1997 Japan national football team

This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 1997.

Results

February 9 Japan 1–1 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
Jo 64' JFA ? ?'
February 13 Japan 0–1 Sweden Bangkok, Thailand
JFA ? ?'
March 15 Japan 1–3 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
Miura 29' JFA ? ?'
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March 23 Japan 1–0 Oman Muscat, Oman
Omura 10' JFA
March 25 Japan 10–0 Macau Muscat, Oman
Takagi 13', 33', 71'
Soma 44'
Miura 53', 89'
Nanami 67'
Morishima 78', 81', 89'		 JFA
March 27 Japan 6–0 Nepal Muscat, Oman
Jo 23'
Takagi 46', 54', 89'
Omura 76'
Honda 79'		 JFA
May 21 Japan 1–1 South Korea Tokyo, Japan
Miura 88' JFA ? ?' Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
June 8 Japan 4–3 Croatia Tokyo, Japan
Hirano 34'
Miura 49', 53'
Morishima 89'		 JFA ? ?'
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June 15 Japan 1–0 Turkey Osaka, Japan
Morishima 25' JFA Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium
June 22 Japan 10–0 Macau Tokyo, Japan
Nakata 17', 61'
Nishizawa 20'
Miura 23', 29', 44', 57', 62', 79'
Nanami 42'		 JFA Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
June 25 Japan 3–0 Nepal Tokyo, Japan
Nishizawa 44'
Miura 72', 87'		 JFA Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
June 28 Japan 1–1 Oman Tokyo, Japan
Nakata 4' JFA ? ?' Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
August 13 Japan 0–3 Brazil Osaka, Japan
JFA ? ?'
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? ?'		 Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium
Attendance: 45,754
September 7 Japan 6–3 Uzbekistan Tokyo, Japan
Miura 4', 23', 64', 80'
Nakata 40'
Jo 44'		 JFA ? ?'
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? ?'		 Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
Attendance: 54,328
September 19 Japan 0–0 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
JFA
September 28 Japan 1–2 South Korea Tokyo, Japan
Yamaguchi 67' JFA ? ?'
? ?'		 Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
Attendance: 56,704
October 4 Japan 1–1 Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan
Akita 23' JFA ? ?'
October 11 Japan 1–1 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Lopes 90' JFA ? ?'
October 26 Japan 1–1 United Arab Emirates Tokyo, Japan
Lopes 3' JFA ? ?' Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
Attendance: 56,089
November 1 Japan 2–0 South Korea Seoul, South Korea
Nanami 1'
Lopes 37'		 JFA Attendance: 80,000
November 8 Japan 5–1 Kazakhstan Tokyo, Japan
Akita 12'
Nakata 16'
Nakayama 44'
Ihara 67'
Takagi 79'		 JFA ? ?' Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
Attendance: 56,032
November 16 Japan 3–2 (aet, GG) Iran Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Nakayama 39'
Jo 76'
Okano gold-colored soccer ball 118'		 JFA ? ?'
? ?'		 Attendance: 22,000

Players statistics

Player -1996 02.09 02.13 03.15 03.23 03.25 03.27 05.21 06.08 06.15 06.22 06.25 06.28 08.13 09.07 09.19 09.28 10.04 10.11 10.26 11.01 11.08 11.16 1997 Total
Masami Ihara 88(4) O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O - O O(1) O 21(1) 109(5)
Kazuyoshi Miura 64(35) O - O(1) O O(2) - O(1) O(2) O O(6) O(2) O O O(4) O O O O O O - O 19(18) 83(53)
Tsuyoshi Kitazawa 43(3) O O O - O O - - O - O - - - - - - - O O O O 11(0) 54(3)
Takuya Takagi 39(20) - - O - O(3) O(3) - - - - - - O - - - - - - - O(1) - 5(7) 44(27)
Motohiro Yamaguchi 27(3) O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O(1) O O O O O O 22(1) 49(4)
Hiroshige Yanagimoto 25(0) - O O O O O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5(0) 30(0)
Hisashi Kurosaki 23(4) - O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 24(4)
Naoki Soma 22(2) O - O O O(1) O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 21(1) 43(3)
Hiroaki Morishima 20(2) O O O O O(3) O O O(1) O(1) O O - - - O - - O - - O - 14(5) 34(7)
Masashi Nakayama 19(8) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O(1) O(1) 2(2) 21(10)
Masakiyo Maezono 17(4) O - O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 19(4)
Norio Omura 16(2) O - O O(1) O O(1) O - - - - - - O O O O - - - - - 10(2) 26(4)
Hiroshi Nanami 15(3) O O O O O(1) O O O O O(1) O O - O O O O O O O(1) O O 21(3) 36(6)
Yasuto Honda 15(0) - O - O O O(1) O O - O O - O O O O O - O - - - 14(1) 29(1)
Masayuki Okano 14(1) - O - - O O - - - - - O - - - - - - - - - O(1) 5(1) 19(2)
Akira Narahashi 10(0) - - - - - - - - O O O - O O O O O O O O O O 13(0) 23(0)
Kenichi Shimokawa 8(0) O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 9(0)
Tadashi Nakamura 7(0) O - O - - O O O O O - O - - - - - - - - - - 8(0) 15(0)
Yutaka Akita 4(1) - O - - - - - O O O O O O O O O O(1) O O O O(1) O 16(2) 20(3)
Shoji Jo 4(0) O(1) O O O - O(1) O - - - - - O O(1) O - - O O - O O(1) 13(4) 17(4)
Toshihide Saito 2(0) - - - - - - O O O - - O O - - - - O O - - - 7(0) 9(0)
Ryuji Michiki 1(0) - O - - - - O - - - - - O - - - - - - - - - 3(0) 4(0)
Toshihiro Hattori 1(0) - O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 2(0)
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 0(0) - O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 21(0) 21(0)
Hidetoshi Nakata 0(0) - - - - - - O O O O(2) O O(1) O O(1) O O O O O O O(1) O 16(5) 16(5)
Wagner Lopes 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O O O(1) O(1) O(1) - O 6(3) 6(3)
Akinori Nishizawa 0(0) - - - - - - O - - O(1) O(1) - - O - O - - - - - - 5(2) 5(2)
Takashi Hirano 0(0) - - - - - - - O(1) - O - O O - - - - - - O - - 5(1) 5(1)
Eisuke Nakanishi 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - - - - O O O - O - - O - 5(0) 5(0)
Shigeyoshi Mochizuki 0(0) - - - - - - - - O - O - - - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0)
Teruyoshi Ito 0(0) - - - - - - - O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Yasuyuki Moriyama 0(0) - - - - - - - - O - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Hideto Suzuki 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - - O - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Takeshi Watanabe 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - - - O - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)