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  • Double joy for Wolfsburg, Sky Blue fly high

    Women's Football

    Double joy for Wolfsburg, Sky Blue fly high

    Tuesday 21 May 2013
    FIFA.com reviews a big week of women’s club football as Wolfsburg continued their recent dominance in Germany, there are new leaders Stateside and a perfect finale to the maiden Belgium/Netherlands season looms large.
  • Klopp reveals his Kagawa heartbreak

    Germany

    Klopp reveals his Kagawa heartbreak

    Tuesday 21 May 2013
    Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp has revealed that he was in tears when Shinji Kagawa departed for Manchester United and says the Japanese midfielder deserves more game time at Old Trafford.

Photos

  • Ryoichi Kurisawa and Leandro Domingues Barbosa of Kashiwa Reysol in action with Lim You-Hwan of Jeonbuk
  • Tatsuya Masushima of Kashiwa Reysol celebrates
  • Hidekazu Otani of Kashiwa Reysol in action with Seung Gi of Jeonbuk
  • Cleverson Gabriel Cordova of Kashiwa Reysol reacts
  • Hidekazu Otani of Kashiwa Reysol in action
  • Ryoichi Kurisawa of Kashiwa Reysol in action with Park Won-Jae of Jeonbuk

Latest Fixtures and Results

26.03.13 JOR2:1 (1:0)JPN
22.03.13 JPN2:1 (1:0)CAN
06.02.13 JPN3:0 (1:0)LVA
30.05.13 JPN BUL
04.06.13 JPN AUS
11.06.13 IRQ JPN

FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking

RankingTeam+/- Pts May 2013
28 Nigeria3Up
29 USA-1Down
30 Japan-1Down
31 Norway-1Down
32 Peru0Equal

National League

J-League Division 1

TeamMPWDLPts
1Omiya Ardija1292129
2Yokohama F Marinos1273224
3Urawa Red Diamonds1172223
4Kashima Antlers1264222
5Sanfrecce Hiroshima1162320

Association Information

Foundation year1921
Affiliated since1921
Official site
www.jfa.or.jp
info
inter_national@jfa.or.jp
(only for international use in English)
Japan Football Association
JFA House, Football Ave. Bunkyo-ku TOKYO 113-8311
Phone: +81-3/3830 2004
Fax: +81-3/3830 2005
PresidentDAINI Kuniya
Vice PresidentTASHIMA Kozo
General SecretaryTANAKA Michihiro
TreasurerHARA Akihiko
Men's CoachZACCHERONI Alberto (ITA)
Women's CoachSASAKI Norio (JPN)
Media OfficerNISHIZAWA Kazutake
Futsal CoordinatorMATSUZAKI Yasuhiro
Referee CoordinatorKAMIKAWA Toru
JerseysNavy blue
ShortsNavy blue
StockingsNavy blue
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Confederation

HONOURS

FIFA World Cup™ appearances
4 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)
Continental titles
  • Winner Asian Nations Cup (1992, 2000, 2004, 2011)
Best Results
  • Winner FIFA Women's World Cup Final (2011)
  • Runners-Up FIFA U-20 World Cup Final (1999), FIFA Confederations Cup (2001), FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Final (2010), Olympic Football Tournament Women Final (2012)
  • Third Olympic Football Tournament Final (1968), FIFA Club World Cup (2007, 2008), FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Final (2012)
  • Fourth FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final (2005), Women's Olympic Football Tournament (2008), FIFA Club World Cup (2011), Olympic Football Tournament Final (2012)

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