AboutJapanFootball·1d agoHope and Concern for Japan’s U-17 World Cup Squad: Pros Left Out, and Too Few First-Team RegularsJapan's U-17 World Cup squad is so deep even pros missed the cut. Yet few of the 63 players tried this year get real first-team minutes.
UVRScout·4d ago15 Mins of Pure Entertainment: Osaka DerbyEvery matchday the J.League picks one match to broadcast internationally for free on YouTube. I stumbled across the stream in the 74th…
AboutJapanFootball·6d agoMoriyasu’s Last Window? What Japan’s November Squad ShowsFive returns, one first call-up, ten exits: what Japan's November squad says about Moriyasu's last window and the handover to Oiwa.A response icon1
AboutJapanFootball·Oct 31Three Pathways and the Universities: Which Schools, Academies and Clubs Sent the Most Players to…Eight World Cup squads since 1998: Gamba Osaka Youth, Shimizu Higashi and Tsukuba top their lists, and no team has sent more than five.
AboutJapanFootball·Oct 3049% in J1, 27% at the World Cup: Japan’s National Team Is Not Built Like Its LeagueHalf of J1’s Japanese players went through university. At the 2026 World Cup, only 27% did. Japan’s squad is not a scale model of J1.
