2017 Japan national football team

Record
Competition GP W D L GF GA GD
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round 5 3 1 1 9 2 +7
International Friendly 5 1 2 2 7 9 -2
2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship 3 2 0 1 4 5 -1
Total 13 6 3 4 20 16 +4

Kits

On 7 June, Japan used special kit to celebrate 20th anniversary of Japan's qualification to their first World Cup finals. It was used against Syria. Since November, a new home kit is used.

Matches
November 3 (3-23) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3United Arab Emirates 0–2 Japan Al Ain, UAE
19:30 UTC+4 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium
Attendance: 23,725
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
April 3 (3-28) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3Japan 4–0 Thailand Saitama, Japan
19:35 UTC+9
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 59,003
Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)
June 7 2017 Kirin Challenge CupJapan 1−1 Syria Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
19:30 JST
Report (PDF)
Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 43,608
Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)
January 6 (6-13) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3Iraq 1–1 Japan Tehran, Iran[2]
16:55 UTC+4:30
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)
Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium
Attendance: 983
Referee: Fu Ming (China PR)
July 8 (8-31) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3Japan 2–0 Australia Saitama, Japan
19:35 UTC+9
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 59,492
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
May 9 (9-05) 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3Saudi Arabia 1–0 Japan Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:30 UTC+3
Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 62,165
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
October 6 2017 Kirin Challenge CupJapan 2−1 New Zealand Toyota, Japan
19:30 JST
Report (PDF)
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 38,461
Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)
October 10 2017 Kirin Challenge CupJapan 3−3 Haiti Yokohama, Japan
19:30 JST
Report (PDF)
Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 47,420
Referee: Peter Green (Australia)
October 11 (11-10) International friendlyJapan 1–3 Brazil Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
13:00 UTC+1 Makino  63' Report (ESPN)
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 16,922
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
February 11 (11-14) International friendlyBelgium 1–0 Japan Brugge, Belgium
20:45 UTC+1 Lukaku  72' Report (ESPN)
Report (UEFA)		 Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
September 12 (12-09) 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final RoundJapan 1–0 North Korea Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
19:15 UTC+9 Ideguchi  90+3' Report Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 20,806[3]
Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)[3]
December 12 (12-12) 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final RoundJapan 2–1 China PR Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
19:15 UTC+9 Kobayashi  84'
Shōji  88'		 Report Yu Dabao  90+3' (pen.) Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 17,220[4]
Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)[4]
April 12 (12-16) 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final RoundJapan 1–4 South Korea Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
19:15 UTC+9 Kobayashi  3' (pen.) Report Kim Shin-wook  13', 35'
Jung Woo-young  23'
Yeom Ki-hun  69'		 Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 36,645[5]
Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)[5]


  Win　   Draw　   Loss

Players statistics
Player-201603.2303.2806.0706.1308.3109.0510.0610.1011.1011.1412.0912.1212.162017Total
Shinji Okazaki106(49)OO(1)O-OO-------5(1)111(50)
Makoto Hasebe104(2)----O---O----2(0)106(2)
Yuto Nagatomo91(3)OOOOOOOOOO---10(0)101(3)
Yasuyuki Konno87(2)O(1)-O(1)O------OOO6(2)93(4)
Keisuke Honda86(36)OOOO-O-------5(0)91(36)
Shinji Kagawa84(27)OO(1)O---OO(1)-----5(2)89(29)
Eiji Kawashima72(0)OOOOOOO-OO---9(0)81(0)
Maya Yoshida71(9)OO(1)OOOOO-OO---9(1)80(10)
Hiroshi Kiyotake42(5)-O-----------1(0)43(5)
Masato Morishige39(2)OO-----------2(0)41(2)
Hiroki Sakai32(0)OOOOOOO-OO---9(0)41(0)
Gotoku Sakai32(0)-O-O---O-O---4(0)36(0)
Hotaru Yamaguchi30(2)OOO-OOO-OO---8(0)38(2)
Tomoaki Makino24(2)------OOO(1)O---4(1)28(3)
Genki Haraguchi20(6)OOOOOO-OOO---9(0)29(6)
Takashi Inui19(2)--O-O-OOOO---6(0)25(2)
Yoshinori Muto19(2)------OO-----2(0)21(2)
Takashi Usami18(3)-O-----------1(0)19(3)
Yuya Osako17(5)O-OO(1)O-O(1)OOO---8(2)25(7)
Gaku Shibasaki13(3)-----O-------1(0)14(3)
Takuma Asano10(2)--O-O(1)OOOOO---7(1)17(3)
Mu Kanazaki10(2)----------O--1(0)11(2)
Yu Kobayashi8(0)----------OO(1)O(1)3(2)11(2)
Wataru Endo7(0)---O--OOO----4(0)11(0)
Kengo Kawamata5(1)----------OOO3(0)8(1)
Yuki Kobayashi2(1)------OO-----2(0)4(1)
Yuya Kubo2(0)O(1)O(1)OOOOO-OO---9(2)11(2)
Gen Shoji2(0)--OOOO-O--OO(1)O8(1)10(1)
Masaaki Higashiguchi2(0)-------O---O-2(0)4(0)
Ryota Morioka2(0)--------OO---2(0)4(0)
Shogo Taniguchi2(0)----------O--1(0)3(0)
Yojiro Takahagi2(0)----------O--1(0)3(0)
Shu Kurata1(0)O-OO--O(1)O(1)--OOO8(2)9(2)
Ryota Oshima1(0)-----------O-1(0)2(0)
Yosuke Ideguchi0(0)--OOO(1)OOOOOO(1)OO11(2)11(2)
Kenyu Sugimoto0(0)-----OOO(1)OO---5(1)5(1)
Shintaro Kurumaya0(0)-------O--O-O3(0)3(0)
Junya Ito0(0)----------OOO3(0)3(0)
Hiroyuki Abe0(0)----------OOO3(0)3(0)
Kosuke Nakamura0(0)----------O-O2(0)2(0)
Naomichi Ueda0(0)-----------OO2(0)2(0)
Genta Miura0(0)-----------OO2(0)2(0)
Shoma Doi0(0)-----------OO2(0)2(0)
Kazuki Nagasawa0(0)---------O---1(0)1(0)
Sei Muroya0(0)----------O--1(0)1(0)
Shuto Yamamoto0(0)-----------O-1(0)1(0)
Kento Misao0(0)------------O1(0)1(0)

Goalscorers
Player 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round International Friendly 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Total Goals
Yuya Kubo 2 0 0 2
Yasuyuki Konno 1 1 0 2
Shinji Kagawa 1 1 0 2
Shinji Okazaki 1 0 0 1
Maya Yoshida 1 0 0 1
Yuya Osako 1 1 0 2
Takuma Asano 1 0 0 1
Yosuke Ideguchi 1 0 1 2
Shu Kurata 0 2 0 2
Ken'yu Sugimoto 0 1 0 1
Tomoaki Makino 0 1 0 1
Yu Kobayashi 0 0 2 2
Gen Shōji 0 0 1 1
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References
  1. "AFC deny Iraq's demand to play Saudi Arabia in Iran". Goal.com. 29 April 2016.
  2. Iraq played their home matches in Iran due to security concerns from the Iraqi Civil War. However, due to Saudi Arabia's refusal to play in Iran after the attack on their diplomatic missions in Iran, the first match was played in Malaysia.[1] Also, due to United Arab Emirates' refusal to play in Iran after the diplomatic crisis in Qatar, the final match was played in Jordan.
  3. "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  4. "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  5. "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
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