ESPN&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.espnfc.com%2Fstory%2F920708%2Fjapan-officially-withdraw-from-2011-copa-america&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapan+national+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-140"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-140">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.conmebol.com/es/content/el-presidente-figueredo-aguerre-anuncio-la-presencia-del-japon-en-la-copa-america-chile-2015">"El Presidente Figueredo Aguerre anunció la presencia del Japón en la Copa América Chile 2015"</a> &#91;President Figueredo Aguerre announced the presence of Japan at the 2015 Copa América in Chile&#93; (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 16 August 2013. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180701055229/http://www.conmebol.com/es/content/el-presidente-figueredo-aguerre-anuncio-la-presencia-del-japon-en-la-copa-america-chile-2015">Archived</a> from the original on 1 July 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 July</span> 2018</span>. <q>I want to announce that the Japan national team will participate at the 2015 Copa América.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.atitle=El+Presidente+Figueredo+Aguerre+anunci%C3%B3+la+presencia+del+Jap%C3%B3n+en+la+Copa+Am%C3%A9rica+Chile+2015&amp;rft.date=2013-08-16&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.conmebol.com%2Fes%2Fcontent%2Fel-presidente-figueredo-aguerre-anuncio-la-presencia-del-japon-en-la-copa-america-chile-2015&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapan+national+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-141"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-141">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSánchez_Sandoval2016" class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Sánchez Sandoval, Édgar (2 June 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.publimetro.cl/cl/deportes/2016/06/02/copa-america-japon-invitado-mas-extrano.html">"Copa América: Japón, el invitado más extraño"</a> &#91;Copa América: Japan, the most strange invitee&#93; (in Spanish). Publimetro Chile. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180701055023/https://www.publimetro.cl/cl/deportes/2016/06/02/copa-america-japon-invitado-mas-extrano.html">Archived</a> from the original on 1 July 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 July</span> 2018</span>. <q>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.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.atitle=Copa+Am%C3%A9rica%3A+Jap%C3%B3n%2C+el+invitado+m%C3%A1s+extra%C3%B1o&amp;rft.date=2016-06-02&amp;rft.aulast=S%C3%A1nchez+Sandoval&amp;rft.aufirst=%C3%89dgar&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publimetro.cl%2Fcl%2Fdeportes%2F2016%2F06%2F02%2Fcopa-america-japon-invitado-mas-extrano.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapan+national+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-142"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-142">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGonzález2018" class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">González, Christian (4 May 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.latercera.com/el-deportivo/noticia/conmebol-confirma-japon-qatar-la-copa-america-2019/153941/">"Conmebol confirma a Japón y Qatar en la Copa América de 2019"</a> (in Spanish). La Tercera. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180630183356/http://www.latercera.com/el-deportivo/noticia/conmebol-confirma-japon-qatar-la-copa-america-2019/153941/">Archived</a> from the original on 30 June 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 July</span> 2018</span>. <q>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.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.atitle=Conmebol+confirma+a+Jap%C3%B3n+y+Qatar+en+la+Copa+Am%C3%A9rica+de+2019&amp;rft.date=2018-05-04&amp;rft.aulast=Gonz%C3%A1lez&amp;rft.aufirst=Christian&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latercera.com%2Fel-deportivo%2Fnoticia%2Fconmebol-confirma-japon-qatar-la-copa-america-2019%2F153941%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapan+national+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ELO-143"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ELO_143-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eloratings.net/Japan">"World Football Elo Ratings: Japan"</a>. Elo Ratings. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180115001357/http://www.eloratings.net/Japan">Archived</a> from the original on 15 January 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Cup">1984</a>:</b> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_national_football_team" title="Saudi Arabia national football team">Saudi Arabia</a></span></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1988_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1988 AFC Asian Cup">1988</a>:</b> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_national_football_team" title="Saudi Arabia national football team">Saudi Arabia</a></span></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1992_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1992 AFC Asian Cup">1992</a>:</b> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" 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Association</a> (JFA)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#History">History</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Manager_history">Managers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:mediumblue; color:white; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 red, inset -1px -1px 0 red;">Venues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Stadium_(2019)" class="mw-redirect" title="Japan National Stadium (2019)">Japan National Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saitama_Stadium_2002" title="Saitama Stadium 2002">Saitama Stadium 2002</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:mediumblue; color:white; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 red, inset -1px -1px 0 red;">Statistics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_football_team_results_and_fixtures" title="Japan national football team results and fixtures">All-time match results</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_football_team_records_and_statistics" title="Japan national football team records and statistics">Records and statistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_football_team_records_and_statistics#Head-to-head_record" title="Japan national football team records and statistics">Head-to-head record</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Japan_national_football_team_hat-tricks" title="List of Japan national football team hat-tricks">Hat-tricks</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Top_goalscorers">All-time goalscorers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:mediumblue; color:white; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 red, inset -1px -1px 0 red;">Players</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Japan_international_footballers" title="List of Japan international footballers">Players (by caps)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Japan_men%27s_international_footballers" title="Category:Japan men&#39;s international footballers">Other players</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Captains">Captains</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:mediumblue; color:white; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 red, inset -1px -1px 0 red;">World Cup Finals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup" title="Japan at the FIFA World Cup">Summary</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1998 FIFA World Cup">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2002 FIFA World Cup">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2006 FIFA World Cup">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2010 FIFA World Cup">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2014 FIFA World Cup">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2018 FIFA World Cup">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2022 FIFA World Cup">2022</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:mediumblue; color:white; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 red, inset -1px -1px 0 red;">AFC Asian Cup Finals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="Japan at the AFC Asian Cup">Summary</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1988_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1988 AFC Asian Cup">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1992 AFC Asian Cup"><b>1992</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1996 AFC Asian Cup">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2000 AFC Asian Cup"><b>2000</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2004 AFC Asian Cup"><b>2004</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2007 AFC Asian Cup">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2011 AFC Asian Cup"><b>2011</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2015 AFC Asian Cup">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2019 AFC Asian Cup">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2023 AFC Asian Cup">2023</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2027_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2027 AFC Asian Cup">2027</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:mediumblue; color:white; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 red, inset -1px -1px 0 red;">Other tournaments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/EAFF_E-1_Football_Championship" title="EAFF E-1 Football Championship">EAFF E-1 Football Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_East_Asian_Games" title="Football at the East Asian Games">East Asian Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Asian_Games" title="Football at the Asian Games">Asian Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the Summer Olympics">Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="Japan at the Copa América">Copa América</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="FIFA Confederations Cup">FIFA Confederations Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:mediumblue; color:white; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 red, inset -1px -1px 0 red;">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Rivalries <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93South_Korea_football_rivalry" title="Japan–South Korea football rivalry">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China%E2%80%93Japan_football_rivalry" title="China–Japan football rivalry">China</a></li> <li>North Korea</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93Japan_football_rivalry" title="Australia–Japan football rivalry">Australia</a></li> <li>Saudi Arabia</li> <li>Iran</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_v_Iraq_(1994_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification)" title="Japan v Iraq (1994 FIFA World Cup qualification)">Agony of Doha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:mediumblue; color:white; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 red, inset -1px -1px 0 red;">Other JFA teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Men's <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-17_football_team" title="Japan national under-17 football team">U-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-20_football_team" title="Japan national under-20 football team">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-23_football_team" title="Japan national under-23 football team">U-23</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national football team">Women's</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_under-17_football_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national under-17 football team">U-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_under-20_football_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national under-20 football team">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_under-23_football_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national under-23 football team">U-23</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_futsal_team" title="Japan national futsal team">Futsal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-20_futsal_team" title="Japan national under-20 futsal team">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_futsal_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national futsal team">women's</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_beach_soccer_team" title="Japan national beach soccer team">Beach soccer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_eNational_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Japan eNational football team">Esports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Football_in_Japan" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible 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Japan">Football in Japan</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_records_and_statistics_in_Japan" title="Football records and statistics in Japan">Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_J.League_awards" class="mw-redirect" title="List of J.League awards">Trophies and awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_football_stadiums_in_Japan" title="List of football stadiums in Japan">Venues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_football_in_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="History of football in Japan">History</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National association</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Football_Association" title="Japan Football Association">Japan Football Association</a> (JFA)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National teams <br /><i>(<a href="/wiki/2024_in_Japanese_football#National_teams" title="2024 in Japanese football">2024</a>)</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_football_team_results" class="mw-redirect" title="Japan national football team results">results</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Japan_international_footballers" title="List of Japan international footballers">footballers</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Manager_history">managers</a></li></ul></li> <li>B</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-23_football_team" title="Japan national under-23 football team">U-23</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-23_football_team_results_(2020%E2%80%93present)" title="Japan national under-23 football team results (2020–present)">results</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Olympic_footballers_for_Japan" title="Category:Olympic footballers for Japan">footballers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-23_football_team#Manager_history" title="Japan national under-23 football team">managers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-20_football_team" title="Japan national under-20 football team">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-17_football_team" title="Japan national under-17 football team">U-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_futsal_team" title="Japan national futsal team">Futsal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-23_futsal_team" title="Japan national under-23 futsal team">U-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-20_futsal_team" title="Japan national under-20 futsal team">U-20</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_beach_soccer_team" title="Japan national beach soccer team">Beach soccer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_eNational_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Japan eNational football team">FIFAe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national football team">Japan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_football_team_results" title="Japan women&#39;s national football team results">results</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Japan_women%27s_international_footballers" title="List of Japan women&#39;s international footballers">footballers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_football_team#Manager_history" title="Japan women&#39;s national football team">managers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_football_B_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national football B team">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_under-23_football_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national under-23 football team">U-23</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_under-23_football_team#Results_and_fixtures" title="Japan women&#39;s national under-23 football team">results</a></li> <li>footballers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_under-23_football_team#Manager_history" title="Japan women&#39;s national under-23 football team">managers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_under-20_football_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national under-20 football team">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_under-17_football_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national under-17 football team">U-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_futsal_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national futsal team">Futsal</a> <ul><li>U-23</li> <li>U-20</li></ul></li> <li>Beach soccer</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_association_football_league_system" title="Japanese association football league system">Leagues</a><br /><i>(<a href="/wiki/2024_in_Japanese_football#Club_competitions" title="2024 in Japanese football">2024</a>)</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J.League" title="J.League">J.League</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J1_League" title="J1 League">J1 League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J2_League" title="J2 League">J2 League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J3_League" title="J3 League">J3 League</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Football_League" title="Japan Football League">Japan Football League</a> (JFL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Regional_Leagues" title="Japanese Regional Leagues">Regional Leagues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Takamado_Cup" title="Prince Takamado Cup">Prince Takamado Cup</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Takamado_Cup" title="Prince Takamado Cup">U-18 Premier League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Takamado_Cup" title="Prince Takamado Cup">U-18 Prince Leagues</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WE_League" title="WE League">WE League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadeshiko_League" title="Nadeshiko League">Nadeshiko League</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nadeshiko_League#Division_1_2" title="Nadeshiko League">Division 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadeshiko_League#Division_2_2" title="Nadeshiko League">Division 2</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cups<br /><i>(<a href="/wiki/2024_in_Japanese_football#Cup_competitions_(men)" title="2024 in Japanese football">2024</a>)</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emperor%27s_Cup" title="Emperor&#39;s Cup">Emperor's Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J.League_Cup" title="J.League Cup">YBC Levain Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Super_Cup" title="Japanese Super Cup">Fujifilm Super Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Japan_Senior_Football_Championship" title="All Japan Senior Football Championship">Shakaijin Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Japan_Club_Teams_Football_Tournament" title="All Japan Club Teams Football Tournament">Club Teams Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Japan_University_Football_Championship" title="All Japan University Football Championship">Intercollegiate Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Japan_High_School_Soccer_Tournament" title="All Japan High School Soccer Tournament">All Japan High School Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Inter_High_School_Sports_Festival" title="Football at the Inter High School Sports Festival">Inter-High</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Club_Youth_U-18_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Japan Club Youth U-18 Championship">Club Youth Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Empress%27s_Cup" title="Empress&#39;s Cup">Empress's Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WE_League_Cup" title="WE League Cup">WE League Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Japan_Women%27s_University_Football_Championship" title="All Japan Women&#39;s University Football Championship">Intercollegiate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International cups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kirin_Cup_Soccer" title="Kirin Cup Soccer">Kirin Cup Soccer</a> <i><small>(Senior)</small></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirin_Cup_Soccer" title="Kirin Cup Soccer">Kirin Challenge Cup</a> <i><small>(Senior / U-23)</small></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SBS_Cup" title="SBS Cup">SBS Cup</a> <i><small>(U-18)</small></i></li> <li>Ibaraki Next Generation Cup <i><small>(U-18)</small></i></li> <li>International Youth Soccer in Niigata <i><small>(U-17)</small></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U-16_International_Dream_Cup" title="U-16 International Dream Cup">U-16 International Dream Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MS%26AD_Cup" title="MS&amp;AD Cup">MS&amp;AD Cup</a> <i><small>(Senior)</small></i></li> <li>JENESYS U-17 Women’s Football Memorial Cup</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historical matches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Japan_v_Iraq_(1994_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification)" title="Japan v Iraq (1994 FIFA World Cup qualification)">Japan v Iraq (1994 FIFA World Cup qualification)</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anime" title="Anime">Anime</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manga" title="Manga">Manga</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Aoashi" title="Aoashi">Aoashi</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Lock" title="Blue Lock">Blue Lock</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Captain_Tsubasa" title="Captain Tsubasa">Captain Tsubasa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Days_(manga)" title="Days (manga)">Days</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Giant_Killing" title="Giant Killing">Giant Killing</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Inazuma_Eleven" title="Inazuma Eleven">Inazuma Eleven</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_association_football_rivalries" title="List of association football rivalries">Rivalries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Japan_national_football_team_rivalries" title="Category:Japan national football team rivalries">National teams</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93South_Korea_football_rivalry" title="Japan–South Korea football rivalry">Japan–South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93Japan_football_rivalry" title="Australia–Japan football rivalry">Australia–Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China%E2%80%93Japan_football_rivalry" title="China–Japan football rivalry">China–Japan</a></li> <li>North Korea–Japan</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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national football team">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Japan_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="1965 Japan national football team">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Japan_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="1966 Japan national football team">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Japan_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="1967 Japan national football team">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Japan_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="1968 Japan national football team">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Japan_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="1969 Japan national football team">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Japan_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="1970 Japan national football team">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Japan_national_football_team" title="1971 Japan national football team">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Japan_national_football_team" title="1972 Japan national football team">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Japan_national_football_team" title="1973 Japan national football team">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Japan_national_football_team" title="1974 Japan national football team">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Japan_national_football_team" title="1975 Japan national football team">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Japan_national_football_team" title="1976 Japan national football team">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Japan_national_football_team" title="1977 Japan national football team">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Japan_national_football_team" title="1978 Japan national football team">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Japan_national_football_team" title="1979 Japan national football team">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Japan_national_football_team" title="1980 Japan national football team">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Japan_national_football_team" title="1981 Japan national football team">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Japan_national_football_team" title="1982 Japan national football team">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Japan_national_football_team" title="1983 Japan national football team">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Japan_national_football_team" title="1984 Japan national football team">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Japan_national_football_team" title="1985 Japan national football team">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Japan_national_football_team" title="1986 Japan national football team">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Japan_national_football_team" title="1987 Japan national football team">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Japan_national_football_team" title="1988 Japan national football team">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Japan_national_football_team" title="1989 Japan national football team">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Japan_national_football_team" title="1990 Japan national football team">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Japan_national_football_team" title="1991 Japan national football team">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Japan_national_football_team" title="1992 Japan national football team">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Japan_national_football_team" title="1993 Japan national football team">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Japan_national_football_team" title="1994 Japan national football team">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Japan_national_football_team" title="1995 Japan national football team">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Japan_national_football_team" title="1996 Japan national football team">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Japan_national_football_team" title="1997 Japan national football team">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Japan_national_football_team" title="1998 Japan national football team">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Japan_national_football_team" title="1999 Japan national football team">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Japan_national_football_team" title="2000 Japan national football team">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Japan_national_football_team" title="2001 Japan national football team">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Japan_national_football_team" title="2002 Japan national football team">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Japan_national_football_team" title="2003 Japan national football team">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Japan_national_football_team" title="2004 Japan national football team">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Japan_national_football_team" title="2005 Japan national football team">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Japan_national_football_team" title="2006 Japan national football team">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Japan_national_football_team" title="2007 Japan national football team">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Japan_national_football_team" title="2008 Japan national football team">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Japan_national_football_team" title="2009 Japan national football team">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Japan_national_football_team" title="2010 Japan national football team">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Japan_national_football_team" title="2011 Japan national football team">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Japan_national_football_team" title="2012 Japan national football team">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Japan_national_football_team" title="2013 Japan national football team">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Japan_national_football_team" title="2014 Japan national football team">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Japan_national_football_team" title="2015 Japan national football team">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Japan_national_football_team" title="2016 Japan national football team">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Japan_national_football_team" title="2017 Japan national football team">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Japan_national_football_team" title="2018 Japan national football team">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="2019 Japan national football team (page does not exist)">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2020_Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="2020 Japan national football team (page does not exist)">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="2021 Japan national football team (page does not exist)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2022_Japan_national_football_team&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="2022 Japan national football team (page does not exist)">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Japan_national_football_team" title="2023 Japan national football team">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Japan_national_football_team" title="2024 Japan national football team">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Japan_Professional_Sports_Grand_Prize" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Japan_Professional_Sports_Grand_Prize" title="Template:Japan Professional Sports Grand 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href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Taih%C5%8D_K%C5%8Dki" title="Taihō Kōki">Taihō Kōki</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">Shigeo Nagashima</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Katsuaki_Matsumoto" title="Katsuaki Matsumoto">Katsuaki Matsumoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Tadashi_Sawamura" title="Tadashi Sawamura">Tadashi Sawamura</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Sadaharu Oh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Toyo_Carp" title="Hiroshima Toyo Carp">Hiroshima Toyo Carp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Sadaharu Oh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Sadaharu Oh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows" title="Tokyo Yakult Swallows">Yakult Swallows</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Yoko_Gushiken" title="Yoko Gushiken">Yoko Gushiken</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Yoko_Gushiken" title="Yoko Gushiken">Yoko Gushiken</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Koichi_Nakano" title="Koichi Nakano">Koichi Nakano</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Hiromitsu_Ochiai" title="Hiromitsu Ochiai">Hiromitsu Ochiai</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Tatsuro_Hirooka" title="Tatsuro Hirooka">Tatsuro Hirooka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Sachio_Kinugasa" title="Sachio Kinugasa">Sachio Kinugasa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Randy_Bass" title="Randy Bass">Randy Bass</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Hiromitsu_Ochiai" title="Hiromitsu Ochiai">Hiromitsu Ochiai</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Ayako_Okamoto" title="Ayako Okamoto">Ayako Okamoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Chiyonofuji_Mitsugu" title="Chiyonofuji Mitsugu">Chiyonofuji Mitsugu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Chiyonofuji_Mitsugu" title="Chiyonofuji Mitsugu">Chiyonofuji Mitsugu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Hideo_Nomo" title="Hideo Nomo">Hideo Nomo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Joichiro_Tatsuyoshi" title="Joichiro Tatsuyoshi">Joichiro Tatsuyoshi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Takanohana_K%C5%8Dji" title="Takanohana Kōji">Takanohana Kōji</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Kazuyoshi_Miura" title="Kazuyoshi Miura">Kazuyoshi Miura</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichiro Suzuki</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichiro Suzuki</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Masashi_Ozaki" title="Masashi Ozaki">Masashi Ozaki</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Hidetoshi_Nakata" title="Hidetoshi Nakata">Hidetoshi Nakata</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Kazuhiro_Sasaki" title="Kazuhiro Sasaki">Kazuhiro Sasaki</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka" title="Daisuke Matsuzaka">Daisuke Matsuzaka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Hideki_Matsui" title="Hideki Matsui">Hideki Matsui</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichiro Suzuki</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan men's football team</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Hideki_Matsui" title="Hideki Matsui">Hideki Matsui</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Asash%C5%8Dry%C5%AB_Akinori" title="Asashōryū Akinori">Asashōryū Akinori</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Asash%C5%8Dry%C5%AB_Akinori" title="Asashōryū Akinori">Asashōryū Akinori</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Japan_national_baseball_team" title="Japan national baseball team">Japan national baseball team</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Urawa_Red_Diamonds" title="Urawa Red Diamonds">Urawa Red Diamonds</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Ryo_Ishikawa" title="Ryo Ishikawa">Ryo Ishikawa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Ryo_Ishikawa" title="Ryo Ishikawa">Ryo Ishikawa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Hakuh%C5%8D_Sh%C5%8D" title="Hakuhō Shō">Hakuhō Shō</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national football team">Japan women's football team</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Shinnosuke_Abe" title="Shinnosuke Abe">Shinnosuke Abe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Masahiro_Tanaka" title="Masahiro Tanaka">Masahiro Tanaka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Kei_Nishikori" title="Kei Nishikori">Kei Nishikori</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Japan_national_rugby_union_team" title="Japan national rugby union team">Japan national rugby union team</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Shohei_Ohtani" title="Shohei Ohtani">Shohei Ohtani</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Shohei_Ohtani" title="Shohei Ohtani">Shohei Ohtani</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Naoya_Inoue" title="Naoya Inoue">Naoya Inoue</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Japan_national_baseball_team" title="Japan national baseball team">Japan national baseball team</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="National_football_teams_of_East_Asia_(EAFF)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Federation">EAFF</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Men's</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/China_national_football_team" title="China national football team">China PR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei_national_football_team" title="Chinese Taipei national football team">Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guam_national_football_team" title="Guam national football team">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_national_football_team" title="Hong Kong national football team">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_national_football_team" title="North Korea national football team">Korea DPR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_national_football_team" title="South Korea national football team">Korea Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macau_national_football_team" title="Macau national football team">Macau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongolia_national_football_team" title="Mongolia national football team">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands_national_football_team" title="Northern Mariana Islands national football team">Northern Mariana Islands</a>†</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women's</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_football_team" title="China women&#39;s national football team">China PR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Chinese Taipei women&#39;s national football team">Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guam_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Guam women&#39;s national football team">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Hong Kong women&#39;s national football team">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national football team">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_women%27s_national_football_team" title="North Korea women&#39;s national football team">Korea DPR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_women%27s_national_football_team" title="South Korea women&#39;s national football team">Korea Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macau_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Macau women&#39;s national football team">Macau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongolia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Mongolia women&#39;s national football team">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Northern Mariana Islands women&#39;s national football team">Northern Mariana Islands</a>†</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td 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title="West Asian Football Federation">WAFF</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bahrain_national_football_team" title="Bahrain national football team">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_national_football_team" title="Iraq national football team">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_national_football_team" title="Jordan national football team">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_national_football_team" title="Kuwait national football team">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon_national_football_team" title="Lebanon national football team">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oman_national_football_team" title="Oman national football team">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestine_national_football_team" title="Palestine national football team">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatar_national_football_team" title="Qatar national football team">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_national_football_team" title="Saudi Arabia national football team">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syria_national_football_team" title="Syria national football team">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_national_football_team" title="United Arab Emirates national football team">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemen_national_football_team" title="Yemen national football team">Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Central Asia (<a href="/wiki/Central_Asian_Football_Association" title="Central Asian Football Association">CAFA</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan_national_football_team" title="Afghanistan national football team">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team" title="Iran national football team">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan_national_football_team" title="Kyrgyzstan national football team">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tajikistan_national_football_team" title="Tajikistan national football team">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkmenistan_national_football_team" title="Turkmenistan national football team">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan_national_football_team" title="Uzbekistan national football team">Uzbekistan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">South Asia (<a href="/wiki/South_Asian_Football_Federation" title="South Asian Football Federation">SAFF</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_national_football_team" title="Bangladesh national football team">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhutan_national_football_team" title="Bhutan national football team">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India_national_football_team" title="India national football team">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maldives_national_football_team" title="Maldives national football team">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal_national_football_team" title="Nepal national football team">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_national_football_team" title="Pakistan national football team">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_national_football_team" title="Sri Lanka national football team">Sri Lanka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">East Asia (<a href="/wiki/East_Asian_Football_Federation" title="East Asian Football Federation">EAFF</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/China_national_football_team" title="China national football team">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei_national_football_team" title="Chinese Taipei national football team">Chinese Taipei</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guam_national_football_team" title="Guam national football team">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_national_football_team" title="Hong Kong national football team">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macau_national_football_team" title="Macau national football team">Macau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongolia_national_football_team" title="Mongolia national football team">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_national_football_team" title="North Korea national football team">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands_national_football_team" title="Northern Mariana Islands national football team">Northern Mariana Islands</a><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_national_football_team" title="South Korea national football team">South Korea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Southeast Asia (<a href="/wiki/ASEAN_Football_Federation" title="ASEAN Football Federation">AFF</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia men&#39;s national soccer team">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunei_national_football_team" title="Brunei national football team">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambodia_national_football_team" title="Cambodia national football team">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Timor_national_football_team" title="East Timor national football team">East Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indonesia_national_football_team" title="Indonesia national football team">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laos_national_football_team" title="Laos national football team">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysia_national_football_team" title="Malaysia national football team">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myanmar_national_football_team" title="Myanmar national football team">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippines_national_football_team" title="Philippines national football team">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singapore_national_football_team" title="Singapore national football team">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thailand_national_football_team" title="Thailand national football team">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_national_football_team" title="Vietnam national football team">Vietnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malaya_national_football_team" title="Malaya national football team">Malaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchukuo_national_football_team" title="Manchukuo national football team">Manchukuo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Vietnam_national_football_team" title="North Vietnam national football team">North Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Vietnam_national_football_team" title="South Vietnam national football team">South Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Yemen_national_football_team" title="South Yemen national football team">South Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Israel_national_football_team" title="Israel national football team">Israel</a> (moved to <a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> in 1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_national_football_team" title="Kazakhstan national football team">Kazakhstan</a> (moved to <a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> in 2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_men%27s_national_football_team" title="New Zealand men&#39;s national football team">New Zealand</a> (formed the <a href="/wiki/Oceania_Football_Confederation" title="Oceania Football Confederation">OFC</a> in 1966)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2" style="font-size:90%;"><div> <ul><li><sup>1</sup> <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>, officially the Republic of China, competes as "<a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei" title="Chinese Taipei">Chinese Taipei</a>"</li> <li><sup>2</sup> Not a member of <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A1_Team_Japan" title="A1 Team Japan">A1GP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_American_football_team" title="Japan national American football team">American football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_Australian_rules_football_team" title="Japan national Australian rules football team">Australian rules football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_bandy_team" title="Japan national bandy team">Bandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_baseball_team" title="Japan national baseball team">Baseball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-18_baseball_team" title="Japan national under-18 baseball team">U-18</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Japan men&#39;s national basketball team">Basketball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_under-17_basketball_team" title="Japan men&#39;s national under-17 basketball team">U-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_under-19_basketball_team" title="Japan men&#39;s national under-19 basketball team">U-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_3x3_team" title="Japan men&#39;s national 3x3 team">3x3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_under-23_3x3_team" title="Japan men&#39;s national under-23 3x3 team">U-23 3x3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_wheelchair_basketball_team" title="Japan men&#39;s national wheelchair basketball team">Wheelchair</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_amateur_boxing_athletes" title="Japan national amateur boxing athletes">Boxing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_cricket_team" title="Japan national cricket team">Cricket</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-19_cricket_team" title="Japan national under-19 cricket team">U-19</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_field_hockey_team" title="Japan men&#39;s national field hockey team">Field hockey</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_under-21_field_hockey_team" title="Japan men&#39;s national under-21 field hockey team">U-21</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_men%27s_national_floorball_team&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Japan men&#39;s national floorball team (page does not exist)">Floorball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_under-19_floorball_team" title="Japan men&#39;s national under-19 floorball team">U-19</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Football</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-23_football_team" title="Japan national under-23 football team">U-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-20_football_team" title="Japan national under-20 football team">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-17_football_team" title="Japan national under-17 football team">U-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_futsal_team" title="Japan national futsal team">Futsal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-23_futsal_team" title="Japan national under-23 futsal team">U-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-20_futsal_team" title="Japan national under-20 futsal team">U-20</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_beach_soccer_team" title="Japan national beach soccer team">Beach soccer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_eNational_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Japan eNational football team">eFootball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_cerebral_palsy_football_team" title="Japan national cerebral palsy football team">Cerebral palsy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_goalball_team" title="Japan men&#39;s national goalball team">Goalball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_gymnastics_team" title="Japan men&#39;s national gymnastics team">Gymnastics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Japan men&#39;s national handball team">Handball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_junior_handball_team" title="Japan men&#39;s national junior handball team">MJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_youth_handball_team" title="Japan men&#39;s national youth handball team">MY</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Japan men&#39;s national ice hockey team">Ice hockey</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_junior_ice_hockey_team" title="Japan men&#39;s national junior ice hockey team">Junior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_under-18_ice_hockey_team" title="Japan men&#39;s national under-18 ice hockey team">U-18</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_kabaddi_team" title="Japan national kabaddi team">Kabaddi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_korfball_team" title="Japan national korfball team">Korfball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_lacrosse_team" title="Japan men&#39;s national lacrosse team">Lacrosse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_roller_hockey_team" title="Japan national roller hockey team">Roller hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_rugby_league_team" title="Japan national rugby league team">Rugby league</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_rugby_union_team" title="Japan national rugby union team">Rugby union</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Japan national rugby sevens team">7s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-20_rugby_union_team" title="Japan national under-20 rugby union team">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_wheelchair_rugby_team" title="Japan national wheelchair rugby team">Wheelchair</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_softball_team" title="Japan men&#39;s national softball team">Softball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_junior_national_softball_team" title="Japan men&#39;s junior national softball team">U-19</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_squash_team" title="Japan men&#39;s national squash team">Squash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Davis_Cup_team" title="Japan Davis Cup team">Tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_volleyball_team" title="Japan men&#39;s national volleyball team">Volleyball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_under-21_volleyball_team" title="Japan men&#39;s national under-21 volleyball team">U-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_under-19_volleyball_team" title="Japan men&#39;s national under-19 volleyball team">U-19</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_water_polo_team" title="Japan men&#39;s national water polo team">Water polo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_baseball_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national baseball team">Baseball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national basketball team">Basketball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_under-19_basketball_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national under-19 basketball team">U-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_under-17_basketball_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national under-17 basketball team">U-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_3x3_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national 3x3 team">3x3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_under-23_3x3_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national under-23 3x3 team">U-23 3x3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_wheelchair_basketball_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national wheelchair basketball team">Wheelchair</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_beach_handball_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national beach handball team">Beach handball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_cricket_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national cricket team">Cricket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_field_hockey_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national field hockey team">Field hockey</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_under-21_field_hockey_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national under-21 field hockey team">U-21</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_floorball_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national floorball team">Floorball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national football team">Football</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_under-23_football_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national under-23 football team">U-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_under-20_football_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national under-20 football team">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_under-17_football_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national under-17 football team">U-17</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_futsal_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national futsal team">Futsal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_goalball_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national goalball team">Goalball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_artistic_gymnastics_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national artistic gymnastics team">Gymnastics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_handball_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national handball team">Handball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_junior_handball_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national junior handball team">W-J</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national ice hockey team">Ice hockey</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_under-18_ice_hockey_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national under-18 ice hockey team">F U-18</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national rugby union team">Rugby union</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national rugby sevens team">7s</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_softball_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national softball team">Softball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_under-18_softball_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national under-18 softball team">U-18</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_squash_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national squash team">Squash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Billie_Jean_King_Cup_team" title="Japan Billie Jean King Cup team">Tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_volleyball_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national volleyball team">Volleyball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_under-23_volleyball_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national under-23 volleyball team">U-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_under-21_volleyball_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national under-21 volleyball team">U-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_under-19_volleyball_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national under-19 volleyball team">U-19</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_water_polo_team" title="Japan women&#39;s national water polo team">Water polo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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