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Japan national football team



         


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Nickname
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Association
Zico
Most capped player
Kazuyoshi Miura: 56
First International
Japan 0-5 Republic of China
(Tokyo,Japan:May 9 1917)
Largest win
Japan 15-0 Philippines
(Tokyo,Japan:September 27 1967)
Largest defeat
Philippines 15-2 Japan
(Tokyo,Japan:September 10 1917)
World Cup
Finals appearances: 2 (First: 1998)

Best result: Round of 16 2002

Asian Championship
Finals appearances: 6 (First: 1968)

Best result: Winners 1992, 2000, 2004

Copa America
Finals appearances: 1 (First: 1999)

Best result: First Round 1999


The Japan national football team is one of the strongest football teams in Asia, although it has only gained this strength fairly recently. Japan's first World Cup appearance was in 1998, four years before they hosted the 2002 World Cup with South Korea. They have won three out of the last four Asian Cups.

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