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2008 Japan national football team

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This page records the details of the matches played by the Japan national football team during 2008. In 2008 the Japan national football team competed in the third and fourth round of the AFC 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifications, the 2008 East Asian Cup Final, and the 2008 Kirin Cup, amongst other friendly matches.{{cite web |url=http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/national_team/match_record/index.html |title=Japan Football Association record of Japan international A matches |publisher=Japan Football Association}}

Schedule

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!style="background:#0070FF;"|Date

!style="background:#0070FF;"|Opponent

!style="background:#0070FF;"|Result

!style="background:#0070FF;"|Score

!style="background:#0070FF;"|Venue

!style="background:#0070FF;"|Competition

!style="background:#0070FF;"|Japan Goal Scorers

!style="background:#0070FF;"|Match Report

January 26

|align="left"|{{fb|CHI}}

|D

|0–0

|National Stadium, Tokyo

|Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup)

|align="left"|

|[http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/national_team/match_report/pdf/20080126_JPNvsCHI_E.pdf]

January 30

|align="left"|{{fb|BIH}}

|W

|3–0

|National Stadium, Tokyo

|Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup)

|align="left"|Nakazawa 68'
Yamase 83' 88'

|[http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/national_team/match_report/pdf/20080130_JPNvsBIH_E.pdf]

February 6

|align="left"|{{fb|THA}}

|W

|align="center"|4–1

|Saitama Stadium, Saitama

|2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification (AFC) – third round

|align="left"|Endo 21'
Okubo 54'
Nakazawa 66'
Maki 91'

|[http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/national_team/match_report/pdf/20080206_JPNvsTHA_E.pdf]

February 17

|align="left"|{{fb|PRK}}

|D

|1–1

|Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing, China

|East Asian Cup

|align="left"|Maeda 69'

|[http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/national_team/match_report/pdf/20080217_JPNvsPRK_E.pdf]

February 20

|align="left"|{{fb|CHN}}

|W

|1–0

|Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing, China

|East Asian Cup

|align="left"|Yamase 17'

|[http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/national_team/match_report/pdf/20080220_JPNvsCHN_E.pdf]

February 23

|align="left"|{{fb|KOR|1997}}

|D

|1–1

|Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing, China

|East Asian Cup

|align="left"|Yamase 68'

|[http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/national_team/match_report/pdf/20080223_JPNvsKOR_E.pdf]

March 26

|align="left"|{{fb|BHR}}

|L

|0–1

|National Stadium, Madinat 'Isa, Bahrain

|2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification (AFC) – third round

|align="left"|

|[http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/national_team/match_report/pdf/20080326_JPNvsBHR_E.pdf]

May 24

|align="left"|{{fb|CIV}}

|W

|1–0

|Toyota Stadium, Toyota

|Kirin Cup

|align="left"|Tamada 21'

|[http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/national_team/match_report/pdf/20080524_JPNvsCIV_E.pdf]

May 27

|align="left"|{{fb|PAR|1990}}

|D

|0–0

|Saitama Stadium, Saitama

|Kirin Cup

|align="left"|

|[http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/national_team/match_report/pdf/20080527_JPNvsPAR_E.pdf]

June 2

|align="left"|{{fb|OMA}}

|W

|3–0

|International Stadium, Yokohama

|2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification (AFC) – third round

|align="left"|Nakazawa 10'
Okubo 22'
S.Nakamura 49'

|[http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/national_team/match_report/pdf/20080602_JPNvsOMA_E.pdf]

align="center"|June 7

|align="left"|{{fb|OMA}}

|D

|1–1

|Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat, Oman

|2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification (AFC) – third round

|align="left"|Endo 53'

|[http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/national_team/match_report/pdf/20080607_JPNvsOMA_E.pdf]

June 14

|align="left"|{{fb|THA}}

|W

|3–0

|Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand

|2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification (AFC) – third round

|align="left"|Tulio 23'
Nakazawa 39'
K.Nakamura 88'

|[http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/national_team/match_report/pdf/20080614_JPNvsTHA_E.pdf]

June 22

|align="left"|{{fb|BHR}}

|W

|1–0

|Saitama Stadium, Saitama

|2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification (AFC) – third round

|align="left"|Uchida 89'

|[http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/national_team/match_report/pdf/20080622_JPNvsBHR_E.pdf]

August 20

|align="left"|{{fb|URU}}

|L

|1–3

|Sapporo Dome, Sapporo

|Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup)

|align="left"|Own goal 48'

|[http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/national_team/match_report/pdf/20080820_JPNvsURU_E.pdf]

September 6

|align="left"|{{fb|BHR}}

|W

|3–2

|National Stadium, Madinat 'Isa, Bahrain

|2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification (AFC) – fourth round

|align="left"|S.Nakamura 18'
Endo 44'
K.Nakamura 85'

|[http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/national_team/match_report/pdf/20080906_JPNvsBHR_E.pdf]

October 9

|align="left"|{{fb|UAE}}

|D

|1–1

|Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium, Niigata

|Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup)

|align="left"|Kagawa 72'

|[http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/national_team/match_report/pdf/20081009_JPNvsUAE_E.pdf]

October 15

|align="left"|{{fb|UZB}}

|D

|1–1

|Saitama Stadium, Saitama

|2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification (AFC) – fourth round

|align="left"|Tamada 40'

|[http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/national_team/match_report/pdf/20081015_JPNvsUZB_E.pdf]

November 13

|align="left"|{{fb|SYR}}

|W

|3–1

|Home's Stadium Kobe, Kobe

|Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup)

|align="left"|Nagatomo 3'
Tamada 26'
Okubo 62'

|[http://samuraiblue.jp/timeline/20081113/20081113result.pdf]

November 19

|align="left"|{{fb|QAT}}

|W

|3–0

|Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar

|2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification (AFC) – fourth round

|align="left"|T.Tanaka 19'
Tamada 47'
Tulio 68'

|[http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/national_team/match_report/pdf/20081119_JPNvsQAT_E.pdf]

Players statistics

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|Player|

200701.2601.3002.0602.1702.2002.2303.2605.2405.2706.0206.0706.1406.2208.2009.0610.0910.1511.1311.192008Total
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi110(0)O|
|O|
|OO|
|OO6(0)116(0)
Shunsuke Nakamura73(20)|
|OO(1)OOO|
|O(1)OO|
|O9(2)82(22)
Junichi Inamoto68(4)|
|OO|
|2(0)70(4)
Yuji Nakazawa66(11)OO(1)O(1)OOOOO|
|O(1)OO(1)OOOOO|
|16(4)82(15)
Akira Kaji60(2)O|
|OOO|
|4(0)64(2)
Yasuhito Endo57(4)OOO(1)OOOOOOOO(1)OO|
|O(1)|
|O|
|O16(3)73(7)
Shinji Ono55(6)|
|O|
|1(0)56(6)
Naohiro Takahara53(23)OOO|
|O|
|4(0)57(23)
Seigo Narazaki51(0)|
|O|
|O|
|OOOOOOOOOO|
|12(0)63(0)
Keiji Tamada41(9)|
|OO(1)|
|OOOOOOOO(1)O(1)O(1)12(4)53(13)
Yuichi Komano27(0)OOOOO|
|OOOOOO|
|O|
|O|
|13(0)40(0)
Seiichiro Maki26(7)OOO(1)|
|O|
|OO|
|O|
|O|
|O|
|9(1)35(8)
Yuki Abe24(2)OOO|
|O|
|O|
|OO|
|OO|
|9(0)33(2)
Masashi Oguro21(5)|
|O|
|1(0)22(5)
Yoshito Okubo21(2)OOO(1)|
|OOOO(1)O|
|OOO(1)O12(3)33(5)
Keita Suzuki20(0)OOOOOOO|
|O|
|8(0)28(0)
Hisato Sato19(3)|
|OOOO|
|OO6(0)25(3)
Kengo Nakamura16(1)OOO|
|OOO|
|O|
|O(1)OOO(1)O|
|O|
|13(2)29(3)
Yasuyuki Konno14(0)|
|O|
|OOOOOOOOO|
|O|
|O|
|12(0)26(0)
Naotake Hanyu12(0)OOOOO|
|5(0)17(0)
Marcus Tulio Tanaka9(2)|
|OOOOO(1)O|
|O|
|OOO(1)10(2)19(4)
Tatsuya Tanaka8(1)|
|OO|
|OO(1)4(1)12(2)
Satoru Yamagishi8(0)O|
|O|
|O|
|3(0)11(0)
Kisho Yano7(1)O|
|O|
|O|
|OO|
|5(0)12(1)
Daisuke Matsui6(1)|
|OOOOO|
|O|
|O7(0)13(1)
Makoto Hasebe6(0)|
|OOOOO|
|OOOO|
|O10(0)16(0)
Hideo Hashimoto4(0)|
|OO|
|2(0)6(0)
Ryuji Bando3(2)|
|OOO|
|O|
|4(0)7(2)
Koji Yamase2(1)OO(2)O|
|O(1)O(1)O|
|O|
|O|
|OO|
|10(4)12(5)
Ryoichi Maeda2(1)|
|O(1)|
|1(1)3(2)
Hiroki Mizumoto2(0)|
|O|
|1(0)3(0)
Atsuto Uchida0(0)OOOOOO|
|OOO(1)|
|OOOOO14(1)14(1)
Yuto Nagatomo0(0)|
|OOO|
|O|
|O|
|O(1)O7(1)7(1)
Shinji Kagawa0(0)|
|O|
|O|
|O|
|O(1)OO|
|6(1)6(1)
Michihiro Yasuda0(0)|
|OOOO|
|O|
|5(0)5(0)
Shuhei Terada0(0)|
|O|
|O|
|OO4(0)4(0)
Shinji Okazaki0(0)|
|OOOO4(0)4(0)
Yuzo Tashiro0(0)|
|OOO|
|3(0)3(0)
Kazumichi Takagi0(0)|
|O|
|O|
|O|
|3(0)3(0)
Shinzo Koroki0(0)|
|OO|
|2(0)2(0)
Eiji Kawashima0(0)|
|O|
|1(0)1(0)
Keisuke Honda0(0)|
|O|
|1(0)1(0)
Takeshi Aoki0(0)|
|O|
|1(0)1(0)

Top goal scorers for 2008

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!style="background:#0070FF;"|Rank

!style="background:#0070FF;"|Name

!style="background:#0070FF;"|Position

!style="background:#0070FF;"|Goals

!style="background:#0070FF;"|Matches

rowspan="3"|1

|align="left"|Koji Yamase

|MF

|rowspan="3"|4

|9

align="left"|Keiji Tamada

|FW

|12

align="left"|Yuji Nakazawa

|DF

|16

rowspan="2"|4

|align="left"|Yoshito Okubo

|FW

|rowspan="2"|3

|12

align="left"|Yasuhito Endo

|MF

|16

rowspan="3"|6

|align="left"|Shunsuke Nakamura

|MF

|rowspan="3"|2

|9

align="left"|Kengo Nakamura

|MF

|10

align="left"|Marcus Tulio Tanaka

|DF

|10

rowspan="1"|9

|align="left"|7 players

|

|rowspan="1"|1

|

Kits

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|socks = 0073E5

|title = Japan 1st Kit

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Coach

References

External links

  • [http://www.jfa.jp/ Japan Football Association]

{{Japan national football team yearly records}}

{{2008 in Japanese football}}

Category:Japan national football team results

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