New Japan National team coach Mr. Ivica Osim, who made contract with JFA on 21th July, had a victory start against Trinidad and Tobago in Tokyo. Mr. Osim selected only 13 men at his first announcement of new national team. He said in his inaugural press conference, "I want to bring out Japanese latent power, to play Japanicshe football. Japanisim in football is the agility, the aggressiveness, and the technique." The best coach for us came after the Germany 2006 disappointment. Japan squads Kawaguchi; Alex, Tsuboi, Tulio, Komano; Suzuki, Hasebe, Yamase, Tanaka H; Ganaha, Tanaka T; 2006.06.26
The match of Round 16 in Kaiserslautern was the one that
I HAD A TICKET. Several friends and colleagues asked me that
"didn't you go to Germany?". If I could, I was there.
I could buy the Kaiserslautern ticket last year on FIFA Web
system and they assigned Group E 1st place vs Group F 2nd to
the match. Oh, It would be Italy vs Japan!! I was very exited.
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| 2006.06.12 | Mon | 15:00 | Australia | vs | Japan | 3 | - | 1 | (0 | - | 1) | 46,000 | Kaiserslautern (GER) |
Japan squads (vs Australia)
Kawaguchi; Miyamoto, Nakazawa, Tsuboi (⇒ Moniwa ⇒ Oguro); Komano, Alex, Fukunishi, Nakata, Nakamura; Takahara, Yanagisawa (⇒ Ono)
| 2006.06.18 | Sun | 15:00 | Japan | vs | Croatia | 0 | - | 0 | 41,000 | Nurnberg (GER) |
Japan squads (vs Croatia)
Kawaguchi; Kaji, Miyamoto, Nakazawa, Alex; Fukunishi (⇒ Inamoto), Nakata, Nakamura, Ogasawara; Takahara (⇒ Oguro), Yanagisawa (⇒ Tamada)
| 2006.06.22 | Thu | 21:00 | Japan | vs | Brazil | 1 | - | 4 | (1 | - | 1) | 65,000 | Dortmund (GER) |
Japan squads (vs Brazil)
Kawaguchi; Kaji, Tsuboi, Nakazawa, Alex; Inamoto, Nakata, Nakamura, Ogasawara (⇒ Nakata K); Maki (⇒ Takahara ⇒ Oguro), Tamada
2006.06.09
It's comin, World Cup
Even here in Japan, World Cup is the national concern.
Normally the soccer conversation is limited within the community of
supporters or players, but I am very happy hearing the world cup day's air.
I wish you can enjoy Japanese football. I push striker Takahara who scored twice from Germany and the speedy defender Tsuboi.
2006.06.12 15:00 Australia v Japan Kaiserslautern
2006.06.18 15:00 Japan v Croatia Nuremberg
2006.06.22 21:00 Japan v sBrasil Dortmund
Injured TANAKA Makoto has been replaced by Moniwa from FC-Tokyo
2006.05.30
Japan 2. Germany 2. Friendly Match
There were far away from us in
Yokohama 2004.
Deutschland - Japan 2:2 (0:0)
Deutschland: Lehmann/Arsenal London - Schneider/Bayer Leverkusen, Mertesacker/Hannover 96, Metzelder/Borussia Dortmund (55. Nowotny/Bayer Leverkusen), Jansen/Borussia M chengladbach - Ballack/Bayern Mchen, Frings/Werder Bremen, Borowski/Werder Bremen (63. Odonkor/Borussia Dortmund), Schweinsteiger/Bayern Mchen - Klose/Werder Bremen, Podolski/1. FC K n (70. Neuville/Borussia M chengladbach)
Japan: Kawaguchi/Jubilo Iwata - Tsuboi/Urawa Red Diamonds, Miyamoto/Gamba Osaka, Nakazawa/Yokohama F-Marinos - Kaji/Gamba Osaka (39. Komano/Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Fukunishi/Jubilo Iwata, Hidetoshi Nakata/Bolton Wanderers, Alex/Urawa Red Diamonds - Nakamura/Celtic Glasgow - Yanagisawa/FC Messina (80. Tamada/Nagoya Grampus Eight), Takahara/Hamburger SV (78. Oguro/Grenoble Foot) Schiedsrichter: Kyros Vassaras (Griechenland) Tore: 0:1 Takahara (57.), 0:2 Takahara (65.), 1:2 Klose (76.), 2:2 Schweinsteiger (80.) Zuschauer in Leverkusen: 22.500 (ausverkauft)
2006.05.21
J.League Cup Group League Results
Group winners of Urawa Reds, Kawasaki Frontale, Jef-United Chiba Ichihara,
C-Osaka and three top roundups, Yokohama-M, Iwata, and Kashima with
seeded G-Osaka (due to AFC Champions League) go to
home and away quarter finals. This tournament introduces "away goals rule"
for the first time in J.League matches.
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| Roses in the Furukawa Garden. I took this photo on the way back from the Saitama Stadium. |
2006.05.15
Zico announced 23 men for Germany
GK
KAWAGUCHI Yoshikatsu - Jubilo Iwata. Played in 1998 France world cup. Played in Europe as Portsmouth (England) and FC Nordsjaelland (Denmark)
NARAZAKI Seigo - Nagoya Grampus Eight. Played in 2002 world cup. Another best GK.
DOI Yoichi - FC Tokyo. Eldest of the team.
DF
TANAKA Makoto - Jubilo Iwata. Thoughtful defender.
MIYAMOTO Tsuneyasu - Gamba Osaka. Captain. His style is accessible to laymen but difficult for professionals. 2002 squad.
SANTOS Alessandro - Urawa Reds. Brazil born left-winger. 2002 squad.
NAKAZAWA Yuji - Yokohama F-Marinos. One of the toughest defender in Japan.
Nakata Koji - FC Basel (Swiss). Moved from Kashima to Marseille using farfetched plan but had few chance. 2002 squad
TSUBOI Keisuke - Urawa Reds. SPEEDY defender. Zico's discovery.
KAJI Ryo - Gamba Osaka. Right winger / sideback specialist. Another Zico's discovery.
KOMANO Yuichi - Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Fortunate to join the team. Right back sub
MF
FUKUNISHI Takashi - Jubilo Iwata. Talented, physically strong defensive MF. 2002 squad.
NAKATA Hidetoshi - Bolton Wonderers (England). ex-Serie A player, Japanese leader. Played 1998 and 2002 WC.
NAKAMURA Shunsuke - Celtic FC (Scotland). Second-generation of Japanese Zico. He lost in 2002 selection. Went to Italy and then Scotland to scale up his talent.
GASARAWA Mitsuo - Kashima Antlers. Another talent. Compete a MF position with Ono.
INAMOTO Junichi - WBA (England). His two goals from 2002 WC were the legend.
ONO Shinji - Urawa Reds. Returned from Feyenoord. Sunshine of Japan.
ENDO Yatto - Gamba Osaka. Utility midfielder.
FW
YANAGISAWA Atsushi - Kashima Antlers. Returned back from scoreless Italy days. Althogh he is not Rooney, he was selected as he broke his leg recently.
TAKAHARA Naoyasu - HSV (Germany). Just moving to Frankfurt. 2002 top scorer, youngest record.
TAMADA Keiji - Nagoya Grampus Eight - Contributor of Asian Cup winner.
OGURO Masashi - Grenoble (France) - Never give up striker. He made Gamba Osaka won the 2005 league champion and moved to France.
Maki Seiichiro - Jef-United Ichihara Chiba. Last men to be selected. Aggressive striker.
2006.05.07
J1 League goes into World Cup break
Offensive Kawasaki Frontale on the top. League will restart after World Cup Germany from 19 July.
| J1 Table | ||||||||
| PT | GP | W | D | L | GD | (GF | GA) | |
| Kawasaki-F | 27 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 32 | 13 |
| Urawa | 26 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 25 | 8 |
| G-Osaka | 25 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 13 |
| Kashima | 22 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 17 |
| Chiba | 20 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 |
| Niigata | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 18 | 19 |
| Shimizu | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 17 |
| Yokohama-M | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 17 |
| FC-Tokyo | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 16 |
| Oita | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 18 | 20 |
| Iwata | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 |
| Omiya | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 16 | 20 |
| Nagoya | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -7 | 10 | 17 |
| Kofu | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -12 | 12 | 24 |
| Hiroshima | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -10 | 14 | 24 |
| Fukuoka | 8 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 10 | 16 |
| Kyoto | 8 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -13 | 15 | 28 |
| C-Osaka | 6 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -13 | 13 | 26 |
2006.05.25
Yokohama 1. Urawa 3.
Players from Urawa and Yokohama proved the match's quality in the top
of the league.
Urawa grab top spot -THE WORLD GAME
Urawa Reds made a mockery of Yokohama F Marinos' perfect start to the
season with a 3-1 away win that sent Guido Buchwald's men to the top
of the J-League first division.
Reds in lead -The Japan Times
Urawa Reds put on a devastating second-half display to win 3-1 at
Yokohama F. Marinos on Saturday, leapfrogging their rivals to claim
the J. League's top spot.
Reds turn back F Marinos 3-1 to keep slate clean -Daily Yomiuri
Urawa beat Yokohama 3-1 to take J-League lead
-Today's Online
2006.03.11
Urawa 3. Iwata 1. in Saitama Stadium
2006.03.04
Season J.League kicks off on 4th March
Gamba Osaka 1. Urawa Reds 1. in Osaka.
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