Japan Football Team Preview

The Japan men’s national football team will play at their seventh World Cup finals. Never making it past the round of 16, Japan will look to finally progress to a World Cup quarter-final, but first, they must escape the group of death.

Can their talented squad see them overcome Germany or Spain in the group stages?

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What is Japan’s World Ranking?

Japan are ranked 24th in the FIFA World Rankings.

What Group are Japan in?

Japan are in Group E for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. They will be competing against Germany, Costa Rica, and Spain in the group of death.

See all the World Cup Groups for this year’s biggest football event.

What are Japan’s previous World Cup results?

Japan have qualified for seven World Cups in their history, every tournament since 1998. Before then, they either did not enter or failed to qualify, but now they are a force to be reckoned with and often pop up with an impressive run.

In 2018 they reached the round of 16, where they were famously beaten by Belgium in the last attack of the game after going 2-0 up via two goal of the tournament contenders.

What was Japan’s qualifying record for the 2022 World Cup?

Japan qualifying record

Who is the head coach of the Japan National Team?

Hajime Moriyasu is the Japan manager and has been in charge since 2018.

He has managed his side through a number of tournaments now, so understands the pressure of the biggest stage and took Japan to the final of the AFC Asian Cup in 2019 after a fantastic tournament.

Who is the captain of the Japan National Team?

Maya Yoshida is the captain of the Japanese football team and has been a loyal servant to the nation in his 122 caps. He has won the Asian Cup with Japan and leads from the back as a central defender.

Who are the star players for Japan?

Japan have a strong squad at the World Cup once again and will be aiming to deal some damage to the top sides in their difficult group.

Japan possesses some quality players who play at the highest-level including Takumi Minamino, Daichi Kamada, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Takefusa Kobu.

What are Japan’s group fixtures at the 2022 World Cup?

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Japan World Cup Squad 2022

There are 26 players in total in Japan’s World Cup squad. Here is the full 2022 World Cup squad listing below.