2009 Japan national football team
Date Opponent Result Score Venue Competition Japan Goal Scorers Match Report
20 January Yemen W 2-1 KKWing Stadium , Kumamoto , Japan 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification Okazaki 7 ' Tatsuya Tanaka 66 ' [ 1 ]
28 January Bahrain L 0-1 National Stadium , Madinat 'Isa , Bahrain 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification [ 2 ]
4 February Finland W 5-1 National Stadium , Tokyo , Japan Friendly Match ( 2009 Kirin Challenge Cup ) Okazaki 15 ' , 32 ' Kagawa 44 ' Nakazawa 57 ' Yasuda 86 ' [ 3 ]
11 February Australia D 0-0 International Stadium , Yokohama , Japan 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [ 4 ]
28 March Bahrain W 1-0 Saitama Stadium , Saitama , Japan 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification S. Nakamura 47 ' [ 5 ]
27 May Chile W 4-0 Nagai Stadium , Osaka , Japan 2009 Kirin Cup Okazaki 20 ' , 24 ' Abe 52 ' Honda 90+2 ' [ 6 ]
31 May Belgium W 4-0 National Stadium , Tokyo , Japan 2009 Kirin Cup Nagatomo 21 ' K. Nakamura 23 ' Okazaki 60 ' Yano 77 ' [ 7 ]
6 June Uzbekistan W 1-0 Pakhtakor Stadium , Tashkent , Uzbekistan 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Okazaki 9 ' [ 8 ]
10 June Qatar D 1-1 International Stadium , Yokohama , Japan 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification ( 3 ' ( o.g . ) ) [ 9 ]
17 June Australia L 1-2 Melbourne Cricket Ground , Melbourne , Australia 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Tulio 39 ' [ 10 ]
5 September Netherlands L 0-3 De Grolsch Veste , Enschede , Netherlands Friendly Match [ 11 ]
9 September Ghana W 4-3 Stadion Galgenwaard , Utrecht , Netherlands Friendly Match K. Nakamura 53 ' Tamada 78 ' Okazaki 79 ' Inamoto 83 ' [ 12 ]
8 October Hong Kong W 6-0 Outsourcing Stadium , Shizuoka , Japan 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification Okazaki 17 ' , 74 ' , 76 ' Nagatomo 28 ' Nakazawa 50 ' Túlio 67 ' [ 13 ]
10 October Scotland W 2-0 International Stadium , Yokohama , Japan Friendly Match ( 2009 Kirin Challenge Cup ) ( 82 ' ( o.g . ) ) Honda 90 ' [ 14 ]
14 October Togo W 5-0 Miyagi Stadium , Rifu , Japan Friendly Match ( 2009 Kirin Challenge Cup ) Okazaki 5 ' , 8 ' , 65 ' Morimoto 11 ' Honda 85 ' [ 15 ]
14 November South Africa D 0-0 Nelson Mandela Stadium , Port Elizabeth , South Africa Friendly Match [ 16 ]
18 November Hong Kong W 4-0 Hong Kong Stadium , Hong Kong 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification Hasebe 32 ' Satō 74 ' S. Nakamura 84 ' Okazaki 90+1 ' ( pen . ) [ 17 ]
Schedule
This page records the details of the matches played by the Japan national football team during 2009. In 2009 the Japan national football team competed in the fourth round of the AFC 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifications, the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification, and the 2009 Kirin Cup, amongst other friendly matches.