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Yōko Tanaka
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Renofa Yamaguchi FC Ladies. She has also been a member of the Japan national team. Club career Tanaka was born in Yamaguchi on July 30, 1993. After graduating from JFA Academy Fukushima, she joined INAC Kobe Leonessa in 2012. In 2014, she moved to Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara. In July 2019, she moved to Sporting de Huelva. In December 2024, she returned to Japan to sign for her hometown team-Renofa Yamaguchi FC Ladies, becoming the first player to sign a professional contract for the club. National team career Tanaka was a member of Japan U-17 national team for 2008 and 2010 U-17 World Cup. At 2010, she played 6 games and 4 goals, and U-17 Japan team won 2nd place. She was also a member of U-20 team for 2012 U-20 World Cup in Japan. She played 6 games and 6 goals. She was selected Silver Shoe awards and Japan won 3rd place. In March 2013, she was selected Japan national team for 2013 Algarve Cup. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 6th edition of the tournament. The tournament was played in Japan from 19 August to 8 September with sixteen national football teams and marked the first hosting of a FIFA women's tournament in the country. The host nation was to be decided on 19 March 2010 but was postponed by FIFA to give bidders more time to prepare their bids. On 3 March 2011, FIFA initially awarded the World Cup to Uzbekistan. However, on 18 December 2011 FIFA had the tournament stripped from this country for problems with the bid and named Japan as a possible host. Japan was officially announced as host on 8 February 2012. Bids and hosting problems Vietnam had originally won the right the host the tournament. However, the country had to withdraw its bid because it could not guarantee government backing and found the FIFA bid process "taxing". New Zealand had initially been asked to be ready as a backup venue, but was eventually awarded the 2015 FIFA U-20 World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadeshiko League Cup
The Nadeshiko League Cup (Japanese: なでしこリーグカップ) is a cup competition for women's football clubs in Japan. The competition began as the L.League Cup in 1996 and it was abolished after the 1999 edition. It reappeared on the occasion of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, under the name Nadeshiko League Cup. The WE League, a professional women's football league, was launched in 2021, and the Nadeshiko League Cup ended in 2020. Results See also *WE League * Empress's Cup *WE League Cup The WE League Cup (Japanese: WEリーグカップ) is a cup competition for women's football clubs in Japan. Results Records and statistics Performances by club Top scorers by year See also * JFA * WE League * Empress's Cup (National Cu ... References External links Nadeshiko League Official site {{National football league cups Women's football in Japan Association football clubs established in 1996 1996 establishments in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
The AFC U-16 Women's Championship 2009 was the 3rd instance of the AFC U-16 Women's Championship. It was held from 4 to 15 November 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. The top 3 teams qualified for 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Venues Qualification Seeding # # # # # # # # Group stage The draw for the AFC U-16 Women's Championship 2009 took place in Bangkok on February 27, 2009. Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Semi-finals ---- Third-place play-off Final See also *2009 AFC U-19 Women's Championship References External links Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Afc U-16 Women's Championship 2009 U-16 Women's Championship U-16 Championship U-16 Women's Championship 2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFC U-16 Women's Championship
The AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup, founded as the AFC U-17 Women's Championship and later the AFC U-16 Women's Championship, before changing to its current name after the 2019 edition, is a biennial women's football tournament for youth teams organised by the Asian Football Confederation. It further serves as the qualifying competition for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The AFC agreed to the proposal for switching the tournament from under-16 to under-17 starting from 2022. Thus, the tournament was rebranded from the "AFC U-16 Women's Championship" to the "AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup". Format The tournament was first held in 2005 as an under-17 tournament. With only 11 teams entering in the inaugural year, there was no qualification held. In 2007 the tournament switched to the under-16 tournament, again eight teams entered the competition. In 2009 twelve teams entered and thus for a first time a qualifying round was held. The 2011 edition featured two qualification rounds. Here fiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup women's football tournament was the second such tournament, and was held in Trinidad and Tobago from 5 to 25 September 2010. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations, took part in the final competition, in which Trinidad and Tobago had a guaranteed place as the host nation. Qualified teams *The qualifiers took place during late 2009 and early 2010. The places were allocated as follows to confederations: AFC (3), CAF (3), CONCACAF (2), CONMEBOL (3), OFC (1), UEFA (3), plus the host country. :1.Teams that made their debut. On 30 June 2010, President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan announced he would suspend the Nigeria Football Federation from FIFA competition for 2 years. This put the Flamingoes place at the competition in jeopardy. On 5 July 2010, the ban was lifted. Squads Venues During preparation, four stadiums were constructed in 2001. These four venues along with Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is an annual (biennial until 2024) international women's association football tournament for female players under the age of 17. It is organized by ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (FIFA) since 2008. The current champions are North Korea, who won a record third title at the 2024 edition in the Dominican Republic. History In 2003, after the inaugural success of the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, held in Canada, FIFA proposed adding a second youth tournament for girls. Continental confederations told FIFA it would be difficult to create a second championship, with the age limits in place at the time. Therefore, FIFA created the U-17 Women's World Cup and the U-20 Women's World Championship (renamed the "U-20 Women's World Cup" in 2007), the same age groups as its men's youth tournaments. Accordingly, the age limit for the U-19 championship was increased to 20, effective with the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
The 2011 AFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 6th edition of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship. Vietnam hosted the tournament from 6 to 16 October 2011. The top 3 teams Japan, North Korea, and China qualified to the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Japan was later named host of the U-20 Women's World Cup, so their spot was awarded to fourth-place finisher South Korea. Seeding The tournament format is: Qualification Uzbekistan and Iran progressed from the first qualifying round as winners but then finished in the last two places in the second qualification round. Vietnam came through the qualification as the group winner in the 2nd qualification round. Final round Venues The host city was Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. The Final round was played at the following stadiums. * Thanh Long Sports Centre * Thong Nhat Stadium Results ''All matches were held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (UTC+7)'' ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
The AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup is an association football tournament for women's national teams under the age of 20, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It is organised by the Asian Football Confederation every two years, and serves as a qualifying competition for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. It was first played in 2002 as the AFC U-19 Women's Championship with an upper age limit of 19. Starting from the 2022 edition, the age limit was raised to 20. Moreover, the tournament was rebranded from the "AFC U-19 Women's Championship" to the "AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup". The current champion is North Korea, which won the 2024 final 2–1 against Japan. Japan is also the most successful team in the tournament, having won six times. Format In 2002 and 2004 no qualifying round was played, with all teams directly participating in the group stage. Qualifying rounds were introduced starting from the 2006 edition, with eight teams qualifying to the final tournament. The eig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament, organized by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), for national teams of women under the age of 20. The tournament is held biennially. It was first held in 2002 as the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship with an upper age limit of 19. In 2006, the age limit was raised to the current 20. The event was renamed as a World Cup since the 2008 competition, making its name consistent with FIFA's other worldwide competitions for national teams. Starting with the 2010 edition, tournaments held in years immediately preceding the FIFA Women's World Cup are awarded as part of the bidding process for the Women's World Cup. In those years, the U-20 Women's World Cup serves as a test event for the host nation of the Women's World Cup, a role similar to that of the former FIFA Confederations Cup in the men's game. The current champions are North Korea women's national under-20 footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Empress's Cup ...
The 2017 Empress's Cup was the 39th edition of the Japanese women's football national cup. NTV Beleza won its 11th title and sealed its first League-Cup double since the 2008 season after beating Nadeshiko Division 1 newcomer Nojima Stella in the final. Defending champion INAC Leonessa was defeated on penalties in the Round of 32 by the non- L. League team of the Waseda University. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2017 Empress's Cup Empress's Cup Empress's Cup , since 2018 renamed "Empress's Cup JFA Japan Women's Football Championship" () or The JFA Empress's Cup (from 2024 onwards), is a Japanese Women's football competition. As an elimination tournament, it can be considered the female counterpart to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Empress's Cup
Statistics of Empress's Cup in the 2013 season. Overview It was contested by 36 teams, and INAC Kobe Leonessa won the championship. Results 1st round *Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences 2-2 (pen 4-5) Nippon Sport Science University *Fukuoka J. Anclas 1-4 Ehime FC Ladies, Ehime FC *Kanto Gakuen University 3-1 Fujieda Junshin High School *Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara, Nojima Stella Kanagawa 1-2 Hinomoto Gakuen High School *Naruto Uzushio High School 0-3 Fukui University of Technology Fukui High School *Hoo High School 2-0 Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies, Cerezo Osaka Sakai *AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies, AC Nagano Parceiro 0-5 Chifure AS Elfen Saitama, AS Elfen Sayama FC *Angeviolet Hiroshima 2-3 Shizuoka Sangyo University *Kamimura Gakuen High School 3-0 Hokkaido Bunkyo University Meisei High School *Kumamoto Renaissance FC, Mashiki Renaissance Kumamoto FC 0-6 JFA Academy Fukushima *Waseda University 3-0 Sendai University *Shimizudaihachi Pleiades 1-2 Japan Soccer College La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Empress's Cup
Statistics of Empress's Cup in the 2012 season. Overview It was contested by 32 teams, and INAC Kobe Leonessa won the championship. Results 1st round *Fukui University of Technology Fukui High School 0-3 Waseda University * Japan Soccer College 3-1 Seiwa Gakuen High School *JFA Academy Fukushima 2-1 Shizuoka Sangyo University *Ehime FC 2-3 Nippon Sport Science University * Nojima Stella Kanagawa 4-1 Melsa Kumamoto FC *Himeji Dokkyo University 0-1 Kamimura Gakuen High School * Kanto Gakuen University 4-2 Sakuyo High School *Niigata University of Health and Welfare 1-3 Fujieda Junshin High School 2nd round * Hokkaido Otani Muroran High School 1-5 Waseda University * Japan Soccer College 0-1 AS Elfen Sayama FC * Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences 0-3 JFA Academy Fukushima *Nippon Sport Science University 0-6 Vegalta Sendai * Kochi ganador FC 0-10 Nojima Stella Kanagawa * Kamimura Gakuen High School 2-1 Kibi International University * Fukuoka J. Anclas 2-1 Kanto G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
