The Japan national football team is is controlled by the Japan Football Association.
Takeshi Okada, the manager for Japan who had previously served as leading during the 1998 FIFA World Cup is the current coach for the team. Japan's first major achievement in international football came in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Japan is one of the highest sponsorship incomes for a national squad. Their sponsorship income amounted to over 16.5 million pounds In 2006. Primary sponsors include Kirin, Adidas, Sony, Saison Card International, FamilyMart, Fujifilm, JAL, and Nissan.
Japan is one of the most successful national teams in Asia, being a three-time winner of the Asian Cup and having qualified for the last four consecutive World Cup finals.
Takeshi Okada, the manager for Japan who had previously served as leading during the 1998 FIFA World Cup is the current coach for the team. Japan's first major achievement in international football came in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Japan is one of the highest sponsorship incomes for a national squad. Their sponsorship income amounted to over 16.5 million pounds In 2006. Primary sponsors include Kirin, Adidas, Sony, Saison Card International, FamilyMart, Fujifilm, JAL, and Nissan.
Japan is one of the most successful national teams in Asia, being a three-time winner of the Asian Cup and having qualified for the last four consecutive World Cup finals.
Team configuration
Nickname | Samurai Blue Japanese Representatives (of soccer) (Sakkā) Okada |
Association | |
Confederation | AFC ( |
Head coach | Takeshi Okada |
Captain | Yuji Nakazawa |
Most caps | Masami Ihara (123) |
Top scorer | Kunishige Kamamoto (75) |
FIFA code | JPN |
FIFA ranking | 46 |
Highest FIFA ranking | 9 (February 1998) |
Lowest FIFA ranking | 62 (February 2000) |
18 GK Seigo Narazaki 23 GK Eiji Kawashima |
22 DF Yuji Nakazawa (C) 4 DF Marcus Tulio Tanaka 3 DF Yūichi Komano 15 DF Yasuyuki Konno 25 DF Yuto Nagatomo 20 DF Atsuto Uchida |
10 MF Shunsuke Nakamura 5 MF Junichi Inamoto 7 MF Yasuhito Endō] 8 MF Daisuke Matsui 6 MF Yuki Abe 17 MF Makoto Hasebe 57 MF Keisuke Honda |
11 FW Keiji Tamada 81 FW Sōta Hirayama 33 FW Shinji Okazaki 19 FW Shinzo Koroki 59 FW Takayuki Morimoto |
Top Goalscorers of Japan
Player | Goals | Tenure |
Kunishige Kamamoto | 75 | 1964–1977 |
Kazuyoshi Miura | 55 | 1992–2000 |
Hiromi Hara | 37 | 1978–1988 |
Takuya Takagi | 27 | 1992–1997 |
Kazushi Kimura | 26 | 1979–1986 |
Shunsuke Nakamura | 24 | 2000– |
Naohiro Takahara | 23 | 2000–2008 |
Masashi Nakayama | 21 | 1990–2003 |
Teruki Miyamoto | 19 | 1961–1971 |
Atsushi Yanagisawa Yuji Nakazawa | 17 17 | 1998–2006 1999– |
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