1978 Japan national football team

This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 1978.

Results

Japan v Thailand

May 23	Japan	3–1	Thailand	Aichi, Japan
	Nagai 4' Usui 23' Ochiai 69'	JFA	? ?'	Stadium: Mizuho Rugby Stadium

Japan v Iraq

Japan v Indonesia

July 15	Japan	1–2	Indonesia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Fujishima 25'	JFA	? ?' ? ?'

Japan v Syria

July 17	Japan	3–2	Syria	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Usui 3', 8' Ochiai 44'	JFA	? ?' ? ?'

Japan v South Korea

July 19	Japan	0–4	South Korea	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
		JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?' ? ?'

Japan v Malaysia

July 23	Japan	1–4	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Nishino 8'	JFA	? ?' ? ?'

Japan v Singapore

July 23	Japan	1–2	Singapore	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Usui 44'	JFA	? ?' ? ?'

Japan v Thailand

July 26	Japan	4–0	Thailand	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Hosotani 7' Ochiai 40' Usui 86' Sekiguchi 87'	JFA

Japan v Soviet Union

November 19	Japan	1–4	Soviet Union	Tokyo, Japan
	Fujiguchi 4'	JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium

Japan v Soviet Union

November 23	Japan	1–4	Soviet Union	Tokyo, Japan
	Fujiguchi 86'	JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium

Japan v Soviet Union

November 26	Japan	0–3	Soviet Union	Osaka, Japan
		JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?'	Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium

Japan v Kuwait

December 11	Japan	0–2	Kuwait	Bangkok, Thailand
		JFA	? ?' ? ?'

Japan v Bahrain

December 13	Japan	4–0	Bahrain	Bangkok, Thailand
	Usui 8', 42' Hara 65' Maeda 71'	JFA

Japan v South Korea

December 15	Japan	1–3	South Korea	Bangkok, Thailand
	Kato 87'	JFA	? ?' ? ?' ? ?'

Players statistics

Player	-1977	05.23	07.13	07.15	07.17	07.19	07.21	07.23	07.26	11.19	11.23	11.26	12.11	12.13	12.15	1978	Total
Nobuo Fujishima	50(6)	O	O	O(1)	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	12(1)	62(7)
Yoshikazu Nagai	46(5)	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	O	O	O	O	12(1)	58(6)
Hiroshi Ochiai	35(5)	O(1)	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	14(3)	49(8)
Atsuyoshi Furuta	26(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	6(0)	32(0)
Kazuo Saito	19(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	O	9(0)	28(0)
Hideki Maeda	14(2)	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O	-	-	-	O	O(1)	-	7(1)	21(3)
Mitsunori Fujiguchi	14(0)	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	-	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	O	O	12(2)	26(2)
Mitsuhisa Taguchi	9(0)	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	13(0)	22(0)
Hiroyuki Usui	7(0)	O(1)	O	O	O(2)	O	O	O(1)	O(1)	O	O	O	O	O(2)	O	14(7)	21(7)
Akira Nishino	4(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	8(1)	12(1)
Keizo Imai	3(0)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	O	O	13(0)	16(0)
Nobutoshi Kaneda	1(1)	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	14(0)	15(1)
Hiromi Hara	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O(1)	O	6(1)	6(1)
Kazuaki Nagasawa	0(0)	-	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	6(0)	6(0)
Hisashi Kato	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	O(1)	5(1)	5(1)
Ichiro Hosotani	0(0)	-	O	O	-	-	O	-	O(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4(1)	4(1)
Tsutomu Sonobe	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	-	-	-	4(0)	4(0)
Haruhisa Hasegawa	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	-	-	4(0)	4(0)
Hisao Sekiguchi	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	O	-	O(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(1)	3(1)
Toyohito Mochizuki	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(0)	2(0)
Yukitaka Omi	0(0)	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Choei Sato	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)
Tetsuo Sugamata	0(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0)	1(0)

External links

• Japan Football Association