2007 Japan national football team

This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 2007.

General

• The Japan national football team competed in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup and won the 2007 Kirin Cup in amongst other friendly matches played.

Schedule

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Japan scorers	Match Report
March 24	International Stadium, Yokohama (H)	Peru	2–0	Friendly	Maki 18' Takahara 54'	[1]
June 1	Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi (H)	Montenegro	2–0	Kirin Cup	Nakazawa 23' Takahara 38'	[2]
June 5	Saitama Stadium, Saitama (H)	Colombia	0–0	Kirin Cup		[3]
July 9	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi (N)	Qatar	1–1	2007 Asian Cup group stage	Takahara 61'	[4]
July 13	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi (N)	UAE	3–1	2007 Asian Cup group stage	Takahara 22', 27' Nakamura 42'pen	[5]
July 16	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi (A)	Vietnam	4–1	2007 Asian Cup group stage	Maki 12', 59' Endo 32' Nakamura 53'	[6]
July 21	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi (N)	Australia	1–1 AET (4–3 pen.)	2007 Asian Cup quarter-finals	Takahara 72'	[7]
July 25	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi (N)	Saudi Arabia	2–3	2007 Asian Cup semifinals	Nakazawa 37' Abe 53'	[8]
July 28	Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang (N)	Korea Republic	0–0 AET (6–5 pen.)	2007 Asian Cup third place play-off		[9]
August 22	Ōita Stadium, Ōita (H)	Cameroon	2–0	Friendly	Tulio 25' Yamase 89'	[10]
September 7	Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt (A)	Austria	0–0 (3–4 pen.)	Friendly		[11]
September 11	Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt (N)	Switzerland	4–3	Friendly	Nakamura 53',78' Maki 67' Yano 90'	[12]
October 17	Nagai Stadium, Osaka (H)	Egypt	4–1	Friendly	Okubo 21',42' Maeda 53' Kaji 68'	[13]

Key

• H = Home match
• A = Away match
• N = Neutral venue

Players statistics

Player	-2006	03.24	06.01	06.05	07.09	07.13	07.16	07.21	07.25	07.28	08.22	09.07	09.11	10.17	2007	Total
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	98(0)	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	12(0)	110(0)
Junichi Inamoto	65(4)	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	3(0)	68(4)
Shunsuke Nakamura	63(16)	O	-	O	O	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	O	-	O	O(2)	-	10(4)	73(20)
Koji Nakata	56(2)	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	57(2)
Yuji Nakazawa	53(9)	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	13(2)	66(11)
Seigo Narazaki	50(0)	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	51(0)
Akira Kaji	49(1)	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	11(1)	60(2)
Naohiro Takahara	44(17)	O(1)	O(1)	O	O(1)	O(2)	O	O(1)	O	O	-	-	-	-	9(6)	53(23)
Yasuhito Endo	44(3)	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	13(1)	57(4)
Keisuke Tsuboi	39(0)	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	40(0)
Yoshito Okubo	19(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	O(2)	2(2)	21(2)
Seiichiro Maki	17(3)	O(1)	O	O	-	O	O(2)	O	O	-	-	O	O(1)	-	9(4)	26(7)
Yuichi Komano	15(0)	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	12(0)	27(0)
Yuki Abe	13(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	-	-	O	11(1)	24(2)
Hisato Sato	12(3)	-	O	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	7(0)	19(3)
Keita Suzuki	7(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	13(0)	20(0)
Tatsuya Tanaka	6(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	2(0)	8(1)
Yasuyuki Konno	6(0)	-	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	O	O	-	O	8(0)	14(0)
Marcus Tulio Tanaka	5(1)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	O	O	-	4(1)	9(2)
Naotake Hanyu	5(0)	O	-	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	7(0)	12(0)
Daisuke Matsui	4(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	2(0)	6(1)
Kengo Nakamura	3(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	13(0)	16(1)
Satoru Yamagishi	3(0)	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	O	O	5(0)	8(0)
Ryuji Bando	2(2)	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	3(2)
Koji Yamase	1(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	-	-	-	1(1)	2(1)
Daiki Takamatsu	1(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	1(0)	2(0)
Kisho Yano	0(0)	O	O	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	O	O(1)	-	7(1)	7(1)
Jungo Fujimoto	0(0)	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	4(0)	4(0)
Koki Mizuno	0(0)	O	O	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4(0)	4(0)
Hideo Hashimoto	0(0)	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	O	4(0)	4(0)
Ryoichi Maeda	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	O(1)	2(1)	2(1)
Akihiro Ienaga	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)

Top goal scorers for 2007

Rank	Name	Position	Goals
1	Naohiro Takahara	FW	6
2	Seiichiro Maki	FW	4
	Shunsuke Nakamura	MF
4	Yoshito Okubo	FW	2
	Yuji Nakazawa	DF
6	Yasuhito Endo	MF	1
	Yuki Abe	MF
	Marcus Tulio Tanaka	DF
	Koji Yamase	MF
	Kisho Yano	FW
	Ryoichi Maeda	FW
	Akira Kaji	DF

Kits

Japan 1st Kit

Japan 1st Alt

Japan 2nd Kit

External links

• Japan Football Association