Japan football
Japan |
| National Coach: Takeshi Okada National Stadium: FA founded: 1921 ( FA Website ) Joined FIFA: 1929 FIFA Code: JPN Nickname: Blue Samurai | Local Name: Nippon Capital: Tokyo Population: 127,288,416 Area: 377,835 km2 Tel: +81 / Internet: .jp Currency: Yen (JPY) - Rates | |||||
| Domestic Season: March - December | ||||||
| Local Time and Weather | Latest Japanese Football News | |||||
Japanese Football League System
Level: 1 J. League Division 1 view 18 Teams
Level: 2 J. League Division 2 view 18 Teams
Level: 3 Japan Football League
J. League Division 1
| Albirex Niigata Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium (42,300) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Yukio Nakano
Founded in: 1955 (Nickname: Albi)
View Albirex Niigata homepage
| FC Tokyo Ajinomoto Stadium (50,000) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Masahiro Tsubahara
Founded in: 1998 (Nickname: The Gas Men)
View FC Tokyo homepage
| Gamba Osaka Osaka Expo 70 Stadium (21,000) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Kikuo Kanamori
Founded in: 1991 (Nickname: Gamba)
View Gamba Osaka homepage
| JEF United Ichihara Chiba Fukuda Denshi Arena (19,781) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Hirokazu Miki
Founded in: 1946 (Nickname: )
View JEF United Ichihara Chiba homepage
| Jubilo Iwata Yamaha Stadium (16,879) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Yoshio Mabuchi
Founded in: 1970 (Nickname: )
View Jubilo Iwata homepage
| Kashima Antlers Kashima Stadium (40,728) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Hiroshi Ushijima
Founded in: 1947 (Nickname: Antlers)
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| Kashiwa Reysol Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium (15,900) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Shigeyuki Onodera
Founded in: 1940 (Nickname: Sun Kings)
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| Kawasaki Frontale Todoroki Athletics Stadium (25,000) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Shimpei Takeda
Founded in: 1997 (Nickname: )
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| Kyoto Sanga Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium (20,242) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Toru Umemoto
Founded in: 1922 (Nickname: )
View Kyoto Sanga homepage
| Montedio Yamagata Yamagata Park Stadium (20,315) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Yoshihiro Kanamori
Founded in: 1984 (Nickname: )
View Montedio Yamagata homepage
| Nagoya Grampus Mizuho Athletic Stadium (27,000) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Toyo Kato
Founded in: 1939 (Nickname: )
View Nagoya Grampus homepage
| Oita Trinita Oita Stadium (40,000) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Hiroshi Mizohata
Founded in: 1994 (Nickname: )
View Oita Trinita homepage
| Omiya Ardija NACK5 Stadium Omiya (15,500) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Seigo Watanabe
Founded in: 1964 (Nickname: Squirrels)
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| Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima Big Arch (50,000) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Yuichi Mototani
Founded in: 1938 (Nickname: )
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| Shimizu S-Pulse Nihondaira Sports Stadium (20,339) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Hayao Iwakawa
Founded in: 1991 (Nickname: S-Pa)
View Shimizu S-Pulse homepage
| Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama Stadium (63,700) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Mitsuo Hashimoto
Founded in: 1950 (Nickname: Urawa Reds)
View Urawa Red Diamonds homepage
| Vissel Kobe Misaki Park Stadium (30,132) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Hiroshi Mikitani
Founded in: 1966 (Nickname: )
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| Yokohama F. Marinos Nissan Stadium (72,327) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Shigeo Hidaritomo
Founded in: 1972 (Nickname: )
View Yokohama F. Marinos homepage
J. League Division 2
| Avispa Fukuoka (0) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Koh Tsuzuku
Founded in: 1982 (Nickname: )
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| Cerezo Osaka (0) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Hiroyuki Idehara
Founded in: 1957 (Nickname: )
View Cerezo Osaka homepage
| Consadole Sapporo (0) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Yoshiaki Kodama
Founded in: 1935 (Nickname: Consa)
View Consadole Sapporo homepage
| Ehime (0) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Fumio Kamei
Founded in: 1970 (Nickname: )
View Ehime homepage
| Fagiano Okayama (0) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Masaaki Kimura
Founded in: 1975 (Nickname: )
View Fagiano Okayama homepage
| FC Gifu (0) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Kazuo Imanishi
Founded in: 2001 (Nickname: )
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| Kataller Toyama (0) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Tetsuo Nakao
Founded in: 2007 (Nickname: )
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| Mito HollyHock (0) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Kunio Numata
Founded in: 1990 (Nickname: )
View Mito HollyHock homepage
| Roasso Kumamoto (0) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Hirofumi Maeda
Founded in: 1969 (Nickname: )
View Roasso Kumamoto homepage
| Sagan Tosu (0) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Yukihiro Igawa
Founded in: 1987 (Nickname: )
View Sagan Tosu homepage
| Shonan Bellmare (0) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Kiyoshi Makabe
Founded in: 1968 (Nickname: )
View Shonan Bellmare homepage
| Thespa Kusatsu (0) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Yuichi Mototani
Founded in: 1995 (Nickname: )
View Thespa Kusatsu homepage
| Tochigi SC (0) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Kentaro Arai
Founded in: 1953 (Nickname: The Teachers)
View Tochigi SC homepage
| Tokushima Vortis (0) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Koji Takamoto
Founded in: 1955 (Nickname: )
View Tokushima Vortis homepage
| Tokyo Verdy (0) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Yasuo Shimada
Founded in: 1969 (Nickname: )
View Tokyo Verdy homepage
| Vegalta Sendai (0) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Shirahata Yoichi
Founded in: 1988 (Nickname: )
View Vegalta Sendai homepage
| Ventforet Kofu (0) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Kazuyuki Umino
Founded in: 1965 (Nickname: )
View Ventforet Kofu homepage
| Yokohama FC (0) | [-] |
Chairman / President: Yasuhiko Okudera
Founded in: 1998 (Nickname: Fulie)
View Yokohama FC homepage
Japan Football League
Roll of Honour
| YEAR | LEAGUE | EMPEROR’S CUP |
| 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 |
?? Kashima Antlers Kashima Antlers Kashima Antlers Urawa Red Diamonds Gamba Osaka Yokohama F. Marinos Yokohama F. Marinos Jubilo Iwata Kashima Antlers Kashima Antlers Jubilo Iwata Kashima Antlers Jubilo Iwata Kashima Antlers Yokohama Marinos Verdy Kawasaki Verdy Kawasaki Yomiuri Yomiuri Nissan Nissan Yamaha Motors Yomiuri East Furukawa - Yomiuri Yomiuri Mitsubishi Motors Fujita Yanmar Diesel Fujita Mitsubishi Motors Fujita East Furukawa Yanmar Diesel Yanmar Diesel Mitsubishi Motors Hitachi Yanmar Diesel Toyo Kogyo Mitsubishi Motors Toyo Kogyo Toyo Kogyo Toyo Kogyo Toyo Kogyo |
?? Gamba Osaka Gamba Osaka Kashima Antlers Urawa Red Diamonds Urawa Red Diamonds Tokyo Verdy 1969 Jubilo Iwata Kyoto Purple Sanga Shimizu S-Pulse Kashima Antlers Nagoya Grampus Eight Yokohama Flugels Kashima Antlers Verdy Kawasaki Nagoya Grampus Eight Bellmare Hiratsuka Yokohama Flugels Yokohama Marinos Nissan Matsushita Nissan Nissan Yomiuri Yomiuri Nissan Yomiuri Nissan Yamaha NKK Mitsubishi Motorsl Fujita Mitsubishi Motors Fujita East Furukawa Hitachi Yanmar Diesel Mitsubishi Motors Hitachi Mitsubishi Motors Yanmar Diesel Toyo Kogyo Yanmar Diesel Toyo Kogyo Waseda University Toyo Kogyo |
| NOTES: The championship was played in the calendar year from 1965 to 1984, but moved to a winter season for the 1985-86 edition until 1991-92. The professional J-League was introduced in 1993 and the championship is once again played in the calendar year, finishing in December. It is played in two stages, with the winners of each stage meeting in an end of season championship play-off to decide the overall winner. When one team wins both stages, this becomes unnecessary. |
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World Cup 2010 Warm Up: Ivory Coast 2-0 Japan
Ivory Coast beat Japan 2-0 in their final official warm up match for the World Cup. However, the main headline from the game played in Sion, Switzerland, was that Ivory Coast start striker and talisman Didier Drogba picked up an injury that may rule him out of the finals.
The Chelsea striker’s importance was underlined early on when his free-kick opened the scoring, albeit with a telling deflection off the unfortunate Japanese defender Tulio Tanaka, who also scored on own goal against England.
Drogba subsequently fractured his arm in a clash with Tulio, which put a major question mark over his participation in the finals. However, he has already had surgery and it is reported to have gone well so there is still hope that he will play some part for Sven Goran Eriksson’s men.
The second and clinching goal came around ten minutes from full time when Manchester City defender Kolo Toure volleyed home to send the Elephants off to South Africa with a morale boosting victory. Japan, on the other hand, are in disarray having lost four games in a row. This was to have been their last warm up match, but following the defeat they will now play Mozambique in a last ditch effort to get a win under their belt before the finals kick off.
Ivory Coast 2-0 Japan (04/06/2010)
Starting Line-Ups:
Ivory Coast:
Barry
Demel
K. Toure
Eboue
Tiene
Y. Toure
Zokora
Cheik Tiote
Drogba
Kalou
Dindane
Substitutions:
18 Doumbia for Drogba
66 Keita for Doumbia
88 Kone for Tiote
Japan:
Kawashima
Nakazawa
Tulio
Konno
Nagatomo
Endo
Abe
Hasebe
Honda
Okubo
Okazaki
Substitutions:
46 Inamoto for Abe
46 Nakamura for Honda
46 Nakamura for Endo
66 Morimoto for Okubo
66 Tamada for Okazaki
67 Komano for Konno
Goals:
Tulio (12 O.G.)
K. Toure (80)
World Cup 2010 Warm Up: England 2-1 Japan
England met fellow World Cup contestants Japan in a World Cup warm up match in Graz, Austria, with several England players hoping to impress coach Fabio Capello enough to keep their places in the squad ahead of him reducing the numbers from 30 down to 23 on Tuesday this week. What is expected to be the first choice back five began the match, but the midfield was experimental, with Tottenham’s Tom Huddlestone earning his first start, alongside Frank Lampard, and Aaron Lennon starting on the left, opposite Theo Walcott. Sunderland’s Darren Bent had a chance to shine alongside Wayne Rooney up front.
The plan didn’t seem to work that well in the first half, and Japan took the lead in the 7th minute, when Tulio Tanaka got ahead of Glen Johnson to fire home from a corner on the right. It was a disjointed performance from England in the first 45 minutes and Japan looked the more better organised outfit and more likely to get the second goal, although Lennon did produce a good save from Kawashima when played through by Rooney.
Capello made five changes at the start of the second period and England did improve as a result, pushing forward and creating more chances. The big chance to equalise came after 55 minutes when England won a free-kick to the left of the Japanese goal. Lampard struck it goalwards but it was handled by Honda in the Japanese wall leaving the referee no option but to award a penalty, which Lampard himself hit firmly towards the bottom left corner only for it to be expertly saved by Kawashima.
However, England’s heads didn’t drop and they continued to create chances until substitute Joe Cole finally managed to force a telling error in the Japanese defence, his cross from the right being inexplicably headed past his own goalkeeper by Tulio Tanaka to equalise his own opening goal in the 72nd minute. Lightening struck twice ten minutes later when more England pressure caused Nakazawa to slice the ball into the far corner of his own net and complete the turn around.
The result continues Japan’s worrying run of form ahead of the World Cup finals. They were comprehensively beaten 2-0 by South Korea on the 24th of May and they now only have one more game against Ivory Coast onthe 4th of June to complete their preparations. England maintained their 100% record in the warm up matches following the 3-1 win over Mexico last Monday.
England 2-1 Japan (30/05/2010)
Starting Line-ups:
England:
James
G. Johnson
Ferdinand
Terry
A. Cole
Walcott
Huddlestone
Lampard
Lennon
Rooney
Bent
Substitutions:
46 Hart for James
46 Carragher for Johnson
46 J. Cole for Walcott
46 Wright-Phillips Huddlestone
46 Gerrard for Bent
76 Heskey for Lennon
Japan:
Kawashima
Tulio Tanaka
Nakazawa
Nagatomo
Konno
Endo
Hasebe
Abe
Honda
Okubu
Okazaki
Substitutions:
65 Morimoto for Okazaki
72 Matsui for Okubu
86 Tamada for Endo
Goals:
Tulio Tanaka (7)
Tulio Tanaka O.G. (72)
Nakazawa O.G. (82)
