# 2006 Japan national football team

This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 2006.

## Schedule

| Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Competition | Japan scorers |
| February 10 | AT&T Park, San Francisco (A) | United States | 2–3 | Friendly | Maki 60' Nakazawa 90+2' |
| February 18 | Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi (H) | Finland | 2–0 | Friendly | Kubo 48' Ogasawara 57' |
| February 22 | International Stadium, Yokohama (H) | India | 6–0 | 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Ono 32' Maki 58' Fukunishi 68' Kubo 79' 90+3' Sato 83' |
| February 28 | Westfalenstadion, Dortmund (N) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–2 | Friendly | Takahara 45' Nakata 90+5' |
| March 30 | Ōita Stadium, Ōita (H) | Ecuador | 1–0 | Friendly | Sato 85' |
| May 9 | Nagai Stadium, Osaka (H) | Bulgaria | 1–2 | Kirin Cup 2006 | Maki 76' |
| May 13 | Saitama Stadium, Saitama (H) | Scotland | 0–0 | Kirin Cup 2006 | |
| May 30 | BayArena, Leverkusen (A) | Germany | 2–2 | Friendly | Takahara 57' 65' |
| June 4 | LTU Arena, Düsseldorf (N) | Malta | 1–0 | Friendly | Tamada 2' |
| June 12 | Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern (N) | Australia | 1–3 | 2006 FIFA World Cup Group stage | Nakamura 26' |
| June 18 | Frankenstadion, Nuremberg (N) | Croatia | 0–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup Group stage | |
| June 22 | Westfalenstadion, Dortmund (N) | Brazil | 1–4 | 2006 FIFA World Cup Group stage | Tamada 34' |
| August 9 | National Stadium, Tokyo (H) | Trinidad and Tobago | 2–0 | Friendly | Alessandro dos Santos 17' 22' |
| August 16 | Niigata Stadium, Niigata (H) | Yemen | 2–0 | 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Abe 70' Sato 90+1' |
| September 3 | Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah (A) | Saudi Arabia | 0–1 | 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification | |
| September 6 | Althawra Sports City Stadium, Sana'a (A) | Yemen | 1–0 | 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Ganaha 90+1' |
| October 4 | International Stadium, Yokohama (H) | Ghana | 0–1 | Friendly | |
| October 11 | Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore (A) | India | 3–0 | 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Bando 23' 44' K.Nakamura 82' |
| November 15 | Sapporo Dome, Sapporo (H) | Saudi Arabia | 3–1 | 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Tulio 20' Ganaha 29' 50' |

## Players statistics

| Player | -2005 | 02.10 | 02.18 | 02.22 | 02.28 | 03.30 | 05.09 | 05.13 | 05.30 | 06.04 | 06.12 | 06.18 | 06.22 | 08.09 | 08.16 | 09.03 | 09.06 | 10.04 | 10.11 | 11.15 | 2006 | Total |
| Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | 79(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 19(0) | 98(0) |
| Hidetoshi Nakata | 71(10) | - | - | - | O(1) | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6(1) | 77(11) |
| Alessandro Santos | 63(5) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O(2) | O | O | O | O | O | O | 19(2) | 82(7) |
| Junichi Inamoto | 61(4) | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(0) | 65(4) |
| Tsuneyasu Miyamoto | 60(3) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11(0) | 71(3) |
| Shunsuke Nakamura | 57(15) | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | O | O(1) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6(1) | 63(16) |
| Atsushi Yanagisawa | 54(17) | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4(0) | 58(17) |
| Koji Nakata | 54(2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 56(2) |
| Takashi Fukunishi | 53(6) | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11(1) | 64(7) |
| Shinji Ono | 46(5) | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9(1) | 55(6) |
| Mitsuo Ogasawara | 43(6) | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10(1) | 53(7) |
| Yuji Nakazawa | 41(8) | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12(1) | 53(9) |
| Naohiro Takahara | 39(14) | - | - | - | O(1) | - | - | - | O(2) | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5(3) | 44(17) |
| Yasuhito Endo | 36(3) | O | - | O | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | 8(0) | 44(3) |
| Akira Kaji | 35(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | O | 14(0) | 49(1) |
| Keiji Tamada | 34(7) | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O(1) | - | O | O(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7(2) | 41(9) |
| Makoto Tanaka | 30(0) | O | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 32(0) |
| Keisuke Tsuboi | 28(0) | - | O | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | 11(0) | 39(0) |
| Tatsuhiko Kubo | 26(8) | O | O(1) | O(2) | O | O | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6(3) | 32(11) |
| Masashi Motoyama | 26(0) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 28(0) |
| Masashi Oguro | 15(5) | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6(0) | 21(5) |
| Teruyuki Moniwa | 7(1) | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 9(1) |
| Yuichi Komano | 5(0) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | 10(0) | 15(0) |
| Yuki Abe | 5(0) | O | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | 8(1) | 13(1) |
| Seiichiro Maki | 3(0) | O(1) | O | O(1) | - | O | O(1) | O | - | O | - | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | 14(3) | 17(3) |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 3(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | 3(0) | 6(0) |
| Shinji Murai | 3(0) | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 5(0) |
| Tatsuya Tanaka | 2(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | 4(0) | 6(1) |
| Hisato Sato | 0(0) | O | O | O(1) | - | O(1) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | - | 12(3) | 12(3) |
| Keita Suzuki | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 7(0) | 7(0) |
| Kazuki Ganaha | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O(2) | 6(3) | 6(3) |
| Makoto Hasebe | 0(0) | O | - | O | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | O | - | 6(0) | 6(0) |
| Marcus Tulio Tanaka | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | O(1) | 5(1) | 5(1) |
| Naotake Hanyu | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | - | O | 5(0) | 5(0) |
| Kengo Nakamura | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(1) | O | 3(1) | 3(1) |
| Satoru Yamagishi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Ryuji Bando | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O(2) | - | 2(2) | 2(2) |
| Hiroki Mizumoto | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Hayuma Tanaka | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Koji Yamase | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Daigo Kobayashi | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Yuzo Kurihara | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Naoshi Nakamura | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Daisuke Sakata | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Yuto Sato | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Tsukasa Umesaki | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Takahiro Futagawa | (0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Daiki Takamatsu | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | 1(0) | 1(0) |

## Top goal scorers for 2006

| Rank | Name | Position | Goals |
| 1 | Seiichiro Maki | FW | 3 |
| 1 | Tatsuhiko Kubo | FW | 3 |
| 1 | Hisato Sato | FW | 3 |
| 1 | Naohiro Takahara | FW | 3 |
| 1 | Kazuki Ganaha | FW | 3 |
| 6 | Keiji Tamada | FW | 2 |
| 6 | Ryūji Bando | FW | 2 |
| 6 | Alessandro dos Santos | MF | 2 |
| 9 | 9 players | | 1 |

## Manager

* The manager was Zico up to 2006 World Cup. He was replaced by Ivica Osim.