The Japan national football team in 2018, managed by head coach Vahid Halilhodžić, head coach Akira Nishino and head coach Hajime Moriyasu compete in the 2018 FIFA World Cup and international friendly matches both at home and abroad.

Record

Competition GP W D L GF GA GD
International Friendly 10 5 2 3 21 13 +8
2018 FIFA World Cup 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1
Total 14 6 3 5 27 20 +7

Kits

Matches

March 23 International Friendly Japan  1–1  Mali Belgium Liège, Belgium
13:20 (UTC+1) Nakajima 90+4' Report Diaby 43' (pen.) Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 250
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)
March 27 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 in Europe Japan  1–2  Ukraine Belgium Liège, Belgium
14:20 (UTC+2) Makino 41' Report Rakitskiy 21'
Karavayev 69'		 Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 2,529
Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium)
May 30 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 Japan  0–2  Ghana Japan Yokohama, Japan
19:25 (UTC+9) Report Partey 9'
Boateng 51' (pen.)		 Stadium: Nissan Stadium (Yokohama)
Attendance: 64,520
Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)
June 8 International Friendly Switzerland  2–0  Japan Switzerland Lugano, Switzerland
19:00 (UTC+2) Rodriguez 42' (pen.)
Seferovic 82'		 Report Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
Referee: Amaury Delerue (France)
June 12 International Friendly Japan  4–2  Paraguay Austria Innsbruck, Austria
15:05 (UTC+2) Inui 51', 63'
Santander 77' (o.g.)
Kagawa 90+1'		 Report Romero 32'
Ortiz 90'		 Stadium: Tivoli-Neu
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)
June 19 2018 FIFA World Cup: Group H Colombia  1–2  Japan Russia Saransk, Russia
15:00 UTC+3 Quintero 39' Report Kagawa 6' (pen.)
Osako 73'		 Stadium: Mordovia Arena
Attendance: 40,842
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
June 24 2018 FIFA World Cup: Group H Japan  2–2  Senegal Russia Ekaterinburg, Russia
20:00 UTC+5 Inui 34'
Honda 78'		 Report Mané 11'
Wagué 71'		 Stadium: Central Stadium
Attendance: 32,572
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
June 28 2018 FIFA World Cup: Group H Japan  0–1  Poland Russia Volgograd, Russia
17:00 UTC+3 Report Bednarek 59' Stadium: Volgograd Arena
Attendance: 42,189
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
July 2 2018 FIFA World Cup: Round of 16 Belgium  3–2  Japan Russia Rostov-on-Don, Russia
21:00 UTC+3 Vertonghen 69'
Fellaini 74'
Chadli 90+4'		 Report Haraguchi 48'
Inui 52'		 Stadium: Rostov Arena
Attendance: 41,466
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
September 7 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 Japan  Cancelled  Chile Japan Sapporo, Japan
Report Stadium: Sapporo Dome
September 11 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 Japan  3–0  Costa Rica Japan Suita, Japan
19:20 (UTC+9) Sasaki 16'
Minamino 66'
J. Ito 90+3'		 Report Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita
Attendance: 33,891
Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)
October 12 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 Japan  3–0  Panama Japan Niigata, Japan
19:35 (UTC+9) Minamino 42'
J. Ito 66'
Murillo 85' (o.g.)		 Report Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium
Attendance: 38,322
Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)
October 16 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 Japan  4–3  Uruguay Japan Saitama, Japan
19:35 (UTC+9) Minamino 10', 66'
Osako 36'
Doan 59'		 Report Pereiro 28'
Cavani 57'
Rodríguez 75'		 Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 57,239
Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)
November 20 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 Japan  4–0  Kyrgyzstan Japan Toyota, Japan
19:20 (UTC+9) Yamanaka 2'
Haraguchi 19'
Osako 72'
Nakajima 73'		 Report Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

  Win　   Draw　   Loss

Players statistics

Player-201703.2303.2705.3006.0806.1206.1906.2406.2807.0209.1110.1210.1611.1611.202018Total
Shinji Okazaki111(50)--O-OOOO------5(0)116(50)
Makoto Hasebe106(2)OOOO-OOOO-----8(0)114(2)
Yuto Nagatomo101(3)OOOO-OOOO--O--9(0)110(3)
Keisuke Honda91(36)OOOO-OO(1)-O-----7(1)98(37)
Shinji Kagawa89(29)--OOO(1)O(1)O-O-----6(2)95(31)
Eiji Kawashima81(0)-OOO-OOOO-----7(0)88(0)
Maya Yoshida80(10)--OO-OOOO--OOO9(0)89(10)
Hiroki Sakai41(0)---OOOOOO--OO(1)-8(1)49(1)
Hotaru Yamaguchi38(2)OOO-OO-OO-----7(0)45(2)
Gotoku Sakai36(0)OOOOO--O------6(0)42(0)
Genki Haraguchi29(6)-OOOOOO-O(1)-OOOO(1)11(2)40(8)
Tomoaki Makino28(3)OO(1)OO---O-OO--O8(1)36(4)
Yuya Osako25(7)O-OOOO(1)OOO-OO(1)OO(1)12(3)37(10)
Takashi Inui25(2)---OO(2)OO(1)OO(1)-----6(4)31(6)
Yoshinori Muto21(2)--OOO--O------4(0)25(2)
Takashi Usami19(3)OOOOO-OO------7(0)26(3)
Takuma Asano17(3)---------O----1(0)18(3)
Gaku Shibasaki14(3)-OOOOOOOO-OOOO12(0)26(3)
Yu Kobayashi11(2)OO-------O----3(0)14(2)
Yuya Kubo11(2)OO------------2(0)13(2)
Yosuke Ideguchi11(2)--O-----------1(0)12(2)
Wataru Endo11(0)----O----O-OO-4(0)15(0)
Gen Shoji10(1)O---OOO-O-----5(0)15(1)
Toshihiro Aoyama8(1)---------OOO--3(0)11(1)
Kengo Kawamata8(1)----------O---1(0)9(1)
Kenyu Sugimoto5(1)-O----------OO3(0)8(1)
Masaaki Higashiguchi4(0)----O----O-O--3(0)7(0)
Ryota Morioka4(0)O-------------1(0)5(0)
Junya Ito3(0)---------O(1)O(1)-OO4(2)7(2)
Shuichi Gonda3(0)----------O--O2(0)5(0)
Shintaro Kurumaya3(0)---------O----1(0)4(0)
Takumi Minamino2(0)---------O(1)O(1)O(2)OO5(4)7(4)
Ryota Oshima2(0)O-OO----------3(0)5(0)
Genta Miura2(0)---------O-O-O3(0)5(0)
Kosuke Nakamura2(0)O---O---------2(0)4(0)
Naomichi Ueda2(0)-O--O---------2(0)4(0)
Kento Misao1(0)OO-------OO--O5(0)6(0)
Sei Muroya1(0)---------OO--O3(0)4(0)
Shoya Nakajima0(0)O(1)O-------O-OOO(1)6(2)6(2)
Ritsu Doan0(0)---------OOO(1)OO5(1)5(1)
Sho Sasaki0(0)---------OO-O-3(0)3(0)
Koya Kitagawa0(0)----------O-OO3(0)3(0)
Hidemasa Morita0(0)---------O---O2(0)2(0)
Takehiro Tomiyasu0(0)----------O-O-2(0)2(0)
Ryosuke Yamanaka 0(0)-------------O(1)1(1)1(1)
Tomoya Ugajin0(0)O-------------1(0)1(0)
Jun Amano0(0)---------O----1(0)1(0)
Daniel Schmidt0(0)------------O-1(0)1(0)

Goalscorers

Player International Friendly 2018 FIFA World Cup Total Goals
Shoya Nakajima 2 0 2
Tomoaki Makino 1 0 1
Takashi Inui 2 2 4
Own goal 2 0 2
Shinji Kagawa 1 1 2
Yuya Osako 2 1 3
Keisuke Honda 0 1 1
Genki Haraguchi 1 1 2
Sho Sasaki 1 0 1
Takumi Minamino 4 0 4
Junya Ito 2 0 2
Ritsu Doan 1 0 1
Hiroki Sakai 1 0 1
Ryosuke Yamanaka 1 0 1

References

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