2012 Japan national football team

The Japan national football team in 2012, managed by head coach Alberto Zaccheroni, competed against international exhibition matches both at home and abroad and later in the third and fourth rounds of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.[1]

Record

Competition GP W D L GF GA
International Friendly 6 4 1 1 8 6
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 6 4 1 1 13 3
Total 12 8 2 2 21 9

Kits

Schedule

International Friendly (2012 Kirin Challenge Cup)

24 February Japan  3 – 1  Iceland Japan Osaka, Japan
19:20 JST Maeda 2'
Fujimoto 53'
Makino 79'		 (JFA Report) Smárason 90+3' (pen.) Stadium: Nagai Stadium
Attendance: 42,579
Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Third Round

29 February Japan  0 – 1  Uzbekistan Japan Aichi, Japan
19:30 JST (JFA Report) Shadrin 54' Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 42,720
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

International Friendly (2012 Kirin Challenge Cup)

23 May Japan  2 – 0  Azerbaijan Japan Shizuoka, Japan
19:15 JST Kagawa 43'
Okazaki 58'		 (JFA Report) Stadium: Shizuoka Stadium
Attendance: 30,276
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round

3 June Japan  3 – 0  Oman Japan Saitama, Japan
19:30 JST Honda 11'
Maeda 51'
Okazaki 54'		 (JFA Report) Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 63,551
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round

8 June Japan  6 – 0  Jordan Japan Saitama, Japan
19:30 JST Maeda 18'
Honda 22', 31', 53' (pen.)
Kagawa 35'
Kurihara 89'		 (FIFA Report)
(JFA Report)		 Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 60,874
Referee: Kim Dong Jin (Korea Republic)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round

12 June Australia  1 - 1  Japan Australia Brisbane, Australia
20:00 UTC+10 Milligan Yellow card 25' Yellow-red card 55'
Wilkshire 69 pen'		 Report Kurihara 64'
Kurihara Yellow card 23' Yellow-red card 89'		 Stadium: Lang Park
Attendance: 40,189
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

International Friendly (2012 Kirin Challenge Cup)

15 August Japan  1 - 1  Venezuela Japan Hokkaidō, Japan
19:30 JST Endō 15' Summary Miku 62' Stadium: Sapporo Dome
Attendance: 39,396
Referee: Min-Hu Lee (Korea Republic)

International Friendly (2012 Kirin Challenge Cup)

6 September Japan  1 - 0  United Arab Emirates Japan Niigata, Japan
19:20 JST Havenaar 69' Summary Stadium: Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium
Attendance: 42,020
Referee: Mingyu Ma (China PR)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round

11 September Japan  1 - 0  Iraq Japan Saitama, Japan
19:34 JST Maeda 25' Report Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 60,593
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

International Friendly

12 October France  0 - 1  Japan France Saint-Denis, France
21:00 UTC+2 Report Kagawa 88' Stadium: Stade de France
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

International Friendly

16 October Japan  0 - 4  Brazil Poland Wrocław, Poland
14:10 UTC+2 Report Paulinho 12'
Neymar 25' (pk), 48'
Kaká 76'		 Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round

14 November Oman  1 – 2  Japan Oman Muscat, Oman
15:30 UTC+4 Al Mahaijri 77' Kiyotake 20'
Okazaki 89'		 Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)


  Win   Draw   Loss

Players statistics

Player -2011 02.24 02.29 05.23 06.03 06.08 06.12 08.15 09.06 09.11 10.12 10.16 11.14 2012 Total
Yasuhito Endo 113(9) O O - O O O O(1) O O O O O 11(1) 124(10)
Yuichi Komano 67(1) O O - - - - O O O - - - 5(0) 72(1)
Kengo Nakamura 56(6) O - O - O - O O - O O - 7(0) 63(6)
Yasuyuki Konno 55(1) O O - O O O - - - O O O 8(0) 63(1)
Yoshito Okubo 53(5) O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 54(5)
Makoto Hasebe 52(2) - O O O O O O O O O O O 11(0) 63(2)
Shinji Okazaki 49(26) - O O(1) O(1) O O O O O - - O(1) 9(3) 58(29)
Atsuto Uchida 45(1) - O O O O O - - - O O - 7(0) 52(1)
Yuto Nagatomo 44(3) - O O O O O O - O O O O 10(0) 54(3)
Keisuke Honda 31(8) - - O O(1) O(3) O O O O - O O 9(4) 40(12)
Shinji Kagawa 28(9) - O O(1) O O(1) O O O - O(1) O - 9(3) 37(12)
Eiji Kawashima 28(0) - O O O O O O O O O O O 11(0) 39(0)
Ryoichi Maeda 16(6) O(1) - O O(1) O(1) O O - O(1) - - O 8(4) 24(10)
Maya Yoshida 13(2) - O - O O - O O O O O O 9(0) 22(2)
Tadanari Lee 10(2) - O - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 11(2)
Hajime Hosogai 10(1) - - O O - - O O O O O O 8(0) 18(1)
Jungo Fujimoto 10(0) O(1) O - - - - O - - - - - 3(1) 13(1)
Takayuki Morimoto 9(3) - - O - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 10(3)
Masahiko Inoha 9(1) O - O - O O O O O - - - 7(0) 16(1)
Yuzo Kurihara 8(0) O - O - O(1) O(1) - - - - O - 5(2) 13(2)
Tomoaki Makino 8(0) O(1) - O - - - O - - - - - 3(1) 11(1)
Shusaku Nishikawa 7(0) O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 8(0)
Mike Havenaar 5(2) - O - - - - - O(1) O O - - 4(1) 9(3)
Hiroshi Kiyotake 5(0) - - - O - O - O O O O O(1) 7(1) 12(1)
Naohiro Ishikawa 5(0) O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 6(0)
Takashi Inui 3(0) - O - - - - - - - O O - 3(0) 6(0)
Hiroki Mizumoto 3(0) - - - - - - O O - - - - 2(0) 5(0)
Yosuke Kashiwagi 3(0) O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 4(0)
Ryota Moriwaki 1(0) O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 2(0)
Hiroki Sakai 0(0) - - O O - O - O - O O O 7(0) 7(0)
Hideto Takahashi 0(0) - - O - - - - O - O - O 4(0) 4(0)
Ryo Miyaichi 0(0) - - O - - - - - - - O - 2(0) 2(0)
Gotoku Sakai 0(0) - - - - - - - O - - - O 2(0) 2(0)
Chikashi Masuda 0(0) O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Junya Tanaka 0(0) O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Naoya Kondo 0(0) O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)

Goalscorers

Player International Friendly 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification Total
Keisuke Honda 0 4 4
Ryoichi Maeda 1 3 4
Shinji Kagawa 2 1 3
Shinji Okazaki 1 2 3
Yuzo Kurihara 0 2 2
Jungo Fujimoto 1 0 1
Tomoaki Makino 1 0 1
Yasuhito Endō 1 0 1
Mike Havenaar 1 0 1
Hiroshi Kiyotake 0 1 1

References

  1. ^ "Japan Football Association record of Japan international A matches". Japan Football Association.