Japan v United Arab Emirates, 23 January 2015
| Score | 1-1 :: penalties 5-4 to United Arab Emirates |
| Referee | Alireza Faghani |
| Competition | AFC Asian Cup Quarter-final |
| Venue | ANZ Stadium, Sydney |
| Attendance | 19,094 |
View Japan v United Arab Emirates head to head
Win on penalty
1 (4)
Japan
Manager: Javier Aguirre
Goals:
| Gaku Shibasaki | 81 |
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Starting lineup:
Goalkeeper
Eiji Kawashima
Defender
Masato Morishige
Defender
Yūto Nagatomo
Defender
Maya Yoshida
Defender/Midfielder
Gotoku Sakai
Midfielder
Yasuhito Endo
Midfielder
Makoto Hasebe
Midfielder
Keisuke Honda
Midfielder
Takashi Inui
Midfielder
Shinji Kagawa
Forward
Shinji Okazaki
Substitutions:
| Yoshinori Mutō for Takashi Inui | 46 |
| Gaku Shibasaki for Yasuhito Endo | 54 |
| Yohei Toyoda for Shinji Okazaki | 65 |
Cards:
On the bench:
Goalkeeper
Masaaki Higashiguchi
Goalkeeper
Shusaku Nishikawa
Defender
Keisuke Ota
Defender
Tsukasa Shiotani
Defender
Gen Shoji
Defender
Naomichi Ueda
Midfielder
Yasuyuki Konno
Midfielder
Gaku Shibasaki
Forward
Hiroshi Kiyotake
Forward
Yū Kobayashi
Forward
Yoshinori Mutō
Forward
Yohei Toyoda
1 (5)
United Arab Emirates
Manager: Mahdi Ali Hassan Redha
Goals:
| Ali Mabkhout | 7 |
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Starting lineup:
Majed Naser
Goalkeeper
Mohamed Ahmed Gharib
Defender
Mohanad Salem
Defender
Abdelaziz Sanqour
Defender
Abdulaziz Haikal
Defender/Midfielder
Amer Abdulrahman
Midfielder
Ismail Al Hammadi
Midfielder
Khamis Esmaeel
Midfielder
Ali Mabkhout
Midfielder/Forward
Omar Abdulrahman
Forward
Ahmed Khalil
Forward
Substitutions:
| Ismail Ahmed for Abdulaziz Haikal | 54 |
| Majed Hassan for Amer Abdulrahman | 54 |
| Habib Al Fardan for Ahmed Khalil | 58 |
Cards:
| Ismail Al Hammadi | 26 | Y |
| Khamis Esmaeel | 45 | Y |
| Ismail Ahmed | 116 | Y |
| Omar Abdulrahman | 119 | Y |
On the bench:
Goalkeeper
Khalid Eisa
Goalkeeper
Mohamed Yousif
Defender
Ismail Ahmed
Defender
Hamdan Al Kamali
Defender/Midfielder
Hassan Safar
Midfielder
Habib Al Fardan
Midfielder
Majed Hassan
Midfielder
Haboush Salbukh
Midfielder/Forward
Mohamed Abdulrahman
Midfielder/Forward
Salem Saleh
Forward
Saeed Al Katheeri