The Japan national football team in 2017, managed by head coach Vahid Halilhodžić compete in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round and 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship among international friendly matches both at home and abroad.
Record
edit| Competition | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 |
| International Friendly | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 |
| 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 |
| Total | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | +4 |
Kits
editOn 7 June, Japan used special kit to celebrate 20th anniversary of Japan's qualification to their first World Cup finals. It was used against Syria. Since November, a new home kit is used.
          Home Kit
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     Special Kit
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    Away Kit
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     2018 Home Kit
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Matches
edit| November 3 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3 | United Arab Emirates  | 0–2 |  Japan | Al Ain, UAE |
| 19:30 UTC+4 | Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) |
Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 23,725 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) |
| April 3 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3 | Japan | 4–0 |  Thailand | Saitama, Japan |
| 19:35 UTC+9 | Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) |
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 59,003 Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea) |
| June 7 2017 Kirin Challenge Cup | Japan | 1−1 |  Syria | Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan |
| 19:30 JST |
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Report (PDF) |
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Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 43,608 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland) |
| January 6 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3 | Iraq  | 1–1 | Japan |  Tehran, Iran[2] |
| 16:55 UTC+4:30 |
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Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) |
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Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Attendance: 983 Referee: Fu Ming (China PR) |
| July 8 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3 | Japan | 2–0 |  Australia | Saitama, Japan |
| 19:35 UTC+9 | Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) |
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 59,492 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran) |
| May 9 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3 | Saudi Arabia  | 1–0 | Japan | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| 20:30 UTC+3 |
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Report (FIFA) Report (AFC) |
Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 62,165 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) |
| October 6 2017 Kirin Challenge Cup | Japan | 2−1 |  New Zealand | Toyota, Japan |
| 19:30 JST | Report (PDF) |
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Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 38,461 Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong) |
| October 10 2017 Kirin Challenge Cup | Japan | 3−3 |  Haiti | Yokohama, Japan |
| 19:30 JST | Report (PDF) | Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 47,420 Referee: Peter Green (Australia) |
| October 11 International friendly | Japan | 1–3 |  Brazil |  Villeneuve d'Ascq, France |
| 13:00 UTC+1 | Makino  63' |
Report (ESPN) |
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Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 16,922 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France) |
| February 11 International friendly | Belgium  | 1–0 | Japan | Bruges, Belgium |
| 20:45 UTC+1 | Lukaku 72' |
Report (ESPN) Report (UEFA) |
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) |
| September 12 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final Round | Japan | 1–0 |  North Korea | Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan |
| 19:15 UTC+9 | Ideguchi 90+3' |
Report | Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 20,806[3] Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)[3] |
| December 12 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final Round | Japan | 2–1 |  China | Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan |
| 19:15 UTC+9 | Kobayashi 84' Shōji 88' |
Report | Yu Dabao 90+3' (pen.) |
Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 17,220[4] Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)[4] |
| April 12 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final Round | Japan | 1–4 |  South Korea | Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan |
| 19:15 UTC+9 | Kobayashi 3' (pen.) |
Report | Kim Shin-wook 13', 35' Jung Woo-young 23' Yeom Ki-hun 69' |
Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 36,645[5] Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)[5] |
Win
Draw
Loss
Players statistics
edit| Player | -2016 | 03.23 | 03.28 | 06.07 | 06.13 | 08.31 | 09.05 | 10.06 | 10.10 | 11.10 | 11.14 | 12.09 | 12.12 | 12.16 | 2017 | Total |
| Shinji Okazaki | 106(49) | O | O(1) | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(1) | 111(50) |
| Makoto Hasebe | 104(2) | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 106(2) |
| Yuto Nagatomo | 91(3) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | 10(0) | 101(3) |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 87(2) | O(1) | - | O(1) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | 6(2) | 93(4) |
| Keisuke Honda | 86(36) | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 91(36) |
| Shinji Kagawa | 84(27) | O | O(1) | O | - | - | - | O | O(1) | - | - | - | - | - | 5(2) | 89(29) |
| Eiji Kawashima | 72(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | 9(0) | 81(0) |
| Maya Yoshida | 71(9) | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | 9(1) | 80(10) |
| Hiroshi Kiyotake | 42(5) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 43(5) |
| Masato Morishige | 39(2) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 41(2) |
| Hiroki Sakai | 32(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | 9(0) | 41(0) |
| Gotoku Sakai | 32(0) | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | 4(0) | 36(0) |
| Hotaru Yamaguchi | 30(2) | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | 8(0) | 38(2) |
| Tomoaki Makino | 24(2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O(1) | O | - | - | - | 4(1) | 28(3) |
| Genki Haraguchi | 20(6) | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | 9(0) | 29(6) |
| Takashi Inui | 19(2) | - | - | O | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | 6(0) | 25(2) |
| Yoshinori Muto | 19(2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 21(2) |
| Takashi Usami | 18(3) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 19(3) |
| Yuya Osako | 17(5) | O | - | O | O(1) | O | - | O(1) | O | O | O | - | - | - | 8(2) | 25(7) |
| Gaku Shibasaki | 13(3) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 14(3) |
| Takuma Asano | 10(2) | - | - | O | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | 7(1) | 17(3) |
| Mu Kanazaki | 10(2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | 1(0) | 11(2) |
| Yu Kobayashi | 8(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O(1) | 3(2) | 11(2) |
| Wataru Endo | 7(0) | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | 4(0) | 11(0) |
| Kengo Kawamata | 5(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | 3(0) | 8(1) |
| Yuki Kobayashi | 2(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 4(1) |
| Yuya Kubo | 2(0) | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | 9(2) | 11(2) |
| Gen Shoji | 2(0) | - | - | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | O | O(1) | O | 8(1) | 10(1) |
| Masaaki Higashiguchi | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | 2(0) | 4(0) |
| Ryota Morioka | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | 2(0) | 4(0) |
| Shogo Taniguchi | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | 1(0) | 3(0) |
| Yojiro Takahagi | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | 1(0) | 3(0) |
| Shu Kurata | 1(0) | O | - | O | O | - | - | O(1) | O(1) | - | - | O | O | O | 8(2) | 9(2) |
| Ryota Oshima | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 2(0) |
| Yosuke Ideguchi | 0(0) | - | - | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | 11(2) | 11(2) |
| Kenyu Sugimoto | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O(1) | O | O | - | - | - | 5(1) | 5(1) |
| Shintaro Kurumaya | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Junya Ito | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Hiroyuki Abe | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Kosuke Nakamura | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Naomichi Ueda | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Genta Miura | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Shoma Doi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Kazuki Nagasawa | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Sei Muroya | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Shuto Yamamoto | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Kento Misao | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | 1(0) | 1(0) |
Goalscorers
edit| Player | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round | International Friendly | 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship | Total Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuya Kubo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Shinji Kagawa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Shinji Okazaki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maya Yoshida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yuya Osako | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Takuma Asano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yosuke Ideguchi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Shu Kurata | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ken'yu Sugimoto | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tomoaki Makino | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yu Kobayashi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Gen Shōji | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
References
edit- ^ "AFC deny Iraq's demand to play Saudi Arabia in Iran". Goal.com. 29 April 2016.
- ^ Iraq played their home matches in Iran due to security concerns from the Iraqi Civil War. However, due to Saudi Arabia's refusal to play in Iran after the attack on their diplomatic missions in Iran, the first match was played in Malaysia.[1] Also, due to United Arab Emirates' refusal to play in Iran after the diplomatic crisis in Qatar, the final match was played in Jordan.
- ^ a b "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
- ^ a b "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
- ^ a b "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.