This page offers all the statistics of the match and the pre-match of
Japan 0-0 Croatia - June 18, 2006 / World Cup 2006
. All the information you will find here have been collected manually from the most official sources. However, if you found any mistake or any missing information, please contact us.World Cup 2006 - Round 2 - Group F
JAP
0
HT
JAP
46' - Substitution
Takashi Fukunishiis substituted by Junichi Inamoto46
61' - Substitution
Atsushi Yanagisawais substituted by Keiji Tamada6170
70' - Substitution
Igor Tudoris substituted by Ivica Olic
70' - Substitution
Igor Tudoris substituted by Ivica Olic78
78' - Substitution
Niko Kranjcaris substituted by Luka Modric
78' - Substitution
Niko Kranjcaris substituted by Luka Modric
85' - Substitution
Naohiro Takaharais substituted by Masashi Oguro8587
87' - Substitution
Darijo Srnais substituted by Ivan Bosnjak
87' - Substitution
Darijo Srnais substituted by Ivan Bosnjak
FT
CRO
CRO
Team line-ups
Japan
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G |
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | 30 | 91 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Yuji Nakazawa | 28 | 52 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto | 29 | 71 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Alex Santos | 28 | 74 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Akira Kaji | 26 | 44 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Takashi Fukunishi | 46 | 29 | 62 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Mitsuo Ogasawara | 27 | 52 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Shunsuke Nakamura | 27 | 62 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Hidetoshi Nakata | 29 | 77 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Naohiro Takahara | 85 | 27 | 44 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Atsushi Yanagisawa | 61 | 29 | 56 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Average age
28.1 years
Average number of matches played for the team
62
Croatia
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G |
Stipe Pletikosa | 27 | 52 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Igor Tudor | 70 | 28 | 54 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
D |
Robert Kovac | 32 | 58 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Josip Simunic | 28 | 44 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Darijo Srna | 87 | 24 | 38 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
D |
Dario Simic | 30 | 81 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Marko Babic | 25 | 34 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Niko Kovac | 34 | 60 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Niko Kranjcar | 78 | 21 | 23 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Dado Prso | 31 | 31 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Ivan Klasnic | 26 | 22 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
Average age
27.8 years
Average number of matches played for the team
45
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M |
Junichi Inamoto | 46 | 26 | 65 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Masashi Oguro | 85 | 26 | 20 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Keiji Tamada | 61 | 26 | 40 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M |
Luka Modric | 78 | 20 | 6 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Ivica Olic | 70 | 26 | 38 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Ivan Bosnjak | 87 | 27 | 14 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Akira Kaji
IN
Yuichi Komano
OUT
Mitsuo Ogasawara
IN
Keisuke Tsuboi
OUT
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
No changes regarding the previous match for the starting playersManager
Age
Match num
53
71
Success rate in this team:
52 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
52 %
Zico vs Croatia
0 victory
1 draw
0 loss
Latest figure on June 18, 2006
Zico vs Kranjcar
0 victory
1 draw
0 loss
Latest figure on June 18, 2006
Manager
Age
Match num
49
23
Success rate in this team:
43 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
42 %
Kranjcar vs Japan
0 victory
1 draw
0 loss
Latest figure on June 18, 2006
Kranjcar vs Zico
0 victory
1 draw
0 loss
Latest figure on June 18, 2006
Referee
Frank De Bleeckere
1 victory |
2 draws |
0 loss |
Japan3 matches | General total | Croatia3 matches | 1 victory |
1 draw |
1 loss |
0 victory |
1 draw |
0 loss |
Japan1 match | Season total | Croatia1 match | 0 victory |
1 draw |
0 loss |
| Latest figure on June 29, 2010 | Latest figure on June 12, 2008 | |||||||
Videos
December 02, 2022
May 12, 2010
Key figures
End of streak for Croatia after 7 matches with at least one goal conceded surterrainneutre (since 17/06/2004). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 13/06/2002 (6 matches)
End of streak for Croatia after 6 matches with at least one goal conceded in World Cup (since 08/07/1998). It's a record streak. The first of history
Croatia keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a win surterrainneutre in World Cup running (since 13/06/2002). It's a record streak. The first of history
General ranking
| +1 | 1 | Brazil | 6 pts | 2 rd |
| -1 | 2 | Australia | 3 pts | 2 rd |
| 3 | Croatia | 1 pt | 2 rd | |
| 4 | Japan | 1 pt | 2 rd |
General ranking
| +1 | 1 | Brazil | 6 pts | 2 rd |
| -1 | 2 | Australia | 3 pts | 2 rd |
| 3 | Croatia | 1 pt | 2 rd | |
| 4 | Japan | 1 pt | 2 rd |
Pre-match
Current form
| Neutral ground | DJapan 2-2 Brazil22/06/2005 | LNorth Korea 1-0 Japan31/07/2005 | DJapan 2-2 China03/08/2005 | DBosnia and Herzegovina 2-2 Japan28/02/2006 | VJapan 1-0 Malta04/06/2006 | LAustralia 3-1 Japan12/06/2006 |
| Overall | VJapan 1-0 Ecuador30/03/2006 | LJapan 1-2 Bulgaria09/05/2006 | DJapan 0-0 Scotland13/05/2006 | DGermany 2-2 Japan30/05/2006 | VJapan 1-0 Malta04/06/2006 | LAustralia 3-1 Japan12/06/2006 |
Current form
| Neutral ground | LCroatia 2-4 England21/06/2004 | LSouth Korea 2-0 Croatia29/01/2006 | VCroatia 3-2 Argentina01/03/2006 | LPoland 1-0 Croatia03/06/2006 | LSpain 2-1 Croatia07/06/2006 | LBrazil 1-0 Croatia13/06/2006 |
| Overall | VCroatia 3-2 Argentina01/03/2006 | VAustria 1-4 Croatia23/05/2006 | DCroatia 2-2 Iran28/05/2006 | LPoland 1-0 Croatia03/06/2006 | LSpain 2-1 Croatia07/06/2006 | LBrazil 1-0 Croatia13/06/2006 |
Running streaks
| Neutral ground | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Loosing streak | 1 | 1 |
| Winless streak | 1 | 1 |
| Drawless streak | 2 | 2 |
| Scoring streak | 4 | 3 |
| Conceding streak | 1 | 1 |
Running streaks
| Neutral ground | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Loosing streak | 3 | 3 |
| Winless streak | 3 | 4 |
| Drawless streak | 6 | 3 |
| Goalless streak | 1 | 1 |
| Conceding streak | 7 | 6 |
Statistical comparison of the season
Rankings
|
4 |
General ranking (Competition total) |
3 |
Ranking evolution during the season
Results
|
1 |
Number of games (Competition total) |
1 |
|
0 |
Victories (Competition total) |
0 |
|
0 |
Draws (Competition total) |
0 |
|
1 |
Losses (Competition total) |
1 |
Goals
|
1 |
Goals scored (Competition total) |
0 |
|
3 |
Goals conceded (Competition total) |
1 |
|
1 |
Goals scored per match average (Competition total) |
0 |
|
3 |
Conceced goals per match average (Competition total) |
1 |
Betting aid
|
1 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total) |
0 |
|
0 |
Clean sheets (Competition total) |
0 |
|
0 |
Matches without scoring (Competition total) |
1 |
|
1 |
The 2 teams score (Competition total) |
0 |
Bookings
|
3 |
Yellow cards (Competition total) |
3 |
|
0 |
Red cards (Competition total) |
0 |
Key players
 | Shunsuke Nakamura | 1 goal | Team's best scorer (Competition total) | - | ||
| Shunsuke Nakamura | 1 goal | Team's best scorer (Home / Away) | - | ||
 | Yuichi Komano | 1 assist | Player with most assists (Competition total) | - | ||
| Yuichi Komano | 1 assist | Player with most assists (Home / Away) | - | ||
| Shunsuke Nakamura | 1 goal during the last match | The fittest player | - |
Historical head to head
Home
1 match
1 v
0 d
0 l
4 gf
3 ga
Neutral ground
1 match
0 v
0 d
1 l
0 gf
1 ga
Total
2 matches
1 v
0 d
1 l
4 gf
4 ga
Historical head to head
Away
1 match
0 v
0 d
1 l
3 gf
4 ga
Neutral ground
1 match
1 v
0 d
0 l
1 gf
0 ga
Total
2 matches
1 v
0 d
1 l
4 gf
4 ga
Largest victory
| Overall | 4 - 3 |
June 08, 1997 |
| Neutral ground | No success yet | |
Largest victory
| Overall | 1 - 0 |
June 20, 1998 |
| Neutral ground | 1 - 0 |
June 20, 1998 |
Latest head to head
June 20, 1998 - Coupe du Monde 1998
June 08, 1997 - Kirin Cup 1997
Best historical scorers against Croatia
 |
Kazuyoshi Miura | 2 goals | 1997 - 1997 |
 |
Hiraoki Morishima | 1 goal | 1997 - 1997 |
 |
Takashi Hirano | 1 goal | 1997 - 1997 |
First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/06/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.
Best historical scorers against Japan
 |
Aljosa Asanovic | 2 goals | 1997 - 1997 |
 |
Davor Suker | 1 goal | 1998 - 1998 |
 |
Goran Vlaovic | 1 goal | 1997 - 1997 |
First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/06/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.
Players with most games played vs Croatia
|
Naoki Soma | 2 matches | 1997 - 1998 |
 |
Yutaka Akita | 2 matches | 1997 - 1998 |
 |
Motohiro Yamaguchi | 2 matches | 1997 - 1998 |
|
Hidetoshi Nakata | 2 matches | 1997 - 1998 |
|
Hiraoki Morishima | 2 matches | 1997 - 1998 |
 |
Masami Ihara | 2 matches | 1997 - 1998 |
First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/06/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.
Players with most games played vs Japan
 |
Robert Prosinecki | 2 matches | 1997 - 1998 |
|
Aljosa Asanovic | 2 matches | 1997 - 1998 |
 |
Drazen Ladic | 2 matches | 1997 - 1998 |
 |
Krunoslav Jurcic | 2 matches | 1997 - 1998 |
 |
Dario Simic | 2 matches | 1997 - 1998 |
|
Goran Vlaovic | 2 matches | 1997 - 1998 |
First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/06/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.
Competition info
The other matches
June 14, 2006
June 15, 2006
June 16, 2006
June 17, 2006
June 18, 2006
June 19, 2006
Post-match general ranking
| pts | m | v | d | l | GF | GA | diff | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+11
|  | Brazil | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
-12
|  | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
3
|  | Croatia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
4
|  | Japan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 |
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