# 2016 Japan national football team

The Japan national football team in 2016, managed by head coach Vahid Halilhodžić compete in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round amongst international friendly matches at home.

## Record

| Competition | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 |
| Kirin Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 |
| Total | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 9 | +21 |

## Matches

Win　  Draw　  Loss

## Players statistics

| Player | -2015 | 03.24 | 03.29 | 06.03 | 06.07 | 09.01 | 09.06 | 10.06 | 10.11 | 11.11 | 11.15 | 2016 | Total |
| Shinji Okazaki | 98(47) | O(1) | O | O(1) | O | O | - | O | - | O | O | 8(2) | 106(49) |
| Makoto Hasebe | 95(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | 9(0) | 104(2) |
| Yuto Nagatomo | 86(3) | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | 5(0) | 91(3) |
| Keisuke Honda | 79(34) | - | O(1) | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | 7(2) | 86(36) |
| Shinji Kagawa | 77(23) | O | O(2) | O(2) | - | O | O | - | O | - | O | 7(4) | 84(27) |
| Eiji Kawashima | 71(0) | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 72(0) |
| Maya Yoshida | 61(6) | O(1) | O | O(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 10(3) | 71(9) |
| Hiroshi Kiyotake | 33(1) | O(1) | O | O | O(1) | O | - | O | O | O(1) | O(1) | 9(4) | 42(5) |
| Masato Morishige | 29(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 10(0) | 39(2) |
| Hiroki Sakai | 25(0) | O | - | O | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | 7(0) | 32(0) |
| Gotoku Sakai | 25(0) | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | 7(0) | 32(0) |
| Hotaru Yamaguchi | 24(1) | - | O | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | 6(1) | 30(2) |
| Shusaku Nishikawa | 23(0) | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 8(0) | 31(0) |
| Tomoaki Makino | 22(2) | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | 2(0) | 24(2) |
| Yoshinori Muto | 18(2) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 19(2) |
| Mike Havenaar | 17(4) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 18(4) |
| Yuya Osako | 15(3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(2) | O | 2(2) | 17(5) |
| Takashi Usami | 13(2) | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | 5(1) | 18(3) |
| Genki Haraguchi | 11(1) | O | O(1) | O | - | O | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O | O(1) | 9(5) | 20(6) |
| Yosuke Kashiwagi | 7(0) | O | - | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | 4(0) | 11(0) |
| Mu Kanazaki | 6(1) | O(1) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(1) | 10(2) |
| Manabu Saito | 5(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 6(1) |
| Wataru Endo | 5(0) | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 7(0) |
| Takuma Asano | 3(0) | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | - | 7(2) | 10(2) |
| Yu Kobayashi | 2(0) | O | - | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | 6(0) | 8(0) |
| Masaaki Higashiguchi | 1(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 2(0) |
| Gen Shoji | 1(0) | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 2(0) |
| Yuki Kobayashi | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | O(1) | - | 2(1) | 2(1) |
| Yuichi Maruyama | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Yuya Kubo | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Ryota Oshima | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Ryota Nagaki | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |

## Goalscorers

| Player | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) | International Friendly | Total Goals |
| Shinji Okazaki | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hiroshi Kiyotake | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Own Goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Maya Yoshida | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Mu Kanazaki | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shinji Kagawa | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Keisuke Honda | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Genki Haraguchi | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Takashi Usami | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Takuma Asano | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hotaru Yamaguchi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yuya Osako | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Yuki Kobayashi | 0 | 1 | 1 |