ក្រុមបាល់ទាត់ជម្រើសជាតិ ជប៉ុន

The Japan national football team (サッカー日本代表, Soccer Nippon Daihyō^?) represents Japan in association football and is operated by the Japan Football Association (JFA), the governing body for association football in Japan. Their head coach is Alberto Zaccheroni.

ជប៉ុន

Shirt badge/Association crest
រហស្សនាម	サムライ・ブルー (Samurai Blue) (Zac Japan)
សមាគម	日本サッカー協会 (Japan Football Association)
អនុសហព័ន្ធ	EAFF (East Asia)
សហព័ន្ធ	AFC (Asia)
គ្រូបង្វឹក	Alberto Zaccheroni
ប្រធានក្រុម	Makoto Hasebe
Most caps	Yasuhito Endō (144)
Top scorer	Kunishige Kamamoto (80)
កីឡដ្ឋានចាំផ្ទះ	Saitama Stadium 2002
កូដប្រទេស FIFA	JPN
ចំណាត់ថ្នាក់ FIFA	46 1
ចំណាត់ថ្នាក់ FIFA ខ្ពស់បំផុត	9 (February 1998)
ចំណាត់ថ្នាក់ FIFA ទាបបំផុត	66 (December 1992)
ចំណាត់ថ្នាក់ Elo	25
ចំណាត់ថ្នាក់ Elo ខ្ពស់បំផុត	8 (August 2001, March 2002)
ចំណាត់ថ្នាក់ Elo ទាបបំផុត	112 (September 1962)
First colours Second colours
ប្រកួតជាអន្តរជាតិលើកដំបូង
ជប៉ុន 0–5 China (Tokyo; 9 May 1917)
ជ័យជម្នះធំបំផុត
ជប៉ុន 15–0 ហ្វីលីពីន [[File:{{{flag alias-1936}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] (Tokyo; 27 September 1967)
បរាជ័យធំបំផុត
ជប៉ុន 2–15 ហ្វីលីពីន  (Tokyo; 10 May 1917)
World Cup
បង្ហាញខ្លួន	5 (First in 1998)
លទ្ធផលល្អបំផុត	Round of 16: 2002, 2010
Asian Cup
បង្ហាញខ្លួន	7 (First in 1988)
លទ្ធផលល្អបំផុត	Champions: 1992, 2000, 2004, 2011
Copa América
បង្ហាញខ្លួន	1 (First in 1999)
លទ្ធផលល្អបំផុត	Round 1: 1999
Confederations Cup
បង្ហាញខ្លួន	4 (First in 1995)
លទ្ធផលល្អបំផុត	Runners-up: 2001

Japan is one of the most successful football team in Asia, having qualified for the last five consecutive FIFA World Cups with second round advancements in 2002 & 2010, and having won the AFC Asian Cup a record four times in 1992, 2000, 2004 & 2011. The team has also finished second in the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup.

The Japanese team is commonly known by the fans and media as Soccer Nippon Daihyō (サッカー日本代表^?), Nippon Daihyō (日本代表^?), or Daihyō (代表^?) as abbreviated expressions. Although the team does not have an official nickname as such, it is often known by the name of the manager. For example, under Takeshi Okada, the team was known as Okada Japan (岡田ジャパン, Okada Japan^?).^[១] Recently the team has been known or nicknamed as the "Samurai Blue", while Japanese news media still refer it to by manager's last name, as "Zaccheroni Japan" (ザッケローニジャパン, Zakkerōni Japan^?), or "Zac Japan" (ザックジャパン, Zakku Japan^?) in short.