Kirin Cup Soccer

Kirin Cup Soccer
Organising body	Japan Football Association(JFA)
Founded	1978;46 years ago
Region	Japan(AFC)
Number of teams	The numbers vary with each competition.
Related competitions	Kirin Challenge Cup[ja]
Current champions	Tunisia(1st title); (2022)
Most successful team(s)	Japan(11 titles)
Website	kirin.co.jp/soccer
	; 2022 Kirin Cup Soccer; 2023 Kirin Challenge Cup

TheKirin Cup Soccer(Japanese:キリンカップサッカー,Hepburn:Kirin Kappu Sakkā)is an association football tournament organised in Japan by theKirin Brewery Company.The host,Japan,is a participant in every edition. The tournament was founded in 1978 then known asJapan Cup(International competition which national teams and clubs participated in), and was last held in its full form in 2022.

From 1992 onwards, the format was changed to a round robin national team competition. The first nation to win the competition wasArgentina.Japan are the tournament's most successful team with eleven titles, followed byPeruwith three titles. As of 2022, the current cup holders areTunisia.

Since the start of the international competitions in 1992, the tournament has hosted a variety of teams from South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Out of the South American members ofCONMEBOLwho have been invited (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Peru), Peru have been the most successful (three titles).

Out of the European invitees, there have been seven different champions, the most successful being the Czech Republic with two titles, with Hungary, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Slovakia and Scotland winning one title each. Aside from Japan, the only other Asian country to have won the tournament are the United Arab Emirates (2005), who shared the title with Peru.

In addition to the annualKirin Cup Soccerthere are a fewKirin Challenge Cup(Japanese:キリンチャレンジカップ, キリンチャレンジ bôi,Hepburn:Kirin Charenji Kappu,Kirin Charenji-hai),friendlies also sponsored by theKirin Corporation,played throughout the year in Japan. Japan took out the most recent2021 Kirin Challenge Cupwith 1–0 win overSerbiaon 11 June 2021.

Tournaments[edit]

All times areJapan standard time(UTC+9)

1978 Japan Cup[edit]

Won byBorussia MönchengladbachandPalmeiras.In the semi final Palmeiras beat English clubCoventry City1-0.

1982 Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Werder Bremen	4	3	1	0	15	3	7
Japan	4	3	0	1	13	4	6
Feyenoord	4	2	1	1	10	7	5
Singapore	4	0	1	3	3	14	1
NKK Nippon Kokan	4	0	1	3	1	14	1

30 May 1982	Japan	5–2	Feyenoord	Tokyo,Japan
	Tsunami Ozaki		van Hanegem de Leeuw	Stadium:National Stadium

30 May 1982	Singapore	1–1	NKK Nippon Kokan	Tokyo,Japan
				Stadium:National Stadium

2 June 1982	Japan	2–0	Singapore	Hiroshima,Japan
	Totsuka Ozaki

2 June 1982	Werder Bremen	6–0	NKK Nippon Kokan	Yokohama,Japan
	Neubarth Otten Möhlmann

4 June 1982	Werder Bremen	6–1	Singapore	Nishigaoka,Japan
	Neubarth N. Meier Otten Okudera own goal		Ahmad

4 June 1982	Feyenoord	2–0	NKK Nippon Kokan	Kobe,Japan
	Nielsen Vermeulen

6 June 1982	Japan	1–2	Werder Bremen	Tokyo,Japan
	Kimura		Möhlmann N. Meier	Stadium:National Stadium

6 June 1982	Feyenoord	5–1	Singapore	Miyagi,Japan
	Wijnstekers Bouwens		Ahmad

9 June 1982	Japan	5–0	NKK Nippon Kokan	Tokyo,Japan
	Yokoyama Kaneda Ozaki Hashiratani			Stadium:National Stadium

9 June 1982	Werder Bremen	1–1	Feyenoord	Tokyo,Japan
	Schaaf		Bouwens	Stadium:National Stadium

1983 Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Newcastle United	4	2	2	0	6	1	6
Botafogo	4	1	2	1	4	3	4
Yamaha	4	1	2	1	3	3	4
Syria	4	1	1	2	3	4	3
Japan	4	1	1	2	2	7	3

29 May 1983	Japan	0–4	Newcastle United	Japan
			Keegan11' Waddle20',68' Clarke37'

29 May 1983	Yamaha	2–1	Syria	Shizuoka,Japan
	Nagasawa Mochizuki		Jamar

31 May 1983	Yamaha	1–1	Botatogo	Omiya,Japan
	Yoshida		Nunes

31 May 1983	Newcastle United	1–1	Syria	Okayama,Japan
	McCreery		Essam Zino

2 June 1983

Japan

0–0

Yamaha

Yokohama

2 June 1983

Syria

1–0

Botafogo

Kobe,Japan

4 June 1983	Japan	1–3	Botafogo	Japan
			Nunes Té

4 June 1983	Newcastle United	1–0	Yamaha	Mizuho-ku, Nagoya,Japan
	Waddle

7 June 1983	Japan	1–0	Syria	Shibuya,Tokyo,Japan
	Kaneda63'			Stadium:Yoyogi National Gymnasium Attendance: 11,968 Referee:Walter Eschweiler(West Germany)

7 June 1983

Newcastle United

0–0

Botafogo

1984 Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
China	2	1	1	3	3	2
Toulouse	2	1	1	3	3	2
Japan	2	1	1	1	1	2

27 May 1984	Japan	0–1	Toulouse	Tokyo,Japan
			Stopyra	Stadium:National Stadium

29 May 1984	China	3–2	Toulouse	Hiroshima,Japan
	Gu Guangming Liu Haiguang Lin Qiang		Roussey Stopyra

31 May 1984	Japan	1–0	China	Saitama,Japan
	Kato			Stadium:Omiya Stadium Referee: Maidin Bin Singah (Singapur)

Group B[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Internacional	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	3
Republic of Ireland	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Japan Universiade XI	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1

27 May 1984

Republic of Ireland

0–0

Japan Universiade XI

Matsuyama,Japan

30 May 1984	Internacional	3–0	Japan Universiade XI	Kobe,Japan
	(o.g.) Milton Cruz Kita

1 June 1984

Internacional

0–0

Republic of Ireland

Mizuho-ku, Nagoya,Japan

3 June 1984Semi-final	Internacional	4–1	Toulouse	Yokohama,Japan
	Rubén Paz Jair Silvinho (o.g.)		Roussey

3 June 1984Semi-final	Republic of Ireland	1–0	China	Sapporo,Japan
	O'Keefe57'	Report		Stadium:Maruyama Stadium

5 June 1984Final	Internacional	2–1	Republic of Ireland	Tokyo, Japan
	Milton Cruz Rubén Paz		Stapleton	Stadium:National Stadium Attendance: 28,000

1985 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts
Santos	5	4	1	0	19	4	+15	9
Uruguay	5	3	2	0	16	6	+10	8
West Ham	5	1	3	1	13	7	+6	5
Yomiuri	5	2	1	2	9	8	+1	5
Japan	5	1	1	3	7	11	−4	3
Malaysian Tigers	5	0	0	5	3	31	−28	0

26 May 1985	Japan	1–4	Uruguay	Tokyo, Japan
	Kimura15'		Carlos Aguilera44',73' da Silva51',69'	Stadium:National Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee:Henk van Ettekoven(Netherlands)

26 May 1985	Santos	2–1	West Ham	Shimizu,Japan
	Mario Sérgio13' Zé Sérgio34'		Goddard57'	Attendance: 10,000

26 May 1985

Yomiuri

5–0

Malaysian Tigers

Sendai,Japan

28 May 1985	Japan	2–2	West Ham	Okayama,Japan
	Hara Mizunuma		Potts Swindlehurst

28 May 1985	Santos	8–1	Malaysian Tigers	Okayama,Japan
	Mirandinha Lima Mario Sérgio Gersinho Humberto		Azhar Shahrin

28 May 1985	Uruguay	4–3	Yomiuri	Omiya,Japan
	Carlos Aguilera

30 May 1985	Japan	0–1	Yomiuri	Tokyo, Japan
			Totsuka78'

30 May 1985	West Ham	9–2	Malaysian Tigers	Tokyo, Japan
	Cottee Ravindan(o.g.) Swindlehurst Martin Pike Whitton		Shahdan

30 May 1985	Uruguay	1–1	Santos	Hiroshima,Japan
	Carlos Aguilera21'		Davi60'	Attendance: 15,000

1 June 1985	Uruguay	6–0	Malaysian Tigers	Osaka,Japan
	Carrasco Pereira Alzugaray Barrios Carlos Aguilera Cabrera

2 June 1985	Japan	1–4	Santos	Kobe,Japan
	Hara85'		Zé Sérgio16',37' Gersinho21' Mirandinha29'

2 June 1985	Yomiuri	0–0	West Ham	Sapporo,Japan
				Attendance: 7,100 Referee: Okaya (Japan)

4 June 1985	Japan	3–0	Malaysian Tigers	Nagoya,Japan
	Kimura32' Mizunuma69' Hashiratani89'			Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Kim Soo-deok (South Korea)

4 June 1985	West Ham	1–1	Uruguay	Nagoya,Japan
	Swindlehurst26'		Montelongo54'

4 June 1985	Santos	4–0	Yomiuri	Yokohama,Japan
	Mirandinha Davi Gersinho

6 June 1985Final	Santos	4–2	Uruguay	Tokyo, Japan
	Zé Sérgio22',89' Mirandinha41',50'		Carlos Aguilera15' Carrasco81'	Stadium:National Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee:Shizuo Takada(Japan)

1986 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts
Palmeiras	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	6
Werder Bremen	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	3
Japan	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2
AlgeriaB	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

11 May 1986	Japan	2–1	AlgeriaB	Matsuyama,Japan
	Hashiratani		Djahmoune

11 May 1986	Palmeiras	4–0	Werder Bremen	Fukuoka,Japan
	Mirandinha20',21',25' Jorginho Putinatti56'

14 May 1986	Japan	0–2	Werder Bremen	Tokyo, Japan
			Burgsmüller10' Neubarth27'

14 May 1986	Palmeiras	4–2	AlgeriaB	Shizuoka,Japan
	Mirandinha Mendonça Barbosa		Djahmoune Sabbah

16 May 1986	Japan	1–2	Palmeiras	Kyoto,Japan
	Kimura51'		Denys34' Mirandinha71' (pen.)

16 May 1986	Werder Bremen	1–1	AlgeriaB	Nagoya,Japan
	Meier8'		Djahmoune16'

18 May 1986Final	Werder Bremen	4–2(a.e.t.)	Palmeiras	Tokyo, Japan
	Neubarth56' Möhlmann91' Ordenewitz99',101'		Jorginho Putinatti26' Mirandinha106' (pen.)

1987 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts
Torino	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5
Fluminense	3	1	2	0	8	1	+7	4
Japan	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
Senegal	3	0	1	2	3	12	−9	1

24 May 1987	Japan	0–0	Fluminense	Tokyo, Japan
				Stadium:National Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee:Joe Worrall(England)

24 May 1987	Torino	3–1	Senegal	Sapporo,Japan
	Corradini30' Lentini46' Mariani80'		Bunjai86'	Stadium:Maruyama Baseball Stadium Attendance: 3,500

25 May 1987	Torino	1–1	Fluminense	Shizuoka,Japan
	Junior6'		Paulinho47'	Stadium:Shizuoka Kusanagi Baseball Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Kiichiro Tachi (Japan)

27 May 1987	Japan	2–2	Senegal	Hiroshima,Japan
	Hara40' Matsuyama50'		Ndao43',57' (pen.)	Stadium:Prefectural Stadium

29 May 1987	Japan	0–1	Torino	Nagoya,Japan
			Corradini	Stadium:Mizuho Athletic Stadium Attendance: 26,000

29 May 1987	Fluminense	7–0	Senegal	Shizuoka,Kobe,Japan
	Assis5' Tato24' Eduardo25',34' Washington30',87' Romerito67'			Stadium:Kobe Central Stadium Referee: Yasuki Nagoya (Japan)

31 May 1987Final	Fluminense	2–0	Torino	Tokyo, Japan
	Washington26' Tato44'			Stadium:National Stadium Attendance: 36,000 Referee:Joe Worrall(England)

1988 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts
Bayer Leverkusen	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	5
Flamengo	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	4
China	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	3
Japan	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

29 May 1988	Japan	1–3	Flamengo	Tokyo, Japan
	Yoshida86'		Zico9' (pen.) Paulo César52' Delacir

29 May 1988	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	China	Takamatsu,Japan
	Götz Falkenmayer

1 June 1988	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Flamengo	Kyoto,Japan
	Cha Bum-kun24'		Edinho36'

2 June 1988	Japan	0–3	China	Nagoya,Japan
			Wang Baoshan24' Gao Sheng41' Ma Lin45'	Stadium:Mizuho Stadium Referee:Jamal Al Sharif(Syria)

5 June 1988

Japan

0–1

Bayer Leverkusen

Omiya,Japan

5 June 1988	China	1–1	Flamengo	Kagoshima,Japan
	Ma Lin53'		Gérson17'

7 June 1988Final	Flamengo	1–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Tokyo, Japan
	Zico55'

1991 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	6
Vasco	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	3
Tottenham	3	1	1	1	2	5	−3	3
Thailand	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

2 June 1991	Japan	1–0	Thailand	Tendō,Japan
	Hashiratani89' (pen.)			Stadium:Yamagata Park Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Samuel Chan Yam-Ming (British Hong Kong)

2 June 1991

Tottenham

0–0

Vasco

5 June 1991	Japan	2–1	Vasco	Kyoto,Japan
	Kitazawa41' Miura74'	(Report)	Bismarck85' (pen.)	Stadium:Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Samuel Chan Yam-Ming (British Hong Kong)

5 June 1991	Thailand	1–2	Tottenham	Nagoya,Japan
	K. Viton		Hendry Edwards	Stadium:Mizuho Athletic Stadium Attendance: 25,000

9 June 1991

Thailand

0–3

Vasco

9 June 1991	Japan	4–0	Tottenham	Tokyo, Japan
	Kitazawa2' Miura8',41' Sakakura66'			Stadium:National Stadium Attendance: 45,000

1992 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	2	2	0	2	0	+2	4
Wales	2	1	1	1	1	0	2
Japan	2	0	2	0	2	−2	0

30 May 1992	Japan	0–1	Argentina	Tokyo, Japan
			Batistuta53'	Stadium:Yoyoki National Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Kil Ki-chul (South Korea)

3 June 1992	Argentina	1–0	Wales	Gifu,Japan
	Batistuta87'			Stadium:Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Kiichiro Tachi (Japan)

7 June 1992	Japan	0–1	Wales	Matsuyama,Japan
			Bowen40'	Stadium:Ehime Sports Complex Athletics Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Samuel Chan Yam-Ming (British Hong Kong)

1993 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
Japan	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
United States	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

7 March 1993	Japan	0–1	Hungary	Fukuoka,Japan
			Kiprich47'	Stadium:Hakatanomori Football Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Majid Jay (United States)

10 March 1993	Hungary	0–0	United States	Nagoya,Japan
				Stadium:Mizuho Athletic Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Shinichiro Obata (Japan)

14 March 1993	Japan	3–1	United States	Tokyo, Japan
	Miura36',80' Lapper68' (o.g.)		Pérez23'	Stadium:Yoyoki National Stadium Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Kim Gwang-taek (South Korea)

1994 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts
France	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
Australia	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
Japan	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	1

22 May 1994	Japan	1–1	Australia	Hiroshima,Japan
	Asano10'		A. Vidmar67'	Stadium:Big Arch Stadium Attendance: 27,350 Referee: Piron Unprasert (Thailand)

26 May 1994	Australia	0–1	France	Kobe,Japan
			Cantona43'	Stadium:Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium Attendance: 16,743 Referee:Masayoshi Okada(Japan)

29 May 1994	Japan	1–4	France	Tokyo, Japan
	Ogura78'		Djorkaeff15' Papin18' Kurosaki53' (o.g.) Ginola55'	Stadium:Yoyoki National Stadium Attendance: 48,841 Referee: Mohamed Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

1995 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	4
Scotland	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
Ecuador	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4	0

21 May 1995	Japan	0–0	Scotland	Hiroshima,Japan
				Stadium:Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 24,556 Referee: Armando Pérez Hoyos (Colombia)

24 May 1995	Scotland	2–1	Ecuador	Toyama,Japan
	Robertson75' Crawford83'		Hurtado79' (pen.)	Stadium:Toyama Athletic Recreation Park Stadium Attendance: 5,669 Referee:Masayoshi Okada(Japan)

28 May 1995	Japan	3–0	Ecuador	Tokyo, Japan
	Nakayama36' Miura46' (pen.),53' (pen.)			Stadium:National Stadium Attendance: 53,438 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Germany)

1996 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6
Mexico	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
Yugoslavia	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

23 May 1996	Mexico	0–0	Yugoslavia	Shizuoka,Japan
				Stadium:IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 8,604 Referee:Masayoshi Okada(Japan)

26 May 1996	Japan	1–0	Yugoslavia	Tokyo, Japan
	Miura62'			Stadium:National Stadium Attendance: 50,632 Referee: Kim Young-joo (South Korea)

29 May 1996	Japan	3–2	Mexico	Fukuoka,Japan
	Morishima35' Miura45' Soma82'		del Olmo5' Pelaez16'	Stadium:Hakatanomori Football Stadium Attendance: 17,432 Referee: Nik Ahmad Yaakub (Malaysia)

1997 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	2	2	0	0	5	3	+2	6
Croatia	2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	1
Turkey	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

8 June 1997	Japan	4–3	Croatia	Tokyo, Japan
	Hirano34' Miura49',53' Morishima89'		Asanovic77',79' (pen.) Vlaovic90'	Stadium:Yoyoki National Stadium Attendance: 50,136 Referee: Kim Taeyoung (South Korea)

12 June 1997	Croatia	1–1	Turkey	Sendai,Japan
	Erceg21'		Ertuğrul77'	Stadium:Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 15,687 Referee:Masayoshi Okada(Japan)

15 June 1997	Japan	1–0	Turkey	Osaka,Japan
	Morishima25'			Stadium:Nagai Stadium Attendance: 35,029 Referee: Park Jong-kyu (South Korea)

1998 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts
Czech Republic	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
Japan	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
Paraguay	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

17 May 1998	Japan	1–1	Paraguay	Tokyo, Japan
	Soma86'		Ayala7'	Stadium:Yoyoki National Stadium Attendance: 53,408 Referee:Kwon Jong-chul(South Korea)

21 May 1998	Czech Republic	1–0	Paraguay	Kobe,Japan
	Šmicer12'			Stadium:Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Naotsugu Fuse (Japan)

24 May 1998	Japan	0–0	Czech Republic	Yokohama,Japan
				Stadium:Yokohama International Stadium Attendance: 66,930 Referee: Russamee Jindamai (Thailand)

1999 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

Team	Pld	D	GS	GA	Pts
Peru	2	2	1	1	2
Belgium	2	2	1	1	2
Japan	2	2	0	0	2

30 May 1999	Peru	1–1	Belgium	Kyoto,Japan
	Maestri6'		Tanghe28'	Stadium:Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium Attendance: 9,262 Referee: Naotsugu Fuse (Japan)

3 June 1999	Japan	0–0	Belgium	Tokyo, Japan
				Stadium:National Stadium Attendance: 54,985 Referee: Kim Tae-young (South Korea)

6 June 1999	Japan	0–0	Peru	Yokohama,Japan
				Stadium:Yokohama International Stadium Attendance: 67,354 Referee: Panya Hanlumyaung (Thailand)

2000 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Slovakia	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Bolivia	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

11 June 2000	Japan	1–1	Slovakia	Rifu,Japan
	Nakamura9'		Dzúrik7'	Stadium:Miyagi Stadium Attendance: 45,831 Referee:Kim Young-joo(South Korea)

14 June 2000	Slovakia	2–0	Bolivia	Tosu,Japan
	Kratochvíl21' Fabuš45'			Stadium:Tosu Stadium Attendance: 8,023 Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

18 June 2000	Japan	2–0	Bolivia	Yokohama,Japan
	Yanagisawa7',34'			Stadium:Yokohama International Stadium Attendance: 65,073 Referee:Sun Baojie(China)

2001 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	2	2	0	3	0	+3	6
Paraguay	2	1	1	2	2	0	3
Yugoslavia	2	0	2	0	3	−3	0

28 June 2001	Paraguay	2–0	Yugoslavia	Tokyo, Japan
	Cáceres39' Ferreira83'			Stadium:National Stadium Attendance: 21,213 Referee:Masayoshi Okada(Japan)

1 July 2001	Japan	2–0	Paraguay	Sapporo,Japan
	Yanagisawa16',50'			Stadium:Sapporo Dome Attendance: 39,073 Referee: Panya Hanlumyaung (Thailand)

4 July 2001	Japan	1–0	Yugoslavia	Ōita,Japan
	Inamoto21'			Stadium:Big Eye Stadium Attendance: 38,147 Referee: Vijay Rahman (Singapur)

2002 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

29 April 2002	Japan	1–0	Slovakia	Tokyo, Japan
	Nishizawa38'			Stadium:National Stadium Attendance: 55,144 Referee: Bae Jae-young (South Korea)

2 May 2002	Japan	3–3	Honduras	Kobe,Japan
	Nakamura26',41' Alex76' (pen.)		Pineda15' Pavón27',45'	Stadium:Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium Attendance: 38,130 Referee: Park Sang-gu (South Korea)

2003 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

8 June 2003	Japan	1–4	Argentina	Osaka,Japan
	Akita55'		Saviola30' Zanetti45' Romeo78' Rodríguez82'	Stadium:Nagai Stadium Attendance: 42,508 Referee:Herbert Fandel(Germany)

11 June 2003	Japan	0–0	Paraguay	Saitama,Japan
				Stadium:Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 59,891 Referee:Mike Riley(England)

2004 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	2	2	0	4	1	+3	6
Serbia and Montenegro	2	1	1	2	1	+1	3
Slovakia	2	0	2	1	5	−4	0

9 July 2004	Japan	3–1	Slovakia	Hiroshima,Japan
	Fukunishi45' Suzuki66' Yanagisawa81'		Babnič65'	Stadium:Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 34,458 Referee:Matthew Breeze(Australia)

11 July 2004	Serbia and Montenegro	2–0	Slovakia	Fukuoka,Japan
	Milošević6' Jestrovic90'			Stadium:Hakata no Mori Stadium Attendance: 6,100 Referee:Toshimitsu Yoshida(Japan)

13 July 2004	Japan	1–0	Serbia and Montenegro	Yokohama,Japan
	Endo48'			Stadium:Yokohama International Stadium Attendance: 57,616 Referee:Eddie Lennie(Australia)

2005 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts
Peru	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
United Arab Emirates	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
Japan	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0

22 May 2005	Japan	0–1	Peru	Niigata,Japan
			Vassallo90+4'	Stadium:Niigata Stadium Attendance: 39,856 Referee:Ľuboš Micheľ(Slovakia)

24 May 2005	United Arab Emirates	0–0	Peru	Toyota, Aichi,Japan
				Stadium:Toyota Stadium Attendance: 6,536 Referee:Yuichi Nishimura(Japan)

27 May 2005	Japan	0–1	United Arab Emirates	Tokyo, Japan
			Alo Ali69'	Stadium:National Stadium Attendance: 53,123 Referee:Ľuboš Micheľ(Slovakia)

2006 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts
Scotland	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	4
Bulgaria	2	1	0	1	3	6	−3	3
Japan	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

9 May 2006	Japan	1–2	Bulgaria	Osaka,Japan
	Maki76'	(Report)	S. Todorov1' Yanev90+1'	Stadium:Nagai Stadium Attendance: 44,851 Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)

11 May 2006	Bulgaria	1–5	Scotland	Kobe,Japan
	Y. Todorov26'	(Report)	Boyd13',43' McFadden69' Burke77',88'	Stadium:Kobe Wing Stadium Attendance: 5,780 Referee:Toru Kamikawa(Japan)

13 May 2006	Japan	0–0	Scotland	Saitama,Japan
		(Report)		Stadium:Saitama Stadium Attendance: 58,648 Referee:Eduardo Iturralde González(Spain)

2007 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4
Colombia	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
Montenegro	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

1 June 2007	Japan	2–0	Montenegro	Fukuroi,Japan
	Nakazawa23' Takahara38'			Stadium:Shizuoka Stadium Attendance: 28,635 Referee: Michael Svendsen (Denmark)

3 June 2007	Colombia	1–0	Montenegro	Matsumoto,Japan
	Falcao33'			Stadium:Matsumoto Stadium Attendance: 10,070 Referee:Kenji Ogiya(Japan)

5 June 2007	Japan	0–0	Colombia	Saitama,Japan
				Stadium:Saitama Stadium Attendance: 45,091 Referee: Nicolai Volquartz (Denmark)

2008 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	4
Paraguay	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
Ivory Coast	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

22 May 2008	Ivory Coast	1–1	Paraguay	Yokohama,Japan
	Traoré74'		Bogado78'	Stadium:Nissan Stadium Attendance: 5,197 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan)

24 May 2008	Japan	1–0	Ivory Coast	Toyota, Aichi,Japan
	Tamada21'			Stadium:Toyota Stadium Attendance: 40,710 Referee:Bruno Paixão(Portugal)

27 May 2008	Japan	0–0	Paraguay	Saitama,Japan
				Stadium:Saitama Stadium Attendance: 27,998 Referee: Paulo Manuel Gomes Costa (Portugal)

2009 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
Japan	6	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8
Chile	1	2	0	1	1	1	5	-4
Belgium	1	2	0	1	1	1	5	-4

27 May 2009	Japan	4–0	Chile	Osaka,Japan
19:35JST	Okazaki20',24' Abe53' Honda90+2'	(Report) (Report 2)		Stadium:Nagai Stadium Attendance: 43,531 Referee: Anders Hermansen (Denmark)

29 May 2009	Belgium	1–1	Chile	Chiba,Japan
19:00JST	Roelandts17'	(Report)	Medel23'	Stadium:Fukuda Denshi Arena Attendance: 6,050 Referee:Minoru Tōjō(Japan)

31 May 2009	Japan	4–0	Belgium	Tokyo, Japan
19:20JST	Nagatomo21' K. Nakamura23' Okazaki60' Yano70'	(Report)		Stadium:National Stadium Attendance: 42,520 Referee:Rob Styles(England)

2011 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

Team	Pld	D	Pts
Japan	2	2	2
Czech Republic	2	2	2
Peru	2	2	2

1 June 2011	Japan	0–0	Peru	Niigata,Japan
19:20JST		(Report)		Stadium:Niigata Stadium Attendance: 39,048 Referee:Howard Webb(England)

4 June 2011	Czech Republic	0–0	Peru	Nagano,Japan
15:00JST		(Report)		Stadium:Matsumoto Stadium Attendance: 7,592 Referee:Ryuji Sato(Japan)

7 June 2011	Japan	0–0	Czech Republic	Kanagawa,Japan
19:30JST		(Report)		Stadium:International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 65,856 Referee:Martin Atkinson(England)

2013 Kirin Challenge Cup[edit]

30 May 2013	Japan	0–2	Bulgaria	Aichi,Japan
19:20JST		(Report)	Manolev3' OG.Hasebe23'	Stadium:Toyota Stadium Attendance: 50,000

2014 Kirin Challenge Cup[edit]

5 March 2014	Japan	4–2	New Zealand	Tokyo,Japan
	Okazaki4',17' Kagawa7' (Pen.) Morishige11'	(Report)	Wood39',80'	Stadium:National Olympic Stadium Attendance: 47,670 Referee:Alan Milliner(Australia)

5 September 2014	Japan	0–2	Uruguay	Sapporo,Japan
19:30JST		(Report)	Cavani34' Hernández71'	Stadium:Sapporo Dome Attendance: 39,294 Referee:Kim Sang-woo(South Korea)

2015 Kirin Challenge Cup[edit]

27 March 2015	Japan	2–0	Tunisia	Ōita Bank Dome,Ōita
19:30JST	Okazaki78' Honda82'	(Report)		Referee:Ben Williams(Australia)

11 June 2015	Japan	4–0	Iraq	Ajinomoto Stadium,Tokyo
19:00JST	Honda5' Makino9' Okazaki33' Haraguchi84'	(Report)

2016 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

Kirin Cup returned in 2016, under a new name and format: Kirin Cup Soccer 2016.^[1]

3 June 2016Semi-finals	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–2 (4–3p)	Denmark	Toyota,Japan
16:00JST	Đurić52',82'		Kjær22' Fischer41'	Stadium:Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee:Benjamin Williams(Australia)
	Penalties
	Vrančić Krunić Hodžić Stevanović Medunjanin		Rasmussen Vestergaard Christensen Schöne Eriksen

3 June 2016Semi-finals	Japan	7–2	Bulgaria	Toyota,Japan
19:40JST	Okazaki3' Kagawa26',35' Yoshida38',53' Usami57' Asano87' (pen.)		Aleksandrov59' Chochev82'	Stadium:Toyota Stadium Attendance: 41,940 Referee:Bartosz Frankowski(Poland)

7 June 2016Third place play-off	Denmark	4–0	Bulgaria	Suita,Japan
16:00JST	Rasmussen39' Eriksen72',74',82'	(Report)		Stadium:Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 14,223 Referee:Ryuji Sato(Japan)

7 June 2016Final	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–1	Japan	Suita,Japan
19:30JST	Đurić29',66'		Kiyotake28'	Stadium:Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 35,589 Referee:Jarred Gillett(Australia)

2016 Kirin Challenge Cup[edit]

11 November 2016	Japan	4–0	Oman	Kashima,Japan
19:20JST	Osako32',42' Kiyotake64' (pen.) Kobayashi90+4'	(Report)(PDF)		Stadium:Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 33,709 Referee:Liu Kwok Man(Hong Kong)

2017 Kirin Challenge Cup[edit]

7 June 2017	Japan	1–1	Syria	Chōfu,Japan
19:30JST	Konno58'	Report(PDF)	48'Mardikian	Stadium:Tokyo Stadium Attendance: 43,608 Referee:Daniel Stefański(Poland)

6 October 2017	Japan	2–1	New Zealand	Toyota,Japan
19:30JST	Osako50' (pen.) Kurata87'	Report(PDF)	58'Wood	Stadium:Toyota Stadium Attendance: 38,461 Referee:Liu Kwok Man(Hong Kong)

10 October 2017	Japan	3–3	Haiti	Yokohama,Japan
19:30JST	Kurata7' Sugimoto17' Kagawa90+2'	Report(PDF)	28'Lafrance 53',78'Nazon	Stadium:Nissan Stadium Attendance: 47,420 Referee:Peter Green(Australia)

2018 Kirin Challenge Cup[edit]

11 September 2018	Japan	3–0	Costa Rica	Suita,Japan
19:20 (UTC+9)	Oviedo16' (o.g.) Minamino66' J. Itō90+3'	Report		Stadium:Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 33,891 Referee:Muhammad Taqi(Singapore)

12 October 2018	Japan	3–0	Panama	Niigata,Japan
19:35 (UTC+9)	Minamino42' J. Ito66' Cummings85' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium:Denka Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 38,322 Referee:Kim Dong-jin(South Korea)

16 October 2018	Japan	4–3	Uruguay	Saitama,Japan
19:35 (UTC+9)	Minamino10',66' Osako36' Dōan59'	Report	Pereiro28' Cavani57' Rodríguez75'	Stadium:Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 57,239 Referee:Ko Hyung-jin(South Korea)

16 November 2018	Japan	1–1	Venezuela	Ōita,Japan
19:30 (UTC+9)	Sakai40'	Report	Rincón81' (pen.)	Stadium:Ōita Bank Dome Attendance: 33,369 Referee:Ravshan Irmatov(Uzbekistan)

20 November 2018	Japan	4–0	Kyrgyzstan	Toyota,Japan
19:20 (UTC+9)	Yamanaka2' Haraguchi19' Osako72' Nakajima73'	Report		Stadium:Toyota Stadium Attendance: 38,353 Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

2019 Kirin Challenge Cup[edit]

22 March 2019	Japan	0–1	Colombia	Yokohama,Japan
19:20JST		Source	Falcao64' (pen.)	Stadium:Nissan Stadium Attendance: 63,302 Referee:Peter Green(Australia)

26 March 2019	Japan	1–0	Bolivia	Kobe,Japan
19:30JST	Nakajima76'	Source		Stadium:Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 28,133 Referee: Kurt Ams (Australia)

5 June 2019	Japan	0–0	Trinidad and Tobago	Toyota City,Japan
19:30 (UTC+9)		Report		Stadium:Toyota Stadium Attendance: 38,507 Referee:Zhang Lei(China)

9 June 2019	Japan	2–0	El Salvador	Rifu,Japan
19:00 (UTC+9)	Nagai19',42'	Report		Stadium:Hitomebore Stadium Miyagi Attendance: 38,092 Referee:Ma Ning(China)

5 September 2019	Japan	2–0	Paraguay	Kashima,Japan
19:20 (UTC+9)	Osako23' Minamino30'	Report		Stadium:Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 29,071 Referee:Kim Jong-hyeok(South Korea)

19 November 2019	Japan	1–4	Venezuela	Suita,Japan
19:25 (UTC+9)	Yamaguchi70'	Report	Rondón8',31',34' Soteldo38'	Stadium:Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 33,399 Referee:Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob(Malaysia)

2020 Kirin Challenge Cup[edit]

On 17 July,Japan national under-23 football teamwas planning to hold the 2020 Kirin Challenge Cup atNoevir Stadium Kobe,but it was cancelled due to ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

2021 Kirin Challenge Cup[edit]

The friendly againstJamaicaon 3 June 2021 was cancelled due to multiple Jamaican players being unable to board their flight to Japan on account of not meeting the Japanese government's pre-travelCOVID-19testing requirements. The fixture was replaced with a match against theJapan under-24 team.^[3]

3 June	Japan	Cancelled	Jamaica
--:--UTC+9		Cancellation

This match between Japanese teams was a substitute match for the Kirin Challenge Cup, which was a charity match, not the Kirin Challenge Cup.^[3]

3 June	Japan	3–0	Japan U-24	Hokkaido,Japan
19:30UTC+9	Hashimoto2' Kamada41' Asano52'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium:Sapporo Dome Attendance: 0

11 June	Japan	1–0	Serbia	Kobe,Japan
19:25UTC+9	Itō49'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA) Report (SW)		Stadium:Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 0

2021 Kirin Challenge Cup (Under-24)[edit]

Japan, Honduras and Spain participated in the Kirin Challenge Cup (Under-24) 2021.

12 July 2021	Japan U-24	3–1	Honduras U-24	Osaka,Japan
19:30UTC+9	Yoshida13' Dōan40',85'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Tomiyasu66' (o.g.)	Stadium:Yodoko Sakura Stadium Attendance: 4,063 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara (Japan)

17 July 2021	Japan U-24	1–1	Spain U-24	Hyogo,Japan
19:20UTC+9	Dōan42'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	C. Soler78'	Stadium:Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 4,909 Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

2022 Kirin Challenge Cup[edit]

21 January	Japan	Cancelled^[4]	Uzbekistan	Saitama,Japan
19:25UTC+9		Cancellation		Stadium:Saitama Stadium 2002

2 June^[5]	Japan	4–1	Paraguay	Sapporo,Japan
19:00UTC+9	Asano36' Kamada42' Mitoma60' Tanaka85'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	González59'	Stadium:Sapporo Dome

6 June^[5]	Japan	0–1	Brazil	Tokyo,Japan
19:20UTC+9		Report (Soccerway)	Neymar76' (pen.)	Stadium:Japan National Stadium Attendance: 63,638 Referee:Alireza Faghani(Iran)

23 September	Japan	2–0	United States	Düsseldorf,Germany
14:25UTC+2	Kamada24' Mitoma88'	Report (JFA) Report (Soccerway)		Stadium:Merkur Spiel-Arena Referee:Felix Zwayer(Germany)

27 September	Japan	0–0	Ecuador	Düsseldorf,Germany
13:55UTC+2		Report (JFA) Report (Soccerway)		Stadium:Merkur Spiel-Arena

2022 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

2022 Kirin Cup Soccer was held between 10 and 14 June 2022, in a four-nation tournament format.^[5]^[6]Tunisiahave won their first title, defeatingJapan3–0 in the final.

Teams

Semi-finals		Final

10 June –Kobe

Chile	0
		14 June –Osaka
Tunisia	2
		Japan	0
10 June –Kobe
		Tunisia	3
Japan	4

Ghana	1
		3rd place match

		14 June –Osaka

		Chile	0 (1)

		Ghana	0 (3)

Semi-finals[edit]

10 June	Chile	0–2	Tunisia	Kobe,Japan
15:15UTC+9		Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Abdi41' Jebali89'	Stadium:Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 4,973 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto (Japan)

10 June	Japan	4–1	Ghana	Kobe,Japan
18:55UTC+9	Yamane29' Mitoma45+1' Kubo73' Maeda82'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	J. Ayew43'	Stadium:Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 25,100 Referee: Kurt Ams (Australia)

Third place match[edit]

14 June	Chile	0–0 (1–3p)	Ghana	Osaka,Japan
15:15UTC+9^{[note 1]}		Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium:Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 6,185 Referee:Hiroki Kasahara(Japan)
	Penalties
	Fernández Alarcón Brereton Diaz Medel		J. Ayew Kudus Issahaku

Final[edit]

14 June	Japan	0–3	Tunisia	Osaka,Japan
18:55UTC+9^{[note 1]}		Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Ben Romdhane55' Sassi76' Jebali90+3'	Stadium:Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 31,292 Referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish (United Arab Emirates)

2023 Kirin Challenge Cup[edit]

24 March	Japan	1–1	Uruguay^[7]	Tokyo,Japan
19:30UTC+9	Nishimura75'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Valverde38'	Stadium:Japan National Stadium Attendance: 61,855 Referee:Ko Hyung-jin(South Korea)

28 March	Japan	1–2	Colombia^[8]	Osaka,Japan
19:20UTC+9	Mitoma3'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Durán33' Borré61'	Stadium:Yodoko Sakura Stadium Attendance: 20,005 Referee:Muhammad Taqi(Singapore)

15 June	Japan	6–0	El Salvador^[9]	Aichi,Japan
19:10UTC+9	Taniguchi1' Ueda4' (pen.) Kubo25' Dōan44' Nakamura60' Furuhashi73'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium:Toyota Stadium Attendance: 37,403 Referee:Andrew Madley(England)

20 June	Japan	4–1	Peru^[10]	Suita,Japan
18:55UTC+9	H. Ito22' Mitoma37' J. Itō63' Maeda75'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Gonzáles83'	Stadium:Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 35,001 Referee:Khamis Al-Marri(Qatar)

12 September	Japan	4–2	Turkey	Genk,Belgium
14:20UTC+2	A. Ito15' Nakamura28',36' J. Itō78' (pen.)	Report	Kabak44' Yıldırım61'	Stadium:Cegeka Arena Attendance: 7,002 Referee:Allard Lindhout(Netherlands)

17 October	Japan	2–0	Tunisia	Kobe,Japan
19:10UTC+9	Furuhashi43' J. Ito69'	Report		Stadium:Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 26,529 Referee:Wang Di(China)

Winners (Kirin Cup Soccer)[edit]

Clubs[edit]

1978:Borussia MönchengladbachandSE Palmeiras(Shared)
1979:Tottenham Hotspur
1980:Middlesbrough
1981:Club Brugge
1982:Werder Bremen
1983:Newcastle United
1984:Internacional
1985:Santos
1986:Werder Bremen
1987:Fluminense
1988:CR Flamengo
1989: Not Held
1990: Not Held

National teams[edit]

1992:Argentina
1993:Hungary
1994:France
1995:Japan
1996:Japan
1997:Japan
1998:Czech Republic
1999:BelgiumandPeru(Shared)
2000:JapanandSlovakia(Shared)
2001:Japan
2002: Not Finished
2003: Not Finished
2004:Japan
2005:PeruandUnited Arab Emirates(Shared)
2006:Scotland
2007:Japan
2008:Japan
2009:Japan
2010: Not Held
2011:Japan,Czech RepublicandPeru(Shared)
2012: Not Held
2013: Not Held
2014: Not Held
2015: Not Held
2016:Bosnia and Herzegovina
2017: Not Held
2018: Not Held
2019: Not Held
2020: Not Held
2021: Not Held
2022:Tunisia

Notes[edit]

^^a ^bSince the match for Japan is set to start at 18:55, the time of the third place match and the final will be changed depending on the results of the semi-finals.

References[edit]

^"Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Denmark to participate in Kirin Cup Soccer 2016".Japan Football Association.25 January 2016.
^"Kirin Challenge Cup 2020 of U-23 National Team Cancelled".Japan Football Association.1 April 2020.
^^a ^b"Samurai Blue đối U-24 nhật bổn đại biểu khai thôi quyết định 【6.3＠ bắc hải đạo 】".Japan Football Association(in Japanese). 1 June 2021.
^"Cancellation of the Kirin Challenge Cup 2022 match between Samurai Blue and Uzbekistan (1/21＠Saitama)".Japan Football Association.7 January 2022.
^^a ^b ^c"6 nguyệt にキリンカップサッカー2022, キリンチャレンジカップ2022を khai thôi".Japan Football Association(in Japanese). 30 March 2022.
^"Đại hội tham gia quốc, マッチスケジュール, テレビ phóng tống が quyết định キリンカップサッカー2022".Japan Football Association(in Japanese). 28 April 2022.
^"KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2023 [3/24] Top".Japan Football Association.Retrieved13 February2023.
^"KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2023 [3/28] Top".Japan Football Association.Retrieved13 February2023.
^"KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2023 [6/15] TOP".Japan Football Association.Retrieved29 May2023.
^"KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2023 [6/20] TOP".Japan Football Association.Retrieved29 May2023.

External links[edit]

Official website
All-time match results(1978–present) on kirin.co.jp
Statisticson RSSSF
Kirin Cup Socceron Soccerway

[note_1-7] Since the match for Japan is set to start at 18:55, the time of the third place match and the final will be changed depending on the results of the semi-finals.

[1] "Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Denmark to participate in Kirin Cup Soccer 2016".Japan Football Association.25 January 2016.

[2] "Kirin Challenge Cup 2020 of U-23 National Team Cancelled".Japan Football Association.1 April 2020.

[jfa20210601-3] "Samurai Blue đối U-24 nhật bổn đại biểu khai thôi quyết định 【6.3＠ bắc hải đạo 】".Japan Football Association(in Japanese). 1 June 2021.

[4] "Cancellation of the Kirin Challenge Cup 2022 match between Samurai Blue and Uzbekistan (1/21＠Saitama)".Japan Football Association.7 January 2022.

[jfa20220330-5] "6 nguyệt にキリンカップサッカー2022, キリンチャレンジカップ2022を khai thôi".Japan Football Association(in Japanese). 30 March 2022.

[jfa20220428-6] "Đại hội tham gia quốc, マッチスケジュール, テレビ phóng tống が quyết định キリンカップサッカー2022".Japan Football Association(in Japanese). 28 April 2022.

[8] "KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2023 [3/24] Top".Japan Football Association.Retrieved13 February2023.

[9] "KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2023 [3/28] Top".Japan Football Association.Retrieved13 February2023.

[10] "KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2023 [6/15] TOP".Japan Football Association.Retrieved29 May2023.

[11] "KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2023 [6/20] TOP".Japan Football Association.Retrieved29 May2023.

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Tournaments[edit]

1978 Japan Cup[edit]

1979 Japan Cup[edit]

1980 Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer[edit]

1981 Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer[edit]

1982 Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer[edit]

1983 Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer[edit]

1984 Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group B[edit]

1985 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

1986 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

1987 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

1988 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

1991 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

1992 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

1993 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

1994 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

1995 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

1996 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

1997 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

1998 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

1999 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

2000 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

2001 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

2002 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

2003 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

2004 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

2005 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

2006 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

2007 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

2008 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

2009 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

2011 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

2013 Kirin Challenge Cup[edit]

2014 Kirin Challenge Cup[edit]

2015 Kirin Challenge Cup[edit]

2016 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

2016 Kirin Challenge Cup[edit]

2017 Kirin Challenge Cup[edit]

2018 Kirin Challenge Cup[edit]

2019 Kirin Challenge Cup[edit]

2020 Kirin Challenge Cup[edit]

2021 Kirin Challenge Cup[edit]

2021 Kirin Challenge Cup (Under-24)[edit]

2022 Kirin Challenge Cup[edit]

2022 Kirin Cup Soccer[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Third place match[edit]

Final[edit]

2023 Kirin Challenge Cup[edit]

Winners (Kirin Cup Soccer)[edit]

Clubs[edit]

National teams[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]