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Saturday, June 5, 2010

Japan Final Squad

Fifa Ranking: 45 (682 Points)
First appearance: 1998
No. of appearances (inc 2010): 4
Best result: Round of 16 (2002)
Coach: Takeshi OKADA (JPN)

Japan coach Takeshi Okada has named his final squad for the World Cup in South Africa this month. Okada had already named his 23-man party and there were no changes today as the list was submitted to FIFA.

“Coach Okada and I have made a final check and there will be no changes to the 23-man squad to be submitted on deadline day today,” Japan Football Association technical director Hiromi Hara told reporters at the squad’s training camp in Switzerland.Japan have been drawn in Group E alongside Denmark, Netherlands and Cameroon.

Goalkeepers: Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus), Eiji Kawashima (Kawasaki Frontale), Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Jubilo Iwata)

Defenders: Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama Marinos), Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Nagoya Grampus), Yuichi Komano (Jubilo Iwata), Daiki Iwamasa (Kashima Antlers), Yasuyuki Konno (FC Tokyo), Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo), Atsuto Uchida (Kashima Antlers)

Midfielders: Shunsuke Nakamura (Yokohama Marinos), Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale), Junichi Inamoto (Kawasaki Frontale), Yuki Abe (Urawa Red Diamonds), Makoto Hasebe (Wolfsburg, Germany), Keisuke Honda (CSKA Moscow, Russia), Daisuke Matsui (Grenoble, France)

Forwards: Shinji Okazaki (Shimizu S-Pulse), Keiji Tamada (Nagoya Grampus), Yasuhito Okubo (Vissel Kobe), Kisho Yano (Albirex Niigata), Takayuki Morimoto (Catania, Italy).

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