The Japan national football team in 2016, managed by head coach Vahid Halilhodžić compete in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round amongst international friendly matches at home.

Record

Competition GP W D L GF GA GD
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 7 5 1 1 18 5 +13
Kirin Cup 3 2 0 1 12 4 +8
Total 10 7 1 2 30 9 +21

Kits

Matches

24 March 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 Japan  5 – 0  Afghanistan Japan Saitama, Japan
19:34 JST Okazaki 43'
Kiyotake 58'
Mukhammad 63' (o.g.)
Yoshida 74'
Kanazaki 78'		 JFA Report Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 48,967
Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq)
29 March 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2 Japan  5 – 0  Syria Japan Saitama, Japan
19:34 JST Al Masri 17' (o.g.)
Kagawa 66', 90'
Honda 86'
Haraguchi 90+3'		 AFC Report Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 57,475
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
3 June Friendly (Kirin Cup Soccer 2016) Japan  7 – 2  Bulgaria Japan Toyota, Japan
19:42 JST Okazaki 4'
Kagawa 27', 35'
Yoshida 38', 53'
Usami 57'
Asano 87' (pen.)		 JFA Report Aleksandrov 59'
Chochev 82'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 41,940
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
7 June Friendly (Kirin Cup Soccer 2016) Japan  1 – 2  Bosnia and Herzegovina Japan Suita, Japan
19:34 JST Kiyotake 28' JFA Report Đurić 29', 66' Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium
Attendance: 35,589
Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)
1 September 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 3 Japan  1 – 2  United Arab Emirates Japan Saitama, Japan
19:35 JST Honda 11' JFA Report Khalil 20', 54' (pen.) Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 58,895
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
6 September 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 3 Thailand  0 – 2  Japan Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
19:15 UTC+7 AFC Report Haraguchi 19'
Asano 75'		 Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium
Attendance: 44,500
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
6 October 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 3 Japan  2 – 1  Iraq Japan Saitama, Japan
19:35 JST Haraguchi 26'
Yamaguchi 90+5'		 JFA Report Abdul-Amir 60' Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 57,768
Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)
11 October 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 3 Australia  1 – 1  Japan Australia Melbourne, Australia
20:00 UTC+11 Jedinak 52' (pen.) AFC Report Haraguchi 5' Stadium: Docklands Stadium
Attendance: 48,460
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
11 November Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup 2016) Japan  4 – 0  Oman Japan Kashima, Japan
19:23 JST Osako 32', 42'
Kiyotake 64' (pen.)
Kobayashi 90+4'		 JFA Report Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 33,709
Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)
15 November 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 3 Japan  2 – 1  Saudi Arabia Japan Saitama, Japan
19:35 JST Kiyotake 45' (pen.)
Haraguchi 80'		 JFA Report Om. Hawsawi 90' Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 58,420
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)


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Players statistics

Player -2015 03.24 03.29 06.03 06.07 09.01 09.06 10.06 10.11 11.11 11.15 2016 Total
Shinji Okazaki 98(47) O(1) O O(1) O O - O - O O 8(2) 106(49)
Makoto Hasebe 95(2) O O O O O O O O - O 9(0) 104(2)
Yuto Nagatomo 86(3) O O O O - - - - - O 5(0) 91(3)
Keisuke Honda 79(34) - O(1) - - O(1) O O O O O 7(2) 86(36)
Shinji Kagawa 77(23) O O(2) O(2) - O O - O - O 7(4) 84(27)
Eiji Kawashima 71(0) - - O - - - - - - - 1(0) 72(0)
Maya Yoshida 61(6) O(1) O O(2) O O O O O O O 10(3) 71(9)
Hiroshi Kiyotake 33(1) O(1) O O O(1) O - O O O(1) O(1) 9(4) 42(5)
Masato Morishige 29(2) O O O O O O O O O O 10(0) 39(2)
Hiroki Sakai 25(0) O - O - O O O - O O 7(0) 32(0)
Gotoku Sakai 25(0) - O - O O O O O O - 7(0) 32(0)
Hotaru Yamaguchi 24(1) - O - - - O O(1) O O O 6(1) 30(2)
Shusaku Nishikawa 23(0) - O - O O O O O O O 8(0) 31(0)
Tomoaki Makino 22(2) - - - O - - - O - - 2(0) 24(2)
Yoshinori Muto 18(2) - - - - - O - - - - 1(0) 19(2)
Mike Havenaar 17(4) O - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 18(4)
Yuya Osako 15(3) - - - - - - - - O(2) O 2(2) 17(5)
Takashi Usami 13(2) - O O(1) O O O - - - - 5(1) 18(3)
Genki Haraguchi 11(1) O O(1) O - O O(1) O(1) O(1) O O(1) 9(5) 20(6)
Yosuke Kashiwagi 7(0) O - O O - - O - - - 4(0) 11(0)
Mu Kanazaki 6(1) O(1) O O O - - - - - - 4(1) 10(2)
Manabu Saito 5(1) - - - - - - - - O - 1(0) 6(1)
Wataru Endo 5(0) - - O O - - - - - - 2(0) 7(0)
Takuma Asano 3(0) - - O(1) O O O(1) O O O - 7(2) 10(2)
Yu Kobayashi 2(0) O - O O - O O O - - 6(0) 8(0)
Masaaki Higashiguchi 1(0) O - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 2(0)
Gen Shoji 1(0) - - O - - - - - - - 1(0) 2(0)
Yuki Kobayashi 0(0) - - - O - - - - O(1) - 2(1) 2(1)
Yuichi Maruyama 0(0) - - - - - - - O O - 2(0) 2(0)
Yuya Kubo 0(0) - - - - - - - - O O 2(0) 2(0)
Ryota Oshima 0(0) - - - - O - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Ryota Nagaki 0(0) - - - - - - - - O - 1(0) 1(0)

Goalscorers

Player 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) International Friendly Total Goals
Shinji Okazaki 1 1 2
Hiroshi Kiyotake 2 2 4
Own Goal 2 0 2
Maya Yoshida 1 2 3
Mu Kanazaki 1 0 1
Shinji Kagawa 2 2 4
Keisuke Honda 2 0 2
Genki Haraguchi 5 0 5
Takashi Usami 0 1 1
Takuma Asano 1 1 2
Hotaru Yamaguchi 1 0 1
Yuya Osako 0 2 2
Yuki Kobayashi 0 1 1

External links

Japan national football team results
2016 in Japanese football
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