Japan

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The first international match Japan played was in the Far Eastern Championship Games in Tokyo in which it had a group of Tokyo Higher Normal School. Tokyo Higher Normal School. While Japan performed well in the fields of baseball, swimming in track and field as well, the football team fell in crushing defeats against China, the Republic of China and the Philippines. However, football was popularized in Japanese schools during the 1920s. In the 1920s, the Japan Football Association was formed in 1921. Japan was a part of FIFA in May 1929.

The first "true" National team (as instead of an unofficial university team that was chosen to represent the nation) was formed at in 1930 at the Far Eastern Championship Games, and also drew with China to claim the title of champion. Shigeyoshi Suzuki was the coach of Japan's national squad to their first Olympic appearance in 1936's Summer Olympics held in Berlin. Japan had a chance to participate in an entry into the 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification, but pulled out prior to the scheduled qualification match with The Dutch East Indies.

Following the time that World War II began in the midst of war, Japan did not play in international competitions, with the exception for a few matches with Manchuria as well as other colonial countries. The last prewar game Japan played to determine Elo rating was an friendly game against the Philippines in June 1940.

When Korea is subordinate to Japanese rule, many Koreans took part in international competitions for Japan like Kim Yong Sik (1936-40) Kim Sung-gan (1940) and Lee Yoo-hyung (1940).

The first postwar Japan appearance was its 1950 Asian Games in India. Japan rejoined FIFA in 1950 and took part in qualifying matches in the 1954 FIFA World Cup, but was unable to secure an AFC qualifying spot against South Korea after two matches and a fierce rivalry began. Japan has also joined in the Asian Football Confederation in 1954.

Dettmar Cramer was appointed to Cramer's Japan national team in 1960 as a coach and helped guide the team to victory in the round of eight in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Japan's first big success in international football took place at the year 1968's Summer Olympics at Mexico City, where the team was awarded an Olympic bronze. Even though this win brought the sport more recognition in Japan however, the absence of an organized domestic league slowed its growth and Japan was not able to qualify for to play in the FIFA World Cup until 30 years after. However, Japan had come close to being able to participate in at the time of 1986's FIFA World Cup, but was defeated by South Korea in the deciding match.

Japan was the first nation to participate at Japan's first appearance at the Asian Cup in 1988, when they were eliminated from the group stage after the draw with Iran and defeats against South Korea, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.

The 1980s were a time of tangible steps to improve the professionalism of the game in Japan. JFA introduced an exclusive Licensed player system back in the year 1986 that allowed the most professional players to participate in the national semi-professional league. Action committees were formed between 1988 and 1989 in order to debate the possibility of establishing a fully professional football league within Japan.

In 1991 those who owned the semi-professional Japan Soccer League agreed to end the league and revive it into the official J.League in part to increase the profile of the sport as well as improve the national team's program. In the next calendar year Japan played host to their first Asian Cup and won their first trophy by beating Saudi Arabia 1-0 in the final. J.League was officially launched in 1993. J.League was officially established in 1993.

However, in its initial attempt to qualify using pros, Japan narrowly missed a ticket to the 1994 World Cup after drawing with Iraq in the final game of the qualification round. called by fans"the "Agony of Doha". The next tournament Japan played in was to defend their title as a continental champion during the 1996 Asian Cup. Japan won all of their games during the group stage, but they lost in the quarter-finals following a 2-0 defeat to Kuwait.

The first time Japan made a World Cup appearance was in 1998, when Japan had to forfeit all their matches. The two opening games were with a 1-0 win over Argentina and Croatia while the tournament concluded with a loss of 2-1 to Jamaica. Japan performed well throughout the three games however, and each of the three defeats being only one goal in the distance.

At the 2000 AFC Asian Cup, Japan was able to defend their title after beating Saudi Arabia in the final and becoming Asian champions for the second time.

A year after that, Japan co-hosted the 2002 World Cup with South Korea. After a draw of 2-2 with Belgium in their first match The Japanese team made it into the second round thanks to the win of 1-0 against Russia as well as a convincing 2-0 win against Tunisia. But, they were eliminated from the tournament in the round of 16 following a 1-0 loss to the eventual third-place finalist Turkey.

The 2004 AFC Asian Cup hosted by China The Japanese held on to the title, winning their group following two wins against Thailand and Oman after which they beat Jordan in the final. They also beat Bahrain. They defeated China at the end of their match game 3-1.

On the 8th of June, the year 2005 Japan got its spot in at the 2006 World Cup in Germany for the third time in a row. It was Japan's third time in a row to qualify for the World Cup, by beating North Korea 2-0 on neutral ground. The result was that Japan was unable to make it into the 16th round, losing to Australia 3-3 while losing to Australia 1-3, drawing Croatia 1-1 and losing to Brazil with a score of 1-4.

It was 2007 and the AFC Asian Cup saw Japan fail to defend their title. While they easily won all of the teams in group Vietnam as well as two Arab opponents, Qatar and the UAE Qatar and the UAE, the Japanese were exhausted during their match against Australia in which Japan was only able to win via an extra shootout. Japan was defeated by Saudi Arabia in the semi-finals after which they lost the third place game with South Korea.

The 2010. World Cup qualification, in the fourth round of the Asian Qualifiers Japan made history as the very first nation outside of hosts South Africa to qualify after beating Uzbekistan by a score of 1-0 away. Japan was a part of Group E with other teams like the Netherlands, Denmark and Cameroon. Japan started off with winning 1-0 against Cameroon but then fell to the Netherlands 1-1. In the next round, Japan resoundingly beat Denmark 3-1 in order to make it into the next round, where they will play Paraguay. In the 16th round, Japan were eliminated from the tournament due to penalties following an 0-0 draw with Paraguay.

Following the World Cup, head coach Takeshi Okada resigned. His replacement was the former Juventus coach and Milan manager Alberto Zaccheroni. In his initial games, Japan recorded victories over Guatemala (2-1) and Paraguay (1-0) and Paraguay (1-0), as also a 1-0 win against Argentina.

2011 2011, Japan participated in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar. On the 29th of January they defeated Australia 1-1 in the final following extra time and won the fourth time they have won an Asian Cup triumph and allowing them to be selected for 2013's FIFA Confederations Cup.

Japan began their journey towards their 2014 World Cup in Brazil. They suffered just two defeats to Uzbekistan and Jordan while drawing with Australia. Then, on the 12th of Oct, Japan earned a historic 1-1 win against France. In a 1-1 tie against Australia they were selected to participate in 2014's World Cup, becoming the first nation outside of Brazil to be selected.

Japan began the 2013 Confederations Cup campaign with a 3-1 loss to Brazil. They were eliminated from the tournament following a loss 3-4 to Italy 3-4. They also lost their final game 1-1 against Mexico and ended up with a fourth place finish on the Group A. The following month, in the EAFF East Asian Cup, they began with a draw in 3-3 to China. They then defeated Australia 3-1 and defeated South Korea 2-1 in the third and final match of 2013. EAFF East Asian Cup to win the trophy.

Japan was a part of Group C of the 2014 World Cup alongside the Ivory Coast, Greece and Colombia. Japan lost their first game to Ivory Coast 2-1 after initially leading, but they conceded two goals within a two-minute time. They then lost their second match against Greece at 0-0. In order to be eligible for the second round, they required a victory over Colombia in addition to Greece to beat Ivory Coast. Greece defeated Ivory Coast 2-1, but Colombia beat them 4-1 to eliminate Japan out of Japan's World Cup. Alberto Zaccheroni resigned as head coach. In July 2014 the the former Mexico as well as Espanyol director Javier Aguirre took over and Japan fell 2-0 to Uruguay at the start of the game that he played in.

Japan won the opening game in the 2014 AFC Asian Cup in Group D, beating Asian Cup debutantes Palestine 4-0 and scored goals from Yasuhito Endo Shinji Okazaki Keisuke Honda with a penalty, as well as Maya Yoshida. Okazaki was named the man for the game. They were then up against Iraq as well as Jordan in their subsequent group match that they beat 1-0 and 2-0 respectively. They advanced to the knockout phase in the Group D winners with nine points in Group D, with seven goals scored and they did not concede any goals. In the quarter-finals Japan was defeated by their opponents in the United Arab Emirates in a penalty shootout following an 1-1 draw. Honda as well as Shinji Kagawa did not score penalties. Japan's exit was their worst performance at the tournament in 19 years.

Following the Asian Cup, Aguirre was fired following accusations of corruption during his previous stint. His replacement was Vahid Halilhodzic on March 15, 2015. Japan began on a rough start to qualifying, losing to the UAE in a 1-2 home loss. Then, they increased their pace in their qualifier matches in the form of Iraq, Australia, and Thailand with 5 wins and two draw. On the 31st of August , 2017, Japan defeated Australia 2-0 at home, thereby qualifying for their 2017 FIFA World Cup in Russia which was their sixth consecutive World Cup. But Japan Football Association Japan Football Association decided to dismiss Halilhodzic on April 9th, 2018, just ten days ahead of the World Cup finals, citing the reasons for a break in the relationship between coach and player, as well as the poor performance of recent friendly matches and choose as the technical director Japanese head coach Akira Nishino who was the manager of the Japanese Under-23 team during the 1996 Olympics and was appointed his new coach.

Japan achieved a record-breaking victory at the 2018 FIFA World Cup by defeating Colombia 1-1, their first win by an AFC side against CONMEBOL squad in a tournament that was officially sanctioned in addition to Japan's first win in the FIFA World Cup finals in UEFA nations. The second game was a draw with Senegal and one goal was that was scored by Takashi Inui, and the other scored by Keisuke Honda. Japan lost their final group game of the group H against Poland 1-1, leaving Japan and Senegal in second place with a similar performance, however, since Japan received two less white cards. Japan moved to knockout stage of their Fair Play Points tiebreaker, the first team to achieve this. The match against Poland provoked controversy, because Japan became aware of their advantages over Senegal after ten minutes and they decided to play a prudent game. They played the ball to one another , and putting it inside their own box. They aimed to avoid bookings, and did not attempt to take seriously shot on goal even though they lost 1-0, with some fans cheering for the players. The game received comparisons against The 1982 World Cup Disgrace of Gijon that was played in the same way. match was played. Japan had the distinction of being the first AFC team to advance to knockout phase. The Round 16 match match against Belgium, Japan took a unexpected 2-0 lead thanks to an equalizer within the 47th minute of Genki Haraguchi, and another in the 52nd minute scored by Takashi Inui. However, they conceded three goals afterward which included the winning goal by Nacer Chadli, who scored on the counter-attack during the final minute of the match in the 94th. It was the third time for Japan reaching the final 16 in a row, which was their highest score in the World Cup. The loss to eventual third-place runners-up Belgium it was the first occasion that a nation lost a knockout match during the World Cup after taking a two-goal lead since England fell in extra-time to West Germany 2-3 in extra-time in the quarterfinals in the tournament of 1970. The unfortunate outcome was the result of the inexperience of the Nipponese players, who were incredibly offensive , and they did not move back enough defensively once the lead of two goals was accumulated (unlike France, eventual champion in the semifinals, where they played a low block in the semifinals against the Belgians and had success) which left a lot of space for the Belgians and taking advantage of their athletic and physical ability to win the game. The Japanese's outstanding performance was appreciated by the media, journalists and pundits for their determination which was evident in the victory of Japan over Colombia and a draw against Senegal and a ferocious counter-attack against the heavyweight Belgium.

Japan took part during this year's AFC Asian Cup and had an almost flawless event. The team was able to easily top group F after beating Turkmenistan with a score of 3-2, Oman 1-0 and Uzbekistan 1-1. However, the team was criticised for its defensive style (as offensive tactics led to a sour encounter with Belgium in World Cup 2018). World Cup 2018), in the sense that Japan was able to win the group with just one goal margin victories in all three matches and two knockout phase matches . Japan only defeated the other stronghold Saudi Arabia in the round of 16 as well as Dark Horse Vietnam in the quarter-finals , both by a 1-0 margin. After beating Iran 3-1 to advance to in the last four, Japan's dream to achieve their fifth Asian Cup in two decades was shattered when the team suffered the loss of 1-3 to Qatar and Qatar, who took home this year's Asian Cup for the first time.

Japan was invited to the 2019, Copa America, their second appearance at the tournament and also brought a team of youngsters to the event. They were part of Group C , along with Uruguay, Chile and Ecuador. They lost their first match by a score of 0-4 to Chile. Japan was able to bounce back with a strong performance and was able to draw against the giants of football Uruguay with a score of 2-2. (Uruguay) were judged to have be prevented by VAR. Japan required a win over Ecuador to be able to progress to the knockout stage, but they lost 1-1 and missed out due to poor goal difference to Paraguay. Following the game, Japan play a friendly match against the Paraguayans winning by 2-0 at home.

Japan was selected for 2020's FIFA World Cup, and were placed alongside Germany, Costa Rica and Spain in Group E.

Following the announcement that China was eliminated as the host for the 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship, it was revealed that Japan was to host the tournament; Japan won the championship by winning this table by winning two times and a draw.

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The national team of Japan is known as"the Samurai Blue (samuraiburu, Samurai Buru) by the JFA. The team is also named after the last name given to the coach. For instance under Takeshi Okada the team was named Okada Japan (Gang Tian Ziyapan, Okada Japan),[46] or in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, team was referred to by the departing coach's (Akira Nishino), as "Nishino Japan" (Xi Ye ziyapan, Nishino Japan).

The design of the national team's kit has undergone several changes over the years. In the beginning of the 1980s, the uniform was blue with white trim. The kits worn during 1992's Asian Cup consisted of white stripes (stylized to create an wing) and red diamonds. In the 1996 Asian Cup and in the 1998 World Cup, the national team's kit was blue with white and red fire designs printed on sleeves and were created in collaboration with JFA (with their sponsors rotating every season with Asics, Puma, and Adidas). The 1996 design was reprinted in a specific kit that was used against Syria on June 7, 2017.

Japan has a preference for white and blue, rather than white and red because of the belief that it is a myth. Japan first began using blue shirts at 1930's Far Eastern Championship Games, which was the first time a team from Tokyo Imperial University (whose color is light blue) played for Japan sporting light blue shirts. The team won later, in a 3-2 win against Sweden in the opening game of their first major international contest which was the 1936 Summer Olympics. In the time that Japan was under the direction of Kenzo Yokyama (1988-1992) the uniforms were white and red in keeping with the colors of the national flag. Following the disappointments of the 1990 FIFA World Cup and 1992 Summer Olympics qualifications, the red shirt was discarded.

In 2013, during the Confederations Cup and the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, Japan temporarily changed the color of the numbers from white to gold.

Japan's kit is supplied from German company Adidas which is the team's sole kit provider in April, 1999. Prior to this, Asics and Puma had been the team's official clothing partner along with Adidas.

On the 3rd of June in 2021 Japan launched the 100th Anniversary special jersey for a friendly match with Jamaica however, the game was postponed and replaced by an U-24 team. The same kit was used for the team of U-24 in a match against the U-24 team in Ghana on the 5th of June in 2021.

The crest, or emblem, for the nation's team was adopted at the end of 2017, as part of wider redesign through the Japan Football Association. The crest depicts the Yatagarasu, the crow with three legs taken from Japanese mythology, which symbolizes the sun. The sun is held by the ball in a solid red which resembles the sun of the flag. The word "JFA" (for JFA, which stands for the Japan Football Association) is located on the bottom of the crow. Red stripes are located in the middle of the shield in front of the crow. The shield is adorned with gold-colored trim that is metallic and a more pronounced black outline. The name of the nation that is represented on the National Team "Japan" can also be written inside this black line.

The previous crest , which was in use from 1996 had a shield featuring more intricate shapes. The ball held by Yatagarasu was white with highlights. Its text "Japan" is missing, and "JFA" appears in an alternative font.

Prior to the year 1988 Japan had the flag of its nationality with the red outline (and that had JFA printed in black in one of its lower corners) on the shirt.

The Yatagarasu first appeared on Japan shirt in the year 1988. It was on a yellow circular that had a blue border and "JAPAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION" inscribed around the circle. Then, in 1991 the crest transformed to be a white shield, with the red vertical stripe at the middle with the crow in it, as well as "JFA" is written with the green Gothic typeface. This design was used from 1991 until 1996.

Japan hosts its home matches at several stadiums in rotation across the country, with a particular focus on Saitama Stadium 2002. Saitama Stadium 2002.

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Japan retains a fierce soccer rivalry South Korea. The football rivalry has been long-running and is frequently thought of as an extension of a larger historical rivalry between the two nations. Japan have played South Korea 80 times, surpassing the record of 15 , 23 draws and 42 loss. Japan are averaging 73 goals while conceding the equivalent of 153. Both nations have become unbeatable in the Asian Cup and World Cup records. They are one of the most prosperous Asian countries. They also held in 2002 the FIFA World Cup in a joint bid.

Japan started to form an intense rivalry with the other Asian superpower Australia just after the two countries was admitted to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). This rivalry is thought to be one of the biggest Asian rivalries in football. The rivalry is relatively recent affair, and was born out of several intense matches that the two sides played after Australia became a member of the AFC in the year 2006. The rivalry was first sparked during the 2006 World Cup where the two nations were joined together and continued to grow with both countries regularly playing during different AFC competitionslike in 2007's AFC Asian Cup and 2011, the AFC Asian Cup Final, and The 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup. Additionally, Australia and Japan also have World Cup and continental records which are almost unmatched in Asia as well as the fact that football was not the most popular sport in both countries in recent years, but they both have an unbeatable record of being the only three countries of the AFC that have made it to the final of any major FIFA competition, with the third one being Saudi Arabia, both in the long-gone FIFA Confederations Cup, albeit Australia reached the final while it was still part of the OFC.

Japan also has a long-running rivalry with China in part because of the tensions that existed between China and Japan in the past as well as in the current.

Japanese fans of the national team are well-known for chanting "Nippon Ole" (Nippon is the Japanese word meaning Japan) during home matches.

Japan is among the countries with the highest incomes from sponsorship for a national team. The sponsorship income for Japan in 2006 was more than 16.5 millions pounds.

Principal sponsors include Adidas, Kirin, Saison Card International, FamilyMart, JAL, MS&AD Insurance Group, Asahi Shinbun, Mizuho Financial, Daito Trust Construction and KDDI.

The Mascots comprise "Karappe" (karatsupe) as well as "Karara" (karara) Two Yatagarasu sporting jerseys of the Japan national football team's kit. The mascots were created for the team by Japanese manga creator Susumu Matsushita. Every year, when a new kit is released the uniforms of the mascots are updated to be in line with the kit utilized for the squad.

In 2014's 2014 FIFA World Cup, the Pokemon character Pikachu was the mascot.

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

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The following 30 players were called up for the friendly matches against United States and Ecuador on 23 and 27 September 2022.

Caps and goals as of 27 July 2022, after the match against  South Korea.

The following players have been called up to the squad in the last 12 months.

As of 14 June 2022
Players in bold are still active with Japan.

*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicate 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament.

Japan has been the only non-European team outside of the Americas to take part in the Copa America, having been invited to the 1999 Copa America. The team from Japan has also been invited to participate in the 2011 event and initially was willing to accept the invitation. But, after the devastating 2011 Tohoku Tsunami and earthquake The JFA was forced to withdraw on May 16, 2011 in protest of the difficulties of releasing some Japanese participants of European teams to serve in their place. The following day CONMEBOL requested Costa Rica to take over Japan in the contest.

On August 16, 2013 CONMEBOL President Eugenio Figueredo made an announcement the news that Japan received an invitation to participate in the Copa America in 2015. Copa America. Then, Japan later declined the invitation due to scheduling issues.

Since 1992, the Olympic team has been drawn from a squad with a maximum of three players over 23 years age, and the achievements of this team are not generally regarded as part of the national team's records, nor are the statistics credited to the players' international records.

The following table shows Japan's all-time international record, correct as of 27 July 2022.

Opponent	From	To	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Afghanistan	1951	2015	3	3	0	0	13	0	13
Angola	2005	2005	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Argentina	1992	2010	7	1	0	6	4	15	−11
Australia	1956	2022	27	11	9	7	39	32	7
Austria	2007	2007	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Azerbaijan	2012	2012	1	1	0	0	2	0	2
Bahrain	1978	2010	10	8	0	2	17	7	10
Bangladesh	1975	1993	5	5	0	0	22	1	21
Belarus	2013	2013	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Belgium	1999	2018	6	2	2	2	11	8	3
Bolivia	1999	2019	3	2	1	0	4	1	3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2006	2016	3	1	1	1	6	4	2
Brazil	1989	2022	13	0	2	11	5	35	−30
Brunei	1980	2000	3	3	0	0	18	2	16
Bulgaria	1976	2016	6	1	1	4	10	13	−3
Cambodia	1970	2015	4	4	0	0	10	1	9
Cameroon	2001	2020	5	3	2	0	5	0	5
Canada	2001	2013	2	2	0	0	5	1	4
Chile	2008	2019	3	1	1	1	4	4	0
China	1917	2021	35	15	8	12	45	52	−7
Chinese Taipei	1963	1983	7	4	2	1	17	8	9
Colombia	2003	2019	5	1	1	3	3	7	−4
Costa Rica	1995	2018	4	3	1	0	10	2	8
Croatia	1997	2006	3	1	1	1	4	4	0
Cyprus	2014	2014	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Czech Republic	1998	2011	3	1	2	0	1	0	1
Denmark	1971	2010	2	1	0	1	5	4	1
Ecuador	1995	2019	3	2	1	0	5	1	4
Egypt	1998	2007	2	2	0	0	5	1	4
El Salvador	2019	2019	1	1	0	0	2	0	2
England	1995	2010	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2
Finland	2006	2009	2	2	0	0	7	1	6
France	1994	2012	6	1	1	4	5	14	−9
Germany	2004	2006	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3
Ghana	1964	2022	8	5	0	3	18	14	4
Greece	2005	2014	2	1	1	0	1	0	1
Guatemala	2010	2013	2	2	0	0	5	1	4
Haiti	2017	2017	1	0	1	0	3	3	0
Honduras	2002	2014	3	2	1	0	14	7	7
Hong Kong	1958	2022	24	13	5	6	48	21	27
Hungary	1993	2004	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2
Iceland	1971	2012	3	3	0	0	8	3	5
India	1954	2006	12	9	0	3	36	11	25
Indonesia	1934	1989	18	10	2	6	39	25	14
Iran	1951	2019	18	6	6	6	21	19	2
Iraq	1978	2016	13	7	3	3	19	10	9
Israel	1973	1977	7	0	0	7	2	17	−15
Italy	1936	2013	3	0	1	2	4	13	−9
Ivory Coast	1993	2020	5	3	0	2	4	4	0
Jamaica	1998	2014	4	2	1	1	7	3	4
Jordan	1988	2015	6	2	3	1	12	5	7
Kazakhstan	1997	2005	3	2	1	0	10	2	8
Kuwait	1978	1996	5	1	0	4	2	8	−6
Kyrgyzstan	2018	2021	3	3	0	0	11	1	10
Latvia	2005	2013	2	1	1	0	5	2	3
Lebanon	1967	1967	1	1	0	0	3	1	2
Macau	1980	2000	4	4	0	0	26	0	26
Malaysia	1958	2004	26	9	7	10	40	43	−3
Mali	2018	2018	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Malta	2006	2006	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Mexico	1996	2020	7	1	0	6	6	15	−9
Mongolia	2019	2021	2	2	0	0	20	0	20
Montenegro	2007	2007	1	1	0	0	2	0	2
Myanmar	1955	2021	14	7	5	2	29	12	17
Nepal	1986	1997	5	5	0	0	28	0	28
Netherlands	2009	2013	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4
New Zealand	1981	2017	6	3	0	3	10	8	2
Nigeria	1968	2003	4	2	1	1	8	6	2
North Korea	1975	2017	19	8	4	7	19	14	5
Norway	2002	2002	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Oman	1988	2021	15	10	3	2	21	6	15
Pakistan	1962	1988	2	1	1	0	5	2	3
Palestine	2015	2015	1	1	0	0	4	0	4
Panama	2018	2020	2	2	0	0	4	0	4
Paraguay	1995	2022	12	5	4	2	19	11	8
Peru	1967	2011	7	2	3	2	4	5	−1
Philippines	1915	1983	20	15	0	5	88	35	53
Poland	1981	2018	7	2	0	5	10	14	−4
Qatar	1983	2019	10	2	4	4	12	15	−3
Romania	1974	2003	4	0	1	3	3	12	−9
Russia	1978	2002	4	1	0	3	3	11	−8
Saudi Arabia	1990	2021	16	10	1	5	25	13	12
Scotland	1995	2009	3	1	2	0	2	0	2
Senegal	1987	2018	4	0	2	2	4	7	−3
Serbia	1961	2021	10	4	0	6	7	20	−13
Singapore	1959	2015	26	21	2	3	58	18	40
Slovakia	2000	2004	3	2	1	0	5	2	3
Spain	2001	2001	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
South Africa	2009	2009	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
South Korea	1954	2022	81	16	23	42	76	124	−48
South Vietnam	1961	1973	5	4	0	1	14	5	9
South Yemen	1982	1982	1	1	0	0	3	1	2
Sri Lanka	1972	1993	3	3	0	0	16	0	16
Sweden	1936	2002	5	1	3	1	7	7	0
Switzerland	2007	2018	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1
Syria	1978	2017	11	9	2	0	27	9	18
Tajikistan	2011	2021	4	4	0	0	19	1	18
Thailand	1962	2017	22	16	4	2	52	16	36
Togo	2009	2009	1	1	0	0	5	0	5
Trinidad and Tobago	2006	2019	2	1	1	0	2	0	2
Tunisia	1996	2022	5	4	0	1	6	3	3
Turkey	1997	2002	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Turkmenistan	2019	2019	1	1	0	0	3	2	1
Ukraine	2002	2018	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1
United Arab Emirates	1981	2017	19	6	9	4	22	17	5
United States	1993	2006	2	1	0	1	5	4	1
Uruguay	1985	2019	7	2	2	4	17	23	−6
Uzbekistan	1996	2019	11	7	3	1	30	10	20
Venezuela	2010	2019	5	1	3	1	6	6	0
Vietnam	2007	2022	5	4	1	0	8	2	6
Wales	1992	1992	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Yemen	2006	2010	4	4	0	0	8	3	5
Zambia	2014	2014	1	1	0	0	4	3	1
Total	1917	2022	765	360	162	243	1,341	932	409

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• Olympic Games

 Bronze medalists: 1968

• FIFA Confederations Cup

 Runners-up: 2001

• AFC Asian Cup

 Champions: 1992, 2000, 2004, 2011

 Runners-up: 2019

Fourth place: 2007

• Asian Games

 Third place: 1951, 1966

Fourth place: 1970

• Far Eastern Games

 Champions: 1930

• Dynasty Cup

 Champions: 1992, 1995, 1998

Fourth place: 1990

• EAFF E-1 Football Championship
  • East Asian Football Championship (2003–2010), EAFF East Asian Cup (2013–2015)

 Champions: 2013, 2022

 Runners-up: 2003, 2005, 2008, 2017, 2019

 Third place: 2010

• Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

 Champions: 1993, 2007

• AFC – OFC Challenge Cup

 Champions: 2001

• Kirin Cup

 Champions: (12): 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015

• AFC National Team of the Year

Years: 2000, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011

• Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize

Years: 2002