2006 Japan National Football Team

Schedule

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Japan scorers
February 10	AT&T Park, San Francisco (A)	United States	2–3	Friendly	Maki 60' Nakazawa 90+2'
February 18	Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi (H)	Finland	2–0	Friendly	Kubo 48' Ogasawara 57'
February 22	International Stadium, Yokohama (H)	India	6–0	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Ono 32' Maki 58' Fukunishi 68' Kubo 79' 90+3' Sato 83'
February 28	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund (N)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–2	Friendly	Takahara 45' Nakata 90+5'
March 30	Ōita Stadium, Ōita (H)	Ecuador	1–0	Friendly	Sato 85'
May 9	Nagai Stadium, Osaka (H)	Bulgaria	1–2	Kirin Cup 2006	Maki 76'
May 13	Saitama Stadium, Saitama (H)	Scotland	0–0	Kirin Cup 2006
May 30	BayArena, Leverkusen (A)	Germany	2–2	Friendly	Takahara 57' 65'
June 4	LTU Arena, Düsseldorf (N)	Malta	1–0	Friendly	Tamada 2'
June 12	Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern (N)	Australia	1–3	2006 FIFA World Cup Group stage	Nakamura 26'
June 18	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg (N)	Croatia	0–0	2006 FIFA World Cup Group stage
June 22	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund (N)	Brazil	1–4	2006 FIFA World Cup Group stage	Tamada 34'
August 9	National Stadium, Tokyo (H)	Trinidad and Tobago	2–0	Friendly	Alessandro dos Santos 17' 22'
August 16	Niigata Stadium, Niigata (H)	Yemen	2–0	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Abe 70' Sato 90+1'
September 3	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah (A)	Saudi Arabia	0–1	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
September 6	Althawra Sports City Stadium, Sana'a (A)	Yemen	1–0	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Ganaha 90+1'
October 4	International Stadium, Yokohama (H)	Ghana	0–1	Friendly
October 11	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore (A)	India	3–0	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Bando 23' 44' K.Nakamura 82'
November 15	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo (H)	Saudi Arabia	3–1	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Tulio 20' Ganaha 29' 50'

Players statistics

Player	-2005	02.10	02.18	02.22	02.28	03.30	05.09	05.13	05.30	06.04	06.12	06.18	06.22	08.09	08.16	09.03	09.06	10.04	10.11	11.15	2006	Total
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	79(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	19(0)	98(0)
Hidetoshi Nakata	71(10)	-	-	-	O(1)	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6(1)	77(11)
Alessandro Santos	63(5)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(2)	O	O	O	O	O	O	19(2)	82(7)
Junichi Inamoto	61(4)	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4(0)	65(4)
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto	60(3)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11(0)	71(3)
Shunsuke Nakamura	57(15)	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	O	O(1)	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6(1)	63(16)
Atsushi Yanagisawa	54(17)	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4(0)	58(17)
Koji Nakata	54(2)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	56(2)
Takashi Fukunishi	53(6)	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11(1)	64(7)
Shinji Ono	46(5)	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9(1)	55(6)
Mitsuo Ogasawara	43(6)	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10(1)	53(7)
Yuji Nakazawa	41(8)	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12(1)	53(9)
Naohiro Takahara	39(14)	-	-	-	O(1)	-	-	-	O(2)	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5(3)	44(17)
Yasuhito Endo	36(3)	O	-	O	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	-	-	8(0)	44(3)
Akira Kaji	35(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	-	O	O	O	-	-	O	14(0)	49(1)
Keiji Tamada	34(7)	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O(1)	-	O	O(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7(2)	41(9)
Makoto Tanaka	30(0)	O	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	32(0)
Keisuke Tsuboi	28(0)	-	O	-	-	O	-	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	11(0)	39(0)
Tatsuhiko Kubo	26(8)	O	O(1)	O(2)	O	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6(3)	32(11)
Masashi Motoyama	26(0)	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	28(0)
Masashi Oguro	15(5)	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6(0)	21(5)
Teruyuki Moniwa	7(1)	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	9(1)
Yuichi Komano	5(0)	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	10(0)	15(0)
Yuki Abe	5(0)	O	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	8(1)	13(1)
Seiichiro Maki	3(0)	O(1)	O	O(1)	-	O	O(1)	O	-	O	-	-	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	14(3)	17(3)
Yasuyuki Konno	3(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	3(0)	6(0)
Shinji Murai	3(0)	-	O	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	5(0)
Tatsuya Tanaka	2(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	4(0)	6(1)
Hisato Sato	0(0)	O	O	O(1)	-	O(1)	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	-	12(3)	12(3)
Keita Suzuki	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	7(0)	7(0)
Kazuki Ganaha	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	O(1)	O	O	O(2)	6(3)	6(3)
Makoto Hasebe	0(0)	O	-	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	O	-	6(0)	6(0)
Marcus Tulio Tanaka	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	-	-	O(1)	5(1)	5(1)
Naotake Hanyu	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	-	O	5(0)	5(0)
Kengo Nakamura	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O(1)	O	3(1)	3(1)
Satoru Yamagishi	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	3(0)	3(0)
Ryuji Bando	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O(2)	-	2(2)	2(2)
Hiroki Mizumoto	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	2(0)	2(0)
Hayuma Tanaka	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Koji Yamase	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Daigo Kobayashi	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Yuzo Kurihara	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Naoshi Nakamura	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Daisuke Sakata	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Yuto Sato	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Tsukasa Umesaki	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Takahiro Futagawa	(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Daiki Takamatsu	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	1(0)	1(0)

Top goal scorers for 2006

Rank	Name	Position	Goals
1	Seiichiro Maki	FW	3
	Tatsuhiko Kubo	FW
	Hisato Sato	FW
	Naohiro Takahara	FW
	Kazuki Ganaha	FW
6	Keiji Tamada	FW	2
	Ryūji Bando	FW
	Alessandro dos Santos	MF
9	9 players		1

Manager

The manager was Zico up to 2006 World Cup. He was replaced by Ivica Osim.

Kits

Japan 1st Kit

Japan 1st Alt

Japan 2nd Kit

References

External links

Japan Football Association

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