2011 Japan national football team

The Japan national football team in 2011, managed by head coach Alberto Zaccheroni, began by competing and winning the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. The win meant Japan were crowned the Champions of Asia for a record 4th time and earned a berth in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. The team would continue by competing in the 2011 Kirin Cup and the 2011 Copa América in amongst other international friendly matches before closing out 2011 by commencing in the third round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification as they progress towards the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[1]

Record
Competition GP W D L GF GA
2011 AFC Asian Cup 6 4 2 0 14 6
2011 Kirin Cup 2 0 2 0 0 0
International Friendly 2 2 0 0 4 0
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 5 3 1 1 14 2
Total 15 9 5 1 32 8

Kits

Schedule

2011 AFC Asian Cup Group B

9 January Japan 1 – 1 Jordan Doha, Qatar
16:15 UTC+3 Maya Yoshida  90+2' (JFA Report) Hassan Abdel Fattah  45' Stadium: Qatar SC Stadium
Attendance: 6,255
Referee: Abdul Malik (Singapore)

2011 AFC Asian Cup Group B

13 January Syria 1 – 2 Japan Doha, Qatar
19:15 UTC+3 Firas Al Khatib  76' (pen.) (JFA Report) Makoto Hasebe  35'
Keisuke Honda  82' (pen.)		 Stadium: Qatar SC Stadium
Attendance: 10,453
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

2011 AFC Asian Cup Group B

17 January Saudi Arabia 0 – 5 Japan Al Rayyan, Qatar
16:15 UTC+3 (JFA Report) Shinji Okazaki  8', 13', 80'
Ryoichi Maeda  19', 51'		 Stadium: Ahmed bin Ali Stadium
Attendance: 2,022
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

2011 AFC Asian Cup Quarterfinals

21 January Japan 3 – 2 Qatar Doha, Qatar
16:25 UTC+3 Shinji Kagawa  28', 70'
Masahiko Inoha  89'		 (JFA Report) Sebastián Soria  12'
Fábio César  63'		 Stadium: Al-Gharafa Stadium
Attendance: 19,479
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

2011 AFC Asian Cup Semifinals

25 January Japan 2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 0 p)		 South Korea Doha, Qatar
16:25 UTC+3 Ryoichi Maeda  36'
Hajime Hosogai  97'		 (JFA Report) Ki Sung-Yueng  23' (pen.)
Hwang Jae-Won  120'		 Stadium: Al-Gharafa Stadium
Attendance: 16,171
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Penalties
Honda
Okazaki
Nagatomo
Konno 		Koo Ja-Cheol
Lee Yong-Rae
Hong Jeong-Ho

2011 AFC Asian Cup Final

29 January Australia 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) Japan Doha, Qatar
18:00 UTC+3 (JFA Report) Tadanari Lee  109' Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
Attendance: 37,174
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

International Friendly (2011 Kirin Challenge Cup)

25 March Japan Cancelled Montenegro Shizuoka, Japan
19:45 JST Stadium: Shizuoka Stadium

International Friendly (2011 Kirin Challenge Cup)

29 March Japan Cancelled New Zealand Tokyo, Japan
19:20 JST Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium

2011 Tōhoku earthquake Charity Match

29 March Japan 2 – 1 J. League Team As One Osaka, Japan
19:26 JST Yasuhito Endō  15'
Shinji Okazaki  19'		 (JFA Report) Kazuyoshi Miura  82' Stadium: Nagai Stadium
Attendance: 40,613
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

2011 Kirin Cup

1 June Japan 0 – 0 Peru Niigata, Japan
19:20 JST (JFA Report) Stadium: Niigata Stadium
Attendance: 39,048
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

2011 Kirin Cup

7 June Japan 0 – 0 Czech Republic Kanagawa, Japan
19:30 JST (JFA Report) Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama
Attendance: 65,856
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

2011 Copa América Group A

2 July Colombia Withdrew Japan Jujuy, Argentina
15:30 UTC-3 Stadium: Estadio 23 de Agosto
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

2011 Copa América Group A

7 July Bolivia Withdrew Japan Jujuy, Argentina
19:15 UTC-3 Stadium: Estadio 23 de Agosto
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

2011 Copa América Group A

11 July Argentina Withdrew Japan Córdoba, Argentina
21:45 UTC-3 Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Referee: Víctor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

International Friendly (2011 Kirin Challenge Cup)

10 August Japan 3 – 0 South Korea Hokkaidō, Japan
19:30 JST Shinji Kagawa  34', 54'
Keisuke Honda  52'		 (JFA Report) Stadium: Sapporo Dome
Attendance: 38,263
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Third Round

2 September Japan 1 – 0 North Korea Saitama, Japan
19:25 JST Maya Yoshida  90+4' (JFA Report) Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 54,624
Referee: Ali Albadwawi (United Arab Emirates)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Third Round

6 September Uzbekistan 1 – 1 Japan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
19:00 UTC+5 Server Djeparov  8' (JFA Report) Shinji Okazaki  65' Stadium: Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

International Friendly (2011 Kirin Challenge Cup)

7 October Japan 1 – 0 Vietnam Hyogo, Japan
19:45 JST Tadanari Lee  24' (JFA Report) Stadium: Home's Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 27,522
Referee: Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Third Round

11 October Japan 8 – 0 Tajikistan Osaka, Japan
19:45 JST Mike Havenaar  11', 47'
Shinji Okazaki  19', 74'
Yuichi Komano  35'
Shinji Kagawa  41', 68'
Kengo Nakamura  56'		 (JFA Report) Stadium: Nagai Stadium
Attendance: 44,688
Referee: Benjamin Williams (Australia)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Third Round

11 November Tajikistan 0 – 4 Japan Dushanbe, Tajikistan
14:00 UTC+5 (JFA Report) Yasuyuki Konno  36'
Shinji Okazaki  61', 90+2'
Ryoichi Maeda  82'		 Stadium: Central Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Kim Dong Jin (Korea Republic)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Third Round

15 November North Korea 1 – 0 Japan Pyongyang, North Korea
16:00 UTC+9 Pak Nam Chol  50' (JFA Report) Stadium: Kim Il-sung Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)


  Win   Draw   Loss

Player statistics
Player-201001.0901.1301.1701.2101.2501.2906.0106.0708.1009.0209.0610.0710.1111.1111.152011Total
Yasuhito Endo100(9)OOOOOOOOOOO-OO-13(0)113(9)
Yuichi Komano60(0)--------OOOOO(1)OO7(1)67(1)
Kengo Nakamura52(5)-----------OO(1)OO4(1)56(6)
Yuki Abe50(3)--------O-OO---3(0)53(3)
Yasuyuki Konno40(0)OOOOOOOOOOOOOO(1)O15(1)55(1)
Makoto Hasebe37(1)OO(1)OOOOOOOOOOOOO15(1)52(2)
Shinji Okazaki35(18)OOO(3)OOOOOOOO(1)-O(2)O(2)O14(8)49(26)
Yuto Nagatomo34(3)OOOOOOOO---OO--10(0)44(3)
Atsuto Uchida34(1)OOO-OO-OOOO--OO11(0)45(1)
Daisuke Matsui29(1)OO-------------2(0)31(1)
Keisuke Honda23(6)OO(1)-OOOOOO(1)------8(2)31(8)
Shinji Kagawa17(3)OOOO(2)O---O(2)OOOO(2)O-11(6)28(9)
Eiji Kawashima16(0)OO-OOOOOOOO-OO-12(0)28(0)
Shinzo Koroki11(0)------O--------1(0)12(0)
Ryoichi Maeda7(2)OOO(2)OO(1)OO------O(1)O9(4)16(6)
Michihiro Yasuda6(1)------O--------1(0)7(1)
Jungo Fujimoto6(0)O----O-----OO--4(0)10(0)
Yuzo Kurihara5(0)------O----O--O3(0)8(0)
Daiki Iwamasa4(0)--OOOO---------4(0)8(0)
Tomoaki Makino4(0)-------OO-OO---4(0)8(0)
Hajime Hosogai3(0)-O--O(1)-O-O--OO-O7(1)10(1)
Shusaku Nishikawa3(0)-OO--------O--O4(0)7(0)
Maya Yoshida1(0)O(1)OOO-O-OOO(1)OOOO-12(2)13(2)
Yosuke Kashiwagi1(0)--O------O-----2(0)3(0)
Kunimitsu Sekiguchi1(0)------OO-------2(0)3(0)
Akihiro Ienaga1(0)-------OO------2(0)3(0)
Mitsuru Nagata1(0)---O-----------1(0)2(0)
Tadanari Lee0(0)O----O(1)OOOOOO(1)O-O10(2)10(2)
Masahiko Inoha0(0)--OO(1)OOOO---O-OO9(1)9(1)
Mike Havenaar0(0)---------OO-O(2)OO5(2)5(2)
Hiroshi Kiyotake0(0)--------OOO--OO5(0)5(0)
Takuya Honda0(0)--O-O----------2(0)2(0)
Daigo Nishi0(0)------O--------1(0)1(0)
Ryota Moriwaki0(0)------O--------1(0)1(0)
Genki Haraguchi0(0)-----------O---1(0)1(0)

Goalscorers
Player Goals
Shinji Okazaki 8
Shinji Kagawa 6
Ryoichi Maeda 4
Keisuke Honda 2
Maya Yoshida 2
Tadanari Lee 2
Mike Havenaar 2
Makoto Hasebe 1
Masahiko Inoha 1
Hajime Hosogai 1
Yuichi Komano 1
Kengo Nakamura 1
Yasuyuki Konno 1
Total 32
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References
  1. "Japan Football Association record of Japan international A matches". Japan Football Association.
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