Japan women's national football team
Japan women's national football team (サッカー日本女子代表, Sakkā Nihon Joshi Daihyō), also known as Nadeshiko Japan (なでしこジャパン), is a Japanese women's association football team. The team represents Japan in international competition. It is made up of the best female players in Japan.
Nadeshiko Japan is best known as the first Asian team to win the FIFA Women's World Cup.
History
[change | change source]Japan Football Association (JFA) set up an official women's organization in 1979. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) asked each member country to promote and develop the sport among women.[3]
In 1981 the Japan women's national football team played its first international match in Hong Kong. The team lost to Taiwan 0-1.[3]
The women’s national team qualified for the "1991 FIFA Women's World Cup" in China.
In 2004, the JFA organized a public contest to select a name for the team;[3] and "Nadeshiko Japan" was chosen from among 2,000+ entries.[4]
In the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, Japan defeated the United States team in the last game of a knockout tournament.[5]
In the 2012 Summer Olympics, Nadeshiko Japan won the silver medal.[6]
International statistics
[change | change source]FIFA Women's World Cup Record
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Olympic Games Record
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Coaches
[change | change source]- Seiki Ichihara (1981)
- Takao Orii (1984)
- Ryohei Suzuki (1986-1989)
- Tamotsu Suzuki (1989-1996)[7]
- Satoshi Miyauchi (1997-1999)[8]
- Tamotsu Suzuki (1999)
- Shinobu Ikeda (2000-2002)
- Eiji Ueda (2002-2004)
- Hiroshi Ohashi (2004-2007)
- Norio Sasaki (2008-2016)[9]
- Asako Takakura (2016-)
Related pages
[change | change source]- Sports in Japan
- Japan at the Olympics
- Japan national football team
- List of Japan women's international footballers
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Hongo, Jun, "Nadeshiko Japan eyes London Olympic gold Archived 2012-11-01 at the Wayback Machine", Japan Times, 24 January 2012, p. 3.
- ↑ "Nadeshiko", a kind of dianthus flower, comes from the phrase Yamato nadeshiko (大和撫子, literally, "ideal Japanese woman")
- ↑ "Japan edge USA for maiden title," Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine 17 July 2011; "Women's World Cup final: Japan beat USA on penalties," BBC (UK). 17 July 2011; retrieved 2012-8-8.
- ↑ Baxter, Kevin. "Japanese soccer team gets upgrade ...," Los Angeles Times. August 11, 2012; excerpt, " Japan's soccer association was chided for making the world champions fly coach to London .... But association President Kuniya Daini confirmed the women will have better seats on the trip home"; retrieved 2012-8-17.
- ↑ FIFA.com, FIFA Women's World Cup, p. 2 [PDF p. 2 of 2]Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-8-17.
- ↑ RedSwift.com, "'Nadeshiko Japan' Squad" Archived 2012-10-03 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 2012-8-17.
- ↑ FIFA.com, "Coach of the Year, Norio Sasaki" Archived 2015-03-30 at the Wayback Machine; Westlake, Adam. "Nadeshiko Japan coach Sasaki to step down after London Olympics," Archived 2013-03-18 at the Wayback Machine Japan Daily Press. August 9, 2012; retrieved 2012-8-17.
Other websites
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