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Japan Analysis at Asia World Cup Qualifiers 2026
Players to watch
6 lineups analysed - Number represent player in starting lineup - Lineups not confirmed are not included.
See also Injured/Banned players and Substitutions
| Lineups found Starting lineup changes since last game | | | | | | | | | | | Coach Moriyasu since 01-Aug-18 | | M.1 | 16-Nov | | Myanmar | | 5-0 | 4-2-3-1 | | | | M.2 | 21-Nov | away | Syria | | 0-5 | 4-2-3-1 | In:Suzuki, Sugawara, Tomiyasu, Ito, Endo, W, Morita, Ito, Kubo, Asano, Out:Osako, Maikuma, Machida, Nakayama, Tanaka, Kamada, Doan, Minamino, Soma, Y, | | | M.3 | 21-Mar | | N. Korea | | 1-0 | 4-2-3-1 | In:Itakura, Machida, Tanaka, Doan, Minamino, Maeda, Out:Tomiyasu, Taniguchi, Endo, W, Ito, Kubo, Asano, | | | M.4 | 26-Mar | away | N. Korea | | 0-3 | lineup not confirmed | | | | Coach Funakoshi since 01-May-24 | | M.5 | 06-Jun | away | Myanmar | | 0-5 | 3-4-2-1 | *** Repeat 11 *** | | | M.6 | 11-Jun | | Syria | | 5-0 | 3-4-2-1 | In:Osako, Tomiyasu, Machida, Itakura, Endo, W, Tanaka, Kubo, Minamino, Ueda, A, Out:Maekawa, Hashioka, Ito, Taniguchi, Sugawara, Hatate, Morita, Kamada, Ogawa, | | | M.1 | 05-Sep | | China, PR | | 7-0 | 3-4-2-1 | In:Suzuki, Taniguchi, Morita, Mitoma, Out:Osako, Tomiyasu, Tanaka, Nakamura, | | | M.2 | 10-Sep | away | Bahrain | | 0-5 | lineup not confirmed | | | M.3 | 10-Oct | away | Saudi Arb | | 0-2 | lineup not confirmed | | | Color References: GK, DF, DM, MF, FW , Unknown Pos | |
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