Japan Squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup

Varun Sharma May 26, 2022 Football Leave a comment

The Japanese team will be making its seventh appearance at the FIFA World Cups in 2022. Japan will be facing Germany in their first match of the tournament on November 23, 2022, at Khalifa International Stadium in Al Rayyan. Japan is placed in Group E of the 2022 FIFA World Cup alongside Germany, Spain and Costa Rica.

Team

Japan
Total World Cup Appearance prior to 2022
 6
Best Performance 2002 & 2010 (Round of 16 – 9th)
2018 FIFA World Cup Performance Round of 16 (15th)

Here you can get more details about the Japan Squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

2022 FIFA World Cup Japan Squad

Captain Coach
Maya Yoshida Hajime Moriyasu
Goalkeepers
Eiji Kawashima Shuichi Gonda Daniel Schmidt
Defenders
Yuto Nagatomo Maya Yoshida Hiroki Sakai Takehiro Tomiyasu Hiroki Ito Miki Yamane
Shogo Taniguchi Ko Itakura
Midfielders
Gaku Shibasaki Wataru Endo Takumi Minamino Junya Ito Ritsu Doan Daichi Kamada
Takefusa Kubo Hidemasa Morita Ao Tanaka Kaoru Mitoma Yuki Soma
Forwards
Takuma Asano Shuto Machino Ayase Ueda Daizen Maeda
  • Matches
  • Points Table
  • Statistics
Group Stage
FIFA World Cup
23 Nov 2022
- 4:00 pm
Germany
1 2
Japan
Khalifa International Stadium
I. Cisneros
FIFA World Cup
27 Nov 2022
- 1:00 pm
Japan
0 1
Costa Rica
Ahmed bin Ali Stadium
M. Oliver
FIFA World Cup
1 Dec 2022
- 10:00 pm
Japan
2 1
Spain
Khalifa International Stadium
V. Gomes
Knockout stage
FIFA World Cup
5 Dec 2022
- 6:00 pm
Japan
1 1
Croatia
Al Janoub Stadium
I. Elfath
Penalties 1-3
All
Home
Away
#
Club
M
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pt
1 â–²
Japan
Japan
w l w
3
2
0
1
4
3
1
6
2 â–¼
Spain
Spain
w d l
3
1
1
1
9
3
6
4
3 â–²
Germany
Germany
l d w
3
1
1
1
6
5
1
4
4 â–¼
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
l w l
3
1
0
2
3
11
-8
3
- advance to the knockout stage

The squad of all 32 qualified teams can be seen in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Squads.

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Varun Sharma is an avid sports fan and loves to read and write about latest sporting activities happening around the world.

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