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All-time head-to-head
Since 1968
Australia
7
wins
draws
10
28 meetings
Japan
11
wins
Australia have scored 32 goals against Japan all-time; Japan have scored 40.
- First meeting
- Australia 2–2 Japan
- Mar 30, 1968 · Friendly
- Last meeting
- Australia 1–0 Japan
- Jun 5, 2025 · FIFA World Cup qualification
- Biggest Australia win
- Australia 3–0 Japan
- Feb 14, 1996 · Friendly
- Biggest Japan win
- Australia 1–4 Japan
- Feb 10, 1996 · Friendly
By competition
| Competition | P | AUS W | D | JPN W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIFA World Cup qualification | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Friendly | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| AFC Asian Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Confederations Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| EAFF Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FIFA World Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirin Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
All meetings
28 matches, newest first, with goalscorers where recorded.
- W1–0HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Australia: Aziz Behich 90'
Japan: —
- D1–1AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Australia: Shogo Taniguchi 58' (OG)
Japan: Cameron Burgess 76' (OG)
- L0–2HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Australia: —
Japan: Kaoru Mitoma 89', Kaoru Mitoma 90'
- L1–2AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Australia: Ajdin Hrustic 70'
Japan: Ao Tanaka 8', Aziz Behich 85' (OG)
- L0–2AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Australia: —
Japan: Takuma Asano 41', Yosuke Ideguchi 82'
- D1–1HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Australia: Mile Jedinak 52' (pen.)
Japan: Genki Haraguchi 5'
- L1–2AFriendlyFriendly
- L2–3NEAFF ChampionshipEAFF Championship
- D1–1AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Australia: Tommy Oar 81'
Japan: Keisuke Honda 90' (pen.)
- D1–1HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Australia: Luke Wilkshire 70' (pen.)
Japan: Yuzo Kurihara 65'
- L0–1NAFC Asian CupAFC Asian Cup
Australia: —
Japan: Tadanari Lee 109'
- W2–1HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Australia: Tim Cahill 59', Tim Cahill 77'
Japan: Marcus Tulio Tanaka 39'
- D0–0AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
- D1–1NAFC Asian CupAFC Asian Cup
Australia: John Aloisi 70'
Japan: Naohiro Takahara 72'
- W3–1NFIFA World CupFIFA World Cup
Australia: Tim Cahill 84', Tim Cahill 89', John Aloisi 90'
Japan: Shunsuke Nakamura 26'
- L0–3AFriendlyFriendly
- L0–1AConfederations CupConfederations Cup
Australia: —
Japan: Hidetoshi Nakata 43'
- L0–3HFriendlyFriendly
- W3–0HFriendlyFriendly
- L1–4HFriendlyFriendly
- W2–1HFriendlyFriendly
- D0–0AFriendlyFriendly
- D1–1AKirin CupKirin Cup
- D1–1NFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Australia: Tom McColl 39'
Japan: Teruki Miyamoto 4'
- W3–1NFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Australia: Tom McColl 5', Aritatsu Ogi 68' (OG), Ray Baartz 69'
Japan: Masashi Watanabe 11'
- L1–3HFriendlyFriendly
- W3–1HFriendlyFriendly
- D2–2HFriendlyFriendly
Source: martj42/international_results — international matches from 1872 to today (MIT-licensed open dataset). Predecessor teams follow FIFA attribution (Yugoslavia → Serbia, Czechoslovakia → Czechia).
