India v Japan, 11 October 2006
| Score | 3-0 to Japan |
| Referee | Kee Chan Siu |
| Competition | AFC Asian Cup Group A |
| Venue | Sree Kanterava Stadium, Bangalore |
| Attendance | 5,000 |
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Goals:
Goals:
| Ryuji Bando | 22 |
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| Ryuji Bando | 43 |
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| Kengo Nakamura | 81 |
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Starting lineup:
Goalkeeper
Sandip Nandy
Defender
Deepak Mandal
Defender
N S Manju
Defender
Sanjeev Maria
Defender
Surkumar Singh
Defender
Shanmugam Venkatesh
Midfielder
Steven Dias
Midfielder
Manjit Singh
Midfielder
Renedy Singh
Midfielder/Forward
Pappachen Pradeep
Forward
Bhaichung Bhutia
Starting lineup:
Goalkeeper
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
Defender
Alessandro Santos Alex
Defender
Yūichi Komano
Defender
Hiroki Mizumoto
Midfielder
Yuki Abe
Midfielder
Yasuyuki Konno
Midfielder
Kengo Nakamura
Midfielder
Keita Suzuki
Midfielder
Satoru Yamagishi
Forward
Ryuji Bando
Forward
Seiichiro Maki
Substitutions:
| Anupam Sarkar for Deepak Mandal | 14 |
| Sunil Chhetri for Manjit Singh | 66 |
| Alvito D'Cunha for Shanmugam Venkatesh | 84 |
Substitutions:
| Makoto Hasebe for Hiroki Mizumoto | 46 |
| Kazuki Ganaha for Seiichiro Maki | 65 |
| Hisato Sato for Ryuji Bando | 68 |
Cards:
| Anupam Sarkar | 34 | Y |
| N S Manju | 86 | Y |