# 2007 Japan national football team

This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 2007.

## General

* The Japan national football team competed in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup and won the 2007 Kirin Cup in amongst other friendly matches played.

## Schedule

| Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Competition | Japan scorers |
| March 24 | International Stadium, Yokohama (H) | Peru | 2–0 | Friendly | Maki 18' Takahara 54' |
| June 1 | Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi (H) | Montenegro | 2–0 | Kirin Cup | Nakazawa 23' Takahara 38' |
| June 5 | Saitama Stadium, Saitama (H) | Colombia | 0–0 | Kirin Cup | |
| July 9 | Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi (N) | Qatar | 1–1 | 2007 Asian Cup group stage | Takahara 61' |
| July 13 | Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi (N) | UAE | 3–1 | 2007 Asian Cup group stage | Takahara 22', 27' Nakamura 42'pen |
| July 16 | Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi (A) | Vietnam | 4–1 | 2007 Asian Cup group stage | Maki 12', 59' Endo 32' Nakamura 53' |
| July 21 | Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi (N) | Australia | 1–1 AET (4–3 pen.) | 2007 Asian Cup quarter-finals | Takahara 72' |
| July 25 | Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi (N) | Saudi Arabia | 2–3 | 2007 Asian Cup semifinals | Nakazawa 37' Abe 53' |
| July 28 | Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang (N) | Korea Republic | 0–0 AET (6–5 pen.) | 2007 Asian Cup third place play-off | |
| August 22 | Ōita Stadium, Ōita (H) | Cameroon | 2–0 | Friendly | Tulio 25' Yamase 89' |
| September 7 | Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt (A) | Austria | 0–0 (3–4 pen.) | Friendly | |
| September 11 | Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt (N) | Switzerland | 4–3 | Friendly | Nakamura 53',78' Maki 67' Yano 90' |
| October 17 | Nagai Stadium, Osaka (H) | Egypt | 4–1 | Friendly | Okubo 21',42' Maeda 53' Kaji 68' |

### Key

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

## Players statistics

| Player | -2006 | 03.24 | 06.01 | 06.05 | 07.09 | 07.13 | 07.16 | 07.21 | 07.25 | 07.28 | 08.22 | 09.07 | 09.11 | 10.17 | 2007 | Total |
| Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | 98(0) | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 12(0) | 110(0) |
| Junichi Inamoto | 65(4) | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | 3(0) | 68(4) |
| Shunsuke Nakamura | 63(16) | O | - | O | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O | - | O | O(2) | - | 10(4) | 73(20) |
| Koji Nakata | 56(2) | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 57(2) |
| Yuji Nakazawa | 53(9) | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | 13(2) | 66(11) |
| Seigo Narazaki | 50(0) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 51(0) |
| Akira Kaji | 49(1) | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | 11(1) | 60(2) |
| Naohiro Takahara | 44(17) | O(1) | O(1) | O | O(1) | O(2) | O | O(1) | O | O | - | - | - | - | 9(6) | 53(23) |
| Yasuhito Endo | 44(3) | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 13(1) | 57(4) |
| Keisuke Tsuboi | 39(0) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 40(0) |
| Yoshito Okubo | 19(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O(2) | 2(2) | 21(2) |
| Seiichiro Maki | 17(3) | O(1) | O | O | - | O | O(2) | O | O | - | - | O | O(1) | - | 9(4) | 26(7) |
| Yuichi Komano | 15(0) | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 12(0) | 27(0) |
| Yuki Abe | 13(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | - | - | O | 11(1) | 24(2) |
| Hisato Sato | 12(3) | - | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | 7(0) | 19(3) |
| Keita Suzuki | 7(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 13(0) | 20(0) |
| Tatsuya Tanaka | 6(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | 2(0) | 8(1) |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 6(0) | - | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | O | O | - | O | 8(0) | 14(0) |
| Marcus Tulio Tanaka | 5(1) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | O | - | 4(1) | 9(2) |
| Naotake Hanyu | 5(0) | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | 7(0) | 12(0) |
| Daisuke Matsui | 4(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | 2(0) | 6(1) |
| Kengo Nakamura | 3(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 13(0) | 16(1) |
| Satoru Yamagishi | 3(0) | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | O | 5(0) | 8(0) |
| Ryuji Bando | 2(2) | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 3(2) |
| Koji Yamase | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | - | - | - | 1(1) | 2(1) |
| Daiki Takamatsu | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | 1(0) | 2(0) |
| Kisho Yano | 0(0) | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | O(1) | - | 7(1) | 7(1) |
| Jungo Fujimoto | 0(0) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | 4(0) | 4(0) |
| Koki Mizuno | 0(0) | O | O | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(0) | 4(0) |
| Hideo Hashimoto | 0(0) | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | 4(0) | 4(0) |
| Ryoichi Maeda | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O(1) | 2(1) | 2(1) |
| Akihiro Ienaga | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |

## Top goal scorers for 2007

| Rank | Name | Position | Goals |
| 1 | Naohiro Takahara | FW | 6 |
| 2 | Seiichiro Maki | FW | 4 |
| 2 | Shunsuke Nakamura | MF | 4 |
| 4 | Yoshito Okubo | FW | 2 |
| 4 | Yuji Nakazawa | DF | 2 |
| 6 | Yasuhito Endo | MF | 1 |
| 6 | Yuki Abe | MF | 1 |
| 6 | Marcus Tulio Tanaka | DF | 1 |
| 6 | Koji Yamase | MF | 1 |
| 6 | Kisho Yano | FW | 1 |
| 6 | Ryoichi Maeda | FW | 1 |
| 6 | Akira Kaji | DF | 1 |