1998 Japan national football team

This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 1998.

Results

Japan v Australia

February 15	Japan	3–0	Australia	Adelaide, Australia
	Nakata 5' Hirano 65', 70'	JFA

Japan v South Korea

March 1	Japan	2–1	South Korea	Kanagawa, Japan
	Nakayama 18' Jo 89'	JFA	Lee 21'	Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 59,380

Japan v China PR

March 7	Japan	0–2	China PR	Tokyo, Japan
		JFA	Li 9', 50'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 53,226

Japan v South Korea

April 1	Japan	1–2	South Korea	Seoul, South Korea
	Nakayama 61'	JFA	Lee 40' Hwang 72'

Japan v Paraguay

May 17	Japan	1–1	Paraguay	Tokyo, Japan
	Soma 86'	JFA	Ayala 7'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 53,408

Japan v Czech Republic

May 24	Japan	0–0	Czech Republic	Kanagawa, Japan
		JFA		Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 66,930

Japan v Yugoslavia

June 3	Japan	0–1	Yugoslavia	Lausanne, Switzerland
		JFA	Mihajlović 73'

Japan v Argentina

June 14	Japan	0–1	Argentina	Toulouse, France
		JFA	Batistuta 28'	Attendance: 33,500

Japan v Croatia

June 20	Japan	0–1	Croatia	Nantes, France
		JFA	Šuker 77'	Attendance: 35,500

Japan v Jamaica

June 26	Japan	1–2	Jamaica	Lyon, France
	Nakayama 74'	JFA	Whitmore 39', 54'	Attendance: 39,100

Japan v Egypt

October 28	Japan	1–0	Egypt	Osaka, Japan
	Nakayama 25'	JFA		Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium Attendance: 47,996

Players statistics

Player	-1997	02.15	03.01	03.07	04.01	05.17	05.24	06.03	06.14	06.20	06.26	10.28	1998	Total
Masami Ihara	109(5)	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	10(0)	119(5)
Kazuyoshi Miura	83(53)	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	84(53)
Tsuyoshi Kitazawa	54(3)	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	57(3)
Motohiro Yamaguchi	49(4)	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	9(0)	58(4)
Naoki Soma	43(3)	-	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	10(1)	53(4)
Hiroshi Nanami	36(6)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	11(0)	47(6)
Hiroaki Morishima	34(7)	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	-	O	3(0)	37(7)
Norio Omura	26(4)	-	-	-	O	O	-	O	-	-	O	-	4(0)	30(4)
Akira Narahashi	23(0)	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	9(0)	32(0)
Masashi Nakayama	21(10)	-	O(1)	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O(1)	10(4)	31(14)
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	21(0)	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	9(0)	30(0)
Yutaka Akita	20(3)	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	10(0)	30(3)
Masayuki Okano	19(2)	-	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	5(0)	24(2)
Shoji Jo	17(4)	O	O(1)	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	10(1)	27(5)
Hidetoshi Nakata	16(5)	O(1)	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	10(1)	26(6)
Tadashi Nakamura	15(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	16(0)
Toshihide Saito	9(0)	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	O	4(0)	13(0)
Wagner Lopes	6(3)	O	-	-	-	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	7(0)	13(3)
Takashi Hirano	5(1)	O(2)	O	-	O	O	-	O	O	-	O	-	7(2)	12(3)
Eisuke Nakanishi	5(0)	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	O	O	-	O	6(0)	11(0)
Toshihiro Hattori	2(0)	O	O	O	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	5(0)	7(0)
Shigeyoshi Mochizuki	2(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	1(0)	3(0)
Teruyoshi Ito	1(0)	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	2(0)
Shinji Ono	0(0)	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	O	-	3(0)	3(0)
Seigo Narazaki	0(0)	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	2(0)
Atsushi Yanagisawa	0(0)	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	2(0)
Tadatoshi Masuda	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Daisuke Ichikawa	0(0)	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Daisuke Oku	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	1(0)	1(0)
Tatsuhiko Kubo	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	1(0)	1(0)

External links

• Japan Football Association