2013 Japan national football team

Summary

The Japan national football team in 2013, managed by head coach Alberto Zaccheroni, competed in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup and the fourth round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, in amongst international friendly matches both at home and abroad, as they progress towards the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[1]

Record edit

Competition GP W D L GF GA
International Friendly 10 5 1 4 18 15
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 3 1 1 1 3 3
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup 3 0 0 3 4 9
2013 EAFF East Asian Cup 3 2 1 0 8 6
Total 19 8 3 8 33 33

Kits edit

Schedule edit

International Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup 2013)

6 February Japan   3 – 0   Latvia   Hyōgo, Japan
19:20 JST Okazaki   41', 61'
Honda   60'
(JFA Report) Stadium: Home's Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 28,607
Referee: Kim Jong-Hyeok (South Korea)

International Friendly

22 March Japan   2 – 1   Canada   Doha, Qatar
19:05 UTC+3 Okazaki   10'
Havenaar   74'
(JFA Report) Haber   58' Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Khamis Mohamed Al-Kuwari (Qatar)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round

26 March Jordan   2 – 1   Japan   Amman, Jordan
17:00 UTC+3 Attiah   45+1'
Hayel   60'
(FIFA Report) Kagawa   69' Stadium: King Abdullah Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

International Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup 2013)

30 May Japan   0 – 2   Bulgaria   Aichi, Japan
19:20 JST (JFA Report) Manolev   3'
Hasebe   70' (o.g.)
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 41,353
Referee: Kim Sang-Woo (South Korea)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round

4 June Japan   1 – 1   Australia   Saitama, Japan
19:34 JST Honda   90+1' (pen.) (FIFA Report) Oar   82' Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 62,172
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round

11 June Iraq   0 – 1   Japan   Doha, Qatar
17:30 UTC+3 (FIFA Report) Okazaki   89' Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

15 June Brazil   3 – 0   Japan   Brasília, Brazil
16:00 UTC-3 Neymar   3'
Paulinho   48'
  90+3'
(FIFA Report) Stadium: Estádio Nacional
Attendance: 67,423
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

19 June Italy   4 – 3   Japan   Recife, Brazil
19:00 UTC-3 De Rossi   41'
Uchida   50' (o.g.)
Balotelli   52' (pen.)
Giovinco   86'
(FIFA Report) Honda   21' (pen.)
Kagawa   33'
Okazaki   69'
Stadium: Arena Pernambuco
Attendance: 40,489
Referee: Diego Abal (Argentina)

2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

22 June Japan   1 – 2   Mexico   Belo Horizonte, Brazil
16:00 UTC-3 Okazaki   86' (FIFA Report) Hernández   54', 66' Stadium: Estádio Mineirão
Attendance: 52,690
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

2013 EAFF East Asian Cup

21 July Japan   3 – 3   China   Seoul, South Korea
21:00 UTC+9 Kurihara   32'
Kakitani   59'
Kudo   60'
EAFF Report Wang Yongpo   4' (pen.), 80' (pen.)
Sun Ke   86'
Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

2013 EAFF East Asian Cup

25 July Japan   3 – 2   Australia   Hwaseong, South Korea
20:00 UTC+9 Saitō   25'
Osako   55', 79'
EAFF Report Duke   75'
Juric   78'
Stadium: Hwaseong Stadium
Attendance: 1,458
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

2013 EAFF East Asian Cup

28 July South Korea   1 – 2   Japan   Seoul, South Korea
20:00 UTC+9 Yun   33' EAFF Report Kakitani   24', 90+1' Stadium: Jamsil Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 47,258
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

International Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup 2013)

14 August Japan   2 – 4   Uruguay   Miyagi, Japan
19:20 JST Kagawa   55'
Honda   72'
JFA Report Forlán   26', 29'
Suárez   53'
González   59'
Stadium: Miyagi Stadium
Attendance: 45,883
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

International Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup 2013)

6 September Japan   3 – 0   Guatemala   Osaka, Japan
19:25 JST Honda   51'
Kudo   69'
Endō   76'
JFA Report Stadium: Nagai Stadium
Attendance: 46,244
Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)

International Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup 2013)

10 September Japan   3 – 1   Ghana   Yokohama, Japan
19:20 JST Kagawa   50'
Endō   64'
Honda   71'
JFA Report Acheampong   23' Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama
Attendance: 64,525
Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

International Friendly

11 October Serbia   2 – 0   Japan   Novi Sad, Serbia
17:30 UTC+2 Tadić   59'
Jojić   90+1'
Stadium: Karađorđe Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey)

International Friendly

15 October Belarus   1 – 0   Japan   Zhodino, Belarus
15:15 UTC+3 Tsiharow   44' Stadium: Torpedo Stadium
Attendance: 3,250
Referee: Sergejus Slyva (Lithuania)

International Friendly

16 November Japan   2 – 2   Netherlands   Genk, Belgium
13:15 UTC+1 Osako   44'
Honda   60'
JFA Report Van der Vaart   12'
Robben   38'
Stadium: Cristal Arena
Attendance: 13,616
Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

International Friendly

19 November Belgium   2 – 3   Japan   Brussels, Belgium
21:00 UTC+1 Mirallas   15'
Alderweireld   79'
Report Kakitani   37'
Honda   53'
Okazaki   63'
Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey)


  Win   Draw   Loss

Players statistics edit

Player -2012 02.06 03.22 03.26 05.30 06.04 06.11 06.15 06.19 06.22 07.21 07.25 07.28 08.14 09.06 09.10 10.11 10.15 11.16 11.19 2013 Total
Yasuhito Endo 124(10) O O O O O O O O O - - - O O(1) O(1) O O O O 16(2) 140(12)
Yuichi Komano 72(1) - O O O - - - - - O - O O - - - - - - 6(0) 78(1)
Kengo Nakamura 63(6) - O - O - O - O O - - - - - - - - - - 5(0) 68(6)
Makoto Hasebe 63(2) O O O O O - O O - - - - O O O O O O O 14(0) 77(2)
Yasuyuki Konno 63(1) O - O O O O O O O - - - O O O O O O O 15(0) 78(1)
Shinji Okazaki 58(29) O(2) O(1) O - O O(1) O O(1) O(1) - - - O O - O O O O(1) 14(7) 72(36)
Yuto Nagatomo 54(3) O - - O O O O O O - - - - O O O O O - 12(0) 66(3)
Atsuto Uchida 52(1) O O O O O - O O O - - - O - O O O O - 13(0) 65(1)
Keisuke Honda 40(12) O(1) - - - O(1) - O O(1) O - - - O(1) O(1) O(1) O O O(1) O(1) 12(8) 52(20)
Eiji Kawashima 39(0) O O O O O O O O O - - - O - O O O - O 14(0) 53(0)
Shinji Kagawa 37(12) O O O(1) O O O O O(1) O - - - O(1) O O(1) O O O O 16(4) 53(16)
Ryoichi Maeda 24(10) O O O O O O O O O - - - - - - - - - - 9(0) 33(10)
Maya Yoshida 22(2) O O O O O - O O O - - - O O O O O O O 15(0) 37(2)
Hajime Hosogai 18(1) O - - O - O O - O - - - - - - O - - O 7(0) 25(1)
Masahiko Inoha 16(1) O O - - - O - - - - - - O - - - - - - 4(0) 20(1)
Yuzo Kurihara 13(2) - O - O O - - - O O(1) O O - - - - - - - 7(1) 20(3)
Hiroshi Kiyotake 12(1) O - O O O O O - - - - - - O O O - O O 11(0) 23(1)
Tomoaki Makino 11(1) - - - - - - - - - O - O - - O - - - - 3(0) 14(1)
Mike Havenaar 9(3) - O(1) O O O O - O - - - - - - - O O - - 8(1) 17(4)
Shusaku Nishikawa 8(0) - - - - - - - - - O - O - O - - - O - 4(0) 12(0)
Hiroki Sakai 7(0) - O - O - O - O O - - - - - - - - O O 7(0) 14(0)
Yuhei Tokunaga 7(0) - - - - - - - - - - O O - - - - - - - 2(0) 9(0)
Takashi Inui 6(0) O O O O - - O - - - - - - - - O - - - 6(0) 12(0)
Hideto Takahashi 4(0) - - - - - O - - - O O - - - - - - - - 3(0) 7(0)
Gotoku Sakai 2(0) O O O - - - - - - - - - O O O - O O O 9(0) 11(0)
Ryota Moriwaki 2(0) - - - - - - - - - - O - - - - - - - - 1(0) 3(0)
Genki Haraguchi 1(0) - - - - - - - - - O - O - - - - - - - 2(0) 3(0)
Shuichi Gonda 1(0) - - - - - - - - - - O - - - - - - - - 1(0) 2(0)
Yoichiro Kakitani 0(0) - - - - - - - - - O(1) - O(2) O O O O O O O(1) 9(4) 9(4)
Hotaru Yamaguchi 0(0) - - - - - - - - - O O O O - O - O O O 8(0) 8(0)
Yuya Osako 0(0) - - - - - - - - - O O(2) - - O O - - O(1) O 6(3) 6(3)
Masato Morishige 0(0) - - - - - - - - - O - O - O O - O - O 6(0) 6(0)
Masato Kudo 0(0) - - - - - - - - - O(1) O O - O(1) - - - - - 4(2) 4(2)
Manabu Saito 0(0) - - - - - - - - - O O(1) - - - O - - - - 3(1) 3(1)
Toshihiro Aoyama 0(0) - - - - - - - - - O - O - O - - - - - 3(0) 3(0)
Yohei Toyoda 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - O O O - - - - - - 3(0) 3(0)
Yuki Otsu 0(0) O O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0)
Yojiro Takahagi 0(0) - - - - - - - - - O - O - - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0)
Hiroki Yamada 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - O O - - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0)
Daisuke Suzuki 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - O - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Kazuhiko Chiba 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - O - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Takahiro Ogihara 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - O - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)

Goalscorers edit

Player International Friendly 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Goals
Keisuke Honda 6 1 1 0 8
Shinji Okazaki 4 1 2 0 7
Shinji Kagawa 2 1 1 0 4
Yoichiro Kakitani 1 0 0 3 4
Yuya Osako 1 0 0 2 3
Masato Kudo 1 0 0 1 2
Yasuhito Endō 2 0 0 0 2
Yuzo Kurihara 0 0 0 1 1
Manabu Saitō 0 0 0 1 1
Mike Havenaar 1 0 0 0 1

References edit

  1. ^ "2013日本代表スケジュール". Japan Football Association.

External links edit

  • Japan Football Association