Equip with Japan of football

|- | colspan=" 2" style=" text-align: center; padding: 0.5em; " bgcolor=" white" | |- | Colors | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| blue and white |- | Classification FIFA | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| 44e (May 2007) |- | Trainer | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Ivica Osim |- | Record of selections | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Masami Ihara : 122 |- | Better striker | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Kunishige Kamamoto : 75 |- | First official match | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| May 9th 1917
Japon 0 - 5 Taiwan |- | broader victory | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| September 27th 1967
Japon 15 - 0 Filipino |- | broader defeat | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| September 10th 1917
Japon 2 - 15 Filipino |- | World cup | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Final stages : 2
Better result: Eighth of finalist in 2002 |- | Cut of Asia | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Winner in 1992, 2000 and 2004 |- | Olympic Games | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Better result:
médaille of bronze in 1968 |- |bgcolor=" white" | |bgcolor=" white" | |} The team of Japan of football is under the aegis of the Fédération of Japan of football.

History

The Japan is regarded as one of the best teams of Football of the Asian continent , with the South Korea and the Iran, in spite of its limited enough number of participations in the World cup.

Its first participation is rather recent, in 1998 in France. Japanese, inexperienced in spite of the talent of young a 23 year old player named Hidetoshi Nakata, sets out again with 3 defeats.

Four years later, at the time of her World cup with it, Co-organized with her enemy sister, the South Korea, the Japanese team has other ambitions. One year before the great appointment, it reaches the final of the Coupe of the Confederations 2001 (beaten by the France). In 2002, Japan, pulled by Philippe Troussier, leaves first of its group (in particular thanks to a great victory vis-a-vis the Russia) before being made eliminate in eighth from finale by the Turkey (0-1).

Finally in 2006, Japan directed by Zico is disappointing. (see Team of Japan of football to the world cup 2006) .

Japan continues to progress. It gained the two last editions of the Coupe of Asia of the nations. Since the success of Hidetoshi Nakata in Italy, the European clubs have tendency to importing Japanese players more and more, in particular to recover the right of image.

Since Nakata left to the retirement in spite of its young age, Japan counts on Shunsuke Nakamura, new number 10, a left-handed person with the surgical precision…

Prize list

Course in World cup

  • 1930 : Not registered
  • 1934: Not registered
  • 1938: Not registered
  • 1950: Not registered
  • 1954: Preliminary round
  • 1958: Not registered
  • 1962: Preliminary round
  • 1966: Not registered
  • 1970: Preliminary round
  • 1974: Preliminary round
  • 1978: Preliminary round
  • 1982: Preliminary round
  • 1986: Preliminary round
  • 1990: Preliminary round
  • 1994: Preliminary round
  • 1998: 1st turn
  • 2002: 8th of finale
  • 2006: 1st turn

Course in Cut of Asia

National sport selectors

  • Hirokazu Ninomiya : 1951
  • Shigemaru Takakoshi : 1951 - 1956
  • Hidetoshi Takahashi: 1957
  • Shigemaru Takakoshi : 1958 - 1959
  • Taizô Kawamoto: 1958
  • Hidetoki Takahashi : 1960 - 1962
  • Ken Naganuma: 1962 - 1969
  • Shunichirô Okano: 1970 - 1971
  • Ken Naganuma: 1972 - 1976
  • Hiroshi Ninomiya: 1976 - 1978
  • Yukio Shimomura: 1979 - May 9th, 1980
  • Masashi Watanabe: May 15th, 1980 - 1980
  • Saburô Kawabuchi: October 10th, 1980 - 1981
  • Takaji Mori: May 1981 - November 11th, 1985
  • Yoshinobu Ishii: May 1986 - October 1987
  • Kenzô Yokoyama: January 1988 - July 1991
  • Marius Johan Ooft: May 1992 - October 1993
  • Paulo Roberto Falcão: May 1994 - October 1994
  • Shû Kamo: January 1995 - October 1997
  • Takeshi Okada: October 1997 - July 1998
  • Philippe Troussier: October 1998 - July 2002
  • Zico: August 2002 - June 2006
  • Ivica Osim: July 2006 -…

Large players of the past

Equip 2005-2006

See too

  • Team of Japan of football to the world cup 2006

External bonds

  • Official site
  • Japanese Ganbare (the site of reference on Japanese football)
  • Site sports Japan (Skyblog on the Japanese sport, regular update)

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