Japan national football team in 2015

The Japan national football team in 2015; managed by head coach Javier Aguirre compete in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, and managed by head coach Vahid Halilhodžić compete in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) and 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup in amongst international friendly matches both at home and abroad.

Record

Competition	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2015 AFC Asian Cup	4	3	1	0	8	1	+7
International Friendly	4	3	1	0	12	2	+10
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)	6	5	1	0	17	0	+17
2015 EAFF East Asian Cup	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1
Total	17	11	5	1	40	7	+33

Goalscorers

Player	2015 AFC Asian Cup	International Friendly	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)	2015 EAFF East Asian Cup	Total Goals
Yasuhito Endo	1	0	0	0	1
Shinji Okazaki	1	3	3	0	7
Keisuke Honda	3	2	5	0	10
Maya Yoshida	1	0	2	0	3
Shinji Kagawa	1	0	3	0	4
Gaku Shibasaki	1	1	0	0	2
Toshihiro Aoyama	0	1	0	0	1
Takashi Usami	0	1	1	0	2
Kengo Kawamata	0	1	0	0	1
Tomoaki Makino	0	1	0	0	1
Genki Haraguchi	0	1	0	0	1
Yuki Muto	0	0	0	2	2
Hotaru Yamaguchi	0	0	0	1	1
Masato Morishige	0	0	1	0	1
Yoshinori Muto	0	1	0	0	1
Mu Kanazaki	0	0	1	0	1
Own Goal	0	0	1	0	1

Kits

1st Kit

2nd Kit

2016 Home Kit

2016 Away Kit

Schedule

Japan v Palestine

12 January 2015 2015 AFC Asian Cup	Japan	4 – 0	Palestine	Newcastle, Australia
18:00 UTC+11	Endo  8' Okazaki  25' Honda  43' (pen.) Yoshida  49'	AFC Report		Stadium: Newcastle Stadium Attendance: 17,147 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Iraq v Japan

16 January 2015 2015 AFC Asian Cup	Iraq	0 – 1	Japan	Brisbane, Australia
19:00 UTC+10		AFC Report	Honda  23' (pen.)	Stadium: Brisbane Stadium Attendance: 22,941 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Japan v Jordan

20 January 2015 2015 AFC Asian Cup	Japan	2 – 0	Jordan	Melbourne, Australia
20:00 UTC+11	Honda  24' Kagawa  82'	AFC Report		Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 25,016 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Japan v United Arab Emirates

23 January 2015 2015 AFC Asian Cup	Japan	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p)	United Arab Emirates	Sydney, Australia
20:30 UTC+11	Shibasaki  81'	AFC Report	Mabkhout  7'	Stadium: Stadium Australia Attendance: 19,094 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
		Penalties
	Honda Hasebe Shibasaki Toyoda Morishige Kagawa		O. Abdulrahman Mabkhout Esmaeel Hassan Fardan I. Ahmed

Japan v Tunisia

27 March 2015 International Friendly	Japan	2 – 0	Tunisia	Ōita, Japan
19:37 JST	Okazaki  78' Honda  83'	JFA Report		Stadium: Ōita Bank Dome Attendance: 34,777 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Japan v Uzbekistan

31 March 2015 International Friendly	Japan	5 – 1	Uzbekistan	Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
19:26 JST	Aoyama  6' Okazaki  54' Shibasaki  80' Usami  83' Kawamata  90'	JFA Report	Tukhtakhodjaev  82'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 46,007 Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)

Japan v Iraq

11 June 2015 International Friendly	Japan	4 – 0	Iraq	Yokohama, Japan
19:03 JST	Honda  5' Makino  9' Okazaki  32' Haraguchi  84'	JFA Report		Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 63,877 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

Japan v Singapore

16 June 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 2	Japan	0 – 0	Singapore	Saitama, Japan
19:34 JST		JFA Report		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 57,533 Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq)

North Korea v Japan

2 August 2015 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup	North Korea	2 – 1	Japan	Wuhan, China
18:20 UTC+8	Ri Hyok-chol  78' Pak Hyon-il  88'	EAFF Report	Muto  3'	Stadium: Wuhan Sports Center Stadium Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Japan v South Korea

5 August 2015 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup	Japan	1 – 1	South Korea	Wuhan, China
18:20 UTC+8	Yamaguchi  39'	EAFF Report	Jang Hyun-soo  26' (pen.)	Stadium: Wuhan Sports Center Stadium Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari (Singapore)

China PR v Japan

9 August 2015 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup	China PR	1 – 1	Japan	Wuhan, China
20:10 UTC+8	Wu Lei  10'	EAFF Report	Muto  41'	Stadium: Wuhan Sports Center Stadium Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

Japan v Cambodia

3 September 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 2	Japan	3 – 0	Cambodia	Saitama, Japan
19:26 JST	Honda  28' Yoshida  50' Kagawa  61'	JFA Report		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 54,716 Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)

Afghanistan v Japan

8 September 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 2	Afghanistan	0 – 6	Japan	Tehran, Iran
16:55 UTC+4:30		FIFA Report	Kagawa  10', 50' Morishige  35' Okazaki  57', 60' Honda  74'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 8,650 Referee: Khamis Al-Kuwari (Qatar)

Syria v Japan

8 October 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 2	Syria	0 – 3	Japan	Seeb, Oman
17:00 UTC+4:00		AFC Report	Honda  55' (pen.) Okazaki  70' Usami  88'	Stadium: Seeb Stadium Attendance: 680 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Iran v Japan

13 October 2015 International Friendly	Iran	1 – 1	Japan	Tehran, Iran
17:00 UTC+4:30	Torabi  45+1'	FIFA Report	Muto  48'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

Singapore v Japan

12 November 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 2	Singapore	0 – 3	Japan	Kallang, Singapore
19:15 UTC+8:00		AFC Report	Kanazaki  20' Honda  26' Yoshida  87'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 33,868 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

Cambodia v Japan

17 November 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 2	Cambodia	0 – 2	Japan	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
19:14 UTC+7:00		AFC Report	Laboravy  52' (o.g.) Honda  90'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 29,871 Referee: Fu Ming (China)

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