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==Other famous players== |
==Other famous players== |
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* [[Junichi Inamoto]] |
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* [[Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi]] |
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* [[Hidetoshi Nakata]] |
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* [[Shunsuke Nakamura]] |
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* [[Shinji Ono]] |
* [[Shinji Ono]] |
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* [[Alessandro dos Santos]] |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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Revision as of 06:53, 25 October 2004
| Team colours | ||
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| Nickname | ||
| Blues (men), Nadeshiko Japan (Women) | ||
| Association | ||
| Japan Football Association | ||
| Current coach | ||
| Zico | ||
| Most capped player | ||
| Masami Ihara: 123 | ||
| Highest goalscorer | ||
| Kazuyoshi Miura: 56 | ||
| First International | ||
| Japan 0-5 Republic of China (Tokyo,Japan; May 9 1917) | ||
| Largest win | ||
| Japan 15-0 Philippines (Tokyo, Japan; September 27 1967) | ||
| Largest defeat | ||
| Philippines 15-2 Japan (Tokyo, Japan; September 10 1917) | ||
| World Cup | ||
| Finals appearances: 2 (First: 1998)
Best result: Round 2, 2002 | ||
| Asian Nations Cup | ||
| Finals appearances: 6 (First: 1968) | ||
| Copa America | ||
| Finals appearances: 1 (First: 1999)
Best result: First Round, 1999 |
The Japan national football team is one of the strongest football teams in Asia, although it has only gained this strength fairly recently and, outside Asia, is generally considered weaker than South Korea's national team, despite Japan's higher ranking. Japan's first World Cup appearance was in 1998, four years before they hosted the 2002 World Cup with South Korea. The 2002 World Cup co-host South Korea went on to secure fourth place, while Japan failed to pass through Round 2. They have won three out of the last four Asian Cups. The Japanese team is known to have fierce rivalries with China and South Korea.
World Cup record
- 1930 - Did not enter
- 1934 - Did not enter
- 1938 - Withdrew
- 1950 - Did not enter
- 1954 - Did not qualify
- 1958 - Did not enter
- 1962 - Did not qualify
- 1966 - Did not enter
- 1970 to 1994 - Did not qualify
- 1998 - Round 1
- 2002 - Round 2
Asian Cup record
- 1956 to 1964 - Did not enter
- 1968 - Round 1
- 1972 - Did not enter
- 1976 - Did not qualify
- 1980 - Did not enter
- 1984 - Did not enter
- 1988 - Round 1
- 1992 - Champions
- 1996 - Quarterfinals
- 2000 - Champions
- 2004 - Champions
Top goalscorers
- Kazuyoshi Miura - 56 (1990-2000)
- Kunishige Kamamoto - 55 (1964-1977)
- Takuya Takagi - 28 (1992-1997)
- Hiromi Hara - 24 (1978-1988)
- Masashi Nakayama - 21 (1990-2003
Other famous players
- Junichi Inamoto
- Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
- Hidetoshi Nakata
- Shunsuke Nakamura
- Shinji Ono
- Alessandro dos Santos