2009 Japan national football team
Introduction This page records the details of the matches played by the Japan national football team during 2009.In 2009 the Japan national football team competed in the fourth round of the AFC 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifications, the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification, and the 2009 Kirin Cup, amongst other friendly matches.
Schedule DateOpponentResultScoreVenueCompetitionJapan Goal ScorersMatch Report20 JanuaryW2–1 KKWing Stadium, Kumamoto, Japan2011 AFC Asian Cup qualificationOkazaki Tatsuya Tanaka 28 JanuaryL0–1 National Stadium, Madinat 'Isa, Bahrain2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification4 FebruaryW5–1 National Stadium, Tokyo, JapanFriendly Match (2009 Kirin Challenge Cup)Okazaki Kagawa Nakazawa Yasuda 11 FebruaryD0–0 International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan2010 FIFA World Cup qualification28 MarchW1–0 Saitama Stadium, Saitama, Japan2010 FIFA World Cup qualificationS. Nakamura 27 MayW4–0 Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan2009 Kirin CupOkazaki Abe Honda 31 MayW4–0 National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan2009 Kirin CupNagatomo K. Nakamura Okazaki Yano 6 JuneW1–0 Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan2010 FIFA World Cup qualificationOkazaki 10 JuneD1–1 International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan2010 FIFA World Cup qualification()17 JuneL1–2 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia2010 FIFA World Cup qualificationTulio 5 SeptemberL0–3 De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, NetherlandsFriendly Match9 SeptemberW4–3 Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, NetherlandsFriendly MatchK. Nakamura Tamada Okazaki Inamoto 8 OctoberW6–0 Outsourcing Stadium, Shizuoka, Japan2011 AFC Asian Cup qualificationOkazaki Nagatomo Nakazawa Túlio 10 OctoberW2–0 International Stadium, Yokohama, JapanFriendly Match (2009 Kirin Challenge Cup)()Honda 14 OctoberW5–0 Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, JapanFriendly Match (2009 Kirin Challenge Cup)Okazaki Morimoto Honda 14 NovemberD0–0 Nelson Mandela Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South AfricaFriendly Match18 NovemberW4–0 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong2011 AFC Asian Cup qualificationHasebe  Satō   S. Nakamura  Okazaki
Players statistics Player-200801.2001.2802.0402.1103.2805.2705.3106.0606.1006.1709.0509.0910.0810.1010.1411.1411.182009TotalShunsuke NakamuraOOOOOOOO(1)11(2)93(24)Yuji NakazawaOO(1)OOOOOOOOOO14(2)96(17)Yasuhito EndoOOO12(0)85(7)Junichi Inamoto4(1)74(5)Seigo Narazaki6(0)69(0)Keiji TamadaOOOOYuichi Komano40(0)OOOO9(0)49(0)Seiichiro Maki35(8)OOYoshito OkuboOOYuki AbeO(1)OOOKengo Nakamura29(3)OOOYasuyuki KonnoOO7(0)33(0)Hisato SatoO(1)3(1)28(4)Marcus Tulio TanakaOOOO(1)OOOOO13(2)32(6)Makoto HasebeOOOOOOO(1)11(1)27(1)Atsuto Uchida14(1)OOOOOODaisuke MatsuiOOOO8(0)21(1)Tatsuya Tanaka12(2)O(1)OKisho YanoOO(1)4(1)16(2)Yuto NagatomoOOOO(1)OOOShinji Kagawa6(1)OO4(1)10(2)Hideo HashimotoOOO7(0)13(0)Michihiro YasudaShinji Okazaki4(0)O(1)OO(2)OOO(2)O(1)O(1)OOOO(1)O(3)OO(1)16(15)20(15)Shuhei Terada4(0)O2(0)6(0)Ryoichi Maeda2(0)5(2)Ryota Tsuzuki3(0)6(0)Kazumichi Takagi3(0)Shinzo Koroki2(0)OOOO8(0)10(0)Naohiro IshikawaOKeisuke HondaO(1)OOOO(1)O(1)10(3)11(3)Eiji Kawashima1(0)OTakeshi Aoki1(0)Yuhei TokunagaTakayuki MorimotoOSatoshi YamaguchiOTakashi Inui0(0)Mu Kanazaki0(0)Naoki Yamada1(0)1(0)Shusaku NishikawaDaiki Iwamasa1(0)1(0)
Top goal scorers for 2009 RankNamePositionGoalsMatches1Shinji OkazakiFW15162Keisuke HondaMF3103Yuto NagatomoDF211Shunsuke NakamuraMF11Kengo NakamuraMF12Yuji NakazawaDF14Marcus Tulio TanakaDF13810 players1
Kits Japan's kits until October.Japan's kit used on November.
Coach *Takeshi Okada was in charge for the whole year.
References
External links * Japan Football Association