Pelatih: Hajime Moriyasu.
Shuichi Gonda; Miki Yamane, Ko Itakura, Maya Yoshida, Yuto Nagatomo; Wataru Endo, Hidemasa Morita; Junya Ito, Takefusa Kubo, Daichi Kamada; Daizen Maeda.
Kroasia (4-3-3):
Pelatih: Zlatko Dalic.
Dominik Livakovic; Josip Juranovic, Dejan Lovren, Josko Gvardiol, Borna Sosa; Marcelo Brozovic, Mateo Kovacic, Luka Modric; Nikola Vlasic, Mislav Orsic, Andrej Kramaric.
Rekor head to head
18 Juni 2006: Jepang vs Kroasia 0-0
20 Juni 1998: Jepang vs Kroasia 0-1
08 Juni 1997: Jepang vs Kroasia 4-3