2024 Japan national football team explained

The Japan national football team in 2024, managed by head coach Hajime Moriyasu, competes in different international friendly matches around the year both at home and abroad. The team is expected to participate in the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, with the first matches to be played in January, according to the FIFA International Match Calendar.^[1]

Record

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International Friendly	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
2023 AFC Asian Cup	5	3	0	2	12	8	+4
2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	6	4	0	2	17	8	+9

Role	Name
Manager	Hajime Moriyasu
Assistant coach	Ryoichi Maeda Hiroshi Nanami Toshihide Saito
Physical coach	Ryoichi Matsumoto
Goalkeeper coach	Takashi Shimoda
Technical staff	Masaki Nakashita Daisuke Terakado

ST: Started the match
ON: Was subbed on
(0), (1)...: Goals each player scored in the match date
(blank): Called up for the national team in the date, but the matches in question were yet to be played.
–: Called up for the national team in the date, but didn't featured in the match.
≠: Not called up for the national team on the referred FIFA date.