1972 Japan national football team
This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 1972.
Results[edit]
| July 18 | Japan | 5–1 | Philippines | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Ogi  21'Arai 39', 47'Okudera 44'Kamamoto 68' |
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| July 26 | Japan | 0–3 | South Korea | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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Attendance: 30,000 |
| August 4 | Japan | 4–1 | Philippines | Singapore |
| Kamamoto 29', 83' Yoshimura 71'Ogi 75' |
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Attendance: 15,000 |
| September 14 | Japan | 2–2 | South Korea | Tokyo, Japan |
| Kamamoto 19', 89' |
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Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 15,000 |
Players statistics[edit]
| Player | -1971 | 07.12 | 07.16 | 07.18 | 07.22 | 07.26 | 08.04 | 08.06 | 09.14 | 1972 | Total |
| Aritatsu Ogi[1] | 41(9) | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O(1) | O | O | 8(2) | 49(11) |
| Yoshitada Yamaguchi[1] | 41(0) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | 5(0) | 46(0) |
| Kenzo Yokoyama[1] | 40(0) | - | O | - | O | O | - | - | - | 3(0) | 43(0) |
| Kunishige Kamamoto[1] | 33(39) | O(4) | O(5) | O(1) | O(1) | O | O(2) | O | O(2) | 8(15) | 41(54) |
| Takaji Mori[1] | 33(1) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 8(0) | 41(1) |
| Nelson Yoshimura[1] | 10(3) | O | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | 8(1) | 18(4) |
| Kozo Arai[1] | 10(0) | O | O | O(2) | O | O | O | O | O | 8(2) | 18(2) |
| Nobuo Kawakami[1] | 5(0) | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 8(0) | 13(0) |
| Kazumi Takada[1] | 4(0) | O | O | - | - | O | - | O | O | 5(0) | 9(0) |
| Koji Funamoto[1] | 4(0) | O | - | O | - | - | O | O | O | 5(0) | 9(0) |
| Seiichi Sakiya[1] | 2(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 2(0) | 3(0) |
| Nobuo Fujishima[1] | 1(0) | O | - | O | O | - | O | O | O | 6(0) | 7(0) |
| Atsuyoshi Furuta[1] | 1(0) | - | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | 4(0) | 5(0) |
| Michio Ashikaga[1] | 1(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | 3(0) | 4(0) |
| Yasuhiko Okudera[1] | 0(0) | O | O | O(1) | O | O | - | - | O | 6(1) | 6(1) |
| Kuniya Daini[1] | 0(0) | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | O | 6(0) | 6(0) |
| Mitsunori Fujiguchi[1] | 0(0) | O | - | O | O | O | O | - | - | 5(0) | 5(0) |
| George Kobayashi[1] | 0(0) | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Shusaku Hirasawa[1] | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Noritaka Hidaka[1] | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | 1(0) | 1(0) |