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

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

Schedule

2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification

6 January Yemen  2 – 3  Japan Yemen 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 Japan 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 Japan 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 Japan 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 Japan 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 Japan 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 Japan 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 Japan 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 Austria 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 Switzerland 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 South Africa 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 South Africa 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 South Africa 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 South Africa 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 Japan 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 Japan 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 Japan 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 South Korea 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

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)

Goalscorers

Player Goals
Keisuke Honda 3
Shinji Okazaki 3
Sota Hirayama 3
Yasuhito Endō 2
Marcus Tulio Tanaka 2
Keiji Tamada 2
Takayuki Morimoto 2
Shinji Kagawa 1
Total 18

References

  1. ^ "Japan Football Association record of Japan international A matches". Japan Football Association.

External links

Japan national football team results
2010 in Japanese football
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