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The organization was founded in 1921 as the Greater Japan Football Association (大日本蹴球協会, Dai-Nippon Shūkyū Kyōkai), and became affiliated with FIFA in 1929. [1] In 1945, the name of the organization was changed to the Japan Football Association ( 日本蹴球協会 , Nihon Shūkyū Kyōkai ) ; its Japanese name was changed to ...
The Japan national football team (サッカー日本代表, Sakkā Nihon Daihyō or Sakkā Nippon Daihyō), also known by the nickname Samurai Blue (サムライ・ブルー, Samurai Burū), [1] [2] represents Japan in men's international football. It is controlled by the Japan Football Association (JFA), the governing body for football in Japan.
The 2024 Emperor's Cup or the JFA 104th Japan Football Championship (Japanese: 天皇杯 JFA 第104回全日本サッカー選手権大会) was the 104th edition of the annually known contested cup. [1]
The introduction of football in Japan is officially credited by the Japan Football Association, and numerous academic papers and books on the history of association football in Japan, to then Lieutenant-Commander Archibald Lucius Douglas of the Royal Navy and his subordinates, who from 1873 taught the game and its rules to Japanese navy cadets while acting as instructors at the Imperial ...
This logo was used until 2017. However, it was used for TV broadcasting until 2021. The Emperor's Cup JFA All-Japan Football Championship Tournament (Japanese: 天皇杯 JFA 全日本サッカー選手権大会, Hepburn: Tennōhai Jēefuē Zen-Nihon Sakkā Senshuken Taikai), [1] [2] commonly known as The Emperor's Cup (Japanese: 天皇杯, サッカー天皇杯, Hepburn: Tennōhai, Sakkā ...
Current: 2023 All Japan Futsal Championship JFA Japan Futsal Championship (in Japanese : "JFA 全日本フットサル選手権大会") is a futsal tournament held in Japan . The organizer is the Japan Football Association (JFA).
The 2025 J1 League, also known as the 2025 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (Japanese: 2025 明治安田J1リーグ, Hepburn: 2025 Meiji Yasuda J1 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, will be the 33rd season of J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. This is the 11th season of the league ...
The Japan Football League is also restructured, as it becomes the third-tier Japan Football League (JFL). Note: To distinguish between the former and the current JFL, the new JFL is pronounced Nihon Football League in Japanese. 10 2 0 2000: Mito HollyHock is promoted from Japan Football League; 11 2001: Yokohama FC is promoted from Japan ...