Staff

Coach: Vahid HALILHODZIC (JFA National Coaching Staff)
Assistant Coach: Jacky BONNEVAY (JFA National Coaching Staff)
Assistant Coach: TEGURAMORI Makoto (JFA National Coaching Staff)
Physical Coach: Cyril MOINE (JFA National Coaching Staff)
Conditioning Coach: HAYAKAWA Naoki (JFA National Coaching Staff)
GK Coach: Enver LUGUSIC (JFA National Coaching Staff)
GK Coach: HAMANO Yukiya (JFA National Coaching Staff)

Squad

GK
KAWASHIMA Eiji (Football Club de Metz/France)
HIGASHIGUCHI Masaaki (Gamba Osaka)
NAKAMURA Kosuke (Kashiwa Reysol)

DF
NAGATOMO Yuto (FC Internazionale Milano/Italy)
MAKINO Tomoaki (Urawa Red Diamonds)
UGAJIN Tomoya (Urawa Red Diamonds) *
YOSHIDA Maya (Southampton FC/England)
SAKAI Hiroki (Olympique de Marseille/France)
SAKAI Gotoku (Hamburger Sport-Verein/Germany)
SHOJI Gen (Kashima Antlers)
MIURA Genta (Gamba Osaka) *

MF
KONNO Yasuyuki (Gamba Osaka)
KURATA Shu (Gamba Osaka)
KAGAWA Shinji (Borussia Dortmund/Germany)
KATO Kohei (PFC Beroe Stara Zagora/Bulgaria) *
YAMAGUCHI Hotaru (Cerezo Osaka)
ENDO Wataru (Urawa Red Diamonds)
IDEGUCHI Yosuke (Gamba Osaka)

FW
OKAZAKI Shinji (Leicester City Football Club/England)
HONDA Keisuke (AC Milan/Italy)
INUI Takashi (SD Eibar/Spain)
OSAKO Yuya (1.FC Koeln/Germany)
HARAGUCHI Genki (Hertha BSC Berlin/Germany)
KUBO Yuya (KAA Gent/Belgium)
ASANO Takuma (VfB Stuttgart/Germany)

*The players with an asterisk indicate players for first international cap.

Additional Call-up (6/5)

USAMI Takashi
FW　Club: FC Augsburg (Germany)　DOB: 6 May 1992　180cm / 72kg

Sidelined Player (6/8)

KAGAWA Shinji
MF　Club: Borussia Dortmund/Germany　Sidelined due to injury

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Schedule

*Local Time
*The schedule is subject to change due to the team condition, the weather, etc.
*Open to the media for the first 15min.

KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2017

2017-6-7 (Wed.) 19:25 kick off (estimated time)
SAMURAI BLUE (Japan National Team) vs Syria National Team
Tokyo / Tokyo Stadium

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ASIAN QUALIFIERS - ROAD TO RUSSIA

2017-6-13 (Tue.) 16:55 kick off (estimated time)
[Japan Time: 2017-6-13 (Tue.) 21:25 kick off (estimated time)]
Iraq National Team vs SAMURAI BLUE (Japan National Team)
Iran / PAS Stadium

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