China–Japan football rivalry

The China–Japan football rivalry is a competitive sports rivalry that exists between the national football teams of the two countries, as well as their respective sets of fans.

China–Japan football rivalry
Teams China PR
 Japan
First meetingJapan 0–5 China
Far East Asian Games
Tokyo
(9 May 1917)
Latest meetingChina 0–2 Japan
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
Doha
(27 January 2022)
Next meetingTBD
Statistics
Meetings total40
Most winsJapan (17)
Largest victoryJapan 0–5 China
Far East Asian Games
Tokyo
(9 May 1917)
China 5–0 Japan
Nehru Cup
Kochi
(31 January 1983)

The rivalry has a long history exists between China and Japan. One of the main reason defining the heat of the serious rivalry exists between two countries is due to historical grievances throughout history of two nations.[1] Two national teams faced up for the first time in 1917, and since then, had played against each other 38 times. Historical tensions had also stemmed the rivalry into one of the most heated rivalry in Asia and a bitter rivalry in the world.

Background

China and Japan shared a relatively long and complicated history. Japan used to be under moderate Chinese influence throughout history, and is part of Sinosphere world. However, Japan often had desires to conquer China and to become new Asian leader. The Japanese tried to invade China via. Korea during the Japanese invasion to Korea, but no avail. In 19th century, Japan transformed from a feudal state into an empire with modern industries, defeating China in the First Sino-Japanese War. This made Japan the dominant Asian power.

Japan and China's tensions escalated into the Second Sino-Japanese War, which Japan invaded and occupied entire of Eastern and Southern China, committing horrible atrocities such as Nanking Massacre. As for the result, relations between two nations has been tense since and with the recent rise of China after years of humiliation, rivalry has become tenser.

Thus, football is not an exception, when both fans used football to fuel the nationalistic ideas.

Men's matches

Prior to 1990s, China was one of Asia's dominant teams while Japan's football development was still limited in amateur level, partly due to little interests of development for football in Japan. Thus, Japan often suffered defeats to China. But with the rapid rise of Japan since 1990s, the tie has changed from China to Japan, and since 1998, China has not beaten Japan again.

Despite the record of China and Japan each having 15 wins, Japan is far more successful than China, winning four AFC Asian Cup and has played in every FIFA World Cup since 1998; while China only won silver medals in two Asian Cup and qualified for just one World Cup.

#DateVenueCompetitionHome teamScoreAway teamGoals (home)Goals (away)
19 May 1917Shibaura Ground, TokyoFar Eastern Championship GamesJapan0–5ChinaGuo 3', 22', Guan 28', Tang 30', -'
21 June 1921ShanghaiFar Eastern Championship GamesChina4–1Japan
324 May 1923OsakaFar Eastern Championship GamesJapan1–5China
420 May 1925Rizal Memorial Stadium, ManilaFar Eastern Championship Games0–2Lee Wai Tong -', -'
527 August 1927Zhonghua Stadium, ShanghaiFar Eastern Championship GamesChina5–1JapanSuen Kam Shun 19', 30', Kai Bingfen 21', -', 73'Misao Tamai 41'
630 May 1930Meiji Jingu Gaien Stadium, TokyoFar Eastern Championship GamesJapan3–3ChinaShiro Teshima 23', Tadao Takayama 57', Hideo Shinojima 73'Suen Kam Shun 40', Chan Kwong Yiu 60', Dai Linjing 70'
720 May 1934Rizal Memorial Stadium, ManilaFar Eastern Championship GamesChina4–3JapanTam Kong Pak 6', 11', Lee Wai Tong 65', 76' (pen.)Akira Nozawa 60', 72', Takeshi Natori 74'
81 May 1966UnknownFriendlyJapan1–2China
923 June 1975Government Stadium, Hong Kong1976 AFC Asian Cup qualificationChina2–1JapanLi Yutie 6', Ke Wushang 20'Kozo Arai 43'
1011 June 1980Tianhe Stadium, GuangzhouFriendly1–0Li Xiangfu 67'
1126 December 1980Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong1982 FIFA World Cup qualification1–0Rong Zhihang 7'
122 June 1981Omiya Football Stadium, SaitamaFriendlyJapan0–0China
1330 September 1981SingaporeLion City CupJapan2–0China
1431 January 1983KochiNehru CupChina5–0Japan
1531 May 1984Omiya Football Stadium, SaitamaKirin CupJapan1–0ChinaHisashi Kato 84' (pen.)
1627 July 1986Merdeka Stadium, Kuala LumpurMerdeka Cup4–2Hisashi Kaneko 8', 55', Hiromi Hara 75', Satoshi Tezuka 76'Li Zheng 44', Wang Yong 77'
172 June 1988Mizuho Stadium, NagoyaKirin CupJapan0–3ChinaWang Baoshan 24', Gao Sheng 41', Ma Lin 45'
1810 May 1990Nishigaoka Stadium, TokyoFriendlyJapan2–2ChinaTomoyuki Kajino 17', Osamu Maeda 56' 14' (o.g.), Zhang Shaowen 63'
1913 May 1990Okayama Stadium, OkayamaFriendlyJapan2–0ChinaOsamu Maeda 26', Mitsunori Yoshida 40'
2029 July 1990Workers' Stadium, BeijingDynasty CupChina1–0JapanWu Qunli 77'
2124 August 1992Workers' Stadium, BeijingDynasty CupChina0–2JapanMasahiro Fukuda 38', Takuya Takagi 82'
226 November 1992Hiroshima Stadium, HiroshimaAsian CupJapan3–2ChinaMasahiro Fukuda 48', Tsuyoshi Kitazawa 57', Masashi Nakayama 84'Xie Yuxin 1', Li Xiao 70'
2318 May 1993ShanghaiEast Asian GamesChina3–2Japan
2423 February 1995Mong Kok Stadium, Hong KongDynasty CupJapan2–1ChinaToshiya Fujita 16', Hisashi Kurosaki 22'Gao Feng 55'
2512 December 1996Tahnoun bin Mohamed Stadium, Al AinAsian Cup1–0Naoki Soma 90'
267 March 1998National Stadium, TokyoDynasty CupJapan0–2ChinaLi Bing 9', 50'
2715 March 2000Universiade Memorial Stadium, KobeFriendlyJapan0–0China
2826 October 2000Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, BeirutAsian CupChina2–3JapanQi Hong 30', Yang Chen 48'Fan Zhiyi 21' (o.g.), Akinori Nishizawa 53', Tomokazu Myojin 61'
298 October 2002Masan Stadium, ChangwonAsian Games0–1Satoshi Nakayama 60'
304 December 2003National Stadium, TokyoEAFF ChampionshipJapan2–0ChinaTatsuhiko Kubo 4', 80'
317 August 2004Workers' Stadium, BeijingAsian CupChina1–3JapanLi Ming 31'Takashi Fukunishi 22', Koji Nakata 65', Keiji Tamada 90+1'
323 August 2005Daejeon World Cup Stadium, DaejeonEAFF ChampionshipJapan2–2ChinaTeruyuki Moniwa 59', Tatsuya Tanaka 87'Li Jinyu 37', Zhang Yonghai 43'
3320 February 2008Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, ChongqingEAFF ChampionshipChina0–1JapanKoji Yamase 17'
346 February 2010Tokyo Stadium, TokyoEAFF ChampionshipJapan0–0China
3521 July 2013Seoul World Cup Stadium, SeoulEAFF Championship3–3Yuzo Kurihara 32', Yoichiro Kakitani 59', Masato Kudo 60'Wang Yongpo 4' (pen.), 80' (pen.), Sun Ke 86'
369 August 2015Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, WuhanEAFF ChampionshipChina1–1JapanWu Lei 10'Yuki Muto 41'
3712 December 2017Ajinomoto Stadium, ChōfuEAFF ChampionshipJapan2–1ChinaYu Kobayashi 84', Gen Shōji 88'Yu Dabao 90+3'
3810 December 2019Busan Gudeok Stadium, BusanEAFF ChampionshipChina1–2JapanDong Xuesheng 90'Musashi Suzuki 29', Genta Miura 70'
397 September 2021Khalifa International Stadium, Doha (Qatar)[2]2022 FIFA World Cup qualificationChina0–1JapanYuya Osako 40'
4027 January 2022TBD2022 FIFA World Cup qualificationJapanTBDChina
As of 7 September 2021

Men's statistics
As of 7 September 2021
Competition China wins Draws Japan wins
Total 15817

Women's matches
#DateVenueCompetitionHome teamScoreAway teamGoals (home)Goals (away)
14 December 2019Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan2019 EAFF E-1 Football ChampionshipChina0–3JapanIwabuchi 9', 44', 56'
As of 30 August 2021

Women's statistics
As of 30 August 2021
Competition China wins Draws Japan wins
Total

See also

References
  1. Mangan, J.A.; Kim, Hyun-Duck; Cruz, Angelita; Kang, Gi-Heun (2013). "Rivalries: China, Japan and South Korea – Memory, Modernity, Politics, Geopolitics – and Sport". The International Journal of the History of Sport. 30 (10): 1130–1152. doi:10.1080/09523367.2013.800046. S2CID 154388658.
  2. "Chinese national football team gears up for World Cup qualifiers".
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