Japan national football team in 2009

This page records the details of the matches played by the Japan national football team during 2009. In 2009 the Japan national football team competed in the fourth round of the AFC 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifications, the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification, and the 2009 Kirin Cup, amongst other friendly matches. [1]

Contents

Schedule

Date Opponent Result Score Venue Competition Japan Goal Scorers Match Report
20 January  Yemen W 2-1 KKWing Stadium, Kumamoto, Japan 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification Okazaki  7'
Tatsuya Tanaka  66'		 [1]
28 January  Bahrain L 0-1 National Stadium, Madinat 'Isa, Bahrain 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification [2]
04 February  Finland W 5-1 National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan Friendly Match (2009 Kirin Challenge Cup) Okazaki  15', 32'
Kagawa  44'
Nakazawa  57'
Yasuda  86'		 [3]
11 February  Australia D 0-0 International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [4]
28 March  Bahrain W 1-0 Saitama Stadium, Saitama, Japan 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification S. Nakamura  47' [5]
27 May  Chile W 4-0 Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan 2009 Kirin Cup Okazaki  20', 24'
Abe  52'
Honda  90+2'		 [6]
31 May  Belgium W 4-0 National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan 2009 Kirin Cup Nagatomo  21'
K. Nakamura  23'
Okazaki  60'
Yano  77'		 [7]
06 June  Uzbekistan W 1-0 Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Okazaki  9' [8]
10 June  Qatar D 1-1 International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification ( 3' (o.g.)) [9]
17 June  Australia L 1-2 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Tulio  39' [10]
05 September  Netherlands L 0-3 De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands Friendly Match [11]
09 September  Ghana W 4-3 Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands Friendly Match K. Nakamura  53'
Tamada  78'
Okazaki  79'
Inamoto  83'		 [12]
08 October  Hong Kong W 6-0 Outsourcing Stadium, Shizuoka, Japan 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification Okazaki  17', 74', 76'
Nagatomo  28'
Nakazawa  50'
Túlio  67'		 [13]
10 October  Scotland W 2-0 Nissan Stadium, Yokohama. Japan Friendly Match (2009 Kirin Challenge Cup) ( 82' (o.g.))
Honda  90'		 [14]
14 October  Togo W 5-0 Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan Friendly Match (2009 Kirin Challenge Cup) Okazaki  5', 8', 65'
Morimoto  11'
Honda  85'		 [15]
14 November  South Africa D 0-0 Nelson Mandela Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Friendly Match [16]
18 November  Hong Kong W 4-0 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification Hasebe  32'
Satō  74'
S. Nakamura  84'
Okazaki  90+1' (pen.)		 [17]

Top goal scorers for 2009

Rank Name Position Goals Matches
1 Shinji Okazaki FW 15 16
2 Keisuke Honda MF 3 10
3 Yuto Nagatomo DF 2 11
Shunsuke Nakamura MF 11
Kengo Nakamura MF 12
Yuji Nakazawa DF 14
Marcus Tulio Tanaka DF 13
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Kits

Japan's kits from the beginning of the year to the 8th of November.

Japan 1st Kit
Japan 2nd Kit

Japan's kits from the 9th of November onwards.

Japan 1st Kit
Japan 2nd Kit

Manager

References

  1. ^ "Japan Football Association record of Japan international A matches". Japan Football Association. http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/national_team/match_record/index.html. 
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