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A Guide to the Football in JapanUpdated: Mon Sep 21 15:10:36 JST 2009

2007.01.01
The Double. Urawa Reds won the 2006 emperor's cup

2007.01.01 (Mon) 14:00 Urawa Reds vs Gamba Osaka 1 - 0 46,880 in Kokuritsu - National Stadium - Tokyo.

2006.12.02
Urawa Reds won the 2006 J.LEAGUE

2006.12.02 (Sat) 14:04 Urawa Reds vs Gamba Osaka 3 - 2 62,241 in Saitama Stadium

2006.08.09
Osim National Team Starts



2006.08.09 Wed19:21JapanvsTrinidad and Tobago2-0(2-0)47,482Kokuritsu

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
Italy 1 - 0 Australia. World Cup 2006

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.
Unfortunatelly, I couldn't go there. There is a "RESALE" scheme in FIFA system and I used it. Tickets were kept in FIFA's computer and if the ticket owner could not use it, the owner can sale to someone else. It is a good system... 
Order 1001598462 of 30.11.2005
Applicant takahasi@goal2002.com
Product Amount Match Price
2 #53: (Round of sixteen) WE - RF Kaiserslautern 26.06.2006
Price for conditional tickets 250,00 EUR
Shipping charges 10,00 EUR
Grand total 260,00 EUR
Status Allocated

Status Release for resale Sold by Resale

2006.06.25
"Did I say Osim?" Yes, you did, Mr. Kawabuchi

JFA president Kawabuchi Saburo brought out the name of the successor of Zico on 24th June. He came back to Japan with Japan National team and he mentioned Mr. Osim's name accidentally in the press interview. Mr. Ivica Osim is the coach of Jef United Ichihara Chiba. JFA and Chiba announces no contract had been made each other.

2006.06.23
2006 FIFA World Cup 2006 / Japan Results



2006.06.12 Mon15:00AustraliavsJapan3-1(0-1)46,000Kaiserslautern (GER)

Japan squads (vs Australia)
Kawaguchi; Miyamoto, Nakazawa, Tsuboi (⇒ Moniwa ⇒ Oguro); Komano, Alex, Fukunishi, Nakata, Nakamura; Takahara, Yanagisawa (⇒ Ono)

2006.06.18 Sun15:00JapanvsCroatia0-041,000Nurnberg (GER)

Japan squads (vs Croatia)
Kawaguchi; Kaji, Miyamoto, Nakazawa, Alex; Fukunishi (⇒ Inamoto), Nakata, Nakamura, Ogasawara; Takahara (⇒ Oguro), Yanagisawa (⇒ Tamada)

2006.06.22 Thu21:00JapanvsBrazil1-4(1-1)65,000Dortmund (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.

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
PTGP  W  D  LGD(GFGA)
Kawasaki-F2712831193213
Urawa261282217258
G-Osaka2511812122513
Kashima221271421917
Chiba201255252116
Niigata2012624-11819
Shimizu191261532017
Yokohama-M181253452217
FC-Tokyo171252521816
Oita1712525-21820
Iwata161144331613
Omiya1412426-41620
Nagoya1112255-71017
Kofu1112327-121224
Hiroshima1012246-101424
Fukuoka812156-61016
Kyoto812156-131528
C-Osaka612138-131326

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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