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 decided ...
“I don't think anyone else at 40 has scored a hat trick in any first division around the world,” said Zico, who is back in Japan for the league's anniversary festivities this week. “I think that hat trick was important to the club as well as the entire ...
There are now 18 teams in the J. League Division 1 (J1) and 22 in Division 2 (J2). One level below the latter is the Japan Football League, a semiprofessional league with 18 teams, 6 of which satisfy operational criteria set by the J. League and are ...
SAITAMA – Sanfrecce Hiroshima goalkeeper Takuya Masuda has been discharged from hospital after showing no worsening signs from a concussion suffered in Monday's game at Omiya Ardija, his J. League first-division club said Tuesday. Making his J1 ...
SENDAI – Vegalta Sendai and Sagan Tosu shared the points in a stifling 1-1 draw in the J. League on Sunday. Naoyuki Fujita drew first blood for Tosu in the opening half before Sendai striker Shingo Akamine leveled minutes after halftime as the two ...
That's where you really feel the level of J1. “The players kept going throughout, and right at the end the football gods gave us our reward. I don't think any of the players felt we were lucky today. It could have been three points if it hadn't been ...
