Japan

Japan

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Global stats in Friendlies

More stats
  • Appearances 2
  • Goals for 2
  • Penalty goal 0
  • Goals against 0
  • Yellow 4
  • Red 0
100%
2 win
0%
No draw
0%
No loss
3 Points/match

Main formation

Starting eleven
  • 3-4-2-1 13 matches this season

Top players

Player stats
Top scorer
  • K. Ogawa 6
  • D. Kamada 5
Top assist
  • T. Kubo 8
  • R. Doan 3
Venue
National Olympic Stadium (old)
National Olympic Stadium (old) - Tōkyō (Tokyo)
  • Year of construction: 1958
  • Surface: grass
  • Capacity: 57363
Other national teams
Information
  • Type selection male
  • Names Japan
  • Code JPN
  • Area Japan
Active tournaments

Japan on Football Today

Get all the necessary information about the Japan club: live results, lineups one hour before kick-off and the full schedule of the team for the 2026/2027 season of Friendlies.

Japan match result

The next match is Japan vs Iceland and kicks-off at 11:25 on the Sunday 31 May 2026 as part of the of Friendlies.

The latest result of Friendlies featured England and Japan and ended up in a 0-1 score.

Japan is currently at rank 1. in the General table of WC Qualification Asia 2026 Canada/Mexico/USA 3rd Round - Group C.

Main players

Ayase Ueda is the top scorer with 8 goals.

Junya Ito has the most assists with 10 goal assists.

The full squad is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Zion Suzuki, Keisuke Osako, Leo Brian Kokubo, Tomoki Hayakawa and Taishi Brandon Nozawa

Defenders: Yukinari Sugawara, Shogo Taniguchi, Ko Itakura, Ayumu Seko, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Yuto Nagatomo, Daiki Hashioka, Hiroki Sekine, Hayato Araki and Junnosuke Suzuki

Midfielders: Kota Takai, Joel Chima Fujita, Wataru Endo, Kaoru Mitoma, Yuito Suzuki, Takumi Minamino, Shuto Machino, Ritsu Dōan, Yu Hirakawa, Junya Ito, Shunsuke Mito, Daichi Kamada, Ao Tanaka, Takefusa Kubo, Kodai Sano, Ryunosuke Sato, Kota Tawaratsumida, Koki Kumasaka and Kaishu Sano

Strikers: Daizen Maeda, Keito Nakamura, Ayase Ueda, Koki Ogawa, Kento Shiogai, Mao Hosoya, Sota Kitano, Koki Saito and Keisuke Goto

Japan schedule & next match

Following Japan vs Iceland, the next match will be Netherlands vs Japan on Sunday 14 June 2026. The manager Hajime Moriyasu will unveil its strategy and the match sheet a few hours ahead of the fixture. The team generally starts with a 3-4-2-1 starting 11
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2026

May 2026
Sunday 31/05
Japan Japan
Iceland Iceland
11:25
June 2026
Sunday 14/06
Netherlands Netherlands
Japan Japan
21:00
Sunday 21/06
Tunisia Tunisia
Japan Japan
05:00
Friday 26/06
Japan Japan
Sweden Sweden
00:00
March 2026
Tuesday 31/03
England England
0
Japan Japan
1
Played
Saturday 28/03
Scotland Scotland
0
Japan Japan
1
Played
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2nd Round - Group B
# Team Pts P W D L GF GA GD
1 Japan Japan 18 6 6 0 0 24 0 24
2 Korea DPR Korea DPR 9 6 3 0 3 11 7 4
3 Syria Syria 7 6 2 1 3 9 12 -3
4 Myanmar Myanmar 1 6 0 1 5 3 28 -25
  • Next Round
# Team Pts P W D L GF GA GD
1 Japan Japan 9 3 3 0 0 11 0 11
2 Syria Syria 6 3 2 0 1 8 5 3
3 Korea DPR Korea DPR 6 3 2 0 1 5 4 1
4 Myanmar Myanmar 1 3 0 1 2 2 12 -10
# Team Pts P W D L GF GA GD
1 Japan Japan 9 3 3 0 0 13 0 13
2 Korea DPR Korea DPR 3 3 1 0 2 6 3 3
3 Syria Syria 1 3 0 1 2 1 7 -6
4 Myanmar Myanmar 0 3 0 0 3 1 16 -15
3rd Round - Group C
# Team Pts P W D L GF GA GD
1 Japan Japan 23 10 7 2 1 30 3 27
2 Australia Australia 19 10 5 4 1 16 7 9
3 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 13 10 3 4 3 7 8 -1
4 Indonesia Indonesia 12 10 3 3 4 9 20 -11
5 China PR China PR 9 10 3 0 7 7 20 -13
6 Bahrain Bahrain 6 10 1 3 6 5 16 -11
  • World Cup
  • Next Round
# Team Pts P W D L GF GA GD
1 Japan Japan 11 5 3 2 0 16 1 15
2 Australia Australia 10 5 3 1 1 9 3 6
3 Indonesia Indonesia 10 5 3 1 1 4 4 0
4 China PR China PR 6 5 2 0 3 5 8 -3
5 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 5 5 1 2 2 3 5 -2
6 Bahrain Bahrain 2 5 0 2 3 4 12 -8
# Team Pts P W D L GF GA GD
1 Japan Japan 12 5 4 0 1 14 2 12
2 Australia Australia 9 5 2 3 0 7 4 3
3 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 8 5 2 2 1 4 3 1
4 Bahrain Bahrain 4 5 1 1 3 1 4 -3
5 China PR China PR 3 5 1 0 4 2 12 -10
6 Indonesia Indonesia 2 5 0 2 3 5 16 -11
Advanced standings WC Qualification Asia
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Global stats
  • Appearances 2
  • Goals for 2
  • Penalty goal 0
  • Goals against 0
  • Yellow 4
  • Red 0
100%
2 win
0%
No draw
0%
No loss
3 Points/match
1.
23 pts
1.
11 pts
1.
12 pts
Current form
Goals scored and conceded per match

Final Time

1st half

2nd half

Goals scored and conceded per time segments
Goal
Goals per game
29. Japan
1
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Foul
Yellow Cards per game
20. Japan
2
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Total Red Cards per game
10. Japan
0
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Goal
Main
Games Played
1. A. Seko
2
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