2024 Japan national football team

The Japan national football team in 2024, managed by head coach Hajime Moriyasu, competes in different international friendly matches around the year both at home and abroad. The team is expected to participate in the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, with the first matches to be played in January, according to the FIFA International Match Calendar.^[1]

Record

Competition	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD
International Friendly	1	1	0	5	0	+5
2023 AFC Asian Cup	5	3	2	12	8	+4
2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	6	4	2	17	8	+9

Role	Name
Manager	Hajime Moriyasu
Assistant coach	Ryoichi Maeda Hiroshi Nanami Toshihide Saito
Physical coach	Ryoichi Matsumoto
Goalkeeper coach	Takashi Shimoda
Technical staff	Masaki Nakashita Daisuke Terakado

Win Draw Loss Fixture

21 March 2026 World Cup qualification 2R	Japan	1–0	North Korea	Tokyo, Japan
19:20 UTC+9	Tanaka 2'	Report		Stadium: Japan National Stadium Attendance: 59,354 Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)

26 March 2026 World Cup qualification 2R	North Korea	0–3 Awarded^[a]	Japan
		Report

6 June 2026 World Cup qualification 2R	Myanmar	0–5	Japan	Yangon, Myanmar
18:40 UTC+6:30		Report	Nakamura 17', 90+3' Dōan 34' Ogawa 75', 83'	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium Attendance: 21,200 Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)

11 June 2026 World Cup qualification 2R	Japan	5–0	Syria	Hiroshima, Japan
19:10 UTC+9	Ueda 13' Dōan 19' Krouma 22' (o.g.) Soma 73' (pen.) Minamino 85'	Report		Stadium: Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima Attendance: 26,650 Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Kuwait)

5 September 2026 World Cup qualification 3R	Japan	7–0	China	Saitama, Japan
19:35 UTC+9	Endō 12' Mitoma 45+2' Minamino 52', 58' Itō 77' Maeda 87' Kubo 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 52,398 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

10 September 2026 World Cup qualification 3R	Bahrain	0–5	Japan	Riffa, Bahrain
19:00 UTC+3		Report	Ueda 37' (pen.), 47' Morita 61', 64' Ogawa 81'	Stadium: Bahrain National Stadium Attendance: 22,729 Referee: Rustam Lutfullin (Uzbekistan)

10 October 2026 World Cup qualification 3R	Saudi Arabia	0–2	Japan	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
21:00 UTC+3		Report	Kamada 14' Ogawa 81'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Stadium Attendance: 56,283 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

15 October 2026 World Cup qualification 3R	Japan	1–1	Australia	Saitama, Japan
19:35 UTC+9	Burgess 76' (o.g.)	Report	Taniguchi 58' (o.g.)	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 58,730 Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Kuwait)

15 November 2026 World Cup qualification 3R	Indonesia	0–4	Japan	Jakarta, Indonesia
19:00 UTC+7		Report	Hubner 36' (o.g.) Minamino 40' Morita 49' Sugawara 69'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Attendance: 60,304 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran)

19 November 2026 World Cup qualification 3R	China	1–3	Japan	Xiamen, China
20:00 UTC+8	Lin Liangming 48'	Report	Ogawa 39', 54' Itakura 45+6'	Stadium: Xiamen Egret Stadium Attendance: 45,336 Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Pos.	Player	14 Jan

ST: Started the match
ON: Was subbed on
(0), (1)...: Goals each player scored in the match date
(blank): Called up for the national team in the date, but the matches in question were yet to be played.
–: Called up for the national team in the date, but didn't featured in the match.
≠: Not called up for the national team on the referred FIFA date.

All players who scored a goal in a match for Japan on 2024.

Rank	Player	Fr	Total

^ North Korea were originally scheduled to play host to Japan in Kim Il-sung Stadium. However, North Korea then decided against hosting it due to "a malignant infectious disease" spreading in Japan.^[2] Due to the time gap and North Korea's inability to provide an alternative venue, FIFA subsequently decided that the match shall neither be played nor rescheduled, and the matter will be decided by FIFA Disciplinary Committee.^[3] It was later announced that Japan would be awarded a 3–0 victory by forfeit.^[4]