The following is a list of the Japan national football team's competitive records and statistics.

Player records

As of 1 December 2022[1]
Players in bold are still active with Japan.

Most capped players

Yasuhito Endō is Japan's most capped player with 152 appearances
Rank Player Caps Goals Position Career
1Yasuhito Endō15215MF2002–2015
2Yuto Nagatomo1414DF2008–
3Maya Yoshida12512DF2010–
4Masami Ihara1225DF1988–1999
5Shinji Okazaki11950FW2008–
6Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi1160GK1997–2010
7Makoto Hasebe1142MF2006–2018
8Yuji Nakazawa11017DF1999–2010
9Shunsuke Nakamura9824MF2000–2010
Keisuke Honda9837MF2008–2018

Top goalscorers

Kunishige Kamamoto is Japan's top goal scorer with 75 goals
Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1Kunishige Kamamoto75760.991964–1977
2Kazuyoshi Miura55890.621990–2000
3Shinji Okazaki501190.422008–
4Hiromi Hara37750.491978–1988
Keisuke Honda37980.382008–2018
6Shinji Kagawa31970.322008–2019
7Takuya Takagi27440.611992–1997
8Kazushi Kimura26540.481979–1986
9Yuya Osako25570.442013–
10Shunsuke Nakamura24980.242000–2010

Other records

Updated 29 March 2022

  • Youngest player
Daisuke Ichikawa, 17 years and 322 days old, 1 April 1998 against  South Korea
  • Youngest goalscorer
Shinji Kagawa, 19 years and 206 days old, 9 October 2008 against  United Arab Emirates
  • Youngest captain
Gen Shoji, 24 years and 363 days old, 9 December 2017 EAFF E-1 Championship
  • Oldest player
Eiji Kawashima, 39 years and 9 days old, 29 March 2022 against  Vietnam
  • Oldest goalscorer
Masashi Nakayama, 33 years and 326 days old, 15 August 2001 against  Australia
  • Oldest captain
Shigeo Yaegashi, 35 years and 203 days old, 13 October 1968 Summer Olympics
  • Most hat-trick
8, Kunishige Kamamoto
  • Most goal in one match
6, Kunishige Kamamoto, 27 September 1967 against  Philippines
6, Kazuyoshi Miura, 22 June 1997 against  Macau
  • Most goal in calendar year
18, Kazuyoshi Miura, 1997

Manager records

Most appearances

Rank Manager Apps Wins Tenure
1 Brazil Zico 71 37 2002–2006
2 Italy Alberto Zaccheroni 55 30 2010–2014
3 France Philippe Troussier 50 23 1998–2002
Japan Takeshi Okada 50 26 2007–2010
5 Japan Hajime Moriyasu 49 35 2018–
6 Japan Shu Kamo 46 23 1994–1997
7 Japan Takaji Mori 43 23 1981–1985
8 Japan Ken Naganuma (2nd) 42 16 1972–1976
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina Vahid Halilhodžić 38 21 2015–2018
10 Japan Ken Naganuma (1st) 31 18 1963–1969

Manager achievements

Manager Tournament
Zico AFC Asian Cup Winners (2004)
EAFF Championship Runners-up (2003, 2005)
Philippe Troussier FIFA Confederations Cup Runners-up (2001)
AFC Asian Cup Winners (2000)
Alberto Zaccheroni AFC Asian Cup Winners (2011)
EAFF Championship Winners (2013)
Ken Naganuma Summer Olympics Third place (1968)
Asian Games Third place (1966)
Hajime Moriyasu AFC Asian Cup Runners-up (2019)
EAFF Championship Runners-up (2019), Winners (2022)
Hans Ooft AFC Asian Cup Winners (1992)
Hirokazu Ninomiya Asian Games Third place (1951)
Takeshi Okada EAFF Championship Runners-up (2008), Third place (2010)
Vahid Halilhodžić EAFF Championship Runners-up (2017)

Team records

Updated 14 January 2024[2]

Biggest victory
15–0 vs Philippines, 27 September 1967
Heaviest defeat
15–2 vs Philippines, 10 May 1917
Most consecutive victories
11, 15 June 2023 vs. El Salvador – 14 January 2024 vs. Vietnam
Most consecutive matches without defeat
20, 24 June 2010 vs. Denmark – 11 November 2011 vs. Tajikistan
Most consecutive defeats
6, 10 June 1956 vs. South Korea – 28 December 1958 vs. Malaya
Most consecutive matches without victory
11, 13 August 1976 vs. Burma – 15 June 1976 vs. South Korea
Most consecutive draws
4, 13 August 1976 vs. Burma – 20 August 1976 vs. Malaysia
Most consecutive matches scoring
15, 1 December 2022 vs. Spain – 14 January 2024 vs. Vietnam
Most consecutive matches without scoring
6, 18 June 1989 vs. Hong Kong – 31 July 1990 vs. North Korea
Most consecutive matches conceding a goal
28, 6 November 1960 vs. South Korea – 11 December 1966 vs. Iran
Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal
7, 19 November 2003 vs. Cameroon – 18 February 2004 vs. Oman

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicate 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament.

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930Did not enter No qualification
Italy 1934 Did not enter
France 1938Withdrew Withdrew
Brazil 1950Suspended from FIFA Suspended from FIFA
Switzerland 1954Did not qualify 201137
Sweden 1958Did not enter Did not enter
Chile 1962Did not qualify 200214
England 1966Did not enter Did not enter
Mexico 1970Did not qualify 402248
West Germany 1974 410354
Argentina 1978 401305
Spain 1982 420242
Mexico 1986 8512155
Italy 1990 623173
United States 1994 13931356
France 1998Group stage31st300314 159515112
South Korea Japan 2002Round of 169th421153 Qualified as hosts
Germany 2006Group stage28th301227 121101255
South Africa 2010Round of 169th421142 14842239
Brazil 2014Group stage29th301226 14833308
Russia 2018Round of 1615th411267 181332447
Qatar 2022Round of 169th421154 181512586
Canada Mexico United States 2026To be determined To be determined
TotalRound of 167/22257612253313883272830591

AFC Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Hong Kong 1956Withdrew Withdrew
South Korea 1960 Withdrew
Israel 1964 Withdrew
Iran 1968Did not qualify 431084
Thailand 1972Withdrew Withdrew
Iran 1976Did not qualify 521244
Kuwait 1980Withdrew Withdrew
Singapore 1984 Withdrew
Qatar 1988Group stage10th401306 421163
Japan 1992Champions1st532063 Qualified as hosts
United Arab Emirates 1996Quarter-finals5th430173 Qualified as champions
Lebanon 2000Champions1st6510216 3300150
China 2004Champions1st6420136 Qualified as champions
Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Vietnam 2007Fourth place4th6231117 6501152
Qatar 2011Champions1st6420146 6501174
Australia 2015Quarter-finals5th431081 Qualified as champions
United Arab Emirates 2019Runners-up2nd7601126 8710270
Qatar 2023Qualified To be determined
Total4 Titles10/18483012692443627459217

Copa América

Japan is the first team from outside the Americas to participate in the Copa América, having been invited to the 1999 Copa América. Japan was also invited to the 2011 tournament and initially accepted the invitation. However, following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the JFA later withdrew on 16 May 2011, citing the difficulty of releasing some Japanese players from European teams to play as replacements.[3] On the next day, CONMEBOL invited Costa Rica to replace Japan in the competition.

On 16 August 2013, CONMEBOL president Eugenio Figueredo announced that Japan was invited to the 2015 Copa América.[4] However, Japan later declined the invitation due to scheduling problems.[5]

On 14 May 2018, CONMEBOL announced that Japan, alongside Qatar, would be the two invited teams for the 2019 Copa América.[6]

Copa América record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
Paraguay 1999 Group stage10th301238
Argentina 2011 Withdrew
Chile 2015 Withdrew
Brazil 2019 Group stage9th302137
Total Group stage 2/476033615

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
Saudi Arabia 1992 Did not qualify
Saudi Arabia 1995 Group stage 6th 2 0 0 2 1 8 Squad
Saudi Arabia 1997 Did not qualify
Mexico 1999
South Korea Japan 2001 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 6 1 Squad
France 2003 Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 4 3 Squad
Germany 2005 Group stage 5th 3 1 1 1 4 4 Squad
South Africa 2009 Did not qualify
Brazil 2013 Group stage 7th 3 0 0 3 4 9 Squad
Russia 2017 Did not qualify
Total Runners-up 5/10 16 5 2 9 19 25

Olympic Games

Since 1992, the Olympic team has been drawn from a squad with a maximum of three players over 23 years age, and the achievements of this team are not generally regarded as part of the national team's records, nor are the statistics credited to the players' international records.

Asian Games

Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.
Asian Games record
Year Result Pld W D L GF GA
India 1951Third place311143
Philippines 195410th200258
Japan 195812th200203
Indonesia 19626th310234
Thailand 1966Third place7601185
Thailand 1970Fourth place750285
Iran 19749th311154
Thailand 19789th310255
India 19825th430163
South Korea 19869th420294
China 19908th310233
Japan 19947th412195
Thailand 19989th530284
2002–present See Japan national under-23 football team
Total13/1350254218356

Head-to-head record

The list shown below shows the Japan national football team head-to-head record. As of 1 January 2024.

Summary

Confederation Pld W D L GF GA GD
AFC5182751081351,029544+485
CAF3822796339+24
CONCACAF3521597636+40
CONMEBOL7016223274114–40
OFC8503149+5
UEFA118382456151197–46
Total7873781662431,396940+456

AFC

As of 1 January 2024[7]

CAF

As of 17 October 2023[7]

CONCACAF

As of 13 October 2023[7]

CONMEBOL

As of 20 June 2023[7]

OFC

As of 12 October 2021[7]

UEFA

As of 12 September 2023[7]

FIFA World Ranking

As of 20 February 2022, after the match against  Saudi Arabia.

  Best Ranking    Best Mover    Worst Ranking    Worst Mover  

Japan's FIFA World Ranking History
Rank Year Games
Played
Won Lost Drawn Best Worst
Rank Move Rank Move
17 Steady (21 December 2023)[8]202220 23 (February)Increase 326Steady
262021121020 26 (November)Increase 228Decrease 1
2720204211 27Increase 128Decrease 0
282019231535 26Increase 2933Decrease 7
50201814635 41Increase 761Decrease 5
57201713634 40Increase 757Decrease 11
45201610712 45Increase 858Decrease 7
532015171151 50Increase 558Decrease 8
54201413724 54Increase 244Decrease 4
47201319838 21Increase 248Decrease 7
22201212822 19Increase 733Decrease 11
19201115951 13Increase 1229Decrease 2
29201018846 29Increase 1346Decrease 6
432009171133 31Increase 443Decrease 9
352008191072 32Increase 438Decrease 6
34200713751 30Increase 746Decrease 5
 47200619946 15Increase 149Decrease 13
152005201136 13Increase 519Decrease 4
172004221723 17Increase 429Decrease 1
29200316655 22Increase 229Decrease 3
22200213553 22Increase 838Decrease 4
34200113634 26Increase 1144Decrease 9
 382000181062 34Increase 1562Decrease 6
5719997043 33Increase 057Decrease 13
 20199818728 9Increase 1030Decrease 10
141997221174 14Increase 420Decrease 2
211996131012 20Increase 630Decrease 2
31199517647 31Increase 741Decrease 8
361994932 36Increase 1454Decrease 12
 43199316113 43Increase 2344Decrease 1
661992IncreaseDecrease

See also

Japan
Men's
Women's

References

  1. Mamrud, Roberto. "Japan - Record International Players". RSSSF.
  2. "Team Records". Japan National Football Team Database. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  3. "Soccer Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN".
  4. "El Presidente Figueredo Aguerre anunció la presencia del Japón en la Copa América Chile 2015" [President Figueredo Aguerre announced the presence of Japan at the 2015 Copa América in Chile] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2018. I want to announce that the Japan national team will participate at the 2015 Copa América.
  5. Sánchez Sandoval, Édgar (2 June 2016). "Copa América: Japón, el invitado más extraño" [Copa América: Japan, the most strange invitee] (in Spanish). Publimetro Chile. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018. Even in 2015, the japanese were asked to be part of the Copa América in Chile, but they withdrew again due to problems with their calendar and previously scheduled matches.
  6. González, Christian (4 May 2018). "Conmebol confirma a Japón y Qatar en la Copa América de 2019" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 1 July 2018. CONMEBOL confirmed, via its website, what has been speculated several months ago: Japan and Qatar will be invited at the event that will be held in Brazil.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "World Football Elo Ratings: Japan". Elo Ratings. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  8. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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