JAPAN

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JAPAN IN THE WORLD CUPS

QUICK FACTS
TITLES
APPEARANCES AT WC
HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORDS
GOALSCORERS AT WC
TOP GOALSCORERS

MOST CAPPED PLAYERS
SQUADS
AWARDED PLAYERS
COACHES
FIXTURES AND RESULTS
MATCHES IN WC

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JAPAN

The Japan national football team (Japanese: サッカー日本代表) represents Japan in international football and is controlled by the Japan Football Association (Japanese: 日本サッカー協会, JFA), the governing body for football in Japan.

The JFA was founded in1921, became a member of FIFA in 1924, and a member of AFC in 1954. The first national league in Japan for football clubs ran from 1965 to 1971. The first champion of the amateur era was Tokyo Industries, now known as Sanfrecce_Hiroshima, in 1965. J. League officially kicked-off its first season with ten clubs in 1993. The first champion of the professional era was Verdy Kawasaki, now known as Tokyo Verdy, who defeated Kashima Antlers 3–1 on aggregate.

Japan is one of the successful football teams in Asia. The Japanese qualified for the last five consecutive FIFA World Cups, and have won four times the Asian Cup.

QUICK FACTS

Association	日本サッカー協会 (Japan Football Association)	J-League Division 1
Confederation	AFC	J-League Division 1
Nickname	サムライ・ブルー (Samuai Blue) ザック・ジャパン (Zac Japan)
Foundation year	1921
Affiliate since	1921
Topscorer in WC	Keisuke Honda - Junichi Inamoto: 2
Head Coach	Javier Aguirre (Mexico)	Info: inter_national@jfa.or.jp
Titles	None	Info: inter_national@jfa.or.jp

TITLES

AFC ASIAN CUP		Gold	Silver	Bronze
	1992 Japan	1
	2000 Lebanon	1
	2004 China	1
	2011 Qatar	1

CONFEDERATION CUP		Gold	Silver	Bronze
	2001 Korea-Japan		2

JAPAN APPEARANCES IN WORLD CUPS

Nro	Flag	World Cup	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Perf.	Rd	Pos	Par	Pt	P/Par	Ap.
Total			17	4	4	9	14	22	-8	16	4.16		21.2	32	7	22.05	5
16		1998 France	3	0	0	3	1	4	-3	0	0.00	1R	31	32	1	0.96	1
17		2002 Korea-Japan	4	2	1	1	5	3	2	7	1.75	2R	9	32	2	0.28	2
18		2006 Germany	3	0	1	2	2	7	-5	1	0.33	1R	28	32	1	0.87	3
19		2010 South Africa	4	2	1	1	4	2	2	7	1.75	2R	9	32	2	0.28	4
20		2014 Brazil	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4	1	0.33	1R	29	32	1	0.91	5

Where: Perf: Pts/Pld Rd: Round Pos: Position in the WC Total Pos: SUM(Pos)/Ap Par: No. participants

Pt: How many points scores in the WC. Champion: 32, Finalist: 16, TP: 12, FP: 8, QF: 4, R16: 2, FR: 1

P/Par: Pos/Par Total P/Par: SUM(P/Par + 1.25 * each World Cup uncontested)/20 Ap: Appearances

HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORDS (IN WORLD CUPS)

More Played Matches
Nro	Flag	Team	Pld	W	D	L	%Won	%Lost
1		Croatia	2	0	1	1	0%	50%
2		Argentina	1	0	0	1	0%	100%
3		Australia	1	0	0	1	0%	100%
4		Belgium	1	0	1	0	0%	0%
5		Brazil	1	0	0	1	0%	100%
6		Cameroon	1	1	0	0	100%	0%
7		Colombia	1	0	0	1	0%	100%
8		Denmark	1	1	0	0	100%	0%
9		Greece	1	0	1	0	0%	0%
10		Ivory Coast	1	0	0	1	0%	100%
11		Jamaica	1	0	0	1	0%	100%
12		Netherlands	1	0	0	1	0%	100%
13		Paraguay	1	0	1	0	0%	0%
14		Russia	1	1	0	0	100%	0%
15		Tunisia	1	1	0	0	100%	0%
16		Turkey	1	0	0	1	0%	100%

Best Results
Nro	Flag	Team	Pld	W	D	L	%Won	%Lost
1		Cameroon	1	1	0	0	100%	0%
2		Denmark	1	1	0	0	100%	0%
3		Russia	1	1	0	0	100%	0%
4		Tunisia	1	1	0	0	100%	0%

Worst Results
Nro	Flag	Team	Pld	W	D	L	%Won	%Lost
1		Argentina	1	0	0	1	0%	100%
2		Australia	1	0	0	1	0%	100%
3		Brazil	1	0	0	1	0%	100%
4		Colombia	1	0	0	1	0%	100%
5		Ivory Coast	1	0	0	1	0%	100%
6		Jamaica	1	0	0	1	0%	100%
7		Netherlands	1	0	0	1	0%	100%
8		Turkey	1	0	0	1	0%	100%

GOALSCORERS IN WORLD CUPS

Nro	Player	TG	30	34	38	50	54	58	62	66	70	74	78	82	86	90	94	98	02	06	10	14
		14																1	5	2	4	2
1	Keisuke Honda	3																			2	1
2	Junichi Inamoto	2																	2
2	Shinji Okazaki	2																			1	1
3	Yasuhito Endō	1																			1
	Hiroaki Morishima	1																	1
	Shunsuke Nakamura	1																		1
	Hidetoshi Nakata	1																	1
	Masashi Nakayama	1																1
	Takayuki Suzuki	1																	1
	Keiji Tamada	1																		1

TOP GOALSCORERS IN ALL COMPETITIONS

Players in bold are still active in the competence - As of July 23, 2014

#	Name	Goals	Caps	AVG/Games	Career
1	Kunishige Kamamoto	55	61	0.90	1964-77
1	Kazuyoshi Miura	55	89	0.61	1990-00
3	Shinji Okazaki	39	79	0.49	2008-Present
4	Hiromi Hara	37	77	0.49	1978-88
5	Takuya Takagi	27	44	0.61	1992-97
6	Kazushi Kimura	26	54	0.48	1979-86
7	Shunsuke Nakamura	24	98	0.24	2000-10
8	Naohiro Takahara	23	57	0.40	2000-08
8	Keisuke Honda	23	59	0.39	2008-Present
10	Masashi Nakayama	21	53	0.40	1990-03

MOST CAPPED PLAYERS IN ALL COMPETITIONS

Players in bold are still active in the competence - As of July 23, 2014

#	Name	Caps	Career
1	Yasuhito Endo	146	2002-Present
2	Masami Ihara	122	1988-99
3	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	116	1997-10
4	Yuji Nakazawa	110	1999-10
5	Shunsuke Nakamura	98	2000-10
6	Kazuyoshi Miura	89	1990-00
7	Kunishige Kamamoto	84	1964-77
8	Yasuyuki Konno	83	2005-Present
9	Junichi Inamoto	82	2000-10
9	Alessandro Santos	82	2002-06

SQUADS

	Japan Squad - 1998 World Cup
	Japan Squad - 2002 World Cup
	Japan Squad - 2006 World Cup
	Japan Squad - 2010 World Cup

AWARDED PLAYERS

IFFHS PLAYER OF THE CENTURY
#	Name	Votes	Years
1	Kazuyoshi Miura	71	1986-12
2	Kunishige Kamamoto	70	1967-84
3	Masami Ihara	31	1990-02
4	Yashuhiko Okudera	22	1970-88

Kazuyoshi Miura

Source: Flickr: 20120122 松田直樹追悼試合

Author: norio nakayama

COACHES

#	Cou	Name	Years	W	D	L	%Won	Years
1		Shigeyoshi Suzuki						1930, 36
2		Shigemaru Takenokoshi (1)	24	6	6	12	25%	1934, 38-40, 51-56, 58-59
3		Kōichi Kudō						1942
4		Hirokazu Ninomiya	3	1	1	1	33%	1951
5		Hidetoki Takahashi	14	3	2	9	21%	1957, 60-62
6		Taizo Kawamoto	2	0	0	2	0%	1958
7		Ken Naganuma	73	34	12	27	46%	1962-69, 72-76
8		Shunichiro Okano	19	11	2	6	58%	1970-71
9		Hiroshi Ninomiya	27	6	6	15	22%	1976-78
10		Yukio Shimomura	14	8	4	2	57%	1979-80
11		Masashi Watanabe	3	2	0	1	67%	1980
12		Saburō Kawabuchi	10	3	2	5	30%	1980-81
13		Takaji Mori	43	22	5	16	51%	1981-85
14		Yoshinobu Ishii	17	11	2	4	65%	1986-87
15		Kenzo Yokoyama	24	7	5	12	29%	1988-91
16		Hans Ooft	27	17	6	4	63%	1992-93
17		Falcão	9	3	4	2	33%	1994
18		Shu Kamo	46	24	8	14	52%	1994-97
19		Takeshi Okada	64	31	17	16	48%	1997-98, 07-10
20		Philippe Troussier	50	23	15	12	46%	1998-2002
21		Zico	71	38	15	18	53%	2002-06
22		Ivica Osim	20	13	2	5	65%	2006-07
23		Alberto Zaccheroni	55	30	12	13	54%	2010-2014

(1) The results correspond to the period from 1951-56 and 1958-59

Coaches with most appearances

#	Cou	Name	Years	W	D	L	%Won	Years
1		Ken Naganuma	73	34	12	27	46%	1962-69, 72-76
2		Zico	71	38	15	18	53%	2002-06
3		Takeshi Okada	64	31	17	16	48%	1997-98, 07-10
4		Alberto Zaccheroni	55	30	12	13	54%	2010-2014
5		Philippe Troussier	50	23	15	12	46%	1998-2002

FIXTURES AND RESULTS

2013

#	Date	Place		Score		Competition
1	6 Feb 13	Kobe, Japan	Japan	3-0	Latvia	F
2	22 Mar 13	Doha, Qatar	Japan	2-1	Canada	F
3	26 Mar 13	Amman, Jordan	Japan	1-2	Jordan	2014 Q
4	30 May 13	Aichi, Japan	Japan	0-2	Bulgaria	F
5	4 Jun 13	Saitama, Japan	Japan	1-1	Australia	2014 Q
6	11 Jun 13	Doha, Qatar	Japan	1-0	Iraq	2014 Q
7	15 Jun 13	Brasília, Brazil	Japan	0-3	Brazil	2013 CC
8	19 Jun 13	Recife, Brazil	Japan	3-4	Italy	2013 CC
9	22 Jun 13	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Japan	1-2	Mexico	2013 CC
10	21 Jul 13	Seoul, Korea Republic	Japan	3-3	China PR	2013 EAFF
11	24 Jul 13	Hwaseong, Korea Republic	Japan	3-2	Australia	2013 EAFF
12	28 Jul 13	Seoul, Korea Republic	Japan	3-1	Korea Republic	2013 EAFF
13	14 Aug 13	Miyagi, Japan	Japan	2-4	Uruguay	F
14	6 Sep 13	Osaka, Japan	Japan	3-0	Guatemala	F
15	10 Sep 13	Kanagawa, Japan	Japan	3-1	Ghana	F
16	11 Oct 13	Novi Sad, Serbia	Japan	0-2	Serbia	F
17	15 Oct 13	Zhodino, Belarus	Japan	0-1	Belarus	F
18	16 Nov 13	Genk, Belgium	Japan	2-2	Netherlands	F
19	19 Nov 13	Brussels, Belgium	Japan	3-2	Belgium	F

2014

#	Date	Place		Score		Competition
1	5 Mar 14	Tokyo, Japan	Japan	4-2	New Zealand	F
2	27 May 14	Saitama, Japan	Japan	1-0	Cyprus	F
3	2 Jun 14	Florida, USA	Japan	3-1	Costa Rica	F
4	6 Jun 14	Florida, USA	Japan	4-3	Zambia	F
5	14 Jun 14	Recife, Brazil	Japan	1-2	Ivory Coast	2014 Brazil
6	19 Jun 14	Natal, Brazil	Japan	0-0	Greece	2014 Brazil
7	24 Jun 14	Cuiabá, Brazil	Japan	1-4	Colombia	2014 Brazil
8	5 Sep 14	Sapporo, Japan	Japan		Uruguay	F
9	9 Sep 14	Yokohama, Japan	Japan		Venezuela	F