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On June 15, 2007 Japan Football Association announced, it had checked Japan matches, and changed the count and recognition. According to this decision, Japan has played in these times, till the game, on 2007/06/05, against Colombia: Japan National Team's Matches - 1017 games; Its International A-Matches - 517 games
This article provides details of international football games played by the Japan national football team from 2020 to present. [1] [2] [3] Results. Key Win Draw
Japan made their seventh and most recent appearance at the finals at the 2022 tournament in Qatar. In 2018, Japan became the first ever Asian nation to beat a side from South America, after they won 2–1 against Colombia in the group stage. The team has progressed to the round of 16 on four occasions, 2002 (as join-hosts), 2010, 2018 and 2022.
In October, Japan won 4-1 in Germany, the latest in a string of impressive results while South Korea has been struggling under new coach Jurgen Klinsmann, winning just one of six games this year.
The Japan national football team in 2023, managed by head coach Hajime Moriyasu, competed in different international friendly matches around the year both at home and abroad. The team participated in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers , with the first matches being played on November, according to the FIFA International Match Calendar .
Japan maintains a strong football rivalry with South Korea. Japan have met South Korea 80 times, trailing the statistic at 15 wins, 23 draws, and 42 losses, while scoring 73 goals and conceding 153. Since November 1991, when the Japan Professional Football League was launched, the record is almost even with 9 wins, 12 draws and 10 losses.
On Friday, Brazil topped Japan 4-3 with a last-minute goal by 19-year-old Priscila. After the two friendlies against Japan, Brazil will play Nicaragua on Wednesday in the Sao Paulo countryside ...
The United States heads to its first men's Olympic soccer tournament since 2008 off a performance it would rather forget. Shota Fujio converted a penalty kick in the sixth minute, Mao Hosoya added ...