Japan v Bahrain, 30 March 2005
| Score | 1-0 to Japan |
| Competition | FIFA World Cup World Cup - AFC 3rd Round |
| Venue | Saitama Stadium, Saitama |
| Attendance | 67,549 |
View Japan v Bahrain head to head
Goals:
| Mohamed Salmeen | own goal | 71 |
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Goals:
Starting lineup:
Goalkeeper
Seigo Narazaki
Defender
Alessandro Santos Alex
Defender
Akira Kaji
Defender
Yuji Nakazawa
Defender
Makoto Tanaka
Defender/Centre back
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Midfielder
Takashi Fukunishi
Midfielder
Shunsuke Nakamura
Midfielder
Hidetoshi Nakata
Forward
Takayuki Suzuki
Forward
Naohiro Takahara
Starting lineup:
Goalkeeper
Hasan Al Thani Ali
Defender
Hussain Ali Baba
Defender
Abdulla Marzooq
Defender
Husain Mohammed Mohammed
Midfielder
Mohamed Salmeen
Forward
Husain Ahmed
Forward
A'ala Ahmed Hubeil
Substitutions:
| Keiji Tamada for Takayuki Suzuki | 69 |
| Junichi Inamoto for Shunsuke Nakamura | 90 |
Substitutions:
| Ahmed Hassan Taleb for Mohamed Salman Makki | 59 |
| Naser Duaij for A'ala Ahmed Hubeil | 64 |
Cards:
| Shunsuke Nakamura | Y | |
| Alessandro Santos Alex | Y |
Cards:
| Abdul Rahman Abdulla Karim | Y | |
| Hussain Ali Baba | Y | |
| Mohamed Salmeen | Y |