2005 Japan national football team

This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 2005.^[1]

General

The Japan national football team competed in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup hosted by Germany, the 2005 East Asian Football Championship hosted by Korea Republic and the 2005 Kirin Cup hosted by Japan.

Schedule

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Japan scorers
January 29	International Stadium, Yokohama (H)	Kazakhstan	4–0	Friendly	Tamada 5', 60' Matsuda 11' Alessandro dos Santos 24'
February 2	Saitama Stadium, Saitama (H)	Syria	3–0	Friendly	Suzuki 44' Miyamoto 69' Ogasawara 90'
February 9	Saitama Stadium, Saitama (H)	Korea DPR	2–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	Ogasawara 4' Oguro 90'
March 25	Azadi Stadium, Tehran (A)	Iran	1–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	Fukunishi 66'
March 30	Saitama Stadium, Saitama (H)	Bahrain	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	Mohamed Salmeen 72' (o.g.)
May 22	Niigata Stadium, Niigata (H)	Peru	0–1	Kirin Cup 2005
May 27	National Stadium, Tokyo (H)	United Arab Emirates	0–1	Kirin Cup 2005
June 3	National Stadium, Madinat 'Isa, Bahrain (A)	Bahrain	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	Ogasawara 79'
June 8	Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand (N)	Korea DPR	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	Yanagisawa 73' Oguro 89'
June 16	AWD-Arena, Hanover (N)	Mexico	1–2	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup	Yanagisawa 12'
June 19	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt (N)	Greece	1–0	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup	Oguro 76'
June 22	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne (N)	Brazil	2–2	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup	Nakamura 27' Oguro 88'
July 31	Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon (N)	Korea DPR	0–1	2005 East Asian Football Championship
August 3	Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon (N)	China PR	2–2	2005 East Asian Football Championship	Moniwa 58' Tanaka
August 7	Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu (A)	Korea Republic	1–0	2005 East Asian Football Championship	Nakazawa 86'
August 17	International Stadium, Yokohama (H)	Iran	2–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	Kaji 58' Nakazawa 77'
September 7	Miyagi Stadium, Rifu (H)	Honduras	5-4	Friendly	Takahara 33' Yanagisawa 48' 70' Nakamura 55' Ogasawara 78'
October 8	Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia (A)	Latvia	2–2	Friendly	Takahara 5' Nakamura 52'
October 12	Olimpiyskyi National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine (A)	Ukraine	0–1	Friendly
November 16	National Stadium, Tokyo (H)	Angola	1–0	Friendly	Matsui 90'

Key

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

Players statistics

Player	-2004	01.29	02.02	02.09	03.25	03.30	05.22	05.27	06.03	06.08	06.16	06.19	06.22	07.31	08.03	08.07	08.17	09.07	10.08	10.12	11.16	2005	Total
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	65(0)	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	-	O	O	14(0)	79(0)
Hidetoshi Nakata	61(10)	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	O	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	10(0)	71(10)
Junichi Inamoto	51(4)	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	10(0)	61(4)
Shunsuke Nakamura	46(12)	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	O	O	O(1)	-	-	-	-	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	11(3)	57(15)
Alessandro Santos	46(4)	O(1)	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	17(1)	63(5)
Koji Nakata	46(2)	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	8(0)	54(2)
Seigo Narazaki	46(0)	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	4(0)	50(0)
Takayuki Suzuki	45(10)	O	O(1)	O	-	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	10(1)	55(11)
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto	45(2)	-	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	-	-	O	15(1)	60(3)
Atsushi Yanagisawa	44(13)	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	-	-	-	-	O(2)	O	O	O	10(4)	54(17)
Shinji Ono	44(5)	-	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	46(5)
Takashi Fukunishi	39(5)	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	14(1)	53(6)
Naoki Matsuda	39(0)	O(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(1)	40(1)
Naohiro Takahara	32(12)	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	7(2)	39(14)
Yuji Nakazawa	29(7)	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	O	-	O(1)	O	O	-	-	O	12(1)	41(8)
Yasuhito Endo	28(3)	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	O	-	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	8(0)	36(3)
Mitsuo Ogasawara	28(2)	O	O(1)	O(1)	O	-	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O(1)	-	-	-	15(4)	43(6)
Toshiya Fujita	23(3)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	24(3)
Atsuhiro Miura	23(1)	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	25(1)
Akira Kaji	21(0)	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O(1)	O	-	-	-	14(1)	35(1)
Keisuke Tsuboi	21(0)	O	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	O	O	-	7(0)	28(0)
Keiji Tamada	18(5)	O(2)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	16(2)	34(7)
Masashi Motoyama	18(0)	O	O	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	-	8(0)	26(0)
Yoshito Okubo	17(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	2(0)	19(0)
Makoto Tanaka	14(0)	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	-	O	16(0)	30(0)
Teruyuki Moniwa	3(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	O	-	-	O	O	-	4(1)	7(1)
Takayuki Chano	3(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	4(0)	7(0)
Yoichi Doi	2(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	-	2(0)	4(0)
Daisuke Matsui	1(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O(1)	3(1)	4(1)
Masashi Oguro	0(0)	O	-	O(1)	O	-	O	O	-	O(1)	O	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	O	O(1)	O	-	-	O	15(5)	15(5)
Yuki Abe	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	O	5(0)	5(0)
Yuichi Komano	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	5(0)	5(0)
Seiichiro Maki	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	3(0)
Yasuyuki Konno	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	3(0)	3(0)
Shinji Murai	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	O	-	3(0)	3(0)
Tatsuya Tanaka	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(1)	2(1)
Yoshinobu Minowa	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	1(0)	1(0)