1961 in Japanese football
This article provides an overview of Japanese football in the year 1961. In 1961, the Japan national football team went 2-5 in international play.
Emperor's Cup
| Furukawa Electric | 3-2 | Chuo University |
|---|---|---|
?  ?'? ?'? ?' |
? ?' ? ?' |
National team
Results
| 1961.05.28 | Japan | 3-2 | Malaya | Tokyo, Japan |
| Kawabuchi 4' Shiji 68'Kuwata 79' |
JFA | ? ?' ? ?' |
Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 5,000 |
| 1961.06.11 | Japan | 0-2 | South Korea | Tokyo, Japan |
| JFA | ? ?' ? ?' |
Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium Attendance: 30,000 |
| 1961.08.02 | Japan | 2-3 | Malaya | Kuala Lumpur, Malaya |
| Yaegashi 2' T. Miyamoto 32' |
JFA | ? ?' ? ?'? ?' |
Attendance: 20,000 |
| 1961.08.06 | Japan | 3-1 | India | Kuala Lumpur, Malaya |
| T. Miyamoto 56', 71' Watanabe 65' |
JFA | ? ?' |
| 1961.08.10 | Japan | 2-3 | South Vietnam | Kuala Lumpur, Malaya |
| Kamata 19' Yaegashi 62' |
JFA | ? ?' ? ?'? ?' |
| 1961.11.28 | Japan | 0-1 | Yugoslavia | Tokyo, Japan |
| JFA | ? ?' |
Stadium: Tokyo National Stadium |
Players statistics
| Player | -1960 | 05.28 | 06.11 | 08.02 | 08.06 | 08.10 | 08.15 | 11.28 | 1961 | Total |
| Ryuzo Hiraki | 25(1) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 27(1) |
| Yasuo Takamori | 23(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 2(0) | 25(0) |
| Michihiro Ozawa | 17(0) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | 6(0) | 23(0) |
| Yoshio Furukawa | 16(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 17(0) |
| Masao Uchino | 13(3) | - | O | - | - | - | - | O | 2(0) | 15(3) |
| Saburo Kawabuchi | 12(5) | O(1) | - | O | O | O | O | O | 6(1) | 18(6) |
| Mitsuo Kamata | 12(0) | O | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | 7(1) | 19(1) |
| Hiroshi Ninomiya | 11(9) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 12(9) |
| Masashi Watanabe | 11(5) | O | - | O | O(1) | O | O | O | 6(1) | 17(6) |
| Koji Sasaki | 11(1) | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | 3(0) | 14(1) |
| Shigeo Yaegashi | 11(0) | O | O | O(1) | O | O(1) | O | O | 7(2) | 18(2) |
| Masakatsu Miyamoto | 10(0) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | 6(0) | 16(0) |
| Ken Naganuma | 3(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | 1(0) | 4(1) |
| Takehiko Kawanishi | 2(0) | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | 5(0) | 7(0) |
| Hiroshi Saeki | 2(0) | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | 2(0) | 4(0) |
| Tsukasa Hosaka | 1(0) | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | 6(0) | 7(0) |
| Teruki Miyamoto | 0(0) | - | O | O(1) | O(2) | O | - | O | 5(3) | 5(3) |
| Hiroshi Katayama | 0(0) | - | - | O | O | O | O | - | 4(0) | 4(0) |
| Ryuichi Sugiyama | 0(0) | O | O | - | - | - | O | - | 3(0) | 3(0) |
| Takayuki Kuwata | 0(0) | O(1) | - | - | - | - | O | - | 2(1) | 2(1) |
| Kenji Tochio | 0(0) | O | O | - | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Shozo Tsugitani | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Tatsuya Shiji | 0(0) | O(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(1) | 1(1) |
| Ryozo Suzuki | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |