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{{Infobox football tournament
{{Infobox football tournament
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| founded = {{Start date and age|1965}}
| founded = {{Start date and age|1965}}
| number of teams = 32
| number of teams = 32
| region = Japan
| current champions = [[FC Kariya]] (1st title)<br />([[2023 All Japan Senior Football Championship|2023]])
| region = {{flag|Japan}}
| most successful club = Honda Luminoso Sayama FC<br>(3 titles)
| current champions = [[F.C. Korea]] (2012)
| current = [[2023 All Japan Senior Football Championship]]
| most successful club =
| website =
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The {{Nihongo|'''All Japan Senior Football Championship''' |全国社会人サッカー選手権大会|''Zenkoku Shakaijin Sakkā Senshuken Taikai'' |lead=yes}} , officially called the '''All Japan Adults Football Tournament''',<ref>[http://www.jfa.jp/eng/match/adults_football_tournament Official page]</ref> is a [[football (soccer)]] [[Single-elimination tournament|cup]] competition in Japan. It is run by the [[Japan Football Association]]. As it only involves non-league teams (teams not affiliated to either [[J.League]] or the [[Japan Football League]]), it can be considered an equivalent of the [[FA Trophy]] or [[FA Vase]] in England.

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The '''All Japan Senior Football Championship''' (''Zenkoku Shakaijin Sakkā Senshuken Taikai'', 全国社会人サッカー選手権大会) is a [[football (soccer)]] [[Single-elimination tournament|cup]] competition in [[Japan]]. It is run by the [[Japan Football Association]]. As it only involves non-league teams (teams not affiliated to either [[J. League]] or the [[Japan Football League]]), it can be considered an equivalent of the [[FA Trophy]] or [[FA Vase]] in [[England]].


==Overview==
==Overview==
The "Shakaijin" or "Zensha" as it is known, was first established in 1965 to determine potential entrants to the [[Japan Soccer League]]. The winner and runner-up played off in a [[promotion and relegation]] series against the bottom two clubs of the JSL. This continued even after the JSL added a Second Division in 1972. Since 1977, however, there is a system called the "[[All Japan Regional Football Promotion League Series]]" to promote new league entrants (to the JSL 2nd Division, the [[Japan Football League (1992–1998)|former Japan Football League]], and the current [[Japan Football League]]), thus the "Shakaijin" is now effectively a non-league cup competition. The 1999 edition was the only one to feature teams from the current JFL; otherwise, all participant clubs have been from the regional leagues.
The "'''Shakaijin'''", "'''Shakaijin Cup'''" or "'''Zensha'''" as it is known, was first established in 1965 to determine potential entrants to the [[Japan Soccer League]]. The winner and runner-up played off in a [[promotion and relegation]] series against the bottom two clubs of the JSL. This continued even after the JSL added a Second Division in 1972. Since 1977, however, there is a system called the "[[Japanese Regional Football Champions League|Regional Football Champions League]]" to promote new league entrants (to the JSL 2nd Division, the [[Japan Football League (1992–1998)|former Japan Football League]], and the current [[Japan Football League]]), thus the "Shakaijin" is now effectively a non-league cup competition. The 1999 edition was the only one to feature teams from the current JFL; otherwise, all participant clubs have been from the regional leagues.


The format is a week-long elimination tournament in a host locale (originally a single city, now a major metropolitan area) chosen by the JFA beforehand, and the best clubs of the regional leagues (currently 32 entrants) qualify. The final takes place in a major stadium in the largest host city or prefectural capital. The winner automatically qualifies to the Regional Promotion Series (runners-up and [[Third place playoff|third place]]s may also qualify depending on berth availability).
The format is a week-long elimination tournament in a host locale (originally a single city, now a major metropolitan area) chosen by the JFA beforehand, and the best clubs of the regional leagues (currently 32 entrants) qualify. The final takes place in a major stadium in the largest host city or prefectural capital. The winner automatically qualifies to the Regional Champions League (runners-up and [[Third place playoff|third place]]s may also qualify depending on berth availability).


Many former Shakaijin winners are now J. League members, so the cup, despite no longer guaranteeing promotion, is considered a crucial stepping stone by ambitious clubs.
Many former Shakaijin winners are now J.League members, so the cup, despite no longer guaranteeing promotion, is considered a crucial stepping stone by ambitious clubs.


==List of winners==
==List of winners==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Year!!Winner!!Score!!Runner-up!!Tournament Site(s)
!Year!!Winner!!Score!!Runner-up!!Location(s)
|-
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|1965||[[NKK F.C.|Nippon Kokan]]||3-1||Urawa Club||[[Beppu, Oita]]
|1965||[[NKK F.C.|Nippon Kokan]]||3&ndash;1||Urawa Club||[[Beppu, Ōita]]
|-
|-
|1966||Urawa Club||1-0||Nippon Kokan||[[Saitama, Saitama|Omiya]]
|1966||Urawa Club||1&ndash;0||Nippon Kokan||[[Saitama, Saitama|Omiya]]
|-
|-
|1967||Nagoya Bank||4-1||[[Nagoya Grampus Eight|Toyota Motors]]||[[Yokohama, Kanagawa]]
|1967||[[Nagoya WEST FC|Nagoya Bank]]||4&ndash;1||[[Toyota Motors SC|Toyota Motors]]||[[Yokohama]]
|-
|-
|1968||[[Nagoya Grampus Eight|Toyota Motors]]||1-0||Urawa Club||[[Shimabara, Nagasaki]]
|1968||[[Toyota Motors SC|Toyota Motors]]||1&ndash;0||Urawa Club||[[Shimabara, Nagasaki]]
|-
|-
|1969||[[Ventforet Kofu|Kofu Club]] (shared)||1-1<br>AET||Urawa Club (shared)||[[Tōno, Iwate]]
|1969||[[Kofu Club]] (shared)||1&ndash;1<br>{{aet}}||Urawa Club (shared)||[[Tōno, Iwate]]
|-
|-
|1970||[[Nagoya Grampus Eight|Toyota Motors]]||1-0||[[Ventforet Kofu|Kofu Club]]||[[Fujieda, Shizuoka]]
|1970||[[Toyota Motors SC|Toyota Motors]]||1&ndash;0||[[Kofu Club]]||[[Fujieda, Shizuoka]]
|-
|-
|1971||[[Shonan Bellmare|Towa Real Estate]]||1-0||Tanabe Pharmaceutical||[[Saga, Saga|Saga]]
|1971||[[Towa Real Estate SC|Towa Real Estate]]||1&ndash;0||[[Tanabe Mitsubishi Pharma SC|Tanabe Pharmaceutical]]||[[Saga (city)|Saga]]
|-
|-
|1972||Eidai Industries||5-0||Teijin S.C. Matsuyama||[[Ichihara, Chiba]]
|1972||[[Eidai SC|Eidai Industries]]||5&ndash;0||[[Teijin SC|Teijin SC Matsuyama]]||[[Ichihara, Chiba]]
|-
|-
|1973||[[Kashima Antlers|Sumitomo]]||2-1||Hitachi Ibaraki||[[Hitachi, Ibaraki]]
|1973||[[Sumitomo Metals FC|Sumitomo]]||2&ndash;1||[[Hitachi Ibaraki SC]]||[[Hitachi, Ibaraki]]
|-
|-
|1974||[[Honda F.C.|Honda Giken]]||3-0||Yanmar Club||[[Kagoshima, Kagoshima|Kagoshima]]
|1974||[[Honda FC|Honda Giken]]||3&ndash;0||Yanmar Club||[[Kagoshima]]
|-
|-
|1975||Yanmar Club||3-1||Furukawa Electric Chiba||[[Shizuoka, Shizuoka|Shizuoka]]
|1975||Yanmar Club||3&ndash;1||[[Furukawa Electric Chiba S.C.|Furukawa Electric Chiba]]||[[Shizuoka (city)|Shizuoka]]
|-
|-
|1976||[[Yokohama F. Marinos|Nissan Motors]]||1-0||Dainichi Nippon Densen
|1976||[[Nissan Motors FC|Nissan Motors]]||1&ndash;0||Dainichi Nippon Densen
|-style="border-top:3px solid blue;"
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|1977||[[Toshiba Horikawa-cho SC|Toshiba Horikawa-cho]]||2&ndash;0||NTT Kansai
|-
|-
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|1978||Saitama Teachers||2&ndash;0||Hyōgo Teachers||[[Nobeoka, Miyazaki]]
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|1977||[[Consadole Sapporo|Toshiba Horikawa-cho]]||2-0||NTT Kansai
|-
|-
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|1979||Toho Titanium||2&ndash;0||Mazda Auto Hiroshima
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|1978||Saitama Teachers||2-0||Hyogo Teachers||[[Nobeoka, Miyazaki]]
|-
|-
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|1980||[[Dainichi Nippon Cable SC]]||2&ndash;0||Osaka Gas
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|1979||Toho Titanium||2-0||Mazda Auto Hiroshima
|-
|-
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|1981||[[NTT Kanto SC|NTT Kanto]]||2&ndash;1||Hitachi Ibaraki
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|1980||Yamato Nippon Densen||2-0||Osaka Gas
|-
|-
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|1982||Osaka Gas||3&ndash;1||Shizuoka Gas
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|1981||[[Omiya Ardija|NTT Kanto]]||2-1||Hitachi Ibaraki
|-
|-
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|1983||[[Matsushita SC|Matsushita]]||5&ndash;0||NTT Kansai
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|1982||Osaka Gas||3-1||Shizuoka Gas
|-
|-
|1984||Kyoto Police Dept.||2&ndash;1||Shimizu Club
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|1983||[[Gamba Osaka|Matsushita]]||5-0||NTT Kansai
|-
|-
|1984||Kyoto Police Dept.||2-1||Shimizu Club
|1985||NTT Kansai (shared) ||1&ndash;1||Yamanashi Club (shared)
|-
|-
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|1986||[[Furukawa Electric Chiba S.C.|Furukawa Electric Chiba]]||4&ndash;3||[[Tokyo Gas SC|Tokyo Gas]]
|1985||NTT Kansai (shared) ||1-1||Yamanashi Club (shared)
|-
|-
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|1987||[[Akita City Government]]||1&ndash;0||Furukawa Electric Chiba
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|1986||Furukawa Electric Chiba||4-3||[[F.C. Tokyo|Tokyo Gas]]
|-
|-
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|1988||[[Kyoto Shiko Club]]||2&ndash;0||Mazda Auto Hiroshima
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|1987||Akita City Hall||1-0||Furukawa Electric Chiba
|-
|-
|1989||[[Chuo Bohan SC|Chuo Bohan]]||2&ndash;0||Furukawa Electric Chiba||[[Kasuga, Fukuoka]]
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|1988||[[Kyoto Sanga F.C.|Kyoto Shiko Club]]||2-0||Mazda Auto Hiroshima
|-
|-
|1989||[[Avispa Fukuoka|Chuo Bohan]]||2-0||Furukawa Electric Chiba||[[Kasuga, Fukuoka]]
|1990||[[Chuo Bohan SC|Chuo Bohan]]||3&ndash;1||Hitachi Ibaraki||[[Kanazawa]]
|-
|-
|1990||[[Avispa Fukuoka|Chuo Bohan]]||3-1||Hitachi Ibaraki||[[Kanazawa, Ishikawa]]
|1991||[[PJM Futures]]||2&ndash;0||Seino Unyu||[[Tsuruoka, Yamagata]]
|-
|-
|1991||[[Tosu Futures|PJM Futures]]||2-0||Seino Unyu||[[Tsuruoka, Yamagata]]
|1992||[[PJM Futures]]||2&ndash;0||[[Nippon Denso SC|Nippon Denso]]||[[Takamatsu, Kagawa]]
|-
|-
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|1993||[[Yokogawa Musashino FC|Yokogawa Denki]]||3&ndash;2||[[YKK AP SC|YKK]]
|1992||[[Tosu Futures|PJM Futures]]||2-0||[[F.C. Kariya|Nippon Denso]]||[[Takamatsu, Kagawa]]
|-
|-
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|1994||Hitachi Ibaraki||1&ndash;0||[[Alo's Hokuriku|Hokuriku Electric Power Co.]]
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|1993||[[Yokogawa Musashino F.C.|Yokogawa Denki]]||3-2||[[YKK AP F.C.|YKK]]
|-
|-
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|1995||[[Prima Ham FC Tsuchiura]]||1&ndash;0||[[Albireo Niigata]]
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|1994||Hitachi Ibaraki||1-0||[[Alo's Hokuriku|Hokuriku Electric Power Co.]]
|-
|-
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|1996||F.C. Kyoto BAMB 1993||1&ndash;1<br>PK 4&ndash;3||[[Prima Ham FC Tsuchiura]]||[[Takatsuki, Osaka]]
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|1995||[[Mito HollyHock|Prima Ham F.C. Tsuchiura]]||1-0||[[Albirex Niigata|Albireo Niigata]]
|-
|-
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|1997||[[Yokogawa Musashino FC|Yokogawa Denki]]||1&ndash;0<br>AET||Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C.||[[Fujisawa, Kanagawa]]<br>[[Yokohama]]
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|1996||F.C. Kyoto BAMB 1993||1-1<br>PK 4-3||[[Mito HollyHock|Prima Ham F.C. Tsuchiura]]||[[Takatsuki, Osaka]]
|-
|-
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|1998||[[Rosso Kumamoto|NTT Kyushu]]||3&ndash;0||Norbritz Hokkaido
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|1997||[[Yokogawa Musashino F.C.|Yokogawa Denki]]||1-0<br>AET||Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C.||[[Fujisawa, Kanagawa]]<br>[[Yokohama, Kanagawa]]
|-
|-
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|1999||[[Honda FC|Honda Giken]]||4&ndash;0||[[Sony Sendai FC]]||[[Toyama (city)|Toyama]]<br>[[Takaoka, Toyama]]
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|1998||[[Rosso Kumamoto|NTT Kyushu]]||3-0||Norbritz Hokkaido
|-
|-
|2000||[[Sagawa Express Tokyo SC]]||3&ndash;2||[[Sagawa Printing SC]]||[[Sendai, Miyagi]] (final)<br>[[Naruse, Miyagi]]<br>[[Rifu, Miyagi]]<br>[[Shichigahama, Miyagi]]<br>[[Matsushima, Miyagi]]
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|1999||[[Honda F.C.|Honda Giken]]||4-0||[[Sony Sendai F.C.]]||[[Toyama, Toyama|Toyama]]<br>[[Takaoka, Toyama]]
|-
|-
|2000||[[Sagawa Express Tokyo S.C.]]||3-2||[[Sagawa Printing S.C.]]||[[Sendai, Miyagi]] (final)<br>[[Naruse, Miyagi]]<br>[[Rifu, Miyagi]]<br>[[Shichigahama, Miyagi]]<br>[[Matsushima, Miyagi]]
|2001||[[Sagawa Express Osaka S.C.]]||2&ndash;1<br>AET||Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C.||[[Nankoku, Kōchi]] (final)<br>[[Ochi, Kōchi]]<br>[[Haruno, Kōchi]]<br>[[Hidaka, Kōchi]]<br>[[Noichi, Kōchi]]
|-
|-
|2001||[[Sagawa Express Osaka S.C.]]||2-1<br>AET||Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C.||[[Nankoku, Kochi]] (final)<br>[[Ochi, Kochi]]<br>[[Haruno, Kochi]]<br>[[Hidaka, Kochi]]<br>[[Noichi, Kochi]]
|2002||Okinawa Kariyushi FC (shared) ||0&ndash;0<br>AET||Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C. (shared)||[[Shizuoka, Shizuoka|Shimizu, Shizuoka]]<br>[[Fujieda, Shizuoka]]
|-
|-
|2002||Okinawa Kariyushi F.C. (shared) ||0-0<br>AET||Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C. (shared)||[[Shizuoka, Shizuoka|Shimizu, Shizuoka]]<br>[[Fujieda, Shizuoka]]
|2003||Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C.||3&ndash;0||Shizuoka F.C.||[[Saitama (city)|Saitama]]<br>[[Kawagoe, Saitama]]
|-
|-
|2003||Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C.||3-0||Shizuoka F.C.||[[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]]<br>[[Kawagoe, Saitama]]
|2004||Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C. (shared)||0&ndash;0||Okinawa Kariyushi FC (shared)||[[Okayama]] (final)<br>[[Kurashiki, Okayama]]<br>[[Setouchi, Okayama|Oku, Okayama]]
|-
|-
|2004||Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C.||0-0||Okinawa Kariyushi F.C.||[[Okayama, Okayama|Okayama]] (final)<br>[[Kurashiki, Okayama]]<br>[[Setouchi, Okayama|Oku, Okayama]]
|2005||[[Rosso Kumamoto]] (shared) ||2&ndash;2<br>AET||New Nippon Steel Ōita (shared)||[[Kobe, Hyōgo]] (final)<br>[[Sumoto, Hyōgo|Goshiki, Hyōgo]]<br>[[Awaji, Hyōgo]]<br>[[Kakogawa, Hyōgo]]<br>[[Miki, Hyōgo]]
|-
|-
|2005||[[Rosso Kumamoto]] (shared) ||2-2<br>AET||New Nippon Steel Oita (shared)||[[Kobe, Hyogo]] (final)<br>[[Sumoto, Hyogo|Goshiki, Hyogo]]<br>[[Awaji, Hyogo]]<br>[[Kakogawa, Hyogo]]<br>[[Miki, Hyogo]]
|2006||[[V-Varen Nagasaki]]||1&ndash;0||Shizuoka F.C.||[[Akita (city)|Akita]] (final)<br>[[Yurihonjō, Akita]]<br>[[Nikaho, Akita]]
|-
|-
|2006||[[V-Varen Nagasaki]]||1-0||Shizuoka F.C.||[[Akita, Akita|Akita]] (final)<br>[[Yurihonjō, Akita]]<br>[[Nikaho, Akita]]
|2007||[[F.C. Mi-O Biwako Kusatsu]]||3&ndash;1||Yazaki Valente||[[Ōita (city)|Ōita]]<br>[[Beppu, Ōita]]
|-
|-
|2007||[[F.C. Mi-O Biwako Kusatsu]]||3-1||Yazaki Valente||[[Oita, Oita|Oita]]<br>[[Beppu, Oita]]
|2008||[[A.C. Nagano Parceiro]]||2&ndash;1||NEC Tokin||[[Niigata (city)|Niigata]]
|-
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|2008||[[A.C. Nagano Parceiro]]||2-1||NEC Tokin||[[Niigata, Niigata|Niigata]]
|2009||[[Matsumoto Yamaga FC|Matsumoto Yamaga]]||2&ndash;1||[[Zweigen Kanazawa]]||[[Ichihara, Chiba]]
|-
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|2010||[[Kamatamare Sanuki]]||2&ndash;0||[[AC Nagano Parceiro|Nagano Parceiro]]|| [[Yamaguchi (city)|Yamaguchi]]
|2009||{{fb team Yamaga}}||2-1||{{fb team Zweigen}}||[[Ichihara, Chiba]]
|-
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|2010||{{fb team Kamatamare}}||2–0||[[A.C. Nagano Parceiro]]|| [[Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi|Yamaguchi]]
|2011||[[Tokyo 23 FC]]||1&ndash;0||[[SC Sagamihara]]||[[Ōgaki, Gifu]]
|-
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|2011||[[Tokyo 23 FC]]||1-0||[[S.C. Sagamihara]]||[[Ōgaki, Gifu]]
|2012||[[F.C. Korea]]||1&ndash;0<br>AET||[[Fukushima United FC|Fukushima United]]||[[Chōfu, Tokyo]]
|-
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|[[2013 All Japan Senior Football Championship|2013]]||[[Renofa Yamaguchi FC|Renofa Yamaguchi]]||1&ndash;1<br>PK 5&ndash;4||[[Grulla Morioka]]||[[Shimabara, Nagasaki]]
|2012||[[F.C. Korea]]||1–0<br>AET||[[Fukushima United F.C.]]||[[Chōfu, Tokyo]]
|-
|[[2014 All Japan Senior Football Championship|2014]]||[[FC Osaka]]||2&ndash;0||[[Ryutsu Keizai Dragons Ryugasaki|Club Dragons]]||[[Kamitonda, Wakayama]]
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|[[2015 All Japan Senior Football Championship|2015]]||[[Arterivo Wakayama]]||1&ndash;1<br>PK 5&ndash;3||[[Hannan University]]||[[Morioka, Iwate]](final)<br>[[Hanamaki, Iwate]]<br>[[Takizawa, Iwate]]<br>[[Tōno, Iwate]]
|-
|[[2016 All Japan Senior Football Championship|2016]]||[[Mitsubishi Mizushima FC]]||2&ndash;2<br>PK 5&ndash;3||[[Suzuka Unlimited FC]]||[[Saijō, Ehime]](final)
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|[[2017 All Japan Senior Football Championship|2017]]||[[Suzuka Unlimited FC]]||2–1||[[Matsue City FC]]||[[Sakai, Fukui]]
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|[[2018 All Japan Senior Football Championship|2018]]||[[Matsue City FC]]||3&ndash;2||[[FC Kariya]]||[[Kashima, Ibaraki]] (final)<br>[[Hitachinaka, Ibaraki]]
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|[[2019 All Japan Senior Football Championship|2019]]||[[FC Tiamo Hirakata]]||1&ndash;0||[[Ococias Kyoto AC]]||[[Kirishima, Kagoshima]] (final)<br>[[Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima]]<br>[[Shibushi, Kagoshima]]
|-
|2020||rowspan=2 align=Center colspan=4|''Cancelled due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in Japan]]''
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|2021
|-
|[[2022 All Japan Senior Football Championship|2022]]||[[Briobecca Urayasu]]||0&ndash;0<br>PK 5&ndash;3||[[BTOP Thank Kuriyama]]||[[Shibushi, Kagoshima]]
|-
|[[2023 All Japan Senior Football Championship|2023]]||[[FC Kariya]]||1–0<br/>PK 4–2||[[Arterivo Wakayama]]||[[Saga (city)|Saga, Saga]]<br/>[[Tosu, Saga]]
|}
|}

==See also==
*[[Japanese Super Cup]]
*[[Emperor's Cup]]
*[[J.League Cup]]


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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*[http://homepage1.nifty.com/kisch/football/contents.html Contents of Domestic Competition of Football in Japan]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.jfa.jp/eng/match/adults_football_tournament JFA official page]
*[http://www.jfa.or.jp/match/matches/2011/1019shakaijin/index.html Official site of the 2011 season at the JFA]
*[http://www.jfa.or.jp/match/matches/2011/1019shakaijin/index.html Official site of the 2011 season at the JFA]
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*[http://kisch.on.coocan.jp/football/contents.html Contents of Domestic Competition of Football in Japan]
*[http://furtho2.blog32.fc2.com/ Japanese Non-League Football News (in English)]
*[http://furtho2.blog32.fc2.com/ Japanese Non-League Football News (in English)]


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Revision as of 17:02, 30 November 2023

All Japan Senior Football Championship
Founded1965; 59 years ago (1965)
RegionJapan
Number of teams32
Current championsFC Kariya (1st title)
(2023)
Most successful club(s)Honda Luminoso Sayama FC
(3 titles)
2023 All Japan Senior Football Championship

The All Japan Senior Football Championship (Japanese: 全国社会人サッカー選手権大会, Hepburn: Zenkoku Shakaijin Sakkā Senshuken Taikai) , officially called the All Japan Adults Football Tournament,[1] is a football (soccer) cup competition in Japan. It is run by the Japan Football Association. As it only involves non-league teams (teams not affiliated to either J.League or the Japan Football League), it can be considered an equivalent of the FA Trophy or FA Vase in England.

Overview

The "Shakaijin", "Shakaijin Cup" or "Zensha" as it is known, was first established in 1965 to determine potential entrants to the Japan Soccer League. The winner and runner-up played off in a promotion and relegation series against the bottom two clubs of the JSL. This continued even after the JSL added a Second Division in 1972. Since 1977, however, there is a system called the "Regional Football Champions League" to promote new league entrants (to the JSL 2nd Division, the former Japan Football League, and the current Japan Football League), thus the "Shakaijin" is now effectively a non-league cup competition. The 1999 edition was the only one to feature teams from the current JFL; otherwise, all participant clubs have been from the regional leagues.

The format is a week-long elimination tournament in a host locale (originally a single city, now a major metropolitan area) chosen by the JFA beforehand, and the best clubs of the regional leagues (currently 32 entrants) qualify. The final takes place in a major stadium in the largest host city or prefectural capital. The winner automatically qualifies to the Regional Champions League (runners-up and third places may also qualify depending on berth availability).

Many former Shakaijin winners are now J.League members, so the cup, despite no longer guaranteeing promotion, is considered a crucial stepping stone by ambitious clubs.

List of winners

Year Winner Score Runner-up Location(s)
1965 Nippon Kokan 3–1 Urawa Club Beppu, Ōita
1966 Urawa Club 1–0 Nippon Kokan Omiya
1967 Nagoya Bank 4–1 Toyota Motors Yokohama
1968 Toyota Motors 1–0 Urawa Club Shimabara, Nagasaki
1969 Kofu Club (shared) 1–1
(a.e.t.)		 Urawa Club (shared) Tōno, Iwate
1970 Toyota Motors 1–0 Kofu Club Fujieda, Shizuoka
1971 Towa Real Estate 1–0 Tanabe Pharmaceutical Saga
1972 Eidai Industries 5–0 Teijin SC Matsuyama Ichihara, Chiba
1973 Sumitomo 2–1 Hitachi Ibaraki SC Hitachi, Ibaraki
1974 Honda Giken 3–0 Yanmar Club Kagoshima
1975 Yanmar Club 3–1 Furukawa Electric Chiba Shizuoka
1976 Nissan Motors 1–0 Dainichi Nippon Densen
1977 Toshiba Horikawa-cho 2–0 NTT Kansai
1978 Saitama Teachers 2–0 Hyōgo Teachers Nobeoka, Miyazaki
1979 Toho Titanium 2–0 Mazda Auto Hiroshima
1980 Dainichi Nippon Cable SC 2–0 Osaka Gas
1981 NTT Kanto 2–1 Hitachi Ibaraki
1982 Osaka Gas 3–1 Shizuoka Gas
1983 Matsushita 5–0 NTT Kansai
1984 Kyoto Police Dept. 2–1 Shimizu Club
1985 NTT Kansai (shared) 1–1 Yamanashi Club (shared)
1986 Furukawa Electric Chiba 4–3 Tokyo Gas
1987 Akita City Government 1–0 Furukawa Electric Chiba
1988 Kyoto Shiko Club 2–0 Mazda Auto Hiroshima
1989 Chuo Bohan 2–0 Furukawa Electric Chiba Kasuga, Fukuoka
1990 Chuo Bohan 3–1 Hitachi Ibaraki Kanazawa
1991 PJM Futures 2–0 Seino Unyu Tsuruoka, Yamagata
1992 PJM Futures 2–0 Nippon Denso Takamatsu, Kagawa
1993 Yokogawa Denki 3–2 YKK
1994 Hitachi Ibaraki 1–0 Hokuriku Electric Power Co.
1995 Prima Ham FC Tsuchiura 1–0 Albireo Niigata
1996 F.C. Kyoto BAMB 1993 1–1
PK 4–3		 Prima Ham FC Tsuchiura Takatsuki, Osaka
1997 Yokogawa Denki 1–0
AET		 Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C. Fujisawa, Kanagawa
Yokohama
1998 NTT Kyushu 3–0 Norbritz Hokkaido
1999 Honda Giken 4–0 Sony Sendai FC Toyama
Takaoka, Toyama
2000 Sagawa Express Tokyo SC 3–2 Sagawa Printing SC Sendai, Miyagi (final)
Naruse, Miyagi
Rifu, Miyagi
Shichigahama, Miyagi
Matsushima, Miyagi
2001 Sagawa Express Osaka S.C. 2–1
AET		 Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C. Nankoku, Kōchi (final)
Ochi, Kōchi
Haruno, Kōchi
Hidaka, Kōchi
Noichi, Kōchi
2002 Okinawa Kariyushi FC (shared) 0–0
AET		 Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C. (shared) Shimizu, Shizuoka
Fujieda, Shizuoka
2003 Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C. 3–0 Shizuoka F.C. Saitama
Kawagoe, Saitama
2004 Honda Luminoso Sayama F.C. (shared) 0–0 Okinawa Kariyushi FC (shared) Okayama (final)
Kurashiki, Okayama
Oku, Okayama
2005 Rosso Kumamoto (shared) 2–2
AET		 New Nippon Steel Ōita (shared) Kobe, Hyōgo (final)
Goshiki, Hyōgo
Awaji, Hyōgo
Kakogawa, Hyōgo
Miki, Hyōgo
2006 V-Varen Nagasaki 1–0 Shizuoka F.C. Akita (final)
Yurihonjō, Akita
Nikaho, Akita
2007 F.C. Mi-O Biwako Kusatsu 3–1 Yazaki Valente Ōita
Beppu, Ōita
2008 A.C. Nagano Parceiro 2–1 NEC Tokin Niigata
2009 Matsumoto Yamaga 2–1 Zweigen Kanazawa Ichihara, Chiba
2010 Kamatamare Sanuki 2–0 Nagano Parceiro Yamaguchi
2011 Tokyo 23 FC 1–0 SC Sagamihara Ōgaki, Gifu
2012 F.C. Korea 1–0
AET		 Fukushima United Chōfu, Tokyo
2013 Renofa Yamaguchi 1–1
PK 5–4		 Grulla Morioka Shimabara, Nagasaki
2014 FC Osaka 2–0 Club Dragons Kamitonda, Wakayama
2015 Arterivo Wakayama 1–1
PK 5–3		 Hannan University Morioka, Iwate(final)
Hanamaki, Iwate
Takizawa, Iwate
Tōno, Iwate
2016 Mitsubishi Mizushima FC 2–2
PK 5–3		 Suzuka Unlimited FC Saijō, Ehime(final)
2017 Suzuka Unlimited FC 2–1 Matsue City FC Sakai, Fukui
2018 Matsue City FC 3–2 FC Kariya Kashima, Ibaraki (final)
Hitachinaka, Ibaraki
2019 FC Tiamo Hirakata 1–0 Ococias Kyoto AC Kirishima, Kagoshima (final)
Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima
Shibushi, Kagoshima
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
2021
2022 Briobecca Urayasu 0–0
PK 5–3		 BTOP Thank Kuriyama Shibushi, Kagoshima
2023 FC Kariya 1–0
PK 4–2		 Arterivo Wakayama Saga, Saga
Tosu, Saga

See also

References

  1. ^ Official page
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