2010 Japan national football team

The Japan national football team in 2010, managed by head coach Takeshi Okada, began by competing in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification and the 2010 East Asian Football Championship in amongst other international friendly matches in the build-up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals where they would finish in 9th place. Afterwards the team, managed first by interim head coach Hiromi Hara and finally head coach Alberto Zaccheroni, would close out 2010 with several more international friendly matches as they prepared for the 2011 Asian Cup and the 2011 Copa América in the following year.[1]

Record
Competition GP W D L GF GA
2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2 2 0 0 5 2
International Friendly 9 3 2 4 5 10
2010 East Asian Football Championship 3 1 1 1 4 3
2010 FIFA World Cup 4 2 1 1 4 2
Total 18 8 4 6 18 17

Kits

Schedule

2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification

6 January Yemen  2 – 3  Japan Sana'a, Yemen
16:15 UTC+3 Alaqel  13'
Karama  39'		 (JFA Report) Hirayama  42', 55', 80' Stadium: Ali Muhesen Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ali Hamad Albadwawi (UAE)

International Friendly (2010 Kirin Challenge Cup)

2 February Japan  0 – 0  Venezuela Ōita, Japan
19:10 JST (JFA Report) Stadium: Kyushu Oil Dome
Attendance: 27,009
Referee: Fan Qi (China PR)

2010 East Asian Football Championship

6 February Japan  0 – 0  China PR Tokyo, Japan
19:15 JST (JFA Report) Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 25,964
Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)

2010 East Asian Football Championship

11 February Japan  3 – 0  Hong Kong Tokyo, Japan
19:15 JST Tamada  41', 82'
Tulio  65'		 (JFA Report) Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 16,368
Referee: Liang Zhao (China PR)

2010 East Asian Football Championship

14 February Japan  1 – 3  South Korea Tokyo, Japan
19:15 JST Endō  24' (pen.) (JFA Report) Lee Dong-gook  33' (pen.)
Lee Seung-ryul  39'
Kim Jae-sung  71'		 Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 42,951
Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)

2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification

3 March Japan  2 – 0  Bahrain Toyota, Japan
19:00 JST Okazaki  36'
Honda  90+2'		 (JFA Report) Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 38,042
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)

International Friendly (2010 Kirin Challenge Cup)

7 April Japan  0 – 3  Serbia Osaka, Japan
19:20 JST (JFA Report) Mrđa  15', 23'
Tomić  60'		 Stadium: Nagai Stadium
Attendance: 46,270
Referee: Myung Yong Choi (Korea Rep)

International Friendly (2010 Kirin Challenge Cup)

24 May Japan  0 – 2  South Korea Saitama, Japan
19:20 JST (JFA Report) J. Park  6'
C. Park  90+1' (pen.)		 Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 57,873
Referee: Stuart Attwell (England)

International Friendly

30 May Japan  1 – 2  England Graz, Austria
14:15 UTC+2 Tulio  7' (JFA Report) Tulio  72' (o.g.)
Nakazawa  83' (o.g.)		 Stadium: UPC-Arena
Attendance: 15,326
Referee: Rene Eisner (Austria)

International Friendly

4 June Japan  0 – 2  Ivory Coast Sion, Switzerland
12:20 UTC+2 (JFA Report) Tulio  13' (o.g.)
K. Touré  80'		 Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 4,919
Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland)

2010 FIFA World Cup Group E

14 June Japan  1 – 0  Cameroon Bloemfontein, South Africa
16:00 UTC+2 Honda  39' (FIFA Report) Stadium: Free State Stadium
Attendance: 30,620
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

2010 FIFA World Cup Group E

19 June Netherlands  1 – 0  Japan Durban, South Africa
13:30 UTC+2 Sneijder  53' (FIFA Report) Stadium: Moses Mabhida Stadium
Attendance: 62,010
Referee: Hector Baldassi (Argentina)

2010 FIFA World Cup Group E

24 June Denmark  1 – 3  Japan Rustenburg, South Africa
20:30 UTC+2 Tomasson  81' (FIFA Report) Honda  17'
Endō  30'
Okazaki  87'		 Stadium: Royal Bafokeng Stadium
Attendance: 27,967
Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)

2010 FIFA World Cup Round of 16

29 June Paraguay  0 – 0  Japan Pretoria, South Africa
16:00 UTC+2 (FIFA Report) Stadium: Loftus Versfeld Stadium
Attendance: 36,742
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

International Friendly (2010 Kirin Challenge Cup)

4 September Japan  1 – 0  Paraguay Yokohama, Japan
19:20 JST Kagawa  64' (JFA Report) Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama
Attendance: 65,157
Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

International Friendly (2010 Kirin Challenge Cup)

7 September Japan  2 – 1  Guatemala Osaka, Japan
19:45 JST Morimoto  12'  20' (JFA Report) Rodríguez  22' Stadium: Nagai Stadium
Attendance: 44,541
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

International Friendly (2010 Kirin Challenge Cup)

8 October Japan  1 – 0  Argentina Saitama, Japan
19:50 JST Okazaki  19' (JFA Report) Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 57,735
Referee: Pawel Gil (Poland)

International Friendly

12 October South Korea  0 – 0  Japan Seoul, South Korea
20:00 UTC+9 (JFA Report) Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 62,503
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)


  Win   Draw   Loss

Players statistics
Player-200901.0602.0202.0602.1102.1403.0304.0705.2405.3006.0406.1406.1906.2406.2909.0409.0710.0810.122010Total
Yuji Nakazawa96(17)-OOOOOOOOOOOOOO---14(0)110(17)
Shunsuke Nakamura93(24)-----OOO-O-O------5(0)98(24)
Yasuhito Endo85(7)-OOOO(1)OOOOOOOO(1)O--OO15(2)100(9)
Junichi Inamoto74(5)-OOOO-O--OO-O-----8(0)82(5)
Seigo Narazaki69(0)-OOOOOOO-------O--8(0)77(0)
Keiji Tamada63(14)--OO(2)OOO-OO-O-O----9(2)72(16)
Mitsuo Ogasawara53(7)-O-O--------------2(0)55(7)
Yuichi Komano49(0)-O-O---O-OOOOOOO-O11(0)60(0)
Yoshito Okubo42(5)-OOOO--OOOOOOO----11(0)53(5)
Kengo Nakamura41(5)-OOOO--O-O---OOOOO11(0)52(5)
Yuki Abe41(3)------OOOOOOOO--O-9(0)50(3)
Yasuyuki Konno33(0)---O---OOO--O---OO7(0)40(0)
Marcus Tulio Tanaka32(6)-OOO(1)OO--O(1)OOOOO----11(2)43(8)
Hisato Sato28(4)-OO-O-------------3(0)31(4)
Makoto Hasebe27(1)-----O-OOOOOOO--OO10(0)37(1)
Atsuto Uchida27(1)--OOOO--------O-OO7(0)34(1)
Daisuke Matsui21(1)-----O--O-OOOOO--O8(0)29(1)
Shinji Okazaki20(15)-OO-OO(1)OOOOOOO(1)OOOO(1)-15(3)35(18)
Yuto Nagatomo18(3)-OO-OOOOOOOOOOOOOO16(0)34(3)
Kisho Yano16(2)------OO--O-------3(0)19(2)
Hideo Hashimoto13(0)--------------OO--2(0)15(0)
Koji Yamase12(5)------O-----------1(0)13(5)
Keisuke Honda11(3)-----O(1)-OOOO(1)OO(1)OOOOO12(3)23(6)
Shinji Kagawa10(2)-O-OO---------O(1)OOO7(1)17(3)
Shinzo Koroki10(0)------O-----------1(0)11(0)
Eiji Kawashima8(0)--------OOOOOOO-O-8(0)16(0)
Ryoichi Maeda5(2)----------------OO2(0)7(2)
Yuhei Tokunaga5(0)-O----O-----------2(0)7(0)
Jungo Fujimoto4(0)--------------OO--2(0)6(0)
Naohiro Ishikawa4(0)------O-----------1(0)5(0)
Takayuki Morimoto2(1)-----O-OOO----OO(2)O-7(2)9(3)
Mu Kanazaki1(0)OOO--------------O4(0)5(0)
Yuzo Kurihara1(0)------O-------O-OO4(0)5(0)
Daiki Iwamasa1(0)----O---------OO--3(0)4(0)
Takashi Inui1(0)O--------------O--2(0)3(0)
Shusaku Nishikawa1(0)----------------OO2(0)3(0)
Naoki Yamada1(0)O-----------------1(0)2(0)
Sota Hirayama0(0)O(3)OOO--------------4(3)4(3)
Tomoaki Makino0(0)O-----O-------OO--4(0)4(0)
Hajime Hosogai0(0)--------------OO-O3(0)3(0)
Shuichi Gonda0(0)O-----------------1(0)1(0)
Naoya Kikuchi0(0)O-----------------1(0)1(0)
Maya Yoshida0(0)O-----------------1(0)1(0)
Kosuke Ota0(0)O-----------------1(0)1(0)
Kazuya Yamamura0(0)O-----------------1(0)1(0)
Takuji Yonemoto0(0)O-----------------1(0)1(0)
Yosuke Kashiwagi0(0)O-----------------1(0)1(0)
Kazuma Watanabe0(0)O-----------------1(0)1(0)
Kensuke Nagai0(0)O-----------------1(0)1(0)
Mitsuru Nagata0(0)---------------O--1(0)1(0)
Kunimitsu Sekiguchi0(0)----------------O-1(0)1(0)

Goalscorers
Player Goals
Keisuke Honda 3
Shinji Okazaki 3
Sota Hirayama 3
Yasuhito Endō 2
Marcus Tulio Tanaka 2
Keiji Tamada 2
Takayuki Morimoto 2
Shinji Kagawa 1
Total 18

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