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The [[Japan national football team]] in 2014, managed by head coach [[Alberto Zaccheroni]], compete in the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]], in amongst [[Exhibition game|international friendly]] matches both at home and abroad, as they progress towards the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]] and [[2015 AFC Asian Cup]]. After the [[2014 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]], [[Javier Aguirre]] had been appointed as the new head coach.

==Record==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! width=250| Competition
! width=30| {{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
! width=30| {{Tooltip|W|Won}}
! width=30| {{Tooltip|D|Drew}}
! width=30| {{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
! width=30| {{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
! width=30| {{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
! width=30| {{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
|-
| align="left"| [[Exhibition game|International Friendly]]
| 10
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 24
| 13
| +11
|-
| align="left"| [[2014 FIFA World Cup]]
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 6
| -4
|-
| '''Total'''
| '''13'''
| '''8'''
| '''1'''
| '''4'''
| '''26'''
| '''19'''
| '''+7'''
|}

==Kits==
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==Schedule==
===Friendly matches===

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|date    = 5 March 
|time    = 19:40 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]]
|team1   = {{Fb-rt|JPN}}
|score   = 4 – 2
|report  = [http://www.jfa.or.jp/national_team/match/2014/samuraiblue/20140305kcc/schedule_result/pdf/m01.pdf JFA Report]
|team2   = {{Fb|NZL}}
|goals1  = [[Shinji Okazaki|Okazaki]] {{goal|4||17}} <br> [[Shinji Kagawa|Kagawa]] {{goal|7|pen.}} <br> [[Masato Morishige|Morishige]] {{goal|11}}
|goals2  = [[Chris Wood (footballer, born 1991)|Wood]] {{goal|39||80}}
|stadium = [[National Olympic Stadium (Tokyo)|National Stadium]]
|location= {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]<ref name="JFA">[http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/topics/2013/347.html Japan to play New Zealand in World Cup warm-up] Japan Football Association, 2013-12-12.</ref><ref name="matches">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080124133700/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/ Matches] FIFA.com. Retrieved: 2014-02-02.</ref>
|attendance = 47,670
|referee = Alan Milliner ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]])
|result  = W
}}
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|date    = 27 May 
|time    = 19:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]]
|team1   = {{Fb-rt|JPN}}
|score   = 1 – 0
|report  = [http://www.jfa.jp/national_team/samuraiblue/20140527/schedule_result/pdf/m01.pdf JFA Report]
|team2  = {{Fb|CYP}}
|goals1 = [[Atsuto Uchida|Uchida]] {{goal|43}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Saitama Stadium 2002|Saitama Stadium]]
|location= {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]], [[Japan]]<ref>[http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2014/02/12/soccer/japan-schedules-friendly-against-cyprus/ Japan schedules friendly against Cyprus] The Japan Times, 2014-02-12.</ref>
|attendance = 58,564
|referee = [[Paweł Raczkowski]] ([[Polish Football Association|Poland]])
|result  = W
}}
{{Footballbox collapsible
|date    = 2 June 
|time    = 21:00 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1   = {{Fb-rt|CRC}}
|score   = 1 – 3
|report  = [http://www.jfa.jp/national_team/samuraiblue/20140602/match_report/m1.pdf JFA Report]
|team2   = {{Fb|JPN}}
|goals1  = [[Bryan Ruiz|Ruiz]] {{goal|31}}
|goals2  = [[Yasuhito Endo|Endo]] {{goal|60}} <br> [[Shinji Kagawa|Kagawa]] {{goal|80}} <br> [[Yoichiro Kakitani|Kakitani]] {{goal|90+2}}
|stadium = [[Raymond James Stadium]]
|location= {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tampa]], [[United States]]<ref>[http://www.nacion.com/deportes/futbol-costa-rica/Seleccion-Costa-Rica-fogueo-Japon_0_1394660658.html Selección de Costa Rica tendrá fogueo en junio ante Japón] La Nación, 2014-02-04. {{in lang|es}}</ref>
|attendance = 7,106
|referee = [[Chris Penso]] ([[United States Soccer Federation|USA]])
|result  = W
}}
{{Footballbox collapsible
|date    = 6 June 
|time    = 19:30 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1   = {{Fb-rt|ZAM}}
|score   = 3 – 4
|report  = [http://www.jfa.jp/national_team/samuraiblue/20140606/match_report/m1.pdf JFA Report]
|team2   = {{Fb|JPN}}
|goals1  = [[Christopher Katongo|Katongo]] {{goal|9}} <br> [[Nathan Sinkala|Sinkala]] {{goal|29}} <br> [[Lubambo Musonda|Musonda]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2  = [[Keisuke Honda|Honda]] {{goal|40|pen.|75}} <br> [[Shinji Kagawa|Kagawa]] {{goal|73}} <br> [[Yoshito Okubo|Okubo]] {{goal|90+1}}
|stadium = [[Raymond James Stadium]]
|location= {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tampa]], [[United States]]<ref>[http://www.jfa.jp/samuraiblue/news/00000472/ Japan will play Zambia in Tampa, Florida] Japan Football Association, 2014-03-28.</ref>
|attendance = 7,275
|referee = Edvin Jurisevic ([[United States Soccer Federation|USA]])
|result  = W
}}
{{Footballbox collapsible
|date    = 5 September 
|time    = 19:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]]
|team1   = {{Fb-rt|JPN}}
|score   = 0 – 2
|report  = [http://www.jfa.jp/national_team/samuraiblue/20140905/schedule_result/pdf/m01.pdf JFA Report]
|team2   = {{Fb|URY}}
|goals1  = 
|goals2  = [[Edinson Cavani|Cavani]] {{goal|34}} <br> [[Abel Hernández|Hernández]] {{goal|71}}
|stadium = [[Sapporo Dome]]
|location= {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Sapporo]], [[Japan]]<ref name="JFA" />
|attendance = 39,294
|referee = [[Kim Sang-woo (referee)|Kim Sang-woo]] ([[Korea Football Association|South Korea]])
|result  = L
}}
{{Footballbox collapsible
|date    = 9 September 
|time    = 19:20 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]]
|team1   = {{Fb-rt|JPN}}
|score   =  2 – 2
|report  = [https://web.archive.org/web/20131129103925/http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/teams/country=jpn/matches/index.html FIFA Listing]
|team2   = {{Fb|VEN}}
|goals1  = [[Yoshinori Muto|Muto]] {{goal|51}} <br> [[Gaku Shibasaki|Shibasaki]] {{goal|66}}
|goals2  = [[Mario Rondon|Rondon]] {{goal|61|pen.}} <br> [[Gabriel Cichero|Cichero]] {{goal|71}}
|stadium = [[International Stadium Yokohama]]
|location= {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yokohama]], [[Japan]]<ref name="JFA" />
|attendance = 64,007
|referee = [[Chris Beath]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]])
|result  = D
}}
{{Footballbox collapsible
|date    = 10 October 
|time    = 19:25 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]]
|team1   = {{Fb-rt|JPN}}
|score   = 1 – 0
|report  = [http://www.jfa.jp/national_team/samuraiblue/20141010/schedule_result/pdf/m01.pdf JFA Report]
|team2   = {{Fb|JAM}}
|goals1  = [[Nyron Nosworthy|Nosworthy]] {{goal|16|o.g.}}
|goals2  = 
|stadium = [[Denka Big Swan Stadium]]
|location= {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Niigata, Niigata|Niigata]], [[Japan]]
|attendance = 39,628
|referee = Ma Ning ([[Chinese Football Association|China]])
|result  = W
}}
{{Footballbox collapsible
|date    = 14 October
|time    = 18:45 [[UTC+08:00|UTC+8]]
|team1   = {{fb-rt|JPN}}
|score   = 0 – 4
|report  = [http://www.jfa.jp/national_team/samuraiblue/20141014/match_report/m1.pdf JFA Report]
|team2   = {{Fb|BRA}}
|goals1  = 
|goals2  = [[Neymar]] {{goal|18||48||77||81}}
|stadium = [[Singapore National Stadium]]
|location= {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Singapore]]
|attendance = 51,577
|referee = Ahmad A'Qashah ([[Football Association of Singapore|Singapore]])
|result  = l
}}
{{Footballbox collapsible
|date    = 14 November 
|time    = 19:35 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]]
|team1   = {{Fb-rt|JPN}}
|score   = 6 – 0
|report  = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/11/14/world/friendlies/japan/honduras/1939855/?ICID=HP_MS_02_02 Report]
|team2   = {{Fb|HON}}
|goals1  = [[Maya Yoshida|Yoshida]] {{goal|9}}<br>[[Keisuke Honda|Honda]] {{goal|40}}<br>[[Yasuhito Endō|Endō]] {{goal|44}}<br>[[Takashi Inui|Inui]] {{goal|47||74}}<br>[[Yohei Toyoda|Toyoda]] {{goal|69}}
|goals2  = 
|stadium = [[Toyota Stadium (Japan)|Toyota Stadium]]
|location= {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Toyota, Aichi|Toyota]], [[Japan]]<ref name="JFA" />
|attendance = 42,126 
|referee = [[Bartosz Frankowski]] ([[Polish Football Association|Poland]])
|result  = W
}}
{{Footballbox collapsible
|date    = 18 November
|time    = 19:25 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]]
|team1   = {{Fb-rt|JPN}}
|score   = 2 – 1
|report  = [http://www.jfa.jp/national_team/samuraiblue/20141118/schedule_result/pdf/m01.pdf JFA Report]
|team2   = {{Fb|AUS}}
|goals1  = [[Yasuyuki Konno|Konno]] {{goal|61}}<br>[[Shinji Okazaki|Okazaki]] {{goal|68}}
|goals2  = [[Tim Cahill|Cahill]] {{goal|90+2}}
|stadium = [[Nagai Stadium]]
|location= {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Osaka]], [[Japan]]<ref name="JFA" />
|attendance = 46,312
|referee = [[Paweł Gil]] ([[Polish Football Association|Poland]])
|result  = W
}}

===2014 World Cup===
{{main|2014 FIFA World Cup Group C}}

{{footballbox collapsible
|date    = 14 June
|time    = 22:00 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|round   = [[2014 FIFA World Cup Group C|Group C]]
|team1   = {{fb-rt|CIV}}
|score   = 2 – 1
|report  = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140605221510/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255931/match=300186507/index.html#nosticky FIFA Report]
|team2   = {{fb|JPN}}
|goals1  = [[Wilfried Bony|Bony]] {{goal|64}} <br> [[Gervinho]] {{goal|66}}
|goals2  = [[Keisuke Honda|Honda]] {{goal|16}}
|stadium = [[Arena Cidade da Copa|Arena Pernambuco]]
|location= {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Recife]], [[Brazil]]
|attendance = 40,267
|referee = [[Enrique Osses]] ([[Chilean Football Federation|Chile]])
|result  = L
}}
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|date    = 19 June 
|time    = 19:00 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|round   = [[2014 FIFA World Cup Group C|Group C]]
|team1   = {{fb-rt|JPN}}
|score   = 0 – 0
|report  = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140701184419/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255931/match=300186454/report.html FIFA Report]
|team2   = {{fb|GRE}}
|goals1  = 
|goals2  = 
|stadium = [[Arena das Dunas]]
|location= {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Natal, Rio Grande do Norte|Natal]], [[Brazil]]
|attendance=39,485
|referee=[[Joel Aguilar]] ([[Salvadoran Football Federation|El Salvador]])
|result  = D
}}

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|date=24 June 
|time=16:00 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|round   = [[2014 FIFA World Cup Group C|Group C]]
|team1={{fb-rt|JPN}}
|score= 1 – 4
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140629175200/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255931/match=300186457/report.html FIFA Report]
|team2={{fb|COL}}
|goals1=[[Shinji Okazaki|Okazaki]] {{goal|45+1}}
|goals2=[[Juan Cuadrado|Cuadrado]] {{goal|17|pen.}}<br />[[Jackson Martínez|Martínez]] {{goal|55||82}}<br />[[James Rodríguez|Rodríguez]] {{goal|90}}
|stadium= [[Arena Pantanal]]
|location= {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Cuiabá]], [[Brazil]]
|attendance=40,340
|referee=[[Pedro Proença]] ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]])
|result  = L
}}

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==Players statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
|Player||-2013||03.05||05.27||06.02||06.06||06.14||06.19||06.24||09.05||09.09||10.10||10.14||11.14||11.18||2014||Total
|-
|[[Yasuhito Endo]]||140(12)||O||O||O(1)||O||O||O||-||-||-||-||-||O(1)||O||8(2)||148(14)
|-
|[[Yasuyuki Konno]]||78(1)||-||O||O||O||-||O||O||-||-||-||-||-||O(1)||6(1)||84(2)
|-
|[[Makoto Hasebe]]||77(2)||-||O||-||-||O||O||O||-||-||-||-||O||O||6(0)||83(2)
|-
|[[Shinji Okazaki]]||72(36)||O(2)||O||O||O||O||O||O(1)||O||O||O||O||O||O(1)||13(4)||85(40)
|-
|[[Yuto Nagatomo]]||66(3)||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||-||-||-||10(0)||76(3)
|-
|[[Atsuto Uchida]]||65(1)||-||O(1)||O||O||O||O||O||-||-||-||-||O||-||7(1)||72(2)
|-
|[[Yoshito Okubo]]||54(5)||-||O||O||O(1)||O||O||O||-||-||-||-||-||-||6(1)||60(6)
|-
|[[Shinji Kagawa]]||53(16)||O(1)||O||O(1)||O(1)||O||O||O||-||-||O||-||O||O||10(3)||63(19)
|-
|[[Eiji Kawashima]]||53(0)||O||O||O||-||O||O||O||O||O||-||O||O||O||11(0)||64(0)
|-
|[[Keisuke Honda]]||52(20)||O||O||O||O(2)||O(1)||O||O||O||O||O||O||O(1)||O||13(4)||65(24)
|-
|[[Maya Yoshida]]||37(2)||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||-||-||O(1)||O||11(1)||48(3)
|-
|[[Hajime Hosogai]]||25(1)||O||-||-||-||-||-||-||O||O||O||O||-||-||5(0)||30(1)
|-
|[[Hiroshi Kiyotake]]||23(1)||O||O||-||-||-||-||O||-||-||-||-||-||-||3(0)||26(1)
|-
|[[Masahiko Inoha]]||20(1)||-||O||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||1(0)||21(1)
|-
|[[Hiroki Sakai]]||14(0)||O||O||O||O||-||-||-||O||-||-||-||-||-||5(0)||19(0)
|-
|[[Shusaku Nishikawa]]||12(0)||-||-||-||O||-||-||-||-||-||O||-||O||-||3(0)||15(0)
|-
|[[Takashi Inui]]||12(0)||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||O(2)||O||2(2)||14(2)
|-
|[[Gotoku Sakai]]||11(0)||O||-||-||-||-||-||-||O||O||O||O||O||O||7(0)||18(0)
|-
|[[Yoichiro Kakitani]]||9(4)||-||O||O(1)||O||O||-||O||O||O||O||O||-||-||9(1)||18(5)
|-
|[[Hotaru Yamaguchi]]||8(0)||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||-||-||-||-||-||-||7(0)||15(0)
|-
|[[Yuya Osako]]||6(3)||O||-||O||O||O||O||-||-||O||-||-||-||-||6(0)||12(3)
|-
|[[Masato Morishige]]||6(0)||O(1)||O||O||O||O||-||-||O||O||O||O||O||O||11(1)||17(1)
|-
|[[Hiroki Mizumoto]]||5(0)||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||O||-||-||-||-||1(0)||6(0)
|-
|[[Manabu Saito]]||3(1)||O||-||-||O||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||2(0)||5(1)
|-
|[[Toshihiro Aoyama]]||3(0)||O||-||O||O||-||-||O||-||-||-||-||-||-||4(0)||7(0)
|-
|[[Yohei Toyoda]]||3(0)||O||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||O(1)||O||3(1)||6(1)
|-
|[[Junya Tanaka]]||1(0)||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||O||O||-||O||-||-||3(0)||4(0)
|-
|[[Kosuke Ota]]||1(0)||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||O||O||-||O||3(0)||4(0)
|-
|[[Daisuke Suzuki (footballer)|Daisuke Suzuki]]||1(0)||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||O||-||-||1(0)||2(0)
|-
|[[Yoshinori Muto]]||0(0)||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||O||O(1)||O||O||O||O||6(1)||6(1)
|-
|[[Gaku Shibasaki]]||0(0)||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||O(1)||O||O||O||-||4(1)||4(1)
|-
|[[Taishi Taguchi]]||0(0)||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||O||O||O||-||3(0)||3(0)
|-
|[[Ryota Morioka]]||0(0)||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||O||-||-||O||-||-||2(0)||2(0)
|-
|[[Tsukasa Shiotani]]||0(0)||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||O||O||-||-||2(0)||2(0)
|-
|[[Yu Kobayashi (footballer)|Yu Kobayashi]]||0(0)||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||O||O||-||-||2(0)||2(0)
|-
|[[Tatsuya Sakai]]||0(0)||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||O||-||-||-||-||-||1(0)||1(0)
|-
|[[Yusuke Minagawa]]||0(0)||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||O||-||-||-||-||-||1(0)||1(0)
|}

==Goalscorers==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Player
! [[Exhibition game|International Friendly]]
! [[2014 FIFA World Cup]]
! Goals

|-
| [[Keisuke Honda]]
| 3
| 1
| 4
|-
| [[Shinji Okazaki]]
| 3
| 1
| 4
|-
| [[Shinji Kagawa]]
| 3
| 0
| 3
|-
| [[Yasuhito Endo]]
| 2
| 0
| 2
|-
| [[Takashi Inui]]
| 2
| 0
| 2
|-
| [[Yohei Toyoda]]
| 1
| 0
| 1
|-
| [[Masato Morishige]]
| 1
| 0
| 1
|-
| [[Atsuto Uchida]]
| 1
| 0
| 1
|-
| [[Yoichiro Kakitani]]
| 1
| 0
| 1
|-
| [[Yoshito Okubo]]
| 1
| 0
| 1
|-
| [[Yoshinori Muto]]
| 1
| 0
| 1
|-
| [[Gaku Shibasaki]]
| 1
| 0
| 1
|-
| [[Yasuyuki Konno]]
| 1
| 0
| 5
|-
| [[Maya Yoshida]]
| 1
| 0
| 1
|-
| [[Own Goal]]
| 1
| 0
| 1
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.jfa.jp/ Japan Football Association]

{{Japan national football team yearly records}}
{{2014 in Japanese football}}

[[Category:Japan national football team results]]
[[Category:2014 in Japanese football]]
[[Category:2014 national football team results|Japan]]