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To raise the level of play domestically, to attempt to garner more fans, and to strengthen the national team, the Japan Football Association (JFA) decided to form a professional league. The professional association football league, J.League was formed in 1992, with eight clubs drawn from the JSL First Division, one from the Second Division, and ...
The Dai-Nippon Shukyu Kyokai (“Greater Japan Football Association”) is founded, with IMAMURA Jikichi as its first president. Its founding was prompted by The Football Association (The FA) presenting Japan with the FA Silver Cup in 1919.
The top three levels of the Japanese football league system are operated by the J. League, which consists of J1 League (J1), J2 League, and J3 League. All of the clubs in the J. League are fully professional.
After nearly two years of planning, in January 1991, the Japan Football Association (JFA, the official international representative for Japan in FIFA), announced the basic structure of the new professional football league, to be known as the J.League.
The Japan Football Association (JFA, Japanese: 日本サッカー協会, romanized: Nihon Sakkā Kyōkai) [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]
Modern football is thought to have been introduced to Japan in 1873 by British Royal Navy officers and by 1921 the Japan Football Association (JFA) was established in Tokyo, eventually being affiliated to FIFA in 1929.
Jul 1, 2018 · Japan now had its own professional football league that one day would become the best in Asia. The dream was to have a successful, sustainable league, one to be proud of – to have a hundred professional clubs, and lastly, to win the World Cup by 2092.
