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
Defender/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