2005 Japan national football team explained

This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 2005.^[1]

General

• The Japan national football team competed in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup hosted by Germany, the 2005 East Asian Football Championship hosted by Korea Republic and the 2005 Kirin Cup hosted by Japan.

Schedule

Date	width=250	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Japan scorers
January 29	International Stadium, Yokohama (H)	Kazakhstan	4–0	Friendly
February 2	Saitama Stadium, Saitama (H)	Syria	3–0	Friendly
February 9	Saitama Stadium, Saitama (H)	Korea DPR	2–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
March 25	Azadi Stadium, Tehran (A)	Iran	1–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
March 30	Saitama Stadium, Saitama (H)	Bahrain	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
May 22	Niigata Stadium, Niigata (H)	Peru	0–1	Kirin Cup 2005
May 27	National Stadium, Tokyo (H)	United Arab Emirates	0–1	Kirin Cup 2005
June 3	National Stadium, Madinat 'Isa, Bahrain (A)	Bahrain	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
June 8	Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand (N)	Korea DPR	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
June 16	AWD-Arena, Hanover (N)	Mexico	1–2	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
June 19	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt (N)	Greece	1–0	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
June 22	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne (N)	Brazil	2–2	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
July 31	Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon (N)	Korea DPR	0–1	2005 East Asian Football Championship
August 3	Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon (N)	China PR	2–2	2005 East Asian Football Championship	Moniwa Tanaka
August 7	Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu (A)	Korea Republic	1–0	2005 East Asian Football Championship
August 17	International Stadium, Yokohama (H)	Iran	2–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
September 7	Miyagi Stadium, Rifu (H)	Honduras	5-4	Friendly
October 8	Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia (A)	Latvia	2–2	Friendly
October 12	Olimpiyskyi National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine (A)	Ukraine	0–1	Friendly
November 16	National Stadium, Tokyo (H)	Angola	1–0	Friendly

Key

• H = Home match
• A = Away match
• N = Neutral venue

Players statistics

Player	-2004	01.29	02.02	02.09	03.25	03.30	05.22	05.27	06.03	06.08	06.16	06.19	06.22	07.31	08.03	08.07	08.17	09.07	10.08	10.12	11.16	2005	Total
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	65(0)	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	-	O	O	14(0)	79(0)
Hidetoshi Nakata	61(10)	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	O	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	10(0)	71(10)
Junichi Inamoto	51(4)	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	10(0)	61(4)
Shunsuke Nakamura	46(12)	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	O	O	O(1)	-	-	-	-	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	11(3)	57(15)
Alessandro Santos	46(4)	O(1)	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	17(1)	63(5)
Koji Nakata	46(2)	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	8(0)	54(2)
Seigo Narazaki	46(0)	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	4(0)	50(0)
Takayuki Suzuki	45(10)	O	O(1)	O	-	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	10(1)	55(11)
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto	45(2)	-	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	-	-	O	15(1)	60(3)
Atsushi Yanagisawa	44(13)	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	-	-	-	-	O(2)	O	O	O	10(4)	54(17)
Shinji Ono	44(5)	-	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	46(5)
Takashi Fukunishi	39(5)	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	14(1)	53(6)
Naoki Matsuda	39(0)	O(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(1)	40(1)
Naohiro Takahara	32(12)	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	7(2)	39(14)
Yuji Nakazawa	29(7)	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	O	-	O(1)	O	O	-	-	O	12(1)	41(8)
Yasuhito Endo	28(3)	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	O	-	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	8(0)	36(3)
Mitsuo Ogasawara	28(2)	O	O(1)	O(1)	O	-	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O(1)	-	-	-	15(4)	43(6)
Toshiya Fujita	23(3)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	24(3)
Atsuhiro Miura	23(1)	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	25(1)
Akira Kaji	21(0)	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O(1)	O	-	-	-	14(1)	35(1)
Keisuke Tsuboi	21(0)	O	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	O	O	-	7(0)	28(0)
Keiji Tamada	18(5)	O(2)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	16(2)	34(7)
Masashi Motoyama	18(0)	O	O	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	-	8(0)	26(0)
Yoshito Okubo	17(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	2(0)	19(0)
Makoto Tanaka	14(0)	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	-	O	16(0)	30(0)
Teruyuki Moniwa	3(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	O	-	-	O	O	-	4(1)	7(1)
Takayuki Chano	3(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	4(0)	7(0)
Yoichi Doi	2(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	-	2(0)	4(0)
Daisuke Matsui	1(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O(1)	3(1)	4(1)
Masashi Oguro	0(0)	O	-	O(1)	O	-	O	O	-	O(1)	O	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	O	O(1)	O	-	-	O	15(5)	15(5)
Yuki Abe	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	O	5(0)	5(0)
Yuichi Komano	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	5(0)	5(0)
Seiichiro Maki	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	3(0)
Yasuyuki Konno	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	3(0)	3(0)
Shinji Murai	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	O	-	3(0)	3(0)
Tatsuya Tanaka	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(1)	2(1)
Yoshinobu Minowa	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	1(0)	1(0)

Top goal scorers for 2005

Rank	Name	Position	Goals
1	Masashi Oguro	FW	4
	Atsushi Yanagisawa	FW
	Mitsuo Ogasawara	MF
4	Shunsuke Nakamura	MF	3
5	Naohiro Takahara	FW	2
	Keiji Tamada	FW
	Yuji Nakazawa	DF

References

1. Web site: Japan Football Association record of Japan international A matches . Japan Football Association.

External links

• Japan Football Association