Thursday, May 6, 2010

Japan Soccer Team a bit of history

JAPAN



World Cup track record
1930 to1950 - Did not enter
1954 - Did not qualify
1958 - Did not enter
1962 - Did not qualify
1966 - Did not enter
1970 to 1994 - Did not qualify
1998 - First round
2002 - Second Round
2006 - First Round



TEAM HISTORY
Profile

FIFA member since: 1929
Team nickname: Nippon Daihyo
All-time caps leader: Masami Ihara (123)
All-time leading scorer: Kunishige Kamamoto (75 goals)

JAPAN AT THE WORLD CUP
Number of World Cup appearances: 3
All-time record: 10 games played, 2 wins, 2 draws, 6 losses
Goals for: 8
Goals against: 14
Biggest victory: 2-0 vs. Tunisia in 2002
Biggest defeat: 4-1 vs. Brazil in 2006
Top scorer: Junichi Inamoto (2 goals)
Most appearances: Hidetoshi Nakata (10 matches)
Hosted the World Cup: 2002

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