2010_Japan_national_football_team Knowpia

The Japan national football team in 2010, managed by head coach Takeshi Okada, began by competing in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification and the 2010 East Asian Football Championship in amongst other international friendly matches in the build-up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals where they would finish in 9th place. Afterwards the team, managed first by interim head coach Hiromi Hara and finally head coach Alberto Zaccheroni, would close out 2010 with several more international friendly matches as they prepared for the 2011 Asian Cup and the 2011 Copa América in the following year.^[1]

Record edit

Competition	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification	2	2	0	0	5	2
International Friendly	9	3	2	4	5	10
2010 East Asian Football Championship	3	1	1	1	4	3
2010 FIFA World Cup	4	2	1	1	4	2
Total	18	8	4	6	18	17

Kits edit

Japan 1st Kit

Japan 2nd Kit

Japan 1st Kit Alt

Schedule edit

2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification

6 January	Yemen	2 – 3	Japan	Sana'a, Yemen
16:15 UTC+3	Alaqel 13' Karama 39'	(JFA Report)	Hirayama 42', 55', 80'	Stadium: Ali Muhesen Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ali Hamad Albadwawi (UAE)

International Friendly (2010 Kirin Challenge Cup)

2 February	Japan	0 – 0	Venezuela	Ōita, Japan
19:10 JST		(JFA Report)		Stadium: Kyushu Oil Dome Attendance: 27,009 Referee: Fan Qi (China PR)

2010 East Asian Football Championship

6 February	Japan	0 – 0	China	Tokyo, Japan
19:15 JST		(JFA Report)		Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 25,964 Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)

2010 East Asian Football Championship

11 February	Japan	3 – 0	Hong Kong	Tokyo, Japan
19:15 JST	Tamada 41', 82' Tulio 65'	(JFA Report)		Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 16,368 Referee: Liang Zhao (China PR)

2010 East Asian Football Championship

14 February	Japan	1 – 3	South Korea	Tokyo, Japan
19:15 JST	Endō 24' (pen.)	(JFA Report)	Lee Dong-gook 33' (pen.) Lee Seung-ryul 39' Kim Jae-sung 71'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 42,951 Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)

2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification

3 March	Japan	2 – 0	Bahrain	Toyota, Japan
19:00 JST	Okazaki 36' Honda 90+2'	(JFA Report)		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 38,042 Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)

International Friendly (2010 Kirin Challenge Cup)

7 April	Japan	0 – 3	Serbia	Osaka, Japan
19:20 JST		(JFA Report)	Mrđa 15', 23' Tomić 60'	Stadium: Nagai Stadium Attendance: 46,270 Referee: Myung Yong Choi (Korea Rep)

International Friendly (2010 Kirin Challenge Cup)

24 May	Japan	0 – 2	South Korea	Saitama, Japan
19:20 JST		(JFA Report)	J. Park 6' C. Park 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 57,873 Referee: Stuart Attwell (England)

International Friendly

30 May	Japan	1 – 2	England	Graz, Austria
14:15 UTC+2	Tulio 7'	(JFA Report)	Tulio 72' (o.g.) Nakazawa 83' (o.g.)	Stadium: UPC-Arena Attendance: 15,326 Referee: Rene Eisner (Austria)

International Friendly

4 June	Japan	0 – 2	Ivory Coast	Sion, Switzerland
12:20 UTC+2		(JFA Report)	Tulio 13' (o.g.) K. Touré 80'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 4,919 Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland)

2010 FIFA World Cup Group E

14 June	Japan	1 – 0	Cameroon	Bloemfontein, South Africa
16:00 UTC+2	Honda 39'	(FIFA Report)		Stadium: Free State Stadium Attendance: 30,620 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

2010 FIFA World Cup Group E

19 June	Netherlands	1 – 0	Japan	Durban, South Africa
13:30 UTC+2	Sneijder 53'	(FIFA Report)		Stadium: Moses Mabhida Stadium Attendance: 62,010 Referee: Hector Baldassi (Argentina)

2010 FIFA World Cup Group E

24 June	Denmark	1 – 3	Japan	Rustenburg, South Africa
20:30 UTC+2	Tomasson 81'	(FIFA Report)	Honda 17' Endō 30' Okazaki 87'	Stadium: Royal Bafokeng Stadium Attendance: 27,967 Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)

2010 FIFA World Cup Round of 16

29 June	Paraguay	0 – 0	Japan	Pretoria, South Africa
16:00 UTC+2		(FIFA Report)		Stadium: Loftus Versfeld Stadium Attendance: 36,742 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

International Friendly (2010 Kirin Challenge Cup)

4 September	Japan	1 – 0	Paraguay	Yokohama, Japan
19:20 JST	Kagawa 64'	(JFA Report)		Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 65,157 Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

International Friendly (2010 Kirin Challenge Cup)

7 September	Japan	2 – 1	Guatemala	Osaka, Japan
19:45 JST	Morimoto 12' 20'	(JFA Report)	Rodríguez 22'	Stadium: Nagai Stadium Attendance: 44,541 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

International Friendly (2010 Kirin Challenge Cup)

8 October	Japan	1 – 0	Argentina	Saitama, Japan
19:50 JST	Okazaki 19'	(JFA Report)		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 57,735 Referee: Pawel Gil (Poland)

International Friendly

12 October	South Korea	0 – 0	Japan	Seoul, South Korea
20:00 UTC+9		(JFA Report)		Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 62,503 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Win Draw Loss

Players statistics edit

Player	-2009	01.06	02.02	02.06	02.11	02.14	03.03	04.07	05.24	05.30	06.04	06.14	06.19	06.24	06.29	09.04	09.07	10.08	10.12	2010	Total
Yuji Nakazawa	96(17)	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	14(0)	110(17)
Shunsuke Nakamura	93(24)	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	5(0)	98(24)
Yasuhito Endo	85(7)	-	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	-	-	O	O	15(2)	100(9)
Junichi Inamoto	74(5)	-	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	O	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	8(0)	82(5)
Seigo Narazaki	69(0)	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	8(0)	77(0)
Keiji Tamada	63(14)	-	-	O	O(2)	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	9(2)	72(16)
Mitsuo Ogasawara	53(7)	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	55(7)
Yuichi Komano	49(0)	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	11(0)	60(0)
Yoshito Okubo	42(5)	-	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	11(0)	53(5)
Kengo Nakamura	41(5)	-	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	11(0)	52(5)
Yuki Abe	41(3)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	9(0)	50(3)
Yasuyuki Konno	33(0)	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	O	7(0)	40(0)
Marcus Tulio Tanaka	32(6)	-	O	O	O(1)	O	O	-	-	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	11(2)	43(8)
Hisato Sato	28(4)	-	O	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	31(4)
Makoto Hasebe	27(1)	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	10(0)	37(1)
Atsuto Uchida	27(1)	-	-	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	7(0)	34(1)
Daisuke Matsui	21(1)	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	8(0)	29(1)
Shinji Okazaki	20(15)	-	O	O	-	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O(1)	-	15(3)	35(18)
Yuto Nagatomo	18(3)	-	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	16(0)	34(3)
Kisho Yano	16(2)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	19(2)
Hideo Hashimoto	13(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	2(0)	15(0)
Koji Yamase	12(5)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	13(5)
Keisuke Honda	11(3)	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	-	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	12(3)	23(6)
Shinji Kagawa	10(2)	-	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	O	O	O	7(1)	17(3)
Shinzo Koroki	10(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	11(0)
Eiji Kawashima	8(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	8(0)	16(0)
Ryoichi Maeda	5(2)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	2(0)	7(2)
Yuhei Tokunaga	5(0)	-	O	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	7(0)
Jungo Fujimoto	4(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	2(0)	6(0)
Naohiro Ishikawa	4(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	5(0)
Takayuki Morimoto	2(1)	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	O	O(2)	O	-	7(2)	9(3)
Mu Kanazaki	1(0)	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	4(0)	5(0)
Yuzo Kurihara	1(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	4(0)	5(0)
Daiki Iwamasa	1(0)	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	3(0)	4(0)
Takashi Inui	1(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	2(0)	3(0)
Shusaku Nishikawa	1(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	2(0)	3(0)
Naoki Yamada	1(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	2(0)
Sota Hirayama	0(0)	O(3)	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4(3)	4(3)
Tomoaki Makino	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	4(0)	4(0)
Hajime Hosogai	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	O	3(0)	3(0)
Shuichi Gonda	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Naoya Kikuchi	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Maya Yoshida	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Kosuke Ota	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Kazuya Yamamura	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Takuji Yonemoto	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Yosuke Kashiwagi	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Kazuma Watanabe	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Kensuke Nagai	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Mitsuru Nagata	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Kunimitsu Sekiguchi	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	1(0)	1(0)