Japan
Nickname	Nadeshiko Japan （なでしこジャパン）
Association	Japan Football Association (日本サッカー協会)
Coach	Hiroshi Ohashi（大橋浩司）
Most caps	Homare Sawa（澤穂希）(130)
Top scorer	Homare Sawa （澤穂希）(65)
FIFA rank	10
Home kit Away kit
First International Chinese Taipei 1 - 0 Japan (Hong Kong; 7 June 1981 non-All Japan team) India 1 - 0 Japan (Jakarta, Indonesia; 21 January 1986 All Japan team)
Largest win Japan 21 - 0 Guam (China; 5 December 1997)
Worst defeat Japan 0 - 9 Italy (Kobe,Japan; 9 September 1981 Japan 0 - 9 USA (Charlotte,NC,USA; 29 April 1999)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1991)
Best result	Quarterfinals, 1995
Olympic Games
Appearances	2 (First in 1996)
Best result	quarter final,2004
AFC Women's Championship
Appearances	10 (First in 1981)
Best result	2nd place - 1986,1991,1995,2001
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History of Nadeshiko Japan

The Birth of "Japan women's national football team"

During 1960s and 70s, women's football players and teams were increasing in Japan, and some teams made up a regional league in each places.

In 1980, "All-Japan Women's Football Championship" was held, and the next year 1981, Japan women's national football team played the first international match in Hong Kong. After while, the team continued playing matches in Japan or in other countries, however it was not "All Japan", but temporarily organized as a selection of members from any regional league. The All-Japan Womens Soccer Championship Tournament ), is a Japanese Womens football competition. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...

In 1986, Ryohei Suzuki took office as the coach of Japan women's national football team, the first "All Japan". In 1989, the "Japan Women's Football League" (abbreviated to "L.League") was established, and the women’s national team attended "FIFA Women's World Championship 1991" in China. The FIFA Womens World Cup 1991 was held in the China and won by the United States womens national football team. ...

Crisis years

Japan women's national football team has attended Atlanta Olympic Games, FIFA Women's World Championship 1995 and so on, so the national team and L.League were very popular. The 1996 Summer h Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ... The FIFA Womens World Cup 1995 was held in the Sweden and won by Norway womens national football team. ...

But in 1999, Japan missed the participation in Sydney Olympic Games, it caused withdrawal of a series of teams from an L.League before long, and the Japanese women’s football was to be on the verge of the decline. The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...

Regeneration

In August 2002, Japan Football Association appointed Eiji Ueda, who had acted as supervision of representative Macao National Football Team, as director representative, and it should have expected a comeback of women's football and planned team reorganization for the Athens Olympic Games . The Japan Football Association (JFA) is the governing body responsible for the administration of football (soccer) in Japan. ... The ceremony for the lighting of the flame is arranged as a pagan pageant, with priestesses dancing. ...

At first, the team was always defeated, but Ueda made up the team stronger, and the team gained wide support in Japan. In particular, the game against the hated Korea DPR, which decided the participation in the Olympics, not only made the audiences rush to the National Stadium, but was also a TV program that recorded high rating. First International ? Largest win ? Worst defeat ? World Cup Appearances ? (First in ?) Best result ? Olympic Games Appearances ? (First in ?) Best result ? ? Appearances ? (First in ?) Best result ? edit The Korea DPR womens national football team represents North Korea in international womens football. ...

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Honours

Performance in the World Cup

• 1991 : 1st round
• 1995 : quarter final
• 1999 : 1st round
• 2003 : 1st round

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Performance in the Olympic Games

• 1996 : 1st round
• 2000 : Did not qualify
• 2004 : quarter final

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Performance in AFC Women's Championship

• 1975 : not attended
• 1977 : not attended
• 1979 : not attended
• 1984 : Group stage
• 1983 : not attended
• 1986 : 2nd place
• 1989 : 3rd place
• 1991 : 2nd place
• 1993 : 3rd place
• 1995 : 2nd place
• 1997 : 3rd place
• 1999 : 4th place
• 2001 : 2nd place
• 2003 : 4th place

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Coaches

• Ryōhei Suzuki（鈴木良平）1986年 - 1989年
• Tamotsu Suzuki（鈴木保）1989年 - 1996年・1999年
• Satoshi Miyauchi（宮内聡）1997年 - 1999年
• Shinobu Ikeda（池田司信）2000年 - 2001年
• Eiji Ueda（上田栄治）2002年 - 2004年
• Kōji Ōhashi（大橋浩司）2004年 -

Current Team

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club 1 GK Miho Fukumoto October 2, 1983 (1983-10-02) (age 24) 28 0 Okayama Yunogo Belle 2 DF Hiromi Isozaki December 22, 1975 (1975-12-22) (age 31) 102 4 Tasaki Perule 3 DF Yukari Kinga May 2, 1984 (1984-05-02) (age 23) 14 0 NTV Beleza 4 DF Kyoko Yano June 3, 1984 (1984-06-03) (age 23) 38 1 Kanagawa University 5 MF Miyuki Yanagita April 11, 1981 (1981-04-11) (age 26) 73 11 Urawa Reds Ladies 6 MF Ayumi Hara February 21, 1979 (1979-02-21) (age 28) 0 0 INAC Leonessa 7 MF Tomomi Miyamoto December 31, 1978 (1978-12-31) (age 28) 72 13 IGA FC Kunoichi 8 MF Tomoe Sakai May 27, 1978 (1978-05-27) (age 29) 105 7 NTV Beleza 9 FW Eriko Arakawa October 30, 1979 (1979-10-30) (age 28) 49 17 NTV Beleza 10 MF Homare Sawa September 6, 1978 (1978-09-06) (age 29) 125 65 NTV Beleza 11 FW Mio Otani May 5, 1979 (1979-05-05) (age 28) 71 32 Tasaki Perule 12 GK Nozomi Yamago January 16, 1975 (1975-01-16) (age 32) 58 0 Urawa Reds Ladies 13 DF Kozue Ando July 9, 1982 (1982-07-09) (age 25) 49 7 Urawa Reds Ladies 14 DF Nayuha Toyoda September 15, 1986 (1986-09-15) (age 21) 13 0 NTV Beleza 15 DF Azusa Iwashimizu October 14, 1986 (1986-10-14) (age 21) 18 4 NTV Beleza 16 MF Aya Miyama January 28, 1985 (1985-01-28) (age 22) 45 13 Okayama Yunogo Belle 17 FW Yuki Nagasato July 15, 1987 (1987-07-15) (age 20) 30 18 NTV Beleza 18 FW Shinobu Ohno January 23, 1984 (1984-01-23) (age 23) 41 18 NTV Beleza 19 MF Mizuho Sakaguchi October 15, 1987 (1987-10-15) (age 20) 12 13 Tasaki Perule 20 DF Rumi Utsugi December 5, 1988 (1988-12-05) (age 18) 12 0 NTV Beleza 21 GK Misaki Amano April 22, 1985 (1985-04-22) (age 22) 0 0 Waseda University

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FIFA ranking

• July 2003 : 14
• August 2003 : 14 (→)
• October 2003 : 14 (→)
• December 2003 : 14 (→)
• March 2004 : 14 (→)
• June 2004 : 13 (↑)
• August 2004 : 13 (→)
• December 2004 : 13 (→)
• March 2005 : 12 (↑)
• June 2005 : 11 (↑)
• September 2005 : 11 (→)
• December 2005 : 11 (→)
• March 2006 : 11 (→)
• May 2006 : 13 (↓)
• September 2006 : 13 (→)
• December 2006 : 10 (↑)
• March 2007 : 9 (↑)
• June 2007 : 10 (↓)

External links

• Official JFA women's football site (Japanese)
• Official JFA site (English ver.)

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Asia: AFC – Women's Asian Cup      Africa: CAF – Women's Championship      North America: CONCACAF – Women's Gold Cup      South America: CONMEBOL – Sudamericano Femenino      Oceania: OFC – Women's Championship      Europe: UEFA – Women's Championship
National women's football teams of Asia (AFC) v • d • e
Afghanistan | Australia | Bahrain | Bangladesh | China PR | Chinese Taipei | Guam | Hong Kong, China | India | Indonesia | Iran | Japan | Jordan | Korea DPR | Korea Republic | Laos | Lebanon | Malaysia | Maldives | Myanmar | Nepal | Pakistan | Palestine | Philippines | Qatar | Singapore | Syria | Thailand | Uzbekistan | Vietnam | The 46 member Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of football in Asia, excluding Cyprus and Israel but including Australia. ... The AFC Womens Asian Cup is a biannual competition in womens football for national teams which belong to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). ... The 53 member CAF (Confederation of African Football) , (French : Confédération Africaine de Football) , (Arabic : الإتحاد الأفريقى لكرة القدم) represents international football in Africa, and organises the African Cup of Nations, CAF Confederation Cup and the African Champions League. ... The CAF Womens Championship is a biennial competition in womens football for national teams which belong to the Confederation of African Football (CAF). ... CONCACAF (the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) is the continent-wide governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. ... The CONCACAF Womens Gold Cup, the CONCACAF championship competition, takes place every other year. ... CONMEBOL or CSF (CONfederación SudaMEricana de FútBOL, South American Football Confederation) is the governing body of football in most of South America. ... The Sudamericano Femenino is the main competition in womens football (soccer) between national teams of the CONMEBOL Confederation. ... Oceania Football Confederation logo since 1998 The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international football. ... The OFC Womens Championship (also known as the Oceania Cup) is a competition in womens football for national teams which belong to the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). ... The Union Européenne de Football Association or Union of European Football Associations in English, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced (you-AY-fuh) or (oo-Ay-fuh) or ), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ... The UEFA Womens Championship is the main competition in womens football (soccer) between national teams of the UEFA region. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1357x628, 19 KB) Summary This image is copy of World Map FIFA.png I added divisions in UK - England, Scotland & Wales. ... UEFA Womens Cup Final 2005 at Potsdam Womens association football is the most prominent team sport for women in many countries, and one of the few womens team sports with professional leagues. ... For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). ... The 46 member Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of football in Asia, excluding Cyprus and Israel but including Australia. ... First International - Largest win - Worst defeat - World Cup Appearances Best result - Olympic Games Appearances Best result - - Appearances Best result - edit The China womens national football team represents the Peoples Republic of China in international womens football. ... First International - Largest win - Worst defeat Japan 11–1 Chinese Taipei (Adelaide, Australia; July 21, 2006) World Cup Appearances 1 (First in 1991) Best result Quarterfinal, 1991 Olympic Games Appearances None (First in -) Best result - AFC Womens Championship Appearances ≥6 (First in before or on 1977) Best result Winners... First International ? Largest win ? Worst defeat ? World Cup Appearances ? (First in ?) Best result ? Olympic Games Appearances ? (First in ?) Best result ? ? Appearances ? (First in ?) Best result ? edit The Korea DPR womens national football team represents North Korea in international womens football. ... Korea Republic Womens national football team Win over Chinese Taipei 2-0, Vietnam 3-1. ...