2004 Japan national football team

This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 2004.^[1]

General

The Japan national football team competed in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, won the 2004 Kirin Cup and the 2004 AFC Asian Cup in amongst other friendly matches played.

Schedule

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Japan scorers
February 7	Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima (H)	Malaysia	4–0	Friendly	Ogasawara 10' Miyamoto 37' Yamada 45' Endo 46'
February 12	National Stadium, Tokyo (H)	Iraq	2–0	Friendly	Yanagisawa 47' Alessandro dos Santos 84'
February 18	Saitama Stadium, Saitama (H)	Oman	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	Kubo 90+3'
March 31	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore (A)	Singapore	2–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	Takahara 33' Fujita 82'
April 25	ZTE Arena, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary (A)	Hungary	2–3	Friendly	Tamada 75' Kubo 77'
April 28	AXA Arena, Prague, Czech Republic (A)	Czech Republic	1–0	Friendly	Kubo 32'
May 30	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester (N)	Iceland	3–2	Friendly	Kubo 21', 36' Alessandro dos Santos 58'
June 1	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester (A)	England	1–1	Friendly	Ono 53'
June 9	Saitama Stadium, Saitama (H)	India	7–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	Kubo 12' Fukunishi 25' Nakamura 29' Suzuki 54' Nakazawa 65', 76' Ogasawara 68'
July 9	Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima (H)	Slovakia	3–1	Kirin Cup 2004	Fukunishi 45' Suzuki 66' Yanagisawa 82'
July 13	International Stadium, Yokohama (H)	Serbia and Montenegro	1–0	Kirin Cup 2004	Endo 48'
July 20	Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing (N)	Oman	1–0	2004 AFC Asian Cup group stage	Nakamura 34'
July 24	Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing (N)	Thailand	4–1	2004 AFC Asian Cup group stage	Nakamura 21' Nakazawa 56', 87' Fukunishi 68'
July 28	Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing (N)	Iran	0–0	2004 AFC Asian Cup group stage
July 31	Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing (N)	Jordan	1–1 AET (4–3 pen.)	2004 AFC Asian Cup quarterfinals	Suzuki 14'
August 3	Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan (N)	Bahrain	4–3 AET	2004 AFC Asian Cup semifinals	Nakata 48' Tamada 55' 93' Nakazawa 90'
August 7	Workers Stadium, Beijing (A)	China PR	3–1	2004 AFC Asian Cup Final	Fukunishi 22' Koji Nakata 65' Tamada 90+1'
August 18	Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi (H)	Argentina	1–2	Friendly	Suzuki 28'
September 8	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata (A)	India	4–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	Suzuki 45' Ono 59' Fukunishi 72' Miyamoto 87'
October 13	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat (A)	Oman	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	Suzuki 52'
November 17	Saitama Stadium, Saitama (H)	Singapore	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	Tamada 13'
December 16	International Stadium, Yokohama (H)	Germany	0–3	Friendly

Key

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

Coach

Zico was the coach for the entire year.

Players statistics

Player	-2003	02.07	02.12	02.18	03.31	04.25	04.28	05.30	06.01	06.09	07.09	07.13	07.20	07.24	07.28	07.31	08.03	08.07	08.18	09.08	10.13	11.17	12.16	2004	Total
Hidetoshi Nakata	59(10)	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	61(10)
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	54(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	-	11(0)	65(0)
Junichi Inamoto	45(4)	-	-	O	O	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	6(0)	51(4)
Koji Nakata	40(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	O(1)	O(1)	O	-	-	O	-	6(2)	46(2)
Shinji Ono	37(3)	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	O(1)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	O	-	-	7(2)	44(5)
Seigo Narazaki	37(0)	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	9(0)	46(0)
Atsushi Yanagisawa	36(11)	-	O(1)	O	O	-	O	O	O	-	O(1)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8(2)	44(13)
Naoki Matsuda	36(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	3(0)	39(0)
Shunsuke Nakamura	31(9)	-	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	-	15(3)	46(12)
Naohiro Takahara	27(11)	-	-	O	O(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	O	5(1)	32(12)
Takayuki Suzuki	27(4)	-	-	O	O	-	-	O	O	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O(1)	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	18(6)	45(10)
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto	26(0)	O(1)	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	-	19(2)	45(2)
Daisuke Oku	25(2)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	26(2)
Alessandro Santos	24(2)	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	22(2)	46(4)
Takashi Fukunishi	21(0)	-	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O(1)	O	-	O	18(5)	39(5)
Tatsuhiko Kubo	17(2)	O	O	O(1)	-	O(1)	O(1)	O(2)	O	O(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	9(5)	26(8)
Atsuhiro Miura	17(1)	O	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	6(0)	23(1)
Mitsuo Ogasawara	16(0)	O(1)	O	O	-	-	-	O	-	O(1)	O	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	O	O	-	O	O	12(2)	28(2)
Yuji Nakazawa	14(2)	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O(2)	O	O	O	O(2)	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	-	-	15(5)	29(7)
Yoshito Okubo	14(0)	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	3(0)	17(0)
Toshiya Fujita	13(2)	O	O	-	O(1)	O	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	O	O	10(1)	23(3)
Yasuhito Endo	12(1)	O(1)	O	O	-	O	O	O	-	-	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	O	O	16(2)	28(3)
Nobuhisa Yamada	12(0)	O(1)	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(1)	15(1)
Keisuke Tsuboi	11(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10(0)	21(0)
Masashi Motoyama	6(0)	O	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	-	O	-	12(0)	18(0)
Teruaki Kurobe	3(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	4(0)
Teruyuki Moniwa	2(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	3(0)
Ryota Tsuzuki	2(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	3(0)
Akira Kaji	1(0)	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	20(0)	21(0)
Takuya Yamada	1(0)	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	3(0)	4(0)
Naohiro Ishikawa	1(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	2(0)
Keiji Tamada	0(0)	-	-	-	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(2)	O(1)	O	-	O	O(1)	O	18(5)	18(5)
Makoto Tanaka	0(0)	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	14(0)	14(0)
Norihiro Nishi	0(0)	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	5(0)	5(0)
Takayuki Chano	0(0)	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	3(0)	3(0)
Yoichi Doi	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	2(0)	2(0)

Top goal scorers for 2004

Rank	Name	Position	Goals
1	Tatsuhiko Kubo	FW	6
1	Takayuki Suzuki	FW	6
3	Keiji Tamada	FW	5
	Takashi Fukunishi	MF
	Yuji Nakazawa	DF
6	Shunsuke Nakamura	MF	3
7	Atsushi Yanagisawa	FW	2
	Alessandro dos Santos	MF
	Mitsuo Ogasawara	MF
	Shinji Ono	MF
	Koji Nakata	MF
	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto	DF
13	8 players		1