2009 Japan national football team

This page records the details of the matches played by the Japan national football team during 2009. In 2009 the Japan national football team competed in the fourth round of the AFC 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifications, the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification, and the 2009 Kirin Cup, amongst other friendly matches.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition	Japan Goal Scorers	Match Report
20 January	Yemen	W	2–1	KKWing Stadium, Kumamoto, Japan	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Okazaki 7' Tatsuya Tanaka 66'
28 January	Bahrain	L	0–1	National Stadium, Madinat 'Isa, Bahrain	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
4 February	Finland	W	5–1	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Friendly Match (2009 Kirin Challenge Cup)	Okazaki 15', 32' Kagawa 44' Nakazawa 57' Yasuda 86'
11 February	Australia	D	0–0	International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
28 March	Bahrain	W	1–0	Saitama Stadium, Saitama, Japan	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	S. Nakamura 47'
27 May	Chile	W	4–0	Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan	2009 Kirin Cup	Okazaki 20', 24' Abe 52' Honda 90+2'
31 May	Belgium	W	4–0	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	2009 Kirin Cup	Nagatomo 21' K. Nakamura 23' Okazaki 60' Yano 77'
6 June	Uzbekistan	W	1–0	Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	Okazaki 9'
10 June	Qatar	D	1–1	International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	( 3' (o.g.))
17 June	Australia	L	1–2	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	Tulio 39'
5 September	Netherlands	L	0–3	De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands	Friendly Match
9 September	Ghana	W	4–3	Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands	Friendly Match	K. Nakamura 53' Tamada 78' Okazaki 79' Inamoto 83'
8 October	Hong Kong	W	6–0	Outsourcing Stadium, Shizuoka, Japan	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Okazaki 17', 74', 76' Nagatomo 28' Nakazawa 50' Túlio 67'
10 October	Scotland	W	2–0	International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan	Friendly Match (2009 Kirin Challenge Cup)	( 82' (o.g.)) Honda 90'
14 October	Togo	W	5–0	Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan	Friendly Match (2009 Kirin Challenge Cup)	Okazaki 5', 8', 65' Morimoto 11' Honda 85'
14 November	South Africa	D	0–0	Nelson Mandela Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa	Friendly Match
18 November	Hong Kong	W	4–0	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Hasebe 32' Satō 74' S. Nakamura 84' Okazaki 90+1' (pen.)

Players statistics

Player	-2008	01.20	01.28	02.04	02.11	03.28	05.27	05.31	06.06	06.10	06.17	09.05	09.09	10.08	10.10	10.14	11.14	11.18	2009	Total
Shunsuke Nakamura	82(22)	-	-	-	O	O(1)	-	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	-	O	O	O(1)	11(2)	93(24)
Yuji Nakazawa	82(15)	-	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O(1)	-	O	O	O	14(2)	96(17)
Yasuhito Endo	73(7)	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	12(0)	85(7)
Junichi Inamoto	70(4)	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	-	O	-	O	-	4(1)	74(5)
Seigo Narazaki	63(0)	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6(0)	69(0)
Keiji Tamada	53(13)	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	O(1)	O	-	-	-	-	10(1)	63(14)
Yuichi Komano	40(0)	O	-	O	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	O	O	9(0)	49(0)
Seiichiro Maki	35(8)	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	38(8)
Yoshito Okubo	33(5)	-	-	-	O	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	9(0)	42(5)
Yuki Abe	33(2)	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	O	-	-	O	8(1)	41(3)
Kengo Nakamura	29(3)	O	O	O	-	-	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O(1)	-	O	O	-	-	12(2)	41(5)
Yasuyuki Konno	26(0)	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	7(0)	33(0)
Hisato Sato	25(3)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	O(1)	3(1)	28(4)
Marcus Tulio Tanaka	19(4)	-	-	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O(1)	-	O	O	O	13(2)	32(6)
Makoto Hasebe	16(0)	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	-	O	O	O(1)	11(1)	27(1)
Atsuto Uchida	14(1)	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	13(0)	27(1)
Daisuke Matsui	13(1)	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	O	O	-	O	O	8(0)	21(1)
Tatsuya Tanaka	12(2)	O(1)	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4(1)	16(3)
Kisho Yano	12(1)	-	-	-	-	-	O	O(1)	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4(1)	16(2)
Yuto Nagatomo	7(1)	-	O	O	O	O	-	O(1)	O	-	O	O	O	O(1)	-	O	-	-	11(2)	18(3)
Shinji Kagawa	6(1)	O	O	O(1)	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4(1)	10(2)
Hideo Hashimoto	6(0)	-	-	O	-	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	7(0)	13(0)
Michihiro Yasuda	5(0)	-	-	O(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(1)	6(1)
Shinji Okazaki	4(0)	O(1)	O	O(2)	O	O	O(2)	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	O	O(1)	O(3)	-	O(3)	O	O(1)	16(15)	20(15)
Shuhei Terada	4(0)	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	6(0)
Ryoichi Maeda	3(2)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	2(0)	5(2)
Ryota Tsuzuki	3(0)	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	6(0)
Kazumichi Takagi	3(0)	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	5(0)
Shinzo Koroki	2(0)	O	O	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	O	-	8(0)	10(0)
Naohiro Ishikawa	2(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	2(0)	4(0)
Keisuke Honda	1(0)	-	O	-	-	-	O(1)	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	O(1)	O(1)	O	-	10(3)	11(3)
Eiji Kawashima	1(0)	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	7(0)	8(0)
Takeshi Aoki	1(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	2(0)
Yuhei Tokunaga	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	5(0)	5(0)
Takayuki Morimoto	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O(1)	-	-	2(1)	2(1)
Satoshi Yamaguchi	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	2(0)
Takashi Inui	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Mu Kanazaki	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Naoki Yamada	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Shusaku Nishikawa	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Daiki Iwamasa	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)

Top goal scorers for 2009

Rank	Name	Position	Goals	Matches
1	Shinji Okazaki	FW	15	16
2	Keisuke Honda	MF	3	10
3	Yuto Nagatomo	DF	2	11
	Shunsuke Nakamura	MF		11
	Kengo Nakamura	MF		12
	Yuji Nakazawa	DF		14
	Marcus Tulio Tanaka	DF		13
8	10 players		1

Kits

Japan's kits until October.

Japan 1st Kit

Japan 1st Alt

Japan 2nd Kit

Japan 2nd Alt

Japan's kit used on November.

Japan 1st Kit

Coach

• Takeshi Okada was in charge for the whole year.