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Attendance:
South Korea - Japan 2-0 (1-0) I. Marlboro Dynasty Cup 1990, Group Stage
(Beijing - Workers Stadium - 27.07.1990 - 19:00)
South Korea (Red-Red-Red):
1-In-Young Choi (GK), 2-Kyung-Hoon Park (67' 12-Jung-Yoon Noh), 4-Deok-Yeo Yoon, 20-Myung-Bo Hong,
17-Sang-Beom Goo, 7-Young-Jin Lee I, 13-Young-Joon Choi, 14-Soon-Ho Choi (C), 9-Gwan Hwangbo
(61' 19-Jung-Won Seo), 18-Seon-Hong Hwang, 16-Joo-Sung Kim. Coach: Cha-Man Lee
Japan (White-White-White):
19-Shinichi Morishita (GK), 3-Yuji Sakakura, 4-Toru Sano, 6-Takumi Horiike, 7-Masami Ihara,
5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 10-Masanao Sasaki, 15-Akihiro Nagashima (75' Yasuharu Sorimachi),
13-Masahiro Fukuda, 16-Nobuhiro Takeda (64' Shinichiro Tani), 18-Kenta Hasegawa.
Coach: Kenzo Yokoyama
Scorers: 1-0 34' Seon-Hong Hwang, 2-0 66' Joo-Sung Kim
Cautions: 20' Sang-Beom Goo, 29' T.Hashiratani, 70' Ihara, 86' Joo-Sung Kim
Expulsions: 33' Sano, 36' Myung-Bo Hong
Referee: Samuel Chan Yam-Ming (Hong Kong)
Attendance: 45,000
China - Japan 1-0 (0-0) I. Marlboro Dynasty Cup 1990, Group Stage
(Beijing - Workers Stadium - 29.07.1990 - 21:00)
China (Red-Red-Red):
1-Yubin Fu (GK), 2-Bo Zhu, 3-Sheng Gao, 4-Jijun Guo, 11-Lijin Ju, 17-Chao Mai (C) (57' 13-Hongbing Li),
18-Ju Duan, 7-Yuxin Xie (61' 10-Lin Ma), 19-Tao Wang, 9-Haiguang Liu, 6-Qunli Wu. Coach: Fengwen Gao
Japan (White-Blue-White):
19-Shinichi Morishita (GK), 13-Masahiro Fukuda, 6-Takumi Horiike, 3-Yuji Sakakura, 7-Masami Ihara,
10-Masanao Sasaki, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 18-Kenta Hasegawa, 9-Shiro Kikuhara, 16-Nobuhiro Takeda
(60' Katsumi Oenoki), 15-Akihiro Nagashima. Coach: Kenzo Yokoyama
Scorers: 1-0 77' Qunli Wu
Cautions: 66' Lin Ma
Referee: Ahmed Jassim Mohamed (Bahrain)
Attendance:
North Korea - Japan 1-0 (0-0) I. Marlboro Dynasty Cup 1990, Group Stage
(Beijing - Workers Stadium - 31.07.1990 - 19:00)
North Korea (Red-Red-Red):
1-Chi-Won Kim (GK), 21-Yong-Nam Oh, 3-Yong-Man Chong, 16-Kyong-Il Kim, 17-Gwang-Chol Pang, 18-Gwang-Min Kim,
19-Jong-Man Ri (84' 12-Man-Ho Jon), 11-Gil-Song Paek, 9-Jong-Su Yun (C), 10-Hyok-Chon Ri, 14-Yong-Son Choi.
Coach: Jong-Min Kim
Japan (White-White-White):
19-Shinichi Morishita (GK), 13-Masahiro Fukuda, 6-Takumi Horiike, 3-Yuji Sakakura, 7-Masami Ihara,
10-Masanao Sasaki (81' 16-Nobuhiro Takeda), 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 4-Toru Sano, 9-Shiro Kikuhara,
18-Kenta Hasegawa, 15-Akihiro Nagashima (83' Masashi Nakayama). Coach: Kenzo Yokoyama
Scorers: 1-0 66' Hyok-Chon Ri
Cautions: 57' Gil-Song Paek, 86' Kyong-Il Kim
Referee: Ahmed Jassim Mohamed (Bahrain)
Attendance:
Japan - Bangladesh 3-0 (2-0) XI. Asian Games Beijing 1990, 1st Round Group D
(Beijing - Fengtai Sports Center - 26.09.1990 - 19:45)
Japan:
Shinichi Morishita (GK), Takumi Horiike, Yuji Sakakura, Masami Ihara, Masanao Sasaki, Masahiro Fukuda,
Kenta Hasegawa, Ruy Ramos, Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), Hisashi Kurosaki (70' Shiro Kikuhara), Kazuyoshi Miura.
Coach: Kenzo Yokoyama
Scorers: 1-0 4' T.Hashiratani PK, 2-0 26' K.Hasegawa, 3-0 60' K.Hasegawa
Cautions:
Referee: In-Soo Kim (South Korea)
Attendance:
Japan - Saudi Arabia 0-2 (0-1) XI. Asian Games Beijing 1990, 1st Round Group D
(Beijing - Fengtai Sports Center - 28.09.1990 - 19:45)
Japan:
Shinichi Morishita (GK), Takumi Horiike, Katsuyoshi Sintoh, Masami Ihara, Masanao Sasaki, Masahiro Fukuda
(H Toru Sano), Kenta Hasegawa, Ruy Ramos, Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), Kazuyoshi Miura, Nobuhiro Takeda
(59' Shiro Kikuhara). Coach: Kenzo Yokoyama
Saudi Arabia:
Abdullah Al-Deayea (GK), Abdullah Al-Dossary, Sulaiman Al-Reshoudi, Ahmed Madani, Adnan Abdulskoye,
Saleh Al-Saleh (87' Sfak Al-Temiyat), Fuadh Amin, Fahad Al-Bishi, Khalid Al-Muwallid, Majed Mohammed Abdullah,
Youssif Al-Thuniyan.
Scorers: 0-1 30' Al-Bishi, 0-2 48' Al-Muwallid
Cautions: 79' Al-Saleh, 91' Al-Muwallid
Referee: In-Soo Kim (South Korea)
Attendance:
Iran - Japan 1-0 (1-0) XI. Asian Games Beijing 1990, Quarter Final
(Beijing - Fengtai Sports Center - 01.10.1990 - 15:00)
Iran (Red-White-Red):
1-Ahmad Abedzadeh (GK), 3-Mojraba Moharrami, 7-Seyed Panjali-Chomi, Reza Hassanzadeh, 2-Javad Zarincheh,
8-Sirous Ghayeghran (C), Seyed Mehdi Abtahi, Shahrokh Bayani-Ashtiani, Majeed Namjou-Motlagh, Samad Marfavi
(75' Nader Mohammadkhani), Farshad Peyous. Coach: Ali Parvin
Japan (White-White-White):
Shinichi Morishita (GK), Takumi Horiike, Katsuyoshi Sintoh, Masami Ihara, Yuji Sakakura, Masanao Sasaki,
Shiro Kikuhara (85' Yasuharu Sorimachi), Ruy Ramos (81' Hisashi Kurosaki), Tetsuji Hashiratani (C),
Kenta Hasegawa, Kazuyoshi Miura. Coach: Kenzo Yokoyama
Scorers: 1-0 6' Marfavi
Cautions: 22' Moharrami, 70' Ramos
Referee: Shengcai Chen (China)
Attendance:
Japan - Thailand 1-0 (0-0) XII. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 1991, Group Stage
(Tendo - Yamagata Park Stadium - 02.06.1991 - 12:00)
Japan (Red-Red-Red):
Shinichi Morishita (GK), Toshinobu Katsuya, Masami Ihara, Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), Masanao Sasaki,
Masahiro Fukuda, Tetsuya Asano, Ruy Ramos, Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (82' Yasuharu Sorimachi), Nobuhiro Takeda,
Kazuyoshi Miura. Coach: Kenzo Yokoyama
Thailand (Blue-Blue-Blue):
Chaiyong Khumpiam (GK), Sutin Chaikitti, Pairote Pongjan, Natee Tongsukkao, Atiphon, Tawatchai Damrongtrakul,
Powaran, T.Witon, Atapon, Purasato, K.Witon (75' Pichai (83' Srasak)).
Scorers: 1-0 89' T.Hashiratani PK
Cautions: 7' Sutin, 81' Pairote
Expulsions: 81' Pairote
Referee: Samuel Chan Yam-Ming (Hong Kong)
Attendance: 21,000
Japan - South Korea 0-1 (0-0) Friendly Match (XV. Korea-Japan Annual Match)
(Nagasaki - Sports Complex Athletics Stadium - 27.07.1991 - 16:00)
Japan (Red-Red-Red):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 2-Tetsuya Asano (83' 8-Yasuharu Sorimachi), 3-Yuji Sakakura, 7-Masami Ihara,
6-Takumi Horiike, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 12-Masahiro Fukuda, 14-Ruy Ramos, 17-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa,
16-Nobuhiro Takeda (70' 15-Akihiro Nagashima), 20-Kazuyoshi Miura. Coach: Kenzo Yokoyama
South Korea (White-White-White):
1-Poong-Joo Kim (GK), 3-Gang-Hee Choi, 6-Hyun-Seok Kim, 7-Sang-Beom Goo, 9-Jung-Bae Park, 27-Min-Gook Cho
(77' 10-Ki-Keoun Lee), 12-Young-Jin Lee I, 11-Jung-Woon Ko, 14-Soon-Ho Choi (C), 15-Dae-Shik Choi
(56' 2-Pan-Keoun Kim), 17-Seok-Joo Ha. Coach: Jae-Wook Ko
Scorers: 0-1 62' Seok-Joo Ha
Cautions: 56' Gang-Hee Choi, 56' Ramos, 66' Sang-Beom Goo, 81' Kitazawa
Referee: Letchmanasamy Kathirveloo (Malaysia)
Attendance: 13,000
Japan - Argentina 0-1 (0-0) XIII. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 1992, Group Stage
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 31.05.1992 - 13:30)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 6-Satoshi Tsunami, 4-Takumi Horiike, 3-Toshinobu Katsuya, 7-Masami Ihara,
10-Ruy Ramos, 14-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 17-Hajime Moriyasu, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura
(81' 20-Takuya Takagi), 16-Masashi Nakayama (81' 9-Nobuhiro Takeda). Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
Argentina (Sky Blue/White-Black-White):
1-Sergio Goycochea (GK), 2-Sergio Vasquez, 4-Jose Basualdo, 6-Oscar Ruggeri, 15-Nestor Craviotto,
10-Dario Franco, 5-Jose Villareal, 20-Leonardo Rodriguez (82' 8-Leonardo Astrada), 14-Diego Cagna,
7-Claudio Caniggia, 9-Gabriel Batistuta (89' 18-Albreto Acosta). Coach: Alfio Basile
Scorers: 0-1 53' Batistuta
Cautions: Tsunami, Franco
Referee: Ki-Cheol Kil (South Korea)
Attendance: 60,000
Japan - Wales 0-1 (0-0) XIII. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 1992, Group Stage
(Matsuyama - Ehime Sports Complex Athletics Stadium - 07.06.1992 - 13:30)
Japan (White-Blue-White):
19-Kazuya Maekawa (GK), 3-Toshinobu Katsuya, 4-Takumi Horiike, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 6-Satoshi Tsunami,
7-Masami Ihara, 12-Hiroshi Hirakawa (61' 15-Mitsunori Yoshida), 17-Hajime Moriyasu, 14-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa
(61' 20-Takuya Takagi), 9-Nobuhiro Takeda, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura. Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
Wales (Red-Red-Red):
1-Neville Southall (GK), 2-David Philipps, 4-Mark Aizlewood (68' 14-Andrew Melville), 11-Clayton Blackmore,
5-Kit Symons, 13-Mark Bowen, 7-Barry Horne, 11-Iwan Roberts, 9-Dean Saunders (80' 18-Mark Pembridge),
10-Mark Hughes, 6-Gary Speed. Coach: Terry Yorath
Scorers: 0-1 40' Bowen
Cautions: Moriyasu, Hughes, Speed
Expulsions: 60' Roberts
Referee: Samuel Chan Yam-Ming (Hong Kong)
Attendance: 30,000
South Korea - Japan 0-0 (0-0) II. Marlboro Dynasty Cup 1992, Group Stage
(Beijing - Workers Stadium - 22.08.1992 - 18:30)
South Korea (Red-Red-Red):
1-In-Young Choi (GK), 3-Gang-Hee Choi, 4-Jong-Soo Chung (66' 13-Hong-Ki Shin), 5-Yong-Hwan Chung (C),
6-Jung-Bae Park, 19-Myung-Bo Hong, 8-Yong-Jin Lee, 9-Pan-Keoun Kim (64' 7-Young-Joon Choi), 17-Seok-Joo Ha,
10-Hyun-Seok Kim, 11-Jung-Woon Ko. Coach: Ho Kim
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 3-Toshinobu Katsuya, 6-Satoshi Tsunami, 7-Masami Ihara, 4-Takumi Horiike
(H 8-Masahiro Fukuda), 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 17-Hajime Moriyasu, 15-Mitsunori Yoshida,
14-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (76' 10-Ruy Ramos), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 20-Takuya Takagi. Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
Scorers: -
Cautions: 35' Yong-Hwan Chung, 50' Gang-Hee Choi
Referee: Nizar Watti (Syria)
Attendance: 50,000
China - Japan 0-2 (0-1) II. Marlboro Dynasty Cup 1992, Group Stage
(Beijing - Workers Stadium - 24.08.1992 - 18:30)
China (White-White-White):
20-Chuliang Ou (GK), 4-Xiuquan Jia, 5-Hong Xu, 6-Bing Li (76' 12-Biao Zhai), 14-Liqiang Dong,
2-Zhigang Feng, 3-Zhiyi Fan, 17-Yuxin Xie (63' 16-Feng Gao), 8-Haidong Hao, 9-Hongbo Gao,
10-Sheng Cai. Coach: Genbao Xu
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 3-Toshinobu Katsuya, 6-Satoshi Tsunami, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C),
7-Masami Ihara, 2-Tetsuya Asano, 15-Mitsunori Yoshida, 14-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (57' 10-Ruy Ramos),
8-Masahiro Fukuda, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 20-Takuya Takagi. Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
Scorers: 0-1 38' Fukuda, 0-2 82' Takagi
Cautions: S.Matsunaga, Yoshida, Katsuya
Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)
Attendance: 60,000
Japan - North Korea 4-1 (2-1) II. Marlboro Dynasty Cup 1992, Group Stage
(Beijing - Workers Stadium - 26.08.1992 - 18:30)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 3-Toshinobu Katsuya, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 7-Masami Ihara,
6-Satoshi Tsunami, 2-Tetsuya Asano (48' 10-Ruy Ramos), 8-Masahiro Fukuda, 14-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa,
15-Mitsunori Yoshida, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 20-Takuya Takagi (81' 16-Masashi Nakayama).
North Korea (White-White-White):
18-Kyong-Chol Park (GK), 12-Yong-Bin Tak, 4-Kyong-Il Kim, 17-Gwang-Chol Pang, 6-Song-Kun Ryu
(49' 9-Jong-Su Yoon), 2-Gwang-Min Kim (C), 8-Gang-Song Chong, 10-Won-Nam Choi, 13-In-Chol Cho,
14-Yong-Son Choi, 7-Jong-Song Kim. Coach: Hyon-Chol Hong
Scorers: 0-1 13' Jong-Song Kim, 1-1 32' Fukuda, 2-1 34' Takagi, 3-1 46' Takagi, 4-1 74' K.Miura
Cautions: 31' Song-Kun Ryu, 41' Kitazawa, 55' Gang-Song Chong, 64' Gwang-Min Kim
Expulsions: 69' Gang-Song Chong
Referee: Samuel Chan Yam-Ming (Hong Kong)
Attendance: 20,000
Japan - South Korea 2-2 (0-1,2-2) a.e.t. 4-2 on penalties
II. Marlboro Dynasty Cup 1992, Final
(Beijing - Workers Stadium - 29.08.1992 - 20:30)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 2-Tetsuya Asano, 3-Toshinobu Katsuya, 6-Satoshi Tsunami, 7-Masami Ihara,
5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 8-Masahiro Fukuda (77' 16-Masashi Nakayama), 14-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa,
15-Mitsunori Yoshida (65' 10-Ruy Ramos), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 20-Takuya Takagi.
Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
South Korea (Red-Red-Red):
1-In-Young Choi (GK), 2-Hyun-Yong Park, 9-Pan-Keoun Kim, 7-Young-Joon Choi, 3-Gang-Hee Choi,
5-Yong-Hwan Chung (C), 13-Hong-Ki Shin, 17-Seok-Joo Ha (27' 12-Jung-Hyuk Kim), 8-Young-Jin Lee I
(64' 15-Sang-Yoon Lee), 11-Jung-Woon Ko, 14-Jae-Kwon Chung. Coach: Ho Kim
Scorers: 0-1 32' Jae-Kwon Chung, 1-1 82' Nakayama, 2-1 96' Takagi, 2-2 97' Jung-Hyuk Kim
Cautions: Young-Joon Choi, Hong-Ki Shin, Young-Jin Lee I, Jae-Kwon Chung, Jung-Hyuk Kim, Ihara,
K.Miura, Ramos
Expulsions: 93' Tsunami
Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)
Attendance: 15,000
Japan - U.A.E. 0-0 (0-0) X. Asian Cup Japan 1992, Final Phase, 1st Round Group A
(Hiroshima - Bingo Sports Park Athletics Stadium - 30.10.1992 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 3-Nobutoshi Katsuya, 4-Takumi Horiike, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C),
7-Masami Ihara, 10-Ruy Ramos, 14-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, 15-Mitsunori Yoshida, 17-Hajime Moriyasu,
11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 20-Takuya Takagi. Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
U.A.E. (White-White-White):
17-Muhsin Musabbah Faraj (GK), 2-Eissa Abdulrahman, 3-Ibrahim Abdulrahman, 4-Abdulrahman Al-Haddad,
20-Obaid Ali Madani, 7-Bakhit Saad, 8-Khalid Embarakoh, 9-Nasser Khamees (87' 12-Hussein Ghulom Abbas),
16-Razzaq Ibrahim, 10-Adnan Al-Talyani (C), 11-Zuhair Bakheet Saeed (89' 14-Khamis Saad).
Coach: Valery Lobanovsky (Ukraina)
Scorers: -
Cautions: 6' Moriyasu, 42' E.Abdulrahman, 54' I.Abdulrahman, 63' Khamees, 81' Katsuya, 90' K.Saad
Referee: Jihong Wei (China)
Attendance: 10,000
Japan - North Korea 1-1 (0-1) X. Asian Cup Japan 1992, Final Phase, 1st Round Group A
(Hiroshima - Big Arch Stadium - 01.11.1992 - 14:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 3-Nobutoshi Katsuya, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 6-Satoshi Tsunami,
7-Masami Ihara, 8-Masahiro Fukuda, 10-Ruy Ramos, 14-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (78' 16-Masashi Nakayama),
17-Hajime Moriyasu, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 20-Takuya Takagi. Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
North Korea (White-White-White):
18-Yong-Ho Kim (GK), 4-Kyong-Il Kim, 5-Hwa-Yong Rim, 6-Song-Kun Ryu, 12-Yong-Bin Tak,
2-Gwang-Min Kim, 9-Jong-Su Yun (C), 11-Mun-Chol Gong, 10-Won-Nam Choi, 14-Yong-Son Choi,
16-Jong-Song Kim (72' 15-Yong-Jin Ri). Coach: Hyon-Chol Hong
Scorers: 0-1 29' Gwang-Min Kim PK, 1-1 80' Nakayama
Cautions: 3' Hwa-Yong Rim, 24' Katsuya, 47' Moon-Chol Gong
Referee: Rasheed Al-Jassas (Kuwait)
Attendance: 32,000
Japan - Iran 1-0 (0-0) X. Asian Cup Japan 1992, Final Phase, 1st Round Group A
(Hiroshima - Big Arch Stadium - 03.11.1992 - 14:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 4-Takumi Horiike, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 6-Satoshi Tsunami,
7-Masami Ihara, 8-Masahiro Fukuda, 14-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (68' 10-Ruy Ramos), 15-Mitsunori Yoshida
(68' 16-Masashi Nakayama), 17-Hajime Moriyasu, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 20-Takuya Takagi.
Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
Iran (White-White-White):
1-Ahmad Abedzadeh (GK), 2-Javad Zarincheh, 3-Mojraba Moharrami, 4-Reza Hassanzadeh,
5-Nader Mohammadkhani, 6-Mehdi Fonoonizadeh, 8-Cyrous Ghayeghran (C), 9-Seyed Mehdi Abrahi,
14-Murtaza Kermani-Muqadam, 11-Jamshid Shah-Mohammad, 17-Farshad Peyous. Coach: Ali Parvin
Scorers: 1-0 85' K.Miura
Cautions: 29' Kermani-Muqadam, 33' Shah-Mohammadi, 83' Moharrami
Expulsions: 53' Shah-Mohammadi, 92' Mohammadkhani, 92' Peyous
Referee: Jamal Al-Sharif (Syria)
Attendance: 37,000
Note: 3 Iranian players expuled received one-year banned by AFC.
Japan - China 3-2 (0-1) X. Asian Cup Japan 1992, Final Phase, Semi Final
(Hiroshima - Hiroshima Stadium - 06.11.1992 - 16:30)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 4-Takumi Horiike, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 6-Satoshi Tsunami,
7-Masami Ihara, 8-Masahiro Fukuda, 10-Ruy Ramos, 14-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (62' 19-Kazuya Maekawa (GK)),
17-Hajime Moriyasu, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 20-Takuya Takagi (75' 16-Masashi Nakayama).
Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
China (White-White-White):
21-Yubin Fu (GK), 2-Zhigang Feng, 3-Liqiang Dong, 4-Zhiyi Fan, 6-Bing Li, 19-Bo Zhu, 5-Hong Xu,
12-Yuxin Xie, 18-Yaodong Cheng (65' 8-Hongbo Gao), 9-Haidong Hao, 17-Weiguo Peng (65' 11-Xiao Li).
Coach: Genbao Xu
Scorers: 0-1 1' Yuxin Xie, 1-1 48' Fukuda, 2-1 57' Kitazawa, 2-2 70' Xiao Li, 3-2 84' Nakayama
Cautions: 27' Haidong Hao, 42' Ramos, 75' Moriyasu
Expulsions: 60' S.Matsunaga
Referee: Hussein Khoshkhan (Iran)
Attendance: 15,000
Japan - Saudi Arabia 1-0 (1-0) X. Asian Cup Japan 1992, Final Phase, Final
(Hiroshima - Big Arch Stadium - 08.11.1992 - 14:35)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
19-Kazuya Maekawa (GK), 4-Takumi Horiike, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 6-Satoshi Tsunami,
7-Masami Ihara, 8-Masahiro Fukuda, 10-Ruy Ramos, 14-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, 15-Mitsunori Yoshida
(86' 3-Nobutoshi Katsuya), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 20-Takuya Takagi. Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
Saudi Arabia (White-White-White):
21-Saker Al-Shujaa (GK), 2-Abdullah S. Al-Dossary, 3-Salem Al-Alwi, 4-Abdulrahman Al-Roomi,
5-Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi, 6-Fuadh Amin, 8-Fahad Al-Bishi, 14-Khalid Al-Muwallid, 7-Saeed Owairan,
9-Hamzah Falatah (66' 11-Fahad Mehallel), 15-Youssif Al-Thuniyan. Coach: Jose Candido (Brazil)
Scorers: 1-0 36' Takagi
Cautions: 44' Al-Roomi, 70' Ramos, 71' Al-Bishi, 75' K.Miura, 88' A.S.Al-Dossary
Referee: Jamal Al-Sharif (Syria)
Attendance: 60,000
Japan - Switzerland 1-1 (0-0) VII. Carlsberg Cup 1993, Semi Final
(Hong Kong - Hong Kong Stadium - 23.01.1993)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
19-Kazuya Maekawa (GK), 4-Takumi Horiike, 3-Toshinobu Katsuya, 2-Naoto Otake, 6-Satoshi Tsunami,
12-Takahiro Yamada, 8-Masahiro Fukuda, 17-Hajime Moriyasu, 9-Masaaki Sawanobori, 16-Masashi Nakayama,
18-Takuya Jinno (63' 13-Hisashi Kurosaki). Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
Switzerland (White-Red-White):
12-Stephan Lehmann (GK), 2-Marc Hottiger, 5-Alain Geiger (C), 4-Andre Egli, 3-Regis Rothenbuhler,
18-Patrick Sylvestre (82' 17-Christophe Ohrel), 8-Ciriaco Sforza, 11-Beat Sutter, 14-Stephane Henchoz
(87' 16-Georges Bregy), 10-Thomas Bickel (73' 7-Alain Sutter), 9-Cristophe Bonvin.
Coach: Roy Hodgson (England)
Scorers: 0-1 56' B.Sutter, 1-1 63' Kurosaki
Cautions: -
Referee: Yim Kim Ng (Hong Kong)
Attendance: 4,000
Note: JFA didn't count this match as a full international. Japan fielded B selection.
Japan - Denmark 1-2 (1-0) VII. Carlsberg Cup 1993, Third Place Match
(Hong Kong - Mongkok Stadium - 26.01.1993)
Japan (White-Blue-White):
19-Kazuya Maekawa (GK) (21-Kenichi Shimokawa (GK)), 3-Toshinobu Katsuya, 4-Takumi Horiike,
6-Satoshi Tsunami, 7-Junji Omura (5-Hiroki Azuma), 8-Masahiro Fukuda, 9-Masaaki Sawanobori,
12-Takahiro Yamada (2-Naoto Otake), 17-Hajime Moriyasu, 16-Masashi Nakayama, 13-Hisashi Kurosaki
(18-Takuya Jinno). Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
Denmark (Red-White-Red):
1-Peter Jensen (GK), 2-Jacob Laursen, 3-Claus Jensen, 4-Per Nielsen, 6-Peter Sorensen, 7-Bo Hansen,
5-Gunnar Lind, 9-Jesper Kristensen, 10-Soren Colding (12-Martin Johansen), 11-Michael Johansen
(14-Tommy Schram), 15-Soren Frederiksen (13-Brian Skaarup). Coach: Viggo Jensen
Scorers: 1-0 Kurosaki, 1-1 Skaarup, 1-2 M.Johansen
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance:
Note: Both JFA and DBU didn't count this match as a full international. Japan fielded B selection and
Denmark did U-21 squad.
Japan - Hungary 0-1 (0-0) XIX. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 1993, Group Stage
(Fukuoka - Hakatanomori Stadium - 07.03.1993 - 13:30)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
19-Kazuya Maekawa (GK), 4-Takumi Horiike, 3-Toshinobu Katsuya, 7-Masami Ihara, 6-Satoshi Tsunami,
17-Hajime Moriyasu, 14-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (81' 13-Hisashi Kurosaki), 15-Mitsunori Yoshida,
8-Masahiro Fukuda, 20-Takuya Takagi (75' 16-Masashi Nakayama), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura.
Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
Hungary (Red-White-Navy):
1-Istvan Brockhauser (GK), 2-Tibor Nagy, 3-Andreas Telek, 4-Jozsef Duro, 5-Emile Lorincz,
12-Jozsef Czabi, 6-Kabole Marton, 8-Imre Fodor (73' 9-Istvan Pisont), 10-Lajos Detari,
7-Jozef Kiprich (79' 15-Tibor Balog), 11-Kalman Kovacs. Coach: Emerich Jenei (Romania)
Scorers: 0-1 47' Kiprich
Cautions: 32' Lorincz, 58' Kitazawa, 62' Kovacs
Referee: Majid Jay (USA)
Attendance: 30,000
Japan - U.S.A. 3-1 (1-1) XIX. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 1993, Group Stage
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 14.03.1993 - 13:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
19-Kazuya Maekawa (GK), 6-Satoshi Tsunami, 3-Tetsuya Asano, 4-Takumi Horiike, 7-Masami Ihara,
15-Mitsunori Yoshida, 8-Masahiro Fukuda, 14-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, 17-Hajime Moriyasu, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura,
20-Takuya Takagi (83' 16-Masashi Nakayama). Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
U.S.A. (White-Blue-White):
1-Tony Meola (GK), 21-Fernando Clavijo, 5-Thomas Dooley, 17-Marcelo Balboa, 6-Mike Lapper,
14-Brian Quinn (69' 15-Desmond Armstrong), 7-Hugo Perez, 20-Paul Caligiuri, 4-Bruce Murray
(73' 17-Cobi Jones), 19-Chris Henderson, 11-John Harbor. Coach: Velibor Milutinovic (Yugoslavia)
Scorers: 0-1 23' Perez, 1-1 36' K.Miura, 2-1 68' Lapper OG, 3-1 80' K.Miura
Cautions: 28' Clavijo, 64' Fukuda
Referee: Gwang-Taek Kim (South Korea)
Attendance: 48,000
Japan - Thailand 1-0 (1-0) XV. FIFA World Cup USA 1994, Preliminaries, 1st Round Group E
(Kobe - Universiade Memorial Stadium - 08.04.1993 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 6-Satoshi Tsunami, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 4-Takafumi Horiike,
7-Masami Ihara, 10-Ruy Ramos, 8-Masahiro Fukuda, 17-Hajime Moriyasu (76' 18-Masaaki Sawanobori),
15-Mitsunori Yoshida, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 20-Takuya Takagi. Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
Thailand (Red-Red-Red):
1-Chaiyong Khumpiam (GK), 2-Apichad Thaveechalermdit, 7-Natee Tongsukkao, 5-Pairote Pongjan,
3-Sumet Akarapong, 6-Sirisak, 12-Surachai Jaturapattarapong, 17-Rangfetto,
14-Tawatchai Damrongongtrakul, 19-Saman Deesunthai, 13-Kiatisak Senamuang.
Scorers: 1-0 29' K.Miura
Cautions: 22' Pairote, 51' Sirisak, 73' Apichad
Referee: Mohamed Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)
Attendance: 40,000
Japan - Bangladesh 8-0 (3-0) XV. FIFA World Cup USA 1994, Preliminaries, 1st Round Group E
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 11.04.1993 - 14:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 4-Takumi Horiike, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 6-Satoshi Tsunami,
7-Masami Ihara, 8-Masahiro Fukuda, 10-Ruy Ramos (67' 18-Masaaki Sawanobori), 15-Mitsunori Yoshida
(73' 9-Nobuhiro Takeda), 17-Hajime Moriyasu, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 20-Takuya Takagi.
Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
Bangladesh (Orange-White-White):
21-Kanan (GK), 4-Mohammed Jewel Rana, 5-Rehan, 3-Kaiser, 11-Mung, 13-Mohammed Masud Rana,
17-Ataul (52' 12-Baroon), 18-Zakir, 16-Gaus (61' 6-Chito), 15-Shabir, 19-Roomi.
Scorers: 1-0 18' K.Miura, 2-0 25' Takagi, 3-0 44' K.Miura, 4-0 52' K.Miura, 5-0 53' K.Miura,
6-0 57' Takagi, 7-0 58' Fukuda, 8-0 88' Fukuda
Cautions: -
Referee: Jingyin Yu (China)
Attendance: 53,000
Japan - Sri Lanka 5-0 (3-0) XV. FIFA World Cup USA 1994, Preliminaries, 1st Round Group E
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 15.04.1993 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 4-Takumi Horiike, 7-Masami Ihara, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C),
6-Satoshi Tsunami, 17-Hajime Moriyasu, 15-Mitsunori Yoshida, 10-Ruy Ramos (76' 18-Masaaki Sawanobori),
8-Masahiro Fukuda, 20-Takuya Takagi (76' 16-Masashi Nakayama), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura.
Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
Sri Lanka (Red-Red-Red):
1-Lalithe Weerasinghe (GK), 19-De Silva (60' 11-Kamaldeen Kabeer), 5-Junaideen Hasheemadeen,
14-Kolomage Sampath Perera, 16-Ferdinando, 12-Usman, 4-Dudley Steinwall, 15-Seneviratone,
6-Purina, 10-Matakage Roshan Perera (H 3-Chaminda Steinwall), 9-Shansa Kumar.
Scorers: 1-0 10' Takagi, 2-0 18' T.Hashiratani, 3-0 34' K.Miura, 4-0 49' Takagi, 5-0 51' K.Miura
Cautions: 12' De Silva, 44' D.Steinwall, 87' Usman
Referee: Samuel Chan Yam-Ming (Hong Kong)
Attendance: 40,000
Japan - U.A.E. 2-0 (1-0) XV. FIFA World Cup USA 1994, Preliminaries, 1st Round Group E
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 18.04.1993 - 16:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 4-Takumi Horiike, 7-Masami Ihara, 5-Tetsuji Hashratani (C),
6-Satoshi Tsunami, 17-Hajime Moriyasu, 15-Mitsunori Yoshida, 10-Ruy Ramos, 8-Masahiro Fukuda,
11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 20-Takuya Takagi. Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
U.A.E. (White-White-White):
22-Adel Ans (GK), 15-Ibrahim Abdulrahman, 6-Rashid Ismail, 4-Abdulrahman Al-Haddad,
20-Mohammed Obaid, 13-Abdulharik, 12-Hussein Ghuloum Abbas (H 7-Bakhit Saad),
16-Abdul Razzaq Ibrahim, 10-Adnan Al-Talyani (C), 3-Ali Thani Jumaa (61' 14-Khamis Saad),
2-Eissa Abdulrahman. Coach: Antonie Piechniczek (Poland)
Scorers: 1-0 20' T.Hashiratani, 2-0 76' Takagi
Cautions: 1' Moriyasu, 10' Ismail, 19' Abdulharik, 80' Tsunami, 85' Obaid
Referee: Mohamed Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)
Attendance: 55,000
Thailand - Japan 0-1 (0-0) XV. FIFA World Cup USA 1994, Preliminaries, 1st Round Group E
(Dubai - Al-Nasr SC Stadium - 28.04.1993 - 19:15)
Thailand (Red-Red-Red):
22-Watcharapong Somcit (GK), 3-Sumet Akarapong, 15-Kowit, 5-Pairote Pongjan, 7-Natee Tongsukkao,
6-Sirisak (75' 12-Surachai Jaturapattarapong), 21-Tawan Sripan, 2-Apichad Thaveechalermdit,
13-Kitisak Senamuang, 9-Piyapong Pue-On, 11-Sonsam (72' 10-Pontong).
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 4-Takumi Horiike, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 6-Satoshi Tsunami,
7-Masami Ihara, 8-Masahiro Fukuda, 10-Ruy Ramos, 15-Mitsunori Yoshida, 17-Hajime Moriyasu,
11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 20-Takuya Takagi. Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
Scorers: 0-1 49' Horiike
Cautions: Pairote
Expulsions: 38' Ihara, 38' Piyapong
Referee: Omer Saleh Al-Mehanah (Saudi Arabia)
Attendance: 4,000
Bangladesh - Japan 1-4 (1-3) XV. FIFA World Cup USA 1994, Preliminaries, 1st Round Group E
(Dubai - Al-Nasr SC Stadium - 30.04.1993 - 19:15)
Bangladesh (White-White-White):
1-Mohsin (GK) (22' 21-Kanan (GK)), 12-Baroon, 3-Kaiser, 4-Mohammed Jewel Rana, 5-Rehan,
13-Mohammed Masud Rana, 15-Shabir, 17-Ataul, 18-Zakir, 19-Roomi, 10-Mahoub.
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 3-Toshinobu Katsuya, 4-Takumi Horiike, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C),
6-Satoshi Tsunami, 8-Masahiro Fukuda, 10-Ruy Ramos, 15-Mitsunori Yoshida (73' 9-Nobuhiro Takeda),
17-Hajime Moriyasu, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 20-Takuya Takagi. Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
Scorers: 0-1 2' Fukuda, 1-1 11' Roomi, 1-2 30' K.Miura, 1-3 36' Yoshida, 1-4 61' Takagi
Cautions: Takagi, Ataul
Expulsions: Rehan
Referee: Radi Mousa Al-Haddad (Kuwait)
Attendance: 3,000
Sri Lanka - Japan 0-6 (0-2) XV. FIFA World Cup USA 1994, Preliminaries, 1st Round Group E
(Dubai - Al-Nasr SC Stadium - 05.05.1993 - 19:15)
Sri Lanka (Red-Red-Red):
1-Lalithe Weerasinghe (GK), 5-Junaideen Hasheemadeen, 6-Purina, 8-Sruja, 9-Shansa Kumar,
12-Usman, 14-Kolomage Sampath Perera, 15-Seneviratone, 17-Pusupakumara (81' 7-Ansonipirai),
18-Puremarar (59' 20-Purianja), 19-De Silva.
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 4-Takumi Horiike, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 6-Satoshi Tsunami,
7-Masami Ihara, 8-Masahiro Fukuda, 10-Ruy Ramos, 15-Mitsunori Yoshida, 17-Hajime Moriyasu
(67' 18-Masaaki Sawanobori), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 20-Takuya Takagi (68' 16-Masashi Nakayama).
Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
Scorers: 0-1 31' Ramos, 0-2 42' Ihara, 0-3 56' Ihara, 0-4 61' Takagi, 0-5 80' K.Miura, 0-6 82' Nakayama
Cautions: 38' Yoshida
Expulsions: 79' Hashemadeen
Referee: Omer Saleh Al-Mehanah (Saudi Arabia)
Attendance: 1,000
U.A.E. - Japan 1-1 (0-0) XV. FIFA World Cup USA 1994, Preliminaries, 1st Round Group E
(Al-Ain - Tahnoon Bin-Mohammed Stadium - 07.05.1993 - 19:15)
U.A.E. (White-White-White):
1-Said Jumaa (GK), 2-Eissa Abdulrahman, 6-Rashid Ismail, 4-Abdulrahman Al-Haddad, 20-Mohammed Obaid,
15-Ibrahim Abdulrahman, 13-Abdul Khaliq, 8-Nasser Khamis, 16-Abdulrazzaq Ibrahim, 10-Adnan Al-Talyani (C),
7-Bakhit Saad (64' 12-Hussein Ghuloum Abbas). Coach: Antonie Piechniczek (Poland)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 4-Takumi Horiike, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 6-Satoshi Tsunami,
7-Masami Ihara, 8-Masahiro Fukuda (77' 18-Masaaki Sawanobori), 10-Ruy Ramos, 15-Mitsunori Yoshida,
17-Hajime Moriyasu, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 20-Takuya Takagi. Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
Scorers: 1-0 82' A.Ibrahim , 1-1 83' Sawanobori
Cautions: A.Ibrahim, T.Hashiratani, Tsunami
Referee: Jamal Al-Sharif (Syria)
Attendance: 15,000
Japan - Ivory Coast 1-0 (0-0,0-0) a.e.t.
V. Afro-Asian Championship 1993
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 04.10.1993 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 4-Takumi Horiike, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 7-Masami Ihara,
21-Yasutoshi Miura, 17-Hajime Moriyasu, 15-Mitsunori Yoshida (73' 12-Kenta Hasegawa), 10-Ruy Ramos,
8-Masahiro Fukuda, 20-Takuya Takagi, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura. Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
Ivory Coast (Red-Red-White):
1-Losseni Konate (GK), 12-Nagu Georges Rinon, 3-Arsene Hobou, 5-Dominique Sam Abouo, 6-Rufin Biagne Lue
(91' 7-Celestine Amani), 13-Sidy Badra Aliou, 14-Donald-Olivier Sie, 8-Tchiressoa Guel, 2-Yaya Dombia
(59' 15-Adama Cloffie Kone), 10-Abdoulaye Traore, 11-Ahmed Ouattara. Coach: Yeo Martial
Scorers: 1-0 116' K.Miura
Cautions: 7' Traore, 29' Quattara, 34' Ihara, 80' Ramos
Referee: Jihong Wei (China)
Attendance: 53,302
Japan - Saudi Arabia 0-0 (0-0) XV. FIFA World Cup USA 1994, Preliminaries, Final Round
(Doha - Khalifa Stadium - 15.10.1993 - 18:15)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 4-Takumi Horiike, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 7-Masami Ihara,
21-Yasutoshi Miura, 8-Masahiro Fukuda, 10-Ruy Ramos, 15-Mitsunori Yoshida, 17-Hajime Moriyasu,
11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 20-Takuya Takagi. Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
Saudi Arabia (White-Green-White):
1-Mohammed Al-Deayea (GK), 2-Abdullah S. Al-Dossary, 3-Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi, 5-Ahmed Madani,
13-Mohammed Al-Jawad, 6-Fuadh Amin (C), 8-Mansour Al-Muaynea, 14-Khalid Al-Muwallid,
10-Saeed Owairan (65' 17-Khalid Al-Temawi), 9-Majed Mohammed (58' 12-Sami Al-Jaber),
20-Hamzah Falatah. Coach: Jose Candido (Brazil)
Scorers: -
Cautions: 60' Al-Jaber
Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
Attendance: 20,000
Iran - Japan 2-1 (1-0) XV. FIFA World Cup USA 1994, Preliminaries, Final Round
(Doha - Khalifa Stadium - 18.10.1993 - 18:15)
Iran (Red-White-Red):
1-Behzad Gholampour (GK), 2-Javad Zarincheh, 3-Mehdi Rezaei-Manesh, 4-Reza Hassanzadeh,
5-Nader Mohammadkhani, 6-Mehdi Fonnoonizadeh, 7-Hamid Estili (11' 16-Ardeshir Ghalenei),
9-Mehdi Abtahi (59' 8-Hamid Darakhshan), 14-Majid Namjou-Motlagh, 19-Behzad Dadashzadeh,
11-Ali Daei. Coach: Ali Parvin
Japan (White-Blue-White):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 4-Takumi Horiike, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 7-Masami Ihara,
21-Yasutoshi Miura (73' 16-Masashi Nakayama), 17-Hajime Moriyasu, 8-Masahiro Fukuda,
10-Ruy Ramos, 15-Mitsunori Yoshida (H 12-Kenta Hasegawa), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura,
20-Takuya Takagi. Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
Scorers: 1-0 44' Hassanzadeh, 2-0 86' Daei, 2-1 88' Nakayama
Cautions: 15' Fonnoonizadeh, 38' Takagi, 50' Rezaei-Manesh, 70' Dadashzadeh
Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)
Attendance: 10,000
Japan - North Korea 3-0 (1-0) XV. FIFA World Cup USA 1994, Preliminaries, Final Round
(Doha - Khalifa Stadium - 21.10.1993 - 17:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 3-Toshinobu Katsuya, 4-Takumi Horiike, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C),
7-Masami Ihara, 10-Ruy Ramos, 15-Mitsunori Yoshida, 17-Hajime Moriyasu, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura,
12-Kenta Hasegawa (84' 14-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa), 16-Masashi Nakayama. Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
North Korea (White-White-White):
18-Yong-Ho Kim (GK), 4-Kyong-Il Kim, 12-Yong-Bin Tak, 17-Gwang-Chol Pang, 2-Gwang-Min Kim,
9-Jong-Su Yun (C), 6-Song-Gun Ryu, 11-Mun-Chol Gong, 13-In-Chol Cho, 14-Yong-Son Choi,
10-Won-Nam Choi. Coach: Myung-Chan Yun
Scorers: 1-0 28' K.Miura, 2-0 51' Nakayama, 3-0 69' K.Miura
Cautions: 53' Won-Nam Choi, 79' Gwang-Chol Pang, 89' Moriyasu
Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
Attendance: 3,000
South Korea - Japan 0-1 (0-0) XV. FIFA World Cup USA 1994, Preliminaries, Final Round
(Doha - Khalifa Stadium - 25.10.1993 - 16:00)
South Korea (Red-Red-Red):
1-In-Young Choi (GK), 3-Jong-Seon Choi, 5-Jung-Bae Park, 20-Myung-Bo Hong ,17-Sang-Beom Goo (C),
6-Jung-Yoon Noh (H 11-Jung-Won Seo), 7-Hong-Ki Shin, 15-Jung-Woon Ko, 16-Joo-Sung Kim,
8-Moon-Shik Choi, 9-Seok-Joo Ha. Coach: Ho Kim
Japan (White-Blue-White):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 3-Toshinobu Katsuya, 4-Takumi Horiike, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C),
7-Masami Ihara, 10-Ruy Ramos, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 12-Yoshiyuki Hasegawa (65' 8-Masahiro Fukuda),
14-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, 15-Yasuhiro Yoshida, 16-Masashi Nakayama (85' 9-Nobuhiro Takeda).
Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
Scorers: 0-1 60' K.Miura
Cautions: 41' Seok-Joo Ha, 71' Jung-Bae Park, 93' Masami Ihara
Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)
Attendance: 5,000
Japan - Iraq 2-2 (1-0) XV. FIFA World Cup USA 1994, Preliminaries, Final Round
(Doha - Al-Ahly SC Stadium - 28.10.1993 - 16:15)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 3-Toshinobu Katsuya, 4-Takumi Horiike, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C),
7-Masami Ihara, 10-Ruy Ramos, 15-Mitsunori Yoshida, 17-Hajime Moriyasu, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura,
12-Kenta Hasegawa (59' 8-Masahiro Fukuda), 16-Masashi Nakayama (80' 9-Nobuhiro Takeda).
Coach: Hans Ooft (Nederland)
Iraq (White-Green-White):
21-Ibrahim Salim Saad (GK), 14-Salim Hussein, 4-Swadi Radhi, 2-Samir Kadhim Hassan,
3-Saad Abdul, 22-Bassam Raouf Hamed (71' 5-Abdul Jabar Hanoon), 12-Mohammed Jassim
(H 16-Jaffar Omran Salman), 7-Naem Saddam Minshed, 17-Laith Hussein, 9-Ala Kadhim,
8-Ahmad Radhi (C). Coach: Ammo Baba
Scorers: 1-0 5' K.Miura, 1-1 54' S.Radhi, 2-1 80' Nakayama, 2-2' Jaffar Omran Salman
Cautions: 10' Katsuya, 23' S.Radhi, 80' Saad Abdul, 84' Matsunaga
Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
Attendance: 4,000
Japan - Australia 1-1 (1-0) XV. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 1994, Group Stage
(Hiroshima - Big Arch Stadium - 22.05.1994 - 12:05)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
12-Kazuya Maekawa (GK), 2-Koji Kondo, 3-Yoshihiro Natsuka, 4-Masami Ihara, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C),
6-Teruo Iwamoto, 20-Yoshiaki Sato (H 22-Takafumi Ogura), 8-Tetsuya Asano (83' 18-Hajime Moriyasu),
10-Masaaki Sawanobori, 7-Masakiyo Maezono (30' 19-Kenta Hasegawa), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura.
Coach: Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil)
Australia (Yellow-Yellow-Yellow):
1-Robert Zabica (GK) (36' 20-Zeljko Kalac (GK)), 2-Tony Vidmar, 3-Alexander Tobin, 4-Milan Ivanovic,
5-Mehmet Durakovic, 6-Paul Wade (C), 7-Robbie Slater, 8-Nedjeljko Zelic, 9-Carl Veart, 10-Aurelio Vidmar,
11-Jason van Blerk. Coach: Eddie Thompson (Scotland)
Scorers: 1-0 6' Asano, 1-1 68' A.Vidmar
Cautions: 18' Maezono, 21' Zelic, 60' Natsuka
Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)
Attendance: 27,350
Japan - France 1-4 (0-2) XV. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 1994, Group Stage
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 29.05.1994 - 15:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
12-Kazuya Maekawa (GK) (H 1-Kenji Honnami (GK)), 2-Koji Kondo, 4-Masami Ihara, 3-Yoshihiro Natsuka,
6-Teruo Iwamoto (69' 16-Masahiro Endo), 19-Kenta Hasegawa (H 22-Takafumi Ogura), 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C),
10-Masaaki Sawanobori, 8-Tetsuya Asano (57' 18-Hajime Moriyasu), 21-Hisashi Kurosaki, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura.
Coach: Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil)
France (White-White-White):
1-Bernard Lama (GK), 2-Jocelyn Angloma (85' 15-Christian Karembeu), 5-Laurent Blanc, 4-Marcel Desailly,
3-Eric Di Meco (71' 17-Bixente Lizarazu), 10-Youri Djorkaeff (71' 20-Nicolas Ouedec), 6-Didier Deschamps (C),
8-Paul Le Guen, 7-Eric Cantona, 9-Jean-Pierre Papin, 11-David Ginola. Coach: Aime Jacquet
Scorers: 0-1 15' Djorkaeff, 0-2 18' Papin, 0-3 53' Kurosaki OG, 0-4 55' Ginola, 1-4 78' Ogura
Cautions: -
Referee: Mohamed Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)
Attendance: 48,841
Japan - Ghana 3-2 (2-2) Friendly Match (Asics Cup)
(Nagoya - Mizuho Stadium - 08.07.1994 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
12-Kenji Honnami (GK), 3-Masami Ihara, 13-Yoshiro Moriyama, 4-Yoshihiro Natsuka, 16-Masahiro Endo,
6-Teruo Iwamoto, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 17-Hajime Moriyasu, 11-Kazyyoshi Miura, 7-Toshihiro Yamaguchi,
9-Takafumi Ogura (61' 18-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa). Coach: Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil)
Ghana (Yellow-Yellow-Yellow):
16-James Nanor (GK), 5-Isaac Asare, 3-Koffi Mubeah, 18-Stephen Baidoo (82' 4-Sebastian Barnes),
2-Emmanuel Opoku, 6-Alex Opoku (78' 13-Robert Sabah), 8-Nii Odartey Lamptey, 9-Ohene Kennedy
(71' 12-Ebenzer Hagan), 19-Mamood Amadu, 10-Felix Aboagye, 11-Emmanuel Duah.
Coach: Otto Pfister (Germany)
Scorers: 0-1 2' Aboagye, 1-1 10' K.Miura, 2-1 27' K.Miura, 2-2 34' Asare, 3-2 72' Natsuka
Cautions: 24' T.Hashiratani
Referee: Bong-Ki Ahn (South Korea)
Attendance: 20,933
Japan - Ghana 2-1 (1-0) Friendly Match (Asics Cup)
(Kobe - Universiade Memorial Stadium - 14.07.1994 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
12-Kenji Honnami (GK), 3-Masami Ihara, 13-Yoshiro Moriyama, 4-Yoshihiro Natsuka, 16-Masahiro Endo,
6-Teruo Iwamoto (70' 8-Tetsuya Asano), 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 17-Hajime Moriyasu, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura,
7-Toshihiro Yamaguchi (75' 21-Takuya Takagi), 9-Takafumi Ogura (H 18-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa).
Coach: Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil)
Ghana (Yellow-Yellow-Yellow):
16-James Nanor (GK) (55' 1-Richard Obimpeh (GK)), 5-Isaac Asare, 3-Koffi Mubeah, 18-Stephen Baidoo,
2-Emmanuel Opoku, 6-Alex Opoku (64' 9-Ohene Kennedy), 12-Ebenzer Hagan, 8-Nii Odartey Lamptey,
11-Emmanuel Duah, 19-Mamood Amadu, 10-Felix Aboagye (72' 13-Robert Sabah).
Coach: Otto Pfister (Germany)
Scorers: 1-0 23' Iwamoto, 2-0 52' K.Miura, 2-1 72' Lamptey
Cautions: 16' Iwamoto, 34' Amadu, 57' T.hashiratani, 69' Aboagye, 81' Mubeah, 87' Baidoo
Referee: Yuguang Dai (China)
Attendance: 39,107
Japan - Australia 0-0 (0-0) Friendly Match
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 27.09.1994 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shinkichi Kikuchi (GK), 2-Yoshiro Moriyama (74' 12-Akira Narahashi), 3-Yoshihiro Natsuka,
4-Masami Ihara, 6-Masahiro Endo (81' 14-Naoto Otake), 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C),
16-Masaaki Sawanobori, 10-Teruo Iwamoto, 17-Takahiro Yamada (73' 8-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa),
7-Masakiyo Maezono, 9-Nobuhiro Takeda. Coach: Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil)
Australia (Yellow-Yellow-Yellow):
1-Zelijko Kalac (GK), 2-Tony Vidmar, 3-Mehmet Durakovic, 4-Milan Ivanovic, 5-Alex Tobin,
6-Paul Wade (C), 8-Stan Lazaridis, 10-Ross Aloisi, 11-Alistair Edwards, 7-Damian Mori
(83' 16-Gabriel Mendez), 9-John Markovski (74' 17-Warren Spink).
Coach: Eddie Thompson (Scotland)
Scorers: -
Cautions: 48' Tobin, 74' Aloisi
Referee: Zoran Petrovic (Yugoslavia)
Attendance: 44,253
Japan - U.A.E. 1-1 (0-1) XII. Asian Games Hiroshima 1994, 1st Round Group D
(Miyoshi - Miyoshi Sports Park Athletics Stadium - 03.10.1994 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shinkichi Kikuchi (GK), 2-Yoshiro Moriyama, 3-Yoshihiro Natsuka, 4-Masami Ihara, 6-Masahiro Endo,
5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 7-Masakiyo Maezono, 10-Teruo Iwamoto (64' 18-Takuya Takagi),
16-Masaaki Sawanobori, 9-Nobuhito Takeda (60' 8-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura.
Coach: Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil)
U.A.E. (White-White-White):
17-Muhsin Musabbah Faraj (GK), 2-Jumaa Saleh Ali, 4-Abdulrahman Al-Haddad, 6-Rashid Ismail,
19-Munther Ali Abdulla, 20-Mohammed Al-Dhaheri, 7-Bakhit Saad (84' 5-Mohammed Abulras),
8-Khalid Embarakoh, 15-Mohammed Ali, 10-Adnan Al-Talyani (C), 14-Khamis Saad (69' 3-Ali Tani).
Coach: Antonie Piechniczek (Poland)
Scorers: 0-1 2' Al-Talyani, 1-1 66' K.Miura PK
Cautions: 6' Al-Dhaheri, 65' Muhsin Faraj, 68' Ismail, 68' K.Miura, 72' Sawanobori
Referee: Mohamed Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)
Attendance: 7,254
Japan - Qatar 1-1 (0-1) XII. Asian Games Hiroshima 1994, 1st Round Group D
(Hiroshima - Hiroshima Stadium - 05.10.1994 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shinkichi Kikuchi (GK), 2-Yoshiro Moriyama, 3-Yoshihiro Natsuka, 4-Masami Ihara, 6-Masahiro Endo,
5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 7-Masakiyo Maezono, 8-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, 10-Teruo Iwamoto, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura,
18-Takuya Takagi. Coach: Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil)
Qatar (White-Red-White):
20-Amer Al-Kaabi, 3-Zamel Al-Kuwari, 6-Khalid Al-Mohammadi, 14-Juma Al-Majid, 15-Ali Al-Slaiti,
5-Abdul Al-Ishaq, 17-Sultan Al-Kuwari, 7-Adel Khamis Mubarak, 10-Abdul Al-Shafi (88' 9-Walid Ibrahim),
11-Aziz Bujaloof, 12-Mahmoud Yaseen Soufi. Coach: David Mackay (Scotland)
Scorers: 0-1 21' Mubarak, 1-1 56' Takagi
Cautions: Iwamoto, Kitazawa, Z.Al-Kuwari, Soufi, Al-Mohammadi, Al-Slaiti, Bujaloof,
S.Al-Kuwari
Referee: Russamee Jindamai (Thailand)
Attendance: 11,056
Japan - Myanmar 5-0 (1-0) XII. Asian Games Hiroshima 1994, 1st Round Group D
(Hiroshima - Bingo Sports Park Athletics Stadium - 09.10.1994 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shinkichi Kikuchi (GK), 2-Yoshiro Moriyama, 3-Yoshihiro Natsuka, 4-Masami Ihara, 6-Masahiro Endo,
5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 7-Masakiyo Maezono, 8-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, 16-Masaaki Sawanobori,
11-Kazuyoshi Miura (77' 19-Takafumi Ogura), 18-Takuya Takagi (73' 10-Teruo Iwamoto).
Coach: Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil)
Myanmar (Red-Red-Red):
1-Soe Soe Aung (GK) (84' 18-Win Naim So (GK)), 4-Soe Myat Min, 5-Soe Ba Min, 12-Niyun Win,
13-Nue Thon, 16-Maun Maun Oo, 17-Tin Myo Aung, 6-Tin Min Aung, 8-Tan To Aung, 10-Myo Lain Win,
9-Win Aung (73' 11-So Mo Cho).
Scorers: 1-0 36' T.Hashiratani, 2-0 53' Takagi, 3-0 81' Iwamoto, 4-0 86' Kitazawa, 5-0 88' Takagi
Cautions: Soe Ba Min, Soe Myat Min
Expulsions: Soe Ba Min
Referee: Sardar Nadzhafaliev (Uzbekistan)
Attendance: 7,172
Japan - South Korea 2-3 (1-0) XII. Asian Games Hiroshima 1994, Quarter Final
(Hiroshima - Hiroshima Stadium - 11.10.1994 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shinkichi Kikuchi (GK), 2-Yoshiro Moriyama, 3-Yoshihiro Natsuka, 4-Masami Ihara, 16-Masaaki Sawanobori
(68' 10-Teruo Iwamoto), 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 6-Masahiro Endo, 7-Masakiyo Maezono, 8-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa,
11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 18-Takuya Takagi. Coach: Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil)
South Korea (White-Blue-White):
1-Sang-Gwang Cha (GK), 15-Sang-Cheol Yoo, 2-Cheol Kang, 19-Seok-Joo Ha, 4-Young-Il Choi, 17-Im-Saeng Lee,
20-Myung-Bo Hong (29' 7-Dae-Shik Choi), 6-Young-Jin Lee I (C), 16-Jung-Gook Han (83' 14-Nam-Yeol Park),
10-Jung-Woon Ko, 18-Seon-Hong Hwang. Coach: Anatoly Byshovets (Ukraina)
Scorers: 1-0 30' Miura, 1-1 51' Sang-Cheol Yoo, 1-2 77' Seon-Hong Hwang, 2-2 86' Ihara,
2-3 89' Seon-Hong Hwang PK
Cautions: 6' Kitazawa, 14' Seok-Joo Ha, 18' Young-Il Choi, 49' Hashiratani, 72' Dae-Shik Choi, 89' Natsuka
Referee: Abdalaziz Mohamed Al-Mulla (UAE)
Attendance: 9,752
Nigeria - Japan 3-0 (1-0) II. Intercontinental Cup 1995, 1st Round Group B
(Riyadh - King Fahad II International Stadium - 06.01.1995 - 20:20)
Nigeria (Green-Green-Green):
1-Peter Rufai (GK) (C), 2-Augustine Eguavoen, 3-Benedict Iroha, 20-Uche Okafor, 5-Uche Okechukwu,
18-Efangwu Ekoku (62' 10-Augustine Okocha), 8-Mutiu Adepoju, 13-Sunday Oliseh, 12-Samson Siasia
(83' 6-Momodu Mutari), 11-Emmanuel Amunike, 14-Daniel Amokachi. Coach: Johannes Bonfrere (Nederland)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 6-Yoshihiro Natsuka, 4-Masami Ihara,
3-Satoshi Tsunami, 7-Takumi Horiike, 15-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 8-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (72' 16-Masahiro Fukuda),
10-Ruy Ramos (H 14-Hiromitsu Isogai), 9-Toshihiro Yamaguchi, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura. Coach: Shu Kamo
Scorers: 1-0 4' Siasia, 2-0 54' Adepoju, 3-0 64' Amokachi
Cautions: Tsunami, M.Yamaguchi, Okocha
Referee: Ion Craciunescu (Romania)
Attendance: 25,000
Argentina - Japan 5-1 (2-0) II. Intercontinental Cup 1995, 1st Round Group B
(Riyadh - King Fahad II International Stadium - 08.01.1995 - 20:00)
Argentina (Sky Blue/White-Black-White):
1-Carlos Bossio (GK), 6-Nestor Fabbri, 4-Javier Zanetti, 2-Roberto Ayala (C), 3-Jose Antonio Chamot,
5-Hugo Perez, 8-Marcelo Escudero (55' 18-Gustavo Lopez), 20-Christian Bassedas, 7-Ariel Ortega
(67' 17-Marcelo Gallardo), 9-Gabriel Batistuta, 11-Sebastian Rambert. Coach: Daniel Alberto Passarella
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 6-Yoshihiro Natsuka, 4-Masami Ihara,
3-Satoshi Tsunami, 7-Takumi Horiike (60' 18-Hiroshige Yanagimoto), 15-Motohiro Yamaguchi,
16-Masahiro Fukuda, 14-Hiromitsu Isogai, 9-Toshihiro Yamaguchi (51' 8-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa),
11-Kazuyoshi Miura. Coach: Shu Kamo
Scorers: 1-0 31' Rambert, 2-0 44' Ortega, 3-0 46' Batistuta, 4-0 53' Chamot, 4-1 56' K.Miura,
5-1 85' Batistuta
Cautions: Tsumani, Rambert, Bassedas
Referee: Rodrigo Badilla Sequeira (Costa Rica)
Attendance: 10,000
Australia - Japan 2-1 (2-1) Friendly Match
(Sydney - Sydney Football Stadium - 15.02.1995 - 19:30)
Australia (Yellow-Yellow-Yellow):
1-Zeljko Kalac (GK), 2-Tony Vidmar, 12-Steve Horvat, 5-Alex Tobin (C), 14-Tony Popovic, 10-Stan Lazaridis,
8-Jason Polak, 17-Warren Spink, 15-Gabriel Mendez (59' 7-Damian Mori), 11-Steve Corica, 13-John Markovski.
Coach: Eddie Thompson (Scotland)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK) (60' 12-Shinkichi Kikuchi (GK)), 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 4-Masami Ihara,
18-Hiroshige Yanagimoto, 17-Tadashi Nakamura (H 7-Akira Narahashi), 6-Hajime Moriyasu (75' 10-Toshiya Fujita),
15-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 16-Masahiro Fukuda (H 8-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa), 11-Masakiyo Maezono, 9-Yoshiyuki Hasegawa,
13-Kenta Hasegawa (75' 19-Hisashi Kurosaki). Coach: Shu Kamo
Scorers: 1-0 6' Markovski, 1-1 17' K.Hasegawa, 2-1 41' Corica
Cautions: -
Referee: Richard Lorenc (Australia)
Attendance: 4,541
Hong Kong - Japan 0-3 (0-1) III. Marlboro Dynasty Cup 1995, Group Stage
(Hong Kong - Hong Kong Stadium - 19.02.1995 - 15:00)
Hong Kong (White-White-White):
1-Patrick Kooistra (GK), 3-Kin Wai Yau, 4-Kai Wah Loh, 5-Chi Keung Chan, 13-Wai Man Lee, 16-Kwok Pui Shum,
6-Ross Greer, 12-Leslie Santos (70' 8-Siu Wai Tam), 11-Kin Wo Lee, 9-Dale Tempest, 7-Timothy Bredbury
(76' 10-Wai Man Au). Coach: Ka Ming Kwak
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 3-Satoshi Tsunami, 4-Masami Ihara, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C),
18-Hiroshige Yanagimoto, 6-Hajime Moriyasu, 15-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 11-Masakiyo Maezono,
8-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, 9-Yoshiyuki Hasegawa, 19-Hisashi Kurosaki (78' 16-Masahiro Fukuda).
Coach: Shu Kamo
Scorers: 0-1 42' Kurosaki, 0-2 70' T.Hashiratani, 0-3 78' Kurosaki
Cautions: 50' Kin Wai Yau, 72' T.Hashiratani, 79' Tempest
Referee: Russamee Jindamai (Thailand)
Attendance:
Note: FIFA didn't count this match as a full international because Hong Kong used some foreign players.
South Korea - Japan 1-1 (0-0) III. Marlboro Dynasty Cup 1995, Group Stage
(Hong Kong - Hong Kong Stadium - 21.02.1995 - 18:00)
South Korea (White-Blue-White):
1-Dong-Myung Seo (GK), 5-Sang-Cheol Yoo, 15-Jong-Hwa Cho, 14-Sang-Hoon Kim, 3-Sung-Yong Choi,
2-Choong-Kyun Park, 20-Woo-Young Lee, 16-Yoon-Yeol Choi, 11-Jung-Woon Ko (C), 10-Yong-Soo Choi,
9-Sung-Yong Woo. Coach: Anatoly Byshovets (Ukraina)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 18-Hiroshige Yanagimoto, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 4-Masami Ihara,
3-Satoshi Tsunami, 11-Masakiyo Maezono, 15-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 8-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa,
6-Hajime Moriyasu, 19-Hisashi Kurosaki (79' 16-Masahiro Fukuda), 9-Yoshiyuki Hasegawa.
Coach: Shu Kamo
Scorers: 0-1 47' Kurosaki, 1-1 67' Woo-Young Lee
Cautions: 16' Choong-Kyun Park, 20' Maezono, 27' Sang-Hoon Kim, 75' Sung-Yong Choi
Referee: Nik Ahmad Yaakub (Malaysia)
Attendance: 15,000
Japan - China 2-1 (2-0) III. Marlboro Dynasty Cup 1995, Group Stage
(Hong Kong - Mongkok Stadium - 23.02.1995 - 15:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 17-Tadashi Nakamura, 18-Hiroshige Yanagimoto, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C),
4-Masami Ihara, 6-Hajime Moriyasu, 15-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 11-Masakiyo Maezono, 10-Toshiya Fujita,
13-Kenta Hasegawa, 19-Hisashi Kurosaki. Coach: Shu Kamo
China (White-White-White):
1-Chuliang Ou (GK), 5-Ming Li, 2-Qi Zhu, 26-Bing Li, 3-Jian Xiao, 6-Yue Liu, 9-Si Shen, 16-Yi Pan
(33' 15-Ning Zhou), 11-Yi Zhuang (H 25-Feng Gao), 23-Haidong Hao, 12-Chen Yang. Coach: Wusheng Qi
Scorers: 1-0 15' Fujita, 2-0 21' Kurosaki, 2-1 50' Feng Gao
Cautions: 27' Jian Xiao, 39' Fujita, 70' Maezono, 72' K.Hasegawa
Referee: Nimal Wickeramatunge (Sri Lanka)
Attendance: 3,417
Japan - South Korea 2-2 (1-1,2-2) a.e.t. 5-3 on penalties
III. Marlboro Dynasty Cup 1995, Final
(Hong Kong - Hong Kong Stadium - 26.02.1995 - 15:45)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Shigetetsu Matsunaga (GK), 7-Akira Narahashi (89' Tadashi Nakamura), 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C),
4-Masami Ihara, 18-Hiroshige Yanagimoto, 13-Kenta Hasegawa, 15-Motohiro Yamaguchi,
8-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, 6-Hajime Moriyasu, 16-Masahiro Fukuda, 19-Hisashi Kurosaki
(95' 9-Yoshiyuki Hasegawa). Coach: Shu Kamo
South Korea (White-Blue-White):
1-Dong-Myung Seo (GK), 5-Sang-Cheol Yoo, 4-Min-Sung Lee, 15-Jong-Hwa Cho, 6-Ki-Hyung Lee,
2-Choong-Kyun Park (H 3-Sung-Yong Choi), 14-Sang-Hoon Kim (91' 8-Jung-Hwan Yoon),
16-Yoon-Yeol Choi, 20-Woo-Young Lee, 9-Sung-Yong Woo, 10-Yong-Soo Choi (C).
Coach: Anatoly Byshovets (Ukraina)
Scorers: 1-0 2' Fukuda, 1-1 26' Ki-Hyung Lee, 2-1 86' Yamaguchi, 2-2 90' Ki-Hyung Lee
Penalties: 1-0 Hashiratani, 1-1 Sang-Cheol Yoo, 2-1 Kitazawa, 2-1 Yong-Soo Choi (missed), 3-1 Fukuda,
3-2 Ki-Hyung Lee, 4-2 Moriyasu, 4-3 Sung-Yong Choi, 5-3 Ihara
Cautions: 76' T.Hashiratani, 111' Min-Sung Lee
Referee: Mohamed Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)
Attendance: 25,364
Japan - Scotland 0-0 (0-0) XVI. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 1995, Group Stage
(Hiroshima - Big Arch Stadium - 21.05.1995 - 12:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Kazuya Maekawa (GK), 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 4-Masami Ihara, 17-Norio Omura, 2-Akira Narahashi,
3-Hiroshige Yanagimoto, 10-Ruy Ramos (51' 16-Masahiro Fukuda), 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura,
14-Masashi Nakayama, 15-Hiroaki Morishima (81' 8-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa). Coach: Shu Kamo
Scotland (Navy-Navy-Navy):
1-James Leighton (GK) (C), 2-Alan McLaren, 3-Robert McKinnon, 4-Brian Martin, 5-Colin Calderwood
(79' 13-Derek Whyte), 7-Paul Lambert (37' 14-John Robertson), 8-William McKinlay, 9-John Spencer,
10-Scott Gemmill (75' 6-Paul Bernard), 11-Darren Jackson, 16-Craig Burley. Coach: Craig Brown
Scorers: -
Cautions: 5' McLaren, 17' K.Miura, 28' Spencer, 29' Ramos, 51' Burley, 55' Omura,
84' Robertson
Expulsions: 34' Spencer, 88' Omura
Referee: Armando Perez Hoyos (Colombia)
Attendance: 24,566
Japan - Ecuador 3-0 (1-0) XVI. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 1995, Group Stage
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 28.05.1995 - 15:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Kazuya Maekawa (GK), 2-Akira Narahashi, 4-Masami Ihara, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 20-Naoki Soma
(85' 12-Katsuo Kanda), 8-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (79' 16-Masahiro Fukuda), 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi,
19-Kazuaki Tasaka, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 14-Masashi Nakayama (14' 9-Hisashi Kurosaki),
15-Hiroaki Morishima. Coach: Shu Kamo
Ecuador (Yellow-Blue-Red):
1-Jose Cevallos (GK), 2-Raul Noriega (68' 6-Nixon Carcelen), 4-Ivan Hurtado, 3-Juan Guaman
(H 14-Ulises de la Cruz), 5-Jose Luis Capurro (C), 15-Maximo Tenorio, 8-Enrique Verduga,
7-Juan Carlos Garay, 16-Jose Mora (H 10-Hjalmar Zambrano), 9-Eduardo Hurtado, 18-Agustin Delgado.
Coach: Francisco Marutana (Colombia)
Scorers: 1-0 36' Nakayama, 2-0 46' K.Miura PK, 3-0 53' K.Miura PK
Cautions: 11' M.Yamaguchi, 23' T.Hashiratani, 28' Guaman, 29' Tenorio, 44' Capurro,
52' Noriega, 77' Delgado
Referee: Lutz Michael Frolich (Germany)
Attendance: 53,438
England - Japan 2-1 (0-0) Stanley Rous/Umbro Cup, Group Stage
(London - Wembley Stadium - 03.06.1995 - 14:00)
England (White-Navy-White):
1-Tim Flowers (GK), 12-Gary Neville, 5-John Scales, 15-David Unsworth, 14-Stuart Pearce, 4-David Batty
(68' 17-Steve McManaman), 11-Darren Anderton, 8-Peter Beardsley (68' 19-Paul Gascoigne), 7-David Platt (C),
9-Alan Shearer, 6-Stan Collymore (76' 22-Teddy Sheringham). Coach: Terry Venables
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
13-Kazuya Maekawa (GK), 19-Kazuaki Tasaka, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 4-Masami Ihara, 2-Akira Narahashi,
6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 20-Naoki Soma (74' 3-Hiroshige Yanagimoto), 15-Hiroaki Morishima (81' 16-Masahiro Fukuda),
8-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 14-Masashi Nakayama (65' 9-Hisashi Kurosaki). Coach: Shu Kamo
Scorers: 1-0 49' Anderton, 1-1 62' Ihara, 2-1 86' Platt PK
Cautions: Beardsley
Expulsions: 86' T.Hashiratani
Referee: Jaap Uilenberg (Nederland)
Attendance: 21,142
Japan - Brazil 0-3 (0-1) Stanley Rous/Umbro Cup, Group Stage
(Liverpool - Goodison Park - 06.06.1995 - 20:15)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Nobuyuki Kojima (GK), 17-Norio Omura, 4-Masami Ihara, 19-Kazuaki Tasaka (80' 7-Hajime Moriyasu),
2-Akira Narahashi, 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 20-Naoki Soma, 15-Hiroaki Morishima (66' 9-Hisashi Kurosaki),
8-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 14-Masashi Nakayama (H 16-Masahiro Fukuda). Coach: Shu Kamo
Brazil (Yellow-Blue-White):
1-Zetti (GK), 2-Jorge Jorginho, 3-Nascimento Aldair, 15-Marcio Santos, 6-Roberto Carlos, 17-Doriva Junior,
8-Carlos Dunga (C), 10-Juninho Paulista, (60' 19-Leonardo de Araujo), 11-Cesar Crizam Zinho
(72' 20-Victor Rivaldo), 9-Luiz Nazario Ronaldo, 7-Edmundo Alvez Souza. Coach: Mario Zagallo
Scorers: 0-1 6' Roberto Carlos, 0-2 51' Zinho, 0-3 63' Zinho
Cautions: -
Referee: James McCluskey (Scotland)
Attendance: 29,327
Sweden - Japan 2-2 (0-1) Stanley Rous/Umbro Cup, Group Stage
(Nottingham - City Ground - 10.06.1995 - 14:00)
Sweden (Yellow-Blue-Yellow):
1-Thomas Ravelli (GK), 2-Gary Sundgren, 15-Teddy Lucic, 4-Joachim Bjorklund, 14-Pontus Kamark,
16-Niclas Alexandersson, 7-Peter Wibran, 18-Ola Andersson, 19-Niklas Gudmundsson (73' 13-Mikael Nilsson),
17-Henrik Larsson, 11-Kennet Andersson. Coach: Tommy Svensson
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
22-Kenichi Shimokawa (GK), 17-Norio Omura, 4-Masami Ihara, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 2-Akira Narahashi
(84' 3-Hiroshige Yanagimoto), 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 20-Naoki Soma, 18-Toshiya Fujita (71' 7-Hajime Moriyasu),
8-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (80' 16-Masahiro Fukuda), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 9-Hisashi Kurosaki. Coach: Shu Kamo
Scorers: 0-1 8' Fujita, 1-1 52' K.Andersson, 2-1 68' K.Andersson, 2-2 79' Kurosaki
Cautions: -
Referee: Angelo Amendolia (Italy)
Attendance: 5,591
Japan - Costa Rica 3-0 (1-0) Friendly Match
(Kyoto - Nishi-Kyogoku Stadium - 06.08.1995 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Nobuyuki Kojima (GK), 13-Kentaro Hayashi, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 4-Masami Ihara, 3-Hiroshige Yanagimoto
(82' 2-Akira Narahashi), 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 12-Naoki Soma, 15-Hiroaki Morishima (76' 7-Toshiya Fujita),
14-Hiroshi Nanami (63' 8-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa), 9-Hisashi Kurosaki (H 16-Masahiro Fukuda), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura
(68' 18-Koji Noguchi). Coach: Shu Kamo
Costa Rica (Red-White-White):
1-Erick Lonnis (GK), 3-Alexander Madrigal (H 6-Wilmer Lopez), 20-Mauricio Montero, 4-Ronald Gonzalez (C),
17-Luis Arnaez (H 12-Carlos Ulate), 5-Mauricio Solis, 8-Benjamin Mayorga (H 14-Oscar Ramirez),
13-Edgar Navarrete, 15-Wilmer Arguedas (61' 11-Frander Segura), 7-M.Meyers (70' 10-Parlen Llama),
9-Roy Meyers. Coach: Torbio Rojas Gamboa
Scorers: 1-0 44' Nanami, 2-0 65' Fukuda, 3-0 74' Kitazawa
Cautions: -
Referee: Mohamed Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)
Attendance: 20,429
Japan - Brazil 1-5 (0-2) Friendly Match (Japan-Brazil Commission 100th Anniversary)
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 09.08.1995 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Nobuyuki Kojima (GK), 13-Kentaro Hayashi, 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 4-Masami Ihara, 3-Hiroshige Yanagimoto,
6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 12-Naoki Soma, 15-Hiroaki Morishima (72' 8-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa), 10-Ruy Ramos,
16-Masahiro Fukuda (61' 9-Hisashi Kurosaki), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura. Coach: Shu Kamo
Brazil (Yellow-Blue-White):
1-Gilmar Rinaldi (GK), 2-Jorge Jorginho (87' 13-Bruno Carvalho), 3-Andre' Cruz, 4-Jesus Ronaldao
(75' 15-Narsico Santos), 6-Rodrigo Chagas, 8-Carlos Dunga (C), 5-Cesar Sampaio, 10-Leonardo de Araujo
(75' 20-Juninho Paulista), 11-Cesar Crizam Zinho, 9-Giovanni (75' 22-Savio Pimental), 7-Edmundo Alvez Souza.
Coach: Mario Zagallo
Scorers: 0-1 20' Fukuda OG, 0-2 23' Edmundo, 1-2 48' Fukuda, 1-3 59' Leonardo, 1-4 71' Sampaio,
1-5 89' Savio
Cautions: -
Referee: Zoran Petrovic (Yugoslavia)
Attendance: 53,605
Japan - Paraguay 1-2 (1-1) Friendly Match (Adidas Challenge)
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 20.09.1995 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Kazuya Maekawa (GK), 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 4-Masami Ihara, 17-Norio Omura, 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi,
12-Naoki Soma, 2-Akira Narahashi (74' 7-Kentaro Sawada), 8-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (67' 13-Masayuki Okano),
10-Masakiyo Maezono, 16-Masahiro Fukuda (81' 9-Shoji Jo), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura (67' 15-Hiroaki Morishima).
Coach: Shu Kamo
Paraguay (White/Red-Blue-White):
1-Danilo Aceval (GK), 2-Nestor Isasi (H 13-Luis Romero), 3-Jorge Alcaraz, 4-Juan Villamayor,
5-Pedro Sarabia, 6-Julio Cesar Enciso, 8-Nery Ortiz, 10-Virgilio Ferreira, 7-Marcial Garay
(89' 9-David Gomez), 11-Jorge Luis Campos, 16-Carlos Villagura (H 15-Walter Aros).
Coach: Ladislao Kubala (Spain)
Scorers: 1-0 23' K.Miura, 1-1 33' Isasi, 1-2 89' Ferreira
Cautions: 75' T.Hashiratani
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)
Attendance: 22,544
Japan - Saudi Arabia 2-1 (1-0) Friendly Match (Adidas Challenge)
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 24.10.1995 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Kazuya Maekawa (GK), 4-Masami Ihara, 2-Yutaka Akita, 3-Hiroshige Yanagimoto, 12-Naoki Soma
(81'18-Masaharu Suzuki), 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C), 15-Hiroaki Morishima (77' 10-Toshiya Fujita),
14-Hiroshi Nanami (88' 19-Kazuaki Tasaka), 17-Yasuto Honda, 16-Masahiro Fukuda (75' 9-Masayuki Okano),
11-Kazuyoshi Miura. Coach: Shu Kamo
Saudi Arabia (White-Green-White):
1-Mohammed Al-Deayea (GK), 2-Mohammed Al-Jahani (74' 16-Abdu Sabyani), 3-Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi,
5-Ahmed Madani, 12-Ahmed Essa, 6-Fuadh Amin (C), 10-Saeed Owairan (75' 18-Mishal Al-Turki),
17-Obied Al-Dossary (60' 20-Hamzah Saleh), 8-Khalid Al-Temawi, 9-Sami Al-Jaber, 11-Fahad Mehallel
(66' 7-Fahad Al-Ghesheyan). Coach: Jose Mario (Brazil)
Scorers: 1-0 27' Nanami, 2-0 54' K.Miura, 2-1 89' Al-Turki
Cautions: 52' Amin, 56' Mehallel, 68' Al-Temawi, 76' T.Hashiratani,
Referee: Zoran Petrovic (Yugoslavia)
Attendance: 37,576
Japan - Saudi Arabia 2-1 (0-0) Friendly Match (Adidas Challenge)
(Matsuyama - Ehime Sports Complex Athletics Stadium - 28.10.1995 - 13:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Shinkichi Kikuchi (GK), 3-Hiroshige Yanagimoto (H 7-Kentaro Sawada), 5-Tetsuji Hashiratani (C),
4-Masami Ihara, 2-Yutaka Akita, 17-Yasuto Honda, 12-Naoki Soma, 10-Toshiya Fujita, 15-Hiroaki Morishima,
16-Masahiro Fukuda (73' 9-Masayuki Okano), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura. Coach: Shu Kamo
Saudi Arabia (White-Green-White):
1-Mohammed Al-Deayea (GK), 3-Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi, 5-Ahmed Madani, 12-Ahmed Essa, 16-Abdu Sabyani
(89' 13-Jamal Al-Ruwaishid), 15-Saleh Al-Dawod, 6-Fuadh Amin (C), 8-Khalid Al-Temawi (83' 20-Hamzah Saleh),
9-Sami Al-Jaber (80' 18-Mishal Al-Turki), 10-Saeed Owairan (83' 19-Saleh Al-Kamber), 11-Fahad Mehallel
(H 7-Fahad Al-Ghesheyan). Coach: Jose Mario (Brazil)
Scorers: 0-1 53' Al-Jaber, 1-1 82' K.Miura, 2-1 85' Akita
Cautions: 23' Al-Khilaiwi, 36' Mehallel, 51' Akita, 70' Essa, 89' K.Miura
Referee: Armando Perez Hoyos (Colombia)
Attendance: 16,085
Australia - Japan 1-4 (0-1) Friendly Match
(Wollongong - Brandon Park - 10.02.1996 - 20:00)
Australia (Yellow-Yellow-Yellow):
1-Frank Juric (GK), 17-Matthew Bingley, 13-Robbie Hooker, 4-Milan Ivanovic (70' 2-Jason Polak),
3-Tony Popovic, 5-Alex Tobin, 6-Paul Wade (C), 8-Milan Blagojevic, 7-Damian Mori, 12-John Markovski
(H 19-Francis Awaritefe), 15-Paul Trimboli (70' 16-Goran Lozanovski). Coach: Eddie Thompson (Scotland)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Kazuya Maekawa (GK), 3-Hiroshige Yanagimoto (H 23-Tadashi Nakamura (70' 21-Kentaro Sawada)),
17-Norio Omura, 4-Masami Ihara (C), 12-Naoki Soma, 8-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi
(H 22-Yasuto Honda), 7-Hajime Moriasu, 14-Hiroshi Nanami (81' 15-Hiroaki Morishima),
24-Masayuki Okano, 10-Takuya Takagi. Coach: Shu Kamo
Scorers: 0-1 35' M.Yamaguchi, 0-2 60' Takagi, 0-3 85' Takagi, 1-3 87' Awaritefe, 1-4 89' Moriyasu
Cautions: 23' Bingley, 25' M.Yamaguchi, 34' Ihara, 43' Blagojevic, 45' Markovski, 51' Okano,
64' Awaritefe, 77' Lozanovski,
Expulsions: 47' Blagojevic
Referee: Brett Hugo (Australia)
Attendance: 8,396
Australia - Japan 3-0 (1-0) Friendly Match
(Melbourne - Lakeside Stadium - 14.02.1996 - 19:30)
Australia (Yellow-Yellow-Yellow):
18-Jason Petkovic (GK), 16-Goran Lozanovski, 13-Robbie Hooker (88' 14-Dominic Longo), 4-Milan Ivanovic,
3-Tony Popovic, 5-Alex Tobin, 6-Paul Wade (C) (67' 17-Matthew Bingley), 2-Jason Polak, 7-Damian Mori
(73' 10-Kevin Muscat), 11-Joe Spiteri, 9-Warren Spink (29' 15-Paul Trimboli).
Coach: Eddie Thompson (Scotland)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Kazuya Maekawa (GK), 4-Masami Ihara (C), 17-Norio Omura, 18-Masaharu Suzuki (H 12-Naoki Soma),
21-Kentaro Sawada (H 3-Hiroshige Yamagimoto), 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 7-Hajime Moriasu (65' 22-Yasuto Honda),
8-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, 14-Hiroshi Nanami (74' 24-Masayuki Okano), 10-Takuya Takagi, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura.
Coach: Shu Kamo
Scorers: 1-0 15' Mori, 2-0 70' Spiteri, 3-0 74' Bingley
Cautions: 50' Ihara, 53' Moriyasu, 80' Honda
Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)
Attendance: 4,397
Japan - Poland 5-0 (3-0) X. Carlsberg Cup 1996, Semi Final
(Hong Kong - Hong Kong Stadium - 19.02.1996 - 15:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
19-Nobuyuki Kojima (GK), 4-Masami Ihara (C), 3-Hiroshige Yanagimoto (82' 2-Yutaka Akita), 17-Norio Omura,
12-Naoki Soma, 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 7-Hajime Moriyasu (13' 22-Yasuto Honda), 14-Hiroshi Nanami,
8-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (69' 15-Hiroaki Morishima), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 10-Takuya Takagi. Coach: Shu Kamo
Poland (White-Red-White):
1-Andrzej Wozniak (GK), 2-Waldemar Jaskulski, 3-Tomasz Lapinski (H 8-Dariusz Gesior), 5-Pawel Wojtala,
4-Kazimierz Wegrzyn, 7-Zbigniew Wyciszkiewicz, 9-Sylwester Czereszewski, 15-Grzegorz Kaliciak
(53' 16-Mariusz Srutwa), 17-Pawel Skrzypek (85' 11-Olgierd Moskalewicz), 10-Ryszard Czerwiec,
6-Marek Citko. Coach: Antonie Piechniczek
Scorers: 1-0 29' M.Yamaguchi, 2-0 31' Takagi, 3-0 40' Omura, 4-0 61' K.Miura, 5-0 75' Takagi
Cautions: 22' Honda, 24' Jaskulski, 75' Takagi
Referee: Esfandiar Bhmarmast (USA)
Attendance: 27,456
Sweden - Japan 1-1 (0-0,1-1) a.e.t. 5-4 on penalties
X. Carlsberg Cup 1996, Final
(Hong Kong - Hong Kong Stadium - 22.02.1996 - 20:15)
Sweden (Yellow-Blue-Yellow):
1-Thomas Ravelli (GK), 2-Roland Nilsson (C), 3-Teddy Lucic, 14-Magnus Erlingmark, 5-Christian Karlsson,
13-Mikael Nilsson, 15-Magnus Svensson, 9-Niclas Alexandersson, 8-Hakan Mild, 18-Mattias Jonsson
(79' 6-Sebastian Henriksson), 20-Dan Sahlin (H 19-Martin Pringle (103' 7-Stefan Landberg)).
Coach: Tommy Svensson
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Kazuya Maekawa (GK), 4-Masami Ihara (C), 17-Norio Omura, 3-Hiroshige Yanagimoto, 12-Naoki Soma,
22-Yasuto Honda, 8-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (57' 15-Hiroaki Morishima (114' 24-Masayuki Okano)),
6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 14-Hiroshi Nanami, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 10-Takuya Takagi. Coach: Shu Kamo
Scorers: 1-0 52' Pringle, 1-1 65' Omura
Penalties: 0-1 Miura, 1-1 Landberg, 1-2 Soma, 2-2 Karlsson, 2-2 Takagi (post), 3-2 R.Nilsson,
3-3 Honda, 4-3 M.Nilsson, 4-4 Ihara, 5-4 Alexandersson
Cautions: 32' Yanagimoto, 89' Mild, 102' Omura
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
Attendance: 31,932
Japan - Yugoslavia 1-0 (0-0) XVII. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 1996, Group Stage
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 26.05.1996 - 14:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
19-Kenichi Shimokawa (GK), 2-Hiroshige Yanagimoto, 4-Masami Ihara (C), 5-Norio Omura, 3-Naoki Soma,
15-Hiroaki Morishima (88' 12-Tadashi Nakamura), 7-Yasuto Honda (59' 16-Masaki Tsuchihashi),
6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 17-Yoshiyuki Hasegawa (72' 14-Masayuki Okano), 10-Hiroshi Nanami,
11-Kazuyoshi Miura. Coach: Shu Kamo
Yugoslavia (White-White-White):
12-Aleksandar Kocic (GK), 2-Zoran Mirkovic, 3-Goran Djorovic, 5-Goran Saula (23' 16-Darko Kovacevic),
6-Nisa Saveljic, 11-Sinisa Mihajlovic, 7-Alber Nadj (82' 14-Dejan Stefanovic), 18-Vladimir Jugovic,
10-Dragan Stojkovic (C), 8-Dejan Savicevic, 9-Savo Milosevic (72' 4-Sasa Curcic).
Coach: Slobodan Santrac
Scorers: 1-0 62' K.Miura
Cautions: 44' Jugovic, 75' Nadj, 84' Kovacevic
Referee: Young-Joo Kim (South Korea)
Attendance: 50,632
Japan - Mexico 3-2 (1-2) XVII. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 1996, Group Stage
(Fukuoka - Hakadanomori Stadium - 29.05.1996 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
19-Kenichi Shimokawa (GK), 2-Hiroshige Yanagimoto, 4-Masami Ihara (C), 5-Norio Omura, 3-Naoki Soma,
7-Yasuto Honda, 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 10-Hiroshi Nanami (74' 12-Tadashi Nakamura), 15-Hiroaki Morishima
(87' 8-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa), 17-Yoshiyuki Hasegawa (35' 18-Hisashi Kurosaki), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura.
Coach: Shu Kamo
Mexico (Green-White-White):
1-Jorge Campos (GK), 2-Claudio Suarez, 3-Octavio Becerril, 4-Raul Gutierrez, 15-Francisco Gomez,
16-Alberto Coyote (61' 6-Markus Lopez), 14-Joaquin Del Olmo, 7-Ramon Ramirez, 17-David Patino
(58' 11-Luis Hernandez), 10-Luis Garcia, 9-Ricardo Pelaez. Coach: Velibor Milutinovic (Yugoslavia)
Scorers: 0-1 5' Del Olmo, 0-2 16' Pelaez, 1-2 35' Morishima, 2-2 46' K.Miura,
3-2 82' Soma
Cautions: 44' Luis Garcia, 65' Honda, 78' Del Olmo, 84' Ramirez
Referee: Nik Ahmad Yaakub (Malaysia)
Attendance: 17,432
Japan - Uruguay 5-3 (3-1) Friendly Match
(Osaka - Nagai Stadium - 25.08.1996 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Kazuya Maekawa (GK), 2-Hiroshige Yanagimoto, 3-Naoki Soma, 4-Masami Ihara (C), 5-Norio Omura
(61' 16-Toshihide Saito), 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi (73' 7-Yasuto Honda), 15-Hiroaki Morishima,
10-Hiroshi Nanami, 8-Masakiyo Maezono, 9-Takuya Takagi (H 18-Hisashi Kurosaki), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura
(73' 14-Masayuki Okano). Coach: Shu Kamo
Uruguay (White-White-White):
1-Roberto Siboldi (GK), 4-Pablo Hernandez, 3-Jorge Goncalves (H 16-Nelson Oliveira), 2-Fernando Picun,
6-Tabare Silva (74' 14-Marco Vanzini), 7-Marcelo Romero, 5-Gonzalo de los Santos, 8-Luis Jonne
(H 15-Rodrigo Lemos), 11-Javier Delgado (H 13-Sebastian Abreu), 10-Alvaro Recoba, 9-Juan Gonzalez.
Coach: Hector Nunez
Scorers: 1-0 15' Maezono, 1-1 23' Recoba, 2-1 26' K.Miura, 3-1 42' Takagi, 4-1 68' K.Miura, 4-2 73' Abreu,
4-3 77' Recoba, 5-3 84' Okano
Cautions: 35' Delgado, 62' Oliveira, 63' Silva, 65' T.Saito, 85' Honda
Referee: Russamee Jindamai (Thailand)
Attendance: 40,876
Japan - Uzbekistan 1-0 (0-0) Friendly Match (JFA 75th Anniversary)
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 11.09.1996 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
19-Kenichi Shimokawa (GK), 2-Hiroshige Yanagimoto (H 12-Tadashi Nakamura), 4-Masami Ihara (C),
3-Naoki Soma (H 13-Toshihiro Hattori), 5-Norio Omura, 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 15-Hiroaki Morishima,
10-Hiroshi Nanami, 8-Masakiyo Maezono (69' 7-Yasuto Honda), 9-Takuya Takagi (H 14-Masayuki Okano),
11-Kazuyoshi Miura. Coach: Shu Kamo
Uzbekistan (Green-Green-Green):
1-Pavel Bugalo (GK), 18-Saidulla Tursunov (H 14-Ulugbek Ruzimov), 4-Farkhad Magametov (C),
3-Andrei Zakharov, 5-Eduard Momotov, 6-Ilkhom Sharipov (77' 2-Fevzi Davletov), 9-Stepen Atayan,
7-Numon Khasanov (H 17-Farid Khabibullin), 8-Sergei Lebedev, 10-Igor Shkvyrin (63' 13-Dilmurod Nazarov),
11-Oleg Shatskikh. Coach: Bakhtier Ibrakhimov
Scorers: 1-0 6' M.Yamaguchi
Cautions: 76' Magametov
Referee: Gwang-Taek Kim (South Korea)
Attendance: 44,843
Japan - Tunisia 1-0 (1-0) Friendly Match (Puma Cup Soccer)
(Kobe - Universiad Memorial Stadium - 13.10.1996 - 14:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Kazuya Maekawa (GK), 2-Hiroshige Yanagimoto, 3-Naoki Soma (82' 21-Ryuji Michiki), 4-Masami Ihara (C),
16-Toshihide Saito, 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 15-Hiroaki Morishima, 8-Masakiyo Maezono (67' 7-Yasuto Honda),
10-Hiroshi Nanami (76' 22-Naoki Sakai), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura (76' 23-Shoji Jo), 14-Masayuki Okano
(H 9-Takuya Takagi). Coach: Shu Kamo
Tunisia (Red-Red-Red):
1-Boubaker Zitouni (GK), 2-Tarek Thabet, 3-Hakim Nouira, 4-Ben Ali Mehrez, 15-Moktmar Trabelsi,
6-Maher Zdiri, 7-Faouzi Rouissi (68' 9-Belhassen Aloui), 8-Jameleddine Limam, 17-Sghaier Salouiane,
11-Koubi Nabil, 10-Kriden Makram (77' 12-Lassaad Hanini). Coach: Henryk Kasperczak (Poland)
Scorers: 1-0 17' Maezono
Cautions: 39' Zitouni, 66' Ihara, 85' Hanini
Referee: Nik Ahmad Yaakub (Malaysia)
Attendance: 30,824
Japan - Syria 2-1 (0-1) XI. Asian Cup U.A.E. 1996, Final Phase, 1st Round Group C
(Al-Ain - Tahnoon Bin-Mohammed Stadium - 06.12.1996 - 16:45)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
19-Kenichi Shimokawa (GK), 2-Hiroshige Yanagimoto, 3-Naoki Soma, 4-Masami Ihara (C), 5-Norio Omura,
6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 8-Masakiyo Maezono (71' 7-Yasuto Honda), 9-Takuya Takagi, 10-Hiroshi Nanami,
11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 15-Hiroaki Morishima (70' 14-Masayuki Okano). Coach: Shu Kamo
Syria (Red-Red-Red):
24-Salem Bitar (GK), 3-Bachar Srour, 4-Hassan Abbas, 5-Tarek Jabban, 6-Ammar Awad (69' 9-Louay Taleb),
8-Nihad Al-Boushi, 10-Mohammed Nasrallah Afash (C), 13-Abdul Latif Helou (H 17-Ammar Rihawiy),
12-Ali Chekh Dib, 14-Khaled Zaher, 16-Nader Jokhadar. Coach: Yury Kornin (Belarus)
Scorers: 0-1 7' Jokhadar, 1-1 84' Jabban OG, 2-1 87' Takagi
Cautions: 1' Afash
Referee: Mohamed Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)
Attendance: 10,000
Japan - Uzbekistan 4-0 (2-0) XI. Asian Cup U.A.E. 1996, Final Phase, 1st Round Group C
(Al-Ain - Tahnoon Bin-Mohammed Stadium - 09.12.1996 - 16:45)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
19-Kenichi Shimokawa (GK), 2-Hiroshige Yanagimoto, 3-Naoki Soma, 4-Masami Ihara (C), 5-Norio Omura,
6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 8-Masakiyo Maezono, 9-Takuya Takagi (75' 14-Masayuki Okano), 10-Hiroshi Nanami,
11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 15-Hiroaki Morishima (73' 7-Yasuto Honda). Coach: Shu Kamo
Uzbekistan (Green-Green-Green):
1-Pavel Bugalo (GK), 2-Fevzi Davletov (H 20-Dilmurod Nazarov), 4-Farkhad Magametov (C), 5-Eduard Momotov
(67' 14-Nikolay Shirshov), 6-Ilkhom Sharipov, 7-Stepan Atayan, 8-Sergei Lebedev, 9-Ravshan Bazarov,
10-Igor Shkvyrin, 16-Gennady Denisov, 17-Numon Khasanov (67' 19-Azamat Abduraimov).
Coach: Bakhtier Ibrakhimov
Scorers: 1-0 7' Nanami, 2-0 37' K.Miura, 3-0 87' Maezono, 4-0 88' Maezono
Cautions: 18' Bazarov, 60' Khasanov
Referee: Jalal Moridi (Iran)
Attendance: 3,000
Japan - China 1-0 (0-0) XI. Asian Cup U.A.E. 1996, Final Phase, 1st Round Group C
(Al-Ain - Tahnoon Bin-Mohammed Stadium - 12.12.1996 - 16:45)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
19-Kenichi Shimokawa (GK), 2-Hiroshige Yanagimoto (78' 17-Yutaka Akita), 3-Naoki Soma, 4-Masami Ihara (C),
5-Norio Omura, 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 7-Yasuto Honda, 8-Masakiyo Maezono, 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura,
14-Masayuki Okano (H 18-Shoji Jo). Coach: Shu Kamo
China (White-White-White):
20-Chuliang Ou (GK), 3-Qun Wei, 4-Enhua Zhang, 5-Hong Xu (C), 6-Zhiyi Fan, 21-Yue Liu, 13-Jihai Sun,
11-Weiguo Peng (58' 14-Feng Jiang), 8-Mingyu Ma, 10-Bing Li, 7-Haidong Hao (52' 17-Feng Gao).
Coach: Wusheng Qi
Scorers: 1-0 90' Soma
Cautions: 7' Qun Wei, 71' Jihai Sun, 89' Shimokawa
Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)
Attendance: 25,000
Japan - Kuwait 0-2 (0-1) XI. Asian Cup U.A.E. 1996, Final Phase, Quarter Final
(Al-Ain - Tahnoon Bin-Mohammed Stadium - 15.12.1996 - 19:35)
Japan (White-white-White):
19-Kenichi Shimokawa (GK), 2-Hiroshige Yanagimoto (80' 18-Shoji Jo), 3-Naoki Soma, 4-Masami Ihara (C),
5-Norio Omura, 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 7-Yasuto Honda (66' 14-Masayuki Okano), 8-Masakiyo Maezono,
9-Takuya Takagi, 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura. Coach: Shu Kamo
Kuwait (Blue-White-Blue):
21-Falah Al-Majidi, 2-Osama Abdullah, 3-Jamal Abdulrahman, 4-Yousif Al-Dakhi, 5-Mohammad Al-Khaledi,
7-Bader Al Halabeej (69' 19-Hani Al-Saqer), 9-Bashar Abdulaziz, 11-Abdullah Seehan (83' 16-Sami Al-Lenqawi),
12-Fawaz Al-Ahmad, 17-Esam Sakeen, 20-Jassem Al-Houwaidi (89' 10-Khaled Fairouz).
Coach: Milan Macala (Czech Republic)
Scorers: 0-1 16' Al-Houwaidi, 0-2 53' Al-Houwaidi
Cautions: 33' Omura, 42' Al-Ahmad, 50' Al-Dakhi, 53' M.Yamaguchi
Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)
Attendance: 1,500
Thailand - Japan 1-1 (0-0) XXVIII. Thailand King's Cup 1996, Group Stage
(Bangkok - Suphachalasai Stadium - 09.02.1997 - 17:00)
Thailand (Blue-Blue-Blue):
22-Chaiyong Khumpiam (GK), 5-Jakarat Tonghongsa, 7-Natee Tongsukkao, 16-Surachai Jirasirichote,
2-Kritsada Piandit, 6-Sanor Longsawang, 12-Surachai Jaturapattarapong, 14-Warrawoot Srimaka
(56' 3-Aphirak Sri-Aroon), 17-Dusit Chalermsan (C), 9-Natipong Sritong-In, 19-Pongtorn Thiubthong
(65' 26-Piyapong Pue-On). Coach: Chanvit Polchivin
Japan (White-White-White):
19-Kenichi Shimokawa (GK), 3-Naoki Soma, 4-Masami Ihara (C), 5-Norio Omura, 23-Tadashi Nakamura,
6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 8-Masakiyo Maezono, 15-Hiroaki Morishima (78' 22-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa),
10-Hiroshi Nanami, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 18-Shoji Jo. Coach: Shu Kamo
Scorers: 0-1 64' Jo, 1-1 69' Natipong
Cautions: 7' Warrawoot, 49' Sanor, 89' Piyapong, 89' Ihara
Referee: Mohamed Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)
Attendance: 30,000
Japan - Romania 1-1 (0-0) XXVIII. Thailand King's Cup 1996, Group Stage
(Bangkok - Suphachalasai Stadium - 11.02.1997 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Nobuyuki Kojima (GK), 5-Norio Omura, 16-Toshihide Saito, 17-Yutaka Akita, 2-Hiroshige Yanagimoto,
7-Yasuto Honda, 12-Ryuji Michiki, 24-Toshiya Fujita (24' 15-Hiroaki Morishima (72' 14-Masayuki Okano)),
22-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, 9-Takuya Takagi, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura. Coach: Shu Kamo
Romania (Yellow-Yellow-Yellow):
1-Marius Bratu (GK), 2-Cosmin Contra, 3-Liviu Ciobotariu, 5-Catalin Craciunescu, 17-Daniel Florea,
10-Denis Serban (85' 9-Daniel Pancu), 14-Eugen Trica, 15-Cristian Bolohan, 16-Mihai Tararache
(56' 13-Florin Constantinovici), 7-Ion Viorel, 8-Bogdan Andonne (68' 19-Sabin Ilie).
Coach: Anghel Iordanescu
Scorers: 0-1 57' Bolohan, 1-1 84' K.Miura
Cautions: 26' Tararache, 31' Kitazawa
Referee: Mohamed Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)
Attendance: 25,000
Note: Romanian FA didn't recognize this match as a full international because Romania fielded League XI.
Sweden - Japan 1-0 (1-0) XXVIII. Thailand King's Cup 1996, Group Stage
(Bangkok - Suphachalasai Stadium - 13.02.1997 - 19:00)
Sweden (Yellow-Blue-Yellow):
12-Magnus Hedman (GK), 3-Teddy Lucic, 5-Gary Sundgren, 13-Christian Karlsson, 14-Andreas Jacobsson,
9-Joakim Persson (69' 17-Marino Rahmberg), 11-Peter Wibran (85' 8-Andreas Bild), 16-Anders Andersson,
6-Nicolas Alexandersson, 7-Andreas Andersson, 19-Pascal Simpson (76' 18-Daniel Andersson).
Coach: Tommy Svensson
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 2-Hiroshige Yanagimoto, 4-Masami Ihara (C), 13-Toshihiro Hattori,
17-Yutaka Akita, 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 7-Yasuto Honda (80' 12-Ryuji Michiki), 10-Hiroshi Nanami,
22-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (H 18-Shoji Jo), 14-Masayuki Okano, 21-Hisashi Kurosaki (65' 15-Hiroaki Morishima).
Coach: Shu Kamo
Scorers: 1-0 13' Anders Andersson
Cautions: 75' Sundgren
Referee: Nik Ahmad Yaakub (Malaysia)
Attendance: 20,000
Japan - Romania 2-0 (0-0) XXVIII. Thailand King's Cup 1996, Third Place Match
(Bangkok - Suphachalasai Stadium - 16.02.1997 - 15:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 3-Naoki Soma, 4-Masami Ihara (C), 5-Norio Omura (H 16-Toshihide Saito),
23-Tadashi Nakamura, 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 7-Yasuto Honda, 8-Masakiyo Maezono, 10-Hiroshi Nanami
(80' 14-Masayuki Okano), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 18-Shoji Jo (H 21-Hisashi Kurosaki). Coach: Shu Kamo
Romania (Yellow-Yellow-Yellow):
12-Robert Tufisi (GK), 3-Liviu Ciobotariu, 4-Marius Baciu, 5-Catalin Craciunescu, 16-Mihai Tararache
(75' Cristian Bolohan), 9-Daniel Pancu, 10-Denis Serban, 14-Eugen Trica (H 11-Inout Lutu), 17-Daniel Florea,
7-Ion Viorel, 8-Bogdan Andonne (69' 19-Sabin Ilie). Coach: Anghel Iordanescu
Scorers: 1-0 64' Kurosaki, 2-0 86' M.Okano
Cautions: 62' Tararache, 76' Serban, 81' S.Ilie
Referee: Pongsathorn Prompanich (Thailand)
Attendance: 25,000
Note: Romanian FA didn't recognize this match as a full international because Romania fielded League XI.
Thailand - Japan 3-1 (1-1) Friendly Match
(Bangkok - Suphachalasai Stadium - 15.03.1997 - 16:00)
Thailand (Red-Red-Red):
1-Watcharapong Somcit (GK) (H 18-Nipon Malanont (GK)), 7-Natee Tongsukkao, 16-Surachai Jirasirichote,
24-Pairote Pongjan (82' 5-Jakarat Tonghongsa), 2-Kritsada Piandit, 6-Sanor Longsawang (75' 15-Chukiat),
8-Sasom Pobrasert (87' 21-Supakit Suwannachot), 14-Warrawoot Srimaka (63' 11-Thawatchai Damrongtrakul),
17-Dusit Chalermsan (C), 13-Kiatisak Senamuang, 19-Pongtorn Thiubthong. Coach: Chanvit Polchivin
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 3-Naoki Soma, 4-Masami Ihara (C), 5-Norio Omura, 19-Tadashi Nakamura
(62' 2-Hiroshige Yanagimoto), 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 8-Masakiyo Maezono, 15-Hiroaki Morishima
(71' 13-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa), 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 18-Shoji Jo (77' 9-Takuya Takagi).
Coach: Shu Kamo
Scorers: 1-0 16' Kiatisak, 1-1 29' K.Miura, 2-1 48' Dusit, 3-1 67' Kiatisak
Cautions: -
Referee: Pongsathorn Permpanich (Thailand)
Attendance: 20,000
Oman - Japan 0-1 (0-1) XVI. FIFA World Cup France 1998, Preliminaries, 1st Round Group 4
(Muscat - Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex - 23.03.1997 - 18:40)
Oman (White-White-White):
23-Subait Al-Alawi (GK), 5-Adil Al-Mukhaini, 6-Farid Al-Mazroi, 15-Ahmed Al-Mazrooei, 3-Gharib Al-Haidi,
4-Khair Khadim Fairuz, 14-Nabeel Al-Siyabi (58' 16-Yaqoob Al-Zaart), 18-Abdulaziz Al-Alawi, 19-Saeed Al-Busaidy
(76' 17-Mohammed Al-Kathiri), 8-Taqi Al-Siyabi, 9-Mohammed Abdul Noor (57' 7-Majidi Shaaban Samir).
Coach: Mahmoud Al-Jowahri
Japan (Blue-Blue-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 2-Hiroshige Yanagimoto, 3-Naoki Soma, 4-Masami Ihara (C), 5-Norio Omura,
6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 7-Yasuto Honda, 8-Masakiyo Maezono, 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 15-Hiroaki Morishima,
11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 18-Shoji Jo. Coach: Shu Kamo
Scorers: 0-1 10' Omura
Cautions: 27' Abdulaziz Al-Alawi
Referee: Nik Ahmad Yaakub (Malaysia)
Attendance: 2,000
Macao - Japan 0-10 (0-3) XVI. FIFA World Cup France 1998, Preliminaries, 1st Round Group 4
(Muscat - Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex - 25.03.1997 - 16:30)
Macao (White-White-White):
1-Fernando Alves Bento (GK), 2-U Lei Chong, 3-Ung Sio Cheong, 4-Antonio Pereira (H 15-Weng Kin Kok),
5-Ka Koi Lam, 6-Francisco Rodrigues, 8-Chi Man Che (89' 22-Wilfredo Marques), 9-Jose da Cruz Martins
(68' 14-Roberto Pereirinha), 16-Wan Long Ng, 17-Joao Machado, 11-Chon Man Cheang.
Coach: Junior Joao Dos Santos Lopes
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 2-Hiroshige Yanagimoto, 3-Naoki Soma, 4-Masami Ihara (C), 5-Norio Omura,
6-Motohiro Yamaguchi (67' 13-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa), 7-Yasuto Honda, 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 15-Hiroaki Morishima,
9-Takuya Takagi (80' 14-Masayuki Okano), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura. Coach: Shu Kamo
Scorers: 0-1 13' Takagi, 0-2 33' Takagi, 0-3 44' Soma, 0-4 53' K.Miura, 0-5 67' Nanami,
0-6 71' Takagi, 0-7 78' Morishima, 0-8 81' Morishima, 0-9 89' Morishima, 0-10 89' K.Miura
Cautions: 38' Cheong, 39' Takagi, 62' Rodrigues
Expulsions: 87' Alves Bento
Referee: Xuezhi Wang (China)
Attendance: 600
Nepal - Japan 0-6 (0-1) XVI. FIFA World Cup France 1998, Preliminaries, 1st Round Group 4
(Muscat - Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex - 27.03.1997 - 16:30)
Nepal (Red-Red-Red):
1-Upendra Singh (GK), 2-Rajesh Thapa, 3-Dev Narayan Chaudhary, 6-Raju Kaji Shakya, 8-Narendra Shrestha
(88' 17-Arjun Lama), 9-Saugsh Shrestha (82' 13-Raju Pulami Magar), 10-Mani Bikram Shah, 12-Deepak Amatya,
14-Bal Gopal Maharajan, 16-Sunil Tulandhar, 11-Hari Khadka (31' 18-Chet Narayan Shrestha).
Coach: Yougamber Suwal
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 2-Hiroshige Yanagimoto (81' 19-Tadashi Nakamura), 4-Masami Ihara (C),
3-Naoki Soma, 5-Norio Omura, 7-Yasuto Honda, 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 15-Hiroaki Morishima, 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi
(73' 13-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa), 9-Takuya Takagi, 18-Shoji Jo (67' 14-Masayuki Okano). Coach: Shu Kamo
Scorers: 0-1 24' Morishima, 0-2 47' Takagi, 0-3 55' Takagi, 0-4 76' Omura, 0-5 89' Takagi,
0-6 90' Honda
Cautions: 25' Maharajan, 42' S.Shrestha
Referee: Sardar Nadzhafaliev (Uzbekistan)
Attendance: 500
Japan - South Korea 1-1 (0-0) Friendly Match (World Cup 2002 Co-Host Anniversary)
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 21.05.1997 - 19:10)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 19-Tadashi Nakamura, 5-Norio Omura (82' 16-Toshihide Saito),
4-Masami Ihara (C), 12-Ryuji Michiki (68' 3-Naoki Soma), 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 7-Honda Yasuto
(63' 15-Hiroaki Morishima), 8-Hidetoshi Nakata, 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 18-Shoji Jo
(H 9-Akinori Nishizawa). Coach: Shu Kamo
South Korea (Red-Black-Red):
21-Bong-Soo Kim (GK), 2-Sang-Hoon Kim, 12-Min-Sung Lee, 4-Young-Il Choi (C), 15-Sang-Cheol Yoo,
7-Tae-Yong Shin (32' 14-Jong-Soo Ko), 25-Sung-Yong Choi, 10-Moon-Shik Choi (H 13-Tae-Young Kim),
11-Jung-Won Seo, 21-Keon-Ha Park (75' 23-Yong-Soo Choi), 19-Jung-Woon Ko (82' 28-Jae-Kwon Chung).
Coach: Bum-Keoun Cha
Scorers: 0-1 56' Sang-Cheol Yoo, 1-1 88' Miura PK
Cautions: 54' Michiki, 78' Omura
Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)
Attendance: 52,410
Japan - Croatia 4-3 (1-0) XVIII. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 1997, Group Stage
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 08.06.1997 - 14:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 4-Masami Ihara (C), 16-Toshihide Saito, 17-Yutaka Akita, 3-Naoki Soma,
7-Yasuto Honda (68' 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi), 8-Hidetoshi Nakata (77' 24-Teruyoshi Ito), 10-Hiroshi Nanami,
19-Tadashi Nakamura, 22-Takashi Hirano (77' 15-Hiroaki Morishima), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura. Coach: Shu Kamo
Croatia (Red-White-White):
1-Drazen Ladic (GK), 5-Nikola Jerkan, 6-Dubravko Pavlicic (H 25-Ivo Ergovic), 20-Dario Simic,
2-Darko Butorovic, 3-Andrija Balajic, 7-Aljosa Asanovic, 8-Robert Prosinecki (75' 15-Tomislav Erceg),
16-Nenad Pralija (59' 24-Krunoslav Jurcic), 19-Goran Vlaovic, 21-Igor Cvitanovic.
Coach: Miroslav Blazevic
Scorers: 1-0 34' Hirano, 2-0 49' K.Miura, 3-0 53' K.Miura, 3-1 76' Asanovic, 3-2 85' Asanovic,
4-2 89' Morishima, 4-3 89' Vlaovic
Cautions: 30' Pavlicic, 59' Nanami, 64' Honda, 76' Jurcic, 85' Akita
Referee: Tae-Young Kim (South Korea)
Attendance: 50,136
Japan - Turkey 1-0 (1-0) XVIII. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 1997, Group Stage
(Osaka - Nagai Stadium - 15.06.1997 - 14:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 4-Masami Ihara (C), 16-Toshihide Saito, 17-Yutaka Akita, 2-Akira Narahashi
(H 19-Tadashi Nakamura), 3-Naoki Soma, 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 8-Hidetoshi Nakata (79' 23-Shigeyoshi Mochizuki),
10-Hiroshi Nanami (82' 13-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa), 15-Hiroaki Morishima (67' 18-Yasuyuki Moriyama), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura.
Coach: Shu Kamo
Turkey (Red-Red-Red):
12-Volkan Kilimci (GK), 2-Vural Korkmaz (70' 8-Arif Erdem), 3-Selim Ozer, 13-Saffet Akbas, 18-Hakan Unsal,
6-Abdullah Ercan (74' 11-Celil Sagir), 15-Evren Turhan (H 4-Tolunay Kafkas), 16-Tayfur Havutcu, 17-Tayfun Korkut,
9-Oktay Derelioglu, 14-Cafer Aydin (H 7-Ertugrul Saglam). Coach: Mustapha Denizli
Scorers: 1-0 25' Morishima
Cautions: 17' Evren Turhan, 38' Narahashi, 52' Vural Korkmaz, 56' Akita
Referee: Jong-Kyu Park (South Korea)
Attendance: 35,059
Japan - Macao 10-0 (6-0) XVI. FIFA World Cup France 1998, Preliminaries, 1st Round Group 4
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 22.06.1997 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 4-Masami Ihara (C), 17-Yutaka Akita, 3-Naoki Soma (52' 2-Akira Narahashi),
19-Tadashi Nakamura, 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 8-Hidetoshi Nakata, 7-Yasuto Honda
(H 15-Hiroaki Morishima), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 21-Akinori Nishizawa (70' 22-Takashi Hirano).
Coach: Shu Kamo
Macao (White-White-White):
1-Domingos Chan (GK), 2-U Lei Chong (35' 17-Joao Machado), 5-Ka Koi Lam, 16-Wan Long Ng, 20-Long Kim Chong
(73' 19-Carlos Peixoto), 6-Francisco Rodrigues, 8-Chi Man Che, 15-Daniel Augusto Dias, 7-Io Veng Lei,
9-Jose da Cruz Martins, 11-Chon Man Cheang (75' 18-Peng Kuong Lee). Coach: Junior Joao Dos Santos Lopes
Scorers: 1-0 17' H.Nakata, 2-0 20' Nishizawa, 3-0 23' K.Miura, 4-0 29' K.Miura, 5-0 42' Nanami, 6-0 44' K.Miura,
7-0 57' K.Miura, 8-0 61' H.Nakata, 9-0 62' K.Miura, 10-0 79' K.Miura
Cautions: 40' Machado, 57' Dias
Referee: Ali Naghi Mostafanezhad (Iran)
Attendance: 27,342
Japan - Nepal 3-0 (1-0) XVI. FIFA World Cup France 1998, Preliminaries, 1st Round Group 4
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 25.06.1997 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 4-Masami Ihara (C), 17-Yutaka Akita, 3-Naoki Soma, 2-Akira Narahashi,
10-Hiroshi Nanami (86' 13-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa), 8-Hidetoshi Nakata (80' 15-Hiroaki Morishima),
6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 7-Yasuto Honda (65' 23-Shigeyoshi Mochizuki), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura,
21-Akinori Nishizawa. Coach: Shu Kamo
Nepal (Red-Red-Red):
1-Upendra Singh (GK), 2-Rajesh Thapa, 3-Dev Narayan Chaudhary, 5-Rajesh Manandhar, 9-Saugesh Shrestha,
16-Sunil Tuladhar, 7-Umesh Pradhan, 12-Deepak Amatya (89' 11-Hari Khadka), 25-Pushpa Raj, 8-Narendea Shrestha,
20-Gurung Basanta Raj (76' 24-Nareshi Joshi). Coach: Dhana Bahadur Basnet
Scorers: 1-0 44' Nishizawa, 2-0 72' K.Miura, 3-0 87' K.Miura
Cautoins: 42' Amatya, 51' Ihara
Referee: Abayawansa Mahasena Yapa (Sri Lanka)
Attendance: 28,360
Japan - Oman 1-1 (1-0) XVI. FIFA World Cup France 1998, Preliminaries, 1st Round Group 4
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 28.06.1997 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 4-Masami Ihara (C) (H 17-Yutaka Akita), 3-Naoki Soma, 16-Toshihide Saito,
19-Tadashi Nakamura, 5-Hideto Suzuki, 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 22 (H 14-Masayuki Okano),
8-Hidetoshi Nakata, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura. Coach: Shu Kamo
Oman (Red-Red-Red):
1-Juma Saleh Al-Ghilani (GK), 15-Ahmed Al-Mazrooei, 4-Adil Al-Mukhaini (H 13-Khair Khadim Fairuz),
6-Farid Al-Mazroi, 3-Badar Al-Mahrouqi, 2-Mahfood Al-Araimi, 20-Abdulla Hamdan Al-Maari,
10-Abdulaziz Al-Alawi (82' 8-Taqi Al-Siyabi), 11-Gharib Al-Haidi (H 7-Majidi Shaaban Samir),
16-Ahmed Ali Hassan, 19-Saeed Al-Busaidy. Coach: Radojko Avramovic (Croatia)
Scorers: 1-0 4' H.Nakata, 1-1 63' Samir
Cautions: 51' Al-Mahrouqi, 58' K.Miura, 76' Al-Araimi, 77' Al-Mazroi
Referee: Selearajen Subramaniam (Malaysia)
Attendance: 48,839
Japan - Brazil 0-3 (0-1) Friendly Match (NIKE Brazil World Tour)
(Osaka - Nagai Stadium - 13.08.1997 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 4-Masami Ihara (C), 17-Yutaka Akita, 3-Naoki Soma (68' 12-Ryuji Michiki),
2-Akira Narahashi (77' 5-Takeshi Watanabe), 16-Toshihide Saito, 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi (68' 9-Takuya Takagi),
7-Yasuto Honda, 22-Takashi Hirano (H 18-Shoji Jo), 8-Hidetoshi Nakata, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura. Coach: Shu Kamo
Brazil (Yellow-Blue-White):
1-Carlos Germano (GK), 2-Marcos Cafu, 4-Nascimento Aldair, 3-Junior Baiano, 6-Roberto Carlos, 5-Carlos Dunga (C)
(67' 15-Cesar Sampaio), 8-Flavio Conceicao, 10-Leonardo de Araujo (66' 16-Juninho Paulista), 11-Denilson,
7-Sonny Anderson (76' 18-Dodo), 9-Luiz Nazario Ronaldo (69' 17-Omar Donizetti). Coach: Mario Zagallo
Scorers: 0-1 20' Flavio Conceicao, 0-2 57' Flavio Conceicao, 0-3 63' Junior Baiano
Cautions: -
Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)
Attendance: 45,754
Japan - Uzbekistan 6-3 (4-0) XVI. FIFA World Cup France 1998, Preliminaries, Final Round Group B
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 07.09.1997 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 4-Masami Ihara (C), 5-Norio Omura, 17-Yutaka Akita, 3-Naoki Soma,
2-Akira Narahashi (68' 28-Eisuke Nakanishi), 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 8-Hidetoshi Nakata,
11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 18-Shoji Jo (58' 27-Akinori Nishizawa). Coach: Shu Kamo
Uzbekistan (Yellow-Black-Yellow):
1-Pavel Bugalo (GK), 3-Andrei Fyodorov, 2-Fevzi Davletov, 15-Eduard Momotov, 14-Andrei Zakharov
(H 4-Rustam Shaymardanov), 7-Numon Khasanov (C) (H 17-Zhafar Irismetov), 18-Abdikakhor Marufaliev,
8-Sergei Lebedev, 10-Aleksey Vinikov (64' 6-Ravshan Bazarov), 20-Oleg Shatskikh, 11-Igor Shkvyrin.
Coach: Rustam Mirsadiqov
Scorers: 1-0 4' K.Miura PK, 2-0 23' K.Miura, 3-0 40' H.Nakata, 4-0 44' Jo, 4-1 56' O.Shatskikh, 5-1 64' K.Miura,
5-2 69' Fyodorov PK, 5-3 77' O.Shatskikh, 6-3 80' K.Miura
Cautions: -
Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)
Attendance: 54,328
U.A.E. - Japan 0-0 (0-0) XVI. FIFA World Cup France 1998, Preliminaries, Final Round Group B
(Abu Dhabi - Zayed Sports City Stadium - 19.09.1997 - 17:40)
U.A.E. (White-White-White):
17-Muhsin Musabbah Faraj (GK) (C), 20-Mohammed Obaid, 5-Hassan Suhail, 3-Munther Ali (62' 7-Bakhit Saad),
6-Rashid Ismail, 19-Ali Hassan, 18-Ahmed Ibrahim Ali, 23-Adel Mohammed, 16-Hassan Saeed Ahmed,
11-Zuhair Bakheet Saeed (76' 15-Mohammed Ali), 21-Jassim Yousif (39' 14-Khamis Saad).
Coach: Sandri Lori (Brazil)
Japan (Blue-Blue-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 4-Masami Ihara (C), 5-Norio Omura, 17-Yutaka Akita, 3-Naoki Soma,
2-Akira Narahashi (40' 28-Eisuke Nakanishi), 7-Hidetoshi Nakata (78' 15-Hiroaki Morishima),
6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 18-Shoji Jo (66' 7-Yasuto Honda).
Coach: Shu Kamo
Scorers: -
Cautions: -
Referee: Mohamed Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)
Attendance: 40,000
Japan - South Korea 1-2 (0-0) XVI. FIFA World Cup France 1998, Preliminaries, Final Round Group B
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 28.09.1997 - 14:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 28-Eisuke Nakanishi (H 2-Akira Narahashi), 3-Naoki Soma, 4-Masami Ihara (C),
5-Norio Omura, 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 7-Yasuto Honda (87' 27-Akinori Nishizawa), 8-Hidetoshi Nakata,
10-Hiroshi Nanami, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 30-Wagner Lopes (72' 17-Yutaka Akita). Coach: Shu Kamo
South Korea (Red-Black-Red):
1-Byung-Ji Kim (GK) , 20-Myung-Bo Hong, 4-Young-Il Choi (C), 5-Min-Sung Lee, 2-Ki-Hyung Lee, 17-Seok-Joo Ha,
6-Sang-Cheol Yoo, 7-Jung-Woon Ko (71' 14-Dae-Ui Kim), 12-Hyung-Seok Jang (58' 3-Sung-Yong Choi), 15-Sang-Yoon Lee
(64' 11-Jung-Won Seo), 10-Yong-Soo Choi. Coach: Bum-Keoun Cha
Scorers: 1-0 65' M.Yamaguchi, 1-1 83' Jung-Won Seo, 1-2 86' Min-Sung Lee
Cautions: 25' Lopes, 31' Min-Sung Lee, 55' Sang-Cheol Yoo, 55' Omura
Referee: Saad Kameel Mane (Kuwait)
Attendance: 56,704
Kazakhstan - Japan 1-1 (0-1) XVI. FIFA World Cup France 1998, Preliminaries, Final Round Group B
(Almaty - Central Stadium - 04.10.1997 - 16:00)
Kazakhstan (White-Blue-White):
1-Oleg Voskoboynikov (GK), 2-Oyrat Saduov (C), 4-Vitaly Sparyshev, 5-Alevtin Osipov, 15-Alexander Familtsev,
7-Konstantin Kotov (70' 16-Yevgeny Sveshnikov), 8-Ivan Popov (60' 14-Pavel Evteev), 6-Ruslan Baltiev,
3-Sergei Timofeev, 10-Oleg Litvinenko (59' 11-Vladimir Loginov), 17-Viktor Zubarev. Coach: Serik Berdalin
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 2-Akira Narahashi, 3-Naoki Soma, 4-Masami Ihara (C), 17-Yutaka Akita,
6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 8-Hidetoshi Nakata, 10-Hiroshi Nanami (85' 7-Yasuto Honda), 5-Norio Omura,
11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 30-Wagner Lopes. Coach: Shu Kamo
Scorers: 0-1 23' Akita, 1-1 92' Zubarev
Cautions: 67' Akita, 75' Omura
Referee: Tajaddin Fares (Syria)
Attendance: 7,000
Uzbekistan - Japan 1-1 (1-0) XVI. FIFA World Cup France 1998, Preliminaries, Final Round Group B
(Tashkent - Pakhtakor Stadium - 11.10.1997 - 17:00)
Uzbekistan (White-Blue-Blue):
1-Pavel Bugalo (GK), 3-Andrei Fyodorov, 2-Bakhtier Ashurmatov, 5-Bakhtier Qambaraliev, 8-Sergei Lebedev,
4-Mirdzhalal Kasymov (C) (H 12-Ravshan Bazarov), 6-Nikolay Shirshov (56' 14-Rustam Shaymardanov),
9-Otabek Pirmatov, 7-Abdikakhor Marufaliev, 10-Igor Shkvyrin, 20-Oleg Shatskikh (85' 11-Ravshan Mataliev).
Coach: Rustam Mirsadiqov
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 4-Masami Ihara (C), 16-Toshihide Saito (54' 8-Hidetoshi Nakata),
17-Yutaka Akita, 3-Naoki Soma, 2-Akira Narahashi, 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 15-Hiroaki Morishima
(54' 30-Wagner Lopes), 10-Hiroshi Nanami (80' 28-Eisuke Nakanishi), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura,
18-Shoji Jo. Coach: Takeshi Okada
Scorers: 1-0 30' Qambaraliev, 1-1 90' Lopes
Cautions: 1' Ihara, 20' Qambaraliev, 58' Lebedev, 79' M.Yamaguchi, 89' Nakanishi
Referee: Sultan Mujalli Al-Aalaq (Bahrain)
Attendance: 54,000
Japan - U.A.E. 1-1 (1-1) XVI. FIFA World Cup France 1998, Preliminaries, Final Round Group B
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 26.10.1997 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 2-Akira Narahashi, 3-Naoki Soma (76' 18-Shoji Jo), 16-Toshihide Saito,
17-Yutaka Akita, 7-Yasuto Honda (56' 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi), 8-Hidetoshi Nakata, 10-Hiroshi Nanami,
13-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, 11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 30-Wagner Lopes. Coach: Takeshi Okada
U.A.E. (White-White-White):
17-Muhsin Musabbah Faraj (GK), 2-Mohamed Rabei Salem, 20-Mohammed Obaid, 5-Hassan Suhail, 6-Rashid Ismail,
19-Ali Hassan (72' 18-Ahmed Ibrahim Ali), 13-Abdulsalam Al-Junaibi, 15-Mohammed Ali (50' 16-Hassan Saeed Ahmed),
23-Adel Ahmed Mohammed, 10-Adnan Al-Talyani (C), 11-Zuhair Bakheet Saeed (81' 8-Mohammed Omar).
Coach: Sandri Lori (Brazil)
Scorers: 1-0 4' Lopes, 1-1 37' Hassan Suhail
Cautions: 5' Honda, 26' Adel Ahmed, 27' Kitazawa, 49' Zuhair Saeed, 60' Ismail, 64' Suhail, 87' Jo
Referee: Rodrigo Badilla Sequeira (Costa Rica)
Attendance: 56,000
South Korea - Japan 0-2 (0-2) XVI. FIFA World Cup France 1998, Preliminaries, Final Round Group B
(Seoul - Olympic Stadium - 01.11.1997 - 15:00)
South Korea (Red-Black-Red):
1-Byung-Ji Kim (GK), 19-Dae-Il Jang, 4-Young-Il Choi (C), 5-Min-Sung Lee, 2-Ki-Hyung Lee, 17-Seok-Joo Ha,
6-Sang-Cheol Yoo, 8-Ki-Dong Kim, 7-Jung-Woon Ko (H 18-Do-Hoon Kim), 11-Jung-Won Seo (59' 16-Sang-Rae Roh),
10-Yong-Soo Choi (44' 15-Sang-Yoon Lee). Coach: Bum-Keoun Cha
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 4-Masami Ihara (C), 17-Yutaka Akita, 2-Akira Narahashi, 3-Naoki Soma,
6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 8-Hidetoshi Nakata, 13-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (70' Takashi Hirano), 10-Hiroshi Nanami,
11-Kazuyoshi Miura, 30-Wagner Lopes. Coach: Takeshi Okada
Scorers: 0-1 2' Nanami, 0-2 37' Lopes
Cautions: 53' Miura, 55' Lopes, 87' Ki-Hyung Lee
Expulsions: 79' Young-Il Choi
Referee: Esfandiar Bhmarmast (USA)
Attendance: 72,000
Japan - Kazakhstan 5-1 (3-0) XVI. FIFA World Cup France 1998, Preliminaries, Final Round Group B
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 08.11.1997 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 2-Akira Narahashi (65' 28-Eisuke Nakanishi), 3-Naoki Soma, 4-Masami Ihara (C),
17-Yutaka Akita, 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 8-Hidetoshi Nakata, 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 13-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa
(82' 15-Hiroaki Morishima), 18-Shoji Jo, 32-Masashi Nakayama (63' 9-Takuya Takagi). Coach: Takeshi Okada
Kazakhstan (White-Blue-White):
22-Yury Ishutin (GK), 2-Oyrat Saduov (C), 4-Vitaly Sparyshev, 5-Alevtin Osipov, 15-Alexander Familtsev,
7-Konstantin Kotov (83' 20-Andrei Tyotushkin), 6-Ruslan Baltiev, 14-Pavel Evteev, 16-Yevgeny Sveshnikov
(77' 12-Dmitry Yurist), 11-Vladimir Loginov, 17-Viktor Zubarev (65' 8-Nurken Mazbaev). Coach: Serik Berdalin
Scorers: 1-0 12' Akita, 2-0 16' Nakata, 3-0 44' Nakayama, 4-0 67' Ihara, 4-1 Evteev FK,
5-1 79' Takagi
Cautions: 3' Narahashi, 10' Saduov, 75' Sparyshev, 80' Mazbaev
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Nederland)
Attendance: 56,032
Iran - Japan 2-3 (0-1,2-2) a.e.t. golden goal XVI. FIFA World Cup France 1998, Preliminaries, Play-Off
(Johor Baru - Larkin Stadium - 16.11.1997 - 21:00)
Iran (White-White-White):
1-Ahmad Abedzadeh (GK) (C), 15-Ali Akbar Ostad-Asadli (55' 25-Mehrdad Minavand), 4-Mohammad Khakpour,
5-Mohammad Ali Peyravani, 7-Ali Manrousian, 8-Majid Namjou-Motlagh (80' 17-Ali Ashgar Modir-Rosta),
24-Javad Zarincheh (65' 20-Mehdi Pashazadeh), 9-Hamid Estili, 2-Mehdi Mahdavikia, 10-Ali Daei,
11-Khodadad Azizi. Coach: Valdir Vierra (Brazil)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 2-Akira Narahashi, 3-Naoki Soma, 4-Masami Ihara (C), 17-Yutaka Akita,
6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 8-Hidetoshi Nakata, 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 13-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (91' 14-Masayuki Okano),
11-Kazuyoshi Miura (63' 18-Shoji Jo), 32-Masashi Nakayama (63' 30-Wagner Lopes). Coach: Takeshi Okada
Scorers: 0-1 39' Nakayama, 1-1 46' Azizi, 2-1 58' Daei, 2-2 75' Jo, 118' Okano
Cautions: 17' Ostad-Asadli, 24' Khakpour, 28' Ihara, 35' Mahdavikia, 87' Abedzadeh,
106' Minavand, 108' Azizi
Referee: Manuel Diaz Vega (Spain)
Attendance: 22,000
Australia - Japan 0-3 (0-1) Friendly Match
(Adelaide - Hindmarsh Stadium - 15.02.1998 - 18:00)
Australia (Yellow-Black-Black):
1-Zeljko Kalac (GK), 4-Milan Ivanovic (C), 5-Alex Tobin, 12-Dominic Longo (H 6-Steve Horvat),
2-Fausto De Amicis, 16-Brett Emerton, 17-Kris Trajanovski, 20-Troy Halpin, 7-Ernie Tapai
(84' 19-Goran Lozanovski), 11-John Markovski (H 10-Gabriel Mendez (64' 9-Paul Trimboli)),
21-Abbas Saad. Coach: Terry Venables (England)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
25-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 4-Masami Ihara (C), 17-Yutaka Akita, 2-Akira Narahashi, 23-Toshihiro Hattori,
6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 8-Hidetoshi Nakata, 10-Hiroshi Nanami (71' 29-Tadashi Nakamura), 24-Tadatoshi Masuda
(64' 22-Takashi Hirano), 18-Shoji Jo (64' 12-Wagner Lopes), 27-Atsushi Yanagisawa. Coach: Takeshi Okada
Scorers: 0-1 6' H.Nakata PK, 0-2 66' Hirano, 0-3 70' Hirano
Cautions: 40' M.Yamaguchi, 67' Ihara, 73' Halpin
Expulsions: 6' De Amicis, 79' M.Yamaguchi
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Attendance: 9,541
Japan - South Korea 2-1 (1-1) IV. Marlboro Dynasty Cup 1998, Group Stage
(Yokohama - International Stadium - 01.03.1998 - 14:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
25-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 4-Masami Ihara (C), 17-Yutaka Akita, 3-Naoki Soma, 2-Akira Narahashi,
23-Toshihiro Hattori, 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 8-Hidetoshi Nakata, 13-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (59' 22-Takashi Hirano),
9-Masashi Nakayama (80' 14-Masayuki Okano), 18-Shoji Jo. Coach: Takeshi Okada
South Korea (Red-Black-Red):
22-Dong-Myong Seo (GK), 19-Dae-Il Jang, 4-Young-Il Choi (C), 16-Hak-Cheol Kim (31' 3-Ki-Hyung Lee),
5-Min-Sung Lee, 2-Sung-Yong Choi, 6-Sang-Cheol Yoo, 27-Nam-Yeol Park (78' 14-Jong-Soo Ko),
15-Sang-Yoon Lee, 10-Yong-Soo Choi, 24-Do-Hoon Kim (58' 11-Soon-Jin Jin). Coach: Bum-Keoun Cha
Scorers: 1-0 17' Nakayama, 1-1 21' Sang-Yoon Lee, 2-1 88' Jo
Cautions: 23' Akita, 64' Yong-Soo Choi
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
Attendance: 59,380
Japan - Hong Kong 5-1 (3-1) IV. Marlboro Dynasty Cup 1998, Group Stage
(Yokohama - International Stadium - 04.03.1998 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 2-Akira Narahashi, 3-Naoki Soma, 4-Masami Ihara (C), 5-Norio Omura,
6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 8-Hidetoshi Nakata, 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 24-Tadatoshi Masuda (63' 22-Takashi Hirano),
12-Wagner Lopes, 18-Shoji Jo (76' 11-Kazuyoshi Miura). Coach: Takeshi Okada
Hong Kong (Red-Red-Red):
17-Kar Win Lok (GK), 3-Hon Fai Chan, 4-Timothy O'Shea, 5-Dmitry Kalkanov, 8-Mark Grainger, 14-Wai Tak Wong,
12-Timothy Bredbury (64' 11-Kin Wo Lee), 15-Kai Wah Lo (52' 16-Sai Ho Cheung), 9-Dale Tempest, 7-Wai Lun Au
(76' 18-Kwan Lung Wai), 19-Gary McKeown. Coach: Sebastiao Araujo (Brazil)
Scorers: 1-0 22' H.Nakata, 1-1 34' Tempest, 2-1 36' H.Nakata PK, 3-1 40' Masuda, 4-1 71' Nanami,
5-1 85' Lopes
Cautions: 4' Tempest, 23' Kalkanov, 32' Ihara, 58' Hon Fai Chan, 58' Wai Tak Wong
Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)
Attendance: 39,484
Note: FIFA didn't count this match as a full international because Hong Kong used some foreign players.
Japan - China 0-2 (0-1) IV. Marlboro Dynasty Cup 1998, Group Stage
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 07.03.1998 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 2-Akira Narahashi, 17-Yutaka Akita, 4-Masami Ihara (C), 3-Naoki Soma,
6-Motohiro Yamaguchi (78' 13-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa), 23-Toshihiro Hattori, 8-Hidetoshi Nakata, 10-Hiroshi Nanami,
9-Masashi Nakayama (70' 14-Masayuki Okano), 11-Kazuyoshi Miura (57' 18-Shoji Jo). Coach: Takeshi Okada
China (Red-Red-Red):
22-Jin Jiang (GK), 2-Jihai Sun, 3-Enhua Zhang, 5-Zhiyi Fan (C), 12-Feng Xie, 16-Chengying Wu, 18-Qi Zhu,
7-Mingyu Ma, 17-Xia Yao, 19-Bing Li, 21-Yunfeng Hu. Coach: Robert Houghton (England)
Scorers: 0-1 9' Bing Li, 0-2 50' Bing Li
Cautions: 74' Chengying Wu, 77' Kawaguchi
Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)
Attendance: 53,226
South Korea - Japan 2-1 (1-0) Friendly Match (World Cup 2002 Co-Host Anniversary)
(Seoul - Olympic Stadium - 01.04.1998 - 19:00)
South Korea (Red-Blue-Red):
1-Byung-Ji Kim (GK), 20-Myung-Bo Hong (C) (78' 6-Sang-Cheol Yoo), 12-Sang-Heon Lee (56' 5-Min-Sung Lee),
13-Tae-Young Kim, 7-Do-Keoun Kim (78' 3-Ki-Hyung Lee), 15-Sang-Yoon Lee (84' 14-Jong-Soo Ko), 2-Sung-Yong Choi,
17-Seok-Joo Ha, 11-Jung-Won Seo, 10-Yong-Soo Choi (68' 9-Do-Hoon Kim), 18-Seon-Hong Hwang. Coach: Bum-Keoun Cha
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 4-Masami Ihara (C) (26' 5-Norio Omura), 17-Yutaka Akita, 3-Naoki Soma
(74' 19-Eisuke Nakanishi), 29-Daisuke Ichikawa, 10-Hiroshi Nanami (86' 22-Takashi Hirano), 8-Hidetoshi Nakata,
13-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (65' 14-Masayuki Okano), 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 9-Masashi Nakayama, 27-Atsushi Yanagisawa
(65' 30-Shinji Ono). Coach: Takeshi Okada
Scorers: 1-0 40' Sang-Yoon Lee, 1-1 61' Nakayama, 2-1 72' Seon-Hong Hwang
Cautions: 28' Do-Keoun Kim
Referee: Jingyin Yu (China)
Attendance: 55,320
Japan - Paraguay 1-1 (0-1) XIX. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 1998, Group Stage
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 17.05.1998 - 14:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 5-Norio Omura (H 16-Toshihide Saito), 4-Masami Ihara (C), 17-Yutaka Akita
(78' 22-Takashi Hirano), 2-Akira Narahashi, 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 3-Naoki Soma, 15-Hiroaki Morishima
(63' 28-Teruyoshi Ito), 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 9-Masashi Nakayama (63' 12-Wagner Lopes), 18-Shoji Jo.
Coach: Takeshi Okada
Paraguay (White-Blue-Blue):
1-Jose Luis Chilavert (GK) (C), 3-Catalino Rivarola (H 4-Carlos Gamarra), 5-Celso Ayala, 14-Ricardo Rojas,
20-Denis Caniza, 10-Roberto Acuna (H 15-Miguel Benitez), 19-Carlos Morales (69' 7-Juan Carlos Yegros),
13-Carlos Paredes, 17-Hugo Brizuela (H 16-Julio Cesar Enciso), 9-Jose Cardozo (81' 18-Cesar Ramirez),
21-Jorge Campos. Coach: Paulo Cesar Carpeggiani (Brazil)
Scorers: 0-1 7' Ayala, 1-1 86' Soma
Cautions: 26' Acuna, 45' Omura, 50' Morales, 54' Paredes, 77' Chilavert
Referee: Jong-Cheol Kwon (South Korea)
Attendance: 53,408
Japan - Czech Republic 0-0 (0-0) XIX. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 1998, Group Stage
(Yokohama - International Stadium - 24.05.1998 - 14:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 16-Toshihide Saito, 4-Masami Ihara (C), 19-Eisuke Nakanishi, 2-Akira Narahashi
(77' 12-Wagner Lopes), 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 3-Naoki Soma, 8-Hidetoshi Nakata, 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 18-Shoji Jo,
9-Masashi Nakayama (65' 30-Shinji Ono). Coach: Takeshi Okada
Czech Republic (White-White-White):
1-Ladislav Maier (GK), 3-Jan Suchoparek, 5-Michal Hornak, 2-Tomas Repka, 7-Jiri Nemec (C), 6-Roman Vonasek
(72' 18-Karel Rada), 8-Karel Poborsky (85' 10-Horst Siegl), 14-Radek Sloncik (65' 12-Tomas Galasek),
11-Radek Bejbl, 20-Martin Cizek (69' 15-Edvard Lasota), 19-Vratislav Lokvenc. Coach: Jozef Chovanec
Scorers: -
Cautions: 28' Cizek, 51' Sloncik, 53' Poborsky, 64' M.Yamaguchi
Referee: Russamee Jindamai (Thailand)
Attendance: 66,930
Mexico - Japan 2-1 (1-1) Friendly Match
(Lausanne - Olympic Stadium - 31.05.1998 - 17:00)
Mexico (Green-White-Red):
1-Jorge Campos (GK), 13-Pavel Pardo, 5-Duilio Davino (60' 14-Raul Lara), 2-Claudio Suarez, 3-Joel Sanchez,
19-Braulio Luna (77' 18-Salvador Carmona), 8-Alberto Garcia Aspe (C), 20-Jaime Ordiales (61' 15-Luis Hernandez),
21-Jesus Arellano, 17-Juan Francisco Palencia (61' 11-Cuauhtemoc Blanco), 10-Luis Garcia (76' 9-Ricardo Pelaez).
Coach: Manuel Lapuente
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 2-Akira Narahashi (76' 11-Shinji Ono), 4-Masami Ihara (C), 17-Yutaka Akita,
3-Naoki Soma, 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 8-Hidetoshi Nakata, 10-Hiroshi Nanami (60' 7-Teruyoshi Ito),
15-Hiroaki Morishima (H 9-Masashi Nakayama), 19-Eisuke Nakanishi, 18-Shoji Jo. Coach: Takeshi Okada
Scorers: 1-0 1' L.Garcia, 1-1 44' Soma, 2-1 78' Garcia Aspe PK
Cautions: -
Referee: Claude Detruche (Switzerland)
Attendance: 1,000
Yugoslavia - Japan 1-0 (0-0) Friendly Match
(Lausanne - Olympic Stadium - 03.06.1998 - 14:30)
Yugoslavia (White-Blue-White):
12-Drajoge Lekovic (GK), 13-Slobodan Komljenovic (61' 6-Branko Brnovic), 16-Zeljko Petrovic, 14-Nisa Saveljic
(85' 5-Miroslav Djukic), 11-Sinisa Mihajlovic, 4-Slavisa Jokanovic, 7-Vladimir Jugovic (61' 21-Perica Ognjenovic),
20-Dejan Stankovic (H 19-Miroslav Stevic), 10-Dragan Stojkovic (C) (H 15-Ljubinko Drulovic), 9-Predrag Mijatovic,
22-Darko Kovacevic (55' 17-Savo Milosevic). Coach: Slobodan Santrac
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 16-Toshihide Saito, 17-Yutaka Akita, 19-Eisuke Nakanishi (H 5-Norio Omura),
6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 10-Hiroshi Nanami (75' 23-Toshihiro Hattori), 8-Hidetoshi Nakata, 2-Akira Narahashi,
3-Naoki Soma (86' 22-Takashi Hirano), 18-Shoji Jo, 9-Masashi Nakayama (75' 14-Masayuki Okano).
Coach: Takeshi Okada
Scorers: 1-0 73' Mihajlovic FK
Cautions: -
Referee: Dominique Tavel (Switzerland)
Attendance: 5,000
Argentina - Japan 1-0 (1-0) XVI. FIFA World Cup France 1998, Final Phase, 1st Round Group H
(Toulouse - Municipal Stadium - 14.06.1998 - 14:30)
Argentina (Sky Blue/White-Black-White):
1-Carlos Roa (GK), 2-Roberto Ayala, 22-Javier Zanetti, 6-Roberto Sensini (72' 3-Jose Antonio Chamot),
14-Nelson Vivas, 5-Mattias Almeyda, 8-Diego Simeone (C), 10-Ariel Ortega, 11-Juan Veron, 7-Claudio Lopez
(61' 18-Abel Balbo), 9-Gabriel Batistuta. Coach: Daniel Alberto Passarella
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 4-Masami Ihara (C), 17-Yutaka Akita, 19-Eisuke Nakanishi, 2-Akira Narahashi,
3-Naoki Soma (84' 22-Takashi Hirano), 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 8-Hidetoshi Nakata, 18-Shoji Jo,
9-Masashi Nakayama (65' 12-Wagner Lopes). Coach: Takeshi Okada
Scorers: 1-0 28' Batistuta
Cautions: 26' Ihara, 67' Nakanishi, 92' Hirano
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Nederland)
Attendance: 33,400
Japan - Croatia 0-1 (0-0) XVI. FIFA World Cup France 1998, Final Phase, 1st Round Group H
(Nantes - La Beaujoire Stadium - 20.06.1998 - 14:30)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 4-Masami Ihara (C), 17-Yutaka Akita, 19-Eisuke Nakanishi, 2-Akira Narahashi
(79' 15-Hiroaki Morishima), 3-Naoki Soma, 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 10-Hiroshi Nanami (84' 12-Wagner Lopes),
8-Hidetoshi Nakata, 18-Shoji Jo, 9-Masashi Nakayama (61' 14-Masayuki Okano). Coach: Takeshi Okada
Croatia (Red-White-White):
1-Drazen Ladic (GK), 6-Slaven Bilic, 4-Igor Stimac (H 19-Goran Vlaovic), 20-Dario Simic, 17-Robert Jarni,
21-Krunoslav Jurcic, 14-Zvonimir Soldo, 7-Aljosa Asanovic, 13-Mario Stanic (88' 15-Igor Tudor),
8-Robert Prosinecki (67' 11-Silvio Maric), 9-Davor Suker (C). Coach: Miroslav Blazevic
Scorers: 0-1 77' Suker
Cautions: 26' Prosinecki, 41' Nanami, 70' Nakanishi, 83' Stanic, 89' Akita
Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)
Attendance: 35,500
Jamaica - Japan 2-1 (1-0) XVI. FIFA World Cup France 1998, Final Phase, 1st Round Group H
(Lyon - Gerland Stadium - 26.06.1998 - 16:00)
Jamaica (Yellow-Black-Yellow):
13-Aaron Lawrence (GK), 2-Stephen Malcolm, 3-Christopher Dawes, 5-Ian Goodison, 17-Onandi Lowe,
6-Fitzroy Simpson (91' 16-Robbie Earle), 8-Marcus Gayle (80' 18-Deon Burton), 19-Frank Sinclair,
15-Ricardo Gardner, 11-Theodore Whitmore, 22-Pall Hall (72' 10-Walter Boyd).
Coach: Rene Simoes (Brazil)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 4-Masami Ihara (C), 5-Norio Omura (58' 12-Wagner Lopes), 17-Yutaka Akita,
2-Akira Narahashi, 3-Naoki Soma, 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 10-Hiroshi Nanami (78' 11-Shinji Ono),
8-Hidetoshi Nakata, 18-Shoji Jo (58' 22-Takashi Hirano), 9-Masashi Nakayama. Coach: Takeshi Okada
Scorers: 1-0 39' Whitmore, 2-0 54' Whitmore, 2-1 74' Nakayama
Cautions: 4' M.Yamaguchi, 78' Malcolm, 88' Dawes
Referee: Gunter Benko (Austria)
Attendance: 39,100
Japan - Egypt 1-0 (1-0) Friendly Match (Kirin World Challenge)
(Osaka - Nagai Stadium - 28.10.1998 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 16-Toshihide Saito, 4-Masami Ihara (C), 5-Yutaka Akita, 13-Shigeyoshi Mochizuki
(84' 6-Toshihiro Hattori), 3-Naoki Soma, 8-Hidetoshi Nakata (72' 15-Hiroaki Morishima (80' 2-Eisuke Nakanishi)),
17-Daisuke Oku, 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 9-Masashi Nakayama (59' 19-Tatsuhiko Kubo), 12-Wagner Lopes (77' 11-Shoji Jo).
Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Egypt (Green-Green-Green):
1-Nader El-Sayed (GK), 2-Abdel Zaher El-Sakka, 3-Mohammed Omara (75' 19-Abdullah El-Domani), 4-Hany Ramzy
(40' 12-Hady Khashaba), 5-Samir Kamouna, 7-Mohammed Youssef, 8-Yasser Radwan, 21-Osama Nabih (H 14-Hazem Emam),
25-Hossam Abdel Monaem, 13-Said El-Hafiz, 9-Hossam Hassan (C). Coach: Mahmoud El-Gohary
Scorers: 1-0 25' Nakayama PK
Cautions: 31' Ihara, 66' H.Hassan, 89' Nakanishi
Referee: Young-Joo Kim (South Korea)
Attendance: 47,996
Japan - Nepal 5-0 (3-0) XIII. Asian Games Bangkok 1998, 1st Round Group C
(Bangkok - Trang Stadium - 01.12.1998 - 15:30)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Yuta Minami (GK), 4-Kazuyuki Toda, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (65' 2-Satoshi Yamaguchi), 12-Masahiro Koga,
17-Yasuke Nakatani (57' 6-Tomokazu Myojin), 19-Daisuke Ichikawa, 7-Junichi Inamoto, 13-Shinji Ono (C)
(73' 8-Nozomi Hiroyama), 14-Toshiya Ishii, 9-Kenji Fukuda, 20-Naohiro Takahara.
Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Nepal (Red-Red-Red):
22-Ram Chauladhari (GK) (66' 2-Sanjeev Joshi (GK)), 4-Samir Nemkul, 6-Sandesh Shrestha, 17-Rakesh Shrestha,
13-Sunil Tulandhar, 14-Balgopal Maharjan, 12-Deepak Amatya, 7-Kumar Thapa, 11-Hari Khadka, 9-Naresh Joshi
(54' 16-Bashant Thapa), 19-Sukra Tamang. Coach: Ki-Heoung Yoo (South Korea)
Scorers: 1-0 10' K.Fukuda, 2-0 11' K.Fukuda, 3-0 30' Ono, 4-0 60' Inamoto, 5-0 89' Inamoto
Cautions: 29' Maharjan, 39' Tulandhar, 53' N.Joshi
Referee: Chaiwat Kunsuta (Thailand)
Attendance: 10,000
Note: Japan sent U-21 squad for this tournament.
Japan - India 1-0 (0-0) XIII. Asian Games Bangkok 1998, 1st Round Group C
(Bangkok - Trang Stadium - 03.12.1998 - 15:30)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Yuta Minami (GK), 4-Kazuyuki Toda, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 2-Satoshi Yamaguchi, 19-Daisuke Ichikawa,
6-Tomokazu Myojin, 7-Junichi Inamoto, 13-Shinji Ono (80' 10-Seiji Koga), 14-Toshiya Ishii,
9-Kenji Fukuda, 20-Naohiro Takahara (H 8-Nozomi Hiroyama). Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
India (White-Green-White):
21-Dora Hemanta (GK), 2-K.V.Dhanesh, 3-Franky Bereto, 4-Roberto Fernandes, 5-Jiju Jacob, 7-Bsudeb Mondol,
10-I.M.Vijayan (C), 12-Debjit Ghosh ,14-Carlton Chapman, 16-Anit Ghosh (32' 6-Shangmugham Venketesh),
15-Baichung Bhutia. Coach: Syed Nayeemuddin
Scorers: 1-0 46' K.Fukuda
Cautions: 39' S.Yamaguchi, 53' T.Ishii, 84' Bereto, 88' T.Miyamoto
Referee: Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)
Attendance:
Note: Japan sent U-21 squad for this tournament.
South Korea - Japan 2-0 (1-0) XIII. Asian Games Bangkok 1998, 2nd Round Group 2
(Bangkok - Rajamangala Stadium - 07.12.1998 - 15:00)
South. Korea (Red-Blue-Red):
1-Byung-Ji Kim (GK) (C), 3-Hyun-Soo Kim, 5-Jae-Won Sim, 15-Se-Kwon Park (53' 12-Byung-Keoun Lee),
4-Jin-Sub Park, 2-Sung-Yong Choi, 17-Yoon-Yeol Choi, 6-Sang-Cheol Yoo (77' 9-Eun-Joong Kim),
8-Jung-Hwan Yoon, 10-Yong-Soo Choi (65' 11-Byung-Joo Park), 20-Dong-Gook Lee. Coach: Jung-Moo Huh
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Yuta Minami (GK), 4-Kazuyuzi Toda, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 6-Tomokazu Myojin, 19-Daisuke Ichikawa,
13-Shinji Ono (C) (59' 11-Yoshiteru Yamashita), 7-Junichi Inamoto, 8-Nozomi Hiroyama (60' 14-Toshiya Ishii),
15-Shunsuke Nakamura, 9-Kenji Fukuda, 12-Masahiro Koga. Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Scorers: 1-0 31' Yong-Soo Choi PK, 2-0 46' Yong-Soo Choi
Cautions: 15' Jae-Won Sim, 19' Jin-Sub Park, 19' Koga, 30' Minami, 33' Byung-Ji Kim, 45' Se-Kwon Cho,
83' T.Ishii
Referee: Russamee Jindamai (Thailand)
Attendance: 3,000
Note: Japan sent U-21 squad for this tournament.
Japan - Kuwait 2-1 (0-0) XIII. Asian Games Bangkok 1998, 2nd Round Group 2
(Bangkok - Rajamangala Stadium - 09.12.1998 - 17:00)
Japan (White-Blue-White):
1-Yuta Minami (GK), 2-Satoshi Yamaguchi, 4-Kazuyuki Toda, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 19-Daisuke Ichikawa,
6-Tomokazu Myojin, 7-Junichi Inamoto, 13-Shinji Ono (H 8-Nozomi Hiroyama), 15-Shunsuke Nakamura,
9-Kenji Fukuda (73' 20-Naohiro Takahara), 11-Yoshiteru Yamashita. Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Kuwait (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Khalid Al-Fadhli (GK), 3-Jamal Abdulrahman, 5-Nohayr Al-Shammari, 6-Hussein Al-Khodari,
7-Bader Al-Halabeej (69' 2-Nasser Al-Omran), 10-Hani Al-Saqer (57' 18-Nasser Al-Othman),
11-Faraj Laheeb, 13-Ahmad Al-Mutari, 15-Saleh Al-Azemi, 17-Esam Sakeen, 20-Jassem Al-Houwaidi.
Coach: Milan Macala (Czech Republic)
Scorers: 0-1 69' Faraj Laheeb, 1-1 83' Y.Yamashita, 2-1 86' S.Nakamura PK
Cautions: 23' Al-Houwaidi, 78' Y.Yamashita, 90' Al-Azemi
Referee: Ahmad Abharan Alvari (Iran)
Attendance:
Note: Japan sent U-21 squad for this tournament.
U.A.E. - Japan 1-0 (0-0) XIII. Asian Games Bangkok 1998, 2nd Round Group 2
(Bangkok - Rajamangala Stadium - 11.12.1998 - 15:00)
U.A.E. (White-White-White):
1-Jumaa Rashid (GK), 2-Abdulrahman Ibrahim, 4-Fahad Ali, 5-Abdulsalam Jumma, 21-Adil Mohammed,
12-Abdulla Essa, 8-Abdulslam Al-Junaibi (90' 3-Abdulla Salim Mohd), 9-Hassan Saeed Ahmed,
10-Mohammed Ibrahim (80' 15-Mohammedd Ali), 14-Sultan Rashid Al-Kabbani, 16-Fahad Hassan.
Coach: Carlos Queiroz (Portugal)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Yuta Minami (GK), 2-Satoshi Yamaguchi, 4-Kazuyuki Toda (71' 20-Naohiro Takahara), 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto,
19-Daisuke Ichikawa, 6-Tomokazu Myojin, 7-Junichi Inamoto, 11-Yoshiteru Yamashita (63' 14-Toshiya Ishii),
13-Shinji Ono (H 8-Nozomi Hiroyama), 15-Shunsuke Nakamura, 9-Kenji Fukuda. Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Scorers: 1-0 59' Hassan Saeed Ahmed
Cautions: 43' Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Referee: Russamee Jindamai (Thailand)
Attendance:
Note: Japan sent U-21 squad for this tournament.
Japan - Brazil 0-2 (0-1) Friendly Match (Kirin Beverage Soccer)
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 31.03.1999 - 19:05)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Takashi Shimoda (GK), 16-Toshihide Saito, 4-Masami Ihara (C) (63' 18-Ryuzo Morioka), 5-Yutaka Akita,
7-Teruyoshi Ito, 15-Kazuaki Tasaka, 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 3-Naoki Soma, 8-Hidetoshi Nakata, 9-Masashi Nakayama
(82' 19-Atsushi Yanagisawa), 11-Shoji Jo (57' 12-Wagner Lopes). Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Brazil (Yellow-Blue-White):
1-Rogerio Ceni (GK), 2-Marcos Cafu (C) (66' 13-Rogerio), 3-Odvan, 4-Cesar (H 14-Scheidt), 16-Felipe,
10-Victor Rivaldo, 5-Flavio Conceicao, 11-Juninho, 18-Emerson da Rosa, 7-Amoroso, 17-Fabio Junior.
Coach: Wanderley Luxembourg
Scorers: 0-1 12' Amoroso, 0-2 93' Emerson
Cautions: 15' Ihara, 24' Emerson, 62' Odvan, 65' Nakayama
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
Attendance: 53,903
Japan - Belgium 0-0 (0-0) XX. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 1999, Group Stage
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 03.06.1999 - 19:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 2-Toshihide Saito, 22-Ryuzo Morioka, 5-Yutaka Akita, 7-Teruyoshi Ito,
15-Kazuaki Tasaka (H 6-Toshihiro Hattori), 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 3-Naoki Soma, 13-Toshiya Fujita
(59' 21-Atsushi Yanagisawa), 8-Hidetoshi Nakata, 11-Wagner Lopes (87' 16-Daisuke Oku).
Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Belgium (White-White-White):
12-Philippe van de Walle (GK), 3-Gordan Vidovic (28' 16-Glen de Boeck), 4-Lorenzo Staelens (C),
15-Tjorven de Brul, 5-Bart Goor, 6-Yves Vanderhaeghe, 7-Wilfred Delbroek (91' 14-Kristiaan Janssens),
8-Stephane Tanghe, 9-Marc Hendrikx, 10-Sandy Martens (65' 19-Mbo Mpenza), 11-Gert Verheyen
(65' 21-Jurgen Cavens). Coach: Georges Leekens
Scorers: -
Cautions: 48' Delbroek, 49' de Brul, 92' Staelens
Referee: Tae-Young Kim (South Korea)
Attendance: 54,685
Japan - Peru 0-0 (0-0) XX. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 1999, Group Stage
(Yokohama - International Stadium - 06.06.1999 - 13:30)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 5-Yutaka Akita, 22-Ryuzo Morioka, 6-Toshihiro Hattori, 13-Toshiya Fujita
(64' 19-Atsuhiro Miura), 7-Teruyoshi Ito, 10-Hiroshi Nanami (H 2-Toshihide Saito), 3-Naoki Soma,
8-Hidetoshi Nakata (84' 14-Tsuyoshi Kitazawa), 21-Atsushi Yanagisawa, 11-Wagner Lopes (70' 16-Daisuke Oku).
Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Peru (White-White-White):
1-Oscar Ibanez (GK), 3-Juan Reynoso, 16-Luis Guadalupe (72' 2-Jose Chacon), 4-Miguel Rebosio,
14-Jorge Soto, 10-Roberto Palacios, 8-Juan Jayo, 5-Jose Pereda, 7-Nolberto Solano, 9-Flavio Maestri
(89' 15-Andres Mendoza), 11-Claudio Pizarro (59' 17-Roberto Holsen). Coach: Juan Carlos Oblitas
Scorers: -
Cautions: 10' Solano, 32' Soma, 52' Jayo, 56' Guadalupe
Referee: Panya Hanlumyaung (Thailand)
Attendance: 67,354
Peru - Japan 3-2 (0-1) XXXIX. Copa America Paraguay 1999, 1st Round Group A
(Asuncion - Defensores del Chaco Stadium - 29.06.1999 - 18:15)
Peru (White-White-White):
1-Oscar Ibanez (GK), 2-Cesar Rebosio, 3-Juan Reynoso, 6-Jose Soto, 14-Jorge Soto, 7-Nolberto Solano,
5-Jose Pereda (81' 19-Marko Ciurlizza), 8-Juan Jayo, 10-Roberto Palacios (H 17-Roberto Holsen),
11-Claudio Pizarro, 9-Flavio Maestri (89' 13-Juan Jose Velasquez). Coach: Juan Carlos Oblitas
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 17-Ryuzo Morioka, 4-Masami Ihara (C), 5-Yutaka Akita, 6-Toshihiro Hattori,
15-Kazuaki Tasaka (30' 22-Takashi Fukunishi), 8-Shigeyoshi Mochizuki (62' 19-Atsuhiro Miura),
7-Teruyoshi Ito, 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 12-Shoji Jo, 11-Wagner Lopes (72' 16-Daisuke Oku).
Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Scorers: 0-1 6' Lopes, 1-1 70' Soto, 2-1 74' Holsen, 2-2 77' A.Miura, 3-2 81' Holsen
Cautions: 6' Reynoso, 71' Jayo
Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)
Attendance: 45,000
Paraguay - Japan 4-0 (2-0) XXXIX. Copa America Paraguay 1999, 1st Round Group A
(Asuncion - Defensores del Chaco Stadium - 02.07.1999 - 21:05)
Paraguay (White-Blue-Blue):
1-Ricardo Tavarelli (GK), 2-Francisco Arce, 3-Celso Ayala (51' 21-Denis Caniza), 4-Carlos Gamarra (C),
5-Delio Toledo, 7-Diego Gavilan (61' 17-Carlos Paredes), 6-Julio Cesar Enciso, 8-Roberto Acuna,
18-Hugo Ovelar (76' 14-Nelson Cuevas), 9-Miguel Benitez, 11-Roque Santa Cruz.
Coach: Ever Almeida (Uruguay)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 3-Naoki Soma, 2-Toshihide Saito, 7-Teruyoshi Ito, 5-Yutaka Akita,
17-Ryuzo Morioka, 18-Masahiro Ando, 10-Hiroshi Nanami (58' 13-Toshiya Fujita), 22-Takashi Fukunishi
(24' 19-Atsuhiro Miura), 11-Wagner Lopes, 12-Shoji Jo (67' 9-Kota Yoshihara).
Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Scorers: 1-0 18' Benitez, 2-0 40' Santa Cruz, 3-0 62' Benitez, 4-0 86' Santa Cruz
Cautions: 33' Jo, 74' T.Saito
Referee: Armando Archundia (Mexico)
Attendance: 40,000
Japan - Bolivia 1-1 (0-0) XXXIX. Copa America Paraguay 1999, 1st Round Group A
(Pedro Juan Caballero - Rio Paraiti Stadium - 05.07.1999 - 19:05)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
20-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 17-Ryuzo Morioka, 4-Masami Ihara (C), 5-Yutaka Akita, 6-Toshihiro Hattori,
13-Toshiya Fujita (64' 16-Daisuke Oku), 8-Shigeyoshi Mochizuki, 7-Teruyoshi Ito, 10-Hiroshi Nanami
(70' 19-Atsuhiro Miura), 11-Wagner Lopes, 21-Masayuki Okano (63' 12-Shoji Jo).
Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Bolivia (Green-White-Green):
1-Jose Carlo Fernandez (GK), 20-Renny Ribera (87' 6-Fernando Ochoaizpur), 2-Juan Manuel Pena,
5-Oscar Sanchez, 19-Ivan Sabino Castillo (75' 10-Marco Etcheverry), 15-Luis Cristaldo, 8-Ruben Tufino,
21-Erwin Sanchez, 7-Limberg Gutierrez, 22-Victor Hugo Antelo, 9-Jaime Moreno (H 18-Gustavo Quinteros).
Coach: Hector Veira (Argentina)
Scorers: 0-1 52' Sanchez, 1-1 75' Lopes PK
Cautions: 72' Pena, 74' Morioka, 81' Gutierrez
Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)
Attendance: 20,000
Japan - Iran 1-1 (1-0) Friendly Match (Kirin World Challenge)
(Yokohama - International Stadium - 08.09.1999 - 16:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 4-Ryuzo Morioka (79' 12-Eisuke Nakanishi), 5-Yutaka Akita
(H 6-Toshihiro Hattori), 7-Teruyoshi Ito, 18-Takashi Fukunishi (H 14-Masaaki Sawanobori), 3-Naoki Soma,
16-Daisuke Oku, 19-Atsuhiro Miura, 11-Wagner Lopes (H 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa), 9-Shoji Jo (63' 17-Tatsuhiko Kubo).
Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Iran (White-White-White):
1-Seyed Hadi Tatabaei (GK), 3-Javad Zarincheh, 14-Esmail Halai, 8-Sattar Hamedani, 9-Hamid Estili,
17-Ali Reza Imamifar, 6-Mehdi Hashmiansab, 7-Farhad Majidi (88' 11-Edmond Bezik), 13-Darioush Yazdani,
2-Mehdi Mahdavikia, 10-Ali Daei (C). Coach: Mansour Pour-Heydari
Scorers: 1-0 10' Oku, 1-1 68' Daei
Cautions: 32' Hamedani, 36' Majidi, 53' Hattori, 61' Kawaguchi
Referee: Mohamed Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)
Attendance: 35,860
Japan - Mexico 0-1 (0-0) XIV. Carlsberg Cup 2000, Semi Final
(Hong Kong - Hong Kong Stadium - 05.02.2000 - 15:15)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
18-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 2-Takeshi Watanabe, 3-Naoki Matsuda, 16-Koji Nakata, 24-Junichi Inamoto,
7-Teruyoshi Ito (77' 12-Masaaki Sawanobori), 13-Shinji Ono, 10-Hiroshi Namami, 8-Shigeyoshi Mochizuki
(75' 15-Daisuke Oku), 9-Masashi Nakayama (80' 11-Kazuyoshi Miura), 17-Tomoyuki Hirase (80' 14-Takashi Hirano).
Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Mexico (Green-White-White):
1-Oscar Perez (GK), 2-Claudio Suarez (C), 3-Sergio Almaguer, 4-Rafael Marquez, 5-Gerrardo Torrado
(H 6-Ignacio Hierro), 7-Ramon Ramirez, 19-Miguel Anguel Zepeda, 14-Mario Mendez (H 18-Salvador Carmona),
16-Jesus Arellano (H 10-Emilio Mora), 9-Juan Pablo Rodriguez (56' 11-Daniel Osorno), 17-Francisco Palencia.
Coach: Manuel Lapuente
Scorers: 0-1 55' Zepeda
Cautions: -
Expulsions: 52' Palencia
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
Attendance: 30,000
Hong Kong - Japan 0-0 (0-0,0-0) 5-6 on penalties
XIV. Carlsberg Cup 2000, Third Place Match
(Hong Kong - Hong Kong Stadium - 08.02.2000 - 18:10)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
18-Seigo Narazaki (GK), 2-Takeshi Watanabe (H 14-Takashi Hirano), 3-Naoki Matsuda, 16-Yuji Nakazawa,
6-Toshihiro Hattori, 8-Shigeyoshi Mochizuki (66' 21-Tomokazu Myojin), 10-Hiroshi Nanami,
12-Masaaki Sawanobori (H 15-Daisuke Oku), 24-Junichi Inamoto, 9-Masahi Nakayama (70' 23-Shunsuke Nakamura),
11-Kazuyoshi Miura (59' 17-Tomoyuki Hirase). Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Hong Kong (Red-Red-Red):
22-Michael Leonardo (GK), 3-Criatiano Cordeiro, 4-Dmitry Kalkanov, 14-Dejan Antonic, 17-Gary McKeown
(86' 11-Paul Michael Ritchie), 23-Yiu Cheuk Poon (H 13-Guy Ambassa), 24-Gerardo Laterza, 25-Kai Cheuk Lai
(66' 7-Ricardo Rambo Jose), 9-Leandro Simioni, 10-Sin Sui Chung Cheng, 15-Alen Bajkusa (62' 6-Tomy Giacomeli).
Coach: Arie van der Zouwen (Nederland)
Scorers: -
Penalties: 1-0 Hattori, 1-1 Giacomelli, 2-1 Inamoto, 2-2 Simioni, 2-2 S.Nakamura (saved), 2-3 Laterza, 3-3 Myojin,
3-4 Ritchie, 4-4 Nanami, 4-4 Sin Sui Chung Cheng (saved), 5-4 Hirase, 5-5 Ambassa, 6-5 Oku, 6-5 Kalkanov (saved)
Cautions: 11' Inamoto, 18' Matsuda, 24' Yiu Cheuk Poon, 45' Kalkanov, 48' Ambassa
Expulsions: 81' Hirano
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
Attendance: 32,000
Note: This match wasn't counted as a full international because Hong Kong used some foreign players.
Japan - Singapore 3-0 (2-0) XII. Asian Cup Lebanon 2000, Preliminaries, Group 10
(Macao - Macao Stadium - 13.02.2000 - 18:30)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
1-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 16-Yuji Nakazawa 3-Naoki Matsuda, 16-Koji Nakata, 24-Junicho Inamoto,
7-Teruyoshi Ito (H 21-Tomokazu Myojin), 12-Masaaki Sawanobori, 13-Shinji Ono (51' 15-Daisuke Oku),
23-Shunsuke Nakamura, 25-Naohiro Takahara (71' 17-Tomoyuki Hirase), 9-Masashi Nakayama.
Coach: Philippe Troussier (France)
Singapore (White-White-White):
1-Mohammed Bin-Hassan (GK), 3-Mohammed Bin-Mohammed, 4-Mohammed Bin-Mohamud, 5-Aide Bin-Sahak,
6-Subramini Shunmugham, 9-Ahamed Bin-Khamarudin, 12-Zulkarna