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Manager: Zico (appointed 2002)
Federation: AFC (Asia)
World Ranking: 18
Previous Finals: 1998, 2002
Best Tournament: Round 2 2002
Qualified: AFC Group B Winners

World Cup Squad

Squad #

Player

Shirt Name DoB Caps Goals

Position

23

Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Jubilo Iwata)

KAWAGUCHI 15/08/1975 88 0

Goalkeeper

12

Yoichi Doi (FC Tokyo)

DOI 25/07/1973 4 0

Goalkeeper

1

Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus Eight)

NARAZAKI 15/04/1976 50 0

Goalkeeper

5

Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (Gamba Osaka)

MIYAMOTO 07/02/1977 67 3

Defender

14

Alessandro Santos (Urawa Reds)

ALEX 20/07/1977 71 5

Defender

22

Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F-Marinos)

NAKAZAWA 25/02/1978 49 9

Defender

2

Makoto Tanaka (Jubilo Iwata)

TANAKA 08/08/1975    

Defender

21

Akira Kaji (Gamba Osaka)

KAJI 13/01/1980 43 1

Defender

19

Keisuke Tsuboi (Urawa Reds)

TSUBOI 16/09/1979 17 0

Defender

3

Yuichi Komano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)

KOMANO 25/07/1981 7 0

Defender

6

Koji Nakata (FC Basel)

K.NAKATA 09/07/1979 55 2

Defender

7

Hidetoshi Nakata (Bolton Wanderers)

NAKATA 22/01/1977 73 11

Midfielder

10

Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic)

NAKAMURA 24/06/1978 59 15

Midfielder

18

Shinji Ono (Urawa Reds)

ONO 27/09/1979 53 6

Midfielder

17

Junichi Inamoto (West Bromwich Albion)

INAMOTO 18/09/1979 62 4

Midfielder

15

Takashi Fukunishi (Jubilo Iwata)

FUKUNISHI 01/09/1976 61 7

Midfielder

8

Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers)

OGASAWARA 05/04/1979 50 7

Midfielder

4

Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka)

ENDO 28/01/1980 40 3

Midfielder

13

Atsushi Yanagisawa (Kashima Antlers)

YANAGISAWA 27/05/1977 56 17

Forward

9

Naohiro Takahara (Hamburg)

TAKAHARA 04/06/1979 41 17

Forward

16

Masashi Oguro (Grenoble)

OGURO 04/05/1980 17 5

Forward

20

Keiji Tamada (Nagoya Grampus Eight)

TAMADA 11/04/1980 38 7

Forward

11

Seiichiro Maki (JEF United Chiba)

MAKI 07/08/1980 9 3

Forward

* Figures correct immediately prior to the start of the FIFA 2006 World Cup Finals. World Ranking on 17th May 2006 according to FIFA.

Fixtures

 

Date & Time

Round

Opponents

Score

Venue

12

12th June 2006 15:00

Group F

Australia

1-3

Kaiserslautern

28

18th June 2006 15:00

Group F

Croatia

0-0

Nuremburg

43

22nd June 2006 21:00

Group F

Brazil

1-4

Dortmund


 

 

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