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General Information for Japan

Japan Football Association
Founded
1921
FIFA entry
1929
Average height in 1981
1.76m
Average age in 1981
23.1
Confederation
AFC
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Emblem
Jersey in 1981
No jersey in 1981

Coaches in 1981

Mori, Takaji (Coach)

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Mori, Takaji (Coach)

Day of Birth
1943-11-24
Day of Death
2011-07-17
Place of Birth
Fukuyama (Japan)
Height
1.73m
Goto coach Takaji Mori

Players of Japan in 1981

FIFA Non FIFA
Name Day of Birth Position Current Club M S G M S G
Katō, Yoshio 1957-08-01 Goalkeeper Japan Furukawa Electric Yokohama 5 0 0 - - -
Taguchi, Mitsuhisa 1955-02-14 Goalkeeper Japan Mitsubishi HI Tōkyō 5 0 0 - - -
Tsubota, Kazumi 1956-01-23 Goalkeeper Japan Yanmar Diesel Ōsaka 5 0 0 - - -
Yamaguchi, Satoshi 1959-08-01 Goalkeeper Japan Mitsubishi HI Tōkyō 0 1 0 - - -
Kato, Hisashi 1956-04-24 Sweeper Japan Yomiuri Tōkyō 9 0 1 - - -
Nomura, Mitsugu 1956-11-21 Defender Japan Fujita Industrial Tōkyō 9 0 0 - - -
Tsunami, Satoshi 1961-08-14 Left Back Japan Yomiuri Tōkyō 8 0 0 - - -
Tanaka, Shinji 1960-09-25 Defender Japan Chūō University 7 1 0 - - -
Okada, Takeshi 1956-08-25 Centre Back Japan Furukawa Electric Yokohama 5 0 0 - - -
Sudo, Shigemitsu 1956-04-02 Defender Japan Hitachi Kodaira 3 1 0 - - -
Sugamata, Tetsuo 1957-11-29 Defender Japan Hitachi Kodaira 3 0 0 - - -
Sonobe, Tsutomu 1958-03-29 Defender Japan Fujita Industrial Tōkyō 2 1 0 - - -
Yamamoto, Masakuni 1958-04-04 Defender Japan Yamaha Motors Iwata 2 0 0 - - -
Okimune, Toshihiko 1959-09-07 Centre Back Japan Fujitsū Kawasaki 1 1 0 - - -
Koshida, Takeshi 1960-10-19 Defender Japan Tsukuba University 1 0 0 - - -
Nishimura, Akihiro 1958-08-08 Defensive Midfielder Japan Yanmar Diesel Ōsaka 13 1 0 - - -
Maeda, Hideki 1954-05-13 Defensive Midfielder Japan Furukawa Electric Yokohama 10 2 0 - - -
Kawakatsu, Ryōichi 1958-04-05 Midfielder Japan Toshiba Kawasaki 10 1 0 - - -
Totsuka, Tetsuya 1961-04-24 Midfielder Japan Yomiuri Tōkyō 7 1 0 - - -
Kaneda, Nobutoshi 1958-02-16 Attacking Midfielder Japan Nissan Motors Yokohama 5 1 0 - - -
Kazama, Yahiro 1961-10-16 Midfielder Japan Tsukuba University 4 4 0 - - -
Kato, Masaaki 1958-12-22 Midfielder Japan Toshiba Kawasaki 4 0 1 - - -
Kimura, Kazushi 1958-07-19 Attacking Midfielder Japan Nissan Motors Yokohama 1 0 0 - - -
Itō, Naoji 1959-07-01 Midfielder Japan Honda Hamamatsu 0 1 0 - - -
Hara, Hiromi 1958-10-19 Centre Forward Japan Mitsubishi HI Tōkyō 9 2 1 - - -
Yokoyama, Masafumi 1956-04-10 Striker Japan Nippon Steel Kitakyūshū 9 1 6 - - -
Ozaki, Kazuo 1960-03-07 Secondary striker Japan Mitsubishi HI Tōkyō 9 1 2 - - -
Hashiratani, Koichi 1961-03-01 Secondary striker Japan Kokushikan University 8 1 0 - - -
Tezuka, Satoshi 1958-09-04 Striker Japan Fujita Industrial Tōkyō 4 3 0 - - -
Yoshida, Hiroshi 1958-02-11 Striker Japan Furukawa Electric Yokohama 4 2 2 - - -
Matsuura, Toshio 1955-11-20 Secondary striker Japan Nippon Kokan Kawasaki 2 2 1 - - -
Hasegawa, Haruhisa 1957-04-14 Striker Japan Yanmar Diesel Ōsaka 1 0 0 - - -

Matches of Japan in 1981

Missing match data:
Date Home Team Away Team Result Event Stadium FIFA
1981-01-25
Japan
Japan
Poland
Poland
0:2 c
Japan vs. Poland
Friendly Tokyo
1981-01-27
Japan
Japan
Poland
Poland
2:4 c
Japan vs. Poland
Friendly Tokushima
1981-01-30
Japan
Japan
Poland
Poland
1:4 c
Japan vs. Poland
Friendly Nagoya
1981-02-01
Japan
Japan
Poland
Poland
0:3 c
Japan vs. Poland
Friendly Tokyo
4 Matches

Match Progress for Japan in 1981

Favorite Opponents of Japan

Opponent M W D L G
South Korea
South Korea
38 12 8 18 53
China
China
25 14 7 4 35
Australia
Australia
21 11 6 4 35
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
18 5 7 6 22
North Korea
North Korea
16 8 3 5 19
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
16 10 1 5 25
Oman
Oman
14 10 3 1 21
Thailand
Thailand
13 9 2 2 25
Brazil
Brazil
13 0 2 11 5
Iran
Iran
13 4 5 4 15
Paraguay
Paraguay
11 5 3 3 18
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
11 7 3 1 30
Iraq
Iraq
10 7 2 1 19
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
10 8 2 0 30
Qatar
Qatar
9 2 4 3 12
Bahrain
Bahrain
9 7 0 2 13
Uruguay
Uruguay
9 2 3 4 18
Syria
Syria
9 8 1 0 26
Singapore
Singapore
9 8 1 0 19
Poland
Poland
7 2 0 5 10
Argentina
Argentina
7 1 0 6 4
Ghana
Ghana
7 5 0 2 16
Belgium
Belgium
6 2 2 2 11
Peru
Peru
6 2 2 2 8
Tunisia
Tunisia
6 5 0 1 8
Mexico
Mexico
6 1 0 5 6
France
France
6 1 0 5 7
Jordan
Jordan
6 3 2 1 16
Nepal
Nepal
6 6 0 0 33
Colombia
Colombia
6 1 1 4 4
Malaysia
Malaysia
5 3 0 2 10
Venezuela
Venezuela
5 0 4 1 5
Vietnam
Vietnam
5 4 1 0 8
India
India
5 5 0 0 21
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast
5 3 0 2 4
Cameroon
Cameroon
5 3 2 0 5
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
5 3 1 1 10
Canada
Canada
4 3 0 1 10
Croatia
Croatia
4 1 1 2 6
Yemen
Yemen
4 4 0 0 8
Tajikistan
Tajikistan
4 4 0 0 19
Jamaica
Jamaica
4 2 1 1 7
Germany
Germany
4 2 1 1 8
Indonesia
Indonesia
4 3 1 0 10
Sweden
Sweden
4 0 2 2 8
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
4 4 0 0 19
Myanmar
Myanmar
4 4 0 0 22
Kuwait
Kuwait
4 1 0 3 2
Senegal
Senegal
4 0 2 2 4
Ecuador
Ecuador
4 2 2 0 5
Bolivia
Bolivia
3 2 1 0 4
England
England
3 0 1 2 3
Scotland
Scotland
3 1 2 0 2
Turkey
Turkey
3 2 0 1 5
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
3 2 0 1 2
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
3 2 1 0 10
Serbia
Serbia
3 1 0 2 1
Nigeria
Nigeria
3 1 1 1 5
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bosnia & Herzegovina
3 1 1 1 6
Switzerland
Switzerland
3 1 0 2 8
Macau
Macau
3 3 0 0 23
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
3 1 0 2 8
Slovakia
Slovakia
3 2 1 0 5
Netherlands
Netherlands
3 0 1 2 2
USA
USA
3 2 0 1 7
New Zealand
New Zealand
3 3 0 0 9
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
3 1 2 0 1
Chile
Chile
3 1 1 1 4
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
3 3 0 0 11
Ukraine
Ukraine
3 1 0 2 2
Honduras
Honduras
3 2 1 0 14
Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
2 1 1 0 2
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
2 2 0 0 11
Cambodia
Cambodia
2 2 0 0 5
Mongolia
Mongolia
2 2 0 0 20
Guatemala
Guatemala
2 2 0 0 5
Greece
Greece
2 1 1 0 1
Finland
Finland
2 2 0 0 7
Spain
Spain
2 1 0 1 2
Egypt
Egypt
2 2 0 0 5
Latvia
Latvia
2 1 1 0 5
Hungary
Hungary
2 0 0 2 2
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
2 2 0 0 11
Iceland
Iceland
2 2 0 0 6
El Salvador
El Salvador
2 2 0 0 8
Italy
Italy
2 0 1 1 4
Panama
Panama
2 2 0 0 4
Denmark
Denmark
1 1 0 0 3
Cyprus
Cyprus
1 1 0 0 1
Serbia & Montenegro
Serbia & Montenegro
1 1 0 0 1
Belarus
Belarus
1 0 0 1 0
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
1 1 0 0 3
Angola
Angola
1 1 0 0 1
Togo
Togo
1 1 0 0 5
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
1 1 0 0 2
Mali
Mali
1 0 1 0 1
Montenegro
Montenegro
1 1 0 0 2
Zambia
Zambia
1 1 0 0 4
Palestine
Palestine
1 1 0 0 4
Brunei
Brunei
1 1 0 0 9
Malta
Malta
1 1 0 0 1
Wales
Wales
1 0 0 1 0
Norway
Norway
1 0 0 1 0
South Africa
South Africa
1 0 1 0 0
Romania
Romania
1 0 1 0 1
Russia
Russia
1 1 0 0 1
Austria
Austria
1 0 0 1 3
Pakistan
Pakistan
1 1 0 0 4
Haiti
Haiti
1 0 1 0 3
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