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 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 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 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 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 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 Brisbane, Australia
20:00 UTC+10 Milligan  25'  55'
Wilkshire  69 pen'		 Report Kurihara  64'
Kurihara  23'  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 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 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 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 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 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 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-201102.2402.2905.2306.0306.0806.1208.1509.0609.1110.1210.1611.142012Total
Yasuhito Endo113(9)OO-OOOO(1)OOOOO11(1)124(10)
Yuichi Komano67(1)OO----OOO---5(0)72(1)
Kengo Nakamura56(6)O-O-O-OO-OO-7(0)63(6)
Yasuyuki Konno55(1)OO-OOO---OOO8(0)63(1)
Yoshito Okubo53(5)O-----------1(0)54(5)
Makoto Hasebe52(2)-OOOOOOOOOOO11(0)63(2)
Shinji Okazaki49(26)-OO(1)O(1)OOOOO--O(1)9(3)58(29)
Atsuto Uchida45(1)-OOOOO---OO-7(0)52(1)
Yuto Nagatomo44(3)-OOOOOO-OOOO10(0)54(3)
Keisuke Honda31(8)--OO(1)O(3)OOOO-OO9(4)40(12)
Shinji Kagawa28(9)-OO(1)OO(1)OOO-O(1)O-9(3)37(12)
Eiji Kawashima28(0)-OOOOOOOOOOO11(0)39(0)
Ryoichi Maeda16(6)O(1)-OO(1)O(1)OO-O(1)--O8(4)24(10)
Maya Yoshida13(2)-O-OO-OOOOOO9(0)22(2)
Tadanari Lee10(2)-O----------1(0)11(2)
Hajime Hosogai10(1)--OO--OOOOOO8(0)18(1)
Jungo Fujimoto10(0)O(1)O----O-----3(1)13(1)
Takayuki Morimoto9(3)--O---------1(0)10(3)
Masahiko Inoha9(1)O-O-OOOOO---7(0)16(1)
Yuzo Kurihara8(0)O-O-O(1)O(1)----O-5(2)13(2)
Tomoaki Makino8(0)O(1)-O---O-----3(1)11(1)
Shusaku Nishikawa7(0)O-----------1(0)8(0)
Mike Havenaar5(2)-O-----O(1)OO--4(1)9(3)
Hiroshi Kiyotake5(0)---O-O-OOOOO(1)7(1)12(1)
Naohiro Ishikawa5(0)O-----------1(0)6(0)
Takashi Inui3(0)-O-------OO-3(0)6(0)
Hiroki Mizumoto3(0)------OO----2(0)5(0)
Yosuke Kashiwagi3(0)O-----------1(0)4(0)
Ryota Moriwaki1(0)O-----------1(0)2(0)
Hiroki Sakai0(0)--OO-O-O-OOO7(0)7(0)
Hideto Takahashi0(0)--O----O-O-O4(0)4(0)
Ryo Miyaichi0(0)--O-------O-2(0)2(0)
Gotoku Sakai0(0)-------O---O2(0)2(0)
Chikashi Masuda0(0)O-----------1(0)1(0)
Junya Tanaka0(0)O-----------1(0)1(0)
Naoya Kondo0(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.
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