2009 Japan national football team

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]

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

Players statistics
Player-200801.2001.2802.0402.1103.2805.2705.3106.0606.1006.1709.0509.0910.0810.1010.1411.1411.182009Total
Shunsuke Nakamura82(22)---OO(1)-OOO-OOO-OOO(1)11(2)93(24)
Yuji Nakazawa82(15)-OO(1)OOOOOO-OOO(1)-OOO14(2)96(17)
Yasuhito Endo73(7)--OOOOOO--OOO-OOO12(0)85(7)
Junichi Inamoto70(4)-O---------O(1)-O-O-4(1)74(5)
Seigo Narazaki63(0)----OOOOOO-------6(0)69(0)
Keiji Tamada53(13)-OOOOO--OOOO(1)O----10(1)63(14)
Yuichi Komano40(0)O-O--O-O---OOO-OO9(0)49(0)
Seiichiro Maki35(8)OOO--------------3(0)38(8)
Yoshito Okubo33(5)---OO-OO----OOOOO9(0)42(5)
Yuki Abe33(2)-----O(1)OOOO-O-O--O8(1)41(3)
Kengo Nakamura29(3)OOO--OO(1)OOOOO(1)-OO--12(2)41(5)
Yasuyuki Konno26(0)--O--O--OO---OOO-7(0)33(0)
Hisato Sato25(3)------------O-O-O(1)3(1)28(4)
Marcus Tulio Tanaka19(4)--OOO-OOOO(1)OOO(1)-OOO13(2)32(6)
Makoto Hasebe16(0)---OOOOO--OOO-OOO(1)11(1)27(1)
Atsuto Uchida14(1)OOOOO-O-OOO--OOOO13(0)27(1)
Daisuke Matsui13(1)---OO---OO--OO-OO8(0)21(1)
Tatsuya Tanaka12(2)O(1)O-OO------------4(1)16(3)
Kisho Yano12(1)-----OO(1)O-O-------4(1)16(2)
Yuto Nagatomo7(1)-OOOO-O(1)O-OOOO(1)-O--11(2)18(3)
Shinji Kagawa6(1)OOO(1)--O-----------4(1)10(2)
Hideo Hashimoto6(0)--O-OOO-OO---O---7(0)13(0)
Michihiro Yasuda5(0)--O(1)--------------1(1)6(1)
Shinji Okazaki4(0)O(1)OO(2)OOO(2)O(1)O(1)OOOO(1)O(3)-O(3)OO(1)16(15)20(15)
Shuhei Terada4(0)OO---------------2(0)6(0)
Ryoichi Maeda3(2)-----------O-O---2(0)5(2)
Ryota Tsuzuki3(0)--OO-------O-----3(0)6(0)
Kazumichi Takagi3(0)O-O--------------2(0)5(0)
Shinzo Koroki2(0)OO----O-OOOO---O-8(0)10(0)
Naohiro Ishikawa2(0)-------------OO--2(0)4(0)
Keisuke Honda1(0)-O---O(1)OOO-OO-O(1)O(1)O-10(3)11(3)
Eiji Kawashima1(0)OO--------O--OOOO7(0)8(0)
Takeshi Aoki1(0)O----------------1(0)2(0)
Yuhei Tokunaga0(0)------------OOOOO5(0)5(0)
Takayuki Morimoto0(0)-------------OO(1)--2(1)2(1)
Satoshi Yamaguchi0(0)-----OO----------2(0)2(0)
Takashi Inui0(0)O----------------1(0)1(0)
Mu Kanazaki0(0)O----------------1(0)1(0)
Naoki Yamada0(0)-----O-----------1(0)1(0)
Shusaku Nishikawa0(0)------------O----1(0)1(0)
Daiki Iwamasa0(0)-------------O---1(0)1(0)

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
8 10 players 1

Kits

Japan's kits until October.

Japan's kit used on November.

Japan 1st Kit

Coach

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