Japan national football team in 2007

This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 2007.^[1]

General

• The Japan national football team competed in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup and won the 2007 Kirin Cup in amongst other friendly matches played.

Schedule

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Japan scorers	Match Report
March 24	International Stadium, Yokohama (H)	Peru	2-0	Friendly	Maki 18' Takahara 54'
June 1	Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi (H)	Montenegro	2-0	Kirin Cup	Nakazawa 23' Takahara 38'
June 5	Saitama Stadium, Saitama (H)	Colombia	0-0	Kirin Cup
July 9	My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi (N)	Qatar	1-1	2007 Asian Cup Group Stage	Takahara 61'
July 13	My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi (N)	UAE	3-1	2007 Asian Cup Group Stage	Takahara 22', 27' Nakamura 42'pen
July 16	My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi (A)	Vietnam	4-1	2007 Asian Cup Group Stage	Maki 12', 59' Endo 32' Nakamura 53'
July 21	My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi (N)	Australia	1-1 Pen (4-3)	2007 Asian Cup Quarter-final	Takahara 72'
July 25	My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi (N)	Saudi Arabia	2-3	2007 Asian Cup Semi-final	Nakazawa 37' Abe 53'
July 28	Jakabaring Stadium, Palembang (N)	Korea Republic	0-0 Pen (6-5)	2007 Asian Cup Third place play-off
August 22	Ōita Stadium, Ōita (H)	Cameroon	2-0	Friendly	Tulio 25' Yamase 89'
September 7	Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt (A)	Austria	0-0 Pen (3-4)	Friendly
September 11	Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt (N)	Switzerland	4-3	Friendly	Nakamura 53',78' Maki 67' Yano 90'
October 17	Nagai Stadium, Osaka (H)	Egypt	4-1	Friendly	Okubo 21',42' Maeda 53' Kaji 68'

Key

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

Top goal scorers for 2007

Kits

Japan 1st Kit

Japan 2nd Kit

References

1. ↑ "Japan Football Association record of Japan international A matches". Japan Football Association.