2006 FIFA World Cup Germany ™
Group matches
Australia - Japan
3:1 (0:1)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 12 | 12 June 2006 | Kaiserslautern / Fritz-Walter-Stadion | 15:00 | 46000 |
- Shunsuke NAKAMURA (JPN) 26',
- Tim CAHILL (AUS) 84',
- Tim CAHILL (AUS) 89',
- John ALOISI (AUS) 90'+2
Goals scored
Australia
- Mark SCHWARZER (GK)
- Lucas NEILL
- Craig MOORE (-61')
- Jason CULINA
- Brett EMERTON
- Mark VIDUKA (C)
- Harry KEWELL
- Vince GRELLA
- Scott CHIPPERFIELD
- Luke WILKSHIRE (-75')
- Marco BRESCIANO (-53')
Line-up
- Ante COVIC (GK)
- Zeljko KALAC (GK)
- Tim CAHILL (+53')
- Tony POPOVIC
- Josip SKOKO
- Stan LAZARIDIS
- John ALOISI (+75')
- Michael BEAUCHAMP
- Archie THOMPSON
- Joshua KENNEDY (+61')
- Mile STERJOVSKI
- Mark MILLIGAN
Substitute(s)
Coach
Guus HIDDINK (NED)Japan
- Yoshikatsu KAWAGUCHI (GK)
- Yuichi KOMANO
- Tsuneyasu MIYAMOTO (C)
- Hidetoshi NAKATA
- Naohiro TAKAHARA
- Shunsuke NAKAMURA
- Atsushi YANAGISAWA (-79')
- Alessandro SANTOS
- Takashi FUKUNISHI
- Keisuke TSUBOI (-56')
- Yuji NAKAZAWA
Line-up
- Seigo NARAZAKI (GK)
- Yoichi DOI (GK)
- Teruyuki MONIWA (+56')(-91')
- Yasuhito ENDO
- Koji NAKATA
- Mitsuo OGASAWARA
- Seiichiro MAKI
- Masashi OGURO (+91')
- Junichi INAMOTO
- Shinji ONO (+79')
- Keiji TAMADA
- Akira KAJI
Substitute(s)
Coach
ZICO (BRA)- Tsuneyasu MIYAMOTO (JPN) 31'
- , Vince GRELLA (AUS) 33'
- , Naohiro TAKAHARA (JPN) 40'
- , Craig MOORE (AUS) 58'
- , Teruyuki MONIWA (JPN) 68'
- , Tim CAHILL (AUS) 69'
- , John ALOISI (AUS) 78'
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Essam ABD EL FATAH (EGY) | Assistant Referee 1 Dramane DANTE (MLI) |
Fourth Official Eric POULAT (FRA) | Assistant Referee 2 Mamadou NDOYE (SEN) |
Fifth Official Vincent TEXIER (FRA) |
| Australia (AUS) | Statistics | Japan (JPN) |
| 20 | Shots | 6 |
| 12 | Shots on goal | 2 |
| 3 | Goals | 1 |
| 22 | Fouls Committed | 11 |
| 11 | Fouls Suffered | 22 |
| 5 | Corner kicks | 3 |
| 3 | Free kicks | 0 |
| 0 / 0 | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) | 0 / 0 |
| 5 | Offsides | 3 |
| 0 | Own goals | 0 |
| 4 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0 | Second yellow card and red card | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 36 | Actual playing time | 33 |
| 53% | Possession (%) | 47% |
| # | Name | Pos | MinP | GF | GA | SOG/S | PK (PG/PS) | Fouls | Y | 2YC | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 1 | Mark SCHWARZER | GK | 90 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 2 | Lucas NEILL | DF | 90 | 0/1 | ||||||||
| 3 | Craig MOORE | DF | 61 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 5 | Jason CULINA | MF | 90 | |||||||||
| 7 | Brett EMERTON | MF | 90 | 3 | ||||||||
| 9 | Mark VIDUKA | FW | 90 | 4/5 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 10 | Harry KEWELL | FW | 90 | 2/3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 13 | Vince GRELLA | MF | 90 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 14 | Scott CHIPPERFIELD | DF | 90 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 20 | Luke WILKSHIRE | MF | 75 | 0/1 | 3 | |||||||
| 23 | Marco BRESCIANO | MF | 53 | 1/3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Tim CAHILL | MF | 37 | 2 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 15 | John ALOISI | FW | 15 | 1 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 19 | Joshua KENNEDY | FW | 29 | 1/3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Total | 3 | 1 | 12/20 | 22 | 11 | 4 | ||||||
| # | Name | Pos | MinP | GF | GA | SOG/S | PK (PG/PS) | Fouls | Y | 2YC | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 23 | Yoshikatsu KAWAGUCHI | GK | 90 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | Yuichi KOMANO | DF | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| 5 | Tsuneyasu MIYAMOTO | DF | 90 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 7 | Hidetoshi NAKATA | MF | 90 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 9 | Naohiro TAKAHARA | FW | 90 | 0/1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 10 | Shunsuke NAKAMURA | MF | 90 | 1 | 1/1 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 13 | Atsushi YANAGISAWA | FW | 79 | 1/2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 14 | Alessandro SANTOS | DF | 90 | 3 | ||||||||
| 15 | Takashi FUKUNISHI | MF | 90 | 0/2 | 2 | |||||||
| 19 | Keisuke TSUBOI | DF | 56 | |||||||||
| 22 | Yuji NAKAZAWA | DF | 90 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Teruyuki MONIWA | DF | 34 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| 16 | Masashi OGURO | FW | 90 | |||||||||
| 18 | Shinji ONO | MF | 11 | |||||||||
| Total | 1 | 3 | 2/6 | 11 | 22 | 3 | ||||||
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | (C): | Captain | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out |
| GK: | Goalkeeper | N: | Not eligible to play | I: | Injured |
| Y: | Misses next match if booked | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |
| DF: | Defender | MF: | Midfielder | MinP: | Minutes played |
| GF: | Goals for | GA: | Goals against | PK (PG/PS): | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) |
| FC: | Fouls Committed | FS: | Fouls Suffered | R: | Red Cards |
| FW: | Forward | SOG/S: | Shots on Target | Y: 2YC: | Yellow cards Second yellow card and red card |