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Koji Tanaka
is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team. Club career Tanaka was born in Saitama on November 2, 1955. After graduating from Meiji University, he joined Nippon Kokan (later ''NKK'') in 1978. The club won the champions at 1980 JSL Cup and 1981 Emperor's Cup. From 1985, the club won the 2nd place for 3 years in a row and won the champions 1987 JSL Cup. He retired in 1988. National team career On July 15, 1982, Tanaka debuted for Japan national team against Romania. In November, he played at 1982 Asian Games. In 1983 and 1984, he played at 1984 Summer Olympics qualification. He played 20 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 1984. Coaching career After retirement, Tanaka started coaching career at NKK in 1989. In 1993, he became a manager for Japan U-20 national team. At 1995 World Youth Championship, he led U-20 Japan to advanced to the quarter-finals. In 1995, he signed with Nagoya Grampus Eight and became a coach. In Novem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saitama (city)
is the capital and the most populous Cities of Japan, city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Saitama, Urawa, Ōmiya, Saitama, Ōmiya, Yono, Saitama, Yono and Iwatsuki, Saitama, Iwatsuki. It is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, city designated by government ordinance. Being in the Greater Tokyo Area and lying 15 to 30 kilometres north of central Tokyo, many of its residents commute into Tokyo. , the city had an estimated population of 1,324,854, and a population density of 6,093 people per km² (15,781 people per mi²). Its total area is . Etymology The name "Saitama" originally comes from the of what is now the city of Gyoda, Saitama, Gyōda in the northern part of what is now known as Saitama Prefecture. "Sakitama" has an ancient history and is mentioned in the famous 8th century poetry anthology ''Man'yōshū''. The pronunciation has changed from Sakitama to Saitama over the years. With the merger of Urawa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 JSL Cup
Statistics of JSL Cup in the 1980 season. Overview It was contested by 20 teams, and Nippon Kokan won the championship. Results 1st Round * Yomiuri 3-2 Yamaha Motors *Furukawa Electric 3-2 Fujita Industries *Honda 3-0 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals *Yanmar Diesel 2-0 Fujitsu 2nd Round *Hitachi 5-1 Sumitomo Metals * Yomiuri 1-3 Toyo Industries *Mitsubishi Motors 0-1 Furukawa Electric *Nissan Motors 2-0 Daikyo Oil *Nippon Steel 2-4 Nippon Kokan *Honda 0-1 Toshiba * Kofu 0-3 Yanmar Diesel * Teijin Matsuyama 4-2 Toyota Motors Quarterfinals *Hitachi 4-1 Toyo Industries *Furukawa Electric 1-1 (PK 4–5) Nissan Motors * Nippon Kokan 1-0 Toshiba *Yanmar Diesel 1-2 Teijin Matsuyama Semifinals *Hitachi 2-0 Nissan Motors * Nippon Kokan 2-1 Teijin Matsuyama Final *Hitachi 1-3 Nippon Kokan Nippon Kokan won the championship References {{1980 in Japanese football JSL Cup League Cup In several sports, most prominently association football, a league cup or secondary cup generally ... [...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] |
J2 League
The or simply J2 is the second division of the and the second level of the Japanese association football league system. The top tier is represented by the J1 League. It (along with the rest of the J.League) is currently sponsored by Meiji Yasuda Life and it is thus officially known as the . Until the 2014 season it was named the J.League Division 2. Second-tier club football has existed in Japan since 1972; however, it was only professionalized during the 1999 season with ten clubs. The league took one relegating club from the top division and nine clubs from the second-tier semi-professional former Japan Football League to create the J2 League. The remaining seven clubs in the Japan Football League, the newly formed Yokohama FC, and one promoting club from the Regional Leagues, formed the nine-club Japan Football League, then the third tier of Japanese football. The third tier is now represented by the J3 League. History Phases of Japanese second-tier association football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Queiroz
Carlos Manuel Brito Leal de Queiroz (; born 1 March 1953) is a Portuguese football coach who currently is the head coach of the Iran national team. He has served as the manager of his native Portugal's national team, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Iran, Colombia and Egypt, leading South Africa (2002), Portugal (2010) and Iran ( 2014, 2018, and 2022) to the FIFA World Cup. At club level, he has also managed Sporting CP, the New York/New Jersey Metrostars in Major League Soccer and Spanish club Real Madrid. He also had two spells as Alex Ferguson's assistant manager at English club Manchester United. Queiroz has won several awards as a coach in junior levels, and has been successful at senior and club levels, mainly as Alex Ferguson's assistant manager. In 1998, he authored the '' Q-Report'', which detailed plans to enhance footballer development in the United States. Queiroz is the longest-serving manager in the history of the Iran national team, serving for almost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the 1995 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Youth Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 10th edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It was held in Qatar from 13 to 28 April 1995. The tournament took place in three venues within the city of Doha. The tournament was originally going to be held in Nigeria. Due to a meningitis outbreak, however, Nigeria withdrew from hosting duties and FIFA relocated the event to Qatar. Qualification :1.Teams that made their debut. Squads For a list of the squads see 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship squads Group stages Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Knockout Stages Quarter-finals ---- ---- ---- ---- Semi-finals ---- ---- Third place play-off ---- Final Result Awards Goalscorers Joseba Etxeberria of Spain won the Golden Sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's Qualification
The men's qualification for the 1984 Summer Olympics. Qualified teams Sixteen teams qualified for the Olympic tournament after continental qualifying rounds. Three Warsaw Pact countries had qualified but withdrew as part of the Soviet-led boycott. They were replaced as follows: * East Germany were replaced by Norway * USSR were replaced by West Germany * Czechoslovakia were replaced by Italy *Automatically qualified ** ''(as hosts)'' ** (''replaces the holders'' ) *Europe ( UEFA) ** ** (replaces ) ** (replaces ) ** *Africa ( CAF) ** ** ** *Asia (AFC) ** ** ** *North and Central America ( CONCACAF) ** ** *South America (CONMEBOL) ** ** Qualifications UEFA (Europe) The European Qualifiers for the 1984 Summer Olympics tournament took place in 4 groups between 23 March 1983 and 22 April 1984. France, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Soviet Union and Yugoslavia gained qualification to the Olympic tournament. Czechoslovakia was replaced by Italy, East Germany was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 1982 Asian Games
Football at the 1982 Asian Games was held in New Delhi, India from 20 November to 3 December 1982. In this tournament, 16 teams played in the men's competition. Medalists Draw The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 1978 Asian Games. ;Group A * * * * * * ;Group B * * * * * * ;Group C * * * * ;Group D * * * * * * Oman and North Yemen withdrew, South Yemen was moved to group D to balance the number of teams in each group. Squads Results Preliminary round Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Knockout round Quarterfinals ---- ---- ---- Semifinals ---- Bronze medal match * The match was scratched and Saudi Arabia were awarded the bronze medal 2–0 after the North Korean team (including officials and competitors from other sports) were handed a two-year suspension for assaulting the referee, Viji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romania National Football Team
The Romania national football team ( ro, Echipa națională de fotbal a României) represents Romania in international men's football competition and is administered by the Romanian Football Federation ( ro, Federația Română de Fotbal), also known as FRF. They are colloquially known as ''Tricolorii'' (The Tricolours). Romania is one of only four national teams from Europe—the other three being Belgium, France, and Yugoslavia—that took part in the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930. Including that participation, Romania have qualified for seven World Cup editions, the latest in 1998. The national team's finest hour came in 1994, when led by playmaker Gheorghe Hagi it defeated Argentina 3–2 in round of 16. This moved them on to the quarter-finals of the competition, where they were eliminated by Sweden on a penalty shoot-out. At the European Championships, Romania's best performance was in 2000 when they advanced to the quarter-finals from a group with Germany, Por ... [...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] |
1986 Emperor's Cup
Statistics of Emperor's Cup in the 1986 season. Overview It was contested by 32 teams, and Yomiuri won the championship. Results 1st Round *Furukawa Electric (withdrew) – Hyōgo Teachers *Teijin 0–1 Osaka Gas * Yomiuri 3–1 Fukuoka University * Yawata Steel 1–1 (PK 8–7) Hitachi *Nissan Motors 3–0 Kawasaki Steel Mizushima * NTT Kansai 0–4 Mazda *Seino Transportation SC 3–2 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals *Kochi University 0–3 Fujita Industries *Honda 3–0 Kofu *All Nippon Airways 3–1 Fujieda City Hall S.C. *Matsushita Electric 1–1 (PK 3–1) Toyota Motors *Toshiba 0–1 Yamaha Motors *Mitsubishi Motors 4–2 Sapporo University *Waseda University 0–1 Yanmar Diesel *Kokushikan University 0–0 (PK 5–3) Akita City Hall * F.C. Ueda Gentian 1–7 Nippon Kokan 2nd Round * Hyōgo Teachers 1–1 (PK 3–2) Osaka Gas * Yomiuri 2–1 Yawata Steel *Nissan Motors 2–0 Mazda *Seino Transportation SC 0–2 Fujita Industries *Honda 5–1 All Nippon Airways *Matsushit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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