FIFA World Cup 2014 Team Profile: Japan

Japan enters FIFA World Cup for the 5th time. Twice they have reached 2nd round, once at home and last time at South Africa Football World Cup 2010. With their 5th consecutive entry, they also hold the dubious record of finishing in bottom 5 twice, and on remaining two occasions they finished 9th.

2014 Football World Cup: Schedule in Indian Standard Time
Team Profiles: Brazil, Colombia, Cameroon, Greece, , Costa Rica, England

WC Feat

In 14 matches, won 4, lost 8 and drew 2.
Scored 12 goals and conceded 16 goals.
Lost 2nd Round match in 2010 on penalties.

Performance in Every Edition
World Cup Performances By Editions

Year	Played	Won	Lost	Drew
1998	3	0	3	0
2002	4	2	1	1
2006	3	0	2	1
2010	4	2	2	0
4	14	4	8	2

Overall Results by Edition
1998

Lost to Argentina 0-1
Lost to Croatia 0-2
Lost to Jamaica 1-2

2002: Round of 16

Drew Belgium 2-2
Def Russia 1-0
Def Tunisia 2-0
Round of 16: Lost to Turkey 0-1

2006

Lost to Australia 1-3
Drew Croatia 0-0
Lost to Brazil 1-4

2010

Def Cameroon 1-0
Lost to Netherlands 0-1
Def Denmark 0-3
Round of 16: Lost to Paraguay 5-3 (0-0) on penalties.

Top Scorers

2: Inamoto (2002), Honda (2010)
1: Nakayama (1998), Suzuki, Morishima, Nakata (2002), Nakamura, Tamada (2006), Endo, Okazaki (2010)

World Cup Records By Editions
GS: Goals Scored, GC: Goals Conceded

Year	Played	Best Rank	GS	GC
1998	3	31	1	4
2002	4	9th	5	3
2006	3	28	2	7
2010	4	9	4	2
4	14	9th	12	16

Opponents and Results
W= Won, L= Lost, D= Draw, GS= Goals Scored, GC = Goals Conceded

Countries	Edition	Match	W/L/D	Gs	GC
Australia	2006	1	0/1/0	1	3
Argentina	1998	1	0/1/0	0	1
Belgium	2002	1	0/0/1	2	2
Brazil	2006	1	0/1/0	1	4
Cameroon	2010	1	1/0/0	1	0
Croatia	1998, 2006	2	0/1/2	0	1
Denmark	2010	1	1/0/0	3	0
Jamaica	1998	1	0/1/0	1	2
Netherlands	2010	1	0/1/0	0	1
Russia	2002	1	1/0/0	1	0
Tunisia	2002	1	1/0/0	2	0
Turkey	2002	1	0/1/0	0	1
Paraguay	2010	1	0/1/0	0	0
13	4	14	4/8/2	12	16