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  • Okada sticking to his target

    Okada sticking to his target

    Thursday 10 September 2009

    Japan coach Takeshi Okada still believes his side can reach the latter stages of next year's FIFA World Cup despite some worrying evidence in friendly matches.

  • Loovens earns Holland call-up

    Loovens earns Holland call-up

    Friday 28 August 2009
    Celtic defender Glenn Loovens has been handed his first call-up by the Netherlands for their upcoming fixtures against Japan and Scotland.

Photos

  • Tim Cahill of the Socceroos celebrates his second goal with team mate Lucas Neill
  • Tim Cahill of Australia heads the ball against Hideo Hashimoto of Japan
  • Lucas Neill of Australia heads the ball
  • Japan's Konno Yasuyuki (L) vies for the ball with Australia's Nicky Carle (R)
  • Yuki Abe of Japan controls the ball against Josh Kennedy of Australia

    • Profile

    Since emerging champions at the 1992 Asian Cup, Japan have gone from strength to strength. During the intervening years the East Asians added two more continental titles and played in three FIFA World Cups.

    Fixtures and Results

    Standings

    TeamMPWDLGFGAPts
    AustraliaAustralia862012120
    JapanJapan843111615
    BahrainBahrain83146810
    QatarQatar81345146
    UzbekistanUzbekistan81165104

    Statistics

    Form:
    DWWDL
    Top Scorer: Marcus Tulio TANAKA3
    Players used: 35

    Head-to-Head

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    Team Goal Counter
    Latest Scorer
    JPN Marcus Tulio TANAKA
    AUS:JPN
    2:1
    Top Scorers
    GF
    JPN Shunsuke NAKAMURA3
    JPN Yasuhito ENDO3
    JPN Marcus Tulio TANAKA3
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