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This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 1978.

Results

May 23 Japan 3–1 Thailand Aichi, Japan
Nagai 4'
Usui 23'
Ochiai 69'		 JFA ? ?' Stadium: Mizuho Rugby Stadium
July 13 Japan 0–0 Iraq Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
JFA
July 15 Japan 1–2 Indonesia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Fujishima 25' JFA ? ?'
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July 17 Japan 3–2 Syria Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Usui 3', 8'
Ochiai 44'		 JFA ? ?'
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July 19 Japan 0–4 South Korea Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
JFA ? ?'
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July 23 Japan 1–4 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nishino 8' JFA ? ?'
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July 23 Japan 1–2 Singapore Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Usui 44' JFA ? ?'
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July 26 Japan 4–0 Thailand Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Hosotani 7'
Ochiai 40'
Usui 86'
Sekiguchi 87'		 JFA
November 19 Japan 1–4 Soviet Union Tokyo, Japan
Fujiguchi 4' JFA ? ?'
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? ?'		 Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
November 23 Japan 1–4 Soviet Union Tokyo, Japan
Fujiguchi 86' JFA ? ?'
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? ?'		 Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium
November 26 Japan 0–3 Soviet Union Osaka, Japan
JFA ? ?'
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? ?'		 Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium
December 11 Japan 0–2 Kuwait Bangkok, Thailand
JFA ? ?'
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December 13 Japan 4–0 Bahrain Bangkok, Thailand
Usui 8', 42'
Hara 65'
Maeda 71'		 JFA
December 15 Japan 1–3 South Korea Bangkok, Thailand
Kato 87' JFA ? ?'
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Players statistics

Player -1977 05.23 07.13 07.15 07.17 07.19 07.21 07.23 07.26 11.19 11.23 11.26 12.11 12.13 12.15 1978 Total
Nobuo Fujishima 50(6) O O O(1) O O - - O O O O O O O 12(1) 62(7)
Yoshikazu Nagai 46(5) O(1) O O O O O O O - - O O O O 12(1) 58(6)
Hiroshi Ochiai 35(5) O(1) O O O(1) O O O O(1) O O O O O O 14(3) 49(8)
Atsuyoshi Furuta 26(0) - - - - - - - - O O O O O O 6(0) 32(0)
Kazuo Saito 19(0) O O O O O O O O - - - - - O 9(0) 28(0)
Hideki Maeda 14(2) - - - O O O O O - - - O O(1) - 7(1) 21(3)
Mitsunori Fujiguchi 14(0) O O O - O O O - O(1) O(1) O O O O 12(2) 26(2)
Mitsuhisa Taguchi 9(0) O O O O O - O O O O O O O O 13(0) 22(0)
Hiroyuki Usui 7(0) O(1) O O O(2) O O O(1) O(1) O O O O O(2) O 14(7) 21(7)
Akira Nishino 4(0) O O O O O O(1) O O - - - - - - 8(1) 12(1)
Keizo Imai 3(0) O O O O O O O O O - O O O O 13(0) 16(0)
Nobutoshi Kaneda 1(1) O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 14(0) 15(1)
Hiromi Hara 0(0) - - - - - - - - O O O O O(1) O 6(1) 6(1)
Kazuaki Nagasawa 0(0) - O O O O - O O - - - - - - 6(0) 6(0)
Hisashi Kato 0(0) - - - - - - - - - O O O O O(1) 5(1) 5(1)
Ichiro Hosotani 0(0) - O O - - O - O(1) - - - - - - 4(1) 4(1)
Tsutomu Sonobe 0(0) O - - - - - - - O O O - - - 4(0) 4(0)
Haruhisa Hasegawa 0(0) - - - - - - - - O O O O - - 4(0) 4(0)
Hisao Sekiguchi 0(0) O - - - - O - O(1) - - - - - - 3(1) 3(1)
Toyohito Mochizuki 0(0) - - - - - O O - - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0)
Yukitaka Omi 0(0) O - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Choei Sato 0(0) - - - - - O - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Tetsuo Sugamata 0(0) - - - - - - O - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)

External links

Japan national football team results
1978 in Japanese football
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