Japan national football team results (1960–1969)

Main article: Japan national football team results and fixtures

This article lists the results for the Japan national football team between 1960 and 1969. ^[1]

1960

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition	Ref
5 August 1960	Malaya	L	0–31	Kuala Lumpur, Malaya	Merdeka Tournament [2]
10 August 1960	Pakistan	L	1–31	Kuala Lumpur, Malaya	Merdeka Tournament
12 August 1960	Thailand	W	3–11	Kuala Lumpur, Malaya	Merdeka Tournament
6 November 1960	South Korea	L	1–2	Hyochang Stadium, Seoul, South Korea	1962 FIFA World Cup qualification	[3]
1:Not recognized by FIFA.

1961

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition	Ref
28 May 1961	Malaya	W	3–2	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	International Friendly	[4]
11 June 1961	South Korea	L	0–2	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	1962 FIFA World Cup qualification	[5]
2 August 1961	Malaya	L	2–3	Kuala Lumpur, Malaya	Merdeka Tournament	[6]
6 August 1961	India	W	3–1	Kuala Lumpur, Malaya	Merdeka Tournament	[7]
10 August 1961	South Vietnam	L	2–3	Kuala Lumpur, Malaya	Merdeka Tournament	[8]
15 August 1961	Indonesia	L	0–2	Singapore	International Friendly	[9]
28 November 1961	Yugoslavia	L	0–1	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	International Friendly	[10]

1962

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition	Ref
25 August 1962	Thailand	W	3–1	Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	1962 Asian Games Football	[11]
29 August 1962	India	L	0–2	Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	1962 Asian Games Football	[12]
30 August 1962	South Korea	L	0–1	Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	1962 Asian Games Football	[13]
8 September 1962	Malaya	D	2–2	Kuala Lumpur, Malaya	Merdeka Tournament	[14]
12 September 1962	Pakistan	D	1–1	Kuala Lumpur, Malaya	Merdeka Tournament	[15]
15 September 1962	Burma	L	1–3	Kuala Lumpur, Malaya	Merdeka Tournament	[16]
21 September 1962	Singapore	L	1–2	Singapore	International Friendly	[17]

1963

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition	Ref
8 August 1963	Malaya	W	4–3	Kuala Lumpur, Malaya	Merdeka Tournament	[18]
10 August 1963	Thailand	W	4–1	Kuala Lumpur, Malaya	Merdeka Tournament	[19]
12 August 1963	South Vietnam	W	5–1	Kuala Lumpur, Malaya	Merdeka Tournament	[20]
13 August 1963	South Korea	D	1–1	Kuala Lumpur, Malaya	Merdeka Tournament	[21]
15 August 1963	Republic of China	L	0–2	Kuala Lumpur, Malaya	Merdeka Tournament	[22]

1964

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition	Ref
3 March 1964	Singapore	W	2–1	Singapore	International Friendly	[23]
23 August 1964	South Vietnam	L	0–2	Kuala Lampur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
25 August 1964	South Korea	D	2–2	Kuala Lampur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
29 August 1964	South Korea	L	0–3	Kuala Lampur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
1 September 1964	India	L	2-3	Kuala Lampur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
3 September 1964	Cambodia	L	4-0	Kuala Lampur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
3 September 1964	Republic of China	D	2-2	Kuala Lampur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
14 October 1964	Argentina	W	3–21	Komazawa Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	1964 Olympic Games Football
16 October 1964	Ghana	L	2–31	Komazawa Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	1964 Olympic Games Football
18 October 1964	Czechoslovakia	L	0–41	Komazawa Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	1964 Olympic Games Football
20 October 1964	Yugoslavia	L	1–61	Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan	1964 Olympic Games Football
1:Not recognized by FIFA.

1965

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition	Ref
14 March 1965	Hong Kong	W	2–1	Hong Kong	International Friendly	[24]
22 March 1965	Burma	D	1–1	Rangoon, Burma	International Friendly	[25]
25 March 1965	Singapore	W	4–1	Singapore	International Friendly	[26]
27 March 1965	Malaysia	D	1–1	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	International Friendly	[27]
14 August 1965	Malaysia	D	2–21	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
15 August 1965	India	D	1–11	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
19 August 1965	Republic of China	W	0–41	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
23 August 1965	Burma	W	3–11	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
25 August 1965	Thailand	D	0–01	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
28 August 1965	South Vietnam	W	2–11	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
1:Not recognized by FIFA.

1966

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition	Ref
21 July 1966	Soviet Union Olympic football team	L	1–31	Luhansk, Soviet Union	International Friendly
13 August 1966	South Korea	L	0–22	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
17 August 1966	West Germany Olympic football team	L	0–21	Neu-Isenburg, West Germany	International Friendly
18 August 1966	South Vietnam	L	0–22	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
20 August 1966	India	L	0–32	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
22 August 1966	Singapore	W	1–02	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
24 August 1966	Republic of China	W	5–22	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Merdeka Tournament
10 December 1966	India	W	2–1	Bangkok, Thailand	1966 Asian Games Football	[28]
11 December 1966	Iran	W	3–1	Bangkok, Thailand	1966 Asian Games Football	[29]
14 December 1966	Malaysia	W	1–0	Bangkok, Thailand	1966 Asian Games Football	[30]
16 December 1966	Singapore	W	5–1	Bangkok, Thailand	1966 Asian Games Football	[31]
17 December 1966	Thailand	W	5–1	Bangkok, Thailand	1966 Asian Games Football	[32]
18 December 1966	Iran	L	0–1	Bangkok, Thailand	1966 Asian Games Football	[33]
19 December 1966	Singapore	W	2–0	Bangkok, Thailand	1966 Asian Games Football	[34]
1:Not recognized by FIFA, because those teams from UEFA did not offer professional players. 2.Not recognized by FIFA.

1967

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition	Ref
27 July 1967	Republic of China	D	2–2	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Republic of China	1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification
1 August 1967	South Korea	W	2–1	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Republic of China	1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3 August 1967	Philippines	W	2–0	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Republic of China	1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5 August 1967	Indonesia	W	2–1	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Republic of China	1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification
27 September 1967	Philippines	W	15–0 1	Tokyo National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	1968 Olympic Games Qualification	[35]
30 September 1967	Republic of China	W	4–01	Tokyo National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	1968 Olympic Games Qualification	[36]
3 October 1967	Lebanon	W	3–11	Tokyo National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	1968 Olympic Games Qualification	[37]
7 October 1967	South Korea	D	3–31	Tokyo National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	1968 Olympic Games Qualification	[38]
10 October 1967	South Vietnam	W	1–01	Tokyo National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	1968 Olympic Games Qualification	[39]
1:Not recognized by FIFA.

1968

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition
17 January 1968	West Germany Olympic football team	L	0–11	Tokyo National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	International Friendly
26 March 1968	Mexico Olympic football team	L	0–41	Mexico City, Mexico	International Friendly
30 March 1968	Australia	D	2–2	Sydney, Australia	International Friendly
31 March 1968	Australia	L	1–3	Melbourne, Australia	International Friendly
4 April 1968	Australia	W	3–1	Adelaide, Australia	International Friendly
1 August 1968	Czechoslovakia Olympic football team	L	1–31	unknown	International Friendly
14 October 1968	Nigeria	W	3–11	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla, Mexico	1968 Olympic Games Football
16 October 1968	Brazil	W	4–01	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla, Mexico	1968 Olympic Games Football
18 October 1968	Spain	W	4–01	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	1968 Olympic Games Football
20 October 1968	France	W	3–11	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	1968 Olympic Games Football
22 October 1968	Hungary	L	0–51	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	1968 Olympic Games Football
24 October 1968	Mexico	W	2–01	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	1968 Olympic Games Football
1:Not recognized by FIFA.

1969

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition
10 October 1969	Australia	L	1–3	Seoul, South Korea	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
12 October 1969	South Korea	D	2–2	Seoul, South Korea	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
16 October 1969	Australia	D	1–1	Seoul, South Korea	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
18 October 1969	South Korea	L	0–2	Seoul, South Korea	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification

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