2012 Japan national football team
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]
Record
| Competition | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Goalscorers
| Player | International Friendly | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keisuke Honda | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Ryoichi Maeda | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Shinji Kagawa | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Shinji Okazaki | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Yuzo Kurihara | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jungo Fujimoto | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tomoaki Makino | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yasuhito Endō | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Havenaar | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hiroshi Kiyotake | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Kits
          Japan 1st Kit
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     Japan 2nd Kit
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Schedule
International Friendly (2012 Kirin Challenge Cup)
| 24 February 2012 | Japan  | 3 – 1 |  Iceland | Osaka, Japan |
| 19:20 JST | Maeda  2' Fujimoto 53' Makino 79' |
(JFA Report) | Smárason 90+3' (pen.) |
Stadium: Nagai Stadium Attendance: 42,579 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia) |
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Third Round
| 29 February 2012 | Japan | 0 – 1 |  Uzbekistan | Aichi, Japan |
| 19:30 JST | (JFA Report) | Shadrin 54' |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 42,720 Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar) |
International Friendly (2012 Kirin Challenge Cup)
| 23 May 2012 | Japan | 2 – 0 |  Azerbaijan | Shizuoka, Japan |
| 19:15 JST | Kagawa 43' Okazaki 58' |
(JFA Report) | Stadium: Shizuoka Stadium Attendance: 30,276 Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore) |
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round
| 3 June 2012 | Japan | 3 – 0 |  Oman | Saitama, Japan |
| 19:30 JST | Honda 11' Maeda 51' Okazaki 54' |
(JFA Report) | Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 63,551 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) |
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round
| 8 June 2012 | Japan | 6 – 0 |  Jordan | Saitama, Japan |
| 19:30 JST | Maeda 18' Honda 22', 31', 53' (pen.) Kagawa 35' Kurihara 89' |
(FIFA Report) (JFA Report) |
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 60,874 Referee: Kim Dong Jin (Korea Republic) |
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round
| 12 June 2012 | Australia  | 1 - 1 | Japan | Brisbane, Australia |
| 20:00 UTC+10 | Milligan  25'  55' Wilkshire 69 pen' |
Report | Kurihara 64' Kurihara 23' 89' |
Stadium: Lang Park Attendance: 40,189 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) |
International Friendly (2012 Kirin Challenge Cup)
| 15 August 2012 | Japan | 1 - 1 |  Venezuela | Hokkaidō, Japan |
| 19:30 JST | Endō 15' |
Summary | Miku 62' |
Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 39,396 Referee: Min-Hu Lee (Korea Republic) |
International Friendly (2012 Kirin Challenge Cup)
| 6 September 2012 | Japan | 1 - 0 |  United Arab Emirates | Niigata, Japan |
| 19:20 JST | Havenaar 69' |
Summary | Stadium: Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 42,020 Referee: Mingyu Ma (China PR) |
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round
| 11 September 2012 | Japan | 1 - 0 |  Iraq | Saitama, Japan |
| 19:34 JST | Maeda 25' |
Report | Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore) |
| 12 October 2012 | France  | 0 - 1 | Japan | Saint-Denis, France |
| 21:00 UTC+2 | Report | Kagawa 88' |
Stadium: Stade de France Referee: William Collum (Scotland) |
| 16 October 2012 | Japan | 0 - 4 |  Brazil |  Wrocław, Poland |
| 14:10 UTC+2 | Report | Paulinho 12' Neymar 25' (pk), 48'Kaká 76' |
Stadium: Stadion Miejski Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland) |
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Fourth Round
| 14 November 2012 | Oman | 1 – 2 | Japan | Muscat, Oman |
| 15:30 UTC+4 | Al Mahaijri 77' |
Kiyotake 20' Okazaki 89' |
Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar) |
Win
Draw
Loss