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Sunday October 25
Kawasaki Frontale 7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0
Nagoya Grampus 3 Jubilo Iwata 3
Shimizu S-Pulse 1 FC Tokyo 2
Urawa Reds 0 Omiya Ardija 3
Saturday October 24
Gamba Osaka 0 Yokohama F Marinos 0
Kashima Antlers 3 JEF United Chiba 0
Kashiwa Reysol 0 Montedio Yamagata 1
Kyoto Sanga 1 Oita Trinita 1
Vissel Kobe 1 Albirex Niigata 0
Kawasaki Frontale lead the J-League after 30 rounds of the J1 championship following an incredible
7-0 thrashing of Sanfrecce.
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Sunday October 18
JEF United Chiba 1 Kyoto Sanga 1
Oita Trinita 2 Shimizu S-Pulse 1
Saturday October 17
Albirex Niigata 0 Urawa Reds 1
FC Tokyo 4 Kashiwa Reysol 0
Jubilo Iwata 0 Kashima Antlers 0
Montedio Yamagata 1 Vissel Kobe 0
Omiya Ardija 2 Kawasaki Frontale 3
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 Gamba Osaka 2
Yokohama F Marinos 2 Nagoya Grampus 1
Kawasaki Frontale now lead the J-League after 29 rounds of the J1 championship.
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Last month we talked to São Paulo front man, Washington, about his career and the Morumbi
club's dramatic surge up the table. Brave heart talks about his time at Ponte Preta,
Atlético Paranaense, Japan, Fluminense, and tells us that São Paulo can still clinch a
record-breaking fourth league title in a row.
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Sunday August 30
Kashiwa Reysol 0 Kyoto Sanga 0
Kawasaki Frontale 1 Shimizu S-Pulse 1
Montedio Yamagata 1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2
Saturday August 29
FC Tokyo 2 Oita Trinita 0
Jubilo Iwata 1 Gamba Osaka 3
Nagoya Grampus 1 Albirex Niigata 0
Omiya Ardija 3 Kashima Antlers 1
Vissel Kobe 3 Urawa Reds 2
Yokohama F Marinos 1 JEF United Chiba 1
Kashima Antlers remain top of the J-League followed by Kawasaki Frontale, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and
Shimizu S-Pulse.
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Hilarious, sad and revealing all at the same time.
Yes it's true: Urawa Reds manager Volker Finke punished his player for not diving to earn a penalty
kick.
Safe to say that didn't go over well with guys that make more money than him:
"He's not qualified to be a manager," Japan Football Association (JFA) president
Motoaki Inukai was quoted as saying in Tuesday's Japanese media.
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Sunday August 23
Gamba Osaka 2 Nagoya Grampus 3
Kashima Antlers 3 FC Tokyo 1
Kawasaki Frontale 2 Montedio Yamagata 0
Saturday August 22
Omiya Ardija 1 JEF United Chiba 1
Albirex Niigata 1 Kyoto Sanga 2
Shimizu S-Pulse 5 Jubilo Iwata 1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 Urawa Reds 1
Kashiwa Reysol 1 Yokohama F Marinos 1
Kashima Antlers continue to lead the J-League followed by Kawasaki Frontale and Shimizu S-Pulse.
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Sunday, 16 August
FC Tokyo 0 Yokohama F Marinos 0
Omiya Ardija 1 Jubilo Iwata 1
Shimizu S-Pulse 1 Albirex Niigata 1
Saturday, 15 August
Gamba Osaka 1 Urawa Reds 0
Kashima Antlers 1 Oita Trinita 0
Kyoto Sanga 1 Montedio Yamagata 0
JEF United Chiba 0 Kashiwa Reysol 0
Nagoya Grampus 0 Kawasaki Frontale 2
Vissel Kobe 0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0
Kashima Antlers lead the J-League followed by Kawasaki Frontale, Albirex Niigata and Urawa Reds.
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It's been a tough week for the citizens of Shimizu.
Faced with the indignity of not one S-Pulse player making the J. Allstars team, football fans awoke
last Tuesday to a sizeable earthquake shattering the peace of their sleepy town.
It'll be a different noise rocking the port city this evening, with all 20,330 tickets snapped up
for tonight's "Orange Derby" against high-flying Albirex Niigata.
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Sunday, 3 August
Kawasaki Frontale 2 FC Tokyo 1
Yokohama F Marinos 3 Kyoto Sanga 0
Albirex Niigata 0 Omiya Ardija 0
Jubilo Iwata 3 JEF United Chiba 2
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 Kashima Antlers 0
Oita Trinita 2 Nagoya Grampus 1
Saturday, 2 August
Montedio Yamagata 1 Gamba Osaka 1
Urawa Reds 0 Shimizu S-Pulse 1
Kashiwa Reysol 0 Vissel Kobe 1
Kashima Antlers still top the J-League followed Kawasaki Frontale, Albirex Niigata and Urawa Reds.
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Sunday, 26 July
Albirex Niigata 1 Montedio Yamagata 1
Jubilo Iwata 1 Yokohama F Marinos 1
Kyoto Sanga 3 Kawasaki Frontale 1
Saturday, 25 July
Gamba Osaka 1 Oita Trinita 0
FC Tokyo 0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0
JEF United Chiba 1 Shimizu S-Pulse 2
Kashima Antlers 1 Kashiwa Reysol 1
Urawa Reds 0 Nagoya Grampus 3
Vissel Kobe 1 Omiya Ardija 2
Kashima Antlers top the J-League by 10 points from Albirex Niigata and Urawa Reds.
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If there's one team that can stop the Kashima Antlers juggernaut from steam-rolling to a third
successive J. League title, it's Kawasaki Frontale.
The Kanagawa side geared up for an epic showdown with Kashima on Sunday by beating Gamba Osaka 1-0
at Todoroki Stadium in a rescheduled Round 10 fixture overnight.
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Japan warmed up for their World Cup qualifier against Uzbekistan in Tashkent on June 6 with two
crushing Kirin Cup victories to win the three-team tournament in front of their home fans.
Japan thrashed Chile 4-0 on May 27 in front of 43,531 fans at a sold-out Nagai Stadium in Osaka,
with Shimizu S-Pulse front man Shinji Okazaki helping himself to a brace.
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The national team may never sit atop the FIFA world rankings, while most European fans remain
blissfully ignorant of the colourful crowds that pack into grounds to witness one of the most
evenly contested leagues in the world. But there's no denying that Japanese football is unique.
The J.
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Kashima Antlers moved back to the top of the J. League standings following a hard-fought 1-0 win
over Vissel Kobe last night.
In a full round of midweek fixtures, Kashima took advantage of Urawa's 2-2 draw away at Shimizu
S-Pulse to leapfrog the Saitama giants in the standings.
Imposing defender Daiki Iwamasa scored the only goal of the game, powering home a header to
register Kashima's 1000th league goal in the process.
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Friday 17th April
19:45 Burton Albion v Oxford United, Blue Square Premier, Setanta Sports 1
Burton could clinch the Blue Square Premier title tonight if they can grab at least a draw against
an Oxford side unbeaten in ten matches. Burton will be all too pleased if they can get everything
over and done with tonight as they've been wobbling a bit of late, but Oxford are hell bent on a
play-off place.
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Following their uninspiring performance in a 1-1 draw with Newcastle Jets in the AFC Champions
League in midweek, Nagoya Grampus rounded out a disappointing week by going down 1-0 to Urawa Reds
in front of 32,435 fans at Toyota Stadium.
17-year-old midfielder Genki Haraguchi was the hero for the Reds - coming off the bench to replace
the injured Tatsuya Tanaka after just 22 minutes, before blasting home his first ever top flight
goal two minutes before the break.
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Adelaide taking their city to Asia, and I ain't talking about the Crows!Anyone who saw Urawa Reds or Gamba Osaka take on Sydney and Melbourne in previous Asian Champions
League encounters will have expected the cashed up Japanese club Kashima Antlers to give Adelaide a
good thumping in the home game of the Asian Champions League Quarter Finals.
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With the international break yielding a positive result for Japan and the autumn leaves starting to
make their first appearances on the tree-lined avenues surrounding the National Stadium, attention
now turns to the business end of the J. League season.
Five teams are still in with a genuine chance of lifting the trophy, but northern outfit Consadole
Sapporo are certainly not one of them.
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Friday 22 August
19:30 Hannover 96 v Energie Cottbus, Bundesliga, Setanta Sports 1
Both teams were hammered 3-0 last week. Of the two, Hannover can at least say that they were beaten
by a title contender in Schalke. Cottbuss lost to one of the few teams tipped to finish below them,
Hoffenheim.
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From the multitude of unofficial fan clubs that crowd the terraces to the carefully choreographed
chants that ring out for ninety minutes, J. League fans have arguably borrowed as heavily from
their native baseball league as they have from European and South American football culture.
Michael Tuckerman explains.
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From the multitude of unofficial fan clubs that crowd the terraces to the carefully choreographed
chants that ring out for ninety minutes, J. League fans have arguably borrowed as heavily from
their native baseball league as they have from European and South American football culture.
Michael Tuckerman explains.
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Kashima Antlers remain top of the J. League after thrashing Tokyo Verdy 4-1 in front of 21,437 fans
at Kashima Stadium.
Shinzo Koroki kicked off a routine victory for the defending champions, before Daiki Iwamasa
powered home a header just before the break to hand the Antlers a commanding two-goal lead.
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(All times UK. Pre-season friendly games are not included.)
Friday
19:30 Barrow v Oxford Utd, Blue Square Premier, Setanta Sports 1
Setanta have reduced the number of live Blue Square games this season. This is possibly because of
poor ratings or because they've got other football to show instead.
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The day before the Olympics officially begin with the opening ceremonies, what is really the
U.S. Men's Under-23 National Team (with three over-age players) plays at 2 a.m. our time on MSNBC
against Japan in its Group B opener.
The U.S. roster:
goalkeepers Brad Guzan (Aston Villa) and Chris Seitz (Real Salt Lake; defenders Patrick
Ianni (Houston Dynamo), Michael Orozco (San Luis), Michael Parkhurst (New England Revolution),
Marvell Wynne (Toronto FC); midfielders Freddy Adu (Monaco), Michael Bradley (SC Heerenveen),
Maurice Edu (Toronto FC), Benny Feilhaber (Derby County), Stuart Holden (Houston Dynamo), Sacha
Kljestan (Chivas USA), Dax McCarty (FC Dallas), Danny Szetela (Brescia Calcio); forwards Jozy
Altidore (Villarreal), Charlie Davies (Hammarby IF), Brian McBride (Chicago Fire), Robbie Rogers
(Columbus Crew).
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Round 19 in the J. League could prove a turning point for several clubs with a number of marquee
fixtures set down for the weekend of July 26/27.
The pick of the Saturday fixtures see FC Tokyo host Yokohama F. Marinos at Ajinomoto Stadium, as
teams from Japan's two largest cities get ready to rumble in the capital.
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The Offside 24 June @ 01:50 PM EST
After over a month of no laser lightshows, and no killer whale mascots, the J League returns to
action tomorrow. With the European Championship winding down, the attention in Japan will be
returning to domestic football, and since we've been a bit distracted ourselves, let's take a look
at how things stand in J [.
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Asian champions Urawa Reds are fined a Japanese record $185,000 (£95,000) following violent clashes between rival fans after a J-League game last month. Gamba Osaka's 3-2 victory at Saitama Stadium triggered arguably the worst incident of crowd trouble since the J-League was launched in 1993.
Here's a quick video of some colorful Urawa Red fans.
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New Urawa Reds manager Gert Engels guided the Asian champions to their first win of the season on
Sunday, snapping a four-game drought that included two losses in the J.League and a loss and a draw
in the league Nabisco Cup.
The Reds defeated Albirex Niigata 3-0 on goals from Takahito Soma, Marcus Tulio Tanaka and Yuichiro
Nagai on a rainy afternoon at Saitama Stadium.
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Gert Engel's first match in charge of Urawa Reds, following the sensational sacking of Holger
Osieck, ended in defeat. Urawa's loss to Vissel Kobe 1-0 in the Nabisco League Cup was Urawa's
third successive loss without scoring.
Group A
Nagoya Grampus 0 Kyoto Sanga 1
Urawa Reds 0 Vissel Kobe 1
Group B
Shimizu S-Pulse 3 FC Tokyo 1
Tokyo Verdy 0 Jubilo 2
Group C
Kawasaki Frontale 0 JEF United 2
Kashiwa Reysol 1 Sapporo Consadole 1
Group D
F Marinos 1 Oita Trinita 0
Albirex Niigata 2 Omiya Ardija 2
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After only two games, and two defeats, Urawa Reds have sacked their German coach Holger Osieck and
replaced him with assistant coach and fellow countryman Gert Engels.
Osieck's dismissal, the fastest in J-League history, came after the 2-0 home defeat to Nagoya
Grampus on Saturday and an emergency meeting between club president Mitsunori Fujiguchi and general
manager Shuzo Nakamura.
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Editor's note: This is the second part in a three part series by furtho looking at Omiya Ardija, a
Japanese team living in the shadow of their near neighbours, the Urawa Reds. Read the first part
here, which looked at Omiya's remarkable promotion to the top Japanese division, a joy tempered as
their inadequate stadium [.
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Back to Tokyo for the semi finals of the competition and I noted that Sepp
Blatter has already questioned the participation of the Oceania tournament
winner. Not only is this the smallest of the federations it also recently
lost Australia to the Asian tournament, as they wished the national team to
have more competition and also avoid their inevitable World Cup play off
against South American opponents.
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