[Edit this paragraph] The National Football Association was established
The unified Japanese Football Association did not appear until 192 1 (Taisho 10). The establishment of the Japan Football Association also means that football has officially entered the public. However, during this period, the Japanese team never became an opponent of China in the Li Huitang era. From 19 17, the 3rd Far East Games to 1934, during which Chinese and Japanese football met seven times, and China team had an absolute advantage of six wins and one draw, with a big difference in each score. Only at the 9th Far East Games on 1930 did the Japanese team draw 3-3 with China and tied for the championship.
After entering the Showa era (1926), the level of university-centered football in Japan has been rapidly improved. In Showa 1 1 (1936), the Japanese team participated in the Olympic football match held in Berlin for the first time, and miraculously defeated Sweden 3-2 in Europe. Sweden later won the silver medal in this Olympic Games! After the end of World War II, Japanese football was hit hard, and it didn't recover until the 1960s.
[Edit this paragraph] Postwar development
From the 1960s to the early 20th century, if a Japanese player is used to represent this period, they are: Kunishige Kamamoto in the 1960s; In 1970s, Yasuhiko Okudera; Kimura Kazushi in 1980s; In the early 1990s, Kazuyoshi Miura; Nakata hidetoshi in the late 1990s; 265438+Early 20th century, Nakamura Shunsuke. 1964 The 8th/kloc-0 Olympic Games was held in Tokyo. At that time, the Japanese Football Association believed that at home, the host must achieve ideal results anyway, otherwise there would be no face to face the elders in Jiangdong. To this end, they invited Kramer, an internationally renowned football coach, to deliver all the plans of Japanese football to him. At that time, Kramer was not only the head coach of the national team, but also responsible for guiding the coaches of various regions, universities and even high schools in Japan, and devoted himself to the modernization of Japanese football. Many things happen. In this Olympic Games, Japan defeated Argentina, the arch-rival of South America, 3-2, and lost to Ghana, 2-3, ranking second in the group and reaching the quarterfinals in one fell swoop. In the final of 1/4, they met Czechoslovakia, which was the peak of international football at that time. The team won the runner-up in the 62nd World Cup. After all, the strength of the two sides is too different, and the Japanese team suffered a 0-4 defeat. After the Olympic Games, Kramer successfully left his post. Before he left, he made many suggestions on the future of Japanese football, the most important of which was to hold a national league. At that time, Japan was an amateur team and didn't even think about playing any leagues. There is only one Emperor's Cup in China. Through the efforts of the Japanese Football Association, the first Japanese First Division kicked off in 1965, when there were eight teams. After winning the first league championship, Toyo Industrial Team won the championship for four consecutive years until 1968.
1968 Olympic Games is a milestone in the history of Japanese football. In the Asian regional qualifiers, Japan was in a group with South Korea, South Vietnam, Lebanon, Taiwan Province and the Philippines. Japan drew 3-3 with South Korea, and won the other four games with big scores. As a result, South Korea won the right to qualify with the goal difference in the same score. In the final stage, Japan, which hired Kramer as a consultant, beat Nigeria by 3: 1, and drew Brazil and Spain by1and 0: 0 respectively. In the final of 1/4, they beat France 3: 1, and lost to Hungary 0: 5 in the semi-final, but beat Mexico 2: 0 in the bronze medal contest and won the third place. This is the best place for Asian teams to participate in world-class competitions. Meanwhile, Kunishige Kamamoto scored seven goals and became the top scorer in this competition. He made great contributions to the development of Japanese football, and Kramer, the father of Japanese football, won a medal from the Japanese government after the game. Dramatically, exactly 24 years later, Kramer became a consultant for the Korean Olympic team and made suggestions for the team. 1992 in the Asian final of the Olympic qualifiers, the Korean team defeated the Japanese team with10, and scored three goals in the opening nine minutes of the final life-and-death battle, completely defeating the China team led by Xu Genbao, who was in the hope of qualifying.
What is worth mentioning here is Kunishige Kamamoto. He won the Japanese Top Shooter Award seven times in his life, the Emperor Cup three times, participated in 69 1 game, and scored 548 goals, setting a record of 202 goals in Japanese first-division league. After the first world war of the Olympic Games in 1968, he was recognized as a world-class athlete. At that time, the European club waved to him, but Japan didn't let him go. Kunishige Kamamoto is one of the most outstanding football players in Asian history. 1980 was selected as a world star team and performed on the same stage with famous stars such as cruyff, Platini and rummenigge. 1984 officially hung up his boots, and the ball king Bailey also made a special trip to Tokyo to attend his farewell match.
In the 1970s, Japanese football entered a trough, and tickets for the Olympic Games and the World Cup were defeated several times. However, during this period, the Japanese Football Association took an important step, that is, going out, please come in and open to the outside world. 1976, Fujita industrial team hired two Brazilian strikers for the first time and won the league championship in one fell swoop. Yasuhiko Okudera, the main striker of Furukawa Electric, moved to West Germany to join a professional club, becoming the first player in Japanese history to play abroad. Aosi played in West Germany for nine years and became an influential Asian player.
In the early 1980s, two famous clubs appeared in Japan, namely Yomiuri Club and Nissan Club. During this period, Kimura Kazushi, a technical star, appeared. 198 1 World Cup, Japan represented by Kimura Kazushi met China represented by Rong Zhixing, and both sides beat Macau with the same score of 3: 0, so the dispute between China and Japan became a life-and-death battle for the right to qualify. As a result, China team Rong Zhixing kicked a beautiful 30-meter long-range shot and knocked on the door of the Japanese team. Since then, the Japanese team fought back, and Masafumi Yokoyama and Kimura Kazushi hit the doorframe one after another, but the China team tried its best to defend, and the Japanese team finally lost by one goal.
1984, the Japanese team coached by Ceng Xuelin visited and participated in the Kirin Cup invitational tournament held in the palace. As a result, the Japanese team defeated China with 1-0. At that time, the game did not attract much attention, but the result was of special significance. This was the first time that the Japanese team won in the history of the Sino-Japanese War, and it also ended China's unbeaten record against Japan for decades since the Li Huitang era.
The record of the Japanese national team in the 1980s was not outstanding. 1984 in the final stage of the Isaiah regional Olympic qualifiers, the Japanese team was a big surprise in the first game, which was easily won by the Thai team 5-2, among which Pippen, a famous Thai player, scored a hat trick. The battle seriously dampened the spirit of the Japanese team. As a result, the Japanese team lost to Thailand, Malaysia, Iraq and Qatar, respectively, and was at the bottom of the group. However, the Japanese team comforted itself by saying that Qatar, the first group to enter the Olympic Games, scored only one goal in four games, and this goal was scored by the Japanese team.
1985 World Cup qualifiers in East Asia, Japan defeated South Korea, an old Asian powerhouse, in the group stage. In the semi-final, the Hongkong team, which just eliminated China on May 19th, was defeated by 3: 0 and 2: 1 respectively. In the final, the Japanese team headed by Kimura Kazushi and Kato met the rising South Korean team. At that time, South Korea was coached by Jung-nam Kim, with a group of young players such as Che Wenkun, Xu Zhongmao, Jin Zhucheng, Soon-Ho Choi, Tae-Hoo Lee, Park Chang-Sun, Zhao, Byun Byung Joo, Min-Kook Cho and Yong-Hwan Jung. South Korea just started professional football and was one step ahead of the Japanese team. As a result, the Japanese team, which is still in the amateur stage, is not an opponent, leading first and then making a guest appearance. The two rounds were defeated by 1: 2 and 0: 1 respectively.
Japan and China met in the final stage of East Asia in the 1987 Olympic Games qualifiers. At that time, people were full of confidence in China's victory over Japanese team. Unexpectedly, in Guangzhou, China was countered by the Japanese team under the pressure of the Japanese team's crazy attack. Takafumi Mizunuma took a free kick on the right and center Yuan headed the ball into the net. The Japanese team's unexpected away victory over China also pushed China to Huashan Road. Back in Tokyo, the two sides finally fought a decisive battle. China defeated Japan 2-0 by Liu and Tang Yaodong, smashing Japan's dream of returning to the Olympic Games after 68 years and 20 years. In this competition, the Japanese team's lineup is: Shinichi Morishita, Kuniharu Nakamoto, Kato Jiuzhi, Fujitani Shouyan, Horikou, Tezuka Satoshi, Akihiro Nishimura, Du Binmin, Yasuhiko Okudera, Takafumi Mizunuma and Hiroshi Hara.
Although the record of Japan's national team is not outstanding, Japanese professional football has started and is on the eve of takeoff. 1983, foreign player Ramos joined the Yomiuri team to help the team win the championship. 1986, Yasuhiko Okudera, who returned from West Germany to his mother team Furukawa, became the fifth registered professional player of the Japanese Football Association, and Kimura Kazushi of Nissan was also registered.
After only one year, the number of registered professional players soared to 57. At the same time, two teams representing Japan's Furukawa won the Asian Club Cup with1986,87 for two consecutive years. During this period, the ancient river team and the Liaoning team representing China met in the final stage of the 86 Asian Club Cup, and the ancient river team won with 1: 0; In the semi-final of the 87 Asian Club Cup, Nissan played against Bayi Team representing China and won 2-0. During this period, Japanese football has been growing up in the struggle with two close neighbors, South Korea and China. Japan's national team is no match for South Korea. From 1988 to 1990, Japan and South Korea played four times, including an Asian Cup, a Dynasty Cup and two friendlies. As a result, Japan was completely defeated. However, the Japanese national team has been able to compete with China, which beat them in the Olympic qualifiers. Both sides win and lose each other. 1988-90 Wang Chao Cup, Japan also played against China for four times, and China had a slight advantage with 2 wins 1 draw 1 negative, but it did not prevail in the scene.
In terms of clubs, it is also China's world. 1988 Asian Club Cup, Yamaha lost 425 consecutive games to Guangdong and South Korea with two scores of 1: 3 respectively, and was out early. 1989, Shu Kamo, head coach of Nissan Team, introduced the famous Brazilian Oscar and won the King's Cup, the First Division and the FA Cup in one fell swoop. In the Asian Club Cup the following year, the ambitious Nissan team was in the same group as the Liaoning team in China. In the group match hosted by Shenyang, Liaoning team 1: 0 defeated Nissan, but both teams got the right to qualify and both reached the finals. In Yokohama, the Liaoning team went ahead and beat the host 2:/kloc-0. Back in Shenyang, the two sides 1: 1 drew. Liaoning won the only intercontinental champion in the history of China, and Nissan came second. 1990, Nissan and Liaoning team met again. As a result, Nissan lost in both wars, with 0: 1 and 2: 3 lost to North Korea 425 and Liaoning respectively, ranking the bottom of the group.
[Edit this paragraph] Tengfei 1990s
In the 1990s, Japanese football began to take off. 1992 is an extremely important watershed in the history of Japanese football. In order to attack the Olympic qualifying rights, the Japanese Olympic team began to concentrate very early, with Kenzo Yokoyama as the head coach and Osamu Tamura as the head coach. In the preliminaries, the Japanese team was weaker and was in the same group as Taiwan Province Province, Hongkong and Indonesia. Except for one loss to Hong Kong, the Japanese team won a total victory, thus entering the final six. Most of the members of this Japanese Olympic team are college students and middle school students, and there are only six first-class players in the team, so they rarely get the opportunity to exercise in international competitions. Moreover, the two main scorers, Hattori Hiroshi and Miho Hiroshi, failed to play with the team due to injuries, which greatly weakened the attack of the Japanese team. To this end, the Japanese team specially mobilized Takada Akira to join the army, strengthened its air defense force, and launched newcomers Kanno Zhuozai and Fumitake Miura on the forward line. Together with goalkeeper Kenichi Shimokawa, defender Yukio Omura, Akira Narahashi, midfielder Takeo Harada, Hideki Jin Yong, Seiji Ozawa and others, these players represent the new force of Japanese football. Among them, Akira Narahashi and Yukio Omura were later selected for the Japanese national team and participated in the French World Cup in 1998.
At that time, people didn't think Japan was a strong team. Unexpectedly, in the first game in China, the Japanese team showed unexpected fighting capacity. Takeo Harada took the lead in knocking on the door of the China team with a strong long-range shot. Since then, the Japanese team's defense was unable to resist China's high-altitude bombing, losing two goals in a row and losing by 1: 2. In the next two wars, Japan drew Kuwait with 1: 1 and beat Bahrain with 6: 1 respectively. Among them, Fumitake Miura scored a hat-trick, and the Japanese team matched the South Korean team. It was not until three minutes before the final that they lost to the South Korean team 0:/kloc-0:. After this war, Japan's hope of qualifying became extremely slim. However, in the last battle against Qatar, the Japanese team withstood Qatar's offensive in the first half and the two sides fought 0-0. At half-time, it was reported that South Korea was 3-0 ahead of China, and the Japanese team's morale was greatly improved. The result was a sneak attack by the truck team, and 0: 1 lost.
The failure of the Olympic Games has aroused strong repercussions in Japanese football. Prior to this, Kenzo Yokoyama had been the head coach of the national team and the Olympic team, holding two positions and holding the power. This failure led to the disintegration of "Hengshan System". For the first time, the Japanese Football Association decided to hire a foreign coach as the coach of the national team. This move was like a blockbuster, which shocked Japanese football. The monthly magazine "Japanese Football" calls it "Meiji Dimension of Japanese Football". For a long time, Japanese nationals have serious xenophobia. In the eyes of Japanese football elites, the concept that "the coach at the national team level must be a national" is deeply rooted. This has caused Japanese clubs to spend a lot of money to introduce foreign players, but they have been slow to hire foreign coaches. In addition, according to the regulations of the Japanese Football Association system, the personnel right of the head coach of the national team belongs to each company, and the salary is paid by the affiliated company. For example, Kenzo Yokoyama was an employee of Mitsubishi at that time. In this way, the Japanese Football Association is restricted by the company in many aspects in the employment and treatment of national team coaches. This outdated system has greatly hampered the development of Japanese football, and has repeatedly lost in world competitions, forcing the Japanese football community into deep reflection. For a time, the call for hiring foreign coaches was supported by many parties. Japanese media also believe that the poor performance and record of Japan's national team in the international arena have seriously affected Japan's bid to host the 2002 World Cup.
After learning from a painful experience, the Japanese Football Association began to take a step of major reform. The subordinate strengthening committee put forward a concrete plan for selecting foreign coaches. The national team coaches are decoupled from the company to realize the professionalization of coaches and synchronize with the professionalization of players. Dutchman Ooft was hired as the coach of the Japanese national team. He coached Japanese clubs for two years in the 1980s, and later became the head coach of Uttler Club in the Netherlands, so he was familiar with Japanese players. After he took office, it took him only three weeks to watch seven games and list the Japanese national team, which surprised people. Among them, some veteran Japanese international players failed to be selected, while a number of rookies, especially Miura Zhiliang, began to emerge.
1982, Kazuyoshi Miura went to Brazil to study with his father, and stayed there for 8 years. In Brazil, he started the starting point of professional football and showed his football talent. /kloc-joined Santos in Brazil in 0/990, becoming the first Asian player to enter the professional league in Brazil. /kloc-0 returned to China to join the Yomiuri Club (later Kawasaki Beldi) at the end of 990 and began to show his talents. With his help, the Yomiuri team won the first-class championship with 9 1 and 92. His style is elegant and natural, his footwork is exquisite and his consciousness is good. He can always strike a fatal blow in the weak link of his opponent and soon stand out in Japan.
The Japanese team led by ooft made its debut in the 92 Dynasty Cup semi-finals in East Asia. At this time, 35-year-old Ramos joined the Japanese team and became the core of the Japanese team. Coupled with Miura Zhiliang's sharp knife, supplemented by Takuya Takagi, Ibara Masaji, Fukuda Masahiro, Mitsunori Yoshida, Kitazawa Tsuyoshi, Nakayama Masashi and Tetsuji Hashiratani, a Japanese whirlwind was set off on the field. They drew 0-0 with their old rival South Korea in the first game, beat China 2-0 in the second game, and beat the old strong team North Korea 4: 1 with flexible attack, all-pervasive breakthrough and excellent personal footwork in the third game. In the final, they met South Korea again. After a fierce battle of 120 minutes, the two sides drew 2-2, and the penalty shootout, the Japanese team finally won 6-4, and advanced from the bottom of the first Dynasty Cup to the champion of this competition. The speed of progress is amazing. The previous Japanese team was fast and strong, but its skills were rough and its cooperation was poor. This Japanese team is refreshing. It not only retains the characteristics of the Japanese team's high morale and abundant physical strength, but also plays a rare cooperation like flowing water, making Japan truly leap into the first-class ranks in Asia. Ooft claimed, "90 minutes is kicking with the brain, and the whole team is running. This is the style of the Japanese team. " People have to exclaim: there is another strong team in East Asia! There's another new obstacle in front of China!
1 1 At the Asian Cup, the Japanese team was in full swing. In the group, they drew 0-0, 1: 1 coached by lobanovski of the United Arab Emirates in the 90 World Cup finals, and Mihura's goal made the Japanese team 1 eliminate Iran. In the semi-final, Japan and China met and fought fiercely. Japan is obviously superior to China in technology, consciousness, speed and physical strength, and is basically under siege. In the second half, the two sides fought 2-2, and the Japanese team won 3-2 before the end when goalkeeper Higetetsu Matsunaga was sent off and one player was beaten. In the final, the Japanese team won the right place at the right time, and the last champion Saudi Arabia was drowned by the cheers of the audience. Takuya Takagi stopped shooting and finally knocked on the opponent's door, and the Japanese team officially ascended the throne of the AFC Champions League.
1993, the Japanese professional league J officially kicked off. The first season *** 10 team. Japan's professionalization is not achieved overnight, but a gradual transition. In the past, first-class teams were sponsored by large enterprises, and their players worked and trained for half a day, which appeared in the form of semi-occupation. 1992 as a transition, instead of playing the first-class league, 10 professional team was determined from the first-class team and the second-class team 16, and10 played a single round robin match. The ultimate goal is to expand the professional team to 16. Japan's professional football has been fully prepared in theory, organization and material before it started, and has attracted the world's attention with its strong development momentum and perfect operation mechanism since its birth.
However, the development of Japanese football is not smooth sailing. 1993, the Japanese team launched an ambitious attack on the World Cup tickets and suffered a heavy blow. In the group stage, they are in a group with the United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Japan drew with its main rival UAE 1 War/KLOC-0, and won all other competitions. The group successfully qualified, scoring 28 goals and losing only 2 goals in 8 games, which shows its strength. In the final semi-final, the Japanese team got off to a bad start. The first two games drew Saudi Arabia 0-0, and 1: 2 lost to Iran. On the edge of the cliff, the Japanese team caught up and beat North Korea 3-0, 1 beat old rival South Korea. The last game was 2: 1 ahead of Iraq, and the qualifying was in sight, but it was unexpected.
The Asian Games was held in Hiroshima on 1994. The Japanese team, aiming to win gold, invited Fa Erkao of Brazil as the coach and met the Korean team again in the final of14. The two sides fought fiercely until the last minute, or 2: 2. Unexpectedly, a long-range shot by the South Korean team shattered the dream of the Japanese team. 1994 Another great event was that Mihura Zhiliang joined Serie A club Genoa, and he was the only Asian player who played for Italy at that time. But many times, you can only play as a substitute. Moreover, in the match with AC Milan, he collided with baresi, a world famous player, and broke his nose, so he had to rest for some time. Genoa was also relegated quickly, and this year was a frustrating year for San Pu, although he played the role of paving the way for later nakata hidetoshi.
In the mid-1990s, Japan was among the top teams in Asia, but its record in several competitions was not satisfactory. In the 96 Asian Cup, the Japanese team, as the defending champion and one of the favourites to win the championship, won three games in the group stage and beat Syria, Uzbekistan and China one after another. In the last game, I played very negatively with China while qualifying was stable. Seeing that the two sides finished the game at 0: 0, I didn't expect that Japanese defender Naoki made a seemingly unintentional kick and even broke the door of China. In the final of14, Japan was knocked down by delicate Kuwait and lost 0-2, which was another disappointment.
During this period, compared with China and South Korea, Japanese football has completely surpassed China and basically tied with South Korea. The performance of the national team is not ideal, but the performance of the young Japanese Olympic team is impressive, which seems to be gestating fresh blood for Japanese football to take over. In the preliminaries of the 1996 Olympic Games, the Japanese team was led by rising star Seiji Maehara when the main force Takafumi Ogura could not play. In the final stage, they were divided into three teams from West Asia. Without too many twists and turns, they beat Oman and UAE 4: 1, 1+0 respectively.
At the Olympic Games, the Japanese team was divided into the strongest group among the three teams in Asia, but their performance was the best. Especially in the first game, 1: 0 defeated Brazil and world-class star Cristiano Ronaldo, which became the most shocking news of the year. Then they lost to Nigeria 0-2 and Hungary 3-2, and failed to qualify because of insufficient goal difference in the case of two wins and one loss.
Japan was in the same group as South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in the finals of the 97 World Cup qualifiers. Uzbekistan was beaten 6-3 in the first game, and the United Arab Emirates was tied 0-0 in the second game, with good momentum. Unexpectedly, in Tokyo, against South Korea at home, I lost two goals in a row with one goal leading, and lost 1: 2, which was a big defeat. Next, the Japanese team tied Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan with 1: 1, and the qualifying situation was in jeopardy. At the critical moment, the Japanese Football Association decisively replaced the head coach Shu Kamo and replaced him with takeshi okada. As a result, in the decisive battle in Seoul, Japan beat South Korea 2-0, followed by a 1: 1 draw with the United Arab Emirates and a 5-1win with Kazakhstan, ranking second in the group. In the play-off with Iran, the two sides fought in secret, and the 90-minute fierce battle ended in 2: 2. In overtime, the Japanese team Yohei Okano scored the golden ball and sent Japan to the World Cup. The Japanese teams participating in the 98 World Cup are: Nobuyuki Kojima, Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Masayoshi (Kimi+ Emirate) Yamazaki, Masaji Ihara, Zefu Omura, Akita Yu, Naoki Soma, Akira Narahashi, Junxiu Saito, Nakanishi Eisuke, Yamaguchi Su Hong, Hiroshi Morishima, Hiroshi Hattori, Hiroshi Ping Ye, nakata hidetoshi, Kenji Ono, and Yasushi Nakayama. After losing 0: 1 and 1: 2 to Argentina, Rosia and Jamaica respectively, the team was eliminated, which was expected. In the World Cup final against Jamaica, Nakayama Masashi scored the first goal for the Japanese team, which is considered to be glad that you came. However, the result of three games is not important. People are more concerned about nakata hidetoshi's transfer to Serie A club Perugia after the game.
In the past ten years, Japanese football has made rapid progress. 1998, Japan entered the World Cup finals for the first time. A year later, the Japanese youth team led by Ono Shinji successfully won the second place in the World Cup. In 2002, when Japan participated in the World Cup for the second time, it reached an all-time high of 16. In the stage of Asian football competition, Japan's performance is to a higher level. They won the highest honor in Asian football competition twice in 2000 and 2004 respectively.
In terms of players, Japanese football has produced more and more stars. Nakata hidetoshi, who has been wandering in Europe for many years, is a successful example. After nakata hidetoshi, Japanese players such as Jo Shoji, Naohiro Takahara and Hiroshi Nanami all entered the European League and achieved good results. Now, Ono Shinji, who plays for the Dutch Football League, and Spanish Nakamura Shunsuke in La Liga are outstanding representatives of Japanese youth training programs in recent years. I believe that in the future Asian Games, Japan will become an opponent that all teams are afraid of.