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General Information for Japan

Japan Football Association
Founded
1921
FIFA entry
1929
Average height in 2007
1.77m
Average age in 2007
25.4
Confederation
AFC
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Emblem
Jersey in 2007
No jersey in 2007

Coaches in 2007

Okada, Takeshi (Coach)

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Okada, Takeshi (Coach)

Day of Birth
1956-08-25
Place of Birth
Ōsaka (Japan)
Height
1.75m
Goto coach Takeshi Okada

Osim, Ivica (Coach)

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Osim, Ivica (Coach)

Day of Birth
1941-05-06
Day of Death
2022-05-01
Place of Birth
Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Height
1.89m
Matches
13 (6 / 7)
Goto coach Ivica Osim

Players of Japan in 2007

FIFA Non FIFA
Name Day of Birth Position Current Club M S G M S G
Kawaguchi, Yoshikatsu 1975-08-15 Goalkeeper Japan Jubilo Iwata 12 0 0 0 0 0
Narazaki, Seigō 1976-04-15 Goalkeeper Japan Nagoya Grampus 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nakazawa, Yūji 1978-02-25 Centre Back Japan Yokohama F Marinos 13 0 2 0 0 0
Komano, Yūichi 1981-07-25 Right Back Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 12 0 0 0 0 0
Kaji, Akira 1980-01-13 Right Back Japan Gamba Ōsaka 11 0 1 0 0 0
Tanaka, Marcus Túlio 1981-04-24 Centre Back Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 4 0 1 0 0 0
Tsuboi, Keisuke 1979-09-16 Centre Back Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 1 0 0 0 0 0
Endō, Yasuhito 1980-01-28 Centre Midfielder Japan Gamba Ōsaka 13 0 1 0 0 0
Suzuki, Keita 1981-04-21 Defensive Midfielder Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 13 0 0 0 0 0
Abe, Yūki 1981-09-06 Defensive Midfielder Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 11 0 1 0 0 0
Nakamura, Shunsuke 1978-06-24 Attacking Midfielder Scotland Celtic Glasgow 10 0 4 0 0 0
Nakamura, Kengo 1980-10-31 Centre Midfielder Japan Kawasaki Frontale 9 4 0 0 0 0
Yamagishi, Satoru 1983-05-03 Left Midfielder Japan JEF United Ichihara 4 1 0 0 0 0
Inamoto, Junichi 1979-09-18 Defensive Midfielder Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 3 0 0 0 0 0
Konno, Yasuyuki 1983-01-25 Defensive Midfielder Japan FC Tōkyō 1 7 0 0 0 0
Matsui, Daisuke 1981-05-11 Attacking Midfielder France Le Mans UC 72 1 1 0 0 0 0
Nakata, Kōji 1979-07-09 Defensive Midfielder Switzerland FC Basel 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hanyū, Naotake 1979-12-22 Attacking Midfielder Japan JEF United Ichihara 0 7 0 0 0 0
Fujimoto, Jungo 1984-03-24 Attacking Midfielder Japan Shimizu S-Pulse 0 4 0 0 0 0
Hashimoto, Hideo 1979-05-21 Defensive Midfielder Japan Gamba Ōsaka 0 4 0 0 0 0
Mizuno, Kōki 1985-09-06 Right Midfielder Scotland Celtic Glasgow 0 4 0 0 0 0
Ienaga, Akihiro 1986-06-13 Attacking Midfielder Japan Gamba Ōsaka 0 1 0 0 0 0
Takahara, Naohiro 1979-06-04 Centre Forward Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 9 0 6 0 0 0
Maki, Seiichiro 1980-08-07 Centre Forward Japan JEF United Ichihara 6 3 4 0 0 0
Yano, Kishō 1984-04-05 Right Winger Japan Albirex Niigata 2 5 1 0 0 0
Ōkubo, Yoshito 1982-06-09 Secondary striker Japan Vissel Kōbe 2 0 2 0 0 0
Maeda, Ryoichi 1981-10-09 Centre Forward Japan Jubilo Iwata 2 0 1 0 0 0
Tanaka, Tatsuya 1982-11-27 Secondary striker Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 2 0 0 0 0 0
Satō, Hisato 1982-03-12 Centre Forward Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0 7 0 0 0 0
Yamase, Kōji 1981-09-22 Left Winger Japan Yokohama F Marinos 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bando, Ryūji 1979-08-02 Centre Forward Japan Gamba Ōsaka 0 1 0 0 0 0
Takamatsu, Daiki 1981-09-08 Centre Forward Japan Ōita Trinita 0 1 0 0 0 0

Matches of Japan in 2007

Date Home Team Away Team Result Event Stadium FIFA
2007-03-24
Japan
Japan
Peru
Peru
2:0 c
Japan vs. Peru
Friendly
International Stadium Yokohama
2007-06-01
Japan
Japan
Montenegro
Montenegro
2:0 c
Japan vs. Montenegro
Friendly
Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa
2007-06-05
Japan
Japan
Colombia
Colombia
0:0 c
Japan vs. Colombia
Friendly
Saitama Stadium 2002
2007-07-09
Japan
Japan
Qatar
Qatar
1:1 c
Japan vs. Qatar
Asian Cup 2007 - Group B
My Dinh National Stadium
2007-07-13
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
Japan
Japan
1:3 c
United Arab Emirates vs. Japan
Asian Cup 2007 - Group B
My Dinh National Stadium
2007-07-16
Vietnam
Vietnam
Japan
Japan
1:4 c
Vietnam vs. Japan
Asian Cup 2007 - Group B
My Dinh National Stadium
2007-07-21
Japan
Japan
Australia
Australia
1:1 (4:3) c
Japan vs. Australia
Asian Cup 2007 - Quarter Finals
My Dinh National Stadium
2007-07-25
Japan
Japan
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
2:3 c
Japan vs. Saudi Arabia
Asian Cup 2007 - Semi Finals
My Dinh National Stadium
2007-07-28
South Korea
South Korea
Japan
Japan
0:0 (6:5) c
South Korea vs. Japan
Asian Cup 2007 - 3rd Place
Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium
2007-08-22
Japan
Japan
Cameroon
Cameroon
2:0 c
Japan vs. Cameroon
Friendly
Ōita Bank Dome
2007-09-07
Austria
Austria
Japan
Japan
0:0 (4:3) c
Austria vs. Japan
Friendly
Wörthersee Stadion
2007-09-11
Switzerland
Switzerland
Japan
Japan
3:4 c
Switzerland vs. Japan
Friendly
Wörthersee Stadion
2007-10-17
Japan
Japan
Egypt
Egypt
4:1 c
Japan vs. Egypt
Friendly
Yanmar Stadium Nagai
13 Matches

Match Progress for Japan in 2007

Favorite Opponents of Japan

Opponent M W D L G
South Korea
South Korea
51 15 11 25 65
China
China
30 18 8 4 48
Australia
Australia
25 11 8 6 38
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
19 6 7 6 25
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
18 11 2 5 27
North Korea
North Korea
18 10 3 5 23
Iran
Iran
15 5 5 5 17
Brazil
Brazil
14 1 2 11 8
Oman
Oman
14 10 3 1 21
Thailand
Thailand
14 10 2 2 30
Iraq
Iraq
13 7 2 4 20
Paraguay
Paraguay
12 5 4 3 20
Syria
Syria
12 10 2 0 34
Bahrain
Bahrain
12 10 0 2 23
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
11 9 2 0 36
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
11 7 3 1 30
Singapore
Singapore
10 9 1 0 21
Qatar
Qatar
10 2 4 4 12
Uruguay
Uruguay
9 2 3 4 18
Ghana
Ghana
8 6 0 2 18
Indonesia
Indonesia
8 7 1 0 25
Mexico
Mexico
7 1 1 5 6
Argentina
Argentina
7 1 0 6 4
Jordan
Jordan
7 4 2 1 22
Poland
Poland
7 2 0 5 10
India
India
6 6 0 0 24
France
France
6 1 0 5 7
Nepal
Nepal
6 6 0 0 33
Colombia
Colombia
6 1 1 4 4
Malaysia
Malaysia
6 4 0 2 12
Belgium
Belgium
6 2 2 2 11
Peru
Peru
6 2 2 2 8
Vietnam
Vietnam
6 5 1 0 12
Tunisia
Tunisia
6 5 0 1 8
New Zealand
New Zealand
6 3 0 3 10
Myanmar
Myanmar
5 5 0 0 27
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast
5 3 0 2 4
Cameroon
Cameroon
5 3 2 0 5
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
5 3 1 1 10
Venezuela
Venezuela
5 0 4 1 5
Senegal
Senegal
4 0 2 2 4
Kuwait
Kuwait
4 1 0 3 2
Ecuador
Ecuador
4 2 2 0 5
Canada
Canada
4 3 0 1 10
Croatia
Croatia
4 1 1 2 6
Bolivia
Bolivia
4 3 1 0 7
Jamaica
Jamaica
4 2 1 1 7
Yemen
Yemen
4 4 0 0 8
Tajikistan
Tajikistan
4 4 0 0 19
Sweden
Sweden
4 0 2 2 8
Germany
Germany
4 2 1 1 8
USA
USA
4 2 0 2 7
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
4 4 0 0 19
Czechia
Czechia
3 1 2 0 1
Chile
Chile
3 1 1 1 4
Ukraine
Ukraine
3 1 0 2 2
Romania
Romania
3 0 1 2 2
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
3 3 0 0 11
Honduras
Honduras
3 2 1 0 14
Scotland
Scotland
3 1 2 0 2
Turkey
Turkey
3 2 0 1 5
England
England
3 0 1 2 3
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
3 2 1 0 10
Serbia
Serbia
3 1 0 2 1
Nigeria
Nigeria
3 1 1 1 5
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bosnia & Herzegovina
3 1 1 1 6
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
3 2 0 1 2
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
3 1 0 2 8
Slovakia
Slovakia
3 2 1 0 5
Switzerland
Switzerland
3 1 0 2 8
Macau
Macau
3 3 0 0 23
Netherlands
Netherlands
3 0 1 2 2
Philippines
Philippines
2 2 0 0 17
Spain
Spain
2 1 0 1 2
Latvia
Latvia
2 1 1 0 5
Hungary
Hungary
2 0 0 2 2
Egypt
Egypt
2 2 0 0 5
Brunei
Brunei
2 2 0 0 16
Iceland
Iceland
2 2 0 0 6
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
2 2 0 0 11
Italy
Italy
2 0 1 1 4
Panama
Panama
2 2 0 0 4
El Salvador
El Salvador
2 2 0 0 8
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
2 2 0 0 11
Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
2 1 1 0 2
Taiwan
Taiwan
2 1 1 0 3
Guatemala
Guatemala
2 2 0 0 5
Cambodia
Cambodia
2 2 0 0 5
Mongolia
Mongolia
2 2 0 0 20
Finland
Finland
2 2 0 0 7
Greece
Greece
2 1 1 0 1
Zambia
Zambia
1 1 0 0 4
Palestine
Palestine
1 1 0 0 4
Montenegro
Montenegro
1 1 0 0 2
Wales
Wales
1 0 0 1 0
Norway
Norway
1 0 0 1 0
Malta
Malta
1 1 0 0 1
South Africa
South Africa
1 0 1 0 0
South Yemen
South Yemen
1 1 0 0 3
Russia
Russia
1 1 0 0 1
Pakistan
Pakistan
1 1 0 0 4
Haiti
Haiti
1 0 1 0 3
Austria
Austria
1 0 0 1 3
Denmark
Denmark
1 1 0 0 3
Serbia & Montenegro
Serbia & Montenegro
1 1 0 0 1
Cyprus
Cyprus
1 1 0 0 1
Angola
Angola
1 1 0 0 1
Togo
Togo
1 1 0 0 5
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
1 1 0 0 2
Mali
Mali
1 0 1 0 1
Belarus
Belarus
1 0 0 1 0
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
1 1 0 0 3
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