1996 Japan national football team

This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 1996.

Results

February 10 Japan 4–1 Australia Wollongong, Australia
Yamaguchi 34'
Takagi 61', 85'
Moriyasu 89'		 JFA Awaritefe 87' Stadium: Brandon Park
Attendance: 8,396
Referee: Australia Brett Hugo
February 14 Japan 0–3 Australia Melbourne, Australia
JFA Mori 15'
Spiteri 70'
Bingley 74'		 Stadium: Lakeside Stadium
Attendance: 4,397
February 19 Japan 5–0 Poland Hong Kong
Yamaguchi 29'
Takagi 31', 75'
Omura 40'
Miura 61'		 JFA
February 22 Japan 1–1 (aet, PSO 4-5) Sweden Hong Kong
Omura 64' JFA ? ?'
May 26 Japan 1–0 Yugoslavia Tokyo, Japan
Miura 62' JFA Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
May 29 Japan 3–2 Mexico Fukuoka, Japan
Morishima 35'
Miura 46'
Soma 82'		 JFA ? ?'
? ?'		 Stadium: Hakatanomori Football Stadium
August 25 Japan 5–3 Uruguay Osaka, Japan
Maezono 15'
Miura 26', 68'
Takagi 42'
Okano 84'		 JFA ? ?'
? ?'
? ?'		 Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium
September 11 Japan 1–0 Uzbekistan Tokyo, Japan
Morishima 6' JFA Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
October 13 Japan 1–0 Tunisia Hyogo, Japan
Maezono 17' JFA Stadium: Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
December 6 Japan 2–1 Syria Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
84' (o.g.)
Takagi 87'		 JFA ? ?'
December 9 Japan 4–0 Uzbekistan Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Nanami 7'
Miura 37'
Maezono 86', 89'		 JFA
December 12 Japan 1–0 China PR Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Soma 89' JFA
December 15 Japan 0–2 Kuwait Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
JFA ? ?'
? ?'

Players statistics

Player -1995 02.10 02.14 02.19 02.22 05.26 05.29 08.25 09.11 10.13 12.06 12.09 12.12 12.15 1996 Total
Masami Ihara 75(4) O O O O O O O O O O O O O 13(0) 88(4)
Kazuyoshi Miura 52(29) - O O(1) O O(1) O(1) O(2) O O O O(1) O O 12(6) 64(35)
Tsuyoshi Kitazawa 38(3) O O O O - O - - - - - - - 5(0) 43(3)
Hajime Moriyasu 32(0) O(1) O O - - - - - - - - - - 3(1) 35(1)
Takuya Takagi 29(14) O(2) O O(2) O - - O(1) O O O(1) O - O 10(6) 39(20)
Hisashi Kurosaki 21(4) - - - - - O O - - - - - - 2(0) 23(4)
Motohiro Yamaguchi 14(1) O(1) O O(1) O O O O O O O O O O 13(2) 27(3)
Hiroshige Yanagimoto 12(0) O O O O O O O O O O O O O 13(0) 25(0)
Kazuya Maekawa 12(0) O O - O - - O - O - - - - 5(0) 17(0)
Masakiyo Maezono 10(0) - - - - - - O(1) O O(1) O O(2) O O 7(4) 17(4)
Naoki Soma 9(0) O O O O O O(1) O O O O O O(1) O 13(2) 22(2)
Hiroaki Morishima 9(0) O - O O O O(1) O O(1) O O O - O 11(2) 20(2)
Norio Omura 4(0) O O O(1) O(1) O O O O - O O O O 12(2) 16(2)
Yoshiyuki Hasegawa 4(0) - - - - O O - - - - - - - 2(0) 6(0)
Masayuki Okano 3(0) O O - O O - O(1) O O O O O O 11(1) 14(1)
Tadashi Nakamura 3(0) O - - - O O - O - - - - - 4(0) 7(0)
Nobuyuki Kojima 3(0) - - O - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 4(0)
Hiroshi Nanami 2(2) O O O O O O O O O O O(1) O O 13(1) 15(3)
Yutaka Akita 2(1) - - O - - - - - - - - O - 2(0) 4(1)
Yasuto Honda 2(0) O O O O O O O O O O O O O 13(0) 15(0)
Kentaro Sawada 2(0) O O - - - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 4(0)
Kenichi Shimokawa 1(0) - - - - O O - O - O O O O 7(0) 8(0)
Shoji Jo 1(0) - - - - - - - - O - - O O 3(0) 4(0)
Masaharu Suzuki 1(0) - O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 2(0)
Toshihide Saito 0(0) - - - - - - O - O - - - - 2(0) 2(0)
Masaki Tsuchihashi 0(0) - - - - O - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Toshihiro Hattori 0(0) - - - - - - - O - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Naoki Sakai 0(0) - - - - - - - - O - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Ryuji Michiki 0(0) - - - - - - - - O - - - - 1(0) 1(0)