As the Tokyo Kogyo Skyukyu Club, they completed the nation's first double when they won the semi-professional Japan Soccer League and the Emperor's Cup in 1965. Four years later, they participated in the Asian Club Cup, becoming the first Japanese ...
The Japanese soccer calendar could be due for a huge shakeup in 2014, with the Emperor's Cup final being moved to December and the J. League possibly going back to the two-stage system it abandoned nine years ago. The Japan Football Association ...
Kashima has also won the J-League Cup a record five times and the Emperor's Cup four times for an unprecedented total of sixteen major domestic titles. Hans Ooft, Zico and Ivica Osim are the only managers who have coached in the J-League and Japan's ...
The holders of Japan's Emperor Cup are on a low ebb after a 4-0 home defeat that left them 11th in the J-League with 10 points from eight matches, hours after the Mariners were acclaimed by celebrating fans at an A-League victory parade through the ...
Zhang Linpeng was sent off in injury time after knocking over Nobuhisa Yamada. In a later game in Group E, Vegalta Sendai were away to Thailand's Buriram United. Emperor's Cup holders Kashiwa Reysol qualified for the round of 16 for the second year in ...