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General Information for Japan
Japan Football Association
Founded
1921
FIFA entry
1929
Average height in 1988
1.78m
Average age in 1988
23
Confederation
AFC
Infos provided by
Emblem
Jersey in 1988
Coaches in 1988
Kindly provided by Jorge Mendoza
Yokoyama, Kenzō (Coach)
Day of Birth
1943-01-21
Place of Birth
Saitama
(Japan)
Height
1.75m
Matches
9
(4 /
5)
Yamaguchi, Yoshitada (Coach)
Day of Birth
1944-09-28
Place of Birth
Fujieda
(Japan)
Height
1.67m
Matches
4
(4 /
0)
Players of Japan in 1988
| FIFA | Non FIFA | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Day of Birth | Position | Current Club | M | S | G | M | S | G | |
| Sanada, Masanori | 1968-03-06 | Goalkeeper |
|
Juntendō University | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matsui, Kiyotaka | 1961-01-04 | Goalkeeper |
|
Nippon Kokan Kawasaki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matsunaga, Shigetatsu | 1962-08-12 | Goalkeeper |
|
Nissan Motors Yokohama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tsuchida, Hisashi | 1967-02-01 | Goalkeeper |
|
Ōsaka University of Economics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morishita, Shinichi | 1960-12-28 | Goalkeeper |
|
Yamaha Motors Iwata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Horiike, Takumi | 1965-09-06 | Centre Back |
|
Yomiuri Tōkyō | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ihara, Masami | 1967-09-18 | Centre Back |
|
Tsukuba University | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sakakura, Yūji | 1967-06-07 | Defender |
|
Juntendō University | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taguchi, Yoshinori | 1965-09-14 | Defender |
|
Tsukuba University | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ōtake, Naoto | 1968-10-18 | Centre Back |
|
Juntendō University | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sano, Tōru | 1963-11-15 | Defender |
|
Nissan Motors Yokohama | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Motoyoshi, Takeshi | 1967-07-26 | Defender |
|
Chūō University | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hirakawa, Hiroshi | 1965-01-10 | Centre Back |
|
Nissan Motors Yokohama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kajino, Tomoyuki | 1960-07-11 | Defender |
|
Yanmar Diesel Ōsaka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ueno, Nobuhiro | 1965-08-26 | Defender |
|
ANA Yokohama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shinto, Katsuyoshi | 1960-09-15 | Centre Back |
|
Mazda SC Hiroshima | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Matsuyama, Yoshiyuki | 1966-07-31 | Midfielder |
|
Waseda University | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ikenoue, Shunichi | 1967-02-16 | Midfielder |
|
Ōsaka University of Commerce | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ōenoki, Katsumi | 1965-04-03 | Defensive Midfielder |
|
Yamaha Motors Iwata | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shirasawa, Hisanori | 1964-12-13 | Midfielder |
|
Yanmar Diesel Ōsaka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mizunuma, Takashi | 1960-05-28 | Attacking Midfielder |
|
Nissan Motors Yokohama | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sasaki, Masanao | 1962-06-19 | Right Midfielder |
|
Honda Hamamatsu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hashiratani, Tetsuji | 1964-07-15 | Defensive Midfielder |
|
Nissan Motors Yokohama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Mochizuki, Satoru | 1964-05-18 | Centre Midfielder |
|
Nippon Kokan Kawasaki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Kusaki, Katsuhiro | 1962-04-12 | Midfielder |
|
Yanmar Diesel Ōsaka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Natori, Atsushi | 1961-11-12 | Defensive Midfielder |
|
Mitsubishi HI Tōkyō | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoshida, Yasuhiro | 1969-07-14 | Centre Midfielder |
|
Meiji University | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mori, Masaaki | 1961-07-12 | Midfielder |
|
Fujita Industrial Tōkyō | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noda, Satoru | 1969-03-19 | Midfielder |
|
Kokushikan University | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sugimoto, Masao | 1967-06-26 | Midfielder |
|
Juntendō University | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asaoka, Tomoyasu | 1962-04-06 | Midfielder |
|
Yomiuri Tōkyō | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Oishi, Hideya | 1972-08-29 | Midfielder | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nishimura, Akihiro | 1958-08-08 | Defensive Midfielder |
|
Yanmar Diesel Ōsaka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sugano, Yuji | 1961-04-14 | Midfielder |
|
Toyota Motors Nagoya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maeda, Osamu | 1965-09-05 | Striker |
|
ANA Yokohama | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurosaki, Hisashi | 1968-05-08 | Secondary striker |
|
Honda Hamamatsu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minoguchi, Yusuke | 1965-08-23 | Striker |
|
Furukawa Electric Yokohama | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nakayama, Masashi | 1967-09-23 | Centre Forward |
|
Tsukuba University | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Takagi, Takuya | 1967-11-12 | Centre Forward |
|
Ōsaka University of Commerce | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hara, Hiromi | 1958-10-19 | Centre Forward |
|
Mitsubishi HI Tōkyō | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tezuka, Satoshi | 1958-09-04 | Striker |
|
Fujita Industrial Tōkyō | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Fujishiro, Nobuyo | 1960-01-25 | Striker |
|
Nippon Kokan Kawasaki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Matches of Japan in 1988
Missing match data:
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | Result | Event | Stadium | FIFA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-01-27 |
|
|
1:1 p | Friendly | ||
| 1988-01-30 |
|
|
2:0 p | Friendly | ||
| 1988-02-02 |
|
|
1:1 p | Friendly | Muscat | |
| 1988-04-08 |
|
|
1:0 c | Asian Cup 1988 - Group 2 | ||
| 1988-04-11 |
|
|
0:1 c | Asian Cup 1988 - Group 2 | ||
| 1988-04-16 |
|
|
1:1 p | Asian Cup 1988 - Group 2 | Kuala Lumpur | |
| 1988-04-18 |
|
|
4:1 p | Asian Cup 1988 - Group 2 | Kuala Lumpur | |
| 1988-06-02 |
|
|
0:3 c | Friendly | ||
| 1988-10-26 |
|
|
0:1 c | Friendly | ||
| 1988-12-04 |
|
|
0:0 c | Asian Cup 1988 - Group A | ||
| 1988-12-06 |
|
|
2:0 c | Asian Cup 1988 - Group A | ||
| 1988-12-10 |
|
|
0:1 c | Asian Cup 1988 - Group A | ||
| 1988-12-12 |
|
|
3:0 c | Asian Cup 1988 - Group A | ||
| 13 Matches | ||||||
Match Progress for Japan in 1988
Favorite Opponents of Japan
| Opponent | M | W | D | L | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 52 |
|
|
25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 35 |
|
21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 35 |
|
|
18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 22 |
|
16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 25 |
|
14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
|
14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
|
|
13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
|
13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 |
|
12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
|
11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 30 |
|
11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
|
9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
|
9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
|
|
8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
|
8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
|
8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 25 |
|
7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
|
7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
|
7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
|
7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
|
7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
|
|
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
|
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
|
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
|
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
|
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
|
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
|
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
|
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
|
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
|
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
|
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
|
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
|
5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
|
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
|
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
|
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
|
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 523 | 273 | 107 | 143 | 973 |