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Country & football (soccer) related information
 
  Team – Founded: 1921 – Affiliated: 1929
Confederation: AFC - Asia
 
   Squad's local nickname:  The Blues
 
 
The Squad  (by jersey number) The Squad  (by field position)
Seigo Narazaki
Makoto Tanaka Teruyuki Moniwa
Yuichi Komano
Yasuhito Endo
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Koji Nakata
Hidetoshi Nakata
Mitsuo Ogasawara
Naohiro Takahara
Shunsuke Nakamura °°
Seiichiro Maki
Yoichi Doi
Atsushi Yanagisawa
Alex [Alessandro] Santos
Takashi Fukunishi
Masashi Oguro
Junichi Inamoto
Shinji Ono
Keisuke Tsuboi
Keiji Tamada
Akira Kaji
Yuji Nakazawa
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi

Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Jubilo Iwata)
Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus Eight)
Yoichi Doi (FC Tokyo)

Akira Kaji (Gamba Osaka)
Yuichi Komano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F Marinos)
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (Gamba Osaka)
Keisuke Tsuboi (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Makoto Tanaka (Jubilo Iwata)
Alex [Alessandro] Santos (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Koji Nakata (Basel, Switzerland)
Teruyuki Moniwa (FC Tokyo)

Takashi Fukunishi (Jubilo Iwata)
Junichi Inamoto (West Bromwich Albion, England)
Hidetoshi Nakata (Bolton Wanderers, England)
Shinji Ono (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers)
Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka)
Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic, Scotland)
Seiichiro Maki (JEF United Chiba)

Naohiro Takahara (HSV, Hamburg, Germany)
Masashi Oguro (Grenoble, France)
Atsushi Yanagisawa (Kashima Antlers)
Keiji Tamada (Nagoya Grampus Eight)
(Italian newspaper) carries photos of each squad member – to see.
 
Coach⁄Manager:  Zico (Arthur Antunes Coimbra – Brazilian-born, former World Cup player,
called by many the "white Pelé."
For most of his career, Zico played for Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro,
though in the last part of his career he played for Italy's Udinese.
In addition to leading the Japanese Squad, now, Zico has been playing
quite a relevant role in the development of football, in Japan, in recent years.) 
(see list of 2005 Top Coaches)
 
°° Goal scored in Germany-2006 (if bracketed, {}='own goal')
Penalty saved (match against Croatia)
 
also took part in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups.
 
Makoto Tanaka, named in the original squad,
was replaced by Teruyuki Moniwa, due to a thigh injury.
 
 
World Cup Squads:           2006 WC Players' Sources        World Cup Stadia & Matches
#      Group A      Group B      Group C      Group D #
1 Germany England Argentina Mexico 1
2 Costa Rica Paraguay Côte d'Ivoire Iran 2
3 Poland Trinidad and Tobago Serbia and Montenegro Angola 3
4 Ecuador Sweden Netherlands Portugal 4
#      Group E      Group F      Group G      Group H #
1 Italy Brazil France Spain 1
2 Ghana Croatia Switzerland Ukraine 2
3 United States Australia Korea Republic Tunisia 3
4 Czech Republic Japan Togo Saudi Arabia 4
Squad Abbreviations used by FIFA, as well as in this eBook
 
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World Cup Nations:        National Anthems (page 1)       National Anthems (page 2)
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Costa Rica Paraguay Côte d'Ivoire Iran
Poland Trinidad and Tobago Serbia and Montenegro Angola
Ecuador Sweden Netherlands Portugal
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Italy Brazil France Spain
Ghana Croatia Switzerland Ukraine
United States Australia Korea Republic Tunisia
Czech Republic Japan Togo Saudi Arabia
 
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