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

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