# 2009 Japan national football team

This page records the details of the matches played by the Japan national football team during 2009. In 2009 the Japan national football team competed in the fourth round of the AFC 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifications, the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification, and the 2009 Kirin Cup, amongst other friendly matches.

## Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Result | Score | Venue | Competition | Japan Goal Scorers |
| 20 January | Yemen | W | 2–1 | KKWing Stadium, Kumamoto, Japan | 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Okazaki 7' Tatsuya Tanaka 66' |
| 28 January | Bahrain | L | 0–1 | National Stadium, Madinat 'Isa, Bahrain | 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification | |
| 4 February | Finland | W | 5–1 | National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan | Friendly Match (2009 Kirin Challenge Cup) | Okazaki 15', 32' Kagawa 44' Nakazawa 57' Yasuda 86' |
| 11 February | Australia | D | 0–0 | International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 28 March | Bahrain | W | 1–0 | Saitama Stadium, Saitama, Japan | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | S. Nakamura 47' |
| 27 May | Chile | W | 4–0 | Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan | 2009 Kirin Cup | Okazaki 20', 24' Abe 52' Honda 90+2' |
| 31 May | Belgium | W | 4–0 | National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan | 2009 Kirin Cup | Nagatomo 21' K. Nakamura 23' Okazaki 60' Yano 77' |
| 6 June | Uzbekistan | W | 1–0 | Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | Okazaki 9' |
| 10 June | Qatar | D | 1–1 | International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | ( 3' (o.g.)) |
| 17 June | Australia | L | 1–2 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | Tulio 39' |
| 5 September | Netherlands | L | 0–3 | De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands | Friendly Match | |
| 9 September | Ghana | W | 4–3 | Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands | Friendly Match | K. Nakamura 53' Tamada 78' Okazaki 79' Inamoto 83' |
| 8 October | Hong Kong | W | 6–0 | Outsourcing Stadium, Shizuoka, Japan | 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Okazaki 17', 74', 76' Nagatomo 28' Nakazawa 50' Túlio 67' |
| 10 October | Scotland | W | 2–0 | International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan | Friendly Match (2009 Kirin Challenge Cup) | ( 82' (o.g.)) Honda 90' |
| 14 October | Togo | W | 5–0 | Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan | Friendly Match (2009 Kirin Challenge Cup) | Okazaki 5', 8', 65' Morimoto 11' Honda 85' |
| 14 November | South Africa | D | 0–0 | Nelson Mandela Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa | Friendly Match | |
| 18 November | Hong Kong | W | 4–0 | Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong | 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Hasebe 32' Satō 74' S. Nakamura 84' Okazaki 90+1' (pen.) |

## Players statistics

| Player | -2008 | 01.20 | 01.28 | 02.04 | 02.11 | 03.28 | 05.27 | 05.31 | 06.06 | 06.10 | 06.17 | 09.05 | 09.09 | 10.08 | 10.10 | 10.14 | 11.14 | 11.18 | 2009 | Total |
| Shunsuke Nakamura | 82(22) | - | - | - | O | O(1) | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | O(1) | 11(2) | 93(24) |
| Yuji Nakazawa | 82(15) | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O(1) | - | O | O | O | 14(2) | 96(17) |
| Yasuhito Endo | 73(7) | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | 12(0) | 85(7) |
| Junichi Inamoto | 70(4) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | - | O | - | O | - | 4(1) | 74(5) |
| Seigo Narazaki | 63(0) | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6(0) | 69(0) |
| Keiji Tamada | 53(13) | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | O(1) | O | - | - | - | - | 10(1) | 63(14) |
| Yuichi Komano | 40(0) | O | - | O | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | 9(0) | 49(0) |
| Seiichiro Maki | 35(8) | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 38(8) |
| Yoshito Okubo | 33(5) | - | - | - | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | 9(0) | 42(5) |
| Yuki Abe | 33(2) | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | O | - | - | O | 8(1) | 41(3) |
| Kengo Nakamura | 29(3) | O | O | O | - | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O(1) | - | O | O | - | - | 12(2) | 41(5) |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 26(0) | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | 7(0) | 33(0) |
| Hisato Sato | 25(3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | O(1) | 3(1) | 28(4) |
| Marcus Tulio Tanaka | 19(4) | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O(1) | - | O | O | O | 13(2) | 32(6) |
| Makoto Hasebe | 16(0) | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | O(1) | 11(1) | 27(1) |
| Atsuto Uchida | 14(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | 13(0) | 27(1) |
| Daisuke Matsui | 13(1) | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | O | - | O | O | 8(0) | 21(1) |
| Tatsuya Tanaka | 12(2) | O(1) | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(1) | 16(3) |
| Kisho Yano | 12(1) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(1) | 16(2) |
| Yuto Nagatomo | 7(1) | - | O | O | O | O | - | O(1) | O | - | O | O | O | O(1) | - | O | - | - | 11(2) | 18(3) |
| Shinji Kagawa | 6(1) | O | O | O(1) | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(1) | 10(2) |
| Hideo Hashimoto | 6(0) | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | 7(0) | 13(0) |
| Michihiro Yasuda | 5(0) | - | - | O(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(1) | 6(1) |
| Shinji Okazaki | 4(0) | O(1) | O | O(2) | O | O | O(2) | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O | O(1) | O(3) | - | O(3) | O | O(1) | 16(15) | 20(15) |
| Shuhei Terada | 4(0) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 6(0) |
| Ryoichi Maeda | 3(2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | 2(0) | 5(2) |
| Ryota Tsuzuki | 3(0) | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 6(0) |
| Kazumichi Takagi | 3(0) | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 5(0) |
| Shinzo Koroki | 2(0) | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | 8(0) | 10(0) |
| Naohiro Ishikawa | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | 2(0) | 4(0) |
| Keisuke Honda | 1(0) | - | O | - | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | O(1) | O(1) | O | - | 10(3) | 11(3) |
| Eiji Kawashima | 1(0) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | 7(0) | 8(0) |
| Takeshi Aoki | 1(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 2(0) |
| Yuhei Tokunaga | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 5(0) |
| Takayuki Morimoto | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | - | - | 2(1) | 2(1) |
| Satoshi Yamaguchi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Takashi Inui | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Mu Kanazaki | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Naoki Yamada | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Shusaku Nishikawa | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Daiki Iwamasa | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |

## Top goal scorers for 2009

| Rank | Name | Position | Goals | Matches |
| 1 | Shinji Okazaki | FW | 15 | 16 |
| 2 | Keisuke Honda | MF | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Yuto Nagatomo | DF | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Shunsuke Nakamura | MF | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Kengo Nakamura | MF | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Yuji Nakazawa | DF | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | Marcus Tulio Tanaka | DF | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | 10 players | | 1 | |

## Kits

Japan's kits until October.
Japan's kit used on November.

## Coach

* Takeshi Okada was in charge for the whole year.