Japan’s national football team coach Alberto Zaccheroni officially announced his 23 men squad as the Fifa world cup is getting to be start by one month in Brazil. The Japan’s team squad has very good attractions with top order players. Coach Alberto Zaccheroni included the top most European-based players Shinji Kagawa, Shinji Okazaki, Makoto Hasebe and Keisuke Honda in the list and all these players are physically very fit and free from Injuries and make an active part in Fifa world Tournament on the side of Japan.
Japan stands 47th position in the Fifa world rankings and it is capable of defending the world’s top football teams in its own way like defeating Belgium by 3-2 score in November. The attacking mid fielder Keisuke Honda is the main key player of their qualifying rounds by scoring a Crucial injury time penalty in the final group round to attain 1-1 draw against Australia keeping Japan as the first team to qualify the 2014 fifa world cup. Honda is the star of that tournament and this 28years old player has scored 20 goals in all his 53 international appearances.
Alberto Zaccheroni took duty as coach to the Japan’s national football team in 2010 and diverted their path in to success in the 2011 Asian Cup by defeating Australia in the finals and there by confirmed its place in the 2013 Confederations Cup in Brazil. The draw against Netherlands and a Victory on Belgium in 2013 tournaments gave hope to the Japan’s national football team. The team squad also contains 12 overseas-based players and 11 players from sports clubs of Japan including the 31 year old forward player Yoshito Okubo as a surprise.
Japan will play two practice matches against Costa Rica in Tampa and Zambia in Florida and this team will play against Greece, Colombia and CÔte D’ivorie in Group C of Fifa world cup.
Japan team Key Players:
Keisuke Honda, Hidetoshi Nakata and Shunsuke Nakamura are the key players of Japan’s national football team
Japan Team Squad for World Cup:
Goalkeepers:
Eiji Kawashima, Shusaku Nishikawa, Shuichi Gonda.
Defenders:
Masahiko Inoha, Yasuyuki Konno, Yuto Nagatomo, Masato Morishige, Atsuto Uchida, Maya Yoshida, Hiroki Sakai, Gotoku Sakai.
Midfielders:
Yasuhito Endo, Makoto Hasebe, Toshihiro Aoyama, Hotaru Yamaguchi.
Forwards:
Keisuke Honda, Yoshito Okubo, Shinji Okazaki, Shinji Kagawa, Hiroshi Kiyotake, Yoichiro Kakitani, Manabu Saito, YuyaOsako.
Japan Group Matches in World Cup:
Match | Date & Time | Countries | Venue |
6 | Saturday 14 June, 22.00 local time19.00 GMT | CÔte D’ivorie Vs Japan | Arena Pernambuco, Recife |
23 | Thursday 19 June, 19.00 local time22.00 GMT | Japan Vs Greece | Arena das Dunas, Natal |
39 | Tuesday 24 June, 16.00 local time20.00 GMT | Japan Vs Colombia | Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá |