Japan International Matches - Details 2000-2009


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Results    Competition
(City - Stadium - Date - Hour)
Team (Color)
    Line-ups and coaches
Scorers:
Cautions:
Expulsions:
Referee:
Attendance:

2000

Japan - Mexico 0-1 (0-0)            XIV. Carlsberg Cup 2000, Semi Final
(Hong Kong - Hong Kong Stadium - 05.02.2000 - 15:15)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    18-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 2-Takeshi Watanabe, 3-Naoki Matsuda, 16-Koji Nakata, 24-Junichi Inamoto,
    7-Teruyoshi Ito (77' 12-Masaaki Sawanobori), 13-Shinji Ono, 10-Hiroshi Namami, 8-Shigeyoshi Mochizuki
    (75' 15-Daisuke Oku), 9-Masashi Nakayama (80' 11-Kazuyoshi Miura), 17-Tomoyuki Hirase (80' 14-Takashi Hirano).
    Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Mexico (Green-White-White):
    1-Oscar Perez (GK), 2-Claudio Suarez (C), 3-Sergio Almaguer, 4-Rafael Marquez, 5-Gerrardo Torrado
    (H 6-Ignacio Hierro), 7-Ramon Ramirez, 19-Miguel Anguel Zepeda, 14-Mario Mendez (H 18-Salvador Carmona),
    16-Jesus Arellano (H 10-Emilio Mora), 9-Juan Pablo Rodriguez (56' 11-Daniel Osorno), 17-Francisco Palencia.
    Coach: Manuel Lapuente
Scorers: 0-1 55' Zepeda
Cautions: -
Expulsions: 52' Palencia
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
Attendance: 30,000


Hong Kong - Japan 0-0 (0-0,0-0) 5-6 on penalties
                                    XIV. Carlsberg Cup 2000, Third Place Match
(Hong Kong - Hong Kong Stadium - 08.02.2000 - 18:10)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    18-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 2-Takeshi Watanabe (H 14-Takashi Hirano), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 16-Yuji Nakazawa,
    6-Toshihiro Hattori, 8-Shigeyoshi Mochizuki (66' 21-Tomokazu Myojin), 10-Hiroshi Nanami,
    12-Masaaki Sawanobori (H 15-Daisuke Oku), 24-Junichi Inamoto, 9-Masahi Nakayama (70' 23-Shunsuke Nakamura),
    11-Kazuyoshi Miura (59' 17-Tomoyuki Hirase). Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Hong Kong (Red-Red-Red):
    22-Michael Leonardo (GK), 3-Criatiano Cordeiro, 4-Dmitry Kalkanov, 14-Dejan Antonic, 17-Gary McKeown
    (86' 11-Paul Michael Ritchie), 23-Yiu Cheuk Poon (H 13-Guy Ambassa), 24-Gerardo Laterza, 25-Kai Cheuk Lai
    (66' 7-Ricardo Rambo Jose), 9-Leandro Simioni, 10-Sin Sui Chung Cheng, 15-Alen Bajkusa (62' 6-Tomy Giacomeli).
    Coach: Arie van der Zouwen (Nederland)
Scorers: -
Penalties: 1-0 Hattori, 1-1 Giacomelli, 2-1 Inamoto, 2-2 Simioni, 2-2 S.Nakamura (saved), 2-3 Laterza, 3-3 Myojin,
    3-4 Ritchie, 4-4 Nanami, 4-4 Sin Sui Chung Cheng (saved), 5-4 Hirase, 5-5 Ambassa, 6-5 Oku, 6-5 Kalkanov (saved)
Cautions: 11' Inamoto, 18' Matsuda, 24' Yiu Cheuk Poon, 45' Kalkanov, 48' Ambassa
Expulsions: 81' Hirano
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
Attendance: 32,000
Note: This match wasn't counted as a full international because Hong Kong used some foreign players.


Japan - Singapore 3-0 (2-0)         XII. Asian Cup Lebanon 2000, Preliminaries, Group 10
(Macao - Macao Stadium - 13.02.2000 - 18:30)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 16-Yuji Nakazawa 3-Naoki Matsuda, 16-Koji Nakata, 24-Junicho Inamoto,
    7-Teruyoshi Ito (H 21-Tomokazu Myojin), 12-Masaaki Sawanobori, 13-Shinji Ono (51' 15-Daisuke Oku),
    23-Shunsuke Nakamura, 25-Naohiro Takahara (71' 17-Tomoyuki Hirase), 9-Masashi Nakayama.
    Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Singapore (White-White-White):
    1-Mohammed Bin-Hassan (GK), 3-Mohammed Bin-Mohammed, 4-Mohammed Bin-Mohamud, 5-Aide Bin-Sahak,
    6-Subramini Shunmugham, 9-Ahamed Bin-Khamarudin, 12-Zulkarnain Bin-Zainal, 13-Abdul Aziz Salim
    (77' 19-Mohammed Bin-Ali), 15-Mohammed Bin-Nasir, 18-Kim Leng Tan, 25-Azhar Bin-Baskin
    (87' 10-Indra Bin-Daud).
Scorers: 1-0 19' Nakazawa, 2-0 42' Nakayama PK, 3-0 90' Nakazawa
Cautions: -
Referee: Hwa-Soo Kim (South Korea)
Attendance: 1,000


Japan - Brunei Darussalam 9-0 (5-0) XII. Asian Cup Lebanon 2000, Preliminaries, Group 10
(Macao - Macao Stadium - 16.02.2000 - 18:30)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 14-Takashi Hirano, 3-Naoki Matsuda (H 4-Atsushi Yoneyama), 6-Toshihiro Hattori,
    24-Junichi Inamoto, 23-Shunsuke Nakamura, 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 15-Daisuke Oku (H 12-Masaaki Sawanobori),
    13-Shinji Ono, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura (60' 25-Naohiro Takahara), 9-Masashi Nakayama.
    Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Brunei Darussalam:
    1-Jefry Bin-Mohammad (GK), 2-Martilu Bin-Haji Mohammed, 3-Rosli Bin-Haji Liman, 5-Abang Bin-Abg Hj Taha,
    6-Awangku Sallehuddin, 7-Sharimin Sharbini, 10-Suni Bin-Mat Jerah (70' 9-Riwandi Bin-Wahit),
    8-Fadlin Bin-Galawat, 11-Azamnuddin Bin-Hj Gillen (64' 14-Mohammad Bin-Haji Momin), 20-Irwan Bin-Mohammad,
    23-Saifful Rizal bin-Awang (64' 24-Shahrul Bin-Haji Abdul Rahman).
Scorers: 1-0 1' Nakayama, 2-0 2' Nakayama, 3-0 4' Nakayama, 4-0 36' K.Miura,
    5-0 45' S.Nakamura, 6-0 66' Hirano, 7-0 75' Takahara, 8-0 85' Sawanobori,
    9-0 88' Takahara
Cautions: 11' Mohammed, 23' Bin-Galawat, 29' Ono, 61' Yoneyama
Expulsions: 90' Sharbini
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Attendance: 1,000


Macao - Japan 0-3 (0-1)             XII. Asian Cup Lebanon 2000, Preliminaries, Group 10
(Macao - Macao Stadium - 20.02.2000 - 18:30)
Macao (White-White-White):
    1-Domingos Chan (GK), 3-Sio Cheong Ung, 4-Daniel Dias, 5-Ka Koi Lam, 6-Kin Chon Long, 7-Chon Man Cheang
    (71' 14-Man Io Hoi), 8-Chi Man Che, 10-Kim Meng Leong, 11-Io Veng Lei (63' 15-Iao San Tam), 12-F.Rodriguez,
    18-Miguel Heitor. Coach: Eiji Ueda (Japan)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    18-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 14-Takashi Hirano (79' 6-Toshihiro Hattori), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 16-Koji Nakata,
    24-Junichi Inamoto, 12-Masaaki Sawanobori (28' 21-Tomokazu Myojin), 13-Shinji Ono, 22-Yuji Nakazawa,
    23-Shunsuke Nakamura, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura (H 25-Naohiro Takahara), 9-Masashi Nakayama.
    Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Scorers: 0-1 35' Nakayama, 0-2 57' Takahara, 0-3 65' Nakayama
Cautions: -
Expulsions: 87' Dias
Referee: Jerry Andres (Philippines)
Attendance: 500


Japan - China 0-0 (0-0)             Friendly Match (Kirin Beverage Soccer)
(Kobe - Universiade Memorial Stadium - 15.03.2000 - 19:02)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    18-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 4-Shigeru Morioka, 5-Koji Nakata (67' 16-Shunsuke Nakamura),
    8-Hidetoshi Nakata, 21-Junichi Inamoto, 13-Shinji Ono (57' 6-Toshihiro Hattori), 12-Shigeyoshi Mochizuki,
    10-Hiroshi Nanami, 19-Shoji Jo (87' 11-Kazuyoshi Miura), 9-Masashi Nakayama.
    Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
China (White-White-White):
    1-Jin Jiang (GK), 2-Feng Xie (65' 20-Gang Chen), 3-Enhua Zhang, 4-Chengying Wu, 5-Zhiyi Fan (C), 8-Tie Li,
    16-Jihai Sun (H 6-Ming Li), 9-Mingyu Ma (54' 15-Si Shen), 7-Xia Yao (H 19-Hong Qi), 11-Shengqing Qu,
    12-Maozhen Su (80' 21-Yunfeng Hu). Coach: Velibor Milutinovic (Yugoslavia)
Scorers: -
Cautions: 5' Tie Li, 39' Enhua Zhang, 88' Hong Qi
Referee: Jong-Deok Son (South Korea)
Attendance: 39,482


South Korea - Japan 1-0 (0-0)       Friendly Match (World Cup 2002 Co-Host Anniversary)
(Seoul - Olympic Stadium - 26.04.2000 - 19:00)
South Korea (Red-Blue-Red):
    18-Yong-Dae Kim (GK), 2-Cheol Kang, 7-Tae-Young Kim, 20-Myung-Bo Hong (C), 15-Min-Sung Lee,
    3-Sung-Yong Choi (71' 12-Young-Pyo Lee), 6-Sang-Cheol Yoo (77' 13-Jin-Sub Park), 8-Jung-Yoon Noh
    (59' 14-Jung-Hwan Yoon), 16-Seok-Joo Ha, 17-Tae-Ha Park (62' 4-Do-Keoun Kim), 9-Do-Hoon Kim
    (52' 10-Yong-Soo Choi). Coach: Jung-Moo Huh
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    18-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 4-Ryuzo Morioka, 6-Toshihiro Hattori, 21-Junichi Inamoto,
    8-Teruyoshi Ito (81' 23-Hiromi Kojima), 24-Shigeyoshi Mochizuki (81' 16-Shunsuke Nakamura),
    7-Hidetoshi Nakata, 10-Hiroshi Nanami (C) (87' 14-Atsuhiro Miura), 9-Masashi Nakayama
    (73' 12-Hiroaki Morishima), 19-Atsushi Yanagisawa (78' 17-Naohiro Takahara).
    Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Scorers: 1-0 78' Seok-Joo Ha
Cautions: 62' Tae-Ha Park, 68' Tae-Young Kim
Expulsions: 72' Tae-Young Kim
Referee: Mohamed Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)
Attendance: 70,000


Japan - France 2-2 (1-0,2-2) a.e.t. 4-5 on penalties
                                    III. Hassan II International Cup 2000, Semi Final
(Rabat - Mohammed V Stadium - 04.06.2000 - 16:00)
Japan (Blue-Blue-Blue):
    18-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 4-Ryuzo Morioka (C), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 2-Takeshi Oiwa, 21-Junichi Inamoto,
    8-Teruyoshi Ito, 23-Shunsuke Nakamura (67' 17-Atsuhiro Miura), 7-Hidetoshi Nakata, 10-Hiroshi Nanami,
    12-Hiroaki Morishima, 19-Akinori Nishizawa (89' 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa). Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
France (White-White-White):
    16-Fabien Barthez (GK), 15-Lilian Thuram, 3-Bixente Lizarazu, 5-Laurent Blanc, 8-Marcel Desailly
    (67' 18-Franck Leboeuf), 7-Didier Deschamps (C) (H 21-Christophe Dugarry), 17-Emmanuel Petit,
    13-Sylvain Wiltord (H 6-Youri Djorkaeff), 10-Zinedine Zidane (90' 12-Thierry Henry), 11-Robert Pires
    (H 4-Patrick Vieira), 20-David Trezeguet (74' 9-Nicolas Anelka). Coach: Roger Lemerre
Scorers: 1-0 34' Morishima, 1-1 61' Zidane, 2-1 70' Nishizawa, 2-2 75' Djorkaeff
Penalties: 1-0 H.Nakata, 1-1 Djorkaeff, 2-1 A.Miura, 2-2 Anelka, 2-2 Inamoto (missed),
    2-3 Henry, 2-3 Nanami (saved), 2-4 Leboeuf
Cautions: 52' Nanami, 54' Thuram, 77' Blanc
Referee: Abderrahim El-Arjoune (Morocco)
Attendance: 40,000


Japan - Jamaica 4-0 (0-0)           III. Hassan II International Cup 2000, Third Place Match
(Rabat - Mohammed V Stadium - 06.06.2000 - 17:25)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 4-Ryuzo Morioka (C), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 6-Yoshiharu Ueno (H 17-Atsuhiro Miura),
    16-Koji Nakata, 23-Shunsuke Nakamura, 8-Teruyoshi Ito (H 15-Daisuke Oku), 7-Hidetoshi Nakata, 10-Hiroshi Nanami
    (75' 11-Kazuyoshi Miura), 19-Akinori Nishizawa (63' 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa), 25-Shoji Jo (71' 24-Tatsuhiko Kubo).
    Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Jamaica (Yellow-Yellow-Yellow):
    13-Aaron Lawrence (GK), 3-Christopher Dawes (77' 20-Dwayne Richards), 4-Linval Dixon, 5-Claude Davis,
    12-Jermaine Johnson (71' 8-O'neil Smith), 18-Michael Johnson (70' 24-Clifton Waugh), 7-Winston Griffiths,
    10-Jermaine Hue (54' 2-Stephen Malcolm), 9-Andrew Williams, 22-Pall Hall, 19-Frank Sinclair (65' 16-Fabian Davis).
    Coach: Sebastiao Lazaroni (Brazil)
Scorers: 1-0 47' Jo, 2-0 58' Jo, 3-0 65' Yanagisawa, 4-0 78' K.Miura
Cautions: 50' Dawes, 53' Sinclair, 68' Matsuda
Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali)
Attendance: 10,000


Japan - Slovakia 1-1 (1-1)          XXI. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 2000, Group Stage
(Sendai - Miyagi Stadium - 11.06.2000 - 13:32)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    18-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 4-Ryuzo Morioka (C), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 2-Takeshi Oiwa, 21-Junichi Inamoto,
    17-Atsuhiro Miura, 23-Shunsuke Nakamura (73' 5-Eisuke Nakanishi), 8-Teruyoshi Ito, 12-Hiroaki Morishima,
    15-Daisuke Oku (85' 24-Tatsuhiko Kubo), 19-Akinori Nishizawa (68' 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa).
    Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Slovakia (White-White-Blue):
    1-Kamil Susko (GK), 2-Peter Dzurik, 4-Milan Timko, 3-Vladimir Leitner, 5-Stanislav Varga, 6-Jozef Valachovic,
    19-Ladislav Pecko (55' 13-Attila Pinte), 10-Vladimir Kozuch (92' 11-Martin Fabus), 7-Igor Balis, 8-Peter Nemeth,
    16-Erik Jezik (61' 17-Michal Pancik (91' 14-Tibor Zatek)). Coach: Jozef Adamec
Scorers: 0-1 6' Dzurik, 1-1 9' S.Nakamura
Cautions: 39' Dzurik
Referee: Young-Joo Kim (South Korea)
Attendance: 45,831


Japan - Bolivia 2-0 (2-0)           XXI. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 2000, Group Stage
(Yokohama - International Stadium - 18.06.2000 - 13:02)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    18-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 4-Ryuzo Morioka (C), 3-Naoki Matsuda (H 26-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto), 16-Koji Nakata,
    21-Junichi Inamoto, 17-Atsuhiro Miura (87' 27-Yuji Nakazawa), 14-Shigeyoshi Mochizuki, 15-Daisuke Oku,
    23-Shunsuke Nakamura (28' 12-Hiroaki Morishima), 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa (79' 24-Tatsuhiko Kubo),
    19-Akinori Nishizawa (H 28-Naohiro Takahara). Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Bolivia (White-Green-White):
    1-Jose Fernandez (GK), 2-Reny Ribera, 4-Luis Camacho, 5-Ronald Arana, 18-Tricco, 6-Richard Rojas,
    7-Raul Gutierrez, 8-Raul Justiniano (H 13-Sergio Castillo), 17-Angel Paraba, 9-Tomas Gutierrez
    (86' 14-Anis), 11-Oscar Sanchez (H 20-Limberg Gutierrez). Coach: Carlos Aragones
Scorers: 1-0 7' Yanagisawa, 2-0 34' Yanagisawa
Cautions: 15' Matsuda, 67' Rojas, 69' Oku, 73' T.Gutierrez
Referee: Baojie Sun (China)
Attendance: 65,073


Japan - U.A.E. 3-1 (2-0)            Friendly Match (Kirin World Challenge)
(Hiroshima - Big Arch Stadium - 16.08.2000 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 2-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 4-Naoki Matsuda, 6-Toshihiro Hattori, 5-Junichi Inamoto,
    8-Shigeyoshi Mochizuki (68' 7-Atsuhiro Miura), 14-Shunsuke Nakamura (72' 24-Yuji Nakazawa), 10-Tatsuhiko Kubo
    (H 15-Daisuke Oku), 12-Hiroaki Morishima, 13-Shinji Ono (H 19-Naohiro Takahara), 9-Akinori Nishizawa
    (H 11-Atsushi Yanagisawa). Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
U.A.E. (White-White-White):
    17-Muataz Abdullah (GK), 4-Fahad Ali, 5-Abdul Salam Jumaa, 6-Juma Saeed, 24-Subait Khater
    (72' 2-Abdul Raheem Jumaa), 23-Ghatib Hareb (H 13-Hassan Suhail), 15-Fahed Masoud, 8-Jaleel Mohammed,
    21-Humaid Fakher (77' 16-Sultan Al-Kabbani), 18-Haidar Alo Ali (H 10-Yasser Salem), 19-Saeed Al-Kass
    (80' 11-Kazim Ali). Coach: Henri Michel (France)
Scorers: 1-0 11' Morishima, 2-0 27' S.Nakamura, 3-0 87' Oku, 3-1 90' Saeed
Cautions: 54' Mohammed, 70' Suhail, 88' Oku
Referee: Tae-Young Kim (South Korea)
Attendance: 30,240


Saudi Arabia - Japan 1-4 (0-2)      XII. Asian Cup Lebanon 2000, Final Phase, 1st Round Group C
(Saida - International Stadium - 14.10.2000 - 17:05)
Saudi Arabia (White-White-White):
    1-Mohammed Al-Deayea (GK), 2-Mohammed Al-Jahani (63' 12-Ahmed D. Al-Dossary), 3-Mohammed Al-Khiliawi,
    4-Abdullah Zubromawi, 5-Tariq Omar, 6-Omar Ghamdi, 18-Nawaf Al-Temyat (63' 28-Abdullah Al-Dossary),
    8-Mohammed Howusawi, 19-Hamzah Falatah, 9-Sami Jaber (C) (83' 17-Abdullah Al-Shahrani), 29-Talal Al-Meshal.
    Coach: Milan Macala (Czech Republic)
Japan (Blue-Blue-Blue):
    1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 4-Ryuzo Morioka (C), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 6-Toshihiro Hattori, 24-Tomokazu Myojin,
    17-Junichi Inamoto, 14-Shunsuke Nakamura, 12-Hiroaki Morishima (83' 30-Shinji Ono), 10-Hiroshi Nanami,
    13-Atsushi Yanagisawa (83' 11-Atsuhiro Miura), 29-Naohiro Takahara (70' 9-Akinori Nishizawa).
    Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Scorers: 0-1 22' Yanagisawa, 0-2 37' Takahara, 0-3 53' Nanami, 0-4 88' Ono, 1-4 90' Morioka OG
Cautions: 16' Al-Shehri, 19' Al-Khilaiwi, 25' Matsuda
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
Attendance: 6,000


Japan - Uzbekistan 8-1 (5-1)        XII. Asian Cup Lebanon 2000, Final Phase, 1st Round Group C
(Saida - International Stadium - 17.10.2000 - 17:05)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 4-Ryuzo Morioka (C), 6-Toshihiro Hattori, 24-Tomokazu Myojin,
    17-Junichi Inamoto (79' 8-Shigeyoshi Mochizuki), 14-Shunsuke Nakamura, 12-Hiroaki Morishima (54' 30-Shinji Ono),
    10-Hiroshi Nanami, 9-Akinori Nishizawa, 29-Naohiro Takahara (58' 27-Hideaki Kitajima).
    Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Uzbekistan (White-Blue-White):
    1-Pavel Bugalo (GK), 2-Bakhtier Ashurmatov, 3-Andrei Fyodorov, 5-Sergei Lushan, 14-Abdumazhid Tairov
    (61' 7-Atabek Shamuradov), 17-Fevzi Davletov (24' 15-Sergei Lebedev), 18-Aleksandr Khvastunov,
    8-Nikolay Shirshov, 4-Mirdzhalal Kasymov (C), 9-Mukhtar Kurbanov, 10-Maksim Shatskikh.
    Coach: Yury Sarkisyan
Scorers: 1-0 7' Morishima, 2-0 14' Nishizawa, 3-0 17' Takahara, 4-0 20' Takahara, 5-0 24' Nishizawa,
    5-1 28' Lushan, 6-1 49' Nishizawa, 7-1 57' Takahara, 8-1 78' Kitajima
Cautions: 4' Bugalo (GK), 10' Ashurmatov, 19' Lushan, 39' M.Shatskikh, 63' Shirshov, 68' Inamoto
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
Attendance: 3,000
Note: 5' Bugalo saved Nishizawa's penalty.


Japan - Qatar 1-1 (0-1)             XII. Asian Cup Lebanon 2000, Final Phase, 1st Round Group C
(Beirut - Sports City Stadium - 20.10.2000 - 19:35)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    20-Daijiro Takakuwa (GK), 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 4-Ryuzo Morioka (C), 26-Keiji Kaimoto, 8-Shigeyoshi Mochizuki,
    15-Daisuke Oku, 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 11-Atsuhiro Miura (79' 6-Toshihiro Hattori), 27-Hideaki Kitajima
    (H 24-Tomokazu Myojin), 30-Shinji Ono, 19-Tatsuhiko Kubo (H 9-Akinori Nishizawa).
    Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Qatar (White-White-White):
    21-Hussain Al-Romaihi (GK), 4-Saoud Al-Kathiri, 5-Abdul-Nasser Al-Obaidly, 8-Saad Al-Shammari,
    14-Abdul-Aziz Hassan (80' 10-Fahad Al-Kuwari), 15-Yousuf Mahmoud, 16-Mohamed Al-Blooshi
    (66' 7-Abdullah Al-Ishaq), 17-Jassim Al-Tamimi, 18-Yaser Al-Qusi, 19-Abdul Rahman Mahmoud,
    27-Meshal Mubarak (90' 13-Rayed Yaqoub). Coach: Dzemal Hadziabdic (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Scorers: 0-1 22' Al-Obaidly FK, 1-1 60' Nishizawa
Cautions: 3' Kaimoto, 65' Al-Qusi
Expulsions: 39' Kaimoto
Referee: Ahmad Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)
Attendance: 3,000


Japan - Iraq 4-1 (3-1)              XII. Asian Cup Lebanon 2000, Final Phase, Quarter Final
(Beirut - Sports City Stadium - 24.10.2000 - 16:45)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 4-Ryuzo Morioka (C), 6-Toshihiro Hattori, 24-Tomokazu Myojin,
    17-Junichi Inamoto (67' 8-Shigeyoshi Mochizuki), 14-Shunsuke Nakamura (80' 30-Shinji Ono), 12-Hiroaki Morishima
    (71' 15-Daisuke Oku), 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 9-Akinori Nishizawa, 29-Naohiro Takahara.
    Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Iraq (White-White-White):
    1-Hashim Khamis (GK), 2-Haidar Mahmoud Majeed, 4-Abdul Jabar Hashim, 5-Hamza Hadi (C), 6-Ziyad Tariq
    (58' 8-Hisham Mohammed), 7-Adnan Mohammad Hassbi, 10-Abbas Obeid Jassim, 16-Haydar Obeid Jassim
    (15' 9-Ahmad Abdul Jabar), 18-Ahmad Kadhum, 15-Qahtan Drain, 25-Abdul Wahab Abul Hail.
    Coach: Milan Zivadinovic (Yugoslavia)
Scorers: 0-1 4' A.Jassim, 1-1 8' Nanami, 2-1 11' Takahara, 3-1 29' Nanami, 4-1 62' Myojin
Cautions: 30' Drain, 44' S.Nakamura, 45' Abdul Jabar, 77' Majeed, 81' Nishizawa, 87' Hadi
Referee: Tajaddin Fares (Syria)
Attendance: 3,000


Japan - China 3-2 (1-1)             XII. Asian Cup Lebanon 2000, Final Phase, Semi Final
(Beirut - Sports City Stadium - 26.10.2000 - 19:45)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 4-Ryuzo Morioka (C), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 6-Toshihiro Hattori, 24-Tomokazu Myojin,
    17-Junichi Inamoto, 14-Shunsuke Nakamura, 12-Hiroaki Morishima (71' 15-Daisuke Oku), 10-Hiroshi Nanami,
    29-Naohiro Takahara, 9-Akinori Nishizawa (88' 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa). Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
China (White-White-White):
    22-Jin Jiang (GK), 4-Chengying Wu, 5-Zhiyi Fan (C), 14-Weifeng Li, 6-Ming Li (76' 12-Shengqing Qu),
    8-Tie Li, 13-Gang Chen, 15-Si Shen, 19-Hong Qi, 10-Maozhen Su (82' 11-Hui Xie), 20-Chen Yang.
    Coach: Velibor Milutinovic (Yugoslavia)
Scorers: 1-0 21' Zhiyi Fan OG, 1-1 30' Hong Qi, 1-2 48' Chen Yang, 2-2 53' Nishizawa,
    3-2 61' Nishizawa
Cautions: 11' Chengying Wu, 32' Zhiyi Fan, 40' Inamoto, 43' Tie Li, 76' Gang Chen
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
Attendance: 5,000


Japan - Saudi Arabia 1-0 (1-0)      XII. Asian Cup Lebanon 2000, Final Phase, Final
(Beirut - Sports City Stadium - 29.10.2000 - 18:45)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 4-Ryuzo Morioka (C), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 6-Toshihiro Hattori, 8-Shigeyoshi Mochizuki,
    24-Tomokazu Myojin, 14-Shunsuke Nakamura, 12-Hiroaki Morishima (89' 30-Shinji Ono), 29-Naohiro Takahara
    (81' 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa (88' 15-Daisuke Oku)), 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 9-Akinori Nishizawa.
    Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Saudi Arabia (White-Green-White):
    1-Mohammed Al-Deayea (GK), 3-Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi, 12-Ahmed D. Al-Dossary, 13-Saleh Al-Saqri, 16-Fouzi Al-Shehri
    (72' 14-Marzouq Al-Otaibi), 17-Abdullah Al-Wakad, 18-Nawaf Al-Temyat, 19-Hamzah Falatah (H 20-Mohammad Al-Shalhoub),
    23-Ahmed K. Al-Dossary, 9-Sami Jaber (C), 29-Talal Al-Meshal. Coach: Nasser Al-Johar
Scorers: 1-0 29' Mochizuki
Cautions: 10' Mochizuki, 29' A.D.Al-Dossary, 54' Morioka, 76' Takahara, 90' Oku
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
Attendance: 50,000
Note: 37' Falatah missed a penalty.


Japan - South Korea 1-1 (0-1)       Friendly Match (World Cup 2002 Co-Host Anniversary/Kirin World Challenge)
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 20.12.2000 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    20-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 4-Ryuzo Morioka (C) (75' 7-Masashi Motoyama), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 6-Toshihiro Hattori,
    8-Tomokazu Myojin (69' 17-Tomoyuki Sakai), 5-Teruyoshi Ito, 18-Shinji Ono (H 15-Daisuke Oku), 10-Hiroshi Nanami,
    14-Shunsuke Nakamura (H 16-Koji Nakata), 21-Hideaki Kitazima (H 19-Masashi Nakayama), 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa.
    Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
South Korea (Red-Blue-Red):
    18-Byung-Ji Kim (GK), 2-Cheol Kang (C), 15-Min-Sung Lee, 16-Sang-Shik Kim, 3-Sung-Yong Choi (85' 6-Sang-Cheol Yoo),
    13-Cheon-Soo Lee (60' 17-Sung-Bae Park), 20-Myung-Bo Hong, 19-Eul-Yong Lee, 12-Young-Pyo Lee, 23-Jung-Hwan Ahn
    (71' 8-Jung-Hwan Yoon), 10-Yong-Soo Choi (40' 21-Ji-Sung Park). Coach: Hang-Seo Park (caretaker)
Scorers: 0-1 14' Jung-Hwan Ahn, 1-1 56' Hattori
Cautions: 16' Myung-Bo Hong, 18' Min-Sung Lee, 71' Byung-Ji Kim (GK)
Expulsions: 26' Sang-Shik Kim
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
Attendance: 54,145
Note: 17' Byung-Ji Kim (GK) saved Yanagisawa's penalty

2001

France - Japan 5-0 (2-0)            Friendly Match
(St. Denis - Stade de France - 24.03.2001 - 20:45)
France (Blue-White-Red):
    1-Ulrich Rame (GK), 2-Vincent Candela, 8-Marcel Desailly (C), 18-Franck Leboeuf (35' 13-Mikael Silvestre),
    3-Bixente Lizarazu (80' 19-Christian Karembeu), 17-Emmanuel Petit (H 4-Patrick Vieira), 7-Robert Pires
    (60' 14-Johan Micoud), 10-Zinedine Zidane, 9-Sabri Lamouchi, 21-Christophe Dugarry (53' 11-Sylvain Wiltord),
    12-Thierry Henry (53' 20-David Trezeguet). Coach: Roger Lemerre
Japan (White-Blue-White):
    18-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 4-Ryuzo Morioka (C) (72' 2-Yuji Nakazawa), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 6-Toshihiro Hattori
    (78' 16-Koji Nakata), 12-Tomokazu Myojin (H 19-Naohiro Takahara), 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 5-Junichi Inamoto
    (69' 8-Shigeyoshi Mochizuki), 14-Shunsuke Nakamura (H 11-Atsuhiro Miura), 15-Teruyoshi Ito, 7-Hidetoshi Nakata,
    9-Akinori Nishizawa (69' 17-Shoji Jo). Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Scorers: 1-0 9' Zidane, 2-0 13' Henry, 3-0 56' Wiltord, 4-0 61' Trezeguet, 5-0 68' Trezeguet
Cautions: -
Referee: Dieter Schoch (Switzerland)
Attendance: 77,888


Spain - Japan 1-0 (0-0)             Friendly Match
(Cordoba - Nuevo Arangel Stadium - 25.04.2001 - 21:45)
Spain (Red-Navy-Navy):
    1-Jose Santiago Canizares (GK) (76' 13-Iker Casillas), 3-Sergi Barjuan, 5-Miguel Angel Nadal (H 16-Tellez),
    8-Paco, 2-Manuel Pablo (68' 12-Carlos Puyol), 4-Josep Guardiola (76' 18-Sergio), 6-Gaizka Mendieta (H 14-Vicente),
    10-Ivan Helguera (32' 15-Ramon Baraja), 11-Pedro Munitis, 7-Raul Gonzalez (H 17-Jose Mari), 9-Salva.
    Coach: Jose Antonio Camacho
Japan (White-Blue-White):
    1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 2-Kenichi Uemura (89' 22-Yuji Nakazawa), 4-Ryuzo Morioka (C), 16-Koji Nakata,
    20-Yasuhiko Hato, 15-Teruyoshi Ito (89' 14-Takayuki Suzuki), 10-Hiroshi Nanami (79' 12-Tomokazu Myojin),
    5-Junichi Inamoto, 6-Toshihiro Hattori, 7-Hidetoshi Nakata (87' 13-Daisuke Oku), 19-Naohiro Takahara
    (83' 9-Akinori Nishizawa). Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Scorers: 1-0 89' Baraja
Cautions: 68' Paco, 70' Hattori, 72' Sergi, 87' K.Nakata
Referee: Miroslav Radoman (Yugoslavia)
Attendance: 15,000


Japan - Canada 3-0 (0-0)            III. FIFA/Confederations Cup 2001, 1st Round Group B
(Niigata - Niigata Stadium - 31.05.2001 - 19:30)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK) (C), 2-Kenichi Uemura (38' 11-Masashi Nakayama), 4-Ryuzo Morioka, 16-Koji Nakata,
    14-Teruyoshi Ito (67' 17-Tomokazu Myojin), 18-Kazuyuki Toda, 7-Hidetoshi Nakata (81' 10-Atsuhiro Miura),
     5-Junichi Inamoto, 21-Shinji Ono, 8-Hiroaki Morishima, 9-Akinori Nishizawa. Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Canada (White-Red-White):
    1-Craig Forrest (GK), 3-Mark Watson, 5-Jason Devos, 6-Jason Bent, 14-Daniel Imhof (63' 18-Tam Nsaliwa),
    7-Paul Stalteri, 13-Carl Fletcher, 20-Kevin McKenna, 10-Davide Xausa (79' 9-Carlo Corazzin), 19-Paul Peschisolido,
    11-Jim Brennan. Coach: Holger Osijek (Germany)
Scorers: 1-0 57' Ono FK, 2-0 60' Nishizawa, 3-0 88' Morishima
Cautions: 52' McKenna, 66' Inamoto
Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)
Attendance: 39,006


Japan - Cameroon 2-0 (1-0)          III. FIFA/Confederations Cup 2001, 1st Round Group B
(Niigata - Niigata Stadium - 02.06.2001 - 19:30)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK) (C), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 4-Ryuzo Morioka, 16-Koji Nakata, 17-Tomokazu Myojin,
    5-Junichi Inamoto, 18-Kazuyuki Toda, 21-Shinji Ono (85' Toshihiro Hattori), 7-Hidetoshi Nakata
    (61' 8-Hiroaki Morishima), 9-Akinori Nishizawa (73' 11-Masashi Nakayama), 22-Takayuki Suzuki.
    Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Cameroon (Green-Red-Yellow):
    1-Boukar Alioum (GK), 3-Pierre Wome (76' 2-Bill Tchato), 4-Rigobert Song (C), 5-Raymond Kalla, 6-Pierre Njanka,
    15-Nicolas Alnoudji, 20-Salomon Olembe (55' 21-Joseph Desire Job), 8-Geremi Njitap (55' 14-Joel Epalle),
    17-Marc-Vivien Foe, 9-Samuel Eto'o, 10-Patrick Mboma. Coach: Pierre Lechantre (France)
Scorers: 1-0 8' T.Suzuki, 2-0 65' T.Suzuki
Cautions: 72' Toda, 84' Njanka, 86' R.Morioka
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Attendance: 39,430


Brazil - Japan 0-0 (0-0)            III. FIFA/Confederations Cup 2001, 1st Round Group B
(Ibaraki - Perfectural Kashima Soccer Stadium - 04.06.2001 - 19:30)
Brazil (Yellow-Blue-White):
    1-Nelson Dida (GK), 2-Ze Maria, 3-Lucio, 4-Edmilson, 5-Leomar (C), 7-Leandro, 16-Leo, 18-Fabio,
    20-Ramon (62' 19-Julio Batista), 11-Carlos Miguel (73' 10-Robert), 21-Washington (80' 22-Magno Alves).
    Coach: Emerson Leao
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    23-Ryota Tsuzuki (GK), 2-Kenichi Uemura, 3-Naoki Matsuda, 6-Toshihiro Hattori (C), 20-Yasuhiro Hato,
    14-Teruyoshi Ito, 17-Tomokazu Myojin, 21-Shinji Ono (H 16-Koji Nakata), 7-Hidetoshi Nakata,
    13-Atsushi Yanagisawa (60' 11-Masashi Nakayama), 22-Takayuki Suzuki (H 8-Hiroaki Morishima).
    Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Scorers: -
Cautions: 25' Lucio, 31' Ramon, 41' Myojin, 45' T.Suzuki, 88' Fabio
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
Attendance: 37,470


Japan - Australia 1-0 (1-0)         III. FIFA/Confederations Cup 2001, Semi Final
(Yokohama - International Stadium - 07.06.2001 - 17:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 4-Ryuzo Morioka (22' 2-Kenichi Uemura), 5-Junichi Inamoto,
    7-Hidetoshi Nakata (C), 9-Akinori Nishizawa (80' 8-Hiroaki Morishima), 16-Koji Nakata, 18-Kazuyuki Toda,
    20-Yasuhiro Hato, 21-Shinji Ono (55' 6-Toshihiro Hattori), 22-Takayuki Suzuki.
    Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Australia (Green-Green-Green):
    1-Mark Schwarzer (GK), 2-Kevin Muscat, 3-Craig Moore, 4-Paul Okon (C), 5-Tony Vidmar, 6-Tony Popovic,
    8-Stan Lazaridis, 11-David Zdrilic (71' 21-Archie Thompson), 13-Marco Bresciano (60' 22-Mile Sterjovski),
    17-Steve Corica, 18-Scott Chipperfield (60' 9-John Aloisi). Coach: Frank Farina
Scorers: 1-0 43' H.Nakata FK
Cautions: 14' Chipperfield, 42' Popovic, 66' T.Vidmar, 87' Moore
Expulsions: 56' T.Suzuki, 88' Moore
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Attendance: 48,699


France - Japan 1-0 (1-0)            III. FIFA/Confederations Cup 2001, Final
(Yokohama - International Stadium - 10.06.2001 - 19:00)
France (White-White-White):
    1-Ulrich Rame (GK), 19-Christian Karembeu, 3-Bixemte Lizarazu, 18-Franck Leboeuf, 8-Marcel Desailly (C),
    4-Patrick Vieira, 17-Steve Marlet (58' 22-Laurent Robert), 6-Youri Djorkaeff (65' 10-Eric Carriere),
    7-Robert Pires, 11-Sylvain Wiltord, 9-Nicolas Anelka. Coach: Roger Lemerre
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 4-Ryuzo Morioka (C), 16-Koji Nakata, 5-Junichi Inamoto
    (H 10-Atsuhiro Miura), 20-Yasuhiro Hato, 14-Teruyoshi Ito, 8-Hiroaki Morishima, 21-Shinji Ono
    (60' 19-Tatsuhiko Kubo), 9-Akiniri Nishizawa (74' 11-Masashi Nakayama). Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Scorers: 1-0 30' Vieira
Cautions: 36' Matsuda, 52' Lizarazu, 89' Morishima
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
Attendance: 65,335


Japan - Paraguay 2-0 (1-0)          XXII. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 2001, Group Stage
(Sapporo - Sapporo Dome - 01.07.2001 - 15:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 4-Ryuzo Morioka (C), 16-Koji Nakata, 20-Yasuhiko Hato,
    5-Junichi Inamoto, 18-Kazuyuki Toda (87' 14-Teruyoshi Ito), 21-Shinji Ono (70' 6-Toshihiro Hattori),
    8-Hiroaki Morishima (89' 7-Chikara Fujimoto), 9-Atsushi Yanagisawa (92' 13-Yoshiteru Yamashita),
    22-Takayuki Suzuki (78' 11-Masashi Nakayama). Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Paraguay (White/Red-Blue-Blue):
    1-Jose Luis Chilavert (GK) (C), 2-Nestor Isasi (73' 14-Panfilo Escobar), 3-Juan Daniel Caceres,
    15-Nelson Zelaya, 21-Denis Caniza, 5-Daniel Sanabria (60' 4-Alfredo Amarilla), 16-Julio Cesar Enciso,
    6-Gustavo Morinigo (H 7-Victor Quintana), 10-Virgilio Ferreira, 20-Diego Gavilan (84' 11-Aristides Masi),
    9-Miguel Caceres (55' 17-Nelson Cuevas). Coach: Sergio Markarian (Uruguay)
Scorers: 1-0 16' Yanagisawa, 2-0 50' Yanagisawa
Cautions: 62' K.Nakata, 68' Kawaguchi, 82' Caniza
Expulsions: 81' Quintana
Referee: Panya Hanlumyaung (Thailand)
Attendance: 39,073


Japan - Yugoslavia 1-0 (1-0)        XXII. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 2001, Group Stage
(Oita - Big Eye Park - 04.07.2001 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 3-Naoki Matsuda (68' 17-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto), 4-Ryuzo Morioka, 16-Koji Nakata,
    20-Yasuhiko Hato, 5-Junichi Inamoto, 18-Kazuyuki Toda, 21-Shini Ono (H 6-Toshihiro Hattori), 8-Hiroaki Morishima
    (70' 14-Teruyoshi Ito), 9-Akinori Nishizawa (89' 11-Masashi Nakayama), 22-Takayuki Suzuki (77' 19-Tatsuhiko Kubo).
    Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Yugoslavia (White-White-White):
    1-Sasa Stevanovic (GK) (86' 12- Predrag Ristovic (GK)), 2-Vuk Rasovic (80' 18-Damir Cakar), 13-Dusan Petkovic
    (86' 14-Milovoje Cirkovic), 16-Sasa Zoric, 3-Dejan Ognjanovic, 5-Milan Dudic (21' 7-Radovan Krivokapic),
    10-Dragan Stojkovic (C), 8-Goran Trobok (73' 4-Dejan Radenovic), 15-Aleksandar Zivkovic, 11-Igor Bogdanovic
    (64' 17-Borislav Stevanovic), 9-Petar Divic. Coach: Vujadin Boskov
Scorers: 1-0 21' Inamoto
Cautions: 67' Rasovic, 73' Zivkovic
Referee: Vijay Rahman (Singapore)
Attendance: 38,147


Japan - Australia 3-0 (1-0)         I. AFC/OFC Challenge Cup 2001
(Shizuoka - ECOPA Stadium - 15.08.2001 - 18:35)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Yoshikatsu Kamaguchi (GK) (C), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 4-Ryuzo Norioka, 16-Koji Nakata, 6-Toshohiro Hattori,
    8-Hiroaki Morishima (77' 15-Daisuke Oku), 14-Teruyoshi Ito, 17-Kazuyuki Toda, 21-Yasuhiko Hato
    (73' 12-Tomokazu Myojin), 9-Atsushi Yanagisawa (62' 11-Masashi Nakayama), 22-Takayuki Suzuki.
    Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Australia (Green-Green-Green):
    12-Jason Petkovic (GK), 2-Luke Casserly, 3-Steve Laybutt (61' 13-Angelo Costanzo), 4-Steve Horvat (C),
    14-Fausto De Amicis, 6-Kasey Wehrman, 8-Scott Chipperfield, 10-Steve Corica, 15-Mark Robertson
    (H 18-Con Boutsianis), 9-John Aloisi (69' 20-Saso Petrovski), 11-David Zdrilic. Coach: Frank Farina
Scorers: 1-0 19' Yanagisawa, 2-0 53' Hattori, 3-0 65' Nakayama PK
Cautions: 42' R.Morioka, 64' De Amicis, 89' Wehrman, 91' Constanzo
Referee: Jianjun Zhang (China)
Attendance: 46,404


Senegal - Japan 2-0 (0-0)           Friendly Match
(Lens - Felix Bollaert Stadium - 04.10.2001 - 18:00)
Senegal (White-White-White):
    1-Tony Sylva (GK), 5-Pape Malick Diop, 13-Lamine Diatta, 2-Omar Daf, 16-Alassane Ndour, 22-Makhtar Ndiaye
    (59' 14-Moussa Ndiaye), 3-El-Hadji Sarr, 15-Salif Diao, 7-Henry Camara (64' 18-Pape Bouna Thiaw),
    10-Khalilou Fadiga, 11-El-Hadji Diouf. Coach: Bruno Metsu (France)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    18-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 4-Ryuzo Morioka (C), 21-Yasuhiko Hato, 3-Naoki Matsuda, 16-Koji Nakata
    (H 6-Toshihiro Hattori), 15-Daisuke Oku (75' 24-Nozumi Hiroyama), 25-Chikara Fujimoto (H 14-Teruyoshi Ito),
    17-Kazuyuki Toda, 5-Junichi Inamoto (71' 23-Takashi Fukunishi), 11-Takayuki Suzuki, 9-Naohiro Takahara
    (H 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa). Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Scorers: 1-0 77' Diouf, 2-0 90' Thiaw
Cautions: -
Referee: Pascal Garibian (France)
Attendance: 3,000


Nigeria - Japan 2-2 (1-1)           Friendly Match
(Southampton - St. Mary Stadium - 07.10.2001 - 15:00)
Nigeria (White-White-White):
    1-Ike Shorounmu (GK), 16-Eric Ejiofor, 2-Ifeanyi Udeze (54' 3-Celestine Babayaro), 5-Isaac Okoronkwo,
    15-Sunday Oliseh, 10-Augustine Okocha, 4-Karibe Ojigwe, 7-George Finidi, 9-Victor Agali (74' 11-Garba Lawal),
    13-Tijani Babangida (54' 17-Julius Aghahowa), 8-Yakubu Aiyegbeni. Coach: Amodu Shaibu
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 12-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 16-Koji Nakata, 21-Yasuhiko Hato
    (H 6-Toshihiro Hattori), 14-Teruyoshi Ito (80' 23-Takashi Fukunishi), 5-Junichi Inamoto (70' 15-Daisuke Oku),
    17-Kazuyuki Toda, 8-Shinji Ono (H 24-Nozumi Hiroyama), 9-Akinori Nishizawa (H 11-Takayuki Suzuki),
    13-Atsushi Yanagisawa. Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Scorers: 0-1 26' Yanagisawa, 1-1 28' OG, 1-2 57' T.Suzuki, 2-2 81' Aghahowa
Cautions: 20' Ojigwe, 24' T.Miyamoto, 36' Udeze, 55' Ejiofor, 70' Toda, 88' Ejiofor
Expulsions: 88' Ejiofor
Referee: Stephen Dunn (England)
Attendance: 11,801


Japan - Italy 1-1 (1-0)             Friendly Match (Kirin World Challenge)
(Saitama - Saitama 2002 Stadium - 07.11.2001 - 19:20)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    20-Hitoshi Sogahata (GK), 4-Ryuzo Morioka (C), 17-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 16-Koji Nakata, 2-Yasuhiko Hato
    (74' 23-Tomokazu Myoijn), 21-Kazuyuki Toda, 5-Junichi Inamoto (75' 14-Teruyoshi Ito), 12-Shinji Ono
    (69' 6-Toshihiro Hattori), 8-Hiroaki Morishima (H 7-Hidetoshi Nakata), 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa
    (66' 22-Akinori Nishizawa), 19-Naohiro Takahara (H 9-Takayuki Suzuki (87' 11-Masashi Nakayama)).
    Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Italy (White-Blue-White):
    1-Gianluigi Buffon (GK), 5-Fabio Cannavaro (C), 6-Alessandro Nesta, 2-Mark Iuliano, 4-Luigi Di Biagio
    (H 17-Cristiano Zanetti), 3-Francesco Coco (66' 15-Giuseppe Pancaro), 7-Gianluca Zambrotta, 10-Francesco Totti
    (H 19-Cristiano Doni (89' 16-Angelo Di Livio)), 8-Gennaro Gattuso, 9-Filippo Inzaghi (87' 18-Stefano Fiore),
    11-Alessandro Del Piero (59' 20-Marco Delvecchio). Coach: Giovanni Trapattoni
Scorers: 1-0 9' Yanagisawa, 1-1 50' Doni
Cautions: 3' Coco, 18' Toda, 18' Gattuso, 43' Inamoto, 45' Takahara, 65' Doni
Referee: Jun Lu (China)
Attendance: 61,833

2002

Japan - Ukraina 1-0 (1-0)           Friendly Match (Kirin World Challenge)
(Osaka - Nagai Stadium - 21.03.2002 - 18:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    12-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 17-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 16-Koji Nakata, 26-Daisuke Ichikawa
    (79' 2-Yasuhiko Hato), 24-Takashi Fukunishi (61' 25-Tomokazu Myojin), 21-Kazuyuki Toda, 20-Alex Santos
    (H 10-Shunsuke Nakamura), 8-Hiroaki Morishima (56' 15-Mitsuo Ogasawara), 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa
    (61' 19-Naohiro Takahara), 9-Akinori Nishizawa (H 11-Takayuki Suzuki). Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Ukraina (Yellow-Blue-Yellow):
    1-Vitaly Reva (GK), 4-Oleksandr Holovko (C), 5-Vladyslav Vaschuk, 3-Andry Nesmachny (63' 19-Serhy Zadorozhny),
    15-Serhy Popov (H 13-Oleksandr Radchenko), 14-Andry Husyn, 7-Serhy Shyschenko, 9-Hennady Zubov
    (70' 21-Serhy Serebrennikov), 8-Anatoly Tymoschuk (69' 18-Oleksandr Zotov), 10-Serhy Zakarliula
    (56' 6-Oleksandr Rykun), 11-Andry Vorobey (77' 17-Oleksandr Melaschenko). Coach: Leonid Buryak
Scorers: 1-0 24' Toda
Cautions: 27' Zakarliula, 32' Matsuda, 50' K.Nakata
Referee: Jong-Cheol Kwon (South Korea)
Attendance: 45,214


Poland - Japan 0-2 (0-2)            Friendly Match
(Lodz - Widzew Stadium - 27.03.2002 - 16:15)
Poland (White-Red-White):
    1-Jerzy Dudek (GK) (H 12-Radoslaw Majdan (GK)), 2-Tomasz Klos, 4-Michal Zewlakow (H 20-Jacek Bak),
    5-Tomasz Waldoch (C) (H 13-Bartosz Karwan), 6-Tomasz Hajto, 7-Piotr Swierczewski (H 18-Jacek Krzynowek),
    8-Tomasz Iwan, 10-Radoslaw Kaluzny (79' 3-Arkadiusz Bak), 21-Marek Kozminski, 9-Pawel Kryszalowicz
    (H 14-Marcin Zewlakow), 11-Emmanuel Olisadebe. Coach: Jerzy Engel
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 17-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 16-Koji Nakata, 26-Daisuke Ichikawa
    (70' 2-Yasuhiko Hato), 5-Junichi Inamoto (53' 24-Takashi Fukunishi), 21-Kazuyuki Toda (79' 25-Tomokazu Myojin),
    18-Shinji Ono, 7-Hidetoshi Nakata, 19-Naohiro Takahara (53' 22-Tatsuhiko Kubo), 11-Takayuki Suzuki.
    Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Scorers: 0-1 10' H.Nakata, 0-2 42' Takahara
Cautions: -
Referee: Herman Albrecht (Germany)
Attendance: 10,000


Japan - Costa Rica 1-1 (0-0)        Friendly Match (Kirin World Challenge)
(Yokohama - International Stadium - 17.04.2002 - 19:20)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 16-Koji Nakata, 2-Yasuhiko Hato
    (H 20-Daisuke Ichikawa), 15-Takashi Fukunishi, 25-Junichi Inamoto (75' 17-Tomokazu Myojin),
    10-Shunsuke Nakamura (77' 7-Mitsuo Ogasawara), 8-Hiroaki Morishima (H 14-Alex Santos),
    9-Akinori Nishizawa, 11-Takayuki Suzuki (69' 18-Tatsuhiko Kubo). Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Costa Rica (White-White-White):
    1-Erick Lonnis (GK) (C), 17-Mauricio Wright, 3-Luis Marin (H 21-Alexander Madrigal), 15-Harold Wallace
    (76' 4-Max Sanchez), 5-Gilberto Martinez, 6-Wilmer Lopez (67' 12-Oscar Rojas), 8-Mauricio Solis,
    10-Walter Centeno (76' 13-Daniel Vallejos), 14-Juan Jose Rodriguez, 11-Ronald Gomez (85' 16-Steven Bryce),
    7-Rolando Fonseca (67' 9-Winston Parks). Coach: Alexander Guimaraes
Scorers: 0-1 77' W.Parks, 1-1 81' Myojin
Cautions: 36' Centeno, 55' Wallace
Referee: Junjie Huang (China)
Attendance: 64,783


Japan - Slovakia 1-0 (1-0)          XXIII. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 2002, Group Stage
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 29.04.2002 - 16:10)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    12-Hitoshi Sogahata, 3-Naoki Matsuda, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 16-Koji Nakata, 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa
    (56' 2-Yasuhiko Hato), 21-Kazuyuki Toda (67' 17-Tomokazu Myojin), 25-Junichi Inamoto (H 15-Takashi Fukunishi),
    14-Alex Santos (61' 11-Takayuki Suzuki), 10-Shunsuke Nakamura, 8-Hiroaki Morishima (69' 7-Mitsuo Ogasawara),
    9-Akinori Nishizawa (67' 18-Tatsuhiko Kubo). Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Slovakia (White-White-White):
    1-Juraj Bucek (GK), 4-Ivan Kozak (77' 17-Michal Hanek), 3-Marek Spilar, 15-Pavol Vavrik, 16-Marian Cisovsky,
    5-Peter Dzurik (72' 9-Martin Fabus), 6-Karol Kisel (90' 2-Ondrej Debnar), 7-Marek Mintal (54' 8-Juraj Czinege),
    14-Lubomir Talda, 10-Henrich Bencik, 11-Robert Vittek (74' 13-Juraj Ancic). Coach: Ladislav Jurkemik
Scorers: 1-0 38' Nishizawa
Cautions: 11' Vavrik, 23' Toda, 36' Bencik, 44' Spilar, 57' Fukunishi, 90' Debnar
Referee: Jae-Young Bae (South Korea)
Attendance: 55,144


Japan - Honduras 3-3 (2-3)          XXIII. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 2002, Group Stage
(Kobe - Universiade Memorial Stadium - 02.05.2002 - 19:20)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 16-Koji Nakata, 2-Yasuhiko Hato
    (H 20-Daisuke Ichikawa), 15-Takashi Fukunishi, 25-Junichi Inamoto (75' 17-Tomokazu Myojin),
    10-Shunsuke Nakamura (77' 7-Mitsuo Ogasawara), 8-Hiroaki Morishima (H 14-Alex Santos),
    9-Akinori Nishizawa, 11-Takayuki Suzuki (69' 18-Tatsuhiko Kubo). Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Honduras (White-White-White):
    25-Donis Esober (GK) (H 1-Junior Morales (GK)), 3-David Carcamo, 4-Samuel Caballero, 6-Jaime Rosales
    (92' 17-Junior Izaguirre), 14-Rony Morales, 19-Oscar Bonilla (59' 13-Emil Martinez), 15-Edgar Alvarez,
    8-Jose Luis Pineda, 10-Danilo Turcios (69' 7-Robel Bernardez), 12-Maynor Suazo (79' 5-Sergio Mendoza),
    9-Carlos Pavon. Coach: Omar Ernesto Lusardo
Scorers: 0-1 15' Pineda, 1-1 26' S.Nakamura, 1-2 27' Pavon, 2-2 41' S.Nakamura, 2-3 45' Pavon,
    3-3 76' Alex Santos PK
Cautions: 16' Caballero, 45' Hato, 50' Alex Santos, 75' Rosales, 82' Mendoza, 90' Carcamo
Referee: Sang-Goo Park (South Korea)
Attendance: 38,130


Norway - Japan 3-0 (0-0)            Friendly Match
(Oslo - Ullevaal Stadium - 14.05.2002 - 15:45)
Norway (Red-White-Navy):
    1-Thomas Myhre (GK), 2-Andre Bergdolmo, 4-Henning Berg, 3-Ronny Johnsen (H 14-Claus Lundekvam), 5-John Arne Riise,
    11-Jan Derek Sorensen (H 15-Jo Tessem), 9-Eirik Bakke, 7-Trond Andersen, 8-Oyvind Leonhardsen (85' 17-Vidar Riseth),
    6-Steffen Iversen (73' 18-Sigurd Rushfeldt), 10-Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Coach: Nils Johan Semb
Japan (White-Blue-White):
    23-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 16-Koji Nakata (81' 6-Toshihiro Hattori),
    20-Daisuke Ichikawa (H 17-Tomokazu Myojin), 15-Takashi Fukunishi (H 21-Kazuyuki Toda), 27-Hidetoshi Nakata,
    25-Junichi Inamoto (85' 14-Alex Santos), 26-Shinji Ono, 11-Takayuki Suzuki (85' 7-Mitsuo Ogasawara),
    18-Tatsuhiko Kubo (H 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa). Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Scorers: 1-0 72' Berg, 2-0 76' Rushfeldt, 3-0 84' Solskjaer
Cautions: 34' Inamoto, 91' Kawaguchi
Referee: Giorgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
Attendance: 8,348


Japan - Sweden 1-1 (0-1)            Friendly Match (Kirin World Challenge)
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 25.05.2002 - 19:20)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    12-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 3-Naoki Matsuda (H 17-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto), 4-Ryuzo Morioka (C) (74' 2-Yutaka Akita),
    16-Koji Nakata, 18-Shinji Ono (56' 14-Alex Santos), 21-Kazuyuki Toda (88' 22-Daisuke Ichikawa), 5-Junichi Inamoto
    (69' 15-Takashi Fukunishi), 6-Toshihiro Hattori (H 20-Tomokazu Myojin), 8-Hiroaki Morishima (H 11-Takayuki Suzuki),
    7-Hidetoshi Nakata (64' 19-Mitsuo Ogasawara), 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa (68' 10-Masashi Nakayama).
    Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Sweden (Yellow-Blue-Yellow):
    1-Magnus Hedson (GK), 4-Johan Mjallby (77' 15-Andreas Jakobsson), 3-Patrick Andersson (C), 16-Teddy Lucic,
    2-Olaf Mellbreg, 17-Magnus Svensson (16' 7-Niclas Alexandersson), 8-Anders Svensson, 9-Frederik Ljungberg
    (74' 22-Andreas Andersson), 6-Tobias Linderoth, 11-Henrik Larsson, 10-Marcus Allback (67' 21-Zlatan Ibrahimovic).
    Coach: Tommy Soederberg
Scorers: 0-1 20' Allback, 1-1 63' Mjallby OG
Cautions: 14' Lucic, 56' Morioka, 81' Ibrahimovic, 84' Alex Santos, 87' K.Nakata
Referee: Weixin Zhou (China)
Attendance: 55,418


Japan - Belgium 2-2 (0-0)           XVII. FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan 2002, Final Phase, 1st Round Group H
(Saitama - Saitama 2002 Stadium - 04.06.2002 - 18:00)
Japan (White-Blue-White):
    12-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 4-Ryuzo Morioka (C) (71' 17-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto), 16-Koji Nakata,
    22-Daisuke Ichikawa, 21-Kazuyuki Toda, 5-Junichi Inamoto, 18-Shinji Ono (64' 14-Alex Santos), 7-Hidetoshi Nakata,
    11-Takayuki Suzuki (68' 8-Hiroaki Morishima), 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa. Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Belgium (Red-Red-Red):
    1-Geert De Vlieger (GK), 4-Eric van Meir, 12-Peter van der Heyden, 16-Daniel van Buyten, 15-Jacky Peeters,
    6-Timmy Simons, 18-Yves Vanderhaeghe, 8-Bart Goor, 10-Johan Walem (67' 9-Wesley Sonck), 11-Gert Verheyen
    (82' 20-Branko Strupar), 7-Marc Wilmots (C). Coach: Robert Waseige
Scorers: 0-1 57' Wilmots, 1-1 59' T.Suzuki, 2-1 67' Inamoto, 2-2 75' van der Heyden
Cautions: 21' van der Heyden, 31' Toda, 54' Inamoto, 62' Verheyen, 82' van Meir
Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)
Attendance: 55,256


Japan - Russia 1-0 (0-0)            XVII. FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan 2002, Final Phase, 1st Round Group H
(Yokohama - International Stadium - 09.06.2002 - 20:30)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    12-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 17-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C), 16-Koji Nakata, 21-Kazuyuki Toda,
    5-Junichi Inamoto (84' 15-Takashi Fukunishi), 18-Shinji Ono (74' 6-Toshihiro Hattori), 20-Tomokazu Myojin,
    7-Hidetoshi Nakata, 11-Takayuki Suzuki (71' 10-Masashi Nakayama), 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa.
    Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Russia (White-Blue-White):
    1-Ruslan Nigmatullin (GK), 7-Viktor Onopko (C), 3-Yury Nikiforov, 2-Yury Kovtun, 4-Aleksey Smertin
    (56' 11-Vladimir Beschastnykh), 6-Igor Semshov, 5-Andrei Solomatin, 20-Marat Izmailov (51' 21-Dmitry Khokhlov),
    9-Egor Titov, 8-Valery Karpin, 19-Ruslan Pimenov (H 22-Dmitry Sychev). Coach: Oleg Romantsev
Scorers: 1-0 51' Inamoto
Cautions: 13' Pimenov, 15' T.Miyamoto, 38' Solomatin, 42' K.Nakata, 60' Khokhlov,
    91' Nakayama
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Attendance: 66,108


Japan - Tunisia 2-0 (0-0)           XVII. FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan 2002, Final Phase, 1st Round Group H
(Osaka - Nagai Stadium - 14.06.2002 - 15:30)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    12-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 17-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C), 16-Koji Nakata, 21-Kazuyuki Toda,
    5-Junichi Inamoto (H 22-Daisuke Ichikawa), 20-Tomokazu Myojin, 18-Shinji Ono, 7-Hidetoshi Nakata
    (83' 19-Mitsuo Ogasawara), 11-Takayuki Suzuki, 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa (H 8-Hiroaki Morishima).
    Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Tunisia (White-Red-White):
    1-Ali Boumnijel (GK), 2-Khaled Badra (C), 23-Jose Clayton, 12-Raoulf Bouzaiene (77' 20-Ali Zitouni),
    15-Radhi Jaidi, 6-Hatem Trabelsi, 13-Riadh Bouazizi, 21-Mourad Melki (H 3-Zoubeir Beya), 18-Slim Ben Achour,
    10-Kaies Ghodhbane, 5-Ziad Jaziri. Coach: Ammar Souayah
Scorers: 1-0 48' Morishima, 2-0 75' H.Nakata
Cautions: 21' Bouazizi, 81' Badra
Referee: Gilles Veissiere (France)
Attendance: 45,213


Japan - Turkey 0-1 (0-1)            XVII. FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan 2002, Final Phase, 1/8 Final
(Sendai - Miyagi Stadium - 18.06.2002 - 15:30)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    12-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 17-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C), 16-Koji Nakata, 21-Kazuyuki Toda,
    5-Junichi Inamoto (H 11-Takayuki Suzuki), 14-Alex Santos (H 22-Daisuke Ichikawa (86' 8-Hiroaki Morishima)),
    20-Tomokazu Myojin, 18-Shinji Ono, 7-Hidetoshi Nakata, 9-Akinori Nishizawa. Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Turkey (White-Red-White):
    1-Rustu Recber (GK), 20-Hakan Unsal, 3-Bulent Korkmaz, 4-Fatih Akyel, 5-Alpay Ozalan, 18-Ergun Penbe,
    8-Tugay Kerimoglu, 10-Yildiray Basturk (89' 17-Ilhan Mansiz), 22-Umit Davala (73' 15-Nihat Kahveci),
    11-Hasan Sas (84' 14-Tayfur Havutcu), 9-Hakan Sucur (C). Coach: Senol Gunes
Scorers: 0-1 12' Umit Davala
Cautions: 21' Alpay Ozalan, 44' Ergun Penbe, 45' Toda, 91' Hakan Sucur
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
Attendance: 45,666


Japan - Jamaica 1-1 (1-0)           Friendly Match (Kirin World Challenge Go for 2006)
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 16.10.2002 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 22-Akira Narahashi, 2-Yutaka Akita, 3-Naoki Matsuda, 6-Toshihiro Hattori,
    5-Junichi Inamoto (82' 16-Koji Nakata), 18-Shinji Ono (82' 15-Takashi Fukunishi), 7-Hidetoshi Nakata,
    10-Shunsuke Nakamura, 20-Naohiro Takahara, 13-Atsushu Yanagisawa (76' 11-Takayuki Suzuki).
    Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Jamaica (Yellow-Black-Yellow):
    13-Aaron Lawrence (GK) (74' 30-Donovan Ricketts (GK)), 5-Ian Goodison, 17-Marco McDonald, 25-Claude Davis,
    6-Omar Daley (61' 4-Linval Dixon), 24-Robert Scarlett, 18-Craig Zaidie, 21-Micah Hyde (71' 12-Jarmaine Johnson),
    22-Paul Hall (77' 16-Fabian Taylor), 9-Andrew Williams (61' 10-Ricard Fuller), 7-Barry Hayles.
    Coach: Carl Brown
Scorers: 1-0 7' Ono, 1-1 80' Fuller
Cautions: 38' Zaidie, 60' Akita, 69' Fuller
Referee: Young-Joo Kim (South Korea)
Attendance: 55,437


Japan - Argentina 0-2 (0-0)         Friendly Match (Kirin World Challenge Go for 2006)
(Saitama - Saitama 2002 Stadium - 20.11.2002 - 19:20)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 22-Akira Narahashi (52' 12-Nobuhisa Yamada), 2-Yutaka Akita, 3-Naoki Matsuda,
    5-Eisuke Nakanishi, 15-Takashi Fukunishi, 16-Koji Nakata, 19-Mitsuo Ogasawara (67' 18-Yasuhito Endo),
    10-Shunsuke Nakamura (58' 14-Alex Santos), 20-Naohiro Takahara, 11-Suzuki Takayuki (55' 9-Masashi Nakayama).
    Coach: Masakuni Yamamoto (caretaker)
Argentina (Sky Blue/White-Black-White):
    12-Pablo Caballero (GK), 2-Roberto Ayala, 14-Facundo Quiroga (89' 4-Mauricio Pochettino), 6-Walter Samuel,
    8-Javier Zanetti, 5-Mattias Almeyda, 3-Juan Pablo Sorin, 17-Ariel Ortega (73' 20-Javier Saviola),
    11-Juan Veron (C), 7-Claudio Lopez (65' 18-Kily Gonzalez), 9-Hernan Crespo (83' 21-Santiago Solari).
    Coach: Marcelo Bielsa
Scorers: 0-1 47' Sorin, 0-2 49' Crespo
Cautions: 25' Samuel, 57' Sorin
Referee: Saad Kameel Mane (Kuwait)
Attendance: 61,816

2003

Japan - Uruguay 2-2 (1-2)           Friendly Match (Kirin World Challenge Go for 2006)
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 28.03.2003 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    12-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 2-Yutaka Akita, 22-Akira Narahashi, 6-Toshihiro Hattori,
    4-Ryuzo Morioka, 7-Hidetoshi Nakata (C), 10-Shunsuke Nakamura (H 14-Alex Santos),
    5-Junichi Inamoto, 18-Shinji Ono (H 16-Koji Nakata), 11-Takayuki Suzuki (75' 13-Teruaki Kurobe),
    20-Naohiro Takahara. Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Uruguay (Red-White-White):
    12-Hector Carini (GK), 3-Dario Rodriguez, 2-Alejandro Lembo, 5-Gonzalo Sorondo, 4-Bruno Silva
    (81' 14-Carlos Diogo), 6-Pablo Lima, 7-Marcelo Sosa, 8-Sebastian Eguren (91' 16-Juan Ramon Curbelo),
    10-Alvaro Recoba (C), 9-Diego Forlan (83' 19-Fabian Estoyanoff), 11-Javier Ernesto Chevanton
    (63' 18-Horacio Peralta). Coach: Gustavo Ferrin
Scorers: 0-1 21' D.Forlan, 1-1 23' S.Nakamura PK, 1-2 25' Lembo, 2-2 57' Inamoto
Cautions: 20' D.Rodriguez, 30' D.Forlan, 70' Recoba, 90' Peralta
Referee: Tae-Young Kim (South Korea)
Attendance: 54,039


South Korea - Japan 0-1 (0-0)       Friendly Match
(Seoul - Sangam World Cup 2002 Stadium - 16.04.2003 - 19:00)
South Korea (Red-Denim Blue-Red):
    1-Woon-Jae Lee (GK), 7-Tae-Young Kim, 2-Byung-Gook Cho, 3-Sung-Yong Choi, 22-Choong-Kyun Park
    (89' 13-Joo-Sung Park), 6-Sang-Cheol Yoo (82' 12-Sang-Shik Kim), 15-Do-Keoun Kim (59' 18-Doo-Hyun Kim),
    14-Cheon-Soo Lee, 8-Tae-Uk Choi (80' 4-Dong-Hyuk Park), 19-Jung-Hwan Ahn, 20-Dong-Gook Lee
    (65' 10-Sung-Gook Choi). Coach: Humberto Coelho (Portugal)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 2-Yutaka Akita, 22-Akira Narahashi, 6-Toshihiro Hattori, 4-Ryuzo Morioka,
    15-Takashi Fukunishi, 14-Alex Santos, 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara, 16-Koji Nakata, 9-Masashi Nakayama
    (75' 11-Yuichiro Nagai), 20-Yoshiteru Yamashita (H 13-Daisuke Oku). Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Scorers: 0-1 92' Y.Nagai
Cautions: 6' K.Nakata, 75' Akita
Referee: Kennedy Kumbalingam (Singapore)
Attendance: 64,703


Japan - South Korea 0-1 (0-0)       Friendly Match
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 31.05.2003 - 19:15)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 4-Ryuzo Morioka (C), 3-Yutaka Akita, 6-Toshihiro Hattori, 2-Akira Narahashi,
    16-Koji Nakata, 5-Junichi Inamoto (65' 19-Yasuhito Endo), 14-Alex Santos, 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara,
    11-Takayuki Suzuki (65' 20-Yoshito Okubo), 9-Masashi Nakayama (74' 18-Yuichiro Nagai).
    Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
South Korea (Red-Denim Blue-Red):
    1-Woon-Jae Lee (GK) (89' 21-Yong-Dae Kim (GK)), 7-Tae-Young Kim, 2-Byung-Gook Cho,
    22-Choong-Kyun Park, 20-Ki-Hyung Lee, 5-Nam-Il Kim, 13-Eul-Ryong Lee, 6-Sang-Cheol Yoo (C),
    9-Ki-Hyun Seol (92' 18-Jung-Hyun Wang), 16-Doo-Ri Cha (59' 14-Cheon-Soo Lee), 10-Yong-Soo Choi
    (56' 19-Jung-Hwan Ahn). Coach: Humberto Coelho (Portugal)
Scorers: 0-1 86' Jung-Hwan Ahn
Cautions: Byung-Gook Cho, Ki-Hyun Seol, Alex Santos
Referee: Subkhiddin Salleh (Malaysia)
Attendance: 53,405


Japan - Argantina 1-4 (0-2)         XXIV. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 2003, Group Stage
(Osaka - Nagai Stadium - 08.06.2003 - 19:20)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 3-Yutaka Akita, 2-Akira Narahashi, 6-Toshihiro Hattori, 4-Ryuzo Morioka,
    7-Hidetoshi Nakata (C), 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara (H 14-Alex Santos), 16-Koji Nakata (H 15-Takashi Fukunishi),
    5-Junichi Inamoto, 9-Masashi Nakayama (H 27-Yoshito Okubo), 11-Takayuki Suzuki (65' 24-Yuichiro Nagai).
    Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Argentina (Sky Blue/White-Black-White):
    12-Pablo Caballero (GK), 8-Javier Zanetti (C), 6-Gabriel Heinze, 4-Facundo Quiroga, 2-Fabricio Coloccini,
    21-Santiago Solari (76' 17-Maximiliano Rodriguez), 16-Pablo Aimar (63' 18-Roman Riquelme), 5-Esteban Cambiasso,
    14-Castroman (36' 3-Diego Placente), 7-Luciano Galletti, 9-Javier Saviola (72' 19-Bernardo Romeo).
    Coach: Marcelo Bielsa
Scorers: 0-1 30' Saviola, 0-2 45' Zanetti, 1-2 54' Akita, 1-3 79' Romeo, 1-4 82' Galletti
Cautions: -
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
Attendance: 42,508


Japan - Paraguay 0-0 (0-0)          XXIV. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 2003, Group Stage
(Saitama - Saitama 2002 Stadium - 11.06.2003 - 19:20)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 22-Nobuhisa Yamada, 17-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 21-Keisuke Tsuboi, 14-Alex Santos,
    15-Takashi Fukunishi (H 16-Koji Nakata), 7-Hidetoshi Nakata (C), 10-Shunsuke Nakamura, 19-Yasuhito Endo,
    20-Naohiro Takahara, 27-Yoshito Okubo. Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Paraguay (Red/White-Blue-White):
    22-Ricardo Tavarelli (GK) (C), 2-Ruben Maldonado, 3-Julio Caceres, 14-Paulo Silva, 5-Delio Toledo,
    6-Jorge Britez (H 18-Oscar Sanabria), 16-Carlos Bonet, 10-Gustavo Morinigo (63' 17-Pedro Irala),
    8-Angel Ortiz, 7-Nelson Cuevas (85' 19-Dante Lopez), 9-Juan Samudio (58' 11-Fredy Bareiro).
    Coach: Anibal Ruiz
Scorers: -
Cautions: -
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Attendance: 59,891


New Zealand - Japan 0-3 (0-1)       IV. FIFA/Confederations Cup 2003, 1st Round Group A
(St. Denis - Stade de France - 18.06.2003 - 18:00)
New Zealand (White-White-White):
    12-Mike Utting (GK), 2-Duncan Oughton, 4-Chris Zoricich (C), 7-Ivan Vicelich, 8-Aaran Lines
    (70' 21-Noah Hickey), 9-Mark Burton (73' 10-Chris Jackson), 11-Chris Killen (80' 13-Chris Bouckenooghe),
    14-Ryan Nelsen, 16-Vaughan Coveny, 19-Simon Elliott, 20-Gerard Davis. Coach: Mick Waitt (England)
Japan (Blue-Blue-Blue):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 17-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 22-Nobuhisa Yamada, 21-Keisuke Tsuboi,
    19-Yasuhito Endo, 5-Junichi Inamoto, 14-Alex Santos, 9-Yoshito Okubo, 7-Hidetoshi Nakata (C),
    10-Shunsuke Nakamura, 20-Naohiro Takahara. Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Scorers: 0-1 12' S.Nakamura, 0-2 65' H.Nakata, 0-3 75' S.Nakamura
Cautions: 6' Alex Santos, 37' Inamoto, 72' Oughton
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Attendance: 36,038


France - Japan 2-1 (1-0)            IV. FIFA/Confederations Cup 2003, 1st Round Group A
(St. Etienne - Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium - 20.06.2003 - 21:00)
France (White-White-White):
    16-Fabien Barthez (GK), 19-Willy Sagnol, 5-William Gallas, 4-Jean-Alain Boumsong, 22-Sidney Govou,
    13-Mikael Silvestre, 6-Olivier Dacourt (57' 18-Benoit Pedretti), 14-Jerome Rothen (66' 11-Sylvain Wiltord),
    20-Steve Marlet (80' 12-Thierry Henry), 7-Robert Pires (C), 21-Ousmane Dabo. Coach: Jacques Santini
Japan (Blue-Blue-Blue):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 17-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 21-Keisuke Tsuboi, 22-Nobuhisa Yamada, 19-Yasuhito Endo,
    5-Junichi Inamoto (73' 16-Koji Nakata), 7-Hidetoshi Nakata (C), 9-Yoshito Okubo, 10-Shunsuke Nakamura
    (80' 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara), 14-Alex Santos, 20-Naohiro Takahara. Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Scorers: 1-0 43' Pires PK, 1-1 59' S.Nakamura, 2-1 65' Govou
Cautions: 21' Govou, 33' Okubo, 42' Inamoto
Expulsions: 90' Sagnol
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Attendance: 33,070


Japan - Colombia 0-1 (0-0)          IV. FIFA/Confederations Cup 2003, 1st Round Group A
(St. Etienne - Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium - 22.06.2003 - 21:00)
Japan (White-White-White):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 17-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 22-Nobuhisa Yamada, 16-Koji Nakata, 21-Keisuke Tsuboi,
    9-Yoshito Okubo (67' 18-Yuichiro Nagai), 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara (74' 11-Daisuke Matsui), 19-Yasuhito Endo
    (82' 13-Daisuke Oku), 14-Alex Santos, 7-Hidetoshi Nakata (C), 20-Naohiro Takahara.
    Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Colombia (Yellow-Blue-Red):
    1-Oscar Cordoba (GK), 23-Gonzalo Martinez, 3-Mario Yepes (C), 5-Jose Mera, 14-Oscar Diaz
    (H 8-Arnulfo Valentierra), 21-Jairo Patino, 20-Gerardo Bedoya, 18-Jorge Lopez, 16-Eudalio Arriaga
    (76' 6-Gerardo Vallejo), 10-Giovanni Hernandez, 9-Victor Aristizabal. Coach: Francisco Maturana
Scorers: 0-1 68' G.Hernandez
Cautions: 5' Mera, 11' N.Yamada, 82' H.Nakata, 87' Matsui
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
Attendance: 24,541


Japan - Nigeria 3-0 (2-0)           Friendly Match (Kirin World Challenge Go for 2006)
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 20.08.2003 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    12-Hitoshi Sogahata (GK), 2-Nobuhisa Yamada, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 14-Alex Santos, 4-Keisuke Tsuboi,
    7-Hidetoshi Nakata (C), 10-Shunsuke Nakamura, 6-Junichi Inamoto, 19-Yasuhito Endo, 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa,
    9-Naohiro Takahara (68' 20-Yoshito Okubo). Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Nigeria (Green-White-White):
    20-Greg Etafia (GK), 16-Efetobore Sodje, 2-Emmanuel Izuagha, 6-Joseph Enakahire, 7-Patrick Ovie
    (65' 17-Kola Adams), 10-Haruna Babangida, 14-Seyi Olofinjama, 11-Benedict Akwuegbu (C), 8-Ikpe Ekong,
    5-Ifeanyi Ekwueme (H 9-Samuel Ayorinde), 12-Ike Kalu (78' 13-Femi Opabunmi). Coach: Christian Chukwu
Scorers: 1-0 1' Takahara, 2-0 39' Takahara, 3-0 72' Y.Endo
Cautions: 61' Sodje, 81' Takahara
Referee: Tae-Young Kim (South Korea)
Attendance: 54,660


Japan - Senegal 0-1 (0-1)           Friendly Match (Kirin World Challenge Go for 2006)
(Niigata - Niigata Stadium - 10.09.2003 - 19:25)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    12-Hitoshi Sogahata (GK), 2-Nobuhisa Yamada, 3-Keisuke Tsuboi, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 14-Alex Santos,
    7-Hidetoshi Nakata (C), 6-Junichi Inamoto, 19-Yasuhito Endo (73' 18-Shinji Ono), 10-Shunsuke Nakamura,
    13-Atsushi Yanagisawa (75' 9-Teruaki Kurobe), 20-Yoshito Okubo (64' 16-Masashi Motoyama).
Senegal (White-White-White):
    1-Tony Sylva (GK), 13-Lamine Diatta (62' 21-Habib Beye), 5-Souleymane Diawara, 4-Pape Malick Diop (C),
    2-Omar Daf, 19-Pape Bouba Diop, 15-Salif Diao, 12-Amdy Faye (54' 8-Sylvain N'diaye), 7-Henri Camara
    (87' 20-Mamadou Diabang), 18-Mamadou Niang (62' 9-Souleymane Camara), 10-Diomansy Kamara (14-Ousmane Ndoye 77).
Scorers: 0-1 6' Bouba Diop
Cautions: -
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Attendance: 40,104


Tunisia - Japan 0-1 (0-1)           Friendly Match
(Tunis - El-Menzah Olympic Stadium - 08.10.2003 - 20:30)
Tunisia (Red-Red-Red):
    16-Khaled Fadhel (GK), 6-Hatem Trabelsi, 2-Khaled Badra, 3-Radhouane Bouzaiene, 19-Anys Ayari, 8-Mehdi Nafti (89' 20-Wajih Seghaier),
    14-Adel Chedli, 18-Slim Ben Achour (75' 13-Riadh Bouazizi), 5-Jiad Jaziri, 9-Najed Braham (53' 17-Mohamed Selliti), 7-Imed Mhadhebi
    (80' 12-Nabil Missaoui). Coach: Roger Lemerre (France)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 21-Akira Kaji, 17-Teruyuki Moniwa, 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 5-Atsuhiro Miura, 7-Hidetoshi Nakata, 6-Junichi Inamoto,
    18-Shinji Ono, 10-Shunsuke Nakamura, 11-Takayuki Suzuki (89' 20-Yoshito Okubo), 13-Atsushi Yanaghisawa (77' 8-Toshiya Fujita).
    Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Scorers: 0-1 13' Yanagisawa
Cautions: -
Referee: Kamel Bargar (Algeria)
Attendance: 9,000


Romania - Japan 1-1 (1-0)           Friendly Match
(Bucuresti - Dinamop Stadium - 11.10.2003 - 13:15)
Romania (Yellow-Yellow-Yellow):
    1-Bogdan Lobont (GK), 2-Flavius Stoican, 4-Adrian Iencsi, 5-Cristian Chivu (C), 3-Razvan Rat, 7-Nicolae Dica (64' 16-Florin Soava),
    6-Mirel Radoi (66' 18-Paul Codrea), 8-Dorinel Munteanu (82' 19-Ianis Zicu), 11-Daniel Pancu, 9-Ioan Viorel Ganea (64' 15-Florin Bratu),
    10-Adrian Mutu. Coach: Anghel Iordanescu
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    12-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 2-Nobuhisa Yamada, 4-Keisuke Tsuboi, 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 14-Alex Santos, 7-Hidetoshi Nakata (C),
    6-Junichi Inamoto, 18-Shinji Ono, 10-Shunsuke Nakamura, 9-Naohiro Takahara (76' 20-Yoshito Okubo), 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa.
    Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Scorers: 1-0 16' Mutu, 1-1 58' Yanagisawa
Cautions: 31' Pancu, 42' Alex Santos, 50' Mutu, 63' Takahara, 89' Codrea
Referee: Fernando Carmona Mendez (Spain)
Attendance: 9,000


Japan - Cameroon 0-0 (0-0)          Friendly Match (Kirin World Challenge Go for 2006)
(Oita - Big Eye Park - 19.11.2003 - 19:20)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 2-Nobuhisa Yamada, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 3-Keisuke Tsuboi, 14-Alessandro Santos; 18-Shinji Ono,
    7-Hidetoshi Nakata (C), 6-Junichi Inamoto, 10-Toshiya Fujita (80' 19-Yasuhito Endo), 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa (69' 20-Yoshito Okubo),
    9-Naohiro Takahara. Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Cameroon (Green-Red-Yellow):
    1-Idriss Kameni (GK), 13-Lucien Mettomo, 6-Pierre Njanka (25' 21-Nana Falemi), 5-Timothee Atouba, 3-Bill Tchato (64' 15-Gustave Bahoken),
    2-Jean Joel Perrier Doumbe, 8-Geremi Njitap (C), 20-Marcus Mokake (H 14-Joel Epalle), 19-Eric Djemba Djemba (68' 18-Achille Webo),
    10-Patrick Mboma (23-Daniel Ngom 80), 7-Jean Makoun. Coach: Winfried Schaeffer (Germany)
Scorers: -
Cautions: 27' Njitap, 42' Djemba Djemba, 49' Perrier Doumba, 90' N.Yamada
Referee: Jun Lu (China)
Attendance: 38,627


Japan - China 2-0 (1-0)             I. EAFF Championship 2003, Final Phase, Group Stage
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 04.12.2003 - 19:15)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 3-Keisuke Tsuboi, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C), 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 2-Nobuhisa Yamada, 15-Takashi Fukunishi,
    19-Yasuhito Endo, 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara, 14-Alex Santos, 9-Tatsuhiko Kubo, 20-Yoshito Okubo (78' 13-Masashi Motoyama).
    Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
China (White-White-White):
    1-Yunfei Li (GK), 4-Weifeng Li, 6-Zhi Zheng, 3-Zhanbo Xiao, 2-Yunlong Xu (74' 20-Xin Wei), 7-Junzhe Zhao, 5-Mingyi Ji
    (20' 14-Jindong Liu), 10-Haibin Zhou (69' 22-Chen Yang), 8-Pu Yang, 11-Yi Li, 9-Haidong Hao. Coach: Arie Haan (Nederland)
Scorers: 1-0 5' Kubo, 2-0 80' Kubo
Cautions: 7' Zhi Zheng, 10' Nakazawa, 34' Pu Yang, 40' Y.Endo, 65' Jindong Liu
Referee: Santhan Nagalingam (Singapore)
Attendance: 41,742


Japan - Hong Kong 1-0 (1-0)         I. EAFF Championship 2003, Final Phase, Group Stage
(Saitama - Saitama 2002 Stadium - 07.12.2003 - 19:15)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 3-Keisuke Tsuboi, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C), 4-Teruyuki Moniwa, 2-Nobuhisa Yamada (79' 7-Naohiro Ishikawa),
    15-Takashi Fukunishi, 19-Yasuhito Endo (68' 17-Takuya Yamada), 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara (70' 16-Daisuke Oku), 14-Alex Santos,
    9-Tatsuhiko Kubo, 20-Yoshito Okubo. Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Hong Kong (White-White-White):
    19-Chun-yip Fan (GK), 5-Kai-cheuk Lai, 18-Wai-man Lee (C), 3-Pei-tak Man, 13-Man-chun Szeto, 6-Chi-keung Lau, 12-Chun-yue Wong,
    7-Chun-bong Law (87' 9-Ho-man Chan), 20-Yiu-cheuk Poon (90' 2-Chi-wing Leung), 16-Koon-pong Luk, 21-Lawrence Akandu.
    Coach: Sun-cheung Lai
Scorers: 1-0 37' Alex Santos PK
Cautions: 36' 19-Chun-yip Fan, 58' Kubo, 58' Pei-tak Man, 63' Man-chun Szeto
Referee: Chalach Piromya (Thailand)
Attendance: 45,145


Japan - South Korea 0-0 (0-0)       I. East Asian Football Championship 2003, Fina Phase, Group Stage
(Yokohama - International Stadium - 10.12.2003 - 19:15)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 2-Nobuhisa Yamada (89' 11-Teruaki Kurobe), 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C), 14-Alex Santos, 22-Yuji Nakazawa
    (H 13-Masashi Motoyama), 3-Keisuke Tsuboi, 15-Takashi Fukunishi (H 10-Toshiya Fujita), 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara, 19-Yasuhito Endo,
    9-Tatsuhiko Kubo, 20-Yoshito Okubo. Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
South Korea (Red-Denim Blue-Red):
    1-Woon-Jae Lee (GK), 15-Jae-Hong Park, 4-Jin-Cheol Choi, 6-Sang-Cheol Yoo (C), 12-Dong-Jin Kim, 8-Won-Kwon Choi, 2-Young-Min Hyun
    (67' 10-Gwan-Woo Lee), 20-Doo-Hyun Kim, 19-Jung-Hwan Ahn, 9-Do-Hoon Kim (84' 14-Eun-Joong Kim), 18-Dae-Ui Kim (H 16-Kyung-Ho Chung).
    Coach: Humberto Coelho (Portugal)
Scores: -
Cautions: 14' Jin-Cheol Choi, 15' Okubo, 41' Jae-Hong Park, 86' M.Motoyama, 94' Dong-Jin Kim
Expulsions: 18' Okubo
Referee: Santhan Nagalingam (Singapore)
Attendance: 62,633

2004

Japan - Malaysia 4-0 (3-0)          Friendly Match (Kirin World Challenge Go for 2006)
(Kashima - Kashima Antlers Stadium - 07.02.2004 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    23-Yoichi Doi (GK) (75' 12-Ryota Tsuzuki (GK)), 2-Nobuhisa Yamada (63' 21-Akira Kaji), 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C)
    (63' 4-Teruyuki Moniwa), 14-Alex Santos (63' 6-Atsuhiro Miura), 3-Keisuke Tsuboi (63' 22-Yuji Nakazawa), 10-Toshiya Fujita
    (75' 7-Naohiro Ishikawa), 17-Takuya Yamada (75' 16-Daisuke Oku), 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara, 19-Yasuhito Endo, 9-Tatsuhiko Kubo
    (75' 11-Teruaki Kurobe), 13-Masashi Motoyama. Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Malaysia (Yellow-Yellow-Yellow):
    1-Azmin Azram Aziz (GK), (52' 21-Mohd Hamsani Ahmad (GK)), 8-Chan Wing Hoong, 2-Yuzaiman Zahari, 18-Khaironisam Sahabuddin Hussain,
    4-Subri Sulong (H 3-Liew Kit Kong), 15-Tengku Hazman Raja Hassan (C) (H 10-Sanbagamaran Kalasigaram), 16-Chow Chee Weng
    (H 12-Faizal Zainal), 17-Nantha Kumar Kalliappan, 13-Eddy Helmi Manan, 9-Hairuddin Omar, 19-Nizaruddin Yusop.
    Coach: Rajagobal Krishnasamy
Scorers: 1-0 11' Ogasawara, 2-0 38' T.Miyamoto, 3-0 44' N.Yamada, 4-0 46' Y.Endo
Cautions: -
Referee: Mourad Moradi (Iran)
Attendance: 29,530


Japan - Iraq 2-0 (0-0)              Friendly Match (Kirin World Challenge Go for 2006)
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 12.02.2004 - 19:20)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 2-Nobuhisa Yamada, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C), 3-Keisuke Tsuboi, 14-Alex Santos, 17-Takuya Yamada
    (14' 15-Takashi Fukunishi), 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara, 19-Yasuhito Endo, 10-Toshiya Fujita (72' 25-Shunsuke Nakamura), 9-Tatsuhiko Kubo,
    24-Atsushi Yanagisawa (79' 20-Yoshito Okubo). Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Iraq (White-White-White):
    1-Saad Jameel (GK), 16-Hayder Jassim, 4-Haidar Kadhim, 3-Bassim Kati, 6-Salih Salih (85' 24-Ahmed Abbas), 25-Abdul Wahab  (C),
    10-Hawar Taher, 12-Haytham Taher, 8-Ahmed Alwan (80' 23-Said Ali), 9-Razak Farhan Mossa, 17-Mahdi Ajeel.
    Coach: Bernd Stange (Germany)
Scorers: 1-0 47' Yanagisawa, 2-0 84' Alex Santos
Cautions: 25' Kadhim, 51' Farhan, 73' Abdul Wahab
Referee: Jong-Cheol Kwon (South Korea)
Attendance: 38,622


Japan - Oman 1-0 (0-0)              XVIII. FIFA World Cup Germany 2006, Preliminaries, 2nd Round Group 3
(Saitama - Saitama 2002 Stadium - 18.02.2004 - 19:20)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 2-Nobuhisa Yamada, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 14-Alex Santos, 3-Keisuke Tsuboi, 7-Hidetoshi Nakata (C),
    10-Shunsuke Nakamura, 6-Junichi Inamoto, 19-Yasuhito Endo (64' 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara), 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa (H 9-Tatsuhiko Kubo),
    20-Naohiro Takahara (82' 11-Takayuki Suzuki). Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Oman (White-White-White):
    26-Ali Abdullah Al-Habsi (GK), 4-Saeed Al-Raqadi, 25-Khalid Al-Naufali, 2-Mohamed Rabia Al-Noubi (C), 17-Hassan Yousef Al-Ghailani,
    6-Hamdi Hubais Jandal, 21-Ahmed Hadid Al-Mukhaini (71' 13-Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mahaijiri), 10-Fawzi Doorbeen, 8-Bader Mubarak Al-Maimani
    (81' 15- Nasser Zayid Al-Mukhaini), 11-Yousef Shaaban Al-Busaidy, 20-Imad Ali Al-Hosni. Coach: Milan Macala (Czech Republic)
Scorers: 1-0 92' Kubo
Cautions: 29' Al-Naufali, 29' Al-Noubi, 68' Inamoto
Referee: Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)
Attendance: 60,207


Singapore - Japan 1-2 (0-1)         XVIII. FIFA World Cup Germany 2006, Preliminaries, 2nd Round Group 3
(Singapore - Jalan Besar Stadium - 31.03.2004 - 20:00)
Singapore (Red-Red-Red):
    30-Hassan Sunny (GK), 6-Baihakki Khaizan, 14-Shunmugham Subramani, 5-Aide Iskandar, 16-Daniel Bennett (C), 22-Tan Kim Leng,
    25-Nazri Nasir (H 15-Agu Casmir), 17-Shahril Ishak, 2-Ridhuan Muhamad, 21-Mirko Grabovac (H 7-Ahmad Latiff), 10-Indra Sahdan Bin-Daud
    (86' 11-Noor Ali). Coach: Radojko Avramovic (Croatia)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 3-, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 21-Akira Kaji, 14-Alex Santos, 6-Junichi Inamoto, 7-Hidetoshi Nakata (C),
    10-Shunsuke Nakamura (66' 16-Toshiya Fujita), 18-Shinji Ono, 9-Naohiro Takahara (75' 20-Keiji Tamada), 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa
    (68' 11-Takayuki Suzuki). Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Scorers: 0-1 33' Takahara, 1-1 62' Bin-Daud, 1-2 81' Fujita
Cautions: 8' Tan Kim Leng, 32' Muhamad, 86' H.Nakata
Referee: Jae-Yong Bae (South Korea)
Attendance: 6,000


Hungary - Japan 3-2 (0-0)           Friendly Match
(Zalaegerszeg - ZTE Stadium - 25.04.2004 - 13:00)
Hungary (White-White-White):
    1-Lajos Szucs (GK), 5-Roland Juhasz, 7-Balasz Molnar (H 13-Attila Kuttor), 4-Peter Stark (H 16-Balazs Farkas), 2-Peter Simek
    (61' 14-Zoltan Kiss), 6-Peter Lipcsei, 8-Balazs Toth, 3-Szabolcs Huszti, 10-Zoltan Gera (C) (H Zsolt Dveri), 9-Mihaly Toth
    (82' 20-Sandor Torghelle), 11-Jozsef Sebok (H 15-Zoltan Hercegfalvi). Coach: Lothar Matthaeus (Germany)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 22-Makoto Tanaka, 3-Keisuke Tsuboi, 5-Takayuki Chano, 4-Yasuhito Endo, 15-Takashi Fukunishi (61' 17-Atsuhiro Miura),
    8-Norihiro Nishi (61' 21-Akira Kaji), 16-Toshiya Fujita (C) (72' 19-Masashi Motoyama), 14-Alex Santos, 11-Tatsuhiko Kubo, 20-Keiji Tamada.
    Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Scorers: 1-0 53' A.Kuttor, 2-0 67' R.Juhasz, 2-1 75' Tamada, 2-2 78' Kubo, 3-2 92' Huszti
Cautions: 76' Chano, 86' Lipcsei, 89' A.Kuttor, 91' Alex Santos
Referee: Edo Trivkovic (Croatia)
Attendance: 7,000


Czech Republic - Japan 0-1 (0-1)    Friendly Match
(Praha - Toyota Arena - 28.04.2004 - 16:35)
Czech Republic (Red-White-Blue):
    1-Petr Cech (GK) (H 16-Jaromir Blazek (GK)), 3-Tomas Ujfalusi, 4-Tomas Galasek (H 17-Roman Tyce), 5-Rene Bolf (H 20-David Rozenhal),
    6-Marek Jankulovski (H 2-Martin Jiranek), 7-Vladimir Smicer (H 13-Pavel Mares), 8-Karel Poborsky (81' 19-Vaclav Drobny),
    9-Jan Koller (H 12-Vratislav Lokvenc), 10-Tomas Rosicky (52' 14-Stepan Vachousek), 11-Pavel Nedved (C), 15-Milan Baros
    (H 18-Marek Heinz). Coach: Karel Bruckner
Japan (White-Navy-White):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 3-Keisuke Tsuboi, 22-Makoto Tanaka, 5-Takayuki Chano, 6-Junichi Inamoto (65' 4-Yatsuhiro Endo), 18-Shinji Ono
    (81' 15-Takashi Fukunishi), 8-Norihiro Nishi (H 21-Akira Kaji), 16-Toshiya Fujita (81' 17-Atsuhiro Miura), 14-Alex Santos
    (81' 19-Masashi Motoyama), 11-Tatsuhiko Kubo, 20-Keiji Tamada (63' 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa). Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Scorers: 0-1 33' Kubo
Cautions: 50' Kaji
Referee: Paul McKeon (Ireland Republic)
Attendance: 11,802


Iceland - Japan 2-3 (1-2)           FA Summer Tournament 2004, Group Stage
(Manchester - City of Manchester Stadium - 30.05.2004 - 13:00)
Iceland (Blue-Blue-Blue):
    1-Arni Gautur Arason (GK), 2-Ivar Ingimarsson, 3-Indridi Sigurdsson (75' 18-Marel Baldvinsson), 4-Johannes Gudjonsson, 5-Petur Marteinsson,
    6-Brynjar Gunnarsson, 7-Hermann Hreidarsson, 8-Arnar Gretarsson, 9-Eidur Gudjohnsen (C), 10-Thordur Gudjonsson, 11-Heidar Helguson.
    Coach: Asgeir Sigurvinsson
Japan (White-Navy-White):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C), 3-Keisuke Tsuboi (H 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara), 21-Akira Kaji, 18-Shinji Ono
    (60' 4-Yasuhito Endo), 6-Junichi Inamoto (H 15-Takashi Fukunishi), 14-Alex Santos, 10-Shunsuke Nakamura (H 19-Masashi Motoyama),
    9-Tatsuhiko Kubo (H 11-Takayuki Suzuki), 20-Keiji Tamada (H 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa). Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Scorers: 1-0 5' Helguson, 1-1 21' Kubo, 1-2 36' Kubo, 2-2 50' Helguson, 2-3 57' Alex Santos PK
Cautions: -
Expulsions: 82' B.Gunnarsson
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Attendance: 3,085


England - Japan 1-1 (1-0)           FA Summer Tournament 2004, Group Stage
(Manchester - City of Manchester Stadium - 01.06.2004 - 20:00)
England (Red-White-Red):
    1-David James (GK), 2-Gary Neville (85' 14-Phil Neville), 5-John Terry (88' 15-Ledley King), 6-Sol Campbell, 3-Ashley Cole,
    8-Paul Scholes (76' 20-Kieron Dyer), 7-David Beckham (C) (81' 19-Joe Cole), 4-Steven Gerrard (81' 18-Owen Hargreaves), 11-Frank Lampard
    (81' 17-Nicky Butt), 10-Michael Owen (76' 23-Darius Vassell), 9-Wayne Rooney (76' 21-Emile Heskey).
    Coach: Sven Goran Eriksson (Sweden)
Japan (White-Navy-White):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C), 3-Keisuke Tsuboi, 14-Alessandro Santos, 18-Shinji Ono,
    6-Junichi Inamoto (92' 15-Takashi Fukunishi), 21-Akira Kaji, 10-Shunsuke Nakamura, 20-Keiji Tamada (60' 11-Takayuki Suzuki),
    9-Tatsuhiko Kubo (60' 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa). Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Scorers: 1-0 22' Owen, 1-1 53' Ono
Cautions: -
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
Attendance: 38,581


Japan - India 7-0 (3-0)             XVIII. FIFA World Cup Germany 2006, Preliminaries, 2nd Round Group 3
(Saitama - Saitama 2002 Stadium - 09.06.2004 - 19:20)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    23-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (62' 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara), 14-Alex Santos, 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 3-Keisuke Tsuboi,
    21-Akira Kaji, 15-Takashi Fukunishi, 10-Shunsuke Nakamura, 18-Shinji Ono (70' 16-Toshiya Fujita), 20-Keiji Tamada, 9-Tatsuhiko Kubo
    (H 11-Takayuki Suzuki). Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
India (White-Blue-White):
    1-Sangram Mukherjee (GK), 2-Habibur Rahaman, 17-Deepak Mandal, 5-Climax Lawrence (62' 10-Bijen Singh), 16-Samir Subash Naik,
    8-Renedy Singh, 19-Jatin Bisht Singh (H 20-Roy Debarata), 6-Venkatesh Shanmugham, 11-Jo Paul Anchery, 15-Baiching Bhutia (C),
    12-Ashim Biswas (75' 9-Ravi Chikkanna Prakash). Coach: Stephen Constantine (England)
Scorers: 1-0 12' Kubo, 2-0 25' Fukunishi, 3-0 29' S.Nakamura, 4-0 54' T.Suzuki, 5-0 65' Nakazawa, 6-0 68' Ogasawara, 7-0 76' Nakazawa
Cautions: 18' J.B.Singh, 83' Ancheri, 88' B.Singh
Referee: Junjie Huang (China)
Attendance: 63,148


Japan - Slovakia 3-1 (1-0)          XXV. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 2004, Group Stage
(Hiroshima - Big Arch Stadium - 09.07.2004 - 19:20)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    23-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 2-Keisuke Tsuboi (47' 3-Makoto Tanaka), 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C), 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 21-Akira Kaji,
    4-Yasuhito Endo, 15-Takashi Fukunishi, 14-Alex Santos (80' 17-Atsuhiro Miura 80), 10-Shunsuke Nakamura (86' 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara),
    11-Takayuki Suzuki (77' 19-Masashi Motoyama), 20-Keiji Tamada (77' 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa). Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Slovakia (White-White-White):
    1-Kamil Contofalsky (GK), 2-Martin Poljovka (72' 9-Rudolf Urban), 8-Balazs Borbely, 14-Martin Skrtel, 5-Jan Durica, 13-Igor Zofcak,
    7-Dusan Sninsky (83' 6-Peter Dolezaj), 4-Marek Cech, 10-Peter Babnic, 18-Peter Kiska (H 16-Ivan Belak), 11-Lubos Reiter (C)
    (61' Mario Breska). Coach: Dusan Gallis
Scorers: 1-0 44' Fukunishi, 1-1 65' Babnic, 2-1 66' T.Suzuki, 3-1 81' Yanagisawa
Cautions: 27' T.Suzuki, 33' Zofcak
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
Attendance: 34,458


Japan - Serbia-Montenegro 1-0 (0-0) XXV. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 2004, Group Stage
(Yokohama - International Stadium - 13.07.2004 - 20:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    23-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 3-Makoto Tanaka, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 14-Alex Santos, 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 21-Akira Kaji,
    15-Takashi Fukunishi, 10-Shunsuke Nakamura, 4-Yasuhito Endo, 11-Takayuki Suzuki, 20-Keiji Tamada (71' 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa).
    Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Serbia-Montenegro (White-Blue-White):
    1-Dragoslav Jevric (GK), 5-Milan Dudic, 13-Dusan Petkovic, 2-Dragan Sarac (84' 3-Bojan Neziri), 6-Djordje Jokic, 4-Dragan Mladenovic
    (84' 17-Simon Vukcevic), 8-Sasa Ilic, 15-Aleksandar Pantic (71' 18-Jovan Markoski), 11-Milos Maric (87' 14-Dragan Vukmir),
    9-Savo Milosevic (C) (79' 19-Milos Kolakovic), Danko Lazovic (64' Nenad Jestrovic).
Scorers: 1-0 49' Y.Endo
Cautions: 24' Jokic, 75' Milosevic, 86' D.Petkovic
Referee: Edward Lennie (Australia)
Attendance: 57,616


Japan - Oman 1-0 (1-0)              XIII. Asian Cup China 2004, Final Phase, 1st Round Group D
(Chongqing - Olympic Sports Centre - 20.07.2004 - 18:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    23-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 3-Makoto Tanaka, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C), 14-Alex Santos, 21-Akira Kaji, 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 4-Yasuhito Endo,
    10-Shunsuke Nakamura, 15-Takashi Fukunishi, 11-Takayuki Suzuki (85' 24-Norihiro Nishi), 20-Keiji Tamada (70' 19-Masashi Motoyama).
    Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Oman (Red-Red-Red):
    26-Ali Al-Habsi (GK), 2-Mohamed Rabia Al-Noubi (C), 4-Saeed Al-Raqadi, 17-Hassan Yousuf Al-Ghailani, 25-Khalifa Ayil Al-Naufali,
    10-Fawzi Doorbeen, 12-Ahmed Al-Mahaijiri (64' 6-Hamdi Hubais Jandal), 21-Ahmed Hadid Al-Mukhaini (75' 14-Mohamed Hamed),
    8-Bader Al-Maimani (80' 3-Ayman Suroor), 11-Yousuf Shaaban Al-Busaidy, 20-Imad Ali Al-Hosni. Coach: Milan Macala (Czech Republic)
Scorers: 1-0 34' S.Nakamura
Cautions: 9' Al-Raqadi, 48' M.Tanaka, 83' Alex Santos
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Attendance: 35,000
Note: Man of the match - Shunsuke Nakamura


Japan - Thailand 4-1 (1-1)          XIII. Asian Cup China 2004, Final Phase, 1st Round Group D
(Chongqing - Olympic Sports Centre - 24.07.2004 - 20:30)
Japan (White-Navy-White):
    23-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 3-Makoto Tanaka (H 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara), 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C), 14-Alex Santos, 21-Akira Kaji, 22-Yuji Nakazawa,
    4-Yasuhito Endo, 10-Shunsuke Nakamura, 15-Takashi Fukunishi (89' 6-Koji Nakata), 11-Takayuki Suzuki, 20-Keiji Tamada (H 19-Masashi Motoyama).
    Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Thailand (Red-Red-Red):
    18-Kosin Hathairatanakul (GK), 3-Niweat Siriwong, 6-Choktawee Promrut (C), 12-Nirut Surasiang, 26-Worachai Surinsirirat (61' 25-Teda Keelalay),
    28-Nataporn Panrit, 16-Sakda Joemdee, 19-Datsakorn Thonglao (56' 27-Phichitpong Choeichiu), 21-Issawa Singtong (70' 7-Narongchai Vachiraban),
    23-Sutee Suksomkit, 29-Rangsan Vivatchaichok. Coach: Chatchai Paholpat
Scorers: 1-0 11' Suksomkit, 1-1 21' S.Nakamura, 1-2 56' Nakazawa, 1-3 68' T.Fukunishi, 1-4 87' Nakazawa
Cautoins: -
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi (UAE)
Attendance: 45,000
Note: Man of the match - Yuji Nakazawa


Japan - Iran 0-0 (0-0)              XIII. Asian Cup China 2004, Final Phase, 1st Round Group D
(Chongqing - Olympic Sports Centre - 28.07.2004 - 18:15)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    23-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 3-Makoto Tanaka, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C), 14-Alex Santos, 21-Akira Kaji, 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 4-Yasuhito Endo,
    10-Shunsuke Nakamura, 15-Takashi Fukunishi, 11-Takayuki Suzuki (70' 19-Masashi Motoyama), 20-Keiji Tamada. Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Iran (White-White-White):
    1-Ebrahim Mirzapour (GK), 4-Yahya Gholmohammadi, 13-Hossein Kaebi, 15-Ebrahim Taghipour (67' 17-Eman Mobali), 19-Jalal Kameli,
    27-Sattar Zare, 6-Javad Nekounam, 8-Ali Karimi, 26-Sayyed Mohammad Alavi, 2-Mehdi Mahdavikia, 10-Ali Daei (C).
    Coach: Branko Ivankovic (Croatia)
Scorers: -
Cautions: 8' Tamada, 31' Alavi, 40' Taghipour, 48' Kaebi, 60' Kawaguchi, 73' Kameli
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Attendance: 52,000
Note: Man of the match - Ali Karimi


Japan - Jordan 1-1 (1-1,0-0) a.e.t. 4-3 on penalties
                                    XIII. Asian Cup China 2004, Final Phase, Quarter Final
(Chongqing - Olympic Sports Centre - 31.07.2004 - 18:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    23-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 3-Makoto Tanaka (115' 18-Naoki Matsuda), 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C), 14-Alex Santos, 21-Akira Kaji,
    22-Yuji Nakazawa, 4-Yasuhito Endo (56' 6-Koji Nakata), 10-Shunsuke Nakamura, 15-Takashi Fukinishi, 11-Takayuki Suzuki, 20-Keiji Tamada
    (72' 19-Masashi Motoyama). Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Jordan (White-White-White):
    1-Amer Shafi Sabbah (GK), 3-Khaled Sa'ed (109' 14-Haitham Al-Shboul), 4-Rateb Al-Awadat, 6-Bashar Bani Yaseen, 16-Faisal Ibrahim,
    17-Hatem Aqel, 8-Hassouneh Qasem, 13-Qusai Abu Alieh, 18-Abdullah Abu Zema, 9-Mahmoud Shelbaieh (74' 23-Amer Deeb), 10-Moayad Salim
    (69' 11-Anas Al-Zboun). Coach: Mahmoud El-Gohary (Egypt)
Scorers: 0-1 11' Shelbaieh, 1-1 14' T.Suzuki
Penalties: 0-0 S.Nakamura (missed), 0-1 Zema, 0-1 Alex Santos (missed), 0-2 Al-Awadat, 1-2 T.Fukunishi, 1-3 Aqel, 2-3 K.Nakata,
    2-3 Al-Shboul (missed), 3-3 T.Suzuki, 3-3 F.Ibrahim (missed), 3-3 Nakazawa (missed), 3-3 Al-Zboun (missed), 4-3 T.Miyamoto,
    4-3 Yaseen (missed)
Cautions: 52' Aqel, 82' Al-Awadat, 89' Alex Santos
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Attendance: 52,000
Note: Man of the match - Shunsuke Nakamura


Bahrain - Japan 3-4 (3-3,0-1) a.e.t.    XIII. Asian Cup China 2004, Final Phase, Semi Final
(Jinan - Shandong Sports Center - 03.08.2004 - 18:00)
Bahrain (Red-Red-Red):
    22-Ali Saeed Abdulla (GK), 11-Faisal Abdulaziz (C), 12-Mohamed Juma (102' 19-Mohamed Jaffar), 14-Salman Isa, 17-Hussain Baba,
    8-Rashed Al-Dosari, 10-Mohamed Salmeen (69' 7-Sayed Mahmood Jalal), 13-Talal Yusuf, 29-Mohamed Hubail, 9-Husain Ali
    (63' 23-Duaij Naser), 30-A'ala Hubail. Coach: Srecko Juricic (Slovenia)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    23-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 3-Makoto Tanaka (44' 6-Koji Nakata), 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C), 14-Alex Santos, 21-Akira Kaji
    (87' 24-Norihiro Nishi), 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 4-Yasuhito Endo, 10-Shunsuke Nakamura, 15-Takashi Fukunishi (H 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara),
    11-Takayuki Suzuki, 20-Keiji Tamada. Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Scorers: 1-0 6' A.Hubail, 1-1 48' K.Nakata, 1-2 55' Tamada, 2-2 71' A.Hubail, 3-2 85' Naser, 3-3 90' Nakazawa, 3-4 93' Tamada
Cautions: 13' Salmeen, 19' Alex Santos, 25' Kaji, 87' Jalal, 102' Kawaguchi, 109' Nishi
Expulsions: 40' Y.Endo, 107' Jalal
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
Attendance:
Note: Man of the match - Keiji Tamada


China - Japan 1-3 (1-1)             XIII. Asian Cup China 2004, Final Phase, Final
(Beijing - Workers' Stadium - 07.08.2004 - 20:00)
China (White-White-White):
    1-Yunfei Liu (GK), 3-Xiang SUn, 4-Yaokun Zhang, 5-Zhi Zheng, 12-Xin Wei, 21-Ming Li, 6-Jiayi Shao, 15-Junzhe Zhao (C), 22-Song Yan
    (68' 7-Jihai Sun), 9-Haidong Hao (57' 11-Yi Li), 29-Jinyu Li (75' 13-Yunlong Xu). Coach: Arie Haan (Nederland)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    23-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 3-Makoto Tanaka, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C), 14-Alex Santos, 21-Akira Kaji, 22-Yuji Nakazawa,
    6-Koji Nakata, 10-Shunsuke Nakamura, 15-Takashi Fukunishi, 11-Takayuki Suzuki, 20-Keiji Tamada. Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Scorers: 0-1 22' T.Fukunishi, 1-1 31' Ming Li, 1-2 65' K.Nakata, 1-3 90' Tamada
Cautions: 14' T.Suzuki, 24' Xiang Sun, 40' K.Nakata, 84' Xin Wei, 93' Jihai Sun
Referee: Saad Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)
Attendance: 62,000
Note: Man of the match - Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi


Japan - Argentina 1-2 (0-2)         Friendly Match (Kirin World Challenge Go for 2006)
(Shizuoka - ECOPA Stadium - 18.08.2004 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C), 3-Makoto Tanaka (H 18-Naoki Matsuda), 21-Akira Kaji, 14-Alessandro Santos,
    22-Yuji Nakazawa (H 16-Toshiya Fujita), 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara (57' 19-Masashi Motoyama), 15-Takashi Fukunishi (57' 4-Yasuhito Endo),
    6-Koji Nakata, 20-Keiji Tamada (78' 26-Takuya Yamada), 11-Takayuki Suzuki. Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Argentina (Sky Blue/White-Black-White):
    1-Leonardo Franco (GK), 6-Walter Samuel (C), 3-Gabriel Milito, 4-Facundo Quiroga, 13-Diego Placente, 8-Juan Roman Riquelme,
    18-Lionel Scaloni, 11-Mario Santana (60' 15-Maximiliano Rodriguez), 5-Lucas Bernardi, 7-Luciano Galletti (63' 16-Ariel Ibagaza),
    9-Diego Milito (83' 14-Leonardo Ponzio). Coach: Claudio Vivas (caretaker)
Scorers: 0-1 4' Galletti, 0-2 39' Santana, 1-2 73' T.Suzuki
Cautions: 47' Placente, 62' Quiroga, 64' Bernardi
Referee: Jun Lu (China)
Attendance: 48,721


India - Japan 0-4 (0-1)             XVIII. FIFA World Cup Germany 2006, Preliminaries, 2nd Round Group 3
(Calcutta - Saltlake Stadium - 08.09.2004 - 17:30)
India (Blue-Blue-Navy):
    22-Sandip Nandy (GK), 4-Debjit Ghosh, 14-Mahesh Gawli, 17-Deepak Mandal, 5-Climax Lawrence, 6-Venkatesh Shanmugham, 8-Renedy Postsangbam
    (61' 18-Roy Debabrata), 11-Jatin Bisht Singh (77' 7-Wangkheirakpam Singh), 16-Samir Subash Naik (C), 9-Abhishek Yadav, 19-Ravi Chikkana
    (82' 10-Bijen Singh). Coach: Stephan Constantine (England)
Japan (White-Navy-White):
    23-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 2-Makoto Tanaka (73' 16-Toshiya Fujita), 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 14-Alex Santos,
    15-Takashi Fukunishi, 18-Shinji Ono, 19-Masashi Motoyama (83' 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara), 21-Akira Kaji, 20-Naohiro Takahara
    (67' 9-Tatsuhiko Kubo), 11-Takayuki Suzuki. Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Scorers: 0-1 45' T.suzuki, 0-2 60' Ono, 0-3 71' Fukunishi, 0-4 87' T.Miyamoto
Cautions: 23' M.Tanaka, 32' Chikkanna, 53' Gawli, 69' Kubo, 78' Fujita, 84' Lawrence
Referee: Basel Hajjar (Syria)
Attendance: 95,000


Oman - Japan 0-1 (0-0)              XVIII. FIFA World Cup Germany 2006, Preliminaries, 2nd Round Group 3
(Muscat - Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex - 13.10.2004 - 18:30)
Oman (Red-Red-Red):
    26-Ali Abdullah Al-Habsi (GK), 2-Mohamed Rabia Al-Noubi (C), 4-Saeed Al-Raqadi, 19-Nabil Ashoor Allah (69' 5-Hussein Mustahil Rabee'a),
    17-Hassan Yousuf Al-Ghailani, 10-Fawzi Doorbeen, 21-Ahmed Hadid Al-Mukhaini (80' 6-Hamdi Hubais Jandal), 12-Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mahaijiri,
    8-Bader Al-Maimani (69' 9-Hashim Saleh Mohamed), 11-Yousef Shaaban Al-Busaidy, 20-Amad Ali Al-Hosni.
    Coach: Milan Macala (Czech Republic)
Japan (White-Navy-White):
    23-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, 2-Makoto Tanaka, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 14-Alex Santos, 15-Takashi Fukunishi,
    18-Shinji Ono, 10-Shunsuke Nakamura, 21-Akira Kaji, 20-Naohiro Takahara, 11-Takayuki Suzuki (92' 28-Keiji Tamada).
    Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Scorers: 0-1 52' T.Suzuki
Cautions: 15' Ono, 51' Al-Raqadi, 69' Al-Mahaijiri, 73' Rabee'a, 78' Alex Santos
Referee: Jun Lu (China)
Attendance: 35,000


Japan - Singapore 1-0 (1-0)         XVIII. FIFA World Cup Germany 2006, Preliminaries, 2nd Round Group 3
(Saitama - Saitama 2002 Stadium - 17.11.2004 - 19:20)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    12-Yoichi Doi (GK), 17-Atsuhiro Miura, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 21-Akira Kaji, 16-Toshiya Fujita (59' 27-Yoshito Okubo),
    8-Mitsuo Ogasawara, 19-Masashi Motoyama, 6-Koji Nakata, 4-Yasuhito Endo, 28-Keiji Tamada. Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Singapore (Red-Red-Red):
    18-Lewis Lionel (GK), 13-Noh Rahman (74' 24-Jaslee Hatta), 14-Shunmugham Subramani (C), 16-Daniel Bennett, 6-Baihakki Khaizan,
    2-Ridhuan Muhamad, 15-Tengku Mushadad (52' 23-Khairul Amri Mohd), 17-Shahril Ishak, 7-Goh Chuan, 22-Itimi Dickson,
    10-Indra Sahdan Bin-Daud (66' 8-Noh Alam Shah). Coach: Radojko Avramovic (Croatia)
Scorers: 1-0 13' Tamada
Cautions: 20' Kaji, 33' Bin-Daud, 58' Muhamad, 58' Khaizan, 80' Shah, 80' T.Suzuki
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Attendance: 58,881


Japan - Germany 0-3 (0-0)           Friendly Match (Kirin World Challenge Go for 2006)
(Yokohama - International Stadium - 16.12.2004 - 20:10)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 21-Akira Kaji, 2-Makoto Tanaka, 25-Takayuki Chano, 14-Alex Santos (83' 24-Norihiro Nishi), 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara,
    29-Junichi Inamoto (C) (70' 4-Yasuhito Endo), 15-Takashi Fukunishi, 16-Toshiya Fujita (70' 17-Atsuhiro Miura), 11-Takayuki Suzuki
    (H 28-Keiji Tamada), 20-Naohiro Takahara (70' 27-Yoshito Okubo). Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Germany (Red-White-Red):
    1-Oliver Kahn (GK), 8-Patrick Owomoyela, 17-Per Mertesacker, 4-Christian Worns, 6-Christian Schulz, 19-Bernd Schneider
    (73' 18-Tim Borowski), 13-Michael Ballack (C), 15-Fabian Ernst (77' 16-Marco Engelhardt), 14-Gerald Asamoah, 11-Miroslav Klose,
    20-Lukas Podolski (62' 7-Bastian Schweinsteiger). Coach: Jurgen Klinsmann
Scorers: 0-1 54' Klose, 0-2 69' Ballack, 0-3 92' Klose
Cautions: 34' Owomoyela, 52' M.Tanaka, 73' Ogasawara
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Attendance: 63,023

2005

Japan - Kazakhstan 4-0 (3-0)        Friendly Match (Kirin World Challenge Go for 2006)
(Yokohama - International Stadium - 29.01.2005 - 19:20)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    23-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 2-Makoto Tanaka (88' 26-Keisuke Tsuboi), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 14-Alex Santos, 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 21-Akira Kaji,
    15-Takashi Fukunishi (H 30-Yuki Abe), 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara, 4-Yasuhito Endo (88' 19-Masashi Motoyama), 11-Takayuki Suzuki (77' 31-Yoshito Okubo),
    28-Keiji Tamada (88' 16-Toshiya Fujita). Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Kazakhstan (Yellow-Black-Yellow):
    22-Aleksandr Mokin (GK), 2-Dmitry Lyapkin, 7-Igor Avdeev, 8-Samat Smakov (C) (H 12-Denis Rodionov), 23-Igor Soloshenko (H 13-Egor Azovsky),
    17-Kairat Utabaev (54' 19-Piraly Aliev), 16-Anton Chichulin, 5-Dias Kamelov (H 25-Maksim Zhalmagambetov), 20-Maksat Baizhanov, 4-Sergey Larin
    (H 3-Maksim Asovskin), 24-Maksim Shevchenko (73' 6-Renat Dubinski). Coach: Sergei Timofeev
Scorers: 1-0 5' Tamada, 2-0 11' Matsuda, 3-0 24' Alex Santos, 4-0 60' Tamada
Cautions: 30' Soloshenko, 35' Kamelov, 92' Chichulin
Referee: Sang-Goo Park (South Korea)
Attendance: 46,941


Japan - Syria 3-0 (1-0)             Friendly Match (Kirin World Challenge Go for 2006)
(Saitama - Saitama 2002 Stadium - 02.02.2005 - 19:30)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    23-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 2-Makoto Tanaka (81' 19-Masashi Motoyama), 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C), 14-Alex Santos, 22-Yuji Nakazawa,
    21-Akira Kaji, 15-Takashi Fukunishi, 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara, 4-Yasuhito Endo (71' 6-Koji Nakata), 11-Takayuki Suzuki, 28-Keiji Tamada.
    Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
Syria (Red-Red-Red):
    16-Mahmoud Karkar (GK), 2-Rafat Mohammad, 21-Youasef Shekh El-Eshra, 7-Anas Al-Khoja, 4-Ali Dyab, 23-Feras Esmaeel, 11-Adel Kader Zubeili,
    20-Moutassem Alaya, 8-Mahmoud Al-Amena (89' 17-Mouhammad Bashar AL-Kaddor), 9-Maher Sayed (C) (67' 13-Moqaem Abbas), 19-Raja Rafe
    (10-Mohammad Al-Zeno). Coach: Abdul Hafiz Arab
Scorers: 1-0 44' T.Suzuki, 2-0 69' T.Miyamoto, 90' Ogasawara
Cautions: 10' Y.Endo, 18' Esmaeel, 43' Dyab, 45' Kaji, 57' Zubeili
Expulsions: 61' Zubeili
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
Attendance: 32,832


Japan - North Korea 2-1 (1-0)       XVIII. FIFA World Cup Germany 2006, Preliminaries, Final Round Group B
(Saitama - Saitama 2002 Stadium - 09.02.2005 - 19:30)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    23-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 2-Makoto Tanaka (66' 10-Shunsuke Nakamura), 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C), 14-Alex Santos, 22-Yuji Nakazawa,
    21-Akira Kaji, 15-Takashi Fukunishi, 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara, 4-Yasuhito Endo, 11-Takayuki Suzuki (64' 20-Naohiro Takahara), 28-Keiji Tamada
    (79' 31-Masashi Oguro). Coach: Artur Antunes Zico (Brazil)
North Korea (White-White-White):
    1-Sung-Chol Sim (GK), 2-Myong-Sam Ri, 5-Sok-Chol Jang, 14-Song-Chol Han, 20-In-Chol Pak (43' 16-Song-Chol Nam), 7-In-Kuk Mun,
    8-Han-Jae Ri (84' 6-Nam-Chol Pak), 15-Yong-Jun Kim, 17-Yong-Hak An, 10-Yong-Jo Hong, 21-Chol-Man Choi (29' 9-Yong-Su Kim).
    Coach: Jong-Su Yun
Scorers: 1-0 4' Ogasawara, 1-1 61' Song-Chol Nam, 2-1 91' Oguro
Cautions: 3' Myong-Sam Ri, 32' In-Chol Pak, 51' M.Tanaka, 75' Yong-Hak An, 76' Song-Chol Nam, 89' Alex Santos
Referee: Khalil Al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Attendance: 59,399

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