1996 Japan national football team

This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 1996.

Results

Japan v Australia

February 10	Japan	4–1	Australia	Wollongong, Australia
	Yamaguchi 34' Takagi 61', 85' Moriyasu 89'	JFA	Awaritefe 87'	Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 8,396 Referee: Brett Hugo

Japan v Australia

February 14	Japan	0–3	Australia	Melbourne, Australia
		JFA	Mori 15' Spiteri 70' Bingley 74'	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 4,397

Japan v Poland

February 19	Japan	5–0	Poland	Hong Kong
	Yamaguchi 29' Takagi 31', 75' Omura 40' Miura 61'	JFA

Japan v Sweden

February 22	Japan	1–1 (aet, PSO 4-5)	Sweden	Hong Kong
	Omura 64'	JFA	? ?'

Japan v Yugoslavia

May 26	Japan	1–0	Yugoslavia	Tokyo, Japan
	Miura 62'	JFA		Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium

Japan v Mexico

May 29	Japan	3–2	Mexico	Fukuoka, Japan
	Morishima 35' Miura 46' Soma 82'	JFA	? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Hakatanomori Football Stadium

Japan v Uruguay

August 25	Japan	5–3	Uruguay	Osaka, Japan
	Maezono 15' Miura 26', 68' Takagi 42' Okano 84'	JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium

Japan v Uzbekistan

September 11	Japan	1–0	Uzbekistan	Tokyo, Japan
	Morishima 6'	JFA		Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium

Japan v Tunisia

October 13	Japan	1–0	Tunisia	Hyogo, Japan
	Maezono 17'	JFA		Stadium: Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium

Japan v Syria

December 6	Japan	2–1	Syria	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
	84' (o.g.) Takagi 87'	JFA	? ?'

Japan v Uzbekistan

December 9	Japan	4–0	Uzbekistan	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
	Nanami 7' Miura 37' Maezono 86', 89'	JFA

Japan v China PR

December 12	Japan	1–0	China PR	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
	Soma 89'	JFA

Japan v Kuwait

December 15	Japan	0–2	Kuwait	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
		JFA	? ?' ? ?'

Players statistics

Player	-1995	02.10	02.14	02.19	02.22	05.26	05.29	08.25	09.11	10.13	12.06	12.09	12.12	12.15	1996	Total
Masami Ihara	75(4)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	13(0)	88(4)
Kazuyoshi Miura	52(29)	-	O	O(1)	O	O(1)	O(1)	O(2)	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	12(6)	64(35)
Tsuyoshi Kitazawa	38(3)	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5(0)	43(3)
Hajime Moriyasu	32(0)	O(1)	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(1)	35(1)
Takuya Takagi	29(14)	O(2)	O	O(2)	O	-	-	O(1)	O	O	O(1)	O	-	O	10(6)	39(20)
Hisashi Kurosaki	21(4)	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	23(4)
Motohiro Yamaguchi	14(1)	O(1)	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	13(2)	27(3)
Hiroshige Yanagimoto	12(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	13(0)	25(0)
Kazuya Maekawa	12(0)	O	O	-	O	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	5(0)	17(0)
Masakiyo Maezono	10(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	O	O(1)	O	O(2)	O	O	7(4)	17(4)
Naoki Soma	9(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	13(2)	22(2)
Hiroaki Morishima	9(0)	O	-	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O(1)	O	O	O	-	O	11(2)	20(2)
Norio Omura	4(0)	O	O	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	12(2)	16(2)
Yoshiyuki Hasegawa	4(0)	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	6(0)
Masayuki Okano	3(0)	O	O	-	O	O	-	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	11(1)	14(1)
Tadashi Nakamura	3(0)	O	-	-	-	O	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	4(0)	7(0)
Nobuyuki Kojima	3(0)	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	4(0)
Hiroshi Nanami	2(2)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	13(1)	15(3)
Yutaka Akita	2(1)	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	2(0)	4(1)
Yasuto Honda	2(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	13(0)	15(0)
Kentaro Sawada	2(0)	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	4(0)
Kenichi Shimokawa	1(0)	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	O	-	O	O	O	O	7(0)	8(0)
Shoji Jo	1(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	O	O	3(0)	4(0)
Masaharu Suzuki	1(0)	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	2(0)
Toshihide Saito	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	2(0)	2(0)
Masaki Tsuchihashi	0(0)	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Toshihiro Hattori	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Naoki Sakai	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Ryuji Michiki	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)

External links

• Japan Football Association