# 2005 Japan national football team

This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 2005.

## General

* The Japan national football team competed in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup hosted by Germany, the 2005 East Asian Football Championship hosted by Korea Republic and the 2005 Kirin Cup hosted by Japan.

## Schedule

| Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Competition | Japan scorers |
| January 29 | International Stadium, Yokohama (H) | Kazakhstan | 4–0 | Friendly | Tamada 5', 60' Matsuda 11' Alessandro dos Santos 24' |
| February 2 | Saitama Stadium, Saitama (H) | Syria | 3–0 | Friendly | Suzuki 44' Miyamoto 69' Ogasawara 90' |
| February 9 | Saitama Stadium, Saitama (H) | Korea DPR | 2–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | Ogasawara 4' Oguro 90' |
| March 25 | Azadi Stadium, Tehran (A) | Iran | 1–2 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | Fukunishi 66' |
| March 30 | Saitama Stadium, Saitama (H) | Bahrain | 1–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | Mohamed Salmeen 72' (o.g.) |
| May 22 | Niigata Stadium, Niigata (H) | Peru | 0–1 | Kirin Cup 2005 | |
| May 27 | National Stadium, Tokyo (H) | United Arab Emirates | 0–1 | Kirin Cup 2005 | |
| June 3 | National Stadium, Madinat 'Isa, Bahrain (A) | Bahrain | 1–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | Ogasawara 79' |
| June 8 | Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand (N) | Korea DPR | 2–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | Yanagisawa 73' Oguro 89' |
| June 16 | AWD-Arena, Hanover (N) | Mexico | 1–2 | 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup | Yanagisawa 12' |
| June 19 | Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt (N) | Greece | 1–0 | 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup | Oguro 76' |
| June 22 | RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne (N) | Brazil | 2–2 | 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup | Nakamura 27' Oguro 88' |
| July 31 | Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon (N) | Korea DPR | 0–1 | 2005 East Asian Football Championship | |
| August 3 | Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon (N) | China PR | 2–2 | 2005 East Asian Football Championship | Moniwa 58' Tanaka |
| August 7 | Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu (A) | Korea Republic | 1–0 | 2005 East Asian Football Championship | Nakazawa 86' |
| August 17 | International Stadium, Yokohama (H) | Iran | 2–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | Kaji 58' Nakazawa 77' |
| September 7 | Miyagi Stadium, Rifu (H) | Honduras | 5-4 | Friendly | Takahara 33' Yanagisawa 48' 70' Nakamura 55' Ogasawara 78' |
| October 8 | Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia (A) | Latvia | 2–2 | Friendly | Takahara 5' Nakamura 52' |
| October 12 | Olimpiyskyi National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine (A) | Ukraine | 0–1 | Friendly | |
| November 16 | National Stadium, Tokyo (H) | Angola | 1–0 | Friendly | Matsui 90' |

### Key

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

## Players statistics

| Player | -2004 | 01.29 | 02.02 | 02.09 | 03.25 | 03.30 | 05.22 | 05.27 | 06.03 | 06.08 | 06.16 | 06.19 | 06.22 | 07.31 | 08.03 | 08.07 | 08.17 | 09.07 | 10.08 | 10.12 | 11.16 | 2005 | Total |
| Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | 65(0) | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | O | O | 14(0) | 79(0) |
| Hidetoshi Nakata | 61(10) | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | 10(0) | 71(10) |
| Junichi Inamoto | 51(4) | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | 10(0) | 61(4) |
| Shunsuke Nakamura | 46(12) | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | O | O | O(1) | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | 11(3) | 57(15) |
| Alessandro Santos | 46(4) | O(1) | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | 17(1) | 63(5) |
| Koji Nakata | 46(2) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | 8(0) | 54(2) |
| Seigo Narazaki | 46(0) | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | 4(0) | 50(0) |
| Takayuki Suzuki | 45(10) | O | O(1) | O | - | O | O | O | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | 10(1) | 55(11) |
| Tsuneyasu Miyamoto | 45(2) | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | 15(1) | 60(3) |
| Atsushi Yanagisawa | 44(13) | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | - | - | - | - | O(2) | O | O | O | 10(4) | 54(17) |
| Shinji Ono | 44(5) | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 46(5) |
| Takashi Fukunishi | 39(5) | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 14(1) | 53(6) |
| Naoki Matsuda | 39(0) | O(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(1) | 40(1) |
| Naohiro Takahara | 32(12) | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | 7(2) | 39(14) |
| Yuji Nakazawa | 29(7) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | O(1) | O | O | - | - | O | 12(1) | 41(8) |
| Yasuhito Endo | 28(3) | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | O | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | 8(0) | 36(3) |
| Mitsuo Ogasawara | 28(2) | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | - | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O(1) | - | - | - | 15(4) | 43(6) |
| Toshiya Fujita | 23(3) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 24(3) |
| Atsuhiro Miura | 23(1) | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 25(1) |
| Akira Kaji | 21(0) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O(1) | O | - | - | - | 14(1) | 35(1) |
| Keisuke Tsuboi | 21(0) | O | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | O | - | 7(0) | 28(0) |
| Keiji Tamada | 18(5) | O(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | 16(2) | 34(7) |
| Masashi Motoyama | 18(0) | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | O | - | - | 8(0) | 26(0) |
| Yoshito Okubo | 17(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | 2(0) | 19(0) |
| Makoto Tanaka | 14(0) | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | 16(0) | 30(0) |
| Teruyuki Moniwa | 3(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | - | - | O | O | - | 4(1) | 7(1) |
| Takayuki Chano | 3(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 4(0) | 7(0) |
| Yoichi Doi | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | 2(0) | 4(0) |
| Daisuke Matsui | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O(1) | 3(1) | 4(1) |
| Masashi Oguro | 0(0) | O | - | O(1) | O | - | O | O | - | O(1) | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O | O(1) | O | - | - | O | 15(5) | 15(5) |
| Yuki Abe | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | 5(0) | 5(0) |
| Yuichi Komano | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | 5(0) | 5(0) |
| Seiichiro Maki | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Shinji Murai | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Tatsuya Tanaka | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(1) | 2(1) |
| Yoshinobu Minowa | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |

## Top goal scorers for 2005

| Rank | Name | Position | Goals |
| 1 | Masashi Oguro | FW | 4 |
| 1 | Atsushi Yanagisawa | FW | 4 |
| 1 | Mitsuo Ogasawara | MF | 4 |
| 4 | Shunsuke Nakamura | MF | 3 |
| 5 | Naohiro Takahara | FW | 2 |
| 5 | Keiji Tamada | FW | 2 |
| 5 | Yuji Nakazawa | DF | 2 |