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Hiroshi Soejima
is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. Club career Soejima was born in Saga on July 26, 1959. After graduating from high school, he joined Yanmar Diesel in 1978. After reserve team in 2 season, he was promoted top team in 1980. In 1980, the club won the champions in Japan Soccer League and he was selected Best Eleven. The club also won 1983 and 1984 Emperor's Cup. In 1991, he moved to Division 2 club Sumitomo Metal and played in 1 season. He retired in 1992. National team career On June 9, 1980, Soejima debuted for Japan national team against Hong Kong. He played 3 games for Japan in 1980. Coaching career After retirement, Soejima started coaching career at Kashima Antlers (former ''Sumitomo Metal'') in 1992. He moved to Gamba Osaka in 1996. In 1998, he returned to Cerezo Osaka (former ''Yanmar Diesel'') and became a manager in 2000. He was sacked in August 2001. He managed his local club Sagan Tosu in 2002 and Vissel Kobe in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saga (city)
is the capital city of Saga Prefecture, located on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Saga was the capital of Saga Domain in the Edo period, and the largest city of former Hizen Province. As of August 1, 2020, the city had an estimated population of 232,736 and a population density of 539 persons per km2. The total area is 431.84 km2. Saga is located in the southeast part of Saga Prefecture. After the 2005 merger the city became very long north to south, bordering the Ariake Sea to the south and Fukuoka Prefecture to the southeast and north. The northern half of the city contains the Sefuri Mountains. Saga can also be regarded as within the Greater Fukuoka metropolitan area, and by extension, Fukuoka-Kitakyushu Metropolitan Area. History Municipal timeline *April 1, 1889 - The modern municipal system was established and the city of Saga is founded. At the same time, the current city region is occupied by 21 villages from three districts. ** Kanzaki District: Hasuike and Mits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 JSL Cup
Statistics of JSL Cup in the 1984 season. Overview It was contested by 20 teams, and Yanmar Diesel won the championship. Results 1st Round * Nippon Kokan 2-0 All Nippon Airways * Yomiuri 4-2 Fujitsu *Nissan Motors 1-0 Toyota Motors *Furukawa Electric 1-1 (PK 3–2) Nippon Steel 2nd Round * Yamaha Motors 0-1 Matsushita Electric * Nippon Kokan 0-2 Hitachi *Mazda 4-1 Yomiuri *Yanmar Diesel 3-1 Sumitomo Metals *Honda 3-0 Kofu *Nissan Motors 0-0 (PK 4–5) Mitsubishi Motors * Fujita Industries 0-2 Furukawa Electric *Toshiba 2-1 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals Quarterfinals *Matsushita Electric 1-2 Hitachi *Mazda 0-3 Yanmar Diesel *Honda 2-0 Mitsubishi Motors *Furukawa Electric 0-1 Toshiba Semifinals *Hitachi 2-2 (PK 3–4) Yanmar Diesel *Honda 0-1 Toshiba Final *Yanmar Diesel 3-0 Toshiba Yanmar Diesel won the championship References {{1984 in Japanese football JSL Cup League Cup In several sports, most prominently association football, a league cup or secondary cup generally si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985–86 Japan Soccer League
Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1985–86 season. First Division Led by their star player Yasuhiko Okudera, who had returned to the club after successful periods in Europe, Furukawa Electric won their second title. Okudera became the first widely recognized professional Japanese player. Sumitomo and ANA Yokohama were relegated after one season in the top division. Second Division No relegation took place for a second wave of expansion that would bring the division's number of clubs to 16. First Stage East West Second stage Promotion Group Relegation Group =East= =West= =7-12 Playoff= ReferencesJapan - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{DEFAULTSORT:1985-86 Japan Soccer League Japan Soccer League seasons 1985 in Japanese football 1986 in Japanese football Japan Soccer League , or JSL, was the top flight association football league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J.League. JSL was the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Japan Soccer League ...
Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1984 season. No promotion/relegation series for both division were held due to expansion of both divisions in the following season. First Division No relegation took place due to expansion to 12 clubs. Yomiuri was invited to the revived Asian Club Championship, but withdrew. Second Division No relegation took place due to expansion to 12 clubs. ReferencesJapan - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{Japanese Club Football, group=first Japan Soccer League seasons 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] |
1983 Japan Soccer League
Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1983 season. First Division Yomiuri, the football club became one of big names of earlier years of J.League as Verdy Kawasaki, and currently known as Tokyo Verdy, won its first of seven League championships, fully riding in the wave of its parent company's funds and prestige. Mazda, five-time First Division champions in the 1960s, was relegated for the first time. Hitachi saved itself by defeating Sumitomo in the playout. Promotion/Relegation Series Second Division NKK returned to the top flight at the first time of asking. Saitama Teachers went back to the Kantō regional league, and Toho Titanium followed when they lost the playout to Matsushita, a rising club at the time based in Nara which would eventually become Gamba Osaka. Promotion/Relegation Series ReferencesJapan - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{Japanese Club Football, group=first Japan Soccer League seasons 1 Jap Jap ''Jap'' is an English abbreviation of the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Japan Soccer League
1982 was the 18th season of the Japan Soccer League. First Division Mitsubishi tied Yanmar's four championships with its own run. NKK could not adjust to the top flight for this season and was relegated instantly. Honda saved itself by defeating Toshiba in the playout. Promotion/Relegation Series Second Division Yamaha returned to the First Division at the first attempt and also had an amazing cup run, winning the Emperor's Cup. Saitama Teachers kept its League place by defeating Seino Transportation of Gifu, while Teijin, the top representative of Matsuyama, Ehime at the time, went back to the Shikoku 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 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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Japan Soccer League
Statistics of Japan Soccer League , or JSL, was the top flight association football league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J.League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional ... for the 1981 season. First Division Fujita Industries won their third League title. Nippon Steel, one of eight inaugural member of the First Division in 1965 as Yawata Steel, was defeated by Second Division runner-up Nissan in the playout and relegated, never to play top flight football again. Yamaha Motors was relegated in bottom place, having won only two matches. Promotion/Relegation Series Second Division NKK and Nissan returned after two years in the second tier, NKK also grabbing the Emperor's Cup. Kofu Club saved itself from relegation yet again by defeating NTT West Japan Kyoto, who were looking to regain their League place. Nagoya Soccer Club, an amateur outfit who never looked like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kataller Toyama
is a football club in Japan that was formed from the merger of the ALO's Hokuriku and YKK AP SC. The club currently plays in J3 League. History The idea of a merged club had been discussed by the Toyama Prefectural Football Association as early as 2005, but discussions had come to nothing. On September 10, 2007, YKK (owner of YKK AP SC) and Hokuriku Electric Power Company (owner of ALO's Hokuriku), agreed with merging their clubs to aim promotion to the J.League in response of eager request by the TPFA. According to Tulip TV, local broadcasting company, over 20 companies informally promised to invest in the new club. In the media briefing, the governor of Toyama Prefecture also participated. TPFA has founded an organization named "Civic Football Club Team of Toyama Prefecture (富山県民サッカークラブチーム)" with two major economic organization and representatives of Hokuriku Electric Power Company and YKK. The Japan Football League confirmed that the merged c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gamba Osaka
is a Japanese professional football club based in Suita, Osaka Prefecture. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. The club's name ''Gamba'' comes from the Japanese , meaning "to do your best" or "to stand firm". The club's home stadium is Panasonic Stadium Suita. They form a local rivalry with Osaka city-based Cerezo Osaka. Gamba Osaka is among the most accomplished Japanese clubs, having won several top-tier domestic titles, as well as the 2008 AFC Champions League. History It was founded in 1980 as Matsushita Electric SC by the company, now known as Panasonic, in Nara Prefecture and became a member of the Japan Soccer League. It was mostly made of remaining players and staff of the defunct Yanmar Club, the former B-team of Yanmar Diesel SC, later to be known as Cerezo Osaka. Gamba Osaka was an original member ("Original Ten") of the first J.League season. In 2005, the club claimed its first J.League championship on a dramatic f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
1984 Emperor's Cup
Statistics of Emperor's Cup in the 1984 season. Overview It was contested by 32 teams, and Yomiuri won the championship. Results 1st Round *Nissan Motors 6–0 Mazda Auto Hiroshima * NTT Kinki 0–1 Mazda *Kyushu Sangyo University 1–2 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals *Fukuoka University 1–1 (PK 4–3) Mitsubishi Motors *Honda 2–2 (PK 5–4) Tsukuba University *Toyota Motors 2–3 Hitachi *Kokushikan University 3–2 Sapporo University *Fukushima FC 0–6 Furukawa Electric * Yomiuri 2–1 Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences *Nippon Steel 1–4 Teijin * Nippon Kokan 0–1 Matsushita Electric *Nissei Plastic Industry 0–3 Yanmar Diesel * Fujita Industries 4–0 Sumitomo Metals *Aichi Gakuin University 3–1 TDK * Seino Transportation 1–3 Toshiba *Kofu Club 0–3 Yamaha Motors 2nd Round *Nissan Motors 5–2 Mazda * Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 1–0 Fukuoka University *Honda 1–0 Hitachi *Kokushikan University 0–1 Furukawa Electric * Yomiuri 5–0 Teijin *Matsushita Electr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
