The Japan national football team in 2012, managed by head coach Alberto Zaccheroni, competed against international exhibition matches both at home and abroad and later in the third and fourth rounds of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.[1]
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| International Friendly | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |||||||
| 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | |||||||
| Total | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 |
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| Player | -2011 | 02.24 | 02.29 | 05.23 | 06.03 | 06.08 | 06.12 | 08.15 | 09.06 | 09.11 | 10.12 | 10.16 | 11.14 | 2012 | Total | |
| Yasuhito Endo | 113(9) | O | O | - | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | 11(1) | 124(10) | |
| Yuichi Komano | 67(1) | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | 5(0) | 72(1) | |
| Kengo Nakamura | 56(6) | O | - | O | - | O | - | O | O | - | O | O | - | 7(0) | 63(6) | |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 55(1) | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | 8(0) | 63(1) | |
| Yoshito Okubo | 53(5) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 54(5) | |
| Makoto Hasebe | 52(2) | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 11(0) | 63(2) | |
| Shinji Okazaki | 49(26) | - | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O(1) | 9(3) | 58(29) | |
| Atsuto Uchida | 45(1) | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | - | 7(0) | 52(1) | |
| Yuto Nagatomo | 44(3) | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | 10(0) | 54(3) | |
| Keisuke Honda | 31(8) | - | - | O | O(1) | O(3) | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | 9(4) | 40(12) | |
| Shinji Kagawa | 28(9) | - | O | O(1) | O | O(1) | O | O | O | - | O(1) | O | - | 9(3) | 37(12) | |
| Eiji Kawashima | 28(0) | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 11(0) | 39(0) | |
| Ryoichi Maeda | 16(6) | O(1) | - | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | - | O(1) | - | - | O | 8(4) | 24(10) | |
| Maya Yoshida | 13(2) | - | O | - | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | 9(0) | 22(2) | |
| Tadanari Lee | 10(2) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 11(2) | |
| Hajime Hosogai | 10(1) | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | 8(0) | 18(1) | |
| Jungo Fujimoto | 10(0) | O(1) | O | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 3(1) | 13(1) | |
| Takayuki Morimoto | 9(3) | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 10(3) | |
| Masahiko Inoha | 9(1) | O | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | 7(0) | 16(1) | |
| Yuzo Kurihara | 8(0) | O | - | O | - | O(1) | O(1) | - | - | - | - | O | - | 5(2) | 13(2) | |
| Tomoaki Makino | 8(0) | O(1) | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 3(1) | 11(1) | |
| Shusaku Nishikawa | 7(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 8(0) | |
| Mike Havenaar | 5(2) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | O | - | - | 4(1) | 9(3) | |
| Hiroshi Kiyotake | 5(0) | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | O(1) | 7(1) | 12(1) | |
| Naohiro Ishikawa | 5(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 6(0) | |
| Takashi Inui | 3(0) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | 3(0) | 6(0) | |
| Hiroki Mizumoto | 3(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 5(0) | |
| Yosuke Kashiwagi | 3(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 4(0) | |
| Ryota Moriwaki | 1(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 2(0) | |
| Hiroki Sakai | 0(0) | - | - | O | O | - | O | - | O | - | O | O | O | 7(0) | 7(0) | |
| Hideto Takahashi | 0(0) | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | O | 4(0) | 4(0) | |
| Ryo Miyaichi | 0(0) | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 2(0) | 2(0) | |
| Gotoku Sakai | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | 2(0) | 2(0) | |
| Chikashi Masuda | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) | |
| Junya Tanaka | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) | |
| Naoya Kondo | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |