# 2004 Japan national football team

This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 2004.

## General

* The Japan national football team competed in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, won the 2004 Kirin Cup and the 2004 AFC Asian Cup in amongst other friendly matches played.

## Schedule

| Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Competition | Japan scorers |
| February 7 | Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima (H) | Malaysia | 4–0 | Friendly | Ogasawara 10' Miyamoto 37' Yamada 45' Endo 46' |
| February 12 | National Stadium, Tokyo (H) | Iraq | 2–0 | Friendly | Yanagisawa 47' Alessandro dos Santos 84' |
| February 18 | Saitama Stadium, Saitama (H) | Oman | 1–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | Kubo 90+3' |
| March 31 | Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore (A) | Singapore | 2–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | Takahara 33' Fujita 82' |
| April 25 | ZTE Arena, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary (A) | Hungary | 2–3 | Friendly | Tamada 75' Kubo 77' |
| April 28 | Stadion Letná, Prague, Czech Republic (A) | Czech Republic | 1–0 | Friendly | Kubo 32' |
| May 30 | City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester (N) | Iceland | 3–2 | Friendly | Kubo 21', 36' Alessandro dos Santos 58' |
| June 1 | City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester (A) | England | 1–1 | Friendly | Ono 53' |
| June 9 | Saitama Stadium, Saitama (H) | India | 7–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | Kubo 12' Fukunishi 25' Nakamura 29' Suzuki 54' Nakazawa 65', 76' Ogasawara 68' |
| July 9 | Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima (H) | Slovakia | 3–1 | Kirin Cup 2004 | Fukunishi 45' Suzuki 66' Yanagisawa 82' |
| July 13 | International Stadium, Yokohama (H) | Serbia and Montenegro | 1–0 | Kirin Cup 2004 | Endo 48' |
| July 20 | Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing (N) | Oman | 1–0 | 2004 AFC Asian Cup group stage | Nakamura 34' |
| July 24 | Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing (N) | Thailand | 4–1 | 2004 AFC Asian Cup group stage | Nakamura 21' Nakazawa 56', 87' Fukunishi 68' |
| July 28 | Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing (N) | Iran | 0–0 | 2004 AFC Asian Cup group stage | |
| July 31 | Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing (N) | Jordan | 1–1 AET (4–3 pen.) | 2004 AFC Asian Cup quarterfinals | Suzuki 14' |
| August 3 | Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan (N) | Bahrain | 4–3 AET | 2004 AFC Asian Cup semifinals | Nakata 48' Tamada 55' 93' Nakazawa 90' |
| August 7 | Workers Stadium, Beijing (A) | China PR | 3–1 | 2004 AFC Asian Cup Final | Fukunishi 22' Koji Nakata 65' Tamada 90+1' |
| August 18 | Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi (H) | Argentina | 1–2 | Friendly | Suzuki 28' |
| September 8 | Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata (A) | India | 4–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | Suzuki 45' Ono 59' Fukunishi 72' Miyamoto 87' |
| October 13 | Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat (A) | Oman | 1–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | Suzuki 52' |
| November 17 | Saitama Stadium, Saitama (H) | Singapore | 1–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | Tamada 13' |
| December 16 | International Stadium, Yokohama (H) | Germany | 0–3 | Friendly | |

### Key

* H = Home match
* A = Away match
* N = Neutral venue

## Coach

* Zico was the coach for the entire year.

## Players statistics

| Player | -2003 | 02.07 | 02.12 | 02.18 | 03.31 | 04.25 | 04.28 | 05.30 | 06.01 | 06.09 | 07.09 | 07.13 | 07.20 | 07.24 | 07.28 | 07.31 | 08.03 | 08.07 | 08.18 | 09.08 | 10.13 | 11.17 | 12.16 | 2004 | Total |
| Hidetoshi Nakata | 59(10) | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 61(10) |
| Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | 54(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | 11(0) | 65(0) |
| Junichi Inamoto | 45(4) | - | - | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | 6(0) | 51(4) |
| Koji Nakata | 40(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | - | - | O | - | 6(2) | 46(2) |
| Shinji Ono | 37(3) | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | O(1) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | - | - | 7(2) | 44(5) |
| Seigo Narazaki | 37(0) | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | 9(0) | 46(0) |
| Atsushi Yanagisawa | 36(11) | - | O(1) | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | O(1) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8(2) | 44(13) |
| Naoki Matsuda | 36(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | 3(0) | 39(0) |
| Shunsuke Nakamura | 31(9) | - | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | 15(3) | 46(12) |
| Naohiro Takahara | 27(11) | - | - | O | O(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | O | 5(1) | 32(12) |
| Takayuki Suzuki | 27(4) | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | 18(6) | 45(10) |
| Tsuneyasu Miyamoto | 26(0) | O(1) | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | - | 19(2) | 45(2) |
| Daisuke Oku | 25(2) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 26(2) |
| Alessandro Santos | 24(2) | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 22(2) | 46(4) |
| Takashi Fukunishi | 21(0) | - | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O(1) | O | - | O | 18(5) | 39(5) |
| Tatsuhiko Kubo | 17(2) | O | O | O(1) | - | O(1) | O(1) | O(2) | O | O(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | 9(5) | 26(8) |
| Atsuhiro Miura | 17(1) | O | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 6(0) | 23(1) |
| Mitsuo Ogasawara | 16(0) | O(1) | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | O(1) | O | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | O | O | - | O | O | 12(2) | 28(2) |
| Yuji Nakazawa | 14(2) | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O(2) | O | O | O | O(2) | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | - | - | 15(5) | 29(7) |
| Yoshito Okubo | 14(0) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 3(0) | 17(0) |
| Toshiya Fujita | 13(2) | O | O | - | O(1) | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | O | O | 10(1) | 23(3) |
| Yasuhito Endo | 12(1) | O(1) | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | O | O | 16(2) | 28(3) |
| Nobuhisa Yamada | 12(0) | O(1) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(1) | 15(1) |
| Keisuke Tsuboi | 11(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10(0) | 21(0) |
| Masashi Motoyama | 6(0) | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | - | O | - | 12(0) | 18(0) |
| Teruaki Kurobe | 3(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 4(0) |
| Teruyuki Moniwa | 2(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 3(0) |
| Ryota Tsuzuki | 2(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 3(0) |
| Akira Kaji | 1(0) | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 20(0) | 21(0) |
| Takuya Yamada | 1(0) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 4(0) |
| Naohiro Ishikawa | 1(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 2(0) |
| Keiji Tamada | 0(0) | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O(2) | O(1) | O | - | O | O(1) | O | 18(5) | 18(5) |
| Makoto Tanaka | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | 14(0) | 14(0) |
| Norihiro Nishi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | 5(0) | 5(0) |
| Takayuki Chano | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Yoichi Doi | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |

## Top goal scorers for 2004

| Rank | Name | Position | Goals |
| 1 | Tatsuhiko Kubo | FW | 6 |
| 1 | Takayuki Suzuki | FW | 6 |
| 3 | Keiji Tamada | FW | 5 |
| 3 | Takashi Fukunishi | MF | 5 |
| 3 | Yuji Nakazawa | DF | 5 |
| 6 | Shunsuke Nakamura | MF | 3 |
| 7 | Atsushi Yanagisawa | FW | 2 |
| 7 | Alessandro dos Santos | MF | 2 |
| 7 | Mitsuo Ogasawara | MF | 2 |
| 7 | Shinji Ono | MF | 2 |
| 7 | Koji Nakata | MF | 2 |
| 7 | Tsuneyasu Miyamoto | DF | 2 |
| 13 | 8 players | | 1 |