2024 Japan national football team

The Japan national football team in 2024, managed by head coach Hajime Moriyasu, competes in different international friendly matches around the year both at home and abroad. The team is expected to participate in the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, with the first matches to be played in January, according to the FIFA International Match Calendar.^[1]

Record[edit]

Competition	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD
International Friendly	1	1	0	5	0	+5
2023 AFC Asian Cup	5	3	2	12	8	+4
2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	6	4	2	17	8	+9

Home kit

Away kit

Role	Name
Manager	Hajime Moriyasu
Assistant coach	Ryoichi Maeda Hiroshi Nanami Toshihide Saito
Physical coach	Ryoichi Matsumoto
Goalkeeper coach	Takashi Shimoda
Technical staff	Masaki Nakashita Daisuke Terakado

Win Draw Loss Fixture

1 January 2024 Toyo Tires Cup^[2]^[3]	Japan	5–0	Thailand	Tokyo, Japan
14:00 UTC+9	Tanaka 50' Nakamura 72' Dolah 75' (o.g.) Kawamura 82' Minamino 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Japan National Stadium Attendance: 61,916 Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

9 January Unofficial Friendly	Japan	6–1	Jordan	Doha, Qatar
14:30 UTC+3	Itakura 14' Nakamura 17' 29' (o.g.) Minamino 43' Asano 71' Maeda 81'	Report	Rateb 87'	Stadium: Al Ersal Stadium Attendance: 0

14 January 2023 AFC Asian Cup GS	Japan	4–2	Vietnam	Doha, Qatar
14:30 UTC+3	Minamino 11', 45' Nakamura 45+2' Ueda 85'	Report	Đình Bắc 16' Tuấn Hải 33'	Stadium: Al Thumama Stadium Attendance: 17,385 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

19 January 2023 AFC Asian Cup GS	Iraq	2–1	Japan	Al Rayyan, Qatar
14:30 UTC+3	Hussein 5', 45+4'	Report	Endo 90+3'	Stadium: Education City Stadium Attendance: 38,663 Referee: Khalid Al-Turais (Saudi Arabia)

24 January 2023 AFC Asian Cup GS	Japan	3–1	Indonesia	Doha, Qatar
14:30 UTC+3	Ueda 6' (pen.), 52' Hubner 88' (o.g.)	Report	Walsh 90+1'	Stadium: Al Thumama Stadium Attendance: 26,453 Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

31 January 2023 AFC Asian Cup R16	Bahrain	1–3	Japan	Doha, Qatar
14:30 UTC+3	Suzuki 64' (o.g.)	Report	Doan 31' Kubo 49' Ueda 72'	Stadium: Al Thumama Stadium Attendance: 31,832 Referee: Ahmad Al-Ali (Kuwait)

3 February 2023 AFC Asian Cup QF	Iran	2–1	Japan	Al Rayyan, Qatar
14:30 UTC+3	Mohebi 55' Jahanbakhsh 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Morita 28'	Stadium: Education City Stadium Referee: Ma Ning (China)

21 March 2026 World Cup qualification	Japan	1–0	North Korea	Tokyo, Japan
19:20 UTC+9	Tanaka 2'	Report		Stadium: Japan National Stadium Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)

26 March 2026 World Cup qualification	North Korea	0–3 Awarded^[a]	Japan
		Report

6 June 2026 World Cup qualification	Myanmar	v	Japan	Yangon, Myanmar
18:40 UTC+6:30		Report		Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium

11 June 2026 World Cup qualification	Japan	v	Syria	Hiroshima, Japan
19:10 UTC+9		Report		Stadium: Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima

Pos.	Player	14 Jan

ST: Started the match
ON: Was subbed on
(0), (1)...: Goals each player scored in the match date
(blank): Called up for the national team in the date, but the matches in question were yet to be played.
–: Called up for the national team in the date, but didn't featured in the match.
≠: Not called up for the national team on the referred FIFA date.

All players who scored a goal in a match for Japan on 2024.

Rank	Player	Fr	Total

^ North Korea were originally scheduled to play host to Japan in Kim Il-sung Stadium. However, North Korea then decided against hosting it due to "a malignant infectious disease" spreading in Japan.^[4] Due to the time gap and North Korea's inability to provide an alternative venue, FIFA subsequently decided that the match shall neither be played nor rescheduled, and the matter will be decided by FIFA Disciplinary Committee.^[5] It was later announced that Japan would be awarded a 3–0 victory by forfeit.^[6]