Men's national team · Asian Football Confederation
Japan
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Japan are 19th of 211 ranked teams, in tier 3. The model is about 95% sure their true strength lies between 1744 and 2042. Ratings use the last 12 years of results and were updated on 2026-11-05.
Coming up: AFC Asian Cup 2027.
Last 5 results
| 2026-10-05 | v New Zealand · Kirin Cup | 2–1 W |
| 2026-10-01 | v Ecuador · Kirin Cup | 0–0 D |
| 2026-09-28 | v Venezuela · Friendly | 2–1 W |
| 2026-06-29 | v Brazil · FIFA World Cup | 1–2 L |
| 2026-06-25 | v Sweden · FIFA World Cup | 1–1 D |
Next matches
| 14 Nov 2026 | Japan v Brazil · Friendly |
| 17 Nov 2026 | Japan v Paraguay · Friendly |
Most-played opponents
| Japan v Korea Republic | 73 meetings: 17–17–39 |
| Japan v China PR | 43 meetings: 19–10–14 |
| Japan v Australia | 28 meetings: 12–9–7 |
| Japan v Malaysia | 25 meetings: 9–7–9 |
| Japan v Singapore | 24 meetings: 19–2–3 |
| Japan v Thailand | 23 meetings: 17–4–2 |
| Japan v Hong Kong, China | 22 meetings: 13–4–5 |
| Japan v Korea DPR | 20 meetings: 9–4–7 |
Every opponent (113)
- Afghanistan 3–0–0
- Algeria 1–0–0
- Angola 1–0–0
- Argentina 1–0–6
- Australia 12–9–7
- Austria 0–1–0
- Azerbaijan 1–0–0
- Bahrain 11–0–2
- Bangladesh 5–0–0
- Belarus 0–0–1
- Belgium 2–2–2
- Bolivia 3–1–0
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–1–1
- Brazil 1–2–12
- Brunei Darussalam 2–0–0
- Bulgaria 1–1–4
- Cambodia 4–0–0
- Cameroon 3–2–0
- Canada 3–0–1
- Chile 1–1–1
- China PR 19–10–14
- Chinese Taipei 2–0–2
- Colombia 1–1–4
- Costa Rica 3–1–1
- Côte d'Ivoire 3–0–2
- Croatia 1–1–2
- Cyprus 1–0–0
- Czechia 1–2–0
- Denmark 1–0–1
- Ecuador 3–2–0
- Egypt 2–0–0
- El Salvador 2–0–0
- England 1–1–2
- Finland 2–0–0
- France 1–0–5
- Germany 2–1–1
- Ghana 6–0–2
- Greece 1–1–0
- Guam 1–0–0
- Guatemala 2–0–0
- Haiti 0–1–0
- Honduras 2–1–0
- Hong Kong, China 13–4–5
- Hungary 0–0–2
- Iceland 4–0–0
- India 10–1–4
- Indonesia 11–2–6
- IR Iran 6–6–7
- Iraq 7–3–3
- Israel 0–0–5
- Italy 0–1–1
- Jamaica 2–1–1
- Jordan 4–2–1
- Kazakhstan 2–2–0
- Korea DPR 9–4–7
- Korea Republic 17–17–39
- Kuwait 1–0–4
- Kyrgyz Republic 3–0–0
- Latvia 1–1–0
- Luxembourg 1–0–0
- Macau 4–0–0
- Malaysia 9–7–9
- Mali 0–1–0
- Malta 1–0–0
- Mexico 1–1–6
- Mongolia 4–0–0
- Montenegro 1–0–0
- Myanmar 10–3–1
- Nepal 4–0–0
- Netherlands 0–2–2
- New Zealand 4–0–1
- Nigeria 1–1–1
- Norway 0–0–1
- Oman 10–3–1
- Pakistan 1–1–1
- Palestine 1–0–0
- Panama 2–0–0
- Paraguay 5–4–3
- Peru 2–3–3
- Philippines 8–0–6
- Poland 2–0–1
- Qatar 2–4–2
- Romania 0–1–0
- Russia 1–0–3
- Saudi Arabia 11–2–5
- Scotland 2–2–0
- Senegal 0–2–2
- Serbia 4–0–4
- Singapore 19–2–3
- Slovakia 2–1–0
- South Africa 0–1–0
- Spain 1–0–1
- Sri Lanka 3–0–0
- Sweden 0–3–2
- Switzerland 1–0–2
- Syria 11–2–0
- Tajikistan 4–0–0
- Thailand 17–4–2
- Togo 1–0–0
- Trinidad and Tobago 1–1–0
- Tunisia 5–0–1
- Türkiye 2–0–1
- Turkmenistan 1–0–0
- Ukraine 1–0–2
- United Arab Emirates 6–7–6
- Uruguay 2–3–4
- USA 2–0–2
- Uzbekistan 7–3–1
- Venezuela 1–4–1
- Vietnam 5–1–0
- Wales 0–0–1
- Yemen 4–0–0
- Zambia 1–0–0
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