Japan National Soccer Team - Information

Data about Japan National Team, including tournaments won, World Cup performances, greatest players, jerseys, pictures, posters and more.

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Japan National Soccer Team

Original jersey colors: blue, light blue and white

Alternate jersey colors: white, grey, red and blue

Nickname:

National Association:

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JFA - Japan Football Association
(Nippon Sakkā Kyōkai)

Confederation: AFC (Asian Football Confederation)

Titles Won:

Senior National Team Titles: 7

  • Asian Cup
    (4) 1992, 2000, 2004, 2011
  • AFC–OFC Challenge Cup
    (1) 2001
  • Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
    (2) 1993, 2007

Olympic National Team (Gold Medals): 0

  • none

Youth Tournaments (FIFA): 7

  • AFC U-23 Asian Cup
    (2) 2016, 2024
  • AFC U-20 Asian Cup
    (1) 2016
  • AFC U-17 Asian Cup
    (4) 1994, 2006, 2018, 2023

Other Relevant Tournaments: 1

  • Asian Games
    (1) 2010

Japan Soccer Jerseys:

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Japan soccer Jersey (2009)
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Some Great Players:

Kenta Hasegawa, Tetsuji Hashiratani, Masami Ihara, Kunishige Kamamoto, Hiromi Hara, Nobutoshi Kaneda, Saburo Kawabuchi, Yahiro Kazama, Kazushi Kimura, Takashi Mizunuma, Wagner Lopes, Yasutaro Matsuki, Shigetatsu Matsunaga, Kazuyoshi Miura, Masahiro Fukuda, Yoshikazu Nagai, Hidetoshi Nakata, Masashi Nakayama, Yuji Nakazawa, Yasuhiko Okudera, Ruy Ramos, Ryuichi Sugiyama, Takuya Takagi, Nobuhiro Takeda, Satoshi Tsunami, Motohiro Yamaguchi, Kenzo Yokoyama, George Yonashiro

Japan in the Soccer World Cups:

World Cups organized: (1)
2002

World Cup appearances: (7)
1998 - Lost in 1st Round Groups
2002 - Lost in Round of 16
2006 - Lost in 1st Round Groups
2010 - Lost in Round of 16
2014 - Lost in 1st Round Groups
2018 - Lost in Round of 16
2022 - Lost in Round of 16

World Cup absences: (15)
1930 - did not participate
1934 - did not participate
1938 - did not participate
1950 - did not participate
1954 - did not participate
1958 - did not participate
1962 - did not participate
1966 - did not participate
1970 - did not participate
1974 - did not participate
1978 - did not participate
1982 - did not participate
1986 - did not participate
1990 - did not participate
1994 - did not participate

Historical World Cup statistics:

World Cups Champion GP W D L GS GA GD  
7 - 25 7 6 12 25 33 -8  

Abbreviations:
PTS = Points / GP = Games played / W = Wins / D = Draws / L = Losses
GS = Goals scored / GA = Goals against / GD = Goal difference

Japan National Soccer Team Pictures and Posters:

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