11 June-11 July 2010 is World Cup event and one of the finalist is Japan,together with South and North Korea they represent Asia Zone (AFC).
The Japan national football team is is controlled by the Japan Football Association.
Takeshi Okada, the manager for Japan who had previously served as leading during the 1998 FIFA World Cup is the current coach for the team. Japan's first major achievement in international football came in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
The Japanese team is commonly known by the fans and media as Soccer Nippon Daihyō (Japanese representatives of soccer), or Nippon Daihyō (Japanese representatives), Daihyō (representatives) as abbreviated expressions. Although the team does not have an official nickname as such, it is often known by the name of the manager. For example, under Ivan Osim, the team was known as Osim Japan. Recently the team has been known or nicknamed as the "Samurai Blue".
Japan is one of the most successful national teams in Asia, being a three-time winner of the Asian Cup and having qualified for the last four consecutive World Cup finals.
Nickname(s) : Samurai Blue,Nippon Daihyo ,Okada Japan
Association : Japan Football Association
Confederation : AFC (Asia)
Head coach : Takeshi Okada
Captain : Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
FIFA code : JPN
FIFA ranking : 45
Highest FIFA ranking : 9 (February 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking : 62 (February 2000)
Player Composition :
1 Seigo Narazaki (GK)
21 Eiji Kawashima (GK)
23 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (C) (GK)
3 Yūichi Komano (DF)
4 Marcus Tulio Tanaka (DF)
5 Yuto Nagatomo (DF)
6 Atsuto Uchida (DF)
13 Daiki Iwamasa (DF)
15 Yasuyuki Konno (DF)
22 Yuji Nakazawa (DF)
2 Yuki Abe (MF)
7 Yasuhito Endō (MF)
8 Daisuke Matsui (MF)
10 Shunsuke Nakamura (MF)
14 Kengo Nakamura (MF)
17 Makoto Hasebe (MF)
18 Keisuke Honda (MF)
20 Junichi Inamoto (MF)
9 Shinji Okazaki (FW)
11 Keiji Tamada (FW)
12 Kisho Yano (FW)
16 Yoshito Okubo (FW)
19 Takayuki Morimoto (FW)
Takeshi Okada, the manager for Japan who had previously served as leading during the 1998 FIFA World Cup is the current coach for the team. Japan's first major achievement in international football came in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
The Japanese team is commonly known by the fans and media as Soccer Nippon Daihyō (Japanese representatives of soccer), or Nippon Daihyō (Japanese representatives), Daihyō (representatives) as abbreviated expressions. Although the team does not have an official nickname as such, it is often known by the name of the manager. For example, under Ivan Osim, the team was known as Osim Japan. Recently the team has been known or nicknamed as the "Samurai Blue".
Japan is one of the most successful national teams in Asia, being a three-time winner of the Asian Cup and having qualified for the last four consecutive World Cup finals.
Nickname(s) : Samurai Blue,Nippon Daihyo ,Okada Japan
Association : Japan Football Association
Confederation : AFC (Asia)
Head coach : Takeshi Okada
Captain : Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
Most caps : Masami Ihara (122)
Top scorer : Kunishige Kamamoto (75)FIFA code : JPN
FIFA ranking : 45
Highest FIFA ranking : 9 (February 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking : 62 (February 2000)
Player Composition :
1 Seigo Narazaki (GK)
21 Eiji Kawashima (GK)
23 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (C) (GK)
3 Yūichi Komano (DF)
4 Marcus Tulio Tanaka (DF)
5 Yuto Nagatomo (DF)
6 Atsuto Uchida (DF)
13 Daiki Iwamasa (DF)
15 Yasuyuki Konno (DF)
22 Yuji Nakazawa (DF)
2 Yuki Abe (MF)
7 Yasuhito Endō (MF)
8 Daisuke Matsui (MF)
10 Shunsuke Nakamura (MF)
14 Kengo Nakamura (MF)
17 Makoto Hasebe (MF)
18 Keisuke Honda (MF)
20 Junichi Inamoto (MF)
9 Shinji Okazaki (FW)
11 Keiji Tamada (FW)
12 Kisho Yano (FW)
16 Yoshito Okubo (FW)
19 Takayuki Morimoto (FW)
Formation : 3-5-2
Source : en.wikipedia.org
