Japan national football team in 2016

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 in 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

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

Kits

Home Kit

Away Kit

Schedule

24 March 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 2	Japan	5 – 0	Afghanistan	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 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 2	Japan	5 – 0	Syria	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 2016 Friendly (Kirin Cup Soccer 2016)	Japan	7 – 2	Bulgaria	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 2016 Friendly (Kirin Cup Soccer 2016)	Japan	1 – 2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	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 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3	Japan	1 – 2	United Arab Emirates	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 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3	Thailand	0 – 2	Japan	Bangkok, Thailand
19:15 UTC+7		AFC Report	Haraguchi 19' Asano 75'	Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium Attendance: 44,500 Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

6 October 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3	Japan	2 – 1	Iraq	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 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3	Australia	1 – 1	Japan	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 2016 Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup 2016)	Japan	4 – 0	Oman	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 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 3	Japan	2 – 1	Saudi Arabia	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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