Group F
Japan
- Manager
- Hajime Moriyasu
- Squad
- 26 players
- Announced
- May 15
Tournament projection
- Advance
- 84.4%
- Round of 16
- 43.7%
- Quarter-final
- 29.3%
- Semi-final
- 13.3%
- Final
- 6.3%
- Champion
- 2.6%
Market champion price 1.8% · model edge +0.9%.
Scouting report
updated 2026-06-04A humble, hard-working 3-4-2-1 full of goals — winger 1v1s, overlapping wing-backs and a relentless work-rate.
Style · 3-4-2-1 — winger 1v1, overlapping wing-backs, flood the box for crosses, counter-press positioning, big work-rate.
Counter-reliance ·lowPossession & crossing, counter-press to win it back
Strengths
- +Overlapping wing-backs and 1v1 wingers feeding crosses
- +Flood the box for crosses
- +Outstanding work-rate and counter-press positioning
Key players
- Ayase Ueda · CFGoalscoring (25 in the Eredivisie) with a strong work-ethic back
- Tactics
- Get wing-backs overlapping and wingers isolated, flood the box, and counter-press to win it straight back. Humble, hard-working and full of goals.
Sources: John Walker (@johnwalker_1986) — pre-tournament tactical scouting, May–Jun 2026
Group fixtures
Squad
Goalkeepers
- Zion SuzukiParma
- Keisuke OsakoSanfrecce Hiroshima
- Tomoki HayakawaKashima Antlers
Defenders
- Yūto NagatomoFC Tokyo
- Shogo TaniguchiSint-Truiden
- Ko ItakuraAjax
- Tsuyoshi WatanabeFeyenoord
- Takehiro TomiyasuAjax
- Hiroki ItoBayern Munich
- Ayumu SekoLe Havre
- Yukinari SugawaraWerder Bremen
Midfielders
- Junnosuke SuzukiCopenhagen
- Wataru EndoLiverpool
- Junya ItoGenk
- Daichi KamadaCrystal Palace
- Ritsu DoanEintracht Frankfurt
- Ao TanakaLeeds United
- Keito NakamuraReims
- Kaishu SanoMainz
- Takefusa KuboReal Sociedad
- Yuito SuzukiFreiburg
Forwards
- Koki OgawaNEC Nijmegen
- Daizen MaedaCeltic
- Ayase UedaFeyenoord
- Kento ShiogaiVfL Wolfsburg
- Keisuke GotoSint-Truiden