1976 Japan national football team

This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 1976.

January 25	Japan	1–3	Bulgaria	Tokyo, Japan
13:30	Kamamoto 12'	JFA	Hristo Bonev 42' Tzvetkov 55' Iliev ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 20,000

January 28	Japan	1–1	Bulgaria	Osaka, Japan
14:00	Matsunaga 75'	JFA	Bonev 71'	Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium Attendance: 5,000

February 1	Japan	0–3	Bulgaria	Tokyo, Japan
14:00		JFA	Simov 43' Dzhevisov 59' Hristov 87'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 20,000

March 14	Japan	3–0	Philippines	Tokyo, Japan
14:00	Ochiai 12', 73' Takabayashi 17'	JFA		Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 25,000

March 17	Japan	3–0	Philippines	Tokyo, Japan
14:00	Fujishima 28', 44' Maeda 72'	JFA		Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 2,000

Player statistics

March 21	Japan	0–2	South Korea	Tokyo, Japan
14:30		JFA	Lee Young-moo 2' Park Sang-in 71'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 58,000

March 27	Japan	2–2	South Korea	Seoul, South Korea
14:30	Kamamoto 40', 88'	JFA	Kim Jin-gook 3' Cha Bum-Kun 77'	Stadium: Seoul Stadium Attendance: 30,000

March 31	Japan	0–3	Israel	Seoul, South Korea
		JFA	Damti 9' Peretz 17' Oz 63'	Stadium: Seoul Stadium Attendance: 20,000

April 11	Japan	1–4	Israel	Tel Aviv, Israel
	Matsunaga 40'	JFA	Schweitzer 7' Damti 20' Shum 53', 73'	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 35,000

August 8	Japan	5–1	India	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Kamamoto 7' Nagai 50' Okudera 55', 70' Fujishima 85'	JFA	? 40'	Stadium: Merdeka Stadium Attendance: 15,000

August 10	Japan	6–0	Indonesia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Okudera 15', 30', 73' Kamamoto 60' Komaeda 65', 75'	JFA		Stadium: Merdeka Stadium

August 13	Japan	2–2	Burma	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Kamamoto 57' Okudera 70'	JFA	? 36' ? 56'	Stadium: Merdeka Stadium

August 16	Japan	2–2	Thailand	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Kamamoto 13', 25'	JFA	? 40' ? 62'	Stadium: Merdeka Stadium

August 18	Japan	0–0	South Korea	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
		JFA		Stadium: Merdeka Stadium

August 20	Japan	2–2	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Okudera 22' Kamamoto 83'	JFA	? 12' ? 53'	Stadium: Merdeka Stadium Attendance: 35,000

Player	-1975	01.25	01.28	02.01	03.14	03.17	03.21	03.27	03.31	04.11	08.08	08.10	08.13	08.16	08.18	08.20	08.22	12.04	1976	Total
Aritatsu Ogi	60(11)	-	-	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	62(11)
Kunishige Kamamoto	56(66)	O(1)	O	O	O	-	O	O(2)	O	O	O(1)	O(1)	O(1)	O(2)	O	O(1)	O	O	16(9)	72(75)
Takaji Mori	52(2)	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4(0)	56(2)
Daishiro Yoshimura	34(7)	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	12(0)	46(7)
Nobuo Kawakami	32(0)	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8(0)	40(0)
Kozo Arai	31(4)	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	15(0)	46(4)
Nobuo Fujishima	29(3)	O	O	O	-	O(2)	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	16(3)	45(6)
Kuniya Daini	29(0)	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	15(0)	44(0)
Yoshikazu Nagai	24(3)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	17(2)	41(5)
Atsuyoshi Furuta	24(0)	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	26(0)
Mitsuo Watanabe	19(4)	O	O	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(0)	22(4)
Hiroshi Ochiai	15(3)	O	O	O	O(2)	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	15(2)	30(5)
Eijun Kiyokumo	14(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	9(0)	23(0)
Mitsunori Fujiguchi	12(0)	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	14(0)
Yasuhiko Okudera	11(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(2)	O(3)	O(1)	O	O	O(1)	O	O	8(7)	19(8)
Masaki Yokotani	11(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	-	O	O	O	6(0)	17(0)
Tatsuhiko Seta	10(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	14(0)	24(0)
Hideki Maeda	5(1)	-	-	-	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6(1)	11(2)
Toshio Takabayashi	4(1)	-	-	-	O(1)	O	O	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	8(1)	12(2)
Akira Matsunaga	3(0)	O	O(1)	O	-	O	-	O	O	O(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7(2)	10(2)
Hiroyuki Usui	2(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	1(0)	3(0)
Mitsuhisa Taguchi	1(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	3(0)	4(0)
Kazuo Saito	0(0)	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	14(0)	14(0)
Hiroji Imamura	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O	O	-	-	O	-	4(0)	4(0)
Mitsuru Komaeda	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O(2)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(2)	1(2)

August 22	Japan	0–2	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
20:00		JFA	? 56' ? 58'	Stadium: Merdeka Stadium Attendance: 55,000

December 4	Japan	1–2	South Korea	Tokyo, Japan
14:05	Nagai 33'	JFA	Huh Jung-moo 72' Hwang Jae-man 76'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 8,464