# 2017 Japan national football team

The Japan national football team in 2017, managed by head coach Vahid Halilhodžić compete in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round and 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship among international friendly matches both at home and abroad.

## Record

| Competition | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 |
| International Friendly | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 |
| 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 |
| Total | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | +4 |

## Kits

On 7 June, Japan used special kit to celebrate 20th anniversary of Japan's qualification to their first World Cup finals. It was used against Syria. Since November, a new home kit is used.
| Home Kit 0 | Special Kit 0 | Away Kit 0 | 2018 Home Kit |

## Matches

Win　  Draw　  Loss

## Players statistics

| Player | -2016 | 03.23 | 03.28 | 06.07 | 06.13 | 08.31 | 09.05 | 10.06 | 10.10 | 11.10 | 11.14 | 12.09 | 12.12 | 12.16 | 2017 | Total |
| Shinji Okazaki | 106(49) | O | O(1) | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(1) | 111(50) |
| Makoto Hasebe | 104(2) | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 106(2) |
| Yuto Nagatomo | 91(3) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | 10(0) | 101(3) |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 87(2) | O(1) | - | O(1) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | 6(2) | 93(4) |
| Keisuke Honda | 86(36) | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(0) | 91(36) |
| Shinji Kagawa | 84(27) | O | O(1) | O | - | - | - | O | O(1) | - | - | - | - | - | 5(2) | 89(29) |
| Eiji Kawashima | 72(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | 9(0) | 81(0) |
| Maya Yoshida | 71(9) | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | 9(1) | 80(10) |
| Hiroshi Kiyotake | 42(5) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 43(5) |
| Masato Morishige | 39(2) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 41(2) |
| Hiroki Sakai | 32(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | 9(0) | 41(0) |
| Gotoku Sakai | 32(0) | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | 4(0) | 36(0) |
| Hotaru Yamaguchi | 30(2) | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | 8(0) | 38(2) |
| Tomoaki Makino | 24(2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O(1) | O | - | - | - | 4(1) | 28(3) |
| Genki Haraguchi | 20(6) | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | 9(0) | 29(6) |
| Takashi Inui | 19(2) | - | - | O | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | 6(0) | 25(2) |
| Yoshinori Muto | 19(2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 21(2) |
| Takashi Usami | 18(3) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 19(3) |
| Yuya Osako | 17(5) | O | - | O | O(1) | O | - | O(1) | O | O | O | - | - | - | 8(2) | 25(7) |
| Gaku Shibasaki | 13(3) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 14(3) |
| Takuma Asano | 10(2) | - | - | O | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | 7(1) | 17(3) |
| Mu Kanazaki | 10(2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | 1(0) | 11(2) |
| Yu Kobayashi | 8(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O(1) | 3(2) | 11(2) |
| Wataru Endo | 7(0) | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | 4(0) | 11(0) |
| Kengo Kawamata | 5(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | 3(0) | 8(1) |
| Yuki Kobayashi | 2(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 4(1) |
| Yuya Kubo | 2(0) | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | 9(2) | 11(2) |
| Gen Shoji | 2(0) | - | - | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | O | O(1) | O | 8(1) | 10(1) |
| Masaaki Higashiguchi | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | 2(0) | 4(0) |
| Ryota Morioka | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | 2(0) | 4(0) |
| Shogo Taniguchi | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | 1(0) | 3(0) |
| Yojiro Takahagi | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | 1(0) | 3(0) |
| Shu Kurata | 1(0) | O | - | O | O | - | - | O(1) | O(1) | - | - | O | O | O | 8(2) | 9(2) |
| Ryota Oshima | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 2(0) |
| Yosuke Ideguchi | 0(0) | - | - | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | 11(2) | 11(2) |
| Kenyu Sugimoto | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O(1) | O | O | - | - | - | 5(1) | 5(1) |
| Shintaro Kurumaya | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Junya Ito | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Hiroyuki Abe | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Kosuke Nakamura | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Naomichi Ueda | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Genta Miura | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Shoma Doi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Kazuki Nagasawa | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Sei Muroya | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Shuto Yamamoto | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Kento Misao | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | 1(0) | 1(0) |

## Goalscorers

| Player | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round | International Friendly | 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship | Total Goals |
| Yuya Kubo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Shinji Kagawa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Shinji Okazaki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maya Yoshida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yuya Osako | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Takuma Asano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yosuke Ideguchi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Shu Kurata | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ken'yu Sugimoto | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tomoaki Makino | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yu Kobayashi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Gen Shōji | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |