Japan

fixtures

31/03/26

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Global stats in WC Qualification Asia

Appearances 15
Goals for 51
Penalty goal 2

Goals against 3
Yellow 8
Red 0

80%

12 win

13%

2 draws

7%

1 Loss

2.53 Points/match

Main formation

Starting eleven

3-4-2-1 11 matches this season

Top players

Top scorer

8

K. Ogawa 6
D. Kamada 5

Top assist

10

T. Kubo 8
K. Mitoma 3

Venue

National Olympic Stadium

National Olympic Stadium - Tōkyō (Tokyo)

Year of construction: 1958
Surface: grass
Capacity: 57363

Other national teams

Information

Type selection male
Names Japan
Code JPN
Area Japan

Japan on Football Today

Get all the necessary information about the Japan club: live results, lineups one hour before kick-off and the full schedule of the team for the 2026/2027 season of WC Qualification Asia.

Japan match result

The next match is England vs Japan and kicks-off at 19:45 on the Tuesday 31 March 2026 as part of the of Friendlies.

Main players

Ayase Ueda is the top scorer with 8 goals.

Junya Ito has the most assists with 10 goal assists.

The full squad is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Tomoki Hayakawa, Zion Suzuki, Keisuke Osako, Leo Brian Kokubo and Taishi Brandon Nozawa

Defenders: Daiki Hashioka, Yukinari Sugawara, Shogo Taniguchi, Ko Itakura, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Yuto Nagatomo, Hiroki Sekine, Tomoya Ando, Ayumu Seko, Hayato Araki and Junnosuke Suzuki

Midfielders: Kota Takai, Wataru Endo, Kaoru Mitoma, Joel Chima Fujita, Takumi Minamino, Shuto Machino, Ritsu Dōan, Yu Hirakawa, Yuito Suzuki, Ryunosuke Sato, Junya Ito, Shunsuke Mito, Ao Tanaka, Takefusa Kubo, Kota Tawaratsumida, Koki Kumasaka and Kaishu Sano

Strikers: Daizen Maeda, Keito Nakamura, Daichi Kamada, Ayase Ueda, Koki Ogawa, Mao Hosoya, Sota Kitano, Koki Saito and Keisuke Goto

Japan schedule & next match

Following England vs Japan, the next match will be Netherlands vs Japan on Sunday 14 June 2026. The manager Hajime Moriyasu will unveil its strategy and the match sheet a few hours ahead of the fixture. The team generally starts with a 3-4-2-1 starting 11

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2026

March 2026

Tuesday 31/03

19:45

June 2026

Sunday 14/06

21:00

Sunday 21/06

05:00

Friday 26/06

UKR/SWE/POL/ALB

00:00

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2nd Round - Group B

General Home Away

	#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	1	Japan	18	6	6	0	0	24	0	24
	2	Korea DPR	9	6	3	0	3	11	7	4
	3	Syria	7	6	2	1	3	9	12	-3
	4	Myanmar	1	6	0	1	5	3	28	-25

Next Round

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Japan	9	3	3	0	0	11	0	11
2	Syria	6	3	2	0	1	8	5	3
3	Korea DPR	6	3	2	0	1	5	4	1
4	Myanmar	1	3	0	1	2	2	12	-10

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Japan	9	3	3	0	0	13	0	13
2	Korea DPR	3	3	1	0	2	6	3	3
3	Syria	1	3	0	1	2	1	7	-6
4	Myanmar	0	3	0	0	3	1	16	-15

3rd Round - Group C

General Home Away

	#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	1	Japan	23	10	7	2	1	30	3	27
	2	Australia	19	10	5	4	1	16	7	9
	3	Saudi Arabia	13	10	3	4	3	7	8	-1
	4	Indonesia	12	10	3	3	4	9	20	-11
	5	China PR	9	10	3	0	7	7	20	-13
	6	Bahrain	6	10	1	3	6	5	16	-11

World Cup
Next Round

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Japan	11	5	3	2	0	16	1	15
2	Australia	10	5	3	1	1	9	3	6
3	Indonesia	10	5	3	1	1	4	4	0
4	China PR	6	5	2	0	3	5	8	-3
5	Saudi Arabia	5	5	1	2	2	3	5	-2
6	Bahrain	2	5	0	2	3	4	12	-8

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Japan	12	5	4	0	1	14	2	12
2	Australia	9	5	2	3	0	7	4	3
3	Saudi Arabia	8	5	2	2	1	4	3	1
4	Bahrain	4	5	1	1	3	1	4	-3
5	China PR	3	5	1	0	4	2	12	-10
6	Indonesia	2	5	0	2	3	5	16	-11

Advanced standings WC Qualification Asia

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Squad Main formation

Manager

Hajime Moriyasu

57 years - 40 official matches

73%

29 win

13%

5 draws

15%

6 Losses

Overall

Squad size 42
Average age 25.8
Foreign players 0 (0%)
Injured players 3

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Strikers

Japan 3-4-2-1

- 1 Z. Suzuki
- 15 D. Kamada
- 20 T. Kubo
- 18 A. Ueda

Starting 11 calculated from 11 matches of WC Qualification Asia

Other formations used in WC Qualification Asia

4-2-3-1 3 time
3-4-3 1 time

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Team stats Player stats

Global stats

Appearances 15
Goals for 51
Penalty goal 2

Goals against 3
Yellow 8
Red 0

80%

12 win

13%

2 draws

7%

1 Loss

2.53 Points/match

Tables

1.

23 pts

1.

11 pts

1.

12 pts

Current form

Goal types (51 scored)

From inside box

45

88%

Right foot

21

41%

Left foot

15

29%

Headed

12

24%

From outside box

6

12%

Own accrued

3

6%

Penalty

2

4%

Set pieces

0

0%

Goals scored and conceded per match

Final Time

Total Home Away

None

2

12

At least 1

13

3

More than 1.5

11

0

More than 2.5

9

0

More than 3.5

8

0

More than 4.5

7

0

Number of matches (Goals scored)
Number of matches (Goals conceded)

Stats for 15 matches already played

None

1

7

At least 1

7

1

More than 1.5

5

0

More than 2.5

4

0

More than 3.5

4

0

More than 4.5

4

0

Number of matches (Goals scored)
Number of matches (Goals conceded)

Stats for 8 matches already played

None

1

5

At least 1

6

2

More than 1.5

6

0

More than 2.5

5

0

More than 3.5

4

0

More than 4.5

3

0

Number of matches (Goals scored)
Number of matches (Goals conceded)

Stats for 7 matches already played

Goals scored and conceded per time segments

Total Home Away

0-15 min.

6

0

16-30 min.

5

0

31-45+ min.

12

0

46-60 min.

9

2

61-75 min.

6

0

76-90+ min.

13

1

0-45+ min.

23

0

46-90+ min.

28

3

Number of matches (Goals scored)
Number of matches (Goals conceded)

First goal scored on average 28'
Last goal scored on average 74'
Number of matches - at least 1 goal scored 13
First goal conceded on average 66'
Last goal conceded on average 66'
Number of matches - at least 1 goal conceded 3

0-15 min.

5

0

16-30 min.

4

0

31-45+ min.

3

0

46-60 min.

5

1

61-75 min.

2

0

76-90+ min.

8

0

0-45+ min.

12

0

46-90+ min.

15

1

Number of matches (Goals scored)
Number of matches (Goals conceded)

First goal scored on average 28'
Last goal scored on average 72'
Number of matches - at least 1 goal scored 7
First goal conceded on average 58'
Last goal conceded on average 58'
Number of matches - at least 1 goal conceded 1

0-15 min.

1

0

16-30 min.

1

0

31-45+ min.

9

0

46-60 min.

4

1

61-75 min.

4

0

76-90+ min.

5

1

0-45+ min.

11

0

46-90+ min.

13

2

Number of matches (Goals scored)
Number of matches (Goals conceded)

First goal scored on average 29'
Last goal scored on average 76'
Number of matches - at least 1 goal scored 6
First goal conceded on average 70'
Last goal conceded on average 70'
Number of matches - at least 1 goal conceded 2

Stats exact scores

1st half

Final Time
5 - 0 2 (25%)
7 - 0 1 (13%)
6 - 0 1 (13%)
2 - 0 1 (13%)
1 - 0 1 (13%)
1 - 1 1 (13%)
0 - 0 1 (13%)

1st half

Final Time
0 - 5 3 (43%)
0 - 4 1 (14%)
1 - 3 1 (14%)
0 - 2 1 (14%)
1 - 0 1 (14%)

Goal

Goals per game

1. Japan

3.4

2. Korea Rep 2.5
3. Australia 2.4
4. Iran 2.2
Tournament average 1.6

Full table

Penalty Goals per game

13. Japan

0.1

1. Syria 0.3
2. Indonesia 0.3
2. Jordan 0.3
Tournament average 0.3

Full table

Attacking

Shots On Target ( inc goals ) per game

1. Japan

6.9

2. Thailand 5.8
3. Korea Rep 5.7
4. Qatar 5
Tournament average 3.3

Full table

Successful Dribbles per game

3. Japan

6.5

1. Saudi Arabia 8.1
2. Australia 7.4
4. Lebanon 6.3
Tournament average 6.1

Full table

Passing

Possession Percentage (%)

15. Japan

68%

1. Bhutan 40%
2. Laos 33%
3. Sri Lanka 25%
Tournament average 42.76%

Full table

Passing Accuracy (%)

21. Japan

88%

1. Bhutan 100%
1. Laos 100%
1. Sri Lanka 100%
Tournament average 81.79%

Full table

Crossing Accuracy (%)

12. Japan

29%

1. Philippines 25%
2. Lebanon 16%
3. Pakistan 27%
Tournament average 22.45%

Full table

Defending

Duels won per game

3. Japan

48.3

1. Saudi Arabia 53.9
2. Qatar 48.7
4. China PR 48
Tournament average 47.1

Full table

Tackles Won per game

6. Japan

9.3

1. Saudi Arabia 12.3
2. Kuwait 10.3
3. Qatar 9.8
Tournament average 10.3

Full table

Foul

Yellow Cards per game

44. Japan

0.5

1. Guam 3.5
2. Sri Lanka 3
3. Vietnam 2.8
Tournament average 1.7

Full table

Total Red Cards per game

22. Japan

0

1. Guam 0.5
1. Maldives 0.5
1. Mongolia 0.5
Tournament average 0.2

Full table

Goalkeeper

Goals Conceded per game

46. Japan

0.2

1. Brunei 6
2. Myanmar 3.6
3. Timor-Leste 3.5
Tournament average 1.4

Full table

Goal

Goals

1. A. Ueda

8

2. K. Ogawa 6
3. D. Kamada 5
4. T. Kubo 4

Penalty Goals

1. A. Ueda

1

1. Y. Soma 1

Passing

Goal Assists

1. J. Ito

10

2. T. Kubo 8
3. K. Mitoma 3
3. R. Doan 3

Total Passes per game

1. H. Sekine

92

2. S. Maikuma 90
3. Y. Nakayama 87
4. S. Taniguchi 85.1

Key Passes (Attempt Assists) per game

1. S. Maikuma

4

2. T. Kubo 2.1
3. J. Fujita 2
3. Y. Nakayama 2

Attacking

Successful Dribbles per game

1. Y. Hirakawa

5

2. K. Nakamura 1.5
2. K. Tawaratsumida 1.5
4. D. Hashioka 1

Touches per game

1. S. Maikuma

112

2. H. Sekine 108
3. Y. Nakayama 104
4. J. Suzuki 98

Defending

Duels won per game

1. Y. Hirakawa

9

Aerial Duels won per game

1. T. Watanabe

5.5

2. Y. Nakayama 5
3. S. Maikuma 4
4. A. Seko 3.5

Tackles Won per game

1. J. Suzuki

4

2. H. Sekine 2
2. K. Sano 2
2. S. Mito 2

Interceptions per game

1. H. Ito

1.5

1. T. Watanabe 1.5
3. A. Tanaka 1.3
4. K. Itakura 1.3

Foul

Total Fouls Won per game

1. Y. Hirakawa

3

2. S. Maikuma 2
2. Y. Soma 2
4. A. Ueda 1.4

Total Fouls Conceded per game

1. J. Fujita

2

1. Y. Hirakawa 2
3. A. Seko 1.8
4. K. Mitoma 1.6

Goalkeeper

Saves Made per game

1. Z. Suzuki

1.2

2. K. Tani 1
3. D. Maekawa 0.5

Main

Games Played

1. D. Kamada

12

1. R. Doan 12
1. T. Minamino 12
4. K. Itakura 11

Starts

1. K. Itakura

10

1. R. Doan 10
1. T. Minamino 10
1. W. Endo 10