Japan national football team results (1970–1979)

This article lists the results for the Japan national football team between 1970 and 1979.

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition	Ref
31 July 1970	Hong Kong	L	1–2	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament	^[1]
2 August 1970	South Korea	D	1–1	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament	^[2]
4 August 1970	Thailand	D	0–0	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament	^[3]
8 August 1970	Indonesia	W	4–3	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament	^[4]
10 August 1970	Singapore	W	4–0	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament	^[5]
16 August 1970	Republic of China	W	3–2	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament	^[6]
10 December 1970	Malaysia	W	1–0	Bangkok, Thailand	1970 Asian Games Football	^[7]
12 December 1970	Khmer Republic	W	1–0	Bangkok, Thailand	1970 Asian Games Football	^[8]
14 December 1970	Burma	W	2–1	Bangkok, Thailand	1970 Asian Games Football	^[9]
16 December 1970	Indonesia	W	2–1	Bangkok, Thailand	1970 Asian Games Football	^[10]
17 December 1970	India	W	1–0	Bangkok, Thailand	1970 Asian Games Football	^[11]
18 December 1970	South Korea	L	1–2	Bangkok, Thailand	1970 Asian Games Football	^[12]
19 December 1970	India	L	0–1	Bangkok, Thailand	1970 Asian Games Football	^[13]

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition
28 July 1971	Denmark	L	2-3	Copenhagen, Denmark	International Friendly
6 August 1971	Republic of China	W	2–0¹	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
9 August 1971	Malaysia	L	1–4¹	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
12 August 1971	South Korea	L	0–3¹	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
13 August 1971	Iceland	W	2–0	Reykjavík, Iceland	International Friendly
16 August 1971	Thailand	W	3–2¹	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
17 August 1971	South Vietnam	L	0–2¹	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
21 August 1971	India	W	1–0¹	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
23 September 1971	Malaysia	L	0–3¹	Seoul, South Korea	1972 Olympic Games Qualification
27 September 1971	Philippines	W	8–1¹	Seoul, South Korea	1972 Olympic Games Qualification
29 September 1971	Republic of China	W	5–1¹	Seoul, South Korea	1972 Olympic Games Qualification
2 October 1971	South Korea	L	1–2¹	Seoul, South Korea	1972 Olympic Games Qualification
1:Not recognized by FIFA.

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition
12 July 1972	Khmer Republic	W	4–1	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
16 July 1972	Sri Lanka	W	5–0	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
18 July 1972	Philippines	W	5–1	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
22 July 1972	Malaysia	L	1–3	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
26 July 1972	South Korea	L	0–3	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
4 August 1972	Philippines	W	4–1	Singapore	Pesta Sukan tournament
6 August 1972	Indonesia	L	0–1	Singapore	Pesta Sukan tournament
14 September 1972	South Korea	D	2–2	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	International Friendly

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition
16 May 1973	Israel	L	1–2	Seoul, South Korea	1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)
20 May 1973	South Vietnam	W	4–0	Seoul, South Korea	1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)
22 May 1973	Hong Kong	L	0–1	Seoul, South Korea	1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)
26 May 1973	Israel	L	0–1	Seoul, South Korea	1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)
23 June 1973	South Korea	L	0–2	Seoul, South Korea	International Friendly

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition
12 February 1974	Singapore	W	1–0	Singapore	International Friendly
20 February 1974	Hong Kong	D	0–0	Hong Kong	International Friendly
23 July 1974	Romania	L	1–4	Constanta, Romania	International Friendly
3 September 1974	Philippines	W	4–0	Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran, Iran	1974 Asian Games Football
5 September 1974	Malaysia	D	1–1	Persepolis Stadium, Tehran, Iran	1974 Asian Games Football
7 September 1974	Israel	L	0–3	Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran, Iran	1974 Asian Games Football
28 September 1974	South Korea	W	4–1	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	International Friendly

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