This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 1973.
| May 20 | Japan | 4–0 | South Vietnam | Seoul, South Korea |
Kamamoto  6', 87'Mori 19' 49' (o.g.) |
JFA | Attendance: 10,000 |
| May 22 | Japan | 0–1 | Hong Kong | Seoul, South Korea |
| JFA | ? ?' |
Attendance: 10,000 |
| May 26 | Japan | 0–1 (aet) | Israel | Seoul, South Korea |
| JFA | ? ?' |
Attendance: 35,000 |
| June 23 | Japan | 0–2 | South Korea | Seoul, South Korea |
| JFA | ? ?' ? ?' |
Attendance: 35,000 |
| Player | -1972 | 05.16 | 05.20 | 05.22 | 05.26 | 06.23 | 1973 | Total |
| Aritatsu Ogi | 49(11) | O | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 54(11) |
| Yoshitada Yamaguchi | 46(0) | - | O | O | - | O | 3(0) | 49(0) |
| Kenzo Yokoyama | 43(0) | - | O | - | O | - | 2(0) | 45(0) |
| Kunishige Kamamoto | 41(54) | - | O(2) | O | O | - | 3(2) | 44(56) |
| Takaji Mori | 41(1) | - | O(1) | - | - | - | 1(1) | 42(2) |
| Daishiro Yoshimura | 18(4) | O | O | - | - | O | 3(0) | 21(4) |
| Kozo Arai | 18(2) | O | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 23(2) |
| Nobuo Kawakami | 13(0) | O | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 18(0) |
| Minoru Kobata | 11(0) | - | O | - | - | O | 2(0) | 13(0) |
| Kazumi Takada | 9(0) | O | O | O | - | - | 3(0) | 12(0) |
| Koji Funamoto | 9(0) | O | - | - | - | O | 2(0) | 11(0) |
| Nobuo Fujishima | 7(0) | - | O | O | O | O | 4(0) | 11(0) |
| Kuniya Daini | 6(0) | O | O | O | O | - | 4(0) | 10(0) |
| Atsuyoshi Furuta | 5(0) | O | - | O | O | - | 3(0) | 8(0) |
| Mitsunori Fujiguchi | 5(0) | O | - | - | - | O | 2(0) | 7(0) |
| Yoshikazu Nagai | 4(1) | O | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 9(1) |
| Michio Ashikaga | 4(0) | O | - | - | O | - | 2(0) | 6(0) |
| Shusaku Hirasawa | 2(0) | O(1) | O | - | O | O | 4(1) | 6(1) |
| Noritaka Hidaka | 1(0) | O | - | - | O | O | 3(0) | 4(0) |
| Akira Matsunaga | 0(0) | - | - | O | O | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Tatsuhiko Seta | 0(0) | - | - | O | - | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |