Japan Football Association

The Japan Football Association (JFA; Japanese: 日本サッカー協会)[1] is the governing body responsible for the administration of football, futsal, beach soccer and efootball in Japan. It is responsible for the national team, as well as club competitions.[2]

Japan Football Association
AFC
Founded1921 (1921)
HeadquartersBunkyō, Tokyo
FIFA affiliation1929
AFC affiliation1954
EAFF affiliation2002
PresidentKozo Tashima
Vice-President
Websitejfa.jp

History

The organization was founded in 1921 as the Greater Japan Football Association (大日本蹴球協会, Dai-Nippon Shūkyū Kyōkai), and became affiliated with FIFA in 1929.[1] In 1945, the name of the organization was changed to the Japan Football Association (日本蹴球協会, Nihon Shūkyū Kyōkai); its Japanese name was changed to the current title in 1975. The association generally translates its name to "Japan Football Association" in English,[3] though "Japan Soccer Association" is also used.

Identity

Flag

The symbol of the JFA is the Yatagarasu, a mythical three-legged raven that guided Emperor Jimmu to Mount Kumano. Yatagarasu is also the messenger of the supreme Shinto sun goddess Amaterasu.[1]

Anthem

In 1994, the JFA asked Ryuichi Sakamoto to compose the instrumental song - "Japanese Soccer Anthem".[4] There is an arrangement version by Yasuhide Ito. This anthem is played at the beginning of JFA-sponsored events, such as the Emperor's Cup matches and as a prelude to kickoff at stadiums.

Members

The following is a list of presidents of Japan Football Association (JFA). The Honorary President is Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado.[5]

Last updated: 6 March 2022

Name Role Ref.
Japan Kohzo Tashima President [1][6][7]
Japan Mitsuru Murai Vice President [6][7]
Japan Kazumichi Iwagami 2nd Vice President [6][7]
Japan Yoshinori Hayashi 3rd Vice President [7]
Japan Kiyotaka Suhara General Secretary [6][7]
Japan Masashi Fukuda Treasurer [6]
Japan Tsuyoshi Nishimoto 2nd Treasurer [6]
Japan Yasuharu Sorimachi Technical Director [6][7]
Japan Hajime Moriyasu Team Coach (Men's) [6][7]
Japan Futoshi Ikeda Team Coach (Women's) [6][7]
Japan Hideki Kato Media/Communications Manager [6]
Japan Tsuyoshi Kitazawa Futsal Coordinator [6]
Japan Miiko Kaneko Referee Coordinator

Presidents

Presidency President Took office Left office
1 Japan Jikichi Imamura 1921 1933
2 Japan Ryutaro Fukao 1935 1945
3 Japan Ryutaro Takahashi 1947 1954
4 Japan Yuzuru Nozu 1955 1976
5 Japan Tomisaburo Hirai 1976 1987
6 Japan Shizuo Fujita 1987 1992
7 Japan Hideo Shimada 1992 1994
8 Japan Ken Naganuma 1994 1998
9 Japan Shunichiro Okano 1998 2002
10 Japan Saburo Kawabuchi 2002 2008
11 Japan Motoaki Inukai 2008 2010
12 Japan Junji Ogura 2010 2012
13 Japan Kuniya Daini 2012 2016
14 Japan Kozo Tashima 2016 Present

Management

  • JFA Academy Fukushima
  • JFA Academy Sakai
  • JFA Academy Imabari
  • JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki

Sponsorship

Last updated: 8 April 2023

JFA Official Top Partner
Company Period
Kirin1 January 2023 – 31 December 2030[8]
JFA Official Supplier
Company Period
Adidas Japan20xx–present
JFA Major Partner
Company Period
ANA27 February 2023 – 31 December 2026
Saison5 November 2001 – 31 December 2030
au25 August 2016 – 31 December 2026
Mizuho1 April 2013 – 31 December 2026
MS&AD2 May 2008 – 31 December 2026
Toyo Tires1 May 2021 – 31 December 2026
Bushiroad9 September 2023 – 31 December 2030
JFA National Team Partner
Company Period
APA Hotel1 March 2023 – 31 December 2026
Yomiuri Shimbun21 March 2023 – 31 December 2026

National teams

Men

Team[9][10]ManagerAppointedTime as Manager
Japan national football teamJapan Hajime Moriyasu[11][12][13][14]
26 July 2018
5 years, 92 days
Japan national football B team (ja)
Japan national under-23 football teamJapan Go Oiwa[15][16]
16 December 2021
1 year, 314 days
Japan national under-22 football B teamJapan Go Oiwa
Japan national under-20 football teamJapan Yuzo Funakoshi[17]
14 July 2023
104 days
Japan national under-17 football teamJapan Yoshiro Moriyama[18][19]
16 December 2021
1 year, 314 days
Japan national futsal teamJapan Kenichiro Kogure[20][21]
23 November 2021
1 year, 337 days
Japan national under-23 futsal teamJapan Kenichiro Kogure[22][23]
Japan national under-20 futsal teamJapan Kenichiro Kogure
23 November 2021
1 year, 337 days
Japan national beach soccer teamJapan Ozu Moreira[24][25]
18 June 2020
3 years, 130 days
Japan eNational football team

Women

Team[9][10]ManagerAppointedTime as Manager
Japan women's national football teamJapan Futoshi Ikeda[26]
1 October 2021
2 years, 25 days
Japan women's national football B teamJapan Michihisa Kano (ja)
29 August 2023
58 days
Japan women's national under-23 football team
Japan women's national under-20 football teamJapan Michihisa Kano (ja)[27]
19 January 2023
280 days
Japan women's national under-17 football teamJapan Sadayoshi Shirai (ja)[28]
19 January 2023
280 days
Japan women's national futsal teamJapan Takehiro Suga (ja)[20]
23 November 2021
1 year, 337 days
Japan women's national under-20 futsal team

League system

Japanese clubs' placements at each league may determine the JFA-organized competition the club will participate in, or if they will be qualified to one at all.

Men

As of the 2023 season, all clubs in the top two tiers (J1 and J2) enter the Emperor's Cup directly, with the clubs below it having to qualify to the tournament through prefectural tournaments.

Last updated: 10 December 2022

Level on pyramid League(s)/Division(s)
1 J1 League (J.League)
18 clubs (20 clubs from 2024) – 3 relegations (1 relegation only for 2023 season)

Current: 2023 J1 League
17 February – 3 December 2023
2 J2 League (J.League)
22 clubs (20 clubs from 2024) – 2 promotions + 4 playoffs, 2 relegations

Current: 2023 J2 League
18 February – 12 November 2023
3 J3 League (J.League)
20 clubs – 2 promotions, 0.5–2 relegations

Current: 2023 J3 League
4 March – 2 December 2023
4 Japan Football League (JFL)
16 clubs – 0–2 promotions, 0–2 relegations

Current: 2023 Japan Football League
12 March – 26 November 2023

5–6

Japanese Regional Leagues
137 clubs

Current: 2023 Japanese Regional Leagues

Hokkaido
Soccer League

8 clubs

Tohoku
Soccer League

30 clubs

Kantō
Soccer League

20 clubs

Hokushinetsu
Football League

16 clubs

Tōkai
Adult Soccer League

18 clubs

Kansai
Soccer League

16 clubs

Chūgoku
Soccer League

10 clubs

Shikoku
Soccer League

8 clubs

Kyushu
Soccer League

11 clubs

7+ 47 Prefectural Leagues (ja)[29] & 5 Block Leagues of Hokkaido
1661 clubs
452 clubs (D1), 1209 (D2 and below) – 1 promotion + 1 playoff

Hokkaido
Sapporo Block | Dōhoku (North) Block | Dōtō (East) Block | Dōō (Central) Block | Dōnan (South) Block
Tōhoku
Aomori | Iwate | Miyagi | Akita | Yamagata | Fukushima
Kantō
Ibaraki | Tochigi | Gunma | Saitama | Chiba | Tokyo | Kanagawa | Yamanashi
Hoku-shinetsu
Niigata | Toyama | Ishikawa | Fukui | Nagano
Tōkai
Gifu | Shizuoka | Aichi | Mie
Kansai
Shiga | Kyoto | Osaka | Hyogo | Nara | Wakayama
Chūgoku
Tottori | Shimane | Okayama | Hiroshima | Yamaguchi
Shikoku
Tokushima | Kagawa | Ehime | Kochi
Kyushu
Fukuoka | Saga | Nagasaki | Kumamoto | Ōita | Miyazaki | Kagoshima | Okinawa

Women

As of 2022–23 season, all clubs in the top two tiers enter the Empress's Cup directly, with the clubs below having to qualify through regional tournaments. The top tier clubs also qualify to the WE League Cup.

Last updated: 15 October 2022

Level on pyramid League(s)/Division(s)
1 WE League
11 clubs – no relegation

Current: 2023–24 WE League season
11 November 2023 – June 2024
2 Nadeshiko League Division 1
12 clubs – 1 relegation + 1 playoff

Current: 2023 Nadeshiko League
18 March – 9 October 2023
3 Nadeshiko League Division 2
10 clubs – 1 promotion + 1 playoff, 1 relegation + 1 playoff

Current: 2023 Nadeshiko League
1 April – 15 October 2023
4 9 Regional Leagues
many clubs – 2 playoffs, ?? relegations
5–6 47 Prefectural Leagues[29] & 2 Block Leagues of Hokkaido
many clubs ?? promotions

Competitions

Only includes tournaments organized by the JFA.

International competitions

Senior

Competition[30][9][10] Edition Champions / Team(s) Next edition
National team
Kirin Cup Soccer 2022 (final)  Tunisia
(1st title)
TBD
Kirin Challenge Cup 2023  Uruguay (24 March)
 Colombia (28 March)
 El Salvador (15 June)
 Peru (20 June)
2024
Women's national team
MS&AD Cup 2023  Panama (14 July) 2024

Youth

Competition[30][9][10] Edition Champions / Teams Next edition
National teams
U-16 International Dream Cup 2023  Japan
 Netherlands
 Nigeria
 United States
2024

Senior

Competition[31][32] Current Champions Details Runners-up Next
League
Japanese Regional Football Champions League 2022 Briobecca Urayasu Final
round
Okinawa SV 2023
Cup
Japanese Super Cup 2023 Yokohama F. Marinos 2–1 Ventforet Kofu 2024
Emperor's Cup JFA Japan Football Championship 2022 Ventforet Kofu Final Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2023
All Japan Senior Football Championship 2023 FC Kariya Final Arterivo Wakayama 2024
All Japan Club Teams Football Tournament 2022 OK FC Final FC Kuroshio 84 2023
Futsal
JFA Japan Futsal Championship 2023 (ja) Fugador Sumida Final Shonan Bellmare 2024 (ja)
F.League Ocean Cup 2023 Nagoya Oceans Final Bardral Urayasu 2024
Beach soccer
JFA Japan Beach Soccer Tournament 2023 Tokyo Verdy BS Final Loewe Yokohama 2024
Competition[31][32] Season Champions Details Runners-up Next season
Women's cup
Empress's Cup JFA Japan Women's Football Championship 2022 Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza Final INAC Kobe Leonessa 2023
Women's futsal
JFA Japan Women's Futsal Championship (ja) 2023 Bardral Urayasu Las Bonitas Final Arco Kobe 2024

Youth

Competition[31][32] Season Champions Score Runners-up Next season
League
Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football Premier League 2022 Sagan Tosu U-18 3–2 Kawasaki Frontale U-18 2023
Cup
All Japan University Football Tournament 2022 Toin University of Yokohama
(1st title)
3–2
Niigata University of Health and Welfare 2023
Prime Minister Cup All Japan University Soccer Tournament (ja) 2023 (ja) Fuji University
(1st title)
2–1
Kwansei Gakuin University 2024 (ja)
Denso Cup Challenge Soccer (ja) 2023 Kansai Selection
(5th title)
3–1
Tokai Selection 2024
All Japan University Football Rookie Championship 2022 University of Tsukuba
(7th title)
3–1
Meiji University 2023
Club Youth U-18 Championship (ja) 2023 (ja) Gamba Osaka U-18
(4th title)
3–3 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)
FC Tokyo U-18 2024 (ja)
All Japan High School Soccer Tournament 2022 Okayama Gakugeikan High School
(1st title)
3–1
Higashiyama High School 2023
Inter High School Sports Festival 2023 Meishu Hitachi Gakuen High School
(1st title)
2–2 (a.e.t.)
(7–6 p)
Toko Gakuen High School 2024
Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-15 Japan Football Championship (ja) 2022 (ja) Vissel Kobe
(2nd title)
3–0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2023 (ja)
Club Youth U-15 Championship (ja) 2023 (ja) FC Tama
(1st title)
2–1
Sorriso Kumamoto 2024 (ja)
Junior High School Sports Festival (ja) 2023 (ja) Kamimura Gakuen Junior High School
(2nd title)
4–1
Nissho Gakuen Junior High School 2024 (ja)
JFA U-12 Japan Football Championship (ja) 2022 Regista FC
(2nd title)
2–0
Kashiwa Reysol U-12 2023
Futsal
University Futsal Championship (ja) 2023 Osaka Seikei University
(2nd title)
5–3
Tama University 2024
JFA U-18 Japan Futsal Championship (ja) 2023 Fugador Sumida Falcons (1st title)
1–0
Pescadola Machida 2024
JFA U-15 Japan Futsal Championship (ja) 2023 Fugador Sumida Wings
(1st title)
4–1
Kōchi Junior High School 2024
JFA Vermont Cup U-12 Japan Futsal Championship (ja) 2023 Violet FC
(3rd title)
8–7
Ginga FC 2024
Competition[31][32] Season Champions Score Runners-up Next season
Women's league
JFA U-15 Women's Football League 2021 Tokyo Verdy Menina
3–2
JFA Academy Fukushima 2022[33]
Women's cup
All Japan Women's University Football Championship 2022 Toyo University
(1st title)
1–0
Yamanashi Gakuin University 2023
XF CUP Japan Club Youth (U-18) Women's Football Tournament (ja) 2023 Tokyo Verdy Menina
(1st title)
1–0
Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Girls 2024
All Japan High School Women's Football Championship 2022 Fujieda Junshin High School
(6th title)
1–0
Jumonji High School 2023
JFA U-18 Japan Women's Football Championship (ja) 2022 Tokyo Verdy Menina
(10th title)
0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)
Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara Due 2023
Princess Takamado Trophy JFA U-15 Women's Football Championship (ja) 2022 JFA Academy Fukushima
(3rd title)
3–1
JEF United Chiba 2023
Women's futsal
JFA U-15 Japan Women's Futsal Tournament (ja) 2023 Asahi Intecc Loveledge Nagoya Statice
(1st title)
4–3
Jūmonji Junior High School 2024

Over-age

Competition[31][32] Season Champions Score Runners-up Next season
Over-age
JFA O-40 Japan Football Tournament 2023 Aries Tokyo Senior 40
(1st title)
1–0
Hokkaido Ossandole Sapporo 2024
JFA O-50 Japan Football Tournament 2023 Yamanashi Masters
(1st title)
3–1
Nichols FC Senior 2024
JFA O-60 Japan Football Tournament 2023 Yokosuka Azul
(1st title)
1–0
Shizuoka Selection 2024
JFA O-70 Japan Football Tournament 2023 Hyogo Selection
(1st title)
0–0
(4–2 p)
Shizuoka Selection 2024
Competition[31][32] Season Champions Score Runners-up Next season
Women's over-age
JFA O-30 Japan Women's Football Tournament (ja) 2023 Shupini Osaka
(1st title)
1–0
Yamato Sylphid '98 2024
JFA O-40 Japan Women's Football Open Tournament 2023 Banvert
(1st title)
1–0
FC.VIDA Feliz 2024

See also

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