2016 Japan national football team
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The Japan national football team in 2016, managed by head coach Vahid Halilhodžić compete in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round amongst international friendly matches at home.
Record
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| width=250| Competition
! width=30| {{Tooltip|GP|Games played}} ! width=30| {{Tooltip|W|Won}} ! width=30| {{Tooltip|D|Drew}} ! width=30| {{Tooltip|L|Lost}} ! width=30| {{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} ! width=30| {{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} ! width=30| {{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}} |
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| align="left"| 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
| 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 |
| align="left"| Kirin Cup
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 |
| Total
| 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 9 | +21 |
Kits
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Matches
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|date = 24 March
|time = 19:34 JST
|round = 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|JPN}}
|score = 5 – 0
|report = [http://www.jfa.jp/national_team/samuraiblue/worldcup2018_2nd_q/groupE/schedule_result/pdf/m17.pdf JFA Report]
|team2 = {{Fb|AFG|2013}}
|goals1 = Okazaki {{goal|43}}
Kiyotake {{goal|58}}
Mukhammad {{goal|63|o.g.}}
Yoshida {{goal|74}}
Kanazaki {{goal|78}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Saitama Stadium 2002
|location= {{flagicon|JPN}} Saitama, Japan
|attendance = 48,967
|referee = Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq)
|result = W
}}
{{Footballbox collapsible
|date = 29 March
|time = 19:34 JST
|round = 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 2
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|JPN}}
|score = 5 – 0
|report = [http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=9383&stageid=365&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary AFC Report]
|team2 = {{Fb|SYR}}
|goals1 = Al Masri {{goal|17|o.g.}}
Kagawa {{goal|66||90}}
Honda {{goal|86}}
Haraguchi {{goal|90+3}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Saitama Stadium 2002
|location= {{flagicon|JPN}} Saitama, Japan
|attendance = 57,475
|referee = Alireza Faghani (Iran)
|result = W
}}
{{Footballbox collapsible
|date = 3 June
|time = 19:42 JST
|round = Friendly (Kirin Cup Soccer 2016)
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|JPN}}
|score = 7 – 2
|report = [http://www.jfa.jp/national_team/samuraiblue/kirincupsoccer_2016/schedule_result/pdf/m02.pdf JFA Report]
|team2 = {{Fb|BUL}}
|goals1 = Okazaki {{goal|4}}
Kagawa {{goal|27||35}}
Yoshida {{goal|38||53}}
Usami {{goal|57}}
Asano {{goal|87|pen.}}
|goals2 = Aleksandrov {{goal|59}}
Chochev {{goal|82}}
|stadium = Toyota Stadium
|location= {{flagicon|JPN}} Toyota, Japan
|attendance = 41,940
|referee = Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
|result = W
}}
{{Footballbox collapsible
|date = 7 June
|time = 19:34 JST
|round = Friendly (Kirin Cup Soccer 2016)
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|JPN}}
|score = 1 – 2
|report = [http://www.jfa.jp/national_team/samuraiblue/kirincupsoccer_2016/schedule_result/pdf/m04.pdf JFA Report]
|team2 = {{Fb|BIH}}
|goals1 = Kiyotake {{goal|28}}
|goals2 = Đurić {{goal|29||66}}
|stadium = Suita City Football Stadium
|location= {{flagicon|JPN}} Suita, Japan
|attendance = 35,589
|referee = Jarred Gillett (Australia)
|result = L
}}
{{Footballbox collapsible
|date = 1 September
|time = 19:35 JST
|round = 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 3
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|JPN}}
|score = 1 – 2
|report = [http://www.jfa.jp/national_team/samuraiblue/worldcup2018_final_q/groupB/schedule_result/pdf/m02.pdf JFA Report]
|team2 = {{Fb|UAE}}
|goals1 = Honda {{goal|11}}
|goals2 = Khalil {{goal|20||54|pen.}}
|stadium = Saitama Stadium 2002
|location= {{flagicon|JPN}} Saitama, Japan
|attendance = 58,895
|referee = Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
|result = L
}}
{{Footballbox collapsible
|date = 6 September
|time = 19:15 UTC+7
|round = 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 3
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|THA}}
|score = 0 – 2
|report = [http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10231&stageid=404&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary AFC Report]
|team2 = {{Fb|JPN}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Haraguchi {{goal|19}}
Asano {{goal|75}}
|stadium = Rajamangala Stadium
|location= {{flagicon|THA}} Bangkok, Thailand
|attendance = 44,500
|referee = Mohsen Torky (Iran)
|result = W
}}
{{Footballbox collapsible
|date = 6 October
|time = 19:35 JST
|round = 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 3
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|JPN}}
|score = 2 – 1
|report = [http://www.jfa.jp/national_team/samuraiblue/worldcup2018_final_q/groupB/schedule_result/pdf/m09.pdf JFA Report]
|team2 = {{Fb|IRQ}}
|goals1 = Haraguchi {{goal|26}}
Yamaguchi {{goal|90+5}}
|goals2 = Abdul-Amir {{goal|60}}
|stadium = Saitama Stadium 2002
|location= {{flagicon|JPN}} Saitama, Japan
|attendance = 57,768
|referee = Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)
|result = W
}}
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|date = 11 October
|time = 20:00 UTC+11
|round = 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 3
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|AUS}}
|score = 1 – 1
|report = [http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10238&stageid=404&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary AFC Report]
|team2 = {{Fb|JPN}}
|goals1 = Jedinak {{goal|52|pen.}}
|goals2 = Haraguchi {{goal|5}}
|stadium = Docklands Stadium
|location= {{flagicon|AUS}} Melbourne, Australia
|attendance = 48,460
|referee = Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
|result = D
}}
{{Footballbox collapsible
|date = 11 November
|time = 19:23 JST
|round = Friendly (Kirin Challenge Cup 2016)
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|JPN}}
|score = 4 – 0
|report = [http://www.jfa.jp/national_team/samuraiblue/20161111/schedule_result/pdf/m01.pdf JFA Report]
|team2 = {{Fb|OMA}}
|goals1 = Osako {{goal|32||42}}
Kiyotake {{goal|64|pen.}}
Kobayashi {{goal|90+4}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Kashima Soccer Stadium
|location= {{flagicon|JPN}} Kashima, Japan
|attendance = 33,709
|referee = Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)
|result = W
}}
{{Footballbox collapsible
|date = 15 November
|time = 19:35 JST
|round = 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) round 3
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|JPN}}
|score = 2 – 1
|report = [http://www.jfa.jp/national_team/samuraiblue/worldcup2018_final_q/groupB/schedule_result/pdf/m15.pdf JFA Report]
|team2 = {{Fb|KSA}}
|goals1 = Kiyotake {{goal|45|pen.}}
Haraguchi {{goal|80}}
|goals2 = Om. Hawsawi {{goal|90}}
|stadium = Saitama Stadium 2002
|location= {{flagicon|JPN}} Saitama, Japan
|attendance = 58,420
|referee = Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
|result = W
}}
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Players statistics
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| 2015 | 03.24 | 03.29 | 06.03 | 06.07 | 09.01 | 09.06 | 10.06 | 10.11 | 11.11 | 11.15 | 2016 | Total | |
| Shinji Okazaki | 98(47) | O(1) | O | O(1) | O | O| | |||||||
| |O| | |||||||||||||
| |O | O | 8(2) | 106(49) | ||||||||||
| Makoto Hasebe | 95(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O| | ||||
| |O | 9(0) | 104(2) | |||||||||||
| Yuto Nagatomo | 86(3) | O | O | O | O| | ||||||||
| |O | 5(0) | 91(3) | |||||||||||
| Keisuke Honda | 79(34)| | ||||||||||||
| |O(1)| | |||||||||||||
| |O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | 7(2) | 86(36) | ||||||
| Shinji Kagawa | 77(23) | O | O(2) | O(2)| | |||||||||
| |O | O| | ||||||||||||
| |O| | |||||||||||||
| |O | 7(4) | 84(27) | |||||||||||
| Eiji Kawashima | 71(0)| | ||||||||||||
| |O| | |||||||||||||
| |1(0) | 72(0) | ||||||||||||
| Maya Yoshida | 61(6) | O(1) | O | O(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 10(3) | 71(9) |
| Hiroshi Kiyotake | 33(1) | O(1) | O | O | O(1) | O| | |||||||
| |O | O | O(1) | O(1) | 9(4) | 42(5) | ||||||||
| Masato Morishige | 29(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 10(0) | 39(2) |
| Hiroki Sakai | 25(0) | O| | |||||||||||
| |O| | |||||||||||||
| |O | O | O| | |||||||||||
| |O | O | 7(0) | 32(0) | ||||||||||
| Gotoku Sakai | 25(0)| | ||||||||||||
| |O| | |||||||||||||
| |O | O | O | O | O | O| | ||||||||
| |7(0) | 32(0) | ||||||||||||
| Hotaru Yamaguchi | 24(1)| | ||||||||||||
| |O| | |||||||||||||
| |O | O(1) | O | O | O | 6(1) | 30(2) | |||||||
| Shusaku Nishikawa | 23(0)| | ||||||||||||
| |O| | |||||||||||||
| |O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 8(0) | 31(0) | |||||
| Tomoaki Makino | 22(2)| | ||||||||||||
| |O| | |||||||||||||
| |O| | |||||||||||||
| |2(0) | 24(2) | ||||||||||||
| Yoshinori Muto | 18(2)| | ||||||||||||
| |O| | |||||||||||||
| |1(0) | 19(2) | ||||||||||||
| Mike Havenaar | 17(4) | O| | |||||||||||
| |1(0) | 18(4) | ||||||||||||
| Yuya Osako | 15(3)| | ||||||||||||
| |O(2) | O | 2(2) | 17(5) | ||||||||||
| Takashi Usami | 13(2)| | ||||||||||||
| |O | O(1) | O | O | O| | |||||||||
| |5(1) | 18(3) | ||||||||||||
| Genki Haraguchi | 11(1) | O | O(1) | O| | |||||||||
| |O | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O | O(1) | 9(5) | 20(6) | ||||||
| Yosuke Kashiwagi | 7(0) | O| | |||||||||||
| |O | O| | ||||||||||||
| |O| | |||||||||||||
| |4(0) | 11(0) | ||||||||||||
| Mu Kanazaki | 6(1) | O(1) | O | O | O| | ||||||||
| |4(1) | 10(2) | ||||||||||||
| Manabu Saito | 5(1)| | ||||||||||||
| |O| | |||||||||||||
| |1(0) | 6(1) | ||||||||||||
| Wataru Endo | 5(0)| | ||||||||||||
| |O | O| | ||||||||||||
| |2(0) | 7(0) | ||||||||||||
| Takuma Asano | 3(0)| | ||||||||||||
| |O(1) | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O| | |||||||
| |7(2) | 10(2) | ||||||||||||
| Yu Kobayashi | 2(0) | O| | |||||||||||
| |O | O| | ||||||||||||
| |O | O | O| | |||||||||||
| |6(0) | 8(0) | ||||||||||||
| Masaaki Higashiguchi | 1(0) | O| | |||||||||||
| |1(0) | 2(0) | ||||||||||||
| Gen Shoji | 1(0)| | ||||||||||||
| |O| | |||||||||||||
| |1(0) | 2(0) | ||||||||||||
| Yuki Kobayashi | 0(0)| | ||||||||||||
| |O| | |||||||||||||
| |O(1)| | |||||||||||||
| |2(1) | 2(1) | ||||||||||||
| Yuichi Maruyama | 0(0)| | ||||||||||||
| |O | O| | ||||||||||||
| |2(0) | 2(0) | ||||||||||||
| Yuya Kubo | 0(0)| | ||||||||||||
| |O | O | 2(0) | 2(0) | ||||||||||
| Ryota Oshima | 0(0)| | ||||||||||||
| |O| | |||||||||||||
| |1(0) | 1(0) | ||||||||||||
| Ryota Nagaki | 0(0)| | ||||||||||||
| |O| | |||||||||||||
| |1(0) | 1(0) |
Goalscorers
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| Player
! 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) ! Total Goals |
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| Shinji Okazaki
| 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hiroshi Kiyotake
| 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Own Goal
| 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Maya Yoshida
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Mu Kanazaki
| 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shinji Kagawa
| 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Keisuke Honda
| 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Genki Haraguchi
| 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Takashi Usami
| 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Takuma Asano
| 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hotaru Yamaguchi
| 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yuya Osako
| 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Yuki Kobayashi
| 0 | 1 | 1 |
External links
- [http://www.jfa.jp/ Japan Football Association]
{{Japan national football team yearly records}}
{{2016 in Japanese football}}
Category:Japan national football team results