Japan national football team statistics and records: all-time record
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Competitions:
Games played, won, drawn and lost, goals for and against
Japan's overall record against each of their opponents.
| Opposition | P | W | D | L | F | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.FC Saarbrucken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Angola | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| Australia | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 30 |
| Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bahrain | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 11 |
| Bangladesh | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Belgium | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Brazil | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 35 |
| British Army | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 |
| Burma | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Canada | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 |
| Chateauroux | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chile | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| China | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| China PR | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 41 |
| Colombia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| Dutch East Indies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Egypt | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Finland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Formosa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| France | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| Germany | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 |
| Ghana | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 11 |
| Greece | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Haiti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Honduras | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 |
| Hong Kong | 27 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 59 | 17 |
| Hungary | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Iceland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
| India | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 19 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 24 |
| Iran | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 21 |
| Iraq | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 |
| Israel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| Italy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| J League World XI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jamaica | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Jordan | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| Khmer Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Korea DPR | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 16 |
| Korea Republic | 89 | 14 | 24 | 51 | 69 | 145 |
| Kuwait | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Macao | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 35 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 56 | 55 |
| Mali | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Malta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Manchuria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Mongolia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Nepal | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Norway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Oman | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 5 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Palestine | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Panama | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Paraguay | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 |
| Peru | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| Philippines | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 33 |
| Poland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Qatar | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 |
| Racing de Córdoba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Romania | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| Russia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 17 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Senegal | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sigma Olomouc | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Singapore | 28 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 67 | 21 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| South Vietnam | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 17 |
| South Yemen PDR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Sweden | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Syria | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 9 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 7 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Thailand | 29 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 73 | 23 |
| Togo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| Turkey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| United Arab Emirates | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 18 |
| Uruguay | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 24 |
| USA | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| USSR | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| Uzbekistan | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 10 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Vietnam | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| Wales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| West Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| WESTERN AUSTRALIA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yemen | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Yugoslavia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |