Upcoming events
DFs: Hiroki Fujiuaru*, Tsukasa Shiotani*, Masashi Kamekawa, Sei Muroya, Takuya Iwanami, Naomichi Ueda
MFs: Ryota Oshima, Wataru Endo, Riki Harakawa, Shinya Yajima, Shoya Nakajima, Takumi Minamino, Yosuke Ideguchi
Reserves in case of injury: GK Daichi Sugimoto, MF Gakuto Notsuda, DF Shinnosuke Nakatani, FW Musashi Suzuki
The Under 23 squad has been announced for the Ghana match next week – the MS&AD CUP 2016 will be a charity match for those affected by the Kumamoto earthquakes … the match is on Wednesday 11 May, at Best Amenity Stadium in Saga.
With about three months to go until the Rio Olympics, the fight for places intensifies while the chances to check out other possibles lessens… here’s the squad.
GKs Kushibiki (Antlers) / Sugimoto (Vortis) / Niekawa (Tosu)
DFs Yamanaka (Reysol) / Kamekawa (Avispa) / Ito (Antlers) / Nara (Frontale) / Iwanami (Vissel) / Sai van Wermeskerken (Dordrecht – Holland) / Ueda (Antlers) / Miura (S-Pulse)
MFs Oshima (Frontale) / Ito (Reysol) / Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) / Harakawa (Frontale) / Yajima (Fagiano) / Notsuda (Albirex) /Toyokawa (Fagiano) / Ideguchi (Gamba)
FWs Togashi (F•Marinos) / Kanamori (Avispa) / Asano (Sanfrecce) / Onaiwu (JEF)
Note, for example that goalkeeper Nakamura (Reysol) and CB/DMF Endo (Reds), for example, are both out giving the chance to see other players.
The Japan U23 lads are scheduled to play Paraguay, Portugal, Guinea and England in Toulon Tournament (France) May 21-27.
… and then they will play South Africa on June 29th in Matsumoto before heading off to Rio.
Japan’s World Cup qualifying schedule:
The top two from each group qualify for Russia 2018 World Cup, with the two third-placed teams playing off and then meeting the 4th-placed team from CONCACAF for another World Cup place.
Group B matches
http://eversport.tv/upcoming?date=2016-04-03&term=25501
Mito HollyHock v Thespakusatsu Gunma
Renofa Yamaguchi v Kamatamare Sanuki
Zweigen Kanazawa v Yokohama FC
Ehime FC v Giravanz Kitakyushu
Kyoto Sanga v Montedio Yamagata
Goalkeepers – Higashiguchi (Gamba), Nishikawa (Reds), Rokutan (Albirex), Hayashi (Tosu)
Defenders – Makino (Reds), Morishige (FC Tokyo), Yonekura (Gamba), Fujiharu (Gamba), Shiotani, Maruyama, Kurumaya, Shoji, Ueda
Midfielders – Kashiwagi (Reds), Endo (Yasushi – Antlers), Endo (Wataru – Reds), Muto (Yuki – Reds), Yonemoto (FC Tokyo), Shibasaki (Gaku – Antlers)
Forwards – Kohrogi (Reds, yes, that is how it is spelled officially, these days), Kobayashi (Frontale), Kanazaki (Antlers), Nagai (Grampus), Saito (F•Marinos), Usami (Gamba), Asano (Sanfrecce)
日本代表候補
G K 東口順昭 / 西川周作 / 六反勇治 / 林彰洋
D F 槙野智章 / 森重真人 / 米倉恒貴 / 藤春廣輝 / 塩谷司 丸 / 山祐市 車 / 屋紳太郎 / 昌子源 / 植田直通
MF 柏木陽介 / 遠藤康 / 武藤雄樹 / 米本拓司 / 柴崎岳 / 遠藤航
FW 興梠慎三 / 小林悠 / 金崎夢生 / 永井謙佑 / 齋藤学 / 宇佐美貴史 / 浅野拓磨
Listen here:
http://jtalkpodcast.blogspot.jp/2016/02/ep171.html
Kashiwa Reysol (above)
Vegalta Sendai (above)
Kashima Antlers (above)
Venforet Kofu (above)
Gamba Osaka (above)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima (above)
Machida Zelvia (above)
Tokushima Vortis
Ehime FC (above)
Nagoya Grampus (above)
Your First Two Weekends of J1 schedule… more to be posted soon, along with J2 and J3. And, of course, they all (should be( available at the J.League web site
February 27th
14.00 Sanfrecce v Frontale
14.00 Jubilo v Grampus
14.00 Sagan v Avispa
15.00 Reysol v Reds
15.00 Vissel v Ventforet
15.00 Bellmare v Albirex
18.30 F•Marinos v Vegalta
19.00 FC Tokyo v Ardija
February 28th
14.05 Gamba v Antlers
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March 5th
14:00 Antlers v Sagan
15:00 Frontale v Bellmare
16:00 Ardija v Reysol
18.30 Vissel v Albirex
19.00 Avispa v F•Marinos
March 6th
13.00 Ventforet v Gamba
14.00 Reds v Jubilo
15.00 Grampus v Sanfrecce
15.30 Vegalta v FC Tokyo
Kashima Antlers home (red) and away
