Japan 2022 world cup squad
Japan has set up its squad for the FIFA World Cup 2022. So here we have the Japan 2022 FIFA World Cup Squad. Japan recently revealed the player list who will be playing in the world cup from Japan national football team.
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| Japan Squad 2022 World Cup |
The Japan national football team is also known as Samurai Blue which is controlled by the Japan football association.
The name Samurai Blue was given to the japan national football team in October 2009.
Hajime Moriyasu is the head coach of the Japan squad. The captain for Japan national football team is Maya Yoshida. The FIFA code for Japan is JPN.
Also see: Wales Squad and Germany Squad for FIFA World Cup 2022
When it comes to the FIFA World Cup, Japan has done its best in the past. Currently Japan squad is ranking at 23rd position as per FIFA index.
Japan Squad appeared in the FIFA World Cup 7 Times.
The first Japan squad was seen in FIFA was in the year 1998. Japan's best performance in FIFA is round of 16 in the year 2002, 2010 and in 2018.
Anyway, now let's move to Japan's 2022 World Cup Squad. As Japan's national football team already revealed the list of players who will be playing the FIFA World Cup 2022.
Japan 2022 World Cup Squad
Goalkeeper:
- Eiji Kawashima
- Shuichi Gonda
- Daniel Schmidt.
Defender:
- Naomichi Ueda
- Shogo Taniguchi
- Ko Itakura
- Yuto Nagatomo
- Shinnosuke Nakatani
- Hiroki Sakai
- Yuta Nakayama
- Miki Yamane
Midfielder:
- Wataru Endo
- Gaku Shibasaki
- Genki Haraguchi
- Takumi Minamino
- Takefusa Kubo
- Hidemasa Morita
- Junya Ito
- Ao Tanaka
- Ritsu Doan
Forwards:
- Daizen Maeda
- Yuya Osako
- Takuma Asano
Captain:
- Maya Yoshida
Coach:
- Hajime Yoshida
So above we have provided you with complete details of Japan 2022 FIFA World Cup Squad details.
If we have missed out anything do let us know by comments.
Japan Squad is all set for the FIFA World Cup 2022 which is hosted by Qatar.
Also see: FIFA World Cup 2022 Schedule Indian Time
The FIFA World Cup 2022 will be starting from 21st November and the Final will be on 18th December 2022.
Below we have the complete Japan Squad Schedule for the FIFA World Cup.
Japan fixture for FIFA World Cup 2022
| Match | Date | Stadium |
|---|---|---|
| Germany vs Japan | 22nd Nov | Khalifa International Stadium |
| Japan vs TBD | 27th Nov | Al Rayyan Stadium |
| Japan vs Spain | 2nd Dec | Khalifa International Stadium |
So above you have the schedule for Japan Squad for FIFA World Cup 2022. The fixture is for Group E as Japan is in Group E alone with Germany and Spain.
There will be one more team in group E. But we are still unaware of the same.
We have also converted the complete fixture or the complete schedule of the FIFA World Cup 2022 from Arabia standard time which is Qatar time to Hong Kong Time which is Japan local time. So you can check out the fixture as per Japan local time in that page.