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Website. www.jfa.jp. The Japan Football Association ( JFA, Japanese: 日本サッカー協会, romanized : Nihon Sakkā Kyōkai) [ 1] is the governing body responsible for the administration of football, futsal, beach soccer and efootball in Japan. It is responsible for the national team, as well as club competitions. [ 2]
The Japan national football team (サッカー日本代表, Sakkā Nihon Daihyō or Sakkā Nippon Daihyō), also known by the nickname Samurai Blue (サムライ・ブルー, Samurai Burū), [ 1][ 2] represents Japan in men's international football. It is controlled by the Japan Football Association (JFA), the governing body for football in Japan .
Japan was also invited to the 2011 tournament and initially accepted the invitation. However, following the 2011 Tōhoku 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]
Football. Although the official English name of the Japan Football Association uses the term "football", the term sakkā (サッカー), derived from "soccer", is much more commonly used than futtobōru (フットボール). The JFA's Japanese name is Nippon Sakkā Kyōkai . Before World War II the term in general use was shūkyū (蹴球, kick ...
The Japan national football team in 2023, managed by head coach Hajime Moriyasu, competed in different international friendly matches around the year both at home and abroad. The team participated in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, with the first matches being played on November, according to the FIFA International Match Calendar.
The following table shows Japan's all-time international record, correct as of 13 October 2020. On June 15, 2007 Japan Football Association announced, it had checked Japan matches, and changed the count and recognition. According to this decision, Japan has played in these times, till the game, on 2007/06/05, against Colombia :
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The Japan women's national football team ( Japanese: サッカー日本女子代表, Hepburn: Sakkā Nippon Joshi Daihyō), commonly known as Nadeshiko Japan (なでしこジャパン), [ 3 ] represents Japan in women's association football and is run by the Japan Football Association (JFA). The only country to win every FIFA competition and ...