2014 Japan National Football Team
The Japan national football team in 2014, managed by head coach Alberto Zaccheroni, compete in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, in amongst international friendly matches both at home and abroad, as they progress towards the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2015 AFC Asian Cup.
After the World Cup, Javier Aguirre had been appointed as the new head coach.
Record
| Competition | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Friendly | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 13 | +11 |
| 2014 FIFA World Cup | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 |
| Total | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 19 | +7 |
Kits
          1st Kit |      2nd Kit
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Schedule
Friendly matches
v 
New Zealand
New Zealand | 5 March | Japan  | 4 – 2 | New Zealand | Tokyo, Japan |
| 19:40 JST | Okazaki  4', 17' Kagawa 7' (pen.) Morishige 11' | JFA Report | Wood 39', 80' | Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 47,670 Referee: Alan Milliner (Australia) |
v 
Cyprus
Cyprus | 27 May | Japan | 1 – 0 | Cyprus | Saitama, Japan |
| 19:30 JST | Uchida 43' | JFA Report | Stadium: Saitama Stadium Attendance: 58,564 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland) |
v 
Japan
Japan | 2 June | Costa Rica  | 1 – 3 | Japan |  Tampa, United States |
| 21:00 UTC−4 | Ruiz 31' | JFA Report | Endo 60' Kagawa 80' Kakitani 90+2' | Stadium: Raymond James Stadium Attendance: 7,106 Referee: Chris Penso (USA) |
v Japan
Japan | 6 June | Zambia  | 3 – 4 | Japan | Tampa, United States |
| 19:30 UTC−4 | Katongo 9' Sinkala 29' Musonda 89' | JFA Report | Honda 40' (pen.), 75' Kagawa 73' Okubo 90+1' | Stadium: Raymond James Stadium Attendance: 7,275 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (USA) |
v 
Uruguay
Uruguay | 5 September | Japan | 0 – 2 | Uruguay | Sapporo, Japan |
| 19:30 JST | JFA Report | Cavani 34' Hernández 71' | Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 39,294 Referee: Kim Sang-woo (South Korea) |
v 
Venezuela
Venezuela | 9 September | Japan | 2 – 2 | Venezuela | Yokohama, Japan |
| 19:20 JST | Muto 51' Shibasaki 66' | FIFA Listing | Rondon 61' (pen.) Cichero 71' | Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 64,007 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia) |
v 
Jamaica
Jamaica | 10 October | Japan | 1 – 0 | Jamaica | Niigata, Japan |
| 19:25 JST | Nosworthy 16' (o.g.) | JFA Report | Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 39,628 Referee: Ma Ning (China) |
v 
Brazil
Brazil | 14 October | Japan | 0 – 4 | Brazil |  Singapore |
| 18:45 UTC+8 | JFA Report | Neymar 18', 48', 77', 81' | Stadium: Singapore National Stadium Attendance: 51,577 Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore) |
v 
Honduras
Honduras | 14 November | Japan | 6 – 0 | Honduras | Toyota, Japan |
| 19:35 JST | Yoshida 9' Honda 40'Endō 44'Inui 47', 74'Toyoda 69' | Report | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 42,126 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland) |
v 
Australia
Australia | 18 November | Japan | 2 – 1 | Australia | Osaka, Japan |
| 19:25 JST | Konno 61' Okazaki 68' | JFA Report | Cahill 90+2' | Stadium: Nagai Stadium Attendance: 46,312 Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland) |
2014 World Cup
v Japan
Japan | 14 June Group C | Ivory Coast  | 2 – 1 | Japan | Recife, Brazil |
| 22:00 UTC−3 | Bony 64' Gervinho 66' | FIFA Report | Honda 16' | Stadium: Arena Pernambuco Attendance: 40,267 Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile) |
v 
Greece
Greece | 19 June Group C | Japan | 0 – 0 | Greece | Natal, Brazil |
| 19:00 UTC−3 | FIFA Report | Stadium: Arena das Dunas Attendance: 39,485 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) |
v 
Colombia
Colombia | 24 June Group C | Japan | 1 – 4 | Colombia | Cuiabá, Brazil |
| 16:00 UTC−4 | Okazaki 45+1' | FIFA Report | Cuadrado 17' (pen.) Martínez 55', 82'Rodríguez 90' | Stadium: Arena Pantanal Attendance: 40,340 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal) |
Win Draw Loss
Players statistics
| Player | -2013 | 03.05 | 05.27 | 06.02 | 06.06 | 06.14 | 06.19 | 06.24 | 09.05 | 09.09 | 10.10 | 10.14 | 11.14 | 11.18 | 2014 | Total |
| Yasuhito Endo | 140(12) | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | 8(2) | 148(14) |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 78(1) | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | 6(1) | 84(2) |
| Makoto Hasebe | 77(2) | - | O | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | O | 6(0) | 83(2) |
| Shinji Okazaki | 72(36) | O(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | 13(4) | 85(40) |
| Yuto Nagatomo | 66(3) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | 10(0) | 76(3) |
| Atsuto Uchida | 65(1) | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | - | 7(1) | 72(2) |
| Yoshito Okubo | 54(5) | - | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6(1) | 60(6) |
| Shinji Kagawa | 53(16) | O(1) | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | O | O | 10(3) | 63(19) |
| Eiji Kawashima | 53(0) | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | 11(0) | 64(0) |
| Keisuke Honda | 52(20) | O | O | O | O(2) | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | 13(4) | 65(24) |
| Maya Yoshida | 37(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O(1) | O | 11(1) | 48(3) |
| Hajime Hosogai | 25(1) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | 5(0) | 30(1) |
| Hiroshi Kiyotake | 23(1) | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 26(1) |
| Masahiko Inoha | 20(1) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 21(1) |
| Hiroki Sakai | 14(0) | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 19(0) |
| Shusaku Nishikawa | 12(0) | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | 3(0) | 15(0) |
| Takashi Inui | 12(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(2) | O | 2(2) | 14(2) |
| Gotoku Sakai | 11(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | 7(0) | 18(0) |
| Yoichiro Kakitani | 9(4) | - | O | O(1) | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | 9(1) | 18(5) |
| Hotaru Yamaguchi | 8(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7(0) | 15(0) |
| Yuya Osako | 6(3) | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 6(0) | 12(3) |
| Masato Morishige | 6(0) | O(1) | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | 11(1) | 17(1) |
| Hiroki Mizumoto | 5(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 6(0) |
| Manabu Saito | 3(1) | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 5(1) |
| Toshihiro Aoyama | 3(0) | O | - | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(0) | 7(0) |
| Yohei Toyoda | 3(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | 3(1) | 6(1) |
| Junya Tanaka | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | O | - | - | 3(0) | 4(0) |
| Kosuke Ota | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | O | 3(0) | 4(0) |
| Daisuke Suzuki | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | 1(0) | 2(0) |
| Yoshinori Muto | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | 6(1) | 6(1) |
| Gaku Shibasaki | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O | - | 4(1) | 4(1) |
| Taishi Taguchi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Ryota Morioka | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Tsukasa Shiotani | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Yu Kobayashi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Tatsuya Sakai | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Yusuke Minagawa | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
Goalscorers
| Player | International Friendly | 2014 FIFA World Cup | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keisuke Honda | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Shinji Okazaki | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Shinji Kagawa | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Yasuhito Endo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Takashi Inui | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Yohei Toyoda | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Masato Morishige | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Atsuto Uchida | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yoichiro Kakitani | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yoshito Okubo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yoshinori Muto | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gaku Shibasaki | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Maya Yoshida | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
References
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