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2015 Japan national football team 
Summary
The Japan national football team in 2015; managed by head coach Javier Aguirre compete in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, and managed by head coach Vahid Halilhodžić compete in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) and 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup in amongst international friendly matches both at home and abroad.
Record edit
| Competition | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 AFC Asian Cup | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 |
| International Friendly | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 |
| 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | +17 |
| 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
| Total | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 7 | +33 |
Kits edit
          Home Kit
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     Away Kit
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     2016 Home Kit
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     2016 Away Kit
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Schedule edit
| 12 January 2015 AFC Asian Cup | Japan  | 4 – 0 |  Palestine |  Newcastle, Australia |
| 18:00 UTC+11 | Endo  8' Okazaki 25' Honda 43' (pen.) Yoshida 49' |
AFC Report | Stadium: Newcastle Stadium Attendance: 17,147 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar) |
| 16 January 2015 AFC Asian Cup | Iraq  | 0 – 1 | Japan | Brisbane, Australia |
| 19:00 UTC+10 | AFC Report | Honda 23' (pen.) |
Stadium: Brisbane Stadium Attendance: 22,941 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran) |
| 20 January 2015 AFC Asian Cup | Japan | 2 – 0 |  Jordan | Melbourne, Australia |
| 20:00 UTC+11 | Honda 24' Kagawa 82' |
AFC Report | Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 25,016 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) |
| 23 January 2015 AFC Asian Cup | Japan | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p) |  United Arab Emirates | Sydney, Australia |
| 20:30 UTC+11 | Shibasaki 81' |
AFC Report | Mabkhout 7' |
Stadium: Stadium Australia Attendance: 19,094 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran) |
| Penalties | ||||
Honda  Hasebe  Shibasaki Toyoda Morishige Kagawa |
O. Abdulrahman Mabkhout Esmaeel Hassan Fardan I. Ahmed |
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| 27 March International Friendly | Japan | 2 – 0 |  Tunisia | Ōita, Japan |
| 19:37 JST | Okazaki 78' Honda 83' |
JFA Report | Stadium: Ōita Bank Dome Attendance: 34,777 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia) |
| 31 March International Friendly | Japan | 5 – 1 |  Uzbekistan | Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan |
| 19:26 JST | Aoyama 6' Okazaki 54' Shibasaki 80' Usami 83' Kawamata 90' |
JFA Report | Tukhtakhodjaev 82' |
Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 46,007 Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia) |
| 11 June International Friendly | Japan | 4 – 0 | Iraq | Yokohama, Japan |
| 19:03 JST | Honda 5' Makino 9' Okazaki 32' Haraguchi 84' |
JFA Report | Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 63,877 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland) |
| 16 June 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 | Japan | 0 – 0 |  Singapore | Saitama, Japan |
| 19:34 JST | JFA Report | Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 57,533 Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq) |
| 2 August 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup | North Korea  | 2 – 1 | Japan |  Wuhan, China |
| 18:20 UTC+8 | Ri Hyok-chol 78' Pak Hyon-il 88' |
EAFF Report | Muto 3' |
Stadium: Wuhan Sports Center Stadium Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran) |
| 5 August 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup | Japan | 1 – 1 |  South Korea | Wuhan, China |
| 18:20 UTC+8 | Yamaguchi 39' |
EAFF Report | Jang Hyun-soo 26' (pen.) |
Stadium: Wuhan Sports Center Stadium Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari (Singapore) |
| 9 August 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup | China | 1 – 1 | Japan | Wuhan, China |
| 20:10 UTC+8 | Wu Lei 10' |
EAFF Report | Muto 41' |
Stadium: Wuhan Sports Center Stadium Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) |
| 3 September 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 | Japan | 3 – 0 |  Cambodia | Saitama, Japan |
| 19:26 JST | Honda 28' Yoshida 50' Kagawa 61' |
JFA Report | Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 54,716 Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea) |
| 8 September 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 | Afghanistan  | 0 – 6 | Japan |  Tehran, Iran |
| 16:55 UTC+4:30 | FIFA Report | Kagawa 10', 50' Morishige 35' Okazaki 57', 60' Honda 74' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 8,650 Referee: Khamis Al-Kuwari (Qatar) |
| 8 October 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 | Syria  | 0 – 3 | Japan |  Seeb, Oman |
| 17:00 UTC+4:00 | AFC Report | Honda 55' (pen.) Okazaki 70' Usami 88' |
Stadium: Seeb Stadium Attendance: 680 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) |
| 13 October International Friendly | Iran | 1 – 1 | Japan | Tehran, Iran |
| 17:00 UTC+4:30 | Torabi 45+1' |
FIFA Report | Muto 48' |
Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman) |
| 12 November 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 | Singapore | 0 – 3 | Japan | Kallang, Singapore |
| 19:15 UTC+8:00 | AFC Report | Kanazaki 20' Honda 26' Yoshida 87' |
Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 33,868 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) |
| 17 November 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 | Cambodia | 0 – 2 | Japan | Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| 19:14 UTC+7:00 | AFC Report | Laboravy 52' (o.g.) Honda 90' |
Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 29,871 Referee: Fu Ming (China) |
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Players statistics edit
| Player | -2014 | 01.12 | 01.16 | 01.20 | 01.23 | 03.27 | 03.31 | 06.11 | 06.16 | 08.02 | 08.05 | 08.09 | 09.03 | 09.08 | 10.08 | 10.13 | 11.12 | 11.17 | 2015 | Total |
| Yasuhito Endo | 148(14) | O(1) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(1) | 152(15) |
| Shinji Okazaki | 85(40) | O(1) | O | O | O | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O | - | - | - | O | O(2) | O(1) | O | - | O | 13(7) | 98(47) |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 84(2) | - | O | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 87(2) |
| Makoto Hasebe | 83(2) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | 12(0) | 95(2) |
| Yuto Nagatomo | 76(3) | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | 10(0) | 86(3) |
| Atsuto Uchida | 72(2) | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 74(2) |
| Keisuke Honda | 65(24) | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O | O(1) | O | O(1) | O | - | - | - | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O | O(1) | O(1) | 14(10) | 79(34) |
| Eiji Kawashima | 64(0) | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7(0) | 71(0) |
| Shinji Kagawa | 63(19) | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | O(1) | O(2) | O | O | O | O | 14(4) | 77(23) |
| Maya Yoshida | 48(3) | O(1) | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O(1) | O | 13(3) | 61(6) |
| Hiroshi Kiyotake | 26(1) | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | 7(0) | 33(1) |
| Hiroki Sakai | 19(0) | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | - | 6(0) | 25(0) |
| Gotoku Sakai | 18(0) | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | 7(0) | 25(0) |
| Masato Morishige | 17(1) | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | O(1) | - | O | O | - | 12(1) | 29(2) |
| Hotaru Yamaguchi | 15(0) | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | 9(1) | 24(1) |
| Shusaku Nishikawa | 15(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | 8(0) | 23(0) |
| Takashi Inui | 14(2) | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 19(2) |
| Tomoaki Makino | 14(1) | - | - | - | - | O | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | O | 8(1) | 22(2) |
| Yuya Osako | 12(3) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 15(3) |
| Shinzo Koroki | 12(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 4(0) | 16(0) |
| Toshihiro Aoyama | 7(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(1) | 8(1) |
| Yoshinori Muto | 6(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | O(1) | O | - | 12(1) | 18(2) |
| Yohei Toyoda | 6(1) | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 8(1) |
| Hiroki Mizumoto | 6(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 7(0) |
| Mu Kanazaki | 5(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | - | 1(1) | 6(1) |
| Gaku Shibasaki | 4(1) | - | - | O | O(1) | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | 9(2) | 13(3) |
| Kosuke Ota | 4(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 7(0) |
| Yosuke Kashiwagi | 4(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | 3(0) | 7(0) |
| Genki Haraguchi | 3(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | 8(1) | 11(1) |
| Shuichi Gonda | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 3(0) |
| Kensuke Nagai | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 6(0) |
| Takashi Usami | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | 13(2) | 13(2) |
| Kengo Kawamata | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(1) | 5(1) |
| Wataru Endo | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | O | 5(0) | 5(0) |
| Hiroki Fujiharu | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Takuma Asano | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Yuki Muto | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | - | O(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(2) | 2(2) |
| Shogo Taniguchi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Daiki Niwa | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Koki Yonekura | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Takumi Minamino | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Gen Shoji | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Naoyuki Fujita | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Shu Kurata | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Masaaki Higashiguchi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
Goalscorers edit
| Player | 2015 AFC Asian Cup | International Friendly | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) | 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup | Total Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yasuhito Endo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shinji Okazaki | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Keisuke Honda | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| Maya Yoshida | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Shinji Kagawa | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Gaku Shibasaki | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Toshihiro Aoyama | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Takashi Usami | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kengo Kawamata | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tomoaki Makino | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Genki Haraguchi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yuki Muto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Hotaru Yamaguchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Masato Morishige | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yoshinori Muto | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mu Kanazaki | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
External links edit
- Japan Football Association