Akira Matsunaga (footballer, Born 1948)

	Akira Matsunaga (footballer, Born 1948) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Club career Matsunaga was born in Shizuoka Prefecture on August 8, 1948. After graduating from Waseda University, he joined Hitachi in 1971. In 1972, the club won the champions in Japan Soccer League and Emperor's Cup. The club also won 1975 Emperor's Cup and 1976 JSL Cup. He scored many goals in early 1970s and competed with Kunishige Kamamoto for top scorer. Matsunaga retired in 1982. He played 176 games and scored 82 goals in the league and became a top scorer in 1972 and 1973. He was also selected Best Eleven for 4 years in a row (1972-1975). National team career In May 1973, Matsunaga was selected Japan national team for 1974 World Cup qualification. At this qualification, on May 22, he debuted against Hong Kong. He also played at 1976 Summer Olympics qualification. This qualification was his last game for Japan. He played 10 games and scored 2 goals for Japan until 1976. Club statistics Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Shizuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,637,998 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northeast, Nagano Prefecture to the north, and Aichi Prefecture to the west. Shizuoka is the capital and Hamamatsu is the largest city in Shizuoka Prefecture, with other major cities including Fuji, Numazu, and Iwata. Shizuoka Prefecture is located on Japan's Pacific Ocean coast and features Suruga Bay formed by the Izu Peninsula, and Lake Hamana which is considered to be one of Japan's largest lakes. Mount Fuji, the tallest volcano in Japan and cultural icon of the country, is partially located in Shizuoka Prefecture on the border with Yamanashi Prefecture. Shizuoka Prefecture has a significant motoring heritage as the founding location of Honda, Suzuki, and Yamaha, and is home to the Fuji International Speedway. History Shizuoka Prefe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1973 Emperor's Cup Statistics of Emperor's Cup in the 1973 season. Overview It was contested by 26 teams, and Mitsubishi Motors FC, Mitsubishi Motors won the championship. Results 1st Round Chuo University 3–0 Nippon Steel Kamaishi S.C., Nippon Steel Kamaishi Otsuka Pharmaceutical SC, Otsuka Pharmaceutical 3–1 Osaka University of Economics 2nd Round Chuo University 1–4 Toyota Motors SC, Toyota Motors Eidai Industries S.C., Eidai Industries 1–0 Dainichi Cable Industries S.C., Dainichi Cable Industries Meijo University 0–1 Waseda University Kyushu Sangyo University 2–3 Osaka University of Commerce Kyoto Sanga FC, Kyoto Shiko 2–2 (PK 2–3) Honda FC, Honda Sapporo University 0–4 Nippon Sport Science University Teihens FC 0–8 Hosei University Tanabe Pharmaceuticals S.C., Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 2–1 Otsuka Pharmaceutical SC, Otsuka Pharmaceutical 3rd Round NKK S.C., Nippon Kokan 3–0 Toyota Motors SC, Toyota Motors Eidai Industries S.C., Eidai Industries 0–1 Toyo Indus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1980 Japan Soccer League Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1980 season. For the first time ever, automatic promotion and relegation was introduced for the first and last places of the Second Division, which means that the last place in the First Division went down. First Division Yanmar Diesel won the title for a fourth time. Nissan, who had saved itself from relegation in the playout the previous season, went down after the bottom place was granted automatic relegation, while Yamaha saved itself by beating Fujitsu in the playout. Promotion/Relegation Series Second Division Honda was finally promoted on the second attempt after the 1978 debacle. Kofu Club saved itself from relegation by defeating Furukawa Electric Chiba, Furukawa's B-team. Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi fell through and went back to the Tokai regional league. Promotion/Relegation Series ReferencesJapan - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{Japanese Club Football, group=first Japan Soccer League seasons 1 Jap Jap ''Jap'' is an Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1979 Japan Soccer League Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1979 season. First Division Promotion/relegation Series Yamaha promoted, NKK relegated. Second Division Promotion/relegation Series No relegations. Due to withdrawal of Yanmar Club, Yanmar Diesel's B-squad, Daikyo was promoted. ReferencesJapan - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{Japanese Club Football, group=first 1979 1 Jap Jap ''Jap'' is an English abbreviation of the word "Japanese". Today, it is generally regarded as an ethnic slur. In the United States, some Japanese Americans have come to find the term very offensive, even when used as an abbreviation. Prior to t ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1978 Japan Soccer League Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1978 season. First Division By winning the 1978 Emperor's Cup and 1978 Japan Soccer League Cup along with the title, Mitsubishi completed the first Japanese treble ever. Promotion/Relegation Series Nissan promoted, Fujitsu relegated. Second Division Promotion/Relegation Series Yamaha promoted, Kyoto Shiko relegated. ReferencesJapan - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{Japanese Club Football, group=first 1978 1 Jap Jap ''Jap'' is an English abbreviation of the word "Japanese". Today, it is generally regarded as an ethnic slur. In the United States, some Japanese Americans have come to find the term very offensive, even when used as an abbreviation. Prior to t ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1977 Japan Soccer League Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1977 season. This was the inaugural season of the Regional League promotion series, which replaced the Senior Cup as the source of the clubs promoted from the regional Japanese football leagues. First Division Promotion/Relegation Series Yomiuri promoted, Toyota Motors relegated. Second Division Promotion/Relegation Series Toshiba promoted, Furukawa Chiba relegated. ReferencesJapan - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{Japanese Club Football, group=first 1977 1 Jap Jap ''Jap'' is an English abbreviation of the word "Japanese". Today, it is generally regarded as an ethnic slur. In the United States, some Japanese Americans have come to find the term very offensive, even when used as an abbreviation. Prior to t ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1976 Japan Soccer League Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1976 season. League tables First Division Promotion/Relegation Series Since Eidai dropped out of the league and folded in March 1977, Fujitsu was promoted, meaning no team was relegated. Second Division JSL Promotion/Relegation Series Nissan Motors, future Yokohama Marinos, currently Yokohama F. Marinos, joined the league for the first time. Nissan promoted. Furukawa Chiba was not relegated due to Eidai's withdrawal. ReferencesJapan - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{Japanese Club Football, group=first 1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 ... 1 Jap Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1974 Japan Soccer League League tables First Division Promotion/Relegation Series No relegations. Second Division JSL Promotion/Relegation Series Honda promoted, Hitachi Ibaraki relegated. All-Star Game References {{Japanese Club Football, group=first 1974 1 Jap Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1971 Japan Soccer League Japan Soccer League Promotion/Relegation Series Nagoya Mutual Bank lost its place in the League for a second time, this time to Towa Real Estate, which would become one of the biggest names in Japanese football as Fujita Engineering and Bellmare Hiratsuka, currently known as Shonan Bellmare is a Japanese professional football club based in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Hiratsuka .... Towa RE promoted, Nagoya Mutual Bank relegated; NMB resigned from JSL instead of forming Second Division. References {{Japanese Club Football, group=first 1971 1 Jap Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Football At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Qualification The men's qualification for the 1976 Summer Olympics. Qualified teams 16 teams qualified, but 13 participated in the finals of the Olympic tournament. Automatically qualified * ''(as hosts)'' ** ''(as holders)'' Europe (UEFA) * ** Africa ( CAF) * ''(withdrew)'' ''(withdrew)'' ''(withdrew)'' Asia ( AFC) * North and Central America (CONCACAF) * (replaces ) South America ( CONMEBOL) * ''(withdrew)'' Qualifications UEFA (Europe) The European Qualifiers for the 1976 Summer Olympics tournament took place after two rounds (qualifying and tournament). East Germany, France, Spain and Soviet Union gained qualification to the Olympic tournament and Poland qualified automatically as holders. CONMEBOL (South America) The South American Pre-Olympic tournament was held in Brazil. Newell's Old Boys represented Argentina. In the end, Brazil and Uruguay qualify however Uruguay withdrew from the final tournament. Argentina were invited to replace the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Hong Kong National Football Team The Hong Kong national football team () represents Hong Kong in international association football, football and is controlled by the Hong Kong Football Association, the governing body for football in Hong Kong. Hong Kong was the first in Asia to hold the AFC Asian Cup in 1956 and won third place, and was also semi-finalist in 1964. Hong Kong did not qualify for another AFC tournament until 2023 AFC Asian Cup, 2023. They had never qualified for the FIFA World Cup and its biggest celebrated victory was the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) where Hong Kong produced a China v Hong Kong (1985), 2–1 upset win against China which resulted in Hong Kong qualifying for the second rounds of qualification. Hong Kong has qualified for the EAFF E-1 Football Championship six times in 1995, 1998, 2003, 2010, 2019 and 2022. History Establishment and pre-WWII era Before Hong Kong became a member of FIFA in 1954, Hong Kong began playing in the Hong Kong–Macau Interport tournament in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification (AFC And OFC) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian and Oceanian zone ( AFC and OFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article '' 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification''. India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines withdrew before the matches were played. The remaining 15 teams were divided into 2 zones, based on geographical and political considerations, as follows: * Zone A had 7 teams (teams from East Asia, plus Israel). All matches were played in Korea Republic. There would be four stages of play: Classification matches: All teams except Korea Republic would be paired up to play preliminary matches to determine group classification. Group stage: Based on the results of the classification matches, the 7 teams were divided into 2 groups (Group 1 with 3 teams and Group 2 with 4 teams). The teams played against each other once. The group winners and runners-up would advance to the semifinals. Semifinals: The wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]