2008 in Japanese football

2008 season

Japanese football in 2008

J.League Division 1

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J.League Division 2

Main article: 2008 J.League Division 2

Japan Football League

Main article: 2008 Japan Football League

Japanese Regional Leagues

Main article: 2008 Japanese Regional Leagues

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2008 Emperor's Cup

J.League Cup

Main article: 2008 J.League Cup

National team (Men)

Results

Japan v Chile

2008.01.26	Japan	0–0	Chile	Tokyo, Japan
		JFA		Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 32,261

Japan v Bosnia and Herzegovina

2008.01.30	Japan	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Tokyo, Japan
	Nakazawa 68' Yamase 83', 88'	JFA		Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 26,971

Japan v Thailand

2008.02.06	Japan	4–1	Thailand	Saitama, Japan
	Endō 21' Ōkubo 54' Nakazawa 66' Maki 90'	JFA	? ?'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 35,130

Japan v North Korea

2008.02.17	Japan	1–1	North Korea	Chongqing, China PR
	Maeda 69'	JFA	? ?'	Attendance: 15,000

Japan v China PR

2008.02.20	Japan	1–0	China PR	Chongqing, China PR
	Yamase 17'	JFA		Attendance: 38,000

Japan v South Korea

2008.02.23	Japan	1–1	South Korea	Chongqing, China PR
	Yamase 68'	JFA	? ?'	Attendance: 29,000

Japan v Bahrain

2008.03.26	Japan	0–1	Bahrain	Manama, Bahrain
		JFA	? ?'	Attendance: 26,000

Japan v Ivory Coast

2008.05.24	Japan	1–0	Ivory Coast	Aichi, Japan
	Tamada 21'	JFA		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 40,710

Japan v Paraguay

2008.05.27	Japan	0–0	Paraguay	Saitama, Japan
		JFA		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 27,998

Japan v Oman

2008.06.02	Japan	3–0	Oman	Kanagawa, Japan
	Nakazawa 10' Ōkubo 22' S. Nakamura 49'	JFA		Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 46,764

Japan v Oman

2008.06.07	Japan	1–1	Oman	Muscat, Oman
	Endō 53'	JFA	? ?'	Attendance: 6,500

Japan v Thailand

2008.06.14	Japan	3–0	Thailand	Bangkok, Thailand
	Tulio 23' Nakazawa 39' K. Nakamura 88'	JFA		Attendance: 25,000

Japan v Bahrain

2008.06.22	Japan	1–0	Bahrain	Saitama, Japan
	Uchida 90'	JFA		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 51,180

Japan v Uruguay

2008.08.20	Japan	1–3	Uruguay	Hokkaido, Japan
	48' (o.g.)	JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 31,133

Japan v Bahrain

2008.09.06	Japan	3–2	Bahrain	Manama, Bahrain
	S. Nakamura 18' Endō 44' K. Nakamura 85'	JFA	? ?' ? ?'	Attendance: 20,000

Japan v United Arab Emirates

2008.10.09	Japan	1–1	United Arab Emirates	Niigata, Japan
	Kagawa 72'	JFA	? ?'	Stadium: Niigata Stadium Attendance: 31,853

Japan v Uzbekistan

2008.10.15	Japan	1–1	Uzbekistan	Saitama, Japan
	Tamada 40'	JFA	? ?'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 55,142

Japan v Syria

2008.11.13	Japan	3–1	Syria	Hyōgo, Japan
	Nagatomo 3' Tamada 26' Ōkubo 62'	JFA	? ?'	Stadium: Kobe Wing Stadium Attendance: 25,004

Japan v Qatar

2008.11.19	Japan	3–0	Qatar	Doha, Qatar
	Tanaka 19' Tamada 47' Tulio 68'	JFA		Attendance: 13,000

Players statistics

Player	-2007	01.26	01.30	02.06	02.17	02.20	02.23	03.26	05.24	05.27	06.02	06.07	06.14	06.22	08.20	09.06	10.09	10.15	11.13	11.19	2008	Total
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	110(0)	O	-	O	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	6(0)	116(0)
Shunsuke Nakamura	73(20)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O(1)	O	O	O	-	O(1)	O	O	-	O	9(2)	82(22)
Junichi Inamoto	68(4)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	2(0)	70(4)
Yuji Nakazawa	66(11)	O	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	-	O(1)	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	16(4)	82(15)
Akira Kaji	60(2)	O	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4(0)	64(2)
Yasuhito Endō	57(4)	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	-	O(1)	-	O	-	O	16(3)	73(7)
Shinji Ono	55(6)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	56(6)
Naohiro Takahara	53(23)	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4(0)	57(23)
Seigo Narazaki	51(0)	-	O	-	-	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	12(0)	63(0)
Keiji Tamada	41(9)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O(1)	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O(1)	O(1)	12(4)	53(13)
Yūichi Komano	27(0)	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	-	O	-	13(0)	40(0)
Seiichiro Maki	26(7)	O	O	O(1)	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	O	-	9(1)	35(8)
Yuki Abe	24(2)	O	O	O	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	O	O	-	9(0)	33(2)
Masashi Oguro	21(5)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	22(5)
Yoshito Ōkubo	21(2)	O	O	O(1)	-	-	-	O	O	O	O(1)	O	-	-	-	-	O	O	O(1)	O	12(3)	33(5)
Keita Suzuki	20(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8(0)	28(0)
Hisato Satō	19(3)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	6(0)	25(3)
Kengo Nakamura	16(1)	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	O(1)	O	O	O(1)	O	-	O	-	13(2)	29(3)
Yasuyuki Konno	14(0)	-	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	O	-	12(0)	26(0)
Naotake Hanyu	12(0)	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5(0)	17(0)
Marcus Tulio Tanaka	9(2)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	-	O	-	O	O	O(1)	10(2)	19(4)
Tatsuya Tanaka	8(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	O	O(1)	4(1)	12(2)
Satoru Yamagishi	8(0)	O	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	11(0)
Kisho Yano	7(1)	O	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5(0)	12(1)
Daisuke Matsui	6(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	7(0)	13(1)
Makoto Hasebe	6(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	-	O	10(0)	16(0)
Hideo Hashimoto	4(0)	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	6(0)
Ryūji Bando	3(2)	-	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4(0)	7(2)
Koji Yamase	2(1)	O	O(2)	O	-	O(1)	O(1)	O	-	O	-	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	10(4)	12(5)
Ryoichi Maeda	2(1)	-	-	-	O(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(1)	3(2)
Hiroki Mizumoto	2(0)	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	3(0)
Atsuto Uchida	0(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	O	O	O(1)	-	O	O	O	O	O	14(1)	14(1)
Yuto Nagatomo	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	O(1)	O	7(1)	7(1)
Shinji Kagawa	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	O(1)	O	O	-	6(1)	6(1)
Michihiro Yasuda	0(0)	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	5(0)	5(0)
Shuhei Terada	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	4(0)	4(0)
Shinji Okazaki	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	4(0)	4(0)
Yuzo Tashiro	0(0)	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	3(0)
Kazumichi Takagi	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	O	-	3(0)	3(0)
Shinzo Koroki	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	2(0)	2(0)
Eiji Kawashima	0(0)	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Keisuke Honda	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Takeshi Aoki	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)

National team (Women)

Results

Japan v North Korea

2008.02.18	Japan	3–2	North Korea	China
	Ando ?' Miyama ?' Sawa ?'		? ?' ? ?'

Japan v South Korea

2008.02.21	Japan	2–1	South Korea	China
	Arakawa ?' Ono ?'		? ?'

Japan v China

2008.02.24	Japan	3–0	China	China
	Ono ?', ?' Nagasato ?'

Japan v Canada

2008.03.07	Japan	0–3	Canada	Cyprus
			? ?' ? ?' ? ?'

Japan v Russia

2008.03.10	Japan	3–1	Russia	Cyprus
	Sakaguchi ?' Ono ?' Utsugi ?'		? ?'

Japan v Netherlands

2008.03.12	Japan	2–1	Netherlands	Cyprus
	Nagasato ?' Utsugi ?'		? ?'

Japan v South Korea

2008.05.29	Japan	1–3	South Korea	Vietnam
	Nagasato ?'		? ?' ? ?' ? ?'

Japan v Chinese Taipei

2008.05.31	Japan	11–0	Chinese Taipei	Vietnam
	Sameshima ?' Utsugi ?', ?' Ando ?' Arakawa ?' Maruyama ?', ?' Goto ?', ?' Kato ?' Nagasato ?'

Japan v Australia

2008.06.02	Japan	3–1	Australia	Vietnam
	Ando ?' Nagasato ?' Miyama ?'		? ?'

Japan v China

2008.06.05	Japan	1–3	China	Vietnam
	Sawa ?'		? ?' ? ?' ? ?'

Japan v Australia

2008.06.08	Japan	3–0	Australia	Vietnam
	Nagasato ?' Miyama ?' Sawa ?'

Japan v Australia

2008.07.24	Japan	3–0	Australia	Hyogo, Japan
	Sawa ?' Nagasato ?' Maruyama ?'			Stadium: Kobe Wing Stadium

Japan v Argentina

2008.07.29	Japan	2–0	Argentina	Tokyo, Japan
	Ono ?' Nagasato ?'			Stadium: National Stadium

Japan v New Zealand

2008.08.06	Japan	2–2	New Zealand	China
	Miyama ?' Sawa ?'		? ?' ? ?'

Japan v United States

2008.08.09	Japan	0–1	United States	China
			? ?'

Japan v Norway

2008.08.12	Japan	5–1	Norway	China
	Kinga ?' ?' (o.g.) Ono ?' Sawa ?' Hara ?'		? ?'

Japan v China

2008.08.15	Japan	2–0	China	China
	Sawa ?' Nagasato ?'

Japan v United States

2008.08.18	Japan	2–4	United States	China
	Ono ?' Arakawa ?'		? ?' ? ?' ? ?' ? ?'

Japan v Germany

2008.08.21	Japan	0–2	Germany	China
			? ?' ? ?'

Players statistics

Player	-2007	02.18	02.21	02.24	03.07	03.10	03.12	05.29	05.31	06.02	06.05	06.08	07.24	07.29	08.06	08.09	08.12	08.15	08.18	08.21	2008	Total
Homare Sawa	130(65)	O(1)	O	O	-	-	-	O	-	O	O(1)	O(1)	O(1)	O	O(1)	O	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	15(7)	145(72)
Tomoe Kato	110(7)	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	O(1)	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	4(1)	114(8)
Hiromi Ikeda	107(4)	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	12(0)	119(4)
Nozomi Yamago	83(0)	-	O	O	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	86(0)
Miyuki Yanagita	76(11)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	-	15(0)	91(11)
Eriko Arakawa	54(17)	O	O(1)	O	-	-	-	O	O(1)	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	-	O	O(1)	O	14(3)	68(20)
Kozue Ando	52(7)	O(1)	O	O	O	-	O	O	O(1)	O(1)	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	16(3)	68(10)
Aya Miyama	50(15)	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O(1)	O	O(1)	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	18(4)	68(19)
Shinobu Ono	46(18)	O	O(1)	O(2)	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O(1)	O	O(1)	O	19(7)	65(25)
Karina Maruyama	41(10)	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O(2)	-	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	17(3)	58(13)
Kyoko Yano	41(1)	-	O	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	10(0)	51(1)
Yuki Nagasato	35(19)	O	-	O(1)	-	O	O(1)	O(1)	O(1)	O(1)	O	O(1)	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	17(9)	52(28)
Ayumi Hara	34(1)	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	O	O(1)	-	O	O	8(1)	42(2)
Miho Fukumoto	33(0)	O	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	14(0)	47(0)
Mai Nakachi	29(0)	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	30(0)
Aya Shimokozuru	27(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	28(0)
Azusa Iwashimizu	23(5)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	18(0)	41(5)
Yukari Kinga	19(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	18(1)	37(1)
Rumi Utsugi	16(0)	-	-	O	O	O(1)	O(1)	-	O(2)	O	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	10(4)	26(4)
Mizuho Sakaguchi	12(13)	O	-	O	O	O(1)	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	17(1)	29(14)
Nayuha Toyoda	13(0)	O	O	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4(0)	17(0)
Ayako Kitamoto	7(3)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	9(3)
Eriko Sato	1(0)	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	2(0)
Ayumi Kaihori	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	3(0)
Michi Goto	0(0)	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	O(2)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(2)	2(2)
Aya Sameshima	0(0)	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	O(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(1)	2(1)
Saki Kumagai	0(0)	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	2(0)
Nahomi Kawasumi	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)