| | | | | | | Japan | | Recent Games | | | 2010-06-29 | Paraguay | 0 - 0 | Japan | W | | | 2010-06-24 | Denmark | 1 - 3 | Japan | W | | | 2010-06-19 | Holland | 1 - 0 | Japan | W | | | 2010-06-14 | Japan | 1 - 0 | Cameroon | W | | | 2010-06-04 | Ivory Coast | 2 - 0 | Japan | n | | | 2010-05-30 | England | 2 - 1 | Japan | n | | | 2010-05-24 | Japan | 0 - 2 | Korea Republic | | | | 2010-04-07 | Japan | 0 - 3 | Serbia | | | | 2010-03-03 | Japan | 2 - 0 | Bahrain | | | | 2010-02-14 | Japan | 1 - 3 | Korea Republic | | | | 2010-02-11 | Japan | 3 - 0 | Hong Kong | | | | 2010-02-06 | Japan | 0 - 0 | China | | | | 2010-02-02 | Japan | 0 - 0 | Venezuela | | | | 2010-01-06 | Yemen | 2 - 3 | Japan | | | | 2009-11-18 | Hong Kong | 0 - 4 | Japan | | | | 2009-11-14 | South Africa | 0 - 0 | Japan | | | | 2009-10-14 | Japan | 5 - 0 | Togo | | | | 2009-10-10 | Japan | 2 - 0 | Scotland | | | | 2009-10-08 | Japan | 6 - 0 | Hong Kong | | | | 2009-09-09 | Japan | 4 - 3 | Ghana | n | | | 2009-09-05 | Holland | 3 - 0 | Japan | | | | 2009-06-17 | Australia | 2 - 1 | Japan | Q | | | 2009-06-10 | Japan | 1 - 1 | Qatar | Q | | | 2009-06-06 | Uzbekistan | 0 - 1 | Japan | Q | | | 2009-05-31 | Japan | 4 - 0 | Belgium | | | | 2009-05-27 | Japan | 4 - 0 | Chile | | | | 2009-03-28 | Japan | 1 - 0 | Bahrain | Q | | | 2009-02-11 | Japan | 0 - 0 | Australia | Q | | | 2009-02-04 | Japan | 5 - 1 | Finland | | | | 2009-01-28 | Bahrain | 1 - 0 | Japan | Q | | | 2009-01-20 | Japan | 2 - 1 | Yemen | Q | | | 2008-11-19 | Qatar | 0 - 3 | Japan | Q | | | 2008-11-13 | Japan | 3 - 1 | Syria | | | | 2008-10-15 | Japan | 1 - 1 | Uzbekistan | Q | | | 2008-10-09 | Japan | 1 - 1 | United Arab Emirates | | | | 2008-09-06 | Bahrain | 2 - 3 | Japan | Q | | | 2008-08-20 | Japan | 1 - 3 | Uruguay | | | | 2008-06-22 | Japan | 1 - 0 | Bahrain | Q | | | 2008-06-14 | Thailand | 0 - 3 | Japan | Q | | | 2008-06-07 | Oman | 1 - 1 | Japan | Q | | | 2008-06-02 | Japan | 3 - 0 | Oman | Q | | | 2008-05-27 | Japan | 0 - 0 | Paraguay | | | | 2008-05-24 | Japan | 1 - 0 | Ivory Coast | | | | 2008-03-26 | Bahrain | 1 - 0 | Japan | Q | | | 2008-02-23 | Japan | 1 - 1 | Korea Republic | n | | | 2008-02-20 | China | 0 - 1 | Japan | | | | 2008-02-17 | Japan | 1 - 1 | Korea DPR | n | | | 2008-02-06 | Japan | 4 - 1 | Thailand | Q | | | Win 25 (52.1%) Draw 12 (25.0%) Loss 11 (22.9%) | | | Asia - Qualifying Group 1 | | | | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | | 1. | Australia | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 20 | | 2. | Japan | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 15 | | 3. | Bahrain | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 10 | | 4. | Qatar | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 6 | | 5. | Uzbekistan | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 4 |
| | Players | | | 1 | Seigo Narazaki | (GK) | | | | 2 | Yuki Abe | (MD) | | | | 3 | Yuichi Komano | (DF) | | | | 4 | Marcus Tulio Tanaka | (DF) | | | | 5 | Yuto Nagatomo | (DF) | | | | 6 | Atsuto Uchida | (DF) | | | | 7 | Yasuhito Endo | (MD) | | | | 8 | Daisuke Matsui | (MD) | | | | 9 | Shinji Okazaki | (FW) | | | | 10 | Shunsuke Nakamura | (MD) | | | | 11 | Keiji Tamada | (FW) | | | | 12 | Kisho Yano | (FW) | | | | 13 | Daiki Iwamasa | (DF) | | | | 14 | Kengo Nakamura | (MD) | | | | 15 | Yasuyuki Konno | (DF) | | | | 16 | Yoshito Okubo | (FW) | | | | 17 | Makoto Hasebe | (MD) | | | | 18 | Keisuke Honda | (MD) | | | | 19 | Takayuki Morimoto | (FW) | | | | 20 | Junichi Inamoto | (MD) | | | | 21 | Eiji Kawashima | (GK) | | | | 22 | Yuji Nakazawa | (DF) | | | | 23 | Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | (GK) | | | | Coach | | | | Takeshi Okada | | | | | | | | W | World Cup 2010 | | Q | World Cup 2010 Qualifiers | | n | Played at Neutral Ground | | GK | Goalkeeper | | DF | Defender | | MD | Midfielder | | FW | Forward | | |
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