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This is a list of Japan international footballers – Japanese association football players who have played for the Japan national football team as recorded by the Japan Football Association. Players [ edit ]
Teams with "L" have a J3 club license issued for the 2025 season. [1] Teams with "C" are company teams. Teams with "Un" are feeder (or "B") teams for their universities' main football teams. In the Regional Leagues, first divisions equal to Japanese fifth tier of league football, while second divisions equal to the sixth tier.
This is an updated list of foreign players who have played for football clubs in the J.League (1993–present), including division levels J1 League, J2 League, J3 League, Japan Football League (1992-1998 (old JFL), 1999-present (new JFL)), Japanese Regional Leagues and Japan Soccer League (as of late 1960s into early 1990s) both junior careers and senior careers.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Japanese footballers. It includes Japanese footballers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category is for footballers who have appeared for the senior Japan national football team (but not players who have only been capped at Under-21 ...
Albirex Niigata is a Japanese football club based in Niigata.The following list contains all the footballers that have made over 100 league appearances for the club. Other players who are deemed to have played an important role for the club can be included, but the reason for their notability should be included in the 'Notes' column.
Players in bold are currently playing for Japan men A, Japan women's A, Japan men U-23, Japan women's U-23,Japan men U-20, Japan women U-20, Japan men U-17, Japan women's U-17, Japan futsal men, Japan futsal men U-20 Japan futsal women's, Japan national beach soccer team. The list is updated as 16 October 2022
Although Japan made strong showings in swimming, baseball, and track and field, its football team suffered resounding defeats to the Republic of China and the Philippines. [16] Nevertheless, the game was promoted in Japanese schools in the 1920s. [17] The Japan Football Association was formed in 1921, [18] and Japan joined FIFA in May 1929. [17]
Japan was also invited to the 2011 tournament and initially accepted the invitation. However, following the 2011 TÅhoku earthquake and tsunami, the JFA later withdrew on 16 May 2011, citing the difficulty of releasing some Japanese players from European teams to play as replacements. [3]