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A Guide to the Football in Japan

2008 J1 Table (as of 05.11)
PTGPGD 
Urawa261214 
Nagoya23126 
Kawasaki-F20123 
FC-Tokyo20123 
Kashiwa19124 
Kashima18118 
Yokohama-M18125 
Oita17113 
Omiya16121 
G-Osaka16110 
Kobe15120 
Niigata1512-4 
Shimizu1512-4 
Iwata1412-2 
Tokyo-V1412-5 
Kyoto1411-5 
Sapporo1012-11 
Chiba512-16 



Latest matches
J1 05.10
Kawasaki-F v Urawa 0 - 1
Oita v Tokyo-V 2 - 0
Omiya v Sapporo 1 - 2
Chiba v Kyoto 1 - 0
FC-Tokyo v Kashiwa 0 - 1
Nagoya v Kobe 0 - 0
Niigata v Iwata 1 - 0
J2 05.10
Kusatsu v C-Osaka 1 - 3
Yamagata v Mito 3 - 1
J1 05.11
Shimizu v Kashima 1 - 0
G-Osaka v Yokohama-M 2 - 2
J2 05.11
Fukuoka v Hiroshima 0 - 3
Sendai v Kofu 2 - 0
Kumamoto v Gifu 0 - 2
Yokohama-FC v Ehime 1 - 0
Shonan v Tosu 2 - 1


Upcoming matches
J1 05.17
Sapporo v Nagoya 13:00
Iwata v FC-Tokyo 14:00
Kyoto v Yokohama-M 14:00
Urawa v G-Osaka 14:00
Chiba v Oita 16:00
Kashima v Kashiwa 16:00
Kawasaki-F v Omiya 19:00
J2 05.17
Tosu v Hiroshima 13:00
C-Osaka v Shonan 16:00
J1 05.18
Kobe v Niigata 16:00
Tokyo-V v Shimizu 18:00
J2 05.18
Gifu v Kusatsu 13:00
Sendai v Yamagata 13:00
Tokushima v Kumamoto 14:00
Yokohama-FC v Fukuoka 16:00
Mito v Ehime 19:00
Updated: Sun May 11 21:00:41 JST 2008

2008.05.07
Gamba Osaka qualified for the ACL quarter finals.

Gamba Osaka, winning Chonburi FC in Thailand by 0-2, go to the ACL quarter final in September leaving the final group match on 21 May. All leaders for each groups and 2007 Champions qualify for quarter finals.

ACL 2008 Group league status (as of 7 May)
Group A Winner: Kuruvchi FC (UZB)
Group B Winner: Saipa (IRN)
Group C: Al Karama (SYR) or Al Wahda (UAE)
Group D Winner: Al Qadsia (KUW)
Group E: Adelaide United FC (AUS) or Changchun Yatai FC (CHN)
Group F: Kashima Antlers or Beijing Guoan FC (CHN)
Group G Winner: Gamba Osaka
Defending Champions:    Urawa Reds

2008.04.30
Terrible Squirrel - Omiya

Omiya Ardija plays solidly. The club, scared of relatgation last season, has good start of this season. They moved back to the re-newed Omiya Stadium (NACK5 Stadium) and collects points constantly. This holidays' fixture, meeting with three giants in ten days, Urawa Reds, Kashima Antlers and Gamba Osaka seemed to be difficult for Omiya, but they draw scoreless with Urawa, almost knocking out Kashima by 1-1, and won the away Gamba match today, finally. The 4-4-2 zoned line system, the core competency of the club, keeps the adversary away from the goal.

Kashima and Gamba Osaka couldn't win a single match for these four games. As Urawa lost the 2007 league championship in return for the ACL title, the Asian tour of the ACL is the burden for Kashima and G-Osaka?
After this 9th week, Urawa Reds goes to the top for the first time of this season.

2008.04.23
Kashima and Gamba Osaka almost passing group league, ACL matchday 4

Kashima lose by planned 0-1 score in Beijing. While Gamba Osaka is escaping from the most difficult group of Aussie, Korea, and Thai.

see ACL results.

2008.04.21
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Men's Football Drawing

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Men's Football Group B
2008.08.07 Thu17:00Japan U23vsUSATianjin
2008.08.07 Thu19:45NetherlandsvsNigeriaTianjin
2008.08.10 Sun17:00NigeriavsJapan U23Tianjin
2008.08.10 Sun19:45USAvsNetherlandsTianjin
2008.08.13 Wed17:00NetherlandsvsJapan U23Shenyang
2008.08.13 Wed17:00NigeriavsUSABeijing

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Men's Football Schedule

Latest matches

2008 J.LEAGUE Division 1 - 12th Week
2008.05.10 Sat14:05Kawasaki-FvsUrawa0-120,335Todoroki
2008.05.10 Sat14:05OitavsTokyo-V2-016,771Kyuseki Dome/Oita
2008.05.10 Sat16:00OmiyavsSapporo1-27,358NACK5/Omiya
2008.05.10 Sat16:03ChibavsKyoto1-010,178Fuku-Ari/Chiba
2008.05.10 Sat16:05FC-TokyovsKashiwa0-117,122Ajinomoto/Tokyo
2008.05.10 Sat19:03NagoyavsKobe0-07,353Mizuho
2008.05.10 Sat19:04NiigatavsIwata1-033,657Tohoku Den/Niigata
2008 J.LEAGUE Division 2 - 13th Week
2008.05.10 Sat13:03KusatsuvsC-Osaka1-32,301Shoda/Gumma
2008.05.10 Sat13:04YamagatavsMito3-13,582NDsoft/Yamagata
2008 J.LEAGUE Division 1 - 12th Week
2008.05.11 Sun13:04ShimizuvsKashima1-016,195Nihondaira
2008.05.11 Sun16:03G-OsakavsYokohama-M2-220,773Bampaku
2008 J.LEAGUE Division 2 - 13th Week
2008.05.11 Sun13:03FukuokavsHiroshima0-39,217LEVEL5/Hakatanomori
2008.05.11 Sun13:04SendaivsKofu2-012,325Yurtec/Sendai
2008.05.11 Sun16:03KumamotovsGifu0-24,608Kumamoto
2008.05.11 Sun16:03Yokohama-FCvsEhime1-02,734Nippatsu/Mitsuzawa
2008.05.11 Sun16:04ShonanvsTosu2-15,023Hiratsuka

Upcoming matches

2008 J.LEAGUE Division 1 - 13th Week
2008.05.17 Sat13:00SapporovsNagoyaSapporo Dome
2008.05.17 Sat14:00IwatavsFC-TokyoYamaha/Iwata
2008.05.17 Sat14:00KyotovsYokohama-MKamoike
2008.05.17 Sat14:00UrawavsG-OsakaSaitama
2008.05.17 Sat16:00ChibavsOitaFuku-Ari/Chiba
2008.05.17 Sat16:00KashimavsKashiwaKashima
2008.05.17 Sat19:00Kawasaki-FvsOmiyaTodoroki
2008 J.LEAGUE Division 2 - 14th Week
2008.05.17 Sat13:00TosuvsHiroshimaBest Amenity/Tosu
2008.05.17 Sat16:00C-OsakavsShonanNagai
2008 J.LEAGUE Division 1 - 13th Week
2008.05.18 Sun16:00KobevsNiigataHOME'S/Kobe Wing
2008.05.18 Sun18:00Tokyo-VvsShimizuAjinomoto/Tokyo
2008 J.LEAGUE Division 2 - 14th Week
2008.05.18 Sun13:00GifuvsKusatsuNagaragawa
2008.05.18 Sun13:00SendaivsYamagataYurtec/Sendai
2008.05.18 Sun14:00TokushimavsKumamotoPocarisweat/Naruto
2008.05.18 Sun16:00Yokohama-FCvsFukuokaNippatsu/Mitsuzawa
2008.05.18 Sun19:00MitovsEhimeKasamatsu




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