2012 Japan national football team

The Japan national football team in 2012, managed by head coach Alberto Zaccheroni, competed against international exhibition matches both at home and abroad and later in the third and fourth rounds of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.[1]

Record

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Competition GP W D L GF GA
International Friendly 6 4 1 1 8 6
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 6 4 1 1 13 3
Total 12 8 2 2 21 9

Kits

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Schedule

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International Friendly (2012 Kirin Challenge Cup)

24 February Japan   3 – 1   Iceland   Osaka, Japan
19:20 JST Maeda   2'
Fujimoto   53'
Makino   79'
(JFA Report) Smárason   90+3' (pen.) Stadium: Nagai Stadium
Attendance: 42,579
Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Third Round

29 February Japan   0 – 1   Uzbekistan   Aichi, Japan
19:30 JST (JFA Report) Shadrin   54' Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 42,720
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

International Friendly (2012 Kirin Challenge Cup)

23 May Japan   2 – 0   Azerbaijan   Shizuoka, Japan
19:15 JST Kagawa   43'
Okazaki   58'
(JFA Report) Stadium: Shizuoka Stadium
Attendance: 30,276
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round

3 June Japan   3 – 0   Oman   Saitama, Japan
19:30 JST Honda   11'
Maeda   51'
Okazaki   54'
(JFA Report) Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 63,551
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round

8 June Japan   6 – 0   Jordan   Saitama, Japan
19:30 JST Maeda   18'
Honda   22', 31', 53' (pen.)
Kagawa   35'
Kurihara   89'
(FIFA Report)
(JFA Report)
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 60,874
Referee: Kim Dong Jin (Korea Republic)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round

12 June Australia   1 - 1   Japan   Brisbane, Australia
20:00 UTC+10 Milligan   25'   55'
Wilkshire   69 pen'
Report Kurihara   64'
Kurihara   23'   89'
Stadium: Lang Park
Attendance: 40,189
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

International Friendly (2012 Kirin Challenge Cup)

15 August Japan   1 - 1   Venezuela   Hokkaidō, Japan
19:30 JST Endō   15' Summary Miku   62' Stadium: Sapporo Dome
Attendance: 39,396
Referee: Min-Hu Lee (Korea Republic)

International Friendly (2012 Kirin Challenge Cup)

6 September Japan   1 - 0   United Arab Emirates   Niigata, Japan
19:20 JST Havenaar   69' Summary Stadium: Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium
Attendance: 42,020
Referee: Mingyu Ma (China PR)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round

11 September Japan   1 - 0   Iraq   Saitama, Japan
19:34 JST Maeda   25' Report Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 60,593
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

International Friendly

12 October France   0 - 1   Japan   Saint-Denis, France
21:00 UTC+2 Report Kagawa   88' Stadium: Stade de France
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

International Friendly

16 October Japan   0 - 4   Brazil   Wrocław, Poland
14:10 UTC+2 Report Paulinho  12'
Neymar  25' (pk), 48'
Kaká  76'
Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round

14 November Oman   1 – 2   Japan   Muscat, Oman
15:30 UTC+4 Al Mahaijri   77' Kiyotake   20'
Okazaki   89'
Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)


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Players statistics

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Player -2011 02.24 02.29 05.23 06.03 06.08 06.12 08.15 09.06 09.11 10.12 10.16 11.14 2012 Total
Yasuhito Endo 113(9) O O - O O O O(1) O O O O O 11(1) 124(10)
Yuichi Komano 67(1) O O - - - - O O O - - - 5(0) 72(1)
Kengo Nakamura 56(6) O - O - O - O O - O O - 7(0) 63(6)
Yasuyuki Konno 55(1) O O - O O O - - - O O O 8(0) 63(1)
Yoshito Okubo 53(5) O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 54(5)
Makoto Hasebe 52(2) - O O O O O O O O O O O 11(0) 63(2)
Shinji Okazaki 49(26) - O O(1) O(1) O O O O O - - O(1) 9(3) 58(29)
Atsuto Uchida 45(1) - O O O O O - - - O O - 7(0) 52(1)
Yuto Nagatomo 44(3) - O O O O O O - O O O O 10(0) 54(3)
Keisuke Honda 31(8) - - O O(1) O(3) O O O O - O O 9(4) 40(12)
Shinji Kagawa 28(9) - O O(1) O O(1) O O O - O(1) O - 9(3) 37(12)
Eiji Kawashima 28(0) - O O O O O O O O O O O 11(0) 39(0)
Ryoichi Maeda 16(6) O(1) - O O(1) O(1) O O - O(1) - - O 8(4) 24(10)
Maya Yoshida 13(2) - O - O O - O O O O O O 9(0) 22(2)
Tadanari Lee 10(2) - O - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 11(2)
Hajime Hosogai 10(1) - - O O - - O O O O O O 8(0) 18(1)
Jungo Fujimoto 10(0) O(1) O - - - - O - - - - - 3(1) 13(1)
Takayuki Morimoto 9(3) - - O - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 10(3)
Masahiko Inoha 9(1) O - O - O O O O O - - - 7(0) 16(1)
Yuzo Kurihara 8(0) O - O - O(1) O(1) - - - - O - 5(2) 13(2)
Tomoaki Makino 8(0) O(1) - O - - - O - - - - - 3(1) 11(1)
Shusaku Nishikawa 7(0) O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 8(0)
Mike Havenaar 5(2) - O - - - - - O(1) O O - - 4(1) 9(3)
Hiroshi Kiyotake 5(0) - - - O - O - O O O O O(1) 7(1) 12(1)
Naohiro Ishikawa 5(0) O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 6(0)
Takashi Inui 3(0) - O - - - - - - - O O - 3(0) 6(0)
Hiroki Mizumoto 3(0) - - - - - - O O - - - - 2(0) 5(0)
Yosuke Kashiwagi 3(0) O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 4(0)
Ryota Moriwaki 1(0) O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 2(0)
Hiroki Sakai 0(0) - - O O - O - O - O O O 7(0) 7(0)
Hideto Takahashi 0(0) - - O - - - - O - O - O 4(0) 4(0)
Ryo Miyaichi 0(0) - - O - - - - - - - O - 2(0) 2(0)
Gotoku Sakai 0(0) - - - - - - - O - - - O 2(0) 2(0)
Chikashi Masuda 0(0) O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Junya Tanaka 0(0) O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Naoya Kondo 0(0) O - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)

Goalscorers

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Player International Friendly 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification Total
Keisuke Honda 0 4 4
Ryoichi Maeda 1 3 4
Shinji Kagawa 2 1 3
Shinji Okazaki 1 2 3
Yuzo Kurihara 0 2 2
Jungo Fujimoto 1 0 1
Tomoaki Makino 1 0 1
Yasuhito Endō 1 0 1
Mike Havenaar 1 0 1
Hiroshi Kiyotake 0 1 1

References

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