List of international matches for the Japanese national football team

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This list contains all of the official FIFA-approved matches played by Japan's men's national football team .

1917 to 1940

	date	opponent	result	occasion		venue	Remarks
1.	05/07/1917	Philippines	2:15		H	Tokyo	First international match. First international match against the Philippines. Biggest defeat
2.	06/01/1921	Philippines	0: 3		*	Shanghai ( CHN )
3.	05/23/1923	Philippines	1: 2		H	Osaka
4th	May 16, 1925	Republic of China	0: 2		*	Manila ( PHL )	First international match against China
5.	05/20/1925	Philippines	0: 4		A.	Manila ( PHL )
6th	08/27/1927	Republic of China	1: 5		A.	Shanghai ( CHN )
7th	08/29/1927	Philippines	2: 1		*	Shanghai ( CHN )
8th.	May 25, 1930	Philippines	7: 2		H	Tokyo
9.	05/29/1930	China	3: 3		H	Tokyo
10.	05/15/1934	Philippines	4: 3		A.	Manila ( PHL )
11.	05/19/1934	China	3: 4		*	Manila ( PHL )
12.	08/04/1936	Sweden	3: 2	Olympia 1936 round of 16	*	Berlin ( DEU )	First international game against Sweden. First game on another continent. First game against a European team
13.	08/07/1936	Italy	0: 8	Olympic 1936 quarterfinals	*	Berlin ( DEU )	First international match against Italy
14th	06/16/1940	Philippines	1-0		H	Tokyo	Last international match before World War II

1951 to 1959

	date	opponent	result	occasion		venue	Remarks
15th	07.03.1951	Iran	0: 0 a.d.		*	New Delhi ( IND )	First international match against Iran
16.	03/09/1951	Iran	2: 3		*	New Delhi ( IND )
17th	03/09/1951	Afghanistan	2-0		*	New Delhi ( IND )	First international match against Afghanistan
18th	07.03.1954	South Korea	1: 5	World Cup 1954 qualification	H	Tokyo	First international match against South Korea
19th	03/14/1954	South Korea	2: 2	World Cup 1954 qualification	H	Tokyo
20th	05/01/1954	Indonesia	3: 5		*	Manila ( PHL )	First international match against Indonesia
21st	05/03/1954	India	2: 3		*	Manila ( PHL )	First international match against India
22nd	06/03/1956	South Korea	2-0		H	Tokyo
23.	06/10/1956	South Korea	0: 2		H	Tokyo
24.	05/26/1958	Philippines	0: 1		H	Tokyo
25th	05/28/1958	Hong Kong	0: 2		H	Tokyo	First international match against Hong Kong
26th	12/28/1958	Malaya	2: 6		A.	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )	First international match against Malaysia
27.	04/01/1959	Malaya	3: 1		A.	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
28.	01/10/1959	Singapore	4: 3		A.	Singapore	First international match against Singapore
29	01/11/1959	Singapore	2: 3		A.	Singapore
30th	08/31/1959	Hong Kong	1: 1		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
31.	09/02/1959	Hong Kong	2: 4		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
32.	09/03/1959	Singapore	4: 1		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
33.	05.09.1959	South Korea	0-0		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
34.	09/06/1959	South Korea	1: 3		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )

1960 to 1969

	date	opponent	result	occasion		venue	Remarks
35.	11/06/1960	South Korea	1: 2	World Cup 1962 qualification	A.	Seoul ( KOR )
36.	05/28/1961	Malaya	3: 2		H	Tokyo
37.	06/11/1961	South Korea	0: 2	World Cup 1962 qualification	H	Tokyo
38.	08/02/1961	Malaya	2: 3		A.	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
39.	08/06/1961	India	3: 1		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
40.	08/10/1961	South Vietnam	2: 3		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )	First international match against South Vietnam
41.	08/15/1961	Indonesia	0: 2		*	Singapore
42.	11/28/1961	Yugoslavia	0: 1		H	Tokyo	First international match against Yugoslavia
43.	08/08/1962	Malaya	2: 2		A.	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
44.	08/24/1962	Thailand	3: 1		*	Jakarta ( IDN )	First international match against Thailand
45.	08/27/1962	India	0: 2		*	Jakarta ( IDN )
46.	08/30/1962	South Korea	0: 1		*	Jakarta ( IDN )
47.	09/12/1962	Pakistan	1: 1		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )	First international match against Pakistan
48.	09/15/1962	Burma	1: 3		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )	First international match against Myanmar
49.	09/21/1962	Singapore	1: 2		A.	Singapore
50.	08/08/1963	Malaya	4: 3		A.	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
51.	08/10/1963	Thailand	4: 1		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
52.	08/12/1963	South Vietnam	5: 1		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
53.	08/13/1963	South Korea	1: 1		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
54.	08/15/1963	Chinese Taipei	0: 2		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )	First international match against Taiwan
55.	03/03/1964	Singapore	2: 1		A.	Singapore
56.	03/11/1965	Hong Kong	4: 1		A.	Hong Kong
57.	03/15/1965	Hong Kong	2: 1		A.	Hong Kong
58.	March 22, 1965	Burma	1: 1		A.	Yangon ( MMR )
59.	03/25/1965	Singapore	4: 1		A.	Singapore
60.	03/27/1965	Malaysia	1: 1		A.	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
61.	December 10, 1966	India	2: 1		*	Bangkok ( THA )
62.	December 11, 1966	Iran	3: 1		*	Bangkok ( THA )
63.	December 14, 1966	Malaysia	1-0		*	Bangkok ( THA )
64.	December 16, 1966	Singapore	5: 1		*	Bangkok ( THA )
65.	December 17, 1966	Thailand	5: 1		A.	Bangkok ( THA )
66.	December 18, 1966	Iran	0: 1		*	Bangkok ( THA )
67.	December 19, 1966	Singapore	2-0		*	Bangkok ( THA )
68.	07/30/1967	Chinese Taipei	2: 2	AM 1968 qualification	A.	Taipei ( TPE )
69.	08/01/1967	South Korea	2: 1	AM 1968 qualification	*	Taipei ( TPE )
70.	08/03/1967	Philippines	2-0	AM 1968 qualification	*	Taipei ( TPE )
71.	08/06/1967	Indonesia	2: 1	AM 1968 qualification	*	Taipei ( TPE )
72.	03/30/1968	Australia	2: 2		A.	Sydney ( AUS )	First international match against Australia
73.	March 31, 1968	Australia	1: 3		A.	Melbourne ( AUS )
74.	04/04/1968	Australia	3: 1		A.	Adelaide ( AUS )
75.	10/10/1969	Australia	1: 3	World Cup 1970 qualification	*	Seoul ( KOR )
76.	10/12/1969	South Korea	2: 2	World Cup 1970 qualification	A.	Seoul ( KOR )
77.	10/16/1969	Australia	1: 1	World Cup 1970 qualification	*	Seoul ( KOR )
78.	October 18, 1969	South Korea	0: 2	World Cup 1970 qualification	A.	Seoul ( KOR )

1970 to 1979

	date	opponent	result	occasion		venue	Remarks
79.	07/31/1970	Hong Kong	1: 2		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
80.	08/02/1970	South Korea	1: 1		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
81.	08/04/1970	Thailand	0-0		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
82.	08/08/1970	Indonesia	4: 3		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
83.	08/10/1970	Singapore	4-0		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
84.	08/16/1970	Chinese Taipei	3: 2		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
85.	December 10, 1970	Malaysia	1-0		*	Bangkok ( THA )
86.	December 14, 1970	Burma	2: 1		*	Bangkok ( THA )
87.	December 16, 1970	Indonesia	2: 1		*	Bangkok ( THA )
88	December 17, 1970	India	1-0		*	Bangkok ( THA )
89.	December 18, 1970	South Korea	1: 2		*	Bangkok ( THA )
90.	December 19, 1970	India	0: 1		*	Bangkok ( THA )
91.	07/28/1971	Denmark	2: 3		A.	Copenhagen ( DNK )	First international match against Denmark
92.	08/13/1971	Iceland	2-0		A.	Reykjavík ( ISL )	First international match against Iceland
93.	07/16/1972	Ceylon	5-0		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )	First international match against Sri Lanka
94.	07/18/1972	Philippines	5: 1		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
95.	07/22/1972	Malaysia	1: 3		A.	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
96.	07/26/1972	South Korea	0: 3		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
97.	08/04/1972	Philippines	4: 1		*	Singapore
98	08/06/1972	Indonesia	0: 1		*	Singapore
99	09/14/1972	South Korea	2: 2		H	Tokyo
100.	05/16/1973	Israel	1: 2	World Cup 1974 qualification	*	Seoul ( KOR )	First international match against Israel
101.	05/20/1973	South Vietnam	4-0	World Cup 1974 qualification	*	Seoul ( KOR )
102.	May 22, 1973	Hong Kong	0: 1	World Cup 1974 qualification	*	Seoul ( KOR )
103.	05/26/1973	Israel	0: 1	World Cup 1974 qualification	*	Seoul ( KOR )
104.	06/23/1973	South Korea	0: 2		A.	Seoul ( KOR )
105.	02/12/1974	Singapore	1-0		A.	Singapore
106.	02/20/1974	Hong Kong	0-0		A.	Hong Kong
107.	07/23/1974	Romania	1: 4		A.	Constanța ( ROU )	First international match against Romania
108.	09/03/1974	Philippines	4-0		*	Tehran ( IRN )
109.	09/05/1974	Malaysia	1: 1		*	Tehran ( IRN )
110.	07.09.1974	Israel	0: 3		*	Tehran ( IRN )
111.	09/28/1974	South Korea	4: 1		H	Tokyo
112.	06/14/1975	Hong Kong	0-0		A.	Hong Kong
113.	06/17/1975	North Korea	0: 1		*	Hong Kong	First international match against North Korea
114.	06/21/1975	Singapore	2: 1		*	Hong Kong
115.	June 23, 1975	People's Republic of China	1: 2	AM 1976 qualification	*	Hong Kong
116.	06/26/1975	Hong Kong	1-0		A.	Hong Kong
117.	07/30/1975	Hong Kong	0: 2		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
118.	08/02/1975	Malaysia	0: 2		A.	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
119.	08/04/1975	Bangladesh	3-0		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )	First international match against Bangladesh
120.	08/07/1975	Indonesia	4: 1		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
121.	08/09/1975	South Korea	1: 3		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
122.	08/11/1975	Thailand	4-0		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
123.	08/14/1975	Burma	2-0		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
124.	09/08/1975	South Korea	0: 3		A.	Seoul ( KOR )
125.	01/25/1976	Bulgaria	1: 3		H	Tokyo	First international match against Bulgaria
126.	01/28/1976	Bulgaria	1: 1		H	Osaka
127.	02/01/1976	Bulgaria	0: 3		H	Tokyo
128.	08/08/1976	India	5: 1		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
129.	08/10/1976	Indonesia	6-0		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
130.	08/13/1976	Burma	2: 2		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
131.	08/16/1976	Thailand	2: 2		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
132.	08/18/1976	South Korea	0-0		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
133.	08/20/1976	Malaysia	2: 2		A.	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
134.	08/22/1976	Malaysia	0: 2		A.	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
135.	December 04, 1976	South Korea	1: 2		H	Tokyo
136.	03/06/1977	Israel	0: 2	World Cup 1978 qualification	A.	Tel Aviv-Jaffa ( ISR )
137.	03/10/1977	Israel	0: 2	World Cup 1978 qualification	A.	Tel Aviv-Jaffa ( ISR )
138.	03/26/1977	South Korea	0-0	World Cup 1978 qualification	H	Tokyo
139.	04/03/1977	South Korea	0: 1	World Cup 1978 qualification	A.	Seoul ( KOR )
140	06/15/1977	South Korea	1: 2		A.	Seoul ( KOR )
141.	05/23/1978	Thailand	3-0		H	Nagoya
142.	07/13/1978	Iraq	0-0		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )	First international match against Iraq
143.	07/15/1978	Indonesia	1: 2		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
144.	07/17/1978	Syria	3: 2		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )	First international match against Syria
145.	07/19/1978	South Korea	0: 4		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
146.	07/21/1978	Malaysia	1: 4		A.	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
147.	07/23/1978	Singapore	1: 2		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
148.	07/26/1978	Thailand	4-0		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
149.	November 19, 1978	Soviet Union	1: 4		H	Tokyo	First international match against the Soviet Union
150.	11/23/1978	Soviet Union	1: 4		H	Tokyo
151	11/26/1978	Soviet Union	0: 3		H	Osaka
152.	December 10, 1978	Kuwait	0: 2		*	Bangkok ( THA )	First international match against Kuwait
153.	12/12/1978	Bahrain	4-0		*	Bangkok ( THA )	First international match against Bahrain
154.	December 14, 1978	South Korea	1: 3		*	Bangkok ( THA )
155.	03/04/1979	South Korea	2: 1		H	Tokyo
156.	05/31/1979	Indonesia	4-0		H	Tokyo
157.	06/16/1979	South Korea	1: 4		A.	Seoul ( KOR )
158.	06/27/1979	Malaysia	1: 1		A.	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
159.	06/29/1979	Thailand	2-0		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
160.	07/01/1979	Burma	1-0		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
161.	07/11/1979	Indonesia	0-0		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
162.	07/13/1979	Singapore	3: 1		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
163.	08/23/1979	North Korea	0-0		A.	Pyongyang ( PRK )

1980 to 1989

	date	opponent	result	occasion		venue	Remarks
164.	06/09/1980	Hong Kong	3: 1		*	Guangzhou ( CHN )
165.	06/12/1980	People's Republic of China	0: 1		A.	Guangzhou ( CHN )
166.	06/18/1980	Hong Kong	2-0		*	Guangzhou ( CHN )
167.	December 22nd, 1980	Singapore	1-0	World Cup 1982 qualification	*	Hong Kong
168.	December 26, 1980	People's Republic of China	0: 1	World Cup 1982 qualification	*	Hong Kong
169.	December 28, 1980	Macau	3-0	World Cup 1982 qualification	*	Hong Kong	First international match against Macau
170.	12/30/1980	North Korea	0: 1	World Cup 1982 qualification	*	Hong Kong
171.	02/08/1981	Malaysia	1-0		A.	Kuantan ( MYS )
172.	02/10/1981	Malaysia	1: 1		A.	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
173.	02/17/1981	Singapore	1-0		A.	Singapore
174.	02/19/1981	Singapore	0-0		A.	Singapore
175.	02/24/1981	Indonesia	0: 2		A.	Jakarta ( IDN )
176.	03/08/1981	South Korea	0: 1		H	Tokyo
177.	06/02/1981	People's Republic of China	0-0		H	Saitama
178.	06/19/1981	Malaysia	2-0		*	Daegu ( KOR )
179.	06/21/1981	South Korea	0: 2		A.	Busan ( KOR )
180.	08/30/1981	Malaysia	2-0		A.	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
181.	09/03/1981	India	3: 2		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
182	09/08/1981	United Arab Emirates	3: 2		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )	First international match against the United Arab Emirates
183.	09/12/1981	New Zealand	0: 1		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )	First international match against New Zealand
184.	09/14/1981	Indonesia	2-0		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
185	09/18/1981	Iraq	0: 2		*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
186.	03/21/1982	South Korea	0: 3		A.	Seoul ( KOR )
187.	06/02/1982	Singapore	2-0		H	Osaka
188.	07/15/1982	Romania	0: 4		A.	Suceava ( ROU )
189	07/18/1982	Romania	1: 3		A.	Bucharest ( ROU )
190.	11/20/1982	Iran	1-0		*	New Delhi ( IND )
191.	11/23/1982	South Yemen	3: 1		*	New Delhi ( IND )	First international match against South Yemen
192.	11/25/1982	South Korea	2: 1		*	New Delhi ( IND )
193.	11/28/1982	Iraq	0: 1		*	New Delhi ( IND )
194.	02/12/1983	Syria	2: 2		A.	Damascus ( SYR )
195.	02/25/1983	Qatar	0: 1		A.	Doha ( QAT )	First international match against Qatar
196.	03/06/1983	South Korea	1: 1		H	Tokyo
197	06/07/1983	Syria	1-0		H	Tokyo
198.	09/30/1984	South Korea	2: 1		A.	Seoul ( KOR )
199	02/23/1985	Singapore	3: 1	World Cup 1986 qualification	A.	Singapore
200.	March 31, 1985	North Korea	1-0	World Cup 1986 qualification	H	Tokyo
201.	04/30/1985	North Korea	0-0	World Cup 1986 qualification	A.	Pyongyang ( PRK )
202.	May 18, 1985	Singapore	5-0	World Cup 1986 qualification	H	Tokyo
203.	05/26/1985	Uruguay	1: 4		H	Tokyo	First international match against Uruguay
204.	08/11/1985	Hong Kong	3-0	World Cup 1986 qualification	H	Kobe
205.	09/22/1985	Hong Kong	2: 1	World Cup 1986 qualification	A.	Hong Kong
206.	10/26/1985	South Korea	1: 2	World Cup 1986 qualification	H	Tokyo
207.	03/11/1985	South Korea	0: 1	World Cup 1986 qualification	A.	Seoul ( KOR )
208.	09/20/1986	Nepal	5-0		*	Daejeon ( KOR )	First international match against Nepal
209.	09/22/1986	Iran	0: 2		*	Daejeon ( KOR )
210.	09/24/1986	Kuwait	0: 2		*	Daejeon ( KOR )
211.	09/08/1986	Bangladesh	4-0		*	Daejeon ( KOR )
212.	05/27/1987	Senegal	2: 2		H	Hiroshima	First international match against Senegal
213.	01/27/1988	United Arab Emirates	1: 1		A.	Dubai ( ARE )
214.	01/30/1988	United Arab Emirates	0: 2		A.	Abu Dhabi ( ARE )
215.	02/02/1988	Oman	1: 1		A.	Muscat ( OMN )	First international match against Oman
216.	04/08/1988	Kuwait	0: 1	AM 1988 qualification	*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
217.	04/11/1988	Malaysia	1-0	AM 1988 qualification	A.	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
218.	04/16/1988	Jordan	1: 1	AM 1988 qualification	*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )	First international match against Jordan
219.	04/18/1988	Pakistan	4: 1	AM 1988 qualification	*	Kuala Lumpur ( MYS )
220.	06/02/1988	People's Republic of China	0: 3		H	Nagoya
221.	10/26/1988	South Korea	0: 1		H	Tokyo
222.	December 04, 1988	Iran	0-0	AM 1988 preliminary round	*	Doha ( QAT )
223.	December 6, 1988	South Korea	0: 2	AM 1988 preliminary round	*	Doha ( QAT )
224.	December 10, 1988	United Arab Emirates	0: 1	AM 1988 preliminary round	*	Doha ( QAT )
225	12/12/1988	Qatar	0: 3	AM 1988 preliminary round	A.	Doha ( QAT )
226.	01/20/1989	Iran	2: 2		A.	Tehran ( IRN )
227.	01/22/1989	Iran	1: 3		A.	Tehran ( IRN )
228	05/05/1989	South Korea	0: 1		A.	Seoul ( KOR )
229.	05/10/1989	People's Republic of China	2: 2		H	Tokyo
230	05/13/1989	People's Republic of China	2-0		H	Okayama
231.	05/22/1989	Hong Kong	0-0	World Cup 1990 qualification	A.	Hong Kong
232.	05/28/1989	Indonesia	0-0	World Cup 1990 qualification	A.	Jakarta ( IDN )
233.	06/04/1989	North Korea	2: 1	World Cup 1990 qualification	H	Tokyo
234.	06/11/1989	Indonesia	5-0	World Cup 1990 qualification	H	Tokyo
235.	06/18/1989	Hong Kong	0-0	World Cup 1990 qualification	H	Kobe
236.	06/25/1989	North Korea	0: 2	World Cup 1990 qualification	A.	Pyongyang ( PRK )
237.	07/23/1989	Brazil	0: 1		A.	Rio de Janeiro ( BRA )	First international match against Brazil

1990 to 1999

	date	opponent	result	occasion		venue	Remarks
238.	07/27/1990	South Korea	0: 2		*	Beijing ( CHN )
239.	07/29/1990	People's Republic of China	0: 1		A.	Beijing ( CHN )
240.	07/31/1990	North Korea	0: 1		*	Beijing ( CHN )
241.	09/26/1990	Bangladesh	3-0		*	Beijing ( CHN )
242.	09/28/1990	Saudi Arabia	0: 2		*	Beijing ( CHN )	First international match against Saudi Arabia
243.	10/01/1990	Iran	0: 1		*	Beijing ( CHN )
244.	06/02/1991	Thailand	1-0		H	Yamagata
245.	07/27/1991	South Korea	0: 1		H	Nagasaki
246.	05/30/1992	Argentina	0: 1		H	Tokyo	First international match against Argentina
247.	06/07/1992	Wales	0: 1		H	Matsuyama	First international match against Wales
248.	08/22/1992	South Korea	0-0		*	Beijing ( CHN )
249.	08/24/1992	People's Republic of China	2-0		A.	Beijing ( CHN )
250.	08/26/1992	North Korea	4: 1		*	Beijing ( CHN )
251.	08/29/1992	South Korea	2: 2		*	Beijing ( CHN )
252.	10/30/1992	United Arab Emirates	0-0	AM 1992 preliminary round	H	Hiroshima
253.	11/01/1992	North Korea	1: 1	AM 1992 preliminary round	H	Hiroshima
254.	11/03/1992	Iran	1-0	AM 1992 preliminary round	H	Hiroshima
255.	11/06/1992	People's Republic of China	3: 2	AM 1992 semifinals	H	Hiroshima
256.	11/08/1992	Saudi Arabia	1-0	AM 1992 finals	H	Hiroshima
257.	03/07/1993	Hungary	0: 1		H	Fukuoka	First international match against Hungary
258.	03/14/1993	United States	3: 1		H	Tokyo	First international match against the United States
259.	04/08/1993	Thailand	1-0	World Cup 1994 qualification	H	Kobe
260.	04/11/1993	Bangladesh	8-0	World Cup 1994 qualification	H	Tokyo
261.	04/15/1993	Sri Lanka	5-0	World Cup 1994 qualification	H	Tokyo
262.	04/18/1993	United Arab Emirates	2-0	World Cup 1994 qualification	H	Tokyo
263.	04/28/1993	Thailand	1-0	World Cup 1994 qualification	*	Dubai ( ARE )
264.	04/30/1993	Bangladesh	4: 1	World Cup 1994 qualification	*	Dubai ( ARE )
265.	05/05/1993	Sri Lanka	6-0	World Cup 1994 qualification	*	Dubai ( ARE )
266.	05/07/1993	United Arab Emirates	1: 1	World Cup 1994 qualification	A.	Al-Ain ( ARE )
267.	04/10/1993	Ivory Coast	1-0		H	Tokyo	First international match against Ivory Coast
268.	10/15/1993	Saudi Arabia	0-0	World Cup 1994 qualification	*	Doha ( QAT )
269.	10/18/1993	Iran	1: 2	World Cup 1994 qualification	*	Doha ( QAT )
270.	10/21/1993	North Korea	3-0	World Cup 1994 qualification	*	Doha ( QAT )
271.	10/25/1993	South Korea	1-0	World Cup 1994 qualification	*	Doha ( QAT )
272.	10/28/1993	Iraq	2: 2	World Cup 1994 qualification	*	Doha ( QAT )	Doha tragedy
273.	05/22/1994	Australia	1: 1		H	Hiroshima
274.	05/29/1994	France	1: 4		H	Tokyo	First international match against France
275.	07/08/1994	Ghana	3: 2		H	Nagoya	First international match against Ghana
276.	07/14/1994	Ghana	2: 1		H	Kobe
277.	09/29/1994	Australia	0-0		H	Tokyo
278.	10/03/1994	United Arab Emirates	1: 1		H	Hiroshima
279.	07.10.1994	Qatar	1: 1		H	Hiroshima
280.	10/09/1994	Myanmar	5-0		H	Hiroshima
281.	10/11/1994	South Korea	2: 3		H	Hiroshima
282.	01/06/1995	Nigeria	0: 3	Confed Cup 1995 preliminary round	*	Riyadh ( SAU )	First international match against Nigeria
283.	01/08/1995	Argentina	1: 5	Confed Cup 1995 preliminary round	*	Riyadh ( SAU )
284.	01/24/1995	United Arab Emirates	1: 1		A.	Abu Dhabi ( ARE )
285.	02/15/1995	Australia	1: 2		A.	Sydney ( AUS )	Masami Ihara becomes a record international player with his 62nd international match (until October 16, 2012)
286.	02/19/1995	Hong Kong	3-0		A.	Hong Kong
287.	02/21/1995	South Korea	1: 1		*	Hong Kong
288.	02/23/1995	People's Republic of China	2: 1		*	Hong Kong
289	02/26/1995	South Korea	2: 2		*	Hong Kong
290	05/21/1995	Scotland	0-0		H	Hiroshima	First international match against Scotland
291.	05/28/1995	Ecuador	3-0		H	Tokyo	First international match against Ecuador
292.	06/03/1995	England	1: 2		A.	London ( ENG )	First international match against England
293.	06/06/1995	Brazil	0: 3		*	Liverpool ( ENG )
294.	06/10/1995	Sweden	2: 2		*	Nottingham ( ENG )
295.	08/06/1995	Costa Rica	3-0		H	Kyoto	First international match against Costa Rica
296.	08/09/1995	Brazil	1: 5		H	Tokyo
297.	09/20/1995	Paraguay	1: 2		H	Tokyo	First international match against Paraguay
298.	October 24, 1995	Saudi Arabia	2: 1		H	Tokyo
299	10/28/1995	Saudi Arabia	2: 1		H	Matsuyama
300	02/10/1996	Australia	4: 1		A.	Wollongong ( AUS )
301	02/14/1996	Australia	0: 3		A.	Melbourne ( AUS )
302	02/19/1996	Poland	5-0		*	Hong Kong	First international match against Poland
303	02/22/1996	Sweden	1: 1		*	Hong Kong
304.	05/26/1996	Yugoslavia	1-0		H	Tokyo
305	05/29/1996	Mexico	3: 2		H	Fukuoka	First international match against Mexico
306	08/25/1996	Uruguay	5: 3		H	Osaka
307	09/11/1996	Uzbekistan	1-0		H	Tokyo	First international match against Uzbekistan
308	10/13/1996	Tunisia	1-0		H	Kobe	First international match against Tunisia
309	December 06, 1996	Syria	2: 1	AM 1996 preliminary round	*	Al-Ain ( ARE )
310	12/09/1996	Uzbekistan	4-0	AM 1996 preliminary round	*	Al-Ain ( ARE )
311.	12/12/1996	People's Republic of China	1-0	AM 1996 preliminary round	*	Al-Ain ( ARE )
312.	12/15/1996	Kuwait	0: 2	AM 1996 quarter-finals	*	Al-Ain ( ARE )
313.	02/09/1997	Thailand	1: 1		A.	Bangkok ( THA )
314.	03/15/1997	Thailand	1: 3		A.	Bangkok ( THA )
315	03/23/1997	Oman	1-0	World Cup 1998 qualification	A.	Muscat ( OMN )
316.	03/25/1997	Macau	10-0	World Cup 1998 qualification	*	Muscat ( OMN )
317.	03/27/1997	Nepal	6-0	World Cup 1998 qualification	*	Muscat ( OMN )
318.	05/21/1997	South Korea	1: 1		H	Tokyo
319	06/08/1997	Croatia	4: 3		H	Tokyo	First international match against Croatia
320.	06/15/1997	Turkey	1-0		H	Osaka	First international match against Turkey
321.	06/22/1997	Macau	10-0	World Cup 1998 qualification	H	Tokyo
322.	06/25/1997	Nepal	3-0	World Cup 1998 qualification	H	Tokyo
323.	06/28/1997	Oman	1: 1	World Cup 1998 qualification	H	Tokyo	100th international match by Masami Ihara
324.	08/13/1997	Brazil	0: 3		H	Osaka
325	07.09.1997	Uzbekistan	6: 3	World Cup 1998 qualification	H	Tokyo
326.	09/19/1997	United Arab Emirates	0-0	World Cup 1998 qualification	A.	Abu Dhabi ( ARE )
327.	09/28/1997	South Korea	1: 2	World Cup 1998 qualification	H	Tokyo
328.	04/10/1997	Kazakhstan	1: 1	World Cup 1998 qualification	A.	Almaty ( KAZ )	First international match against Kazakhstan
329	10/11/1997	Uzbekistan	1: 1	World Cup 1998 qualification	A.	Tashkent ( UZB )
330	10/26/1997	United Arab Emirates	1: 1	World Cup 1998 qualification	H	Tokyo
331.	11/01/1997	South Korea	2-0	World Cup 1998 qualification	A.	Seoul ( KOR )
332.	11/08/1997	Kazakhstan	5: 1	World Cup 1998 qualification	H	Tokyo
333.	11/16/1997	Iran	3: 2 a.d.	World Cup 1998 qualification	*	Johor Bahru ( MYS )
334.	02/15/1998	Australia	3-0		A.	Adelaide ( AUS )
335.	03/01/1998	South Korea	2: 1		H	Yokohama
336.	03/07/1998	People's Republic of China	0: 2		H	Tokyo
337.	04/01/1998	South Korea	1: 2		A.	Seoul ( KOR )
338.	05/17/1998	Paraguay	1: 1		H	Tokyo
339.	05/24/1998	Czech Republic	0-0		H	Yokohama	First international match against the Czech Republic
340.	05/31/1998	Mexico	1: 2		*	Lausanne ( CHE )
341.	06/03/1998	Yugoslavia	0: 1		*	Lausanne ( CHE )
342.	06/14/1998	Argentina	0: 1	World Cup 1998 preliminary round	*	Toulouse ( FRA )
343.	06/20/1998	Croatia	0: 1	World Cup 1998 preliminary round	*	Nantes ( FRA )
344.	06/26/1998	Jamaica	1: 2	World Cup 1998 preliminary round	*	Lyon ( FRA )	First international match against Jamaica
345.	10/28/1998	Egypt	1-0		H	Osaka	First international match against Egypt
346.	March 31, 1999	Brazil	0: 2		H	Tokyo
347.	06/03/1999	Belgium	0-0		H	Tokyo	First international match against Belgium
348.	06/06/1999	Peru	0-0		H	Yokohama	First international match against Peru
349.	06/29/1999	Peru	2: 3	Copa América 1999 preliminary round	*	Asunción ( PRY )
350.	07/02/1999	Paraguay	0: 4	Copa América 1999 preliminary round	A.	Asunción ( PRY )
351	07/05/1999	Bolivia	1: 1	Copa América 1999 preliminary round	*	Pedro Juan Caballero ( PRY )	First international game against Bolivia 122nd and last international game by Masami Ihara
352.	09/08/1999	Iran	1: 1		H	Yokohama

2000 to 2009

	date	opponent	result	occasion		venue	Remarks
353.	02/05/2000	Mexico	0: 1		*	Hong Kong
354	02/13/2000	Singapore	3-0	AM-2000 qualification	*	Macau
355.	02/16/2000	Brunei	9-0	AM-2000 qualification	*	Macau	First international match against Brunei
356.	02/20/2000	Macau	3-0	AM-2000 qualification	A.	Macau
357	03/15/2000	People's Republic of China	0-0		H	Kobe
358	04/26/2000	South Korea	0: 1		A.	Seoul ( KOR )
359	06/04/2000	France	2: 2		*	Casablanca ( MAR )
360	06/06/2000	Jamaica	4-0		*	Casablanca ( MAR )
361.	06/11/2000	Slovakia	1: 1		H	Rifu	First international match against Slovakia
362.	06/18/2000	Bolivia	2-0		H	Yokohama
363.	08/16/2000	United Arab Emirates	3: 1		H	Hiroshima
364.	10/14/2000	Saudi Arabia	4: 1	AM-2000 preliminary round	*	Sidon ( LIB )
365.	10/17/2000	Uzbekistan	8: 1	AM-2000 preliminary round	*	Sidon ( LIB )
366.	10/20/2000	Qatar	1: 1	AM-2000 preliminary round	*	Sidon ( LIB )
367.	October 24, 2000	Iraq	4: 1	AM-2000 quarter-finals	*	Beirut ( LIB )
368.	10/26/2000	People's Republic of China	3: 2	AM-2000 semi-finals	*	Beirut ( LIB )
369	October 29, 2000	Saudi Arabia	1-0	AM 2000 finals	*	Beirut ( LIB )
370	December 20, 2000	South Korea	1: 1		H	Tokyo
371.	03/24/2001	France	0: 5		A.	Saint-Denis ( FRA )
372.	01/25/2001	Spain	0: 1		A.	Cordoba ( ESP )	First international match against Spain
373.	05/31/2001	Canada	3-0	Confed Cup 2001 Preliminary Round	H	Niigata	First international match against Canada
374	06/02/2001	Cameroon	2-0	Confed Cup 2001 Preliminary Round	H	Niigata	First international match against Cameroon
375.	06/04/2001	Brazil	0-0	Confed Cup 2001 Preliminary Round	H	Ibaraki
376.	06/07/2001	Australia	1-0	Confed Cup 2001 semi-finals	H	Yokohama
377.	06/10/2001	France	0: 1	Confed Cup 2001 Final	H	Yokohama
378.	07/01/2001	Paraguay	2-0		H	Sapporo
379.	07/04/2001	Yugoslavia	1-0		H	Ōita
380	08/15/2001	Australia	3-0		H	Shizuoka
381.	04/10/2001	Senegal	0: 2		*	Lens ( FRA )
382.	07/10/2001	Nigeria	2: 2		*	Southampton ( ENG )
383.	11/07/2001	Italy	1: 1		H	Saitama
384.	03/21/2002	Ukraine	1-0		H	Osaka	First international match against Ukraine
385.	03/27/2002	Poland	2-0		A.	Łódź ( POL )
386.	04/17/2002	Costa Rica	1: 1		H	Yokohama
387.	04/29/2002	Slovakia	1-0		H	Tokyo
388.	05/02/2002	Honduras	3: 3		H	Kobe	First international match against Honduras
389	05/14/2002	Norway	0: 3		A.	Oslo ( NOR )	First international match against Norway
390	05/25/2002	Sweden	1: 1		H	Tokyo
391.	06/04/2002	Belgium	2: 2	World Cup 2002 preliminary round	H	Saitama
392.	06/09/2002	Russia	1-0	World Cup 2002 preliminary round	H	Yokohama	First international match against Russia
393.	06/14/2002	Tunisia	2-0	World Cup 2002 preliminary round	H	Osaka
394.	06/18/2002	Turkey	0: 1	World Cup 2002 round of 16	H	Rifu
395.	10/16/2002	Jamaica	1: 1		H	Tokyo
396.	11/20/2002	Argentina	0: 2		H	Saitama
397.	03/28/2003	Uruguay	2: 2		H	Tokyo
398	04/16/2003	South Korea	1-0		A.	Seoul ( KOR )
399	05/31/2003	South Korea	0: 1		H	Tokyo
400.	06/08/2003	Argentina	1: 4		H	Osaka
401	06/11/2003	Paraguay	0-0		H	Saitama
402	06/18/2003	New Zealand	3-0	Confed Cup 2003 preliminary round	*	Saint-Denis ( FRA )
403	06/20/2003	France	1: 2	Confed Cup 2003 preliminary round	A.	St. Etienne ( FRA )
404.	06/22/2003	Colombia	0: 1	Confed Cup 2003 preliminary round	*	St. Etienne ( FRA )	First international match against Colombia
405.	08/20/2003	Nigeria	3-0		H	Tokyo
406.	09/10/2003	Senegal	0: 1		H	Niigata
407	10/08/2003	Tunisia	1-0		A.	Radès ( DO )
408	10/11/2003	Romania	1: 1		A.	Bucharest ( ROU )
409	11/19/2003	Cameroon	0-0		H	Ōita
410	04/12/2003	People's Republic of China	2-0		H	Tokyo
411.	07/12/2003	Hong Kong	1-0		H	Saitama
412.	12/10/2003	South Korea	0-0		H	Yokohama
413.	02/07/2004	Malaysia	4-0		H	Ibaraki
414.	02/12/2004	Iraq	2-0		H	Tokyo
415.	02/18/2004	Oman	1-0	World Cup 2006 qualification	H	Saitama
416.	03/31/2004	Singapore	2: 1	World Cup 2006 qualification	A.	Singapore
417.	04/25/2004	Hungary	2: 3		A.	Zalaegerszeg ( HUN )
418.	04/28/2004	Czech Republic	1-0		A.	Prague ( CZE )
419	05/30/2004	Iceland	3: 2		*	Manchester ( ENG )
420	06/01/2004	England	1: 1		A.	Manchester ( ENG )
421.	06/09/2004	India	7-0	World Cup 2006 qualification	H	Saitama
422.	07/09/2004	Slovakia	3: 1		H	Hiroshima
423.	07/13/2004	Serbia and Montenegro	1-0		H	Yokohama	First international match against Serbia and Montenegro
424.	07/20/2004	Oman	1-0	AM 2004 preliminary round	*	Chongqing ( CHN )
425.	07/24/2004	Thailand	4: 1	AM 2004 preliminary round	*	Chongqing ( CHN )
426.	07/28/2004	Iran	0-0	AM 2004 preliminary round	*	Chongqing ( CHN )
427	07/31/2004	Jordan	1: 1 a.d. 4: 3 i. E.	AM 2004 quarter-finals	*	Chongqing ( CHN )
428	08/03/2004	Bahrain	4: 3 a.d.	AM 2004 semifinals	*	Jinan ( CHN )
429	08/07/2004	People's Republic of China	3: 1	AM 2004 finals	A.	Beijing ( CHN )
430.	08/18/2004	Argentina	1: 2		H	Fukuroi
431.	09/08/2004	India	4-0	World Cup 2006 qualification	A.	Calcutta ( IND )
432.	10/13/2004	Oman	1-0	World Cup 2006 qualification	A.	Muscat ( OMN )
433.	11/17/2004	Singapore	1-0	World Cup 2006 qualification	H	Saitama
434.	12/16/2004	Germany	0: 3		H	Yokohama	First international match against Germany
435.	01/29/2005	Kazakhstan	4-0		H	Yokohama
436.	02/02/2005	Syria	3-0		H	Saitama
437.	02/09/2005	North Korea	2: 1	World Cup 2006 qualification	H	Saitama
438.	03/25/2005	Iran	1: 2	World Cup 2006 qualification	A.	Tehran ( IRN )
439.	03/30/2005	Bahrain	1-0	World Cup 2006 qualification	H	Saitama
440.	05/22/2005	Peru	0: 1		H	Niigata
441.	05/27/2005	United Arab Emirates	0: 1		H	Tokyo
442.	06/03/2005	Bahrain	1-0	World Cup 2006 qualification	A.	Manama ( BHR )
443.	06/08/2005	North Korea	2-0	World Cup 2006 qualification	*	Bangkok ( THA )
444.	06/16/2005	Mexico	1: 2	Confed Cup 2005 preliminary round	*	Hanover ( DEU )
445.	06/19/2005	Greece	1-0	Confed Cup 2005 preliminary round	*	Frankfurt am Main ( DEU )	First international match against Greece
446.	06/22/2005	Brazil	2: 2	Confed Cup 2005 preliminary round	*	Cologne ( DEU )
447.	07/31/2005	North Korea	0: 1		*	Daejeon ( KOR )
448.	08/03/2005	People's Republic of China	2: 2		*	Daejeon ( KOR )
449.	08/07/2005	South Korea	1-0		A.	Daejeon ( KOR )
450	08/17/2005	Iran	2: 1	World Cup 2006 qualification	H	Yokohama
451.	09/07/2005	Honduras	5: 4		H	Rifu
452.	10/08/2005	Latvia	2: 2		A.	Riga ( LVA )	First international match against Latvia
453.	10/12/2005	Ukraine	0: 1		A.	Kiev ( UKR )
454	11/16/2005	Angola	1-0		H	Tokyo	First international match against Angola
455.	02/10/2006	United States	2: 3		A.	San Francisco ( USA )
456.	02/18/2006	Finland	2-0		H	Fukuroi	First international match against Finland
457	02/22/2006	India	6-0	AM 2007 qualification	H	Yokohama
458	02/28/2006	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2: 2		*	Dortmund ( DEU )	First international match against Bosnia and Herzegovina
459	03/30/2006	Ecuador	1-0		H	Ōita
460	05/09/2006	Bulgaria	1: 2		H	Osaka
461.	05/13/2006	Scotland	0-0		H	Saitama
462.	05/30/2006	Germany	2: 2		A.	Leverkusen ( DEU )
463.	06/04/2006	Malta	1-0		*	Dusseldorf ( DEU )	First international match against Malta
464.	06/12/2006	Australia	1: 3	World Cup 2006 preliminary round	*	Kaiserslautern ( DEU )
465.	06/18/2006	Croatia	0-0	World Cup 2006 preliminary round	*	Nuremberg ( DEU )
466.	06/22/2006	Brazil	1: 4	World Cup 2006 preliminary round	*	Dortmund ( DEU )
467.	08/09/2006	Trinidad and Tobago	2-0		H	Tokyo	First international match against Trinidad and Tobago
468	08/16/2006	Yemen	2-0	AM 2007 qualification	H	Niigata	First international match against Yemen
469	09/03/2006	Saudi Arabia	0: 1	AM 2007 qualification	A.	Jeddah ( SAU )
470.	09/06/2006	Yemen	1-0	AM 2007 qualification	A.	Sanaa ( YEM )
471.	04/10/2006	Ghana	0: 1		H	Yokohama
472.	10/11/2006	India	3-0	AM 2007 qualification	A.	Bangalore ( IND )
473.	11/15/2006	Saudi Arabia	3: 1	AM 2007 qualification	H	Sapporo
474.	03/24/2007	Peru	2-0		H	Yokohama
475.	06/01/2007	Montenegro	2-0		H	Fukuroi	First international match against Montenegro
476.	06/05/2007	Colombia	0-0		H	Saitama	100th international match for Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
477.	07/09/2007	Qatar	1: 1	AM 2007 preliminary round	*	Hanoi ( VNM )
478.	07/13/2007	United Arab Emirates	3: 1	AM 2007 preliminary round	*	Hanoi ( VNM )
479.	07/16/2007	Vietnam	4: 1	AM 2007 preliminary round	A.	Hanoi ( VNM )
480.	07/21/2007	Australia	1: 1 a.d. 4: 3 i. E.	AM 2007 quarter-finals	*	Hanoi ( VNM )
481.	07/25/2007	Saudi Arabia	2: 3	AM 2007 semifinals	*	Hanoi ( VNM )
482.	07/28/2007	South Korea	0: 0 a.d. 5: 6 i. E.	AM 2007 game for 3rd place	*	Palembang ( IDN )
483.	08/22/2007	Cameroon	2-0		H	Ōita
484.	07.09.2007	Austria	0-0		A.	Klagenfurt ( AUT )	First international match against Austria
485.	09/11/2007	Switzerland	4: 3		*	Klagenfurt ( AUT )	First international match against Switzerland
486.	10/17/2007	Egypt	4: 1		H	Osaka
487.	01/26/2008	Chile	0-0		H	Tokyo	First international match against Chile
488.	01/30/2008	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3-0		H	Tokyo
489.	02/06/2008	Thailand	4: 1	World Cup 2010 qualification	H	Saitama
490.	02/17/2008	North Korea	1: 1		*	Chongqing ( CHN )
491.	02/20/2008	People's Republic of China	1-0		A.	Chongqing ( CHN )
492.	02/23/2008	South Korea	1: 1		*	Chongqing ( CHN )
493.	03/26/2008	Bahrain	0: 1	World Cup 2010 qualification	A.	Manama ( BHR )
494.	05/24/2008	Ivory Coast	1-0		H	Toyota
495.	05/27/2008	Paraguay	0-0		H	Saitama
496.	06/02/2008	Oman	3-0	World Cup 2010 qualification	H	Yokohama
497.	06/07/2008	Oman	1: 1	World Cup 2010 qualification	A.	Muscat ( OMN )
498	06/14/2008	Thailand	3-0	World Cup 2010 qualification	A.	Bangkok ( THA )
499	06/22/2008	Bahrain	1-0	World Cup 2010 qualification	H	Saitama
500.	08/20/2008	Uruguay	1: 3		H	Sapporo
501	09/06/2008	Bahrain	3: 2	World Cup 2010 qualification	A.	Manama ( BHR )
502.	09/10/2008	United Arab Emirates	1: 1		H	Niigata
503.	10/15/2008	Uzbekistan	1: 1	World Cup 2010 qualification	H	Saitama
504	11/13/2008	Syria	3: 1		H	Kobe
505.	11/19/2008	Qatar	3-0	World Cup 2010 qualification	A.	Doha ( QAT )
506.	January 20, 2009	Yemen	2: 1	AM 2011 qualification	H	Kumamoto
507	28/01/2009	Bahrain	0: 1	AM 2011 qualification	A.	Manama ( BHR )
508	02/04/2009	Finland	5: 1		H	Tokyo
509	02/11/2009	Australia	0-0	World Cup 2010 qualification	H	Yokohama
510	03/28/2009	Bahrain	1-0	World Cup 2010 qualification	H	Saitama
511	05/27/2009	Chile	4-0		H	Osaka	Biggest win of an Asian against a South American team
512.	05/31/2009	Belgium	4-0		H	Tokyo
513.	06/06/2009	Uzbekistan	1-0	World Cup 2010 qualification	A.	Tashkent ( UZB )
514.	06/10/2009	Qatar	1: 1	World Cup 2010 qualification	H	Yokohama
515.	06/17/2009	Australia	1: 2	World Cup 2010 qualification	A.	Melbourne ( AUS )
516.	09/05/2009	Netherlands	0: 3		A.	Enschede ( NLD )	First international match against the Netherlands
517.	09/09/2009	Ghana	4: 3		*	Utrecht ( NLD )
518.	08/10/2009	Hong Kong	6-0	AM 2011 qualification	H	Shizuoka
519	10/10/2009	Scotland	2-0		H	Yokohama
520	October 14, 2009	Togo	5-0		H	Rifu	First international match against Togo
521.	11/14/2009	South Africa	0-0		A.	Nelson Mandela Bay ( ZAF )	First international match against South Africa
522.	11/18/2009	Hong Kong	4-0	AM 2011 qualification	A.	Hong Kong

Since 2010

No.	date	opponent	result	occasion		venue	Remarks
523.	01/06/2010	Yemen	3: 2	AM 2011 qualification	A.	Sanaa ( YEM )
524.	02/02/2010	Venezuela	0-0		H	Ōita	First international match against Venezuela
525.	02/06/2010	China	0-0		H	Chofu
526.	02/11/2010	Hong Kong	3-0		H	Tokyo
527	02/14/2010	South Korea	1: 3		H	Tokyo	100th international match by Yūji Nakazawa
528	03/03/2010	Bahrain	2-0	AM 2011 qualification	H	Toyota
529	04/07/2010	Serbia	0: 3		H	Osaka	First international match against Serbia
530	05/24/2010	South Korea	0: 2		H	Saitama
531.	05/30/2010	England	1: 2		*	Graz ( AUT )
532.	06/04/2010	Ivory Coast	0: 2		*	Sion ( CHE )
533.	06/14/2010	Cameroon	1-0	World Cup 2010 preliminary round	*	Bloemfontein ( ZAF )
534.	06/19/2010	Netherlands	0: 1	World Cup 2010 preliminary round	*	Durban ( ZAF )
535.	06/24/2010	Denmark	3: 1	World Cup 2010 preliminary round	*	Rustenburg ( ZAF )
536.	06/29/2010	Paraguay	0: 0 n.v. 3: 5 i. E.	World Cup 2010 round of 16	*	Pretoria ( ZAF )
537.	04.09.2010	Paraguay	1-0		H	Yokohama
538	07.09.2010	Guatemala	2: 1		H	Osaka	First international match against Guatemala
539	10/08/2010	Argentina	1-0		H	Saitama
540	10/12/2010	South Korea	0-0		A.	Seoul ( KOR )	100th international match by Yasuhito Endo
541.	09/01/2011	Jordan	1: 1	AM 2011 preliminary round	*	Doha ( QAT )
542.	13/01/2011	Syria	2: 1	AM 2011 preliminary round	*	Doha ( QAT )
543.	January 17, 2011	Saudi Arabia	5-0	AM 2011 preliminary round	*	Ar-Rayyan ( QAT )
544.	01/21/2011	Qatar	3: 2	AM 2011 quarter-finals	A.	Doha ( QAT )
545.	01/25/2011	South Korea	2: 2 n.v. 3: 0 i. E.	AM 2011 semi-finals	*	Doha ( QAT )
546.	01/29/2011	Australia	1: 0 a.d.	AM 2011 finals	*	Doha ( QAT )
547.	06/01/2011	Peru	0-0		H	Niigata
548.	06/07/2011	Czech Republic	0-0		H	Yokohama
549.	08/10/2011	South Korea	3-0		H	Sapporo
550	02.09.2011	North Korea	1-0	World Cup 2014 qualification	H	Saitama
551.	09/06/2011	Uzbekistan	1: 1	World Cup 2014 qualification	A.	Tashkent ( UZB )
552.	07/10/2011	Vietnam	1-0		H	Kobe
553.	10/11/2011	Tajikistan	8-0	World Cup 2014 qualification	H	Osaka	First international match against Tajikistan
554.	11/11/2011	Tajikistan	4-0	World Cup 2014 qualification	A.	Dushanbe ( TJK )
555.	11/15/2011	North Korea	0: 1	World Cup 2014 qualification	A.	Pyongyang ( PRK )
556.	02/24/2012	Iceland	3: 1		H	Osaka
557.	02/29/2012	Uzbekistan	0: 1	World Cup 2014 qualification	H	Toyota
558.	05/23/2012	Azerbaijan	2-0		H	Fukuroi	First international match against Azerbaijan
559.	06/03/2012	Oman	3-0	World Cup 2014 qualification	H	Saitama
560.	06/08/2012	Jordan	6-0	World Cup 2014 qualification	H	Saitama
561.	06/12/2012	Australia	1: 1	World Cup 2014 qualification	A.	Brisbane ( AUS )
562.	08/15/2012	Venezuela	1: 1		H	Sapporo
563.	09/06/2012	Ver. Arab. Emirates	1-0		H	Niigata
564.	09/11/2012	Iraq	1-0	World Cup 2014 qualification	H	Saitama
565.	October 12, 2012	France	1-0		A.	Saint-Denis ( FRA )
566.	10/16/2012	Brazil	0: 4		*	Wroclaw ( POL )	Yasuhito Endo becomes Japan's record player with his 123rd international match
567.	11/14/2012	Oman	2: 1	World Cup 2014 qualification	A.	Muscat ( OMN )
568.	02/06/2013	Latvia	3-0		H	Kobe
569	03/22/2013	Canada	2: 1		*	Doha ( QAT )
570.	03/26/2013	Jordan	1: 2	World Cup 2014 qualification	A.	Amman ( JOR )
571.	05/30/2013	Bulgaria	0: 2		H	Toyota
572.	06/04/2013	Australia	1: 1	World Cup 2014 qualification	H	Saitama	Japan became the first country alongside hosts Brazil to qualify for the World Cup with a penalty converted by Keisuke Honda in the first minute of stoppage time .
573.	06/11/2013	Iraq	1-0	World Cup 2014 qualification	*	Doha ( QAT )
574.	06/15/2013	Brazil	0: 3	Confed Cup 2013 Preliminary Round	A.	Brasília ( BRA )
575.	06/19/2013	Italy	3: 4	Confed Cup 2013 Preliminary Round	*	Recife ( BRA )
576.	06/22/2013	Mexico	1: 2	Confed Cup 2013 Preliminary Round	*	Belo Horizonte ( BRA )
577.	07/21/2013	China	3: 3	OM 2013 finals	*	Seoul ( KOR )
578	07/25/2013	Australia	3: 2	OM 2013 finals	*	Hwaseong ( KOR )
579.	07/28/2013	South Korea	2: 1	OM 2013 finals	A.	Seoul ( KOR )
580.	08/14/2013	Uruguay	2: 4		H	Rifu
581.	06.09.2013	Guatemala	3-0		H	Osaka
582.	09/10/2013	Ghana	3: 1		H	Yokohama
583.	10/11/2013	Serbia	0: 2		A.	Novi Sad ( SRB )
584.	October 15, 2013	Belarus	0: 1		A.	Minsk ( BLR )	First international match against Belarus
585.	11/16/2013	Netherlands	2: 2		*	Genk ( BEL )
586.	11/19/2013	Belgium	3: 2		A.	Brussels ( BEL )
587	05.03.2014	New Zealand	4: 2		H	Tokyo
588	05/27/2014	Cyprus	1-0		H	Saitama	First international match against Cyprus
589	06/02/2014	Costa Rica	3: 1		*	Tampa ( USA )
590	06/06/2014	Zambia	4: 3		*	Tampa ( USA )	First international match against Zambia
591	06/14/2014	Ivory Coast	1: 2	World Cup 2014 preliminary round	*	Recife ( BRA )
592	06/19/2014	Greece	0-0	World Cup 2014 preliminary round	*	Natal ( BRA )
593	06/24/2014	Colombia	1: 4	World Cup 2014 preliminary round	*	Cuiabá ( BRA )	Last game under Alberto Zaccheroni
594	05.09.2014	Uruguay	0: 2		H	Sapporo	First game under Javier Aguirre
595	09/09/2014	Venezuela	2: 2		H	Yokohama
596	10/10/2014	Jamaica	1-0		H	Niigata
597	14/10/2014	Brazil	0: 4		*	Singapore
598	11/14/2014	Honduras	6-0		H	Toyota
599	11/18/2014	Australia	2: 1		H	Osaka
600	01/12/2015	Palestine	4-0	AM 2015 preliminary round	*	Newcastle ( AUS )	First game against Palestine, 100th victory on neutral ground
601	January 16, 2015	Iraq	1-0	AM 2015 preliminary round	*	Brisbane ( AUS )
602	01/20/2015	Jordan	2-0	AM 2015 preliminary round	*	Melbourne ( AUS )
603	01/23/2015	Ver. Arab. Emirates	1: 1 n.V., 4: 5 i. E.	AM 2015 quarter-finals	*	Sydney ( AUS )
604	03/27/2015	Tunisia	2-0		H	Ōita
605	03/31/2015	Uzbekistan	5: 1		H	Tokyo
606	06/11/2015	Iraq	4-0		H	Yokohama
607	06/16/2015	Singapore	0-0	World Cup 2018 qualification AM 2019 qualification	H	Saitama
608	08/02/2015	North Korea	1: 2	OM 2015 finals	*	Wuhan ( CHN )
609	08/05/2015	South Korea	1: 1	OM 2015 finals	*	Wuhan ( CHN )
610	08/09/2015	China	1: 1	OM 2015 finals	A.	Wuhan ( CHN )
611	09/03/2015	Cambodia	3-0	World Cup 2018 qualification AM 2019 qualification	H	Saitama
612	09/08/2015	Afghanistan	6-0	World Cup 2018 qualification AM 2019 qualification	*	Tehran ( IRN )
613	08/10/2015	Syria	3-0	World Cup 2018 qualification AM 2019 qualification	A.	Sib ( OMA )
614	13/10/2015	Iran	1: 1		A.	Tehran ( IRN )
615	11/12/2015	Singapore	3-0	World Cup 2018 qualification AM 2019 qualification	A.	Kallang ( SGP )
616	11/17/2015	Cambodia	2-0	World Cup 2018 qualification AM 2019 qualification	A.	Phnom Penh ( KHM )
617	March 24, 2016	Afghanistan	5-0	World Cup 2018 qualification AM 2019 qualification	H	Saitama
618	03/29/2016	Syria	5-0	World Cup 2018 qualification AM 2019 qualification	H	Saitama	100th international match for Shinji Okazaki
619	06/03/2016	Bulgaria	7: 2		H	Toyota	Biggest win by an Asian against a European team.
620	06/07/2016	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1: 2		H	Suita
621	09/01/2016	Ver. Arab. Emirates	1: 2	World Cup 2018 qualification	H	Saitama
622	09/06/2016	Thailand	2-0	World Cup 2018 qualification	A.	Bangkok ( THA )
623	10/06/2016	Iraq	2: 1	World Cup 2018 qualification	H	Saitama
624	10/11/2016	Australia	1: 1	World Cup 2018 qualification	A.	Melbourne ( AUS )
625	11/11/2016	Oman	4-0		H	Kashima
626	11/15/2016	Saudi Arabia	2: 1	World Cup 2018 qualification	H	Saitama
627	03/23/2017	Ver. Arab. Emirates	2-0	World Cup 2018 qualification	A.	al-Ain ( UAE )
628	03/28/2017	Thailand	4-0	World Cup 2018 qualification	H	Saitama
629	07.06.2017	Syria	1: 1		H	Tokyo
630	06/13/2017	Iraq	1: 1	World Cup 2018 qualification	*	Tehran ( IRN )
631	08/31/2017	Australia	2-0	World Cup 2018 qualification	H	Saitama
632	05.09.2017	Saudi Arabia	0: 1	World Cup 2018 qualification	A.	Jeddah ( SAU )
633	06.10.2017	New Zealand	2: 1		H	Toyota
634	10/10/2017	Haiti	3: 3		H	Yokohama	First international match against Haiti
635	11/10/2017	Brazil	1: 3		*	Villeneuve-d'Ascq ( FRA )
636	11/14/2017	Belgium	0: 1		A.	Bruges ( BEL )
637	09.12.2017	North Korea	1-0	East Asian Championship 2017	H	Chofu
638	12/12/2017	China	2: 1	East Asian Championship 2017	H	Chofu
639	December 16, 2017	South Korea	1: 4	East Asian Championship 2017	H	Chofu
640	03/23/2018	Mali	1: 1		*	Liege ( BEL )	First international match against Mali
641	03/27/2018	Ukraine	1: 2		*	Liege ( BEL )
642	05/30/2018	Ghana	0: 2		H	Yokohama
643	06/08/2018	Switzerland	0: 2		A.	Lugano ( SCH )
644	06/12/2018	Paraguay	4: 2		*	Lausanne ( SCH )
645	06/19/2018	Colombia	2: 1	World Cup 2018 preliminary round	*	Saransk ( RUS )
646	06/24/2018	Senegal	2: 2	World Cup 2018 preliminary round	*	Yekaterinburg ( RUS )
647	06/28/2018	Poland	0: 1	World Cup 2018 preliminary round	*	Volgograd ( RUS )	Despite the defeat, they made it to the round of 16 because of a better fair play position in front of Senegal.
648	07/02/2018	Belgium	2: 3	Football World Cup 2018 - eighth finals	*	Rostov-on-Don ( RUS )
649	09/11/2018	Costa Rica	3-0		H	Suita
650	October 12, 2018	Panama	3-0		H	Niigata	First international match against Panama
651	October 16, 2018	Uruguay	4: 3		H	Saitama
652	11/16/2018	Venezuela	1: 1		H	Ōita	Kirin Challenge Cup 2018
653	November 20, 2018	Kyrgyzstan	4-0		H	Toyota	Kirin Challenge Cup 2018, first international match against Kyrgyzstan

statistics

Venues

Art	Sp.	S.	U	N	Goal difference
Home games	253	141	56	55	466: 238
Away games	161	57	39	65	204: 222
Play in a neutral place	239	105	51	83	433: 315

Venues at home games

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1 0Fukuroi Hiroshima 2 3 Kumamoto 4th 5 Nagasaki Nagoya Niigata Ōita Okayama Osaka Rifu Saitama Sapporo Tokyo 6th 00Yamagata 00Yokohama

Venues in bold = World Cup venues 2002 1 = Fukuoka , 2 = Ibaraki , 3 = Kobe , 4 = Kyoto , 5 = Matsuyama , 6 = Toyota

city	Sp.	S.	U	N	Goal difference
Fukuoka	2	1	0	1	3: 3
Fukuroi	6th	5	0	1	16: 2
Hiroshima	14th	6th	7th	1	24:13
Ibaraki	2	1	1	0	4-0
Kobe	10	7th	3	0	17: 5
Kumamoto	1	1	0	0	2: 1
Kyoto	1	1	0	0	3-0
Matsuyama	2	1	0	1	2: 2
Nagasaki	1	0	0	1	0: 1
Nagoya	3	2	0	1	6: 5
Niigata	9	5	2	2	10: 3
Ōita	6th	4th	2	0	6-0
Okayama	1	1	0	0	2-0
Osaka	20th	13	1	6th	42:25
Rifu	5	2	1	2	13:10
Saitama	37	24	10	3	68:18
Sapporo	6th	3	1	2	10: 7
Suita	1	0	0	1	1: 2
Tokyo	84	40	18th	26th	162: 115
Toyota	6th	4th	0	2	16: 5
Yamagata	1	1	0	0	1-0
Yokohama	26th	14th	9	3	41:13

International match records

country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Goal difference
Afghanistan	3	3	0	0	13: 0
Egypt	2	2	0	0	5: 1
Angola	1	1	0	0	1-0
Argentina	7th	1	0	6th	4:15
Azerbaijan	1	1	0	0	2-0
Australia	24	9	9	6th	35:29
Bahrain	10	8th	0	2	17: 7
Bangladesh	5	5	0	0	22: 1
Belgium	6th	2	2	2	9: 6
Bolivia	2	1	1	0	3: 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	1	1	6: 4
Brazil	13	0	2	11	6:37
Brunei	1	1	0	0	9-0
Bulgaria	6th	1	1	4th	10:13
Chile	2	1	1	0	4-0
People's Republic of China	28	11	8th	9	39:40
Chinese Taipei	3	1	1	1	5: 6
Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	7: 2
Denmark	2	1	0	1	5: 4
Germany	2	0	1	1	2: 5
Ecuador	2	2	0	0	4-0
Ivory Coast	4th	2	0	2	3: 4
England	3	0	1	2	3: 5
Finland	2	2	0	0	7: 1
France	6th	1	1	4th	5:14
Ghana	6th	4th	0	2	12:10
Greece	2	1	1	0	1-0
Guatemala	2	2	0	0	5: 1
Haiti	1	0	1	0	3: 3
Honduras	3	2	1	0	14: 7
Hong Kong	22nd	12	5	5	38:16
India	12	9	0	3	36:11
Indonesia	15th	8th	2	5	33:18
Iraq	12	7th	3	2	18: 8
Iran	18th	5	6th	7th	19:22
Iceland	3	3	0	0	8: 3
Israel	5	0	0	5	1:10
Italy	3	0	1	2	4:13
Jamaica	4th	2	1	1	7: 3
Yemen	4th	4th	0	0	8: 3
Jordan	6th	2	3	1	12: 5
Yugoslavia	4th	2	0	2	2: 2
Cambodia	2	2	0	0	5-0
Cameroon	4th	3	1	0	5-0
Canada	2	2	0	0	5: 1
Kazakhstan	3	2	1	0	10: 2
Qatar	8th	2	4th	2	10:10
Kyrgyzstan	1	1	0	0	4-0
Colombia	3	0	1	2	1: 5
Croatia	3	1	1	1	4: 4
Kuwait	4th	0	0	4th	0: 7
Latvia	2	1	1	0	5: 2
Macau	4th	4th	0	0	26: 0
Malaysia	22nd	10	6th	6th	36:34
Mali	1	0	1	0	1: 1
Malta	1	1	0	0	1-0
Mexico	5	1	0	4th	6: 9
Montenegro	1	1	0	0	2-0
Myanmar	7th	4th	2	1	14: 7
Nepal	3	3	0	0	14: 0
New Zealand	3	2	0	1	7: 3
Netherlands	3	0	1	2	2: 6
Nigeria	3	1	1	1	5: 5
North Korea	20th	9	4th	7th	20:14
Norway	1	0	0	1	0: 3
Oman	11	8th	3	0	19: 4
Austria	1	0	1	0	0-0
Pakistan	2	1	1	0	5: 2
Palestine	1	1	0	0	4-0
Paraguay	8th	2	4th	2	5: 7
Peru	5	1	2	2	4: 4
Philippines	13	8th	0	5	32:33
Poland	2	2	0	0	7-0
Romania	4th	0	1	3	3:12
Russia	1	1	0	0	1-0
Zambia	1	1	0	0	4: 3
Saudi Arabia	12	8th	1	3	22:11
Scotland	3	1	2	0	2-0
Sweden	4th	1	3	0	7: 6
Switzerland	2	1	0	1	4: 5
Senegal	3	0	1	2	2: 5
Serbia	2	0	0	2	0: 5
Serbia and Montenegro	1	1	0	0	1-0
Singapore	24	19th	2	3	56:18
Slovakia	3	2	1	0	5: 2
Soviet Union	3	0	0	3	2:11
Spain	1	0	0	1	0: 1
Sri Lanka	3	3	0	0	16: 0
South Africa	1	0	1	0	0-0
South Yemen	1	1	0	0	3: 1
South Korea	70	13	21st	36	62: 107
South Vietnam	3	2	0	1	11: 4
Syria	9	8th	1	0	24: 7
Tajikistan	2	2	0	0	12: 0
Thailand	19th	15th	3	1	49:11
Togo	1	1	0	0	5-0
Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	0	0	2-0
Czech Republic	3	1	2	0	1-0
Tunisia	4th	4th	0	0	6-0
Turkey	2	1	0	1	1: 1
Ukraine	3	1	0	2	2: 3
Hungary	2	0	0	2	2: 4
Uruguay	8th	2	2	4th	16:22
Uzbekistan	10	6th	3	1	28: 9
Venezuela	3	0	3	0	3: 3
United Arab Emirates	19th	6th	9	4th	22:17
United States	2	1	0	1	5: 4
Vietnam	2	2	0	0	5: 1
Wales	1	0	0	1	0: 1
Belarus	1	0	0	1	0: 1
Cyprus	1	1	0	0	1-0
total	653	304	146	203	1102: 777

Legend:

• green background = positive balance sheet (number of wins higher than that of defeats)
• yellow background = balance balanced
• red background = negative balance (number of defeats higher than that of victories)

See also

• List of international matches for the Japan women's national soccer team

Individual evidence

1. ↑ fifa.com: Match Report Japan - Australia 1: 1
2. ↑ In the Australian balance sheet , the 2-0 for Australia at the 1956 Olympic Games is also counted.
3. ↑ Lost one game on penalties .

Web links

• FIFA games and results of Japan