2010 Japan national football team explained

The Japan national football team in 2010, managed by head coach Takeshi Okada, began by competing in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification and the 2010 East Asian Football Championship in amongst other international friendly matches in the build-up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals where they would finish in 9th place. Afterwards the team, managed first by interim head coach Hiromi Hara and finally head coach Alberto Zaccheroni, would close out 2010 with several more international friendly matches as they prepared for the 2011 Asian Cup and the 2011 Copa América in the following year.^[1]

Record

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2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification	2	2	0	0	5	2
International Friendly	9	3	2	4	5	10
2010 East Asian Football Championship	3	1	1	1	4	3
2010 FIFA World Cup	4	2	1	1	4	2
Total	18	8	4	6	18	17

Schedule

2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification International Friendly (2010 Kirin Challenge Cup)2010 East Asian Football Championship 2010 East Asian Football Championship 2010 East Asian Football Championship 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification International Friendly (2010 Kirin Challenge Cup)International Friendly (2010 Kirin Challenge Cup)International Friendly International Friendly 2010 FIFA World Cup Group E 2010 FIFA World Cup Group E 2010 FIFA World Cup Group E 2010 FIFA World Cup Round of 16 International Friendly (2010 Kirin Challenge Cup)International Friendly (2010 Kirin Challenge Cup)International Friendly (2010 Kirin Challenge Cup)International Friendly

Players statistics

Player	-2009	01.06	02.02	02.06	02.11	02.14	03.03	04.07	05.24	05.30	06.04	06.14	06.19	06.24	06.29	09.04	09.07	10.08	10.12	2010	Total
Yuji Nakazawa	96(17)	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	14(0)	110(17)
Shunsuke Nakamura	93(24)	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	5(0)	98(24)
Yasuhito Endo	85(7)	-	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	-	-	O	O	15(2)	100(9)
Junichi Inamoto	74(5)	-	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	O	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	8(0)	82(5)
Seigo Narazaki	69(0)	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	8(0)	77(0)
Keiji Tamada	63(14)	-	-	O	O(2)	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	9(2)	72(16)
Mitsuo Ogasawara	53(7)	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	55(7)
Yuichi Komano	49(0)	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	11(0)	60(0)
Yoshito Okubo	42(5)	-	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	11(0)	53(5)
Kengo Nakamura	41(5)	-	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	11(0)	52(5)
Yuki Abe	41(3)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	9(0)	50(3)
Yasuyuki Konno	33(0)	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	O	7(0)	40(0)
Marcus Tulio Tanaka	32(6)	-	O	O	O(1)	O	O	-	-	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	11(2)	43(8)
Hisato Sato	28(4)	-	O	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	31(4)
Makoto Hasebe	27(1)	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	10(0)	37(1)
Atsuto Uchida	27(1)	-	-	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	7(0)	34(1)
Daisuke Matsui	21(1)	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	8(0)	29(1)
Shinji Okazaki	20(15)	-	O	O	-	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O(1)	-	15(3)	35(18)
Yuto Nagatomo	18(3)	-	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	16(0)	34(3)
Kisho Yano	16(2)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	19(2)
Hideo Hashimoto	13(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	2(0)	15(0)
Koji Yamase	12(5)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	13(5)
Keisuke Honda	11(3)	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	-	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	12(3)	23(6)
Shinji Kagawa	10(2)	-	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	O	O	O	7(1)	17(3)
Shinzo Koroki	10(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	11(0)
Eiji Kawashima	8(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	8(0)	16(0)
Ryoichi Maeda	5(2)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	2(0)	7(2)
Yuhei Tokunaga	5(0)	-	O	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	7(0)
Jungo Fujimoto	4(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	2(0)	6(0)
Naohiro Ishikawa	4(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	5(0)
Takayuki Morimoto	2(1)	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	O	O(2)	O	-	7(2)	9(3)
Mu Kanazaki	1(0)	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	4(0)	5(0)
Yuzo Kurihara	1(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	4(0)	5(0)
Daiki Iwamasa	1(0)	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	3(0)	4(0)
Takashi Inui	1(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	2(0)	3(0)
Shusaku Nishikawa	1(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	2(0)	3(0)
Naoki Yamada	1(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	2(0)
Sota Hirayama	0(0)	O(3)	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4(3)	4(3)
Tomoaki Makino	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	4(0)	4(0)
Hajime Hosogai	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	O	3(0)	3(0)
Shuichi Gonda	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Naoya Kikuchi	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Maya Yoshida	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Kosuke Ota	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Kazuya Yamamura	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Takuji Yonemoto	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Yosuke Kashiwagi	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Kazuma Watanabe	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Kensuke Nagai	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Mitsuru Nagata	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Kunimitsu Sekiguchi	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	1(0)	1(0)

Goalscorers

Player	Goals
Keisuke Honda	3
Shinji Okazaki	3
Sota Hirayama	3
Yasuhito Endō	2
Marcus Tulio Tanaka	2
Keiji Tamada	2
Takayuki Morimoto	2
Shinji Kagawa	1
Total	18

References

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

External links

Japan Football Association