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Kozo Arai
is a former Japanese footballer. He played for Japan national team. Club career Arai was born in Etajima on October 24, 1950. After graduating from high school, he joined Furukawa Electric in 1969. In 1976, the club won Japan Soccer League and Emperor's Cup. The club also won 1977 JSL Cup. He retired in 1978. He played 124 games and scored 17 goals in the league. He was selected Best Eleven 4 times (1971, 1973, 1974 and 1976). National team career In December 1970, Arai was selected Japan national team for 1970 Asian Games. At this competition, on December 10, he debuted against Malaysia. He also played at 1974 Asian Games, 1972 Summer Olympics qualification, 1974 World Cup qualification and 1976 Summer Olympics qualification. He played 47 games and scored 4 goals for Japan until 1977. Club statistics National team statistics Awards * Japan Soccer League Best Eleven: 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976 * Japan Soccer League Fighting Spirit: 1971 * The year 1971 had three par ...
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Etajima, Hiroshima
is a city (formerly a town) located on the island of Etajima in Hiroshima Bay in southwestern Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The modern city of Etajima was established on November 1, 2004, from the merger of the town of Etajima (from Aki District) absorbing three towns from Saeki District: Nōmi, Ōgaki, and Okimi. As of December 31, 2016, population data, the city has an estimated population of 24,596 and a population density of 240 persons per km². The total area is 100.97 km². A naval museum and the Naval Academy Etajima is located in the portion of the city that was the town. Etajima holds two annual marathons, the Orange Marathon and the Oyster Marathon. The Orange Marathon has been held for more than two decades. It is held every year in October, at the beginning of the orange season. Each participant is rewarded for their efforts with a bag of locally grown oranges. The 23rd Annual Orange Marathon in 2008 had over 2000 participants for 1K, 3K, 5K, and 10K ru ...
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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
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1970 Japan National Football Team
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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1975 Japan Soccer League
League tables First Division Towa Real Estate was renamed Fujita Industries when the latter absorbed its subsidiary. Promotion/Relegation Series No relegations. Second Division JSL Promotion/Relegation Series NTT Kinki and Dainichi relegated, Furukawa Chiba and Yanmar Club promoted. References {{Japanese Club Football, group=first 1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ... 1 Jap Jap ...
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1972 Japan Soccer League
The 1972 season in Japanese football introduced a Second Division to the Japan Soccer League. Nine clubs were chosen from the 1971 Japanese Regional Leagues; when Nagoya Mutual Bank resigned from the League, a tenth club was chosen from the Kansai League. League tables JSL First Division No relegation took place as the First Division was being expanded to 10 clubs. JSL Second Division Toyota Motors, later one of the Japanese big names as Nagoya Grampus, was crowned the inaugural Second Division champion. Tanabe Pharmaceutical, a club from Osaka, followed them into the expanded 10-team First Division. No relegations took place, to keep the Second Division at 10 clubs. References {{Japanese Club Football, group=first 1972 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 ...
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1970 Japan Soccer League
The 1970 season of the Japan Soccer League was the sixth season of Japanese league football. Toyo Industries won their fifth title and set the record for title wins, but they would not regain the title during the rest of the JSL's existence and would not win the successor league, the J. League Division 1, until 2012. Japan Soccer League Promotion/Relegation Series No relegations. Team of the Year References {{1970 in Japanese football 1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ... 1 Jap Jap ...
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1969 Japan Soccer League
The 1969 season in Japanese football. League tables Japan Soccer League Promotion/Relegation Series No relegations. Team of the Year References {{1969 in Japanese football 1969 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Football At The 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Qualification
The men's qualification for the 1972 Summer Olympics. Qualified teams A total of 16 teams participated in the finals of the Olympic tournament. *Automatically qualified ** ''(as hosts)'' ** ''(as holders)'' *Europe (UEFA) ** ** ** ** *Africa ( CAF) ** ** ** *Asia ( AFC) ** ** ** *North and Central America (CONCACAF) ** ** *South America (CONMEBOL) ** ** Qualifications UEFA (Europe) The European Qualifiers for the 1972 Summer Olympics tournament took place after two rounds between 1 May 1971 and 21 May 1972. Denmark, East Germany, Poland and Soviet Union gained qualification to the Olympic tournament and West Germany as qualified automatically as hosts, Hungary as holders. CONMEBOL (South America) The South American Pre-Olympic tournament was held over a total of two rounds from 26 November to 11 December 1971 in Colombia and saw Brazil and Colombia qualify. CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean) The CONCACAF qualifying rounds and Pre-Olympic tournament was hel ...
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