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England men · International friendly

England
v Japan⁠

1–1

Full time

England v Japan finished 1–1.

England
Owen 22'
Japan
Ono 53'
Date
Tuesday 1 June 2004 · England in 2004
Kick-off
20:00 UK
Venue
City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Competition
International friendly

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XI

Substitutes

Japan

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Seigo Narazaki GK
  • No. 9, Tatsuhiko Kubo FW Off in the 60'
  • No. 20, Keiji Tamada FW Off in the 60'
  • No. 3, Keisuke Tsuboi D
  • No. 5, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto D
  • No. 6, Junichi Inamoto M Off in the 90'
  • No. 10, Shunsuke Nakamura M
  • No. 14, Alessandro Santos M
  • No. 18, Shinji Ono M
  • No. 21, Akira Kaji M
  • No. 22, Yuji Nakazawa D

Substitutes

  • No. 11, Takayuki Suzuki On in the 60'
  • No. 13, Atsushi Yanagisawa On in the 60'
  • No. 15, Takashi Fukunishi On in the 90'
  • No. 2, Makoto Tanaka (not used)
  • No. 4, Yasuhito Endo (not used)
  • No. 8, Mitsuo Ogasawara (not used)
  • No. 12, Yoichi Doi (not used)
  • No. 16, Toshiya Fujita (not used)
  • No. 17, Atsuhiro Miura (not used)
  • No. 19, Masashi Motoyama (not used)
  • No. 23, Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (not used)
  • No. 25, Takayuki Chano (not used)

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 1 meeting before this one

1995 – 1995

Official meetings since 1995

England v Japan stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings4In our results database
England wins2England perspective
Draws1Level at full time
Japan wins1Japan victories

England have scored 5 goals to Japan's 4 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

1

Anderton

1 goals against Japan in matches we hold scorer data for.

Japan · Fixture leader

1

Mitoma

Japan's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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