Japan
Sweden
Match events
Live goals, substitutions and bookings from FIFA — updated every minute.
- 32' Isak HIEN Yellow card Sweden
- 37' Lucas BERGVALL ← Isak HIEN Sweden
- 39' Shogo TANIGUCHI ← Kou ITAKURA Japan
- 56' Daizen MAEDA Japan
- 62' Anthony ELANGA Sweden
- 66' Koki OGAWA ← Ayase UEDA Japan
- 66' Junya ITO ← Ritsu DOAN Japan
- 75' Yuto NAGATOMO ← Keito Nakamura Japan
- 75' Tsuyoshi Watanabe ← Ayumu SEKO Japan
- 75' Daniel SVENSSON ← Alexander BERNHARDSSON Sweden
- 75' Ken SEMA ← Elliot STROUD Sweden
- 77' Shogo TANIGUCHI Yellow card Japan
- 84' Viktor GYOKERES Yellow card Sweden
- 87' Carl STARFELT ← Victor LINDELOF Sweden
- 87' Benjamin NYGREN ← Gabriel GUDMUNDSSON Sweden
Match Details
| Stage | Group Stage |
| Group | Group F |
| Date | Thursday, June 25, 2026 |
| Kick-off | 19:00 ET |
| Status | finished |
Match Preview
Japan face Sweden at AT&T Stadium in Arlington in a Group F finale that may well decide who joins the Netherlands in the round of 32. Hajime Moriyasu's Japan blend technical European exports (Kubo, Mitoma, Endō) with the discipline that beat Germany and Spain in Qatar. Graham Potter's Sweden counter with Alexander Isak's goalscoring, Dejan Kulusevski's creativity and a robust spine. The fixture is genuinely 50-50 and one of the most tactically interesting matches of the group stage.
Starting Lineups
Confirmed starting XI via FIFA.com
FIFA has published the official starting lineups for this match.
Japan
- GK Zion Suzuki #1
- DF Yukinari Sugawara #2
- DF Kou ITAKURA (C) #4
- DF Ayumu SEKO #20
- DF Hiroki ITO #21
- MF Ao TANAKA #7
- MF Ritsu DOAN #10
- MF Daizen MAEDA #11
- MF Keito Nakamura #13
- MF Daichi KAMADA #15
- FW Ayase UEDA #18
Substitutes (14)
- GK Keisuke OSAKO #12
- GK Tomoki HAYAKAWA #23
- DF Shogo TANIGUCHI #3
- DF Yuto NAGATOMO #5
- DF Tsuyoshi Watanabe #16
- DF Takehiro TOMIYASU #22
- DF Junnosuke SUZUKI #25
- MF Junya ITO #14
- MF Yuito SUZUKI #17
- MF Kaishu SANO #24
- FW Shuto MACHINO #6
- FW Keisuke GOTO #9
- FW Koki OGAWA #19
- FW Kento SHIOGAI #26
Coach: Hajime Moriyasu
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Sweden
- GK Jacob WIDELL ZETTERSTROM #1
- DF Gustaf LAGERBIELKE #2
- DF Victor LINDELOF (C) #3
- DF Isak HIEN #4
- DF Gabriel GUDMUNDSSON #5
- DF Alexander BERNHARDSSON #21
- DF Elliot STROUD #24
- MF Yasin AYARI #18
- FW Alexander Isak #9
- FW Anthony ELANGA #11
- FW Viktor GYOKERES #17
Substitutes (15)
- GK Viktor JOHANSSON #12
- GK Kristoffer NORDFELDT #23
- DF Herman JOHANSSON #6
- DF Daniel SVENSSON #8
- DF Hjalmar EKDAL #14
- DF Carl STARFELT #15
- DF Eric SMITH #20
- MF Lucas BERGVALL #7
- MF Benjamin NYGREN #10
- MF Ken SEMA #13
- MF Jesper KARLSTROM #16
- MF Mattias SVANBERG #19
- MF Besfort ZENELI #22
- FW Gustaf NILSSON #25
- FW Taha ALI #26
Coach: Graham Potter
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