Japan National Football team players, results, & Japan football Association

The Japan National Football team represents Japan in the international association team. This Japan football team was established as a national football team in 1921. Japan’s team is nicknamed the Samurai blue in the Flag of Japan.

Japan football team association’s name is JFA or Japan Football Association and its Confederation AFC. The team qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the nations. Also, they had qualified for a number of Olympic Games.

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Japan Football team info details

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Football team nickname: Samurai Blue

Confederation Name: AFC Asia

Sub-confederation name: EAFF (East Asia)

Association of this team: Japan Football Association

Head of the coach: Vahid Halihoodzic.

Team captain: Makoto Hasebe

Top Scorer of this team: Kunishige Kamamoto’s goals-80

FIFA code: JPN

Present rankings of FIFA: 45 numbers.

The highest ranking of FIFA: was 14 in 1997

The lowest ranking of FIFA: was 62 in 1992

First international team: Japan vs China

Best performance: Asian Cup champions 1992, 2000, 2004, and last 2011.

Best Results of confederation cup: Runners-up 2001.

Japan National football team players

Japan’s soccer league or football league has more experience and some important players who play in different Football clubs. Here, the user can follow Japan football team player details.

FIFA World Cup 2022 Japan’s squad

Japan’s football team has been selected to play in FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar in Group E. Their team also has Germany, Costa Rica, and Spain teams. Japan football association already proclaimed their 26-man squads for the FIFA World Cup 2022. Now, let’s see their name.

Goalkeeper

Eiji Kawashima (Strasbourg (FRA))

Shūichi Gonda (Shimizu S-Pulse (JPN))

Daniel Schmidt (Sint-Truiden (BEL))

Defenders

Miki Yamane (Kawasaki Frontale (JPN) )

Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale (JPN))

Ko Itakura (Borussia Monchengladbach (GER))

Yuto Nagatomo (Tokyo (JPN))

Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal (ENG))

Hiroki Sakai (Urawa Red Diamonds (JPN))

Maya Yoshida (Schalke (GER))

Hiroki Ito (Stuttgart (GER))

Midfielders

Wataru Endo (Stuttgart (GER))

Gaku Shibasaki (Leganes (SPA))

Ritsu Dōan (Freiburg (GER))

Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton (ENG))

Takumi Minamino (Monaco (FRA))

Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad (SPA))

Hidemasa Morita (Sporting (POR))

Junya Ito (Reims (FRA))

Daichi Kamada (Eintracht Frankfurt (GER))

Ao Tanaka (Fortuna Dusseldorf (GER))

Yuki Soma (Nagoya Grampus (JPN))

Forward or Striker of the Japanese team

Takuma Asano (Bochum (GER))

Shuto Machino (Shonan Bellmare (JPN))

Ayase Ueda (Club Brugge (BEL))

Daizen Maeda (Celtic (SCO))

Japan team crest and Supporters

Japan’s team began to earn a rivalry with fellow Asian powerhouse Australia; the team joined the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The team rivalry continued with the 2 countries regularly in AFC competitions, such as AFC Asian Cup 2007, AFC Asian Cup Final 2011, and the EAFF East Asian Cup 2013.

Japan’s team uses dresses in white and blue than red and white color superstition in the first major international competition.

Finally, we can say that Japan’s football results team is playing in FIFA World and the international league with success. And, they are playing 51 number team of the FIFA World.

All sports were off for Covid-19 from February 20 to July 20 after, July started all football club sports successfully.

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