The Japan national football team (サッカー日本代表, Soccer Nippon Daihyō?) represents Japan in association football and is operated by the Japan Football Association (JFA), the governing body for association football in Japan. Their head coach is Alberto Zaccheroni.
Japan is one of the most successful football team in Asia, having qualified for the last five consecutive FIFA World Cups with second round advancements in 2002 & 2010, and having won the AFC Asian Cup a record four times in 1992, 2000, 2004 & 2011. The team has also finished second in the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup.
The Japanese team is commonly known by the fans and media as Soccer Nippon Daihyō (サッカー日本代表?), Nippon Daihyō (日本代表?), or Daihyō (代表?) as abbreviated expressions. Although the team does not have an official nickname as such, it is often known by the name of the manager. For example, under Takeshi Okada, the team was known as Okada Japan (岡田ジャパン, Okada Japan?).[១] Recently the team has been known or nicknamed as the "Samurai Blue", while Japanese news media still refer it to by manager's last name, as "Zaccheroni Japan" (ザッケローニジャパン, Zakkerōni Japan?), or "Zac Japan" (ザックジャパン, Zakku Japan?) in short.
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- ↑ A common methodology of nickname creation is done by taking the last name of incumbent head coach followed by "Japan". Past teams have been referred to as, "Osim Japan" (オシムジャパン, Oshimu Japan?), "Zico Japan" (ジーコジャパン, Jīko Japan?), "Troussier Japan" (トルシエジャパン, Torushie Japan?)
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ទំព័រគំរូ:AFC Asian Cup Winners
ទំព័រគំរូ:FIFA Worldcup Host nations
ទំព័រគំរូ:Japan national football team
ទំព័រគំរូ:National sports teams of Japan
ទំព័រគំរូ:Football in Japan
ទំព័រគំរូ:International Football
ទំព័រគំរូ:AFC teams
ទំព័រគំរូ:EAFF teams