2015 Japan national football team

The Japan national football team in 2015; managed by head coach Javier Aguirre compete in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, and managed by head coach Vahid Halilhodžić compete in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) and 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup in amongst international friendly matches both at home and abroad.

Record

Competition GP W D L GF GA GD
2015 AFC Asian Cup 4 3 1 0 8 1 +7
International Friendly 4 3 1 0 12 2 +10
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 6 5 1 0 17 0 +17
2015 EAFF East Asian Cup 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1
Total 17 11 5 1 40 7 +33

Kits

Schedule

12 January 2015 AFC Asian Cup Japan  4 – 0  Palestine Australia Newcastle, Australia
18:00 UTC+11 Endo 8'
Okazaki 25'
Honda 43' (pen.)
Yoshida 49'		 AFC Report Stadium: Newcastle Stadium
Attendance: 17,147
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)
16 January 2015 AFC Asian Cup Iraq  0 – 1  Japan Australia Brisbane, Australia
19:00 UTC+10 AFC Report Honda 23' (pen.) Stadium: Brisbane Stadium
Attendance: 22,941
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
20 January 2015 AFC Asian Cup Japan  2 – 0  Jordan Australia Melbourne, Australia
20:00 UTC+11 Honda 24'
Kagawa 82'		 AFC Report Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Attendance: 25,016
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
23 January 2015 AFC Asian Cup Japan  1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 5 p)		  United Arab Emirates Australia Sydney, Australia
20:30 UTC+11 Shibasaki 81' AFC Report Mabkhout 7' Stadium: Stadium Australia
Attendance: 19,094
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
Penalties
Honda soccer ball with red X
Hasebe soccer ball with check mark
Shibasaki soccer ball with check mark
Toyoda soccer ball with check mark
Morishige soccer ball with check mark
Kagawa soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark O. Abdulrahman
soccer ball with check mark Mabkhout
soccer ball with red X Esmaeel
soccer ball with check mark Hassan
soccer ball with check mark Fardan
soccer ball with check mark I. Ahmed
27 March International Friendly Japan  2 – 0  Tunisia Japan Ōita, Japan
19:37 JST Okazaki 78'
Honda 83'		 JFA Report Stadium: Ōita Bank Dome
Attendance: 34,777
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
31 March International Friendly Japan  5 – 1  Uzbekistan Japan Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
19:26 JST Aoyama 6'
Okazaki 54'
Shibasaki 80'
Usami 83'
Kawamata 90'		 JFA Report Tukhtakhodjaev 82' Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 46,007
Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)
11 June International Friendly Japan  4 – 0  Iraq Japan Yokohama, Japan
19:03 JST Honda 5'
Makino 9'
Okazaki 32'
Haraguchi 84'		 JFA Report Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 63,877
Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)
16 June 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 Japan  0 – 0  Singapore Japan Saitama, Japan
19:34 JST JFA Report Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 57,533
Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq)
2 August 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup North Korea  2 – 1  Japan China Wuhan, China
18:20 UTC+8 Ri Hyok-chol 78'
Pak Hyon-il 88'		 EAFF Report Muto 3' Stadium: Wuhan Sports Center Stadium
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
5 August 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup Japan  1 – 1  South Korea China Wuhan, China
18:20 UTC+8 Yamaguchi 39' EAFF Report Jang Hyun-soo 26' (pen.) Stadium: Wuhan Sports Center Stadium
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari (Singapore)
9 August 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup China  1 – 1  Japan China Wuhan, China
20:10 UTC+8 Wu Lei 10' EAFF Report Muto 41' Stadium: Wuhan Sports Center Stadium
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)
3 September 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 Japan  3 – 0  Cambodia Japan Saitama, Japan
19:26 JST Honda 28'
Yoshida 50'
Kagawa 61'		 JFA Report Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 54,716
Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)
8 September 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 Afghanistan  0 – 6  Japan Iran Tehran, Iran
16:55 UTC+4:30 FIFA Report Kagawa 10', 50'
Morishige 35'
Okazaki 57', 60'
Honda 74'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 8,650
Referee: Khamis Al-Kuwari (Qatar)
8 October 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 Syria  0 – 3  Japan Oman Seeb, Oman
17:00 UTC+4:00 AFC Report Honda 55' (pen.)
Okazaki 70'
Usami 88'		 Stadium: Seeb Stadium
Attendance: 680
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
13 October International Friendly Iran  1 – 1  Japan Iran Tehran, Iran
17:00 UTC+4:30 Torabi 45+1' FIFA Report Muto 48' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
12 November 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 Singapore  0 – 3  Japan Singapore Kallang, Singapore
19:15 UTC+8:00 AFC Report Kanazaki 20'
Honda 26'
Yoshida 87'		 Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 33,868
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)
17 November 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 Cambodia  0 – 2  Japan Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
19:14 UTC+7:00 AFC Report Laboravy 52' (o.g.)
Honda 90'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 29,871
Referee: Fu Ming (China)


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Players statistics

Player -2014 01.12 01.16 01.20 01.23 03.27 03.31 06.11 06.16 08.02 08.05 08.09 09.03 09.08 10.08 10.13 11.12 11.17 2015 Total
Yasuhito Endo 148(14) O(1) O O O - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4(1) 152(15)
Shinji Okazaki 85(40) O(1) O O O O(1) O(1) O(1) O - - - O O(2) O(1) O - O 13(7) 98(47)
Yasuyuki Konno 84(2) - O - - O O - - - - - - - - - - - 3(0) 87(2)
Makoto Hasebe 83(2) O O O O O - O O - - - O O O O O - 12(0) 95(2)
Yuto Nagatomo 76(3) O O O O - - O - - - - O O O - O O 10(0) 86(3)
Atsuto Uchida 72(2) - - - - O O - - - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 74(2)
Keisuke Honda 65(24) O(1) O(1) O(1) O O(1) O O(1) O - - - O(1) O(1) O(1) O O(1) O(1) 14(10) 79(34)
Eiji Kawashima 64(0) O O O O - O O O - - - - - - - - - 7(0) 71(0)
Shinji Kagawa 63(19) O O O(1) O O O O O - - - O(1) O(2) O O O O 14(4) 77(23)
Maya Yoshida 48(3) O(1) O O O O - O O - - - O(1) O O O O(1) O 13(3) 61(6)
Hiroshi Kiyotake 26(1) O O O - O - - - - - - - - O O O - 7(0) 33(1)
Hiroki Sakai 19(0) - - - - O - O O - - - O O - - O - 6(0) 25(0)
Gotoku Sakai 18(0) O O O O - O - - - - - - - O O - - 7(0) 25(0)
Masato Morishige 17(1) O O O O - O - - O O O O O(1) - O O - 12(1) 29(2)
Hotaru Yamaguchi 15(0) - - - - O - O - O O(1) O O O O - - O 9(1) 24(1)
Shusaku Nishikawa 15(0) - - - - - - - - O O - O O O O O O 8(0) 23(0)
Takashi Inui 14(2) O O O O - O - - - - - - - - - - - 5(0) 19(2)
Tomoaki Makino 14(1) - - - - O - O(1) O O O O - - O - - O 8(1) 22(2)
Yuya Osako 12(3) - - - - - O O O - - - - - - - - - 3(0) 15(3)
Shinzo Koroki 12(0) - - - - - - - - O O O O - - - - - 4(0) 16(0)
Toshihiro Aoyama 7(0) - - - - - O(1) - - - - - - - - - - - 1(1) 8(1)
Yoshinori Muto 6(1) O O O O O - O O - - - O O O O(1) O - 12(1) 18(2)
Yohei Toyoda 6(1) O - - O - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 8(1)
Hiroki Mizumoto 6(0) - - - - - O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 7(0)
Mu Kanazaki 5(0) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O(1) - 1(1) 6(1)
Gaku Shibasaki 4(1) - - O O(1) - O(1) O O O O O - - - O - - 9(2) 13(3)
Kosuke Ota 4(0) - - - - - O - O - O - - - - - - - 3(0) 7(0)
Yosuke Kashiwagi 4(0) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O O O 3(0) 7(0)
Genki Haraguchi 3(0) - - - - - - O(1) O - - - O O O O O O 8(1) 11(1)
Shuichi Gonda 2(0) - - - - O - - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 3(0)
Kensuke Nagai 1(0) - - - - O - O - O O O - - - - - - 5(0) 6(0)
Takashi Usami 0(0) - - - - O O(1) O O O O O O O O(1) O O O 13(2) 13(2)
Kengo Kawamata 0(0) - - - - O O(1) - - O O O - - - - - - 5(1) 5(1)
Wataru Endo 0(0) - - - - - - - - O O O - O - - - O 5(0) 5(0)
Hiroki Fujiharu 0(0) - - - - O - - - O - - - - - - - O 3(0) 3(0)
Takuma Asano 0(0) - - - - - - - - O O O - - - - - - 3(0) 3(0)
Yuki Muto 0(0) - - - - - - - - O(1) - O(1) - - - - - - 2(2) 2(2)
Shogo Taniguchi 0(0) - - - - - - O - O - - - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0)
Daiki Niwa 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - O - - - O - - 2(0) 2(0)
Koki Yonekura 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - O - - - O - - 2(0) 2(0)
Takumi Minamino 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O - O 2(0) 2(0)
Gen Shoji 0(0) - - - - - O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Naoyuki Fujita 0(0) - - - - - - - - - O - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Shu Kurata 0(0) - - - - - - - - - O - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Masaaki Higashiguchi 0(0) - - - - - - - - - - O - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)

Goalscorers

Player 2015 AFC Asian Cup International Friendly 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup Total Goals
Yasuhito Endo 1 0 0 0 1
Shinji Okazaki 1 3 3 0 7
Keisuke Honda 3 2 5 0 10
Maya Yoshida 1 0 2 0 3
Shinji Kagawa 1 0 3 0 4
Gaku Shibasaki 1 1 0 0 2
Toshihiro Aoyama 0 1 0 0 1
Takashi Usami 0 1 1 0 2
Kengo Kawamata 0 1 0 0 1
Tomoaki Makino 0 1 0 0 1
Genki Haraguchi 0 1 0 0 1
Yuki Muto 0 0 0 2 2
Hotaru Yamaguchi 0 0 0 1 1
Masato Morishige 0 0 1 0 1
Yoshinori Muto 0 1 0 0 1
Mu Kanazaki 0 0 1 0 1
Own Goal 0 0 1 0 1