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As of July 2024, the Japan national football team has been the best AFC national team since the 22nd of December 2022, for almost up to 2 years in a row. [10] Additionally, Japan's national football team is the most successful team in AFC Asian Cup, with them holding 4 titles as of July, 2024. [11]
- Takashi Shimoda
- Ryoichi Matsumoto
- Hajime Moriyasu
The Dai-Nippon Shukyu Kyokai (“Greater Japan Football Association”) is founded, with IMAMURA Jikichi as its first president. Its founding was prompted by The Football Association (The FA) presenting Japan with the FA Silver Cup in 1919. Nov.
- Olympic Bronze in 1968, Struggles Thereafter
- First Foreign Coach and The Agony of Doha
- Transition to Perennial World Cup Participants
- The Story Behind Japan’s Uniform
Japanese soccer first came to global attention in 1968 at the Olympic Games in Mexico. Forward Kamamoto Kunishige finished the tournament as top scorer, and he and his teammates—including Watanabe Masashi and Sugiyama Ryūichi—shone as the national team played its way to the semifinals, eventually claiming a bronze medal. Throughout the 1960s, and e...
Hans Ooft was the first foreign coach to take charge of the national team. (© Jiji Press) In 1991 the Japan Football Association set up the Japan Professional Football League. This was followed two years later by the launch of the 10-team J. League. In 1992, Dutchman Hans Ooft was appointed as the first foreign coach of the Japanese national team. ...
The coach in charge of Japan for the 1998 France World Cup was Okada Takeshi. He made the likes of Nakayama Masashi, Ihara Masami, Nakata Hidetoshi, Nanami Hiroshi, Akita Yutaka, and Kawaguchi Yoshikatsu the mainstays of his team. In the group stage, 1–0 defeats to both Argentina and Croatia left Japan unable to qualify for the knockout round. Thou...
Japan sports a dark indigo kit for home games, earning the squad its Samurai Blue nickname. The team first donned light blue for the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and aside from brief stints in the red and white of the national flag, it has stuck with its trademark color. Every home uniform since 1992 has been blue and the JFA designated it the official co...
- The team left their changing room spotless after their historic win. Courteous Japanese fans went viral for hanging back to pick up rubbish at the World Cup opening match, but it seems like they’ve learnt from the best.
- This is the 1st time Japan has won a match after conceding the 1st goal. After conceding a goal in the 1st half, Japan delivered a surprising comeback as Doan Ritsu and Asano Takuma Asano scored 2nd-half goals in an 8-minute span, securing a win for the team.
- They qualified for 7 consecutive World Cups. Image credit: Japan Football Association. For a team that was only fully professionalised in the 1990s, the Japan football team holds an impressively stellar track record.
- Both Doan & Asano play in German teams. Image credit: @jfa_samuraiblue. Coincidentally, the substitutes – who scored the winning goals – play for the Bundesliga, a professional association football league in Germany.
In reaching the round of 16 at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Japan’s Samurai Blue have already broken the cycle that has followed the team since its debut on the global stage, 24 years ago in...
- Dan Orlowitz
Oct 19, 2023 · Before the national team made their FIFA World Cup™ debut in 1998, Japanese football was more of an also-ran in Asia and still a world away from superpowers like the leading teams in Europe and...
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