Group F
JAPAN
World Cup participations: 2
Greatest World Cup achievement: last sixteen (2002)
Japan has qualified for the world cup as group winners, although
with a lot of narrow wins.
Captain Tsuneyasu Miyamoto is an outstanding defender,
although he is not that famous in Europe like Hidetoshi Nakata of Bolton,
Inamoto of WBA, Shinji Ono of Feyenoord, Shunsuke Nakamura of Celtic
or Takahara of Hamburg.
The midfield is really filled very well, but the attack cannot keep up
with that and what's the use of great passing, when there is nobody who
puts the ball into the net.
However - Croatia and Australia are no super-duper teams and for
any of the three teams promotion is possible.
The odds on Japan as world cup winner were certainly high
- 151.0 at Betandwin.
For a bet on group winner Japan you get 15.0.
Japan
Nickname Blues
Association Japan Football Association
Coach Zico, (2002-)
Most caps Masami Ihara (123)
Top scorer Kunishige Kamamoto (73)
First International
Japan 0 - 5 China
(Tokyo, Japan; May 9, 1917)
Largest win
Japan 15 - 0 Philippines
(Tokyo, Japan; September 27, 1967)
Worst defeat
Japan 2 - 15 Philippines
(Tokyo, Japan; September 10, 1917)
World Cup
Appearances 3 (First in 1998)
Best result Round 2, 2002
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances 5 (First in 1988)
Best result Winners, 1992, 2000, 2004
World Cup Squad Japan
This is the official world cup squad -
you can find here all the
world cup players
for Japan
Goalkeepers
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
Yoichi Doi
Seigo Narazaki
Defenders
Teruyuki Moniwa
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Alessandro Santos
Yuji Nakazawa
Keisuke Tsuboi
Akira Kaji
Yuichi Komano
Koji Nakata
Midfielders
Takashi Fukunishi
Mitsuo Ogasawara
Shinji Ono
Yasuhito Endo
Hidetoshi Nakata
Shunsuke Nakamura
Junichi Inamoto
Strikers
Seiichiro Maki
Keiji Tamada
Atsushi Yanagisawa
Masashi Oguro
Naohiro Takahara
Other World Cup Teams
Group A
Germany
Costa Rica
Poland
Ecuador
Group B
England
Paraguay
Trinidad and Tobago
Sweden
Group C
Argentina
Cote d'Ivoire
Serbia and Montenegro
Netherlands
Group D
Mexico
Iran
Angola
Portugal
Group E
Italy
Ghana
USA
Czech Republic
Group F
Brazil
Croatia
Australia
Japan
Group G
France
Switzerland
Korea Republic
Togo
Group H
Spain
Ukraine
Tunisia
Saudi Arabia
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