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2025 →. The Japan national football team in 2024, managed by head coach Hajime Moriyasu, competes in different international friendly matches around the year both at home and abroad. The team is expected to participate in the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, with the first matches to be played in January, according to the FIFA International Match Calendar.
Head-to-head. The following table shows Japan's all-time international record, correct as of 13 October 2020. On June 15, 2007 Japan Football Association announced, it had checked Japan matches, and changed the count and recognition. According to this decision, Japan has played in these times, till the game, on 2007/06/05, against Colombia:
The Japan Football Association was formed in 1921, [18] and Japan joined FIFA in May 1929. [17] Japan's first "true" national team (as opposed to a university team chosen to represent the country) was fielded at the 1930 Far Eastern Championship Games, and drew with China for the championship title. [17]
2000–2009. 2010–2019. 2020–2029. Other matches. Unofficial matches. B team matches. This article provides details of international football games played by the Japan national football team from 2020 to present. [1][2][3]
Haruna Takata. Website. www.jfa.jp. The Japan Football Association (JFA, Japanese: 日本サッカー協会, romanized: Nihon Sakkā Kyōkai) [1] is the governing body responsible for the administration of football, futsal, beach soccer and efootball in Japan. It is responsible for the national team, as well as club competitions.
Japan. 2023 season. Manager. Hajime Moriyasu. ← 2022. 2024 →. The Japan national football team in 2023, managed by head coach Hajime Moriyasu, competed in different international friendly matches around the year both at home and abroad. The team participated in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, with the first matches being played on ...
Other records. Updated 29 March 2022. Youngest player. Daisuke Ichikawa, 17 years and 322 days old, 1 April 1998 against South Korea. Youngest goalscorer. Shinji Kagawa, 19 years and 206 days old, 9 October 2008 against United Arab Emirates. Youngest captain. Gen Shoji, 24 years and 363 days old, 9 December 2017 EAFF E-1 Championship.
The top flight became the J.League Division 1 (J1) with 16 clubs while the J.League Division 2 (J2) was launched with ten clubs in 1999. The former second-tier Japan Football League now became the third-tier Japan Football League (J3). Also, until 2004 (with the exception of 1996 season), the J1 season was divided into two stages.